Private Detective

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 ...

This book, presented by Moch Incorporated—a distinguished American company with over half a century of investigative experience—is your gateway into the fascinating world of private investigation! This incredible guide is perfect for anyone new to the field or a seasoned professional looking to level up. It's packed with practical advice, personal anecdotes, and expert insights, making it a must-have for anyone interested in private investigation. It gives readers all the essential tools and techniques they need to excel in the field, from understanding the ethical foundations of the ...

Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin star in these four gems. In "The Christmas Party", Wolfe condescends to uncharacteristic theatrics, which aren't enough to clear him from suspicion of murder. The "Easter Parade" tempts Wolfe to commit larceny for an orchid. "A Fourth of July Picnic" has Wolfe scheduled for to appear as an orator. But his day in the sun is rained out by murder. The last selection, "Murder Is No Joke", is a whodunit in a couturier's salon, where a murderer is dressed to kill and kill again.

Leger isn't the detective this time - he's the witness. After saving Poppy from an attack, Leger must guide troubled teenager Daniel Goldsworthy on the right path to discovering the crime has been committed, solving the mystery and putting the perpetrator behind bars. However, it proves an almost impossible task since Leger himself has a lot to deal with. Between a potentially lethal trapped hairball causing him extreme pain, a group of friends who are determined to do his job for him and a mischief of vigilante mice, Leger finds it difficult to tackle the task. Will Leger put his own ...

World War II has arrived, and U.S. Army intelligence wants Nero Wolfe urgently. But the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth refuses the call to duty. It takes his perambulatory, confidential assistant, Archie Goodwin, to titillate Wolfe's taste for crime with two malevolent morsels: a corpse that won't rest in peace and a sinister "accident" involving national security. So as Goodwin lays the bait on the wrong side of the law, Wolfe sets the traps to catch a pair of wily killers.

Almost 20 years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family’s fortune. Now Anthony’s aging and very rich mother wants him back and has hired Lew Archer to find him. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton’s son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them.

Steve, Matt, and Jenny thought their detective skills would be given a rest when they agreed to be extras for a movie being filmed in the nearby mountains. Upon arriving at the movie site, the trio learns that someone has been breaking equipment and causing damage around the set in an effort to shut down the production and drive everyone away. Determined to find the saboteur, the young detectives begin their investigation only to come face to face with the last thing in the world they expected—a ghost!

On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant. As his search for clues takes him across the teeming city of Mumbai, from its grand high rises to its sprawling slums and deep into its murky underworld, Chopra begins to suspect that there may be a great deal more to both his last case and his new ward than he thought.

In this quaint town of Ashwood, where Secrets Run Deep in the Shadows, the disappearance of finance analyst Alex Lawson draws his sister Sarah into a treacherous search for answers. She turns to Jet Rider, a private detective with a keen eye and an astute observation, for help. Soon, they find themselves plunged into a labyrinth of deception and treachery. In a town where whispers hold more weight than facts, Jet navigates through the dangerous undercurrents of Ashwood Savings & Loan, every discovery brings more peril, challenging him to distinguish ally from foe. Jet must rely on his ...

Faith Franklin feels like she’s walking on air since moving to beautiful, sunny Florida. Her café, Slice of Paradise, is thriving. She’s met the man of her dreams. And, together with her friend, Laura, she has even begun writing a recipe column for the local paper, The Paradise Gazette. Everything is falling into place! So, when she’s asked to prepare some of her delicious treats for a boat party hosted by the newspaper, no one is surprised when her catering is a huge hit. What is a surprise, however, is the drowning that occurs when the fashion columnists falls overboard. Was the ...

Delve into the history of the Ghostly Gang in the latest Spooky Lemon mystery! Audrey Lemonovsky has long resisted the idea of a Ghostly Gang reunion, but former cast mate Greg Goran has finally found something Audrey wants badly enough to bring her on board: a copy of Ida Spartan’s destroyed treasure map. Since the events of the “Hootdunnit?” case, Audrey’s assistant has been in a funk. Ida’s former best friend was revealed to be a fraud, and her treasure map, the last connection she had to her parents, was destroyed as a result. So when Greg reveals he has a copy of the map, and...

Delve into the history of Glen Allen Falls, Massachusetts in the latest Spooky Lemon mystery! The FBI and Los Angeles District Attorney have an offer for paranormal investigator Audrey Lemonovsky that she does not want to accept: solve a case alongside Callie Montclair in order to keep her longtime nemesis out of jail. Audrey and Callie have never liked one another. Through five years of costarring on The Ghostly Gang, five years touring on the convention circuit, and five years trying to leave one another behind, the friction between them has been both professional and personal. Defined by...

"A perfect murder mystery." — Reader's Favorite Two vivacious social media stars die just days apart. Both worked for Boom Productions, a self-described "arms dealer in the platform wars"—they create online content that generates billions of clicks. The timing of the seemingly unsuspicious deaths worries an aging mafia don whose granddaughter is a standout among Boom's talent stable, so he hires PI Earl Town to investigate and Earl soon finds himself looking for clues among self-absorbed social media starlets, their fanatical parents, young social media entrepreneurs, rock stars, and ...

When Father Bredder gets involved with murder—Heaven only knows what will happen next… Father Joseph Bredder thought Mrs. Wentworth must be deranged. How could a sane woman expect him to believe that her dead husband was trying to burn her to death? Dr. Wentworth had died in a road accident when his car had crashed into a pylon and burst into flames. Now his widow heard his voice at night, threatening her with the same fate… Named “A Red Badge Novel of Suspense” alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh Pentecost, The Father Bredder Mysteries, written by Leonard Wibberley...

A bomb explodes in the desk drawer of a top TV executive. Was it intended for him or the man who opened the drawer? They each had enemies enough to die a dozen times over. Was it the jealous wife or the ambitious partner? The secretary who got passed around like an inter-office memo? Or the man who couldn’t wash the blood off his hands? Nero Wolfe didn’t want any part of it - but he was up to his neck in the toughest case of his career!

When a dead body rolls off the bed of a truck, directly in front of Kate Rosetti on a busy highway, the homicide detective starts to wonder if she’s cursed. Dead bodies have a way of following her around, and this guy definitely wasn’t killed by accident. Before she knows it, Detective Rosetti is sucked into an investigation before it's even called in to the precinct—a record, even for her. To make matters worse, Kate’s sort-of boyfriend was driving at the time, and now he’s also invested in the murder investigation.

Tattooed from her neck to her toes—and sporting a gold tooth as sharp as her wisecracks, Sister Holiday struggles to stay on the righteous path. Never one to make things easy for herself, she’s committed to taking her permanent vows with the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and joining former fire inspector Magnolia Riveaux’s latest venture, Redemption Detective Agency—both in service of satisfying her eternal quest for answers. When Sister Holiday and Riveaux set out to bust a philandering husband, they instead find the body of a priest floating in the swollen Mississippi River.

When Carmen De Luca's good friend Rhonda Rhodes decides to tape an episode of Antiques Time in the Netherlands, she doesn’t anticipate discovering a treasure lost during World War II— live on television. Nor does the killer, who will do anything to recover what they see as theirs… Join Carmen and her friends for her last European adventure in this exhilarating conclusion of the Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth Mystery series! NOTE TO READERS: These mysteries contain no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth Mysteries: Collecting Can Be Murder A Statue To Die For...

Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with lithium has made him one of the world’s richest men. He is universally adored and admired; that is, until Crain’s beautiful wife, Laura, comes to Spenser hoping that he can find out what skeletons lurk in her husband’s closet. Though Crain is a generous philanthropist and loving family man, she is concerned—he has recently become secretive, bordering on paranoid, and prone to violent outbursts.

As a private investigator in uber creepy Shadow Pines, Max Long had no shortage of missing person cases. Unfortunately, they all ended the same way...with dead bodies. Whenever someone vanished, the official cause always said the same thing: animal attack. Shadow Pines always bristled with paranormal rumors and wild conspiracy theories. However, the truth is far more terrifying than rumors: vampires made the scenic mountain town their personal feeding ground. Nature abhorrs a vacuum, but it also seeks balance. When someone dear to Max becomes a missing person case, he faces the most ...