International Mystery & Crime

Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden.

After surviving the most dangerous mission of his career, John Dempsey is back at Ember. But Ember has changed—and so has he. Meanwhile, a new adversary sees an opportunity to rise. As Dempsey and Vice President Jarvis soon discover, the world stage is about to get deadlier than ever.

This is DC Smith's third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been asked by a member of Norfolk's aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title.

The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 118 cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election....

When CIA operative Jenny Silkwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless operatives....

It’s the opening night of The Manor, the newest and hottest luxury resort, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; the “Manor Mule” cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.

It’s the early 1960s, and the newly built Berlin Wall looms large. British intelligence officer Alec Leamas, caught in its shadow, feels the chill all too keenly: the preceding years have seen nearly every member of his Berlin spy network either murdered or captured.

In this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi take on an intriguing new case and uncover surprising truths.

After an unremarkable interview, Circus agent George Smiley determines the subject of a standard security check—a civil servant in the Foreign Office named Samuel Fennan—poses no threat, nor presents any reason for suspicion of espionage. Hours later, Samuel Fennan is found dead by suicide.

In post–World War I England, foul play at a suspicious séance provokes the delightfully mismatched sleuthing duo of American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim Brit Edwina Davenport to dig up some dirt.

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical over-reaching" by the British Secret Service “to investigate historical over-reaching.” Monochrome’s mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer....

Espionage. Blackmail. Revenge. Cunning. Slapstick. State secrets dating back to the fall of the Berlin Wall. All this and more in a tight package of five novellas by Mick Herron, CWA Gold Dagger-winning author of Slow Horses....

The trail of missing coders leads a spy into an international underworld of treachery, double agents, and digital espionage in a propulsive thriller by a Wall Street Journal bestselling author.

Gemma Tate has a new job and a new address. She is putting her past—her memories of nursing in the Crimean war—behind her. But when Jacob Harrow, a journalist with ties to Crimea, is found brutally killed, Gemma is pulled into the investigation.

A belated honeymoon turns into a busman’s holiday when gardas Siobhán and Macdara Flannery find themselves investigating a dead body found in a fish and chips shop....

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the...

This edition includes books four through seven of the Irish Village Mystery series: Murder in an Irish Pub, Murder in an Irish Cottage, Murder at an Irish Christmas, and Murder in an Irish Bookshop....

Matt is intrigued when his partner Liz brings home an old carpet bag she found dumped in the local library. It contains a pile of mysterious handwritten notes. Liz is convinced the bag belongs to Old Molly, a local woman who lives on the streets.

Detective Peter Diamond, chief of the Avon and Somerset Murder Squad, is taking a short holiday in the country. His former colleague Julie Hargreaves has invited Diamond and his partner to visit the idyllic village of Baskerville. It turns out Julie's invitation was not without ulterior motives.

Jo told him the phone call had been about a woman who wanted to have her husband declared dead. Smith thought for a moment and then said, 'Hmm. There must be a few million women in this country who feel like that'....

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti confronts a present-day Venetian menace and the ghosts of a heroism that never was

The mole has been purged from the Circus, and George Smiley, newly made chief of the agency, has both rebuilding and revenge in his sights. To fully eradicate the threat, Smiley must trace back the treachery to its very roots.

American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport team up once again as enquiry agents to solve a mystery at their alma mater in this historical English village mystery set just after World War I....

In this New York Times bestselling installment of the "outrageously entertaining" Strike series (Financial Times), detective duo Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult.​

The discovery of an oil field off the coast of Guyana plunges Jack Ryan, Jr into a cauldron of lies in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling series.

Professional treasure hunter EDEN BLACK is no stranger to action. After all, the artifacts she spends her life returning to their rightful owners aren’t always easy to access. When Eden’s father dies in a plane crash, her life’s turned upside down. Grief turns to fear when she learns that it wasn't an accident. Everyone involved in an archaeological dig twenty years ago has met with a similar untimely end. Everyone that is, but Eden who was ten at the time.

Gemma Guillory has lived in the Australian Outback enclave of Rainier her entire life. She knows the tiny, red-dust town’s ins and outs by heart, knows the people like they are her family, their quirks as if they were her own. She also knows her once charming town is now remembered for one reason and one reason only: three innocent people died there at the hands of a serial killer. The last stop on the Rainier Ripper’s trail of deaths fifteen years ago was her picturesque little tea shop.

One by one, the deaths pile up in the village of Castillac. Seven deaths in a matter of weeks. Seven. The villagers are--understandably--worried. Then anxious. Finally, scared out of their wits. Yet expat Molly Sutton, who has proven herself to be the best murderer-catcher around, is distracted by other matters. She's simply not interested.

Professor Denise 'Doc' Rado is South Africa's expert on pangolins, busting poachers and freeing the endangered anteaters in elaborate undercover stings. After a risky operation backfires, Doc's life is shattered, but she still has to lead an eclectic group of donors on a wildlife tour of southern Africa. But there's a target on her back.

In the wee hours of a 1960s Tokyo morning, a dead body is found under the rails of a train, and the victim's face is so badly damaged that police have a hard time figuring out the victim’s identity. Only two clues surface: an old man, overheard talking in a distinctive accent to a young man, and the word “kameda.” Inspector Imanishi leaves his beloved bonsai and his haiku and goes off to investigate—and runs up against a blank wall. Months pass in fruitless questioning, in following up leads, until the case is closed, unsolved. But Imanishi is dissatisfied.

When Aron, a twenty-one-year-old college student, arranges to meet his older brother, Brett, in the quaint village of San Martin on Spain's Costa Brava, he expects a fun-filled two-week vacation. But Aron and Brett encounter corruption and evil they could never have imagined. Crucial choices must be made, which resonate powerfully in this tale of love, doubt, envy, violence, and chance. Aron must grapple with the darkness hidden deeply in his own heart and must deal with the fact that nothing is as it seems to be.

What appears to be an easy assignment investigating a plane crash becomes a battle of wits for Jim McCleland and Colin Haltwhistle. Throw in a murder and a beautiful investigator with her own agenda, and the case turns out to be anything but straightforward. As Haltwhistle tries to piece the mystery together, McCleland goes undercover where he must face a ruthless criminal and protect the woman he has fallen for from their nemesis' wrath. But danger lurks behind every blind corner for them all. With the unlikely pairing of McCleland, a jet pilot, and Haltwhistle, a military investigator, ...

El legendario restaurador de arte y espía Gabriel Allon une sus fuerzas con las de una bella danesa, hacker y ladrona profesional, para localizar el cuadro más valioso del mundo, que ha desaparecido. Pero pronto se ve inmerso en una carrera desesperada para evitar un conflicto inimaginable entre Rusia y Occidente.

“Beckwith, best known for his Will and Betsy Black mysteries, takes us on yet another fun-filled and dangerous virtual vacation. Mild-mannered Michigander Monte Connors is the perfect protagonist to lead us through this vulture’s nest of con artists and thieves lying in wait at a Caribbean resort. Fans of HBO’s “White Lotus” will have a ball with Beckwith's latest!” —Ace Atkins, New York Times Bestselling author Clutching a winning lottery ticket was the last thing confirmed bachelor and menial church worker Monte Connors expected, but here he is on his way to Jamaica. Monte ...

Act It Out's re-enactments of scenes from the life of Mary Queen of Scots are not as innocent as they seem. Are the Act It Out historic tours a cover-up a for a Scottish drug distribution gang…? Tasked by HM Revenue & Customs to investigate, undercover agent D J Smith and her sniffer cat Gorgonzola join a tour. Posing as Shelagh Macbeth from Historic Scotland, our intrepid heroine—and her cat ‘Lady M’—become suspicious of their fellow guests.

Die Tote, die zu viel wusste. Sandrine Perrot wird von ihrem Assistenten Adel Azarou zu einem ungewöhnlichen Tatort in der Altstadt von Saint-Malo gerufen. Bei der Toten handelt es sich um eine bekannte Influencerin und Radiomoderatorin, die sich mit ihren Meinungen und Themen in der Region einige Feinde gemacht hat. Der Mörder hat die Leiche und den Tatort nicht nur professionell inszeniert, sondern die Tat auch minutiös aufgezeichnet. Die hinterlassenen Spuren deuten auf mehrere Verdächtige hin.

Nach einem Erdbeben nördlich von Rom gibt der »Sacro Bosco« ein grauenhaftes Geheimnis preis. In einem Massengrab werden die Überreste enthaupteter Frauen entdeckt, die zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Hinrichtung Föten in sich trugen. Kardinal Calitri, der den heiligen Wald vor kurzem erwarb, ist entsetzt. Erste Untersuchungen ergeben, dass die Skelette Jahrhunderte alt sind, doch dann werden jüngere Frauenleichname entdeckt, und eine davon stammt aus dem letzten Winter.

I never expected to fall for the woman investigating me. Ali Graham walks into my life and turns it upside down. As we work to uncover a dangerous mole within the CIA, I find myself torn between my duty and my growing feelings for her. With both our lives on the line, can I protect her and complete my mission? Or will I have to sacrifice everything, including my heart?

One evening, wealthy diamond merchant Rudolph Kesselbach is visited at the Palace Hotel by Arsène Lupin. The next day, Kesselbach is found dead from a gunshot wound, with Lupin’s card pinned to his shirt. The wanted Lupin is forced to use all his guile to outwit the gendarmerie and find the real murderer.

Amid the gristly serial killings of a deranged psychopath, a father stands accused of filicide—the murder of his own daughter... His alleged crime is strikingly similar to the ones causing terror in the Bradford community by the predator known as The Ripper. The lead investigator of the Bradford Murder Squad, DI Turnbull, is back—his task to distinguish fact from fiction and untangle evidence that points in alarming directions. Did this man murder his own daughter? And if he did, is he indeed Ripper2?