Winner of the Edgar Award

For the investigators of the Conmy-Kirk detective agency, cracking cases isn’t about glamor. It’s about finding information that will make or break their clients’ fortunes—and when the NYPD needs to investigate one of its own, it’s Conmy-Kirk they turn to...

“A book that defies categories...Absorbingly readable.” —New York Times

Two US agents vanish investigating Russian subs near Arctic oil reserves. Deep Black operative Charlie Dean races to a daring rescue while his partner uncovers a deadly secret that threatens global war.

Newly arrived from New Zealand and in need of funds, Martyn Tarne takes a job as a dresser to the Vulcan Theater’s leading lady. Along with a paycheck, this also provides her with a ringside seat to the backstage circus—and the eventual murder that occurs on opening night. Inspector Alleyn is soon called to solve the case and put a stop to all the drama...

“The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.” —Times Literary Supplement

A wintertime sailing on a low-rent cargo ship is not Inspector Alleyn’s idea of a terrific time, but he’ll do anything to catch a killer. He boards the Cape at Portsmouth, determined that no one else is going to get strangled on his watch.

Detective Lieutenant Thomas Watson had been off air force active duty so long, he thought he was safe. Until a gunman crashes his daughter’s wedding, reawakening the warrior inside him. He hires nurse Jane Boyle to care for his injured father so he can focus on bringing the gunman to justice. While Jane is the ideal caretaker, her dark past has landed her in witness protection. And the more she’s embraced by this family of cops, the more danger she’s in. For a shadow from Thomas’s own past might be willing to lend Jane’s stalker a helping hand . . .

A nervous collector suspects his valuable jewels may be attracting criminal attention. He consults Miss Maud Silver, the demure detective, and she tells him to fire his assistant and send his collection to a museum. Ignoring her advice may be the last mistake Lewis Brading ever makes...

“Miss Silver is marvelous.” —Daily Mail

Nina Sankovitch’s American Rebels explores, for the first time, the intertwined lives of the Hancock, Quincy, and Adams families, and the role each person played in sparking the American Revolution.

Amelia Gray is a cemetery restorer with the ability to see ghosts. The dead have a parasitic nature, however, so to protect herself, she's always adhered to a set of rules. But when Detective John Devlin needs her help to track down a killer, Amelia notices he's being followed by ghosts every step of the way. To warn him would be the first step in breaking every rule that has saved her before.

"This is paranormal romance done well." —New York Journal of Books

Temp job, perfect woman, deadly game. Dusty's simple life takes a sinister turn when he crosses paths with the alluring Marcia Hillis. Her hidden agenda threatens to expose the Manton's dark secrets, drag Dusty into a dangerous conspiracy, and leave him fighting for his life.

New York Times bestseller

A Faberge egg that may be a fake plunges Palm Beach detective Archy McNally into a quagmire of greed, passion, and murder. Now it’s his own neck McNally’s risking to lay a trap for someone who’s counting dividends before they hatch.

A revised will, a troubled upper-class marriage, and a witness who may be mad are keys to a murder case. Retired schoolteacher and sleuth Miss Silver “has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot” (Manchester Evening News).

“Some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery.” —Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine

Nero Award-winning author

The beloved, eccentric New York City detective comes out of retirement to find the killer of a symphony conductor he knew from his days in Montenegro...

“Wolfe in all his glorious splendor.” —Chicago Tribune

Edgar Award–winning author

After discovering that their elderly traveling companion has been brutally attacked and robbed, a quartet of young English tourists en route to Venice vow to scour this unfamiliar city and find his assailant. But unbeknownst to the young visitors, they have something in their possession that ties into a greater, even more terrible crime.

“Highly recommended for those who still like a proper five course whodunit with all the trimmings.” —The Sunday Times

New York Times bestselling author

For years, Heather Tradescant dreamed of the journey she and her father would take to England. After his death, Heather decides to fulfill her father's dreams. Unfortunately, her request to see the fabled 17th-century garden of Troytan House is denied by the owner. Though unwelcome, she braves the walls of briars and reaches the Victorian manor house beyond. She senses a strange mission of evil lurking, tainting the manor's peaceful beauty...

Edgar Award–winning author

Gideon Oliver is distracted from his English honeymoon by a nagging question: Who’d want to steal a 30,000-year-old parieto-occipital calvarial fragment? The purloined bone may be the key to a cold-blooded murder...

The beloved bathroom reader series returns with this 26th edition that’s flush with weird facts on a wide array of topics.