Humor Crime

Someone is messing around with Luck. In a city with some of the largest underground gambling organizations in the world, Tony Mandolin, San Francisco's Private Eye to the weird, finds himself neck-deep in Cartels, Triads, and Russians, and the Russians want their money back. Soon our world-weary, cynical PI winds up in a card game where the loser has to give up a whole lot more than just his chips. And then things shift to a whole new level of insanity.

Glass House is the eleventh instalment of Andrea Frazer’s Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds, and a delightful slice of humour. 'This is an entertaining and well written mystery and number eleven in this excellent series. The main characters are likeable - even lovable - there are intriguing plots and plenty of humour as well as serious investigation.' Reader review 'This series is turning into another Midsomer Murders, surprised there is anyone left alive. The author has cleverly made use of the public fascination with reality ...

When a killer strikes, single mom and PI, Tracy Belden puts game nights on hold to solve a puzzling case of murder. I’m Tracy Belden and I’m getting out of town. A quick meeting with a client in Las Vegas will pay for a weekend getaway for me and my guy. But our perfect plan derails when my client is found dead. Now the police and the perps both accuse me of having a priceless artifact. The only way to prove my innocence–and finish my crossword puzzle– is to find the missing object and track down the killer. If you like fast-paced, humorous cozies, dive into the Crossword Puzzle ...

A Cupcakes-and-Crime Caper “I didn’t kill her, I swear!” Fresh off a shift of slinging cards, blackjack dealer and private investigator Tiffany Black takes a frenzied call from Mary Bilford, the services manager at ritzy Spa Renauld. Mary needs someone to prove she didn’t kill spa client Gina Welling—which means it’s time for Tiffany and Ian to go undercover and infiltrate the spa. “Winters will have you giggling into your book!” Who stood to benefit from Gina’s death? Was it ex-husband Harry, who was coincidentally visiting the spa while his ex-wife was there; nurse ...

If it wasn’t for bad luck, Nik Briscoe wouldn’t have any luck at all. On the run from a criminal gang for a crime she didn't commit, she finds herself arrested in the obscure town of Possum Trot for yet another murder she didn't commit. Sensing a trend here, Nik knows she needs to clear her good name—and fast. As a disabled ex-Navy SEAL, Nik is no stranger to challenges, but facing off against Sam Beaulieu, a local power player with seemingly limitless influence, pushes her skills to the limit. With the odds stacked against her, Nik dives into the murky underbelly of Possum Trot, ...

When Theodore Terhune’s wealthy client Arthur Harrison is found stabbed and his library ransacked, the police suspect the murderer was looking for a book. Harrison collected rare early printed books called incunabula, but as the provenance of such titles is well documented in the book world it would make little sense to steal one. Terhune is hired by the estate to sell off Harrison’s library, but another armed break-in and a very strange book auction suggest the killer is still searching for something. Soon Terhune himself becomes a target, but what exactly does the murderer want? And ...

So, why is Santa having his elves pound the dickens out of Tony Mandolin? And why are all the heads of the Bay Area’s Organized Crime Families asking Police Captain Monahan to have Tony deal with an interloper who is taking their empires down one by one? Someone, or something is messing around with the spirit of Christmas, and Tony Mandolin, San Francisco's Private Eye for the wierd has been chosen to solve the problem. Ho, ho, frickin’ ho.

I’m the head of the Hell Raisers MC. I have a code of honor, even if I keep it hidden. So when I see some of my guys roughing up a runaway, I step in. I just don’t expect to want her for myself. People think I’m crazy. They’re right. They just don’t know why. Nobody knows the truth about me, but she sees right through me with her big blue eyes. I’m reckless and wild. But when I see her, I want something different. For the first time in nearly a decade, I start thinking about what happens after. After I catch my brother’s killer. She doesn’t seem to care that I’m a ...

Excuse Me Officer is a light hearted, insightful yet humorous look at the current thin blue line fading slowly under austerity. With Facebook insults, fights over a burnt dinner and maybe the odd shop theft thrown in. Learn about the thief who reported his stolen goods, stolen. The great meat theft, the lady who put razor blades in her girly bits and other tales from the frontline over a very changing and at times challenging ten years of police service.

I could stay awake just to feel you creeping... FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Life is sweet for FBI Special Assistant Amanda Meyer. Her live-in boyfriend just happens to be her sexy boss, Rick Rowling, head of the Paranormal Cases Division, and cozy evenings at home are becoming a thing - but that just means a wicked new case is right around the corner. When a little girl is kidnapped, the evidence points to world renowned psychic Aurora Westwood but something just doesn’t add up. In exchange for her help finding the missing child, Aurora has a proposition for Mandy that could change ...

James was handsome, successful, wealthy. Lucy was besotted. When he offered her an all-expenses paid trip to a luxury lodge in an isolated part of New Zealand's beautiful Marlborough Sounds, she didn't hesitate. This decision would test her survival skills to the limit and open her eyes to a world she never knew existed.

Death wears many faces in New York City—and this time, John Keegan is staring straight into its eyes. When the daughter of a renowned scientist is found strangled in Central Park, the whole city calls it a tragedy. When a ruthless drug dealer is slain in his apartment soon after, most call it justice served. Detective John Keegan is assigned the second case, and he’s not exactly shedding tears for the victim. Still, the law demands answers, and Keegan can’t ignore a deadly pattern emerging in the city’s shadows. As more criminals turn up dead, it becomes clear a vigilante is on the ...

David Walliams burst on to the American scene with his New York Times best seller Demon Dentist, and now he’s bringing his signature humor to this raucous tale of prison breaks and heists gone wrong in Bad Dad. Frank’s dad was a champion hot-rod racer, Gilbert the Great. But when a terrible accident sees him go from hero to zero, Frank and Gilbert are left with nothing - and in the grips of a wicked crime boss and his henchmen. After Gilbert is thrown in prison, only Frank can come to his rescue....

In the third hilarious installment in internationally best-selling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s League of Pensioners series, Martha and the League’s latest escapade has them headed for the French Riviera in what is sure to be the most daring caper of the summer. Martha and her friends are sitting comfortably in Sweden… a little too comfortably. Determined to do more for their fellow pensioners - and jazz things up for themselves - they’re up to their usual antics: bank robberies, money laundering, and figuring out how to disappear in a garbage-truck-cum-getaway-car.

Relics. Risks. Revelations. Angus Darrow just wants to finish renovating his Exmouth flat. Charlotte Lockwood just wants something — anything — to distract her from the endless smell of paint. When the local museum reports missing artefacts, Charlotte takes the case. But what seems like a simple undercover job soon turns into something far more sinister. Meanwhile, Angus can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t quite right with his neighbour... As Charlotte and Angus race to uncover the truth, it’s not just missing artefacts they need to worry about… it’s staying one step ...

Adventure-loving penguin Jackson dreams of being a secret agent like his Uncle Bryn, who works for the Frosty Bureau of Investigation. Jackson and his gadget-inventing best friend, Quigley, might officially be too young to join the FBI, but they aren’t going to let that stop them! They just need to come up with the right plan to prove they are worthy. But when one of Q’s inventions goes dangerously wrong, Jackson suddenly finds himself dropped right in the middle of an FBI stakeout. There’s fishy business afoot at the city’s aquarium....

The Snodgrass and Harper Detective Agency is now open for business! The team of inexperienced investigators will bring a smile to your face, assuming you are within walking distance. In Book 1, The Doctor is Out, the boys stumble into something they didn’t quite bargain on for their first case. Dr. Celia Delworth has put Snodgrass and Harper to the test. Is she a world-renowned doctor, a mover and shaker with the Whisby community, or maybe something more nefarious? Whatever she is up to, find out as the pair of bungling detectives truly go out of this world to find out. Have fun trying to...

Sacked Canberra political correspondent Paul Ryder is chasing a story that will blow the doors off a federal election campaign. Trained killers, spies, hardened political operators and his mother-in-law try to stop him. If he survives them, fame and fortune await.

Owning two thrift shop locations doubles the secondhand fun for Jessica Braun. However, it also means double the work and, soon enough, she finds herself embroiled in double the trouble. A shocking crime strikes Pine Grove, leaving two people injured. Jessica can't shake her suspicion that another shop owner is involved. The catch? The community sees things differently, and convincing them won't be an easy task. How will she rise to this challenge, protect her town, and safeguard her business? As the situation grows more complex, Jessica must piece together the puzzle. But when the going ...

A haunted theater, drama queen ghosts, and the rest is… Wicked? FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Alas, poor Mandy! Decorating the nursery for Baby Rowling is giving her the blues, and only Manhattan’s top interior designer can help, but securing her services could mean putting Rick into the clutches of a notorious homewrecker. In exchange for hooking Mandy up with the designer, famous actress Karina needs help with some strange happenings at her theater production of Hamlet, and who better to solve the mystery than someone who can talk to the ghost of the Ghost? Trodding the boards with the ...