Police Procedurals

A comedy of manners, a mystery thriller, and a sardonic satire whose deliciously unscrupulous narrator claims that everything he did regarding his victims was " market-led, " Dirty Tricks is pure entertainment from one of the most inventive writers around. When the nameless narrator embarks upon an ... More

This book is a selection of the greatest crime stories ever written. The stories span more than a hundred years of crime fiction writing and feature a wide variety of heroes, heroines, villains, settings, story types and stylistic approaches. The selection demonstrates how the mystery story has evol... More

A darkly compelling serial-killer novel introducing the next big name in psychological thrillers and, in Carson Ryder, a fascinating and complex protagonist set for many books to come. A body is found in the sweating heat of an Alabama night; headless, words inked on the skin. Detective Carson Ryd... More

Chinese expatriate Qiu's gripping fourth Inspector Chen novel (after 2004's When Red Is Black) captures an honest detective's struggle to be true to his professional ideals under a repressive regime. The Communist Party leadership appears to be vigorously investigating rampant corruption among the p... More

THIS KILLER TAKES THEIR BREATH AWAY. A nine-year veteran of the FBI, special agent Mia Shields thinks she's seen it all. But nothing prepares her for the terror that descends upon the idyllic bayside community of St. Dennis, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where a depraved killer has left a grisly surp... More

'Mankell is by far the best writer of police mysteries today. He is in the great tradition of those whose works transcend their chosen genre to become thrilling and moral literature' Michael Ondaatje Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of ... More

Strained to the limits of his hard-won sobriety when his daughter runs away to join the theater, Beaumont pursues her to a Shakespeare Festival where two stars are murdered. Beau uncovers a real-life revenge play whose twisted director will stop at nothing to make sure the last body falls on cue.A s... More

This instant "New York Times" bestseller finds FBI Special Agent Pendergast combing New York to solve a case that appears to defy everything except supernatural logic. Has the Devil, in fact, come to collect his due?A body is found in the attic of a fabulous Long Island estate. There is a hoofprint ... More

On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto Tower in downtown L. A. a grand opening celebration is in full swing at the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the dead body of a beautiful woman is discovered. The investigat... More

When Lilah Brecht, the beautiful if unstable owner of a popular health spa, is found beaten, raped, and robbed in her own home, L.A. detective Peter Decker takes the case. His heart goes out to Lilah, who doesn't make it easy.Lilah claims to have psychic powers, which Decker finds difficult to belie... More

Hillerman's latest "New York Times" bestseller takes its inspiration from a real-life 1956 airliner collision over the Grand Canyon. Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee come together to find the remains of one of those passengers to prove the innocence of Chee's cousin, who's been accused of robbing a trading... More

"Not since Michael Connelly or Dennis Lehane has a debut author unleashed a thriller as mesmerizing, original, and utterly shocking as Brian Freeman' s "IMMORAL "Every time you think you know how it ends... think again... " Lieutenant Jonathan Stride knows it' s not a moral world. One teenage girl h... More

Police officer Dora Henry is investigating the bizarre murder of three geneticists when the world around her goes crazy. Weeds are becoming trees; trees are becoming forests. Overnight, a city is being transformed into a wild and verdant place inhospitable to what humankind has become. Stranger stil... More

Taking as part of her inspiration a baffling true-life crime that has gone unsolved for more than 30 years, the bestselling author of "Ordinary People" crafts a gripping, character-driven novel of suspense that explores the fragile dynamics of family in the aftermath of tragedy.A novel inspired by a... More

This is a fast-paced, furious read. In Run The Risk Scott Frost delivers an exciting and explosive debut novel featuring Lieutenant Alex Delillo. Lieutentant Alex Delillo is at her wits' end, her teenage daugher is playing up and her workload is backing up. A local shopkeeper is shot to death and an... More