Crime City

The woman falls. Her body begins to shake. Her brown eyes turn upwards, showing a mix of panic and desperate hope. She takes a deep breath and says one word: Blake. Then her eyes close, her face pales, and she goes still forever… The victim: Shannon, a woman who went out of her way to help the lost and hopeless, left abandoned to die by the side of the road. Where was she in those last few days before her death, and why was she so frightened?

Ahora que su bando está perdiendo la sangrienta guerra criminal en la Costa Este, Danny Ryan se da a la fuga. La mafia, la policía y el FBI lo quieren muerto o en prisión. Emprende la clásica migración estadounidense a California —con su hijo pequeño, su viejo padre y el cansado séquito que le queda— para empezar una nueva vida.

On Mother's Day night, 2004, award-winning fourth grade teacher Nancy Seaman left the Tudor home she shared with her husband of 32 years in the gated community of Farmington Hills, near Detroit, Michigan, and drove in a driving rain storm to Home Depot, to purchase a hatchet. Three days later, police discovered the mutilated body of Bob Seaman - a successful auto industry engineer, softball coach and passionate collector of vintage Mustangs - in the back of the family's Ford Explorer.

Mystery in Selden Squareby Harper Stanwick, Sr. is a gripping mystery novel set in early 20th century New York City. When Kevin, a man with a mysterious past, returns to New York, he finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue, danger, and romance that centers around a veiled heiress and a hidden fortune. After discovering the lifeless body of a beautiful, unidentified girl, Kevin is drawn into a high-stakes adventure that takes him from the bustling streets of Broadway to the shadowy corners of Selden Square. Along the way, he encounters a series of enigmatic characters, including the ...

When a priest is brutally gunned down in front of St. Jerome's Chinese-American Catholic Church, Father Luis Chavez is asked by the archdiocese to lead an inquiry. With the confessed killer already in custody, it looks like an open-and-shut case. That is, until Father Chavez digs deeper. As the killer's confession unravels, Father Chavez teams up with Deputy District Attorney Michael Story to get to the bottom of it. Together, they discover a conspiracy leading back to one of the world's oldest criminal organizations.

A drug rip turns terribly wrong for four hapless men. A bored housewife plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with her retired neighbor. A father learns the realities of street life while searching for his daughter. A cop breaks the law to find a missing child. These are just a few citizens embracing mayhem as a part of their lives. Many more wait in the shadows, around the corner, or down the next alley. It’s time to see the 509 in a way you never expected.

Johnny "Whoops" Watson and Billy Bates - young guitarists and singers - and their band, Conflict, are playing clubs in Los Angeles, where the days of rock's zenith have faded, but the hopes and dreams of aspiring musicians haven't. Conflict is struggling, and chaos ensues when someone close to the band is killed. Johnny and Billy are swept up in the mystery, ill-prepared as they are to confront it.

Dive back into the sultry, shadowy streets of Tampa with Tampa Vice 2, the electrifying sequel to the acclaimed crime saga. Picking up where Santo Trafficante Jr.’s reign ends in 1987, this gripping chronicle traces the city’s evolution from a bolita-soaked Mafia stronghold to a modern hub of vice, pulsing with legalized sin and digital darkness. From the neon glow of strip club empires to the pill mill plague that turned Tampa into America’s opioid epicenter, from cyber scams raking millions to cannabis cash and sports betting wars, Tampa Vice 2 unveils a city where corruption and ...

It is December 1999, and the spectre of Y2K hangs over the police department. More menacing yet, officers respond to a hate-fueled home invasion robbery. As the entirety of the River City Police Department prepares for possible chaos when the calendar turns over to the year 2000, they also must stop a gang of white supremacists who plan to use that same chaos to mask their biggest crime yet.

Storm McCoy, a lawyer in Manhattan, is eager for a challenging legal case. However, his investigation into the shady federal crime and punishment world may prove fatal. While at his favorite hotel bar in New York City, a nearby bombing and armed robbery of the Federal Reserve Bank forces Storm to stay put. During this time, he meets Alex Jones, a boat builder, with whom he spends time. Later, Storm takes on the defense of John Bainbridge, one of the suspects in the high-profile bank robbery case. However, a major obstacle to defending Bainbridge is that he is unable to speak. As Storm ...

Firefighters battling a blaze in a remote part of Santa Fe make a horrific discovery. Detective Maria Estrada is called out in the middle of the night and arrives to find an eerily familiar scene. When the victim is identified, Maria fears she's hunting a serial killer.

"Beneath the City Lights" is a gripping murder mystery set in the dark underbelly of New York City. The city is met by fear when a string of brutal killings begins to mirror the infamous Jack the Ripper murders of 19th-century London. Detective Clara Evans, a tenacious investigator known for her sharp instincts, is assigned to the case. As she digs deeper into the investigation, she uncovers a chilling pattern and eerie connections among the victims, leading her through a labyrinth of gruesome secrets hidden beneath the bustling streets. In a race against time, Clara must outwit a cold-...

An unpopular relationship getting back on track, Midnight and Rick at war with one another, and old enemies resurfacing. When one of their own gets into trouble, can they put on a united front and work together? As things spin out of control, it will become clear who is loyal and who is not. When all is said and done, will the Betrayals Stand?

River City is plagued by a serial rapist. His attacks are becoming more brutal and Detective John Tower is sure that he’ll go from rape to murder if he isn’t stopped soon. Meanwhile, the rapes stir up ghosts for both Officer Katie MacLeod and Officer Thomas Chisolm. Both struggle to put those haunted memories to rest even as they are drawn into the center of Tower’s investigation. When a series of missteps and near misses push the rapist even further, everyone involved must face their old fears...or be destroyed by them.

New Delhi, three a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the kerb, and in the blink of an eye five people are dead. It's a rich man's car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold.

Two damaged people, a love affair, and narrow streets breathing crime In the heart of a rapidly changing London, two lonely souls find each other when they least expect it. Tom, a former soldier living with the physical and emotional scars of war, has resigned himself to solitude. Gin, a spirited widow, carries her own burdens of grief but refuses to let them dim her love for life. When a violent attack outside their shared apartment building forces them together, an unlikely friendship blossoms. A bond of trust—and something deeper—begins to grow. But Gin is haunted by the shadow of ...

Tortured, then murdered, a university student dressed up as Santa Claus is left hanging from a meat hook on Christmas Eve - a gift intended for one particular cop. Detective Emile Cinq-Mars, local hero and old-style cop, wants the truth - and his gripping search takes him through a bone-chilling Montreal winter and into the heart of the city's colourful criminal underworld, where rival biker gangs, the Russian Mafia, and meddlers from the CIA all vie for a piece of the frozen city.

No ordinary Washington memoir, Facing Down Evil is an unprecedented look behind the scenes of our nation's most powerful law-enforcement agency. As the FBI's premier hostage negotiator, Clint Van Zandt worked or consulted on some of recent U.S. history's most unsettling and high-profile conflicts, including the Waco, Oklahoma City, and Unabomber cases.

Private eye Sharon McCone receives an email asking for help from her emotionally disturbed half-brother, Darcy Blackhawk, but he fails to reply to her response. As Sharon digs deeper, she discovers that Darcy sent his message from an Internet café in San Francisco, a city he's never been to before. Sensing that Darcy is in terrible danger, McCone begins a search for him throughout the city. The investigation leads her to the body of a woman at the Palace of Fine Arts, where a witness told her Darcy was headed. As her search widens, Sharon uncovers a connection to an unsolved murder....

The unexpected killing of Dallas drug king-pin Ricardo Salazar sets everyone on edge. A New York crime family is up in arms about the loss of a major narcotics supplier. The Dallas Police dread the ensuing gang war, but Detectives Rob Soliz and Frank Pierce were on the scene at the time of the shooting. Frank saw a mysterious red-haired woman enter Ricardo’s just moments before the shooting, but she was never seen leaving. Instead, all they found inside the house was a dead man and a voodoo doll at his feet.