Mystery Heist

The men, mostly virgins, gather in the darkest corners online, drawn together by a common bond: self-hatred. They hate the way they look. They hate their disastrous sex lives. They hate alpha males. There is only one thing they hate more: women. Women are the root of all their problems. Women are inferior and deserve to be punished for rejecting them. Even before they first hear about her, Eva Santella, independent, beautiful, confident, represents everything they despise. So they get together online and feed on each other's rage and disappointment and frustration. And there, in their ...

It’s summer in New York City and Faye Walker has it all. She’s not only scored one of the most highly coveted internships in all of Wall Street, she’s also just met the head-over-heels love of her life. With her natural-born gift for numbers and a work ethic that knows no bounds, Faye is a shoo-in for a full-time position at the illustrious merchant bank Greene Brothers Hale. Then, just as she awaits her offer and her signing bonus, a treacherous betrayal arrives to shatter Faye’s plans and her young life.

The Paintings of Rauma takes the reader to Finland on a thrilling crime adventure. The story is based in the beautiful coastal city of Rauma and takes Jussi, a local Police Officer, on a journey to investigate connected crimes across Finland, Sweden and Singapore. This Nordic Noir mystery begins with a minor incident that sets in motion a chain of events involving theft, murder, passion and hidden treasure. Jussi Alonen is a local Police Officer whose life is turned upside down when someone from the past comes back into his life. A gang of criminals make their way around Finland, wreaking ...

Lights, camera… murder. Eddie Ankin, Hollywood stuntman turned reluctant crime solver, has a simple gig in New York: film some action scenes, enjoy the city, and spend time with his LAPD detective girlfriend, Kim Mallory. But when a close friend is found murdered, “simple” goes right out the window. Teaming up with Kim, Eddie starts pulling at the threads, and what he unravels is a lot more than he bargained for. Turns out, his friend’s death is just the beginning. There’s a crew of master thieves who’ve already pulled off one jaw-dropping heist, and now they’re planning ...

Beneath the gloss of star chefs and crystal-laden tables, the truffle supply chain is touched by theft, secrecy, sabotage, and fraud. Farmers patrol their fields with rifles and fear losing trade secrets to spies. Hunters plant poisoned meatballs to eliminate rival truffle-hunting dogs. Naive buyers and even experts are duped by liars and counterfeits. Deeply reported and elegantly written, this exposé documents the dark, sometimes deadly crimes at each level of the truffle’s path from ground to plate, making sense of an industry that traffics in scarcity, seduction, and cash.

The sixth Chloe Boston bundle is 113k words and includes the full texts of books 18 through 20 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "On the Beach", "Camp Chaos", and "The Davenport Caper".

There is only one rule for Eva Santella: Kill or be killed. Former assassin and mafia boss Eva Lucia Santella has lost everything she’s ever cared about, but is still attempting to carve out a new life for herself back in Italy as a modern day Robin Hood, devoted to taking down those who prey on the innocent. Eva Santella is training an army of female assassins to help her do it. When one of her top lieutenants comes under attack, Eva vows revenge. But when her niece Gia Santella—unexpectedly shows up in Italy, Eva finds that she has more to lose than she ever dreamed possible. She’d ...

“Ames, with her great writing and brilliant story, has created a masterpiece of her own in Marked Masters. She leaves her readers doing their own research between the pages. Like Laurel, Ritter keeps the story with its rightful owner—the reader.” – Crimespree Magazine Laurel Beacham made working solo a personal success story and is known for her nerve, instincts, and ability to do whatever necessary to return each priceless masterpiece safely intact. As the world’s leading art recovery expert, she’s thwarted more heists than the average law enforcement professional. Museums ...

"Kidnappings, Insatiable Greed, Twisted Revenge, Cold-Blooded Murder and even more Kidnappings" After being exposed as the not-so-secret identity behind the mysterious thief known as the Black Lotus, Pierre Pelletier, the man behind the myth, has an enormous target on his back. Everyone wants a piece of him, from a scorned police detective, desperate for redemption, a long lost relative who wants to get in on the action and even a sinister, underground criminal organization known as the Viper Triad that wants retribution for being wronged at Pierre's hands. The unwritten code of thieves ...

We all have our dreams, right? What will we compromise to get there? Lizelle set her goals high. She always did. She wanted to win big in the upper tiers of dressage horse shows. Her parents thought this as folly, but her supportive boyfriend, Paul, did not. She was so close, yet never quite got the scores she needed. Her dream re-ignites the day she works with an Olympic gold medalist. There was a snag, though. Being accused of a high-profile murder dampened everything. Plus, she's offered a path to riches paved with ill-gotten goods. Which direction would she choose? Read this exciting ...

A mysterious death. A detective under pressure. When ageing soft porn star Aimee Gillen is found dead at Harry King Studios, her prolific drug use suggests an easy case—overdose or accidental death. But DI Joe Hogarth has serious doubts. Is Hogarth thinking straight, or has his private crisis clouded his judgment? ★★★★★ “Fast paced - difficult to put down!” As Hogarth and DC Simmons investigate, they uncover suspicious details: Why did Gillen abandon a line of cocaine before she died? What caused the cracked tile outside the sauna? Who were the mysterious friends she wanted ...

Big plans are afoot! Butterbean is going to become a therapist. The white cat is going to do a commercial for caviar-flavored pet treats. And Wallace is moving into a great new apartment. But these plans don't include a group of rowdy raccoons taking over the loading dock and throwing the building into turmoil. Now residents from the whole building are coming to the Strathmore Seven for help—from Second Floor Biscuit, a Yorkie with an unfortunate haircut who faces eviction for barking at the intruders, to the loading dock rats, who are feeling intimidated and upset.

As radio reporter Carol Childs investigates a series of Beverly Hills jewelry heists, she realizes her FBI boyfriend, Eric, is working the same case. Even worse, she may have inadvertently helped the suspect escape. The situation intensifies when the suspect calls the radio station during a live broadcast, baiting Carol deeper into the investigation. In order for her to uncover the truth, Carol must choose between her job and her personal relationships. What started out as coincidence between Carol and Eric becomes a race for the facts—pitting them against one another—before the thieves...

An hour past St. Patrick’s Day, 1990, two men dressed as Boston cops steal 13 objects worth $200m from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum near Fenway Park. Nearby, Uncle Louie, an ex-mobster turned stolen art retrieval expert, is reappropriating two paintings from a personal residence that were stolen from a museum. Both break-ins go undetected. At 8 AM, Uncle Louie receives a frantic call from his nephew Harry Bartlett, a Gardner Board member. He needs Uncle Louie’s expertise because a $20m ransom demand expires in 7 days. He hesitates to reenter the criminal world but he loves the ...

The streets of New Orleans are filled with the sounds of jazz until the first light of day, and so is the story of Voodoo Lucy. At twenty-eight years old, Lucinda (Lucy) Jones bids farewell to Tupelo, Mississippi, where she has suffered abuse from her alcoholic father for as long as she can remember. She hopes to carve out a new life in New Orleans with her own money made through small-time cons. When Lucy gets involved with a dangerous drug lord and decides to testify against a killer, though, things take an unexpected turn. With allies on both sides of the law and a powerful drug gang ...

Female FBI Agent Charlie Glass is assigned to recover treasures stolen from the Baghdad Museum during the Iraq War. The suspense explodes when she uncovers an international crime syndicate within her own team. Mysterious murders and bitter betrayals plunge Charlie into a deadly fight for survival.

In his day, Tom was a hard man. He came up with Dillinger in the 1930s, and pulled a lot of high-profile jobs before the state put him away. They meant it to be for good, but after twenty-three years the prisons are too crowded for seventy-year-old bank robbers, and so they let the old man go. Finally free, he heads straight for John Dortmunder's house. Long ago, Tom buried $700,000, and now he needs help digging it up. While he was inside, the government dammed a nearby river, creating a reservoir and putting fifty feet of water on top of his money.

A Young Body. A Sinister Mark. A Mystery That Won’t Stay Buried. When a young woman’s body washes ashore on North Cornwall’s Summerleaze Beach, DI Verity Zennor discovers a haunting link to two other unsolved murders. All bear a cryptic mark, but its sinister meaning—and the motive behind the killings—remains a mystery. As Zennor races to uncover the truth, another gruesome discovery shatters the investigation. On a remote farm, Susan Quant’s body is found exposed to the elements. Well-loved but burdened by a shadowy past, Quant’s death unearths a tangled web of betrayal, ...

Hiding is no longer enough…she needed answers… What did Jackson see on the video…and how does he tell Simon… Daman and Niall are asking all the right questions...will they survive to find the answers... Mick Johnson might be dead but his killer is unknown and the clues leading to them are non-existent. Completely non-existent…which according to Jackson never ever happens… Elijah Sullivan, the father she adored all her life left clues…Ava just has to unravel them even as she comes to terms with her feelings about Harper…and his for her. It’s the middle of the twenty-third ...

Louise Wykoff is arguably the most recognizable woman living in Minnesota, known for her presence in over 100 paintings by the late and brilliant Randolph McInnis. Louise, known better as “That Wykoff Woman”, was just a young apprentice when her intimate representation and the fact of the McInnis’ marriage caused rumors to fly - and Louise to hide away for decades. All of McInnis’ paintings are in museums or known private collections, until Louise confesses to having three more that no one has ever heard of - and now they’ve been stolen.