Contemporary Detective Mysteries

Royalty...it was more than just a word to her. It was her life. But not for long. Marlie loved her family dearly, even when she didn’t like them very much. But their life wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. Maggie had always fulfilled her responsibilities, she’d always done exactly as she was expected to...she knew no other way. Until now...until after reading a letter from her father suggesting she visit her niece and learn how to do as she pleased every once in a while, including the joy of eating pizza at her slightest whim. The last thing Maggie expected when she showed up at ...

The second Perfect Gentlemen novel from the New York Times best-selling authors of the Masters of Ménage series. Privileged, wealthy, and wild: They are the Perfect Gentlemen of Creighton Academy. But the threat of a scandal has one of them employing his most deceptive - and seductive - talents...Recruited into the CIA at a young age, Connor Sparks knows how dirty the world can be. Only when he’s with his friends can he find some peace. So when an anonymous journalist threatens one of the Perfect Gentlemen, Connor vows to take down the person behind the computer.

Lisa Paxton loves her job as a Private Investigator. Spying on cheating spouses is easy work that pays well. But when classmates from high school twelve years ago are now targeted by a madman who kills them in violent ways, Lisa's job description got a whole lot more dangerous. Add in a handsome ex-fling who suddenly wants to join his investigative business with Lisa's and you have a fun, spicy, dangerous short story. EENIE MEENIE MINY MO. Who's next? Rating: PG13 A thrilling romantic suspense just the right length when you don't have a lot of time to read. By a best-selling, award-winning ...

Aphra Behn Connolly's family's resort allows few opportunities for her to make friends - much less to meet cute boys. So when a smoldering Seth Mulo arrives with his parents, she's immediately drawn to him. Sure, he's a little bit guarded, and sure, his parents are rather cold, and okay, he won't say a word about his past, but their chemistry is undeniable. Then, a famous rock star's girlfriend turns up dead on the beach - strangled by her own bikini top - and alarm bells sound. Is it too great a coincidence that Seth's family turned up just one day before a murder?

What are the odds of three serial killers working in the same college town? Astronomical. Unless two of them are twin brothers! The third is someone they hire to do maintenance at their nursing homes. A match made in hell! Using a pandemic's death toll as a cover, the brothers, who know a good thing when they see one, use their new hire to help them with their murderous insurance and "legacy" scheme. But they did not count on an idealistic -- and suspicious -- young woman. “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY....

Narrated by the great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Cadell! At Edmund Brooke's insistence, his 10-year-old daughter, Vitorina, leaves the closed world of her old and strait-laced great-aunts and their Portuguese mansion - complete with chapel - and journeys to a boarding school in England. Edmund readily accepts the offer of a golfing acquaintance to act as chaperone for Tory. Tory is called upon to let down her facade of meekness and to reveal her real nature: she is shrewd, imaginative and - as the situation calls for - brave.

Their story would shock the world. Marshall and Eliza Porter have a secret. A big one. Haunted by guilt and shame, the couple is living their worst nightmare. Reeling from a crisis that would destroy most marriages, they learn not to trust their friends...or their enemies...or each other. As the bodies keep piling up, someone is watching them and their lives begin unraveling as they quickly turn on each other. Several of the island's residents get pulled into the mystery, when investigators find a piece of evidence that can't be ignored. Everything the residents thought to be true is ...

Autumn Breeze is the winner of the prestigious San Diego Book Awards for best romance novel of the year. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 On the morning of 9/11, a fourteen-year-old genius’s mother disappears. Her beloved father had been murdered years before. She’s now without parents. She resolves to get a new mom and dad and have them adopt her before she is deported to Trinidad. For her new mom, she selects her BFF (best friend forever), a New York City detective. For her new dad, she selects the handsome spy investigating her BFF. The investigation was the girl’s fault. She had predicted the ...

Power. Deception. Murder. The continuing story of the Winters and Fairchild families. Years have passed and they have moved on. Or have they? For the Winters and Fairchild families, life is never what it seems. When a mystery begins to unfold, their world is turned upside down. In the small mountain town of Stone Mountain, life is chaotic. Life is dealing with those around you. Those with secrets. Those with hidden agendas. Don't miss this unputdownable story. The complete Stone Mountain Family Saga series: Winters Legend on Stone Mountain A Dangerous Game on Stone Mountain Deceit on Stone ...

Violet thought she had made peace with her unique ability to sense the echoes of the dead and the imprints that cling to their killers . . . until she acquired an imprint of her own. Forced to carry a reminder of the horrible events of her kidnapping, Violet is more determined than ever to lead a normal life. However, the people who run the special investigative team she works for have no intention of letting her go. Violet will do whatever it takes to keep her loved ones safe - even if it means lying to her boyfriend, Jay.

Someone is bumping off rock’s wrinkled royalty. After the death of the third aging rock star, lead singer Freddie Finger, astrologer-detective David Lowell takes on the case, scrutinizing suspects’ charts for any clues in the stars that could point to a killer.

Amelia Moore, the founder of the Moore Detective Agency, specializes in missing persons. With the help of her partner, Rick Bonito, the business is flourishing. Dell Murphy has passed on and left a fortune to his nephew. He wants his nephew to continue his work at the orphanage in Mexico, but there is one problem. Neal Woods is missing! If Amelia and Rick can't find him soon, the fortune will be turned over to Dell's brother and sister who intend to close down Uncle Dell's Orphanage.

Ella Cleary has always had an eye for the truth. She has synesthesia, which means she is able to read people via the waves of colors that surround them. Her unique gift has led her to trust very few people outside her family since her parents died in a fire. So when a handsome young journalist appears with no colors surrounding him at all, her senses go on high alert. But while Alec is a mystery, Ella feels a connection to him she can’t ignore. Then, just as feelings develop between them, Alec drops a bombshell: He believes her parents’ deaths were no accident.

Wrong time, wrong place - no other words. Wayne Sharp newer expected his life to turn like that... Dishonorably discharged, he tries to build his life from the beginning in Clayton, New Mexico. He never expects to be attracted so deeply to the woman in trouble, in trouble beyond hope... Trying to help her, he becomes involved in the dark secrets of the town. ...They are free! A successful operation, at least as far as Wayne was concerned. The bomb was taken out. They wouldn't expect that when the showdown takes place. But then, what about Clayton's secrets? This is the second book in the ...

Jordan Edelman’s messy dating days are over. After a few too many broken hearts, and a father who worries a bit too much, she’s sworn off boys—at least for the summer. And since she’ll be tagging along on her father’s research trip to Nantucket, she doesn’t think it’ll be too hard to stick to her resolution. But hooking up with the cute boy on the ferry doesn’t count, right? At least, not until that cute boy turns out to be Ethan Barbanel. As in, her father’s longtime research assistant Ethan Barbanel, the boy Jordan has hated from afar for years.

There is an attack on the Dark Dimension! Lacey and her friends discover giant black “birds” flying over the kingdom. They were the source of radiation that sickened the villagers and killed the Voice. Lacey and Alex cross the dark dimension once more with Matt's help. This time, they must find out who these invaders are and what they want. Will they be able to defeat this new enemy without the Voice's help? Will they make it in time to save the kingdom? This is the second series of the "Voice of the Mountain" Saga. The first series is "The Voice of the Dark World".

Eleanor Ames has never been what she seems. Average high school student on the outside, but reformed con artist trying to break free of her past on the inside. When Eleanor receives startling news about someone from her previous criminal life, plans for a new operation coinciding with her school's upcoming field trip quickly consume her. But operations rarely go according to plan. And this is one her irresistible teen FBI agent boyfriend, Miles, would never approve of.

Disrupting wizards’ attempts to destroy the non-magical world is what Bonnie Glock does best. Mages gone bad, however, aren’t the only magical threat to humanity. Sleuthing as a private investigator and consultant for the SFPD, this young witch and her Normal human partner keep the streets of San Francisco clean of wizarding crime. From homicidal mages to spellcasting shapeshifters, they face supernatural opposition. When a vampire-led movement raises tensions in the wizarding world, things change. Bonnie and Cy are faced with a unique killer; one they haven’t encountered before....

No one ever expects the sweet blonde to be the strongest one in the room…at least, not until they’re lying on the ground and wondering how they got there. Guardian, part-time bouncer, and the Seven’s muscle…Bri has never been afraid to get her hands dirty when it comes to helping those in need. Now, her mission is to find the hundreds of Magics who disappeared without a trace. When Bri finally uncovers the secret, it’s no longer just random families she’s trying to help. It’s her own. And she’s desperate to get to the truth. But the deeper she digs, the more disturbing the ...

A newly reissued edition of Agatha Christie’s ‘Mary Westmacott’ novel, a Crime of the Heart novel about love and anguish across the class divide. Everyone expected Isabella Charteris, beautiful, sheltered and aristocratic, to marry her cousin Rupert when he came back from the War. It would have been such a suitable marriage. How strange then that John Gabriel, an ambitious and ruthless war hero, should appear in her life. For Isabella, the price of love would mean abandoning her dreams of home and happiness forever. For Gabriel, it would destroy his chance of a career and all his ambitions….