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Disgraced ex-detective Harper Adams returns to the Arkansas hometown she swore she’d never see again just as a young girl disappears.
Little Girl Vanished
Mystery
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Disgraced ex-detective Harper Adams returns to the Arkansas hometown she swore she’d never see again just as a young girl disappears. The case hits too close to home, echoing the kidnapping and murder of Harper’s own sister years earlier. With the police fumbling the investigation, Harper turns to a former crime boss for help and digs into the town’s buried secrets. Little Girl Vanished is a gritty small-town mystery with emotional stakes and a lead who refuses to let another girl disappear.
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When the cops drop the ball, a disgraced ex-detective teams up with a crime boss to save a child—and face her past.
Perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Rachel Caine, and Tana French.
Disgraced ex-detective Harper Adams has nothing left—no job, no reputation, and nowhere to go but back to the small Arkansas town she swore she’d never set foot in again. She plans to keep her head down, stay out of trouble, and drink away what’s left of her pride.
Until a girl goes missing.
The child of Harper’s childhood friend has vanished without a trace—and the details are disturbingly similar to the kidnapping and murder of Harper’s own sister two decades earlier. With the police bungling the case and the clock ticking, Harper knows she’s the only one who might see what others can’t. The only one who can bring the girl home.
But she can’t do it alone.
To navigate the lies, secrets, and small-town politics standing in her way, Harper turns to the one man who might be able to help: James Malcolm, a former crime boss with a complicated past and his own reasons for getting involved.
In a town that remembers all her mistakes, Harper will have to face her past to save a child’s future—even if it means making a deal with the devil.
Gritty, emotional, and impossible to put down, Little Girl Vanished is the first book in a powerful new mystery series for fans of Lisa Regan’s fearless, driven heroines, Rachel Caine’s pulse-pounding suspense, and Tana French’s deeply layered, character-driven mysteries.
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A baffling homicide case drops D.A. Rachel Knight into a maze of courthouse politics, buried connections, and someone dangerous watching her every move.
Guilt by Degrees
Mystery · Thriller · Amateur Sleuths · Legal Thriller
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A baffling homicide case drops D.A. Rachel Knight into a maze of courthouse politics, buried connections, and someone dangerous watching her every move. As Rachel and detective Bailey Keller dig deeper, what starts with the murder of a homeless man opens into something much bigger and far more deadly. Guilt by Degrees delivers sharp legal suspense, high-stakes twists, and a lead who is every bit as smart as the case is messy.
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Harrowing, smart, and riotously entertaining, Guilt by Degrees is a thrilling ride through the world of LA courts with the unforgettable Rachel Knight.
Someone has been watching D.A. Rachel Knight -- someone who's Rachel's equal in brains, but with more malicious intentions. It began when a near-impossible case fell into Rachel's lap, the suspectless homicide of a homeless man. In the face of courthouse backbiting and a gauzy web of clues, Rachel is determined to deliver justice. She's got back-up: tough-as-nails Detective Bailey Keller.
As Rachel and Bailey stir things up, they're shocked to uncover a connection with the vicious murder of an LAPD cop a year earlier. Something tells Rachel someone knows the truth, someone who'd kill to keep it secret.
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Good fit for readers who like FBI thrillers with personal stakes and a possible romantic thread.
The Girl in the Hills
Mystery · Thriller
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After a failed FBI case leaves her grieving and exiled to small-town Tennessee, Sarah Cross expects a slower pace, not another body. But when a suspicious overdose pulls her into a tangled investigation with a local sheriff she’d rather avoid, the case starts pointing back to the very disaster that ruined her career. The Girl in the Hills mixes small-town atmosphere, rising danger, and a wounded investigator trying to outrun her past. Good fit for readers who like FBI thrillers with personal stakes and a possible romantic thread.
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It wasn’t supposed to be this way...
After a disastrous investigation ends with the death of her FBI partner.
Sarah Cross is banished from her high-profile position in Boston and sent to Tennessee.
Feeling more broken and directionless than ever.
Sarah moves to the sleepy countryside town of Silver Hill.
Where she sets up her quaint new office above a bakery.
Exploring the town, she runs into Sheriff Tobias Kessel.
Making a note to avoid his southern drawl and charming demeanor.
But when the sheriff’s close friend is found dead from an overdose in his garage.
Sarah finds herself drawn to the case.
Now forced to work with the sheriff, she finds there may be more to him than meets the eye.
Soon, the case takes unpredictable and shocking turns.
As the body count rises and a drug kingpin who escaped from New York appears in her office.
Sarah faces a terrifying possibility.
Could this be connected to the very case that landed her here in the first place?
Strange connections, cruel twists of fate, and deadly intentions.
Silver Hill will never be the same.
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A cozy pick for readers who enjoy amateur sleuth teams, bookshop settings, literary clues, and lighthearted murder mysteries.
Murder by the Book
Mystery · Amateur Sleuths · Cozy Mystery
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Called “Utterly captivating” by Michael Wood, Murder by the Book follows four members of a bookshop reading group who investigate after their manager is found dead between the shelves, using lessons from their favorite fictional detectives, with a 3.9-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. A cozy pick for readers who enjoy amateur sleuth teams, bookshop settings, literary clues, and lighthearted murder mysteries.
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'Utterly captivating. Perfect for fans of The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries' Michael Wood, bestselling crime fiction author
'A humorous, gripping cosy mystery story that every crime fiction lover will really enjoy' Fiona Leitch, bestselling cosy crime author
Nothing is deadlier than angry readers… especially when you murder one of their own.
When the manager of The Quaint Bookshop is found slumped between the shelves, the four members of the shop's reading group decide to put into action all the skills they’ve picked up from their favourite fictional detectives.
If anyone knows how to solve a killer of a crime, it’s a team of murder-mystery superfans. The police might be investigating but the reading group are on the case…
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Starting a new job is stressful enough without tripping over a murder.
In Place of Fear
Mystery · Thriller · Cozy Mystery
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Starting a new job is stressful enough without tripping over a murder. Set in 1948 Edinburgh at the dawn of the NHS, In Place of Fear follows Helen Crowther, a newly qualified medical almoner determined to prove herself in a world eager to dismiss her. What begins as a hard-won opportunity turns into a hunt for justice in a city more concerned with reputation than truth. With sharp social history, a gutsy heroine, and a murder threaded through postwar respectability, this is a historical mystery with real bite.
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'Authentic social history at the birth of the NHS, an intriguing murder, a strong and convincing central character, and McPherson's wonderful story-telling skills make this a very classy mystery' ANN CLEEVES
'A hauntingly atmospheric weaving of social history and layered mystery, with a gutsy heroine determined to deliver justice. McPherson's writing is compelling, moving and memorable' SARAH YARWOOD-LOVETT
Helen leaned close enough to fog the mirror with her breath and whispered, 'You, my girl, are a qualified medical almoner and at eight o'clock tomorrow morning you will be on the front line of the National Health Service of Scotland.' Her eyes looked huge and scared. 'So take a shake to yourself!''
Edinburgh, 1948. Helen Crowther leaves a crowded tenement home for her very own office in a doctor's surgery. Upstart, ungrateful, out of your depth - the words of disapproval come at her from everywhere but she's determined to take her chance and play her part.
She's barely begun when she stumbles over a murder and learns that, in this most respectable of cities, no one will fight for justice at the risk of scandal. As Helen resolves to find a killer, she's propelled into a darker world than she knew existed, hardscrabble as her own can be. Disapproval is the least of her worries now.
IN PLACE OF FEAR is a gripping new historical crime novel that is both enthralling and entertaining, and perfect for fans of AJ Pearce and Nicola Upson.
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Three murdered teenage boys, almost no evidence, and a symbol left behind in blood make Stella Knox’s first FBI case a brutal one right out of the gate.
Killer Smile
Mystery
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Three murdered teenage boys, almost no evidence, and a symbol left behind in blood make Stella Knox’s first FBI case a brutal one right out of the gate. As the body count threatens to rise, Stella is pulled into a small-town investigation where nothing adds up cleanly and every missed detail could cost another life. Fast-paced and tension-filled, Killer Smile is a gritty FBI thriller with a determined investigator, a chilling case, and the kind of setup that’s built to keep series readers hooked.
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Desire turns ruinous when love survives past reason and death refuses to end the story.
The Taker
Horror · Mystery · Thriller · Historical Mystery · Supernatural Horror
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Desire turns ruinous when love survives past reason and death refuses to end the story. In The Taker, Lanore McIlvrae recounts two centuries of obsession, betrayal, and unnatural survival after a desperate bargain binds her to eternal longing. With its gothic atmosphere, dark romance, and slow-building dread, this is a haunting tale of immortality shaped by love’s most destructive impulses.
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A rookie detective with a buried past is forced to confront how much of the monster who shaped him still remains.
Blood on the Badge
Mystery · Thriller
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A rookie detective with a buried past is forced to confront how much of the monster who shaped him still remains. In Blood on the Badge, Justice Hall is pulled into a high-pressure missing person case while a mutilation killer stalks young women and one devastating secret threatens to destroy everything. The story leans into dark psychology, hidden identity, and the uneasy line between survivor and villain.
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Every villain has a story. Every hero, a dark past.
Justice Hall has secrets. His name is just the beginning.
Born as Timothy Stewart, this twenty-six-year-old rookie detective’s life took an unexpected turn when Justin Black, the serial killer known as The Disciple, brutally murdered his family and groomed him as a child. Out of the wreckage, little Tim reinvented himself, adopting a new identity that eerily echoes his malefactor’s name. A mere coincidence, or an indelible imprint of the past?
The truth remains buried within Justice. Even from himself.
Justice is certain of one thing, though. His most recent case needs to go cold...and quickly. The son of East Texas’s most beloved senator has disappeared, and the father is pressuring the Elmaeder County Sheriff’s Office to devote its full resources to the search. Justice disagrees. Not only are there more pressing cases to work—like a brutal killer mutilating young women—but he also harbors a secret about the missing man...
He’s buried beneath Justice’s own apple tree.
Blood on the Badge is book one of Mary Stone’s A Villain’s Story series, an enigmatic thriller that will convince you a picture’s worth a thousand words. Or the hallmark of a killer.
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When the police chase the wrong leads, three women begin searching for the truth themselves.
The Women in the Shadows
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Amateur Sleuths · Historical Mystery
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When the police chase the wrong leads, three women begin searching for the truth themselves. In The Women in the Shadows, a detective’s wife, a private investigator, and a police station cleaner form an unlikely alliance in 1888 London to track the killer known as Jack the Ripper. This historical crime novel reframes the infamous case through the lives of women who refuse to remain invisible.
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Included in THE TIMES Best Historical Fiction Books of 2025: 'A lively new perspective on a grimly familiar tale'
The world's most famous unsolved serial killer mystery, told from the perspective of a gang of women.
'A fresh and captivating retelling of the Jack the Ripper mystery, brimming with authentic historical detail and well-drawn, sympathetic characters. A must-read for lovers of finely crafted historical fiction.' IRINA SHAPIRO
London, 1888. A monster prowls the gaslit streets, and the police are looking in all the wrong places, at all the wrong suspects. But three women refuse to stay silent.
Emma, the chief detective’s sharp-witted wife, sees the investigation failing. Maggie, a private investigator, exposes men’s darkest secrets. Bet, a police station cleaner, overhears what others ignore.
Together, they form an alliance to hunt down the killer dubbed Jack the Ripper. But as the women weave through the slums, brothels, and smoke-filled parlours of London’s underworld, they uncover corruption more sinister than they ever imagined.
The city belonged to men – until now.
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A mission gone wrong leaves a Navy SEAL questioning everything he thought he knew about the war.
The Terminal List
Mystery · Thriller · Political Thriller
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A mission gone wrong leaves a Navy SEAL questioning everything he thought he knew about the war. In The Terminal List, Lieutenant Commander James Reece returns home after his team is wiped out in a brutal ambush, only to uncover a conspiracy tied to the same tragedy. With nothing left to lose, he turns his training toward exposing the truth and eliminating those responsible.
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Now an original series starring Chris Pratt and the inspiration for the series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf now streaming on Prime Video.
“Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. Get ready!”—Chris Pratt, all around great guy and star of the #1 Amazon Prime series The Terminal List
A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller that is “so powerful, so pulse-pounding, so well-written—rarely do you read a debut novel this damn good” (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Now an original series starring Chris Pratt on Prime Video.
On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government.
Now, with no family and free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he’s learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward avenging the deaths of his family and teammates. With breathless pacing and relentless suspense, Reece ruthlessly targets his enemies in the upper echelons of power without regard for the laws of combat or the rule of law.
“Told with a deft hand and a keen eye for detail, The Terminal List…is explosive and riveting” (Kevin Maurer, coauthor of No East Day) and is perfect for fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Stephen Hunter, and Nelson DeMille.
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A centuries-old execution continues to cast a shadow over an English manor.
The Hanging Tree
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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A centuries-old execution continues to cast a shadow over an English manor. In The Hanging Tree, writer Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall to research the story of a woman hanged for witchcraft in 1640. As contradictions emerge in the historical record, Nicole uncovers secrets someone is determined to keep buried, turning a quiet research project into a dangerous historical mystery.
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In 1640, Alys Bailey was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Today, Alys is said to haunt Lockwood Hall, the Tudor manor house where she died. When Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall and begins to research Alys’s story for a new book, she discovers startling irregularities in Alys’s case. Nicole’s suspicions mount as every answer leads to more questions. What really happened to Alys? And what became of her son, who disappeared the day she was hanged? Could it be that Alys’s death was the result of a well-planned conspiracy, or is there another, less obvious answer? And who is trying to sabotage Nicole's attempts to discover the truth?
As Nicole delves deeper into Alys’s life, with the help of a handsome crime writer and a history-obsessed vicar, she comes to realize that things are not quite as they appear, and people will sometimes do the unthinkable to protect their secrets.
"Whether it was a modern-day writer's retreat harboring some dark secrets or a 1640 English village filled with lust, fear, and suspicion, The Hanging Tree gripped me with its vivid characters and sharp conflict. I love the investigation to learn the truth about a young woman sentenced to death for witchcraft and the shocking twists and turns in that quest." Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Blue
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A long-buried death begins to look less like an accident when new evidence surfaces years later.
The Murder Show
Mystery · Thriller · Suspense
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A long-buried death begins to look less like an accident when new evidence surfaces years later. In The Murder Show, television writer Ethan Harris returns to his Minnesota hometown and joins a former classmate now working as a police officer to revisit the hit-and-run that killed their friend after high school. As their investigation gains attention, the past proves far more dangerous than either of them expected.
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THE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
The Murder Show is a pulse-racing novel about secrets, old friends, and how the past never leaves us by New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award winning author Matt Goldman!
Showrunner Ethan Harris had a hit with The Murder Show, a television crime drama that features a private detective who solves cases the police can’t. But after his pitch for the fourth season is rejected by the network, he returns home to Minnesota looking for inspiration.
His timing is fortunate — his former classmate Ro Greeman is now a local police officer, and she's uncovered new information about the devastating hit and run that killed their mutual friend Ricky the summer after high school. She asks Ethan to help her investigate and thinks that if he portrays the killing on The Murder Show, the publicity may bring Ricky's killer to justice.
Ethan is skeptical that Ricky's death was anything but a horrible accident, but with the clock running out on his career, he's willing to try anything. It doesn't take long for them to realize they've dug up more than they bargained for. Someone is dead set on stopping Ethan and Ro from looking too closely into Ricky’s death — even if keeping them quiet means killing again...
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