Private Detective

When fame turns deadly... Sydney Booth traded her CSI badge in to become a private investigator, hoping working outside the law would allow her to help more people. Her first case seems straightforward: help social media influencer Cassie figure out who has been stalking her. But as Sydney navigates the treacherous world of online fame to help her new client the stakes quickly escalate to life and death. Surrounded by rival influencers, aggressive paparazzi, and a growing list of suspects, Sydney must race against time to unravel the twisted truth and save her client's life. "An Influential...

DS Lucas Walker is off duty. He's supposed to be showing his little sister Grace the Australian outback, on her visit from Boston, but instead they're headed out bush- where Walker's cousin has been mining for boulder opal. Something seemed off when Walker heard that Blair wanted to get out of Kanpara, so he and Grace are en route to bring him home to Caloodie. But Kanpara is in Channel Country, and a major flood is on the way.

When wealthy and popular crusader and reformer Lester Pierce is gunned down in front of his Park Avenue residence, the public outcry forces the NYPD to restructure its homicide department. As the deceased was highly critical of Inspector Lionel Cramer, the longtime head of homicide is temporarily relieved of his badge. But it seems Cramer was not just a scapegoat. He was seen dining in Little Italy with mob kingpin Ralph Mars. If Cramer's provisional replacement, Captain George Rowcliff, becomes permanent, PI Nero Wolfe's future dealings with the force will be much compromised.

After crossing paths with a murderous entity in London, Samantha Moon and the gang continue their whirlwind European tour... Next stop: Finland. Sam's looking forward to a relaxing few days of hiking, canoeing, and enjoying the miles of vast woodlands surrounding the resort. Unfortunately, the forest holds something much more sinister than a pleasant vacation. They conceal the presence of something dark and ancient. Upon arriving at a woodland resort in Rovaniemi, Sam learns a group of hikers recently went missing. Due to an unsettling quality to the woods, Sam suspects the search and ...

Where's the missing millionaire, will Sophie find him or has he already drowned in the lake? Before she became a PI Sophie Drake was a peace officer in a quiet tourist town. Until the quiet was shattered by an empty fishing boat and a missing millionaire.

A horse in danger. A farm full of suspects. A cat detective is on his own and out of element. When cat detective Gatsby is called out to the Blue Moon horse farm to investigate a possible murder attempt on an ex-racehorse, he finds that the farm is a hotbed of new rivalries and old grudges. With no help from his housebound partner Yoshi, Gatsby finds himself out of his element and in the line of fire. For the first time in Petectives history, Gatsby’s on his own and can’t rely on Yoshi to unravel a deadly mystery. Or can he?Come enjoy the latest adventure of the Petectives, a mystery ...

Private Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat, the family butler, has been volunteering for a book service, one that specializes in mailing queer books to a carefully guarded list of subscribers. With bookseller Howard Salzberger gone suspiciously missing along with his address book, everyone on that list, including some of Andy's closest friends, is now in danger.

Private Detective Tony Crow is hired to investigate the strange happenings in Grand Rock Lake, a small Northern Minnesota town. Disappearances, deaths, drug deals in broad daylight, arrests but no convictions, and residents’ distrust of their new police officers have turned life in the idyllic lake town into a nightmare.While the nation is focused on the southern border, Tony, his partner, Don Hanson, and receptionist-turned-investigator, Denise Richardson, learn first-hand how Mexican cartel drug trafficking has infiltrated the northern border. Quiet little Grand Rock Lake could become a...

No longer a chief inspector, Chen Cao finds himself as director of the Shanghai Judicial System Reform Office. To outsiders, it’s a promotion, but Chen knows he’s being removed from the spotlight as he’s immediately placed on involuntary "convalescence leave" to stop him interfering with any cases. However, with various high-profile crimes making headlines and fears escalating over vigilante reprisals, Chen’s superiors know he must at least appear active.

ALWAYS FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED! THE WITCH IS BACK! The blue-maned, hairstyling, mystery-solving witch, that is! Nothing could make Bluebell happier than learning that her beloved childhood friend has become engaged. But when his announcement is followed by an urgent request for Bluebell to visit him in New York, she begins to wonder whether things are as wonderful as she’d initially assumed. And it won’t be long before her suspicions are proven correct. There are dark forces at play in the city and soon Bluebell finds herself in the thick of a homicide investigation involving ...

Before he became a private investigator, before he served in the Detroit police, and long before he retreated to the wintry reaches of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Alex McKnight played ball in the minor leagues. He doesn’t spend much time thinking about those days, at least not until a former teammate comes looking for him. The man is here to ask a favor. He wants Alex to help him find the woman with whom he had a brief, passionate affair three decades ago. But as the search deepens, McKnight begins to suspect that he hasn’t been told the full story.

A Nutty Fruitcake, a Nuttier Ghost, and a Murder... FREE on Kindle Unlimited! The newlyweds Mandy and Rick are looking forward to their first Christmas in wedded bliss when the untimely death of a real estate developer puts a crimp in their plans. A bite of deadly dessert at a trendy bakery seems to be the culprit, and now the naughty ghost of Woody Napoleon is demanding justice. A spirited investigation turns up a plethora of suspects, but only Mandy’s special gift can unwrap the killer in this holiday edition of the Manhattan Mystery Series. Wicked as a Christmas Fruitcake is part of ...

Retired Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police homicide detective Jack Barnaby thought his days of hunting down killers were over. That is, until Horace Embry resurfaces and pulls him right back into the fray. Determined to find the closure that the victim’s families so desperately deserve, he sets out on a cross country manhunt. It quickly becomes clear that Embry is a man who will stop at nothing to ensure his freedom. As the miles pass, Jack’s relentless pursuit of justice brings him face to face with the ghosts of his past as he wonders if the chase is even worth it in the end. Has he ...

"Get ready for an intense ride through the dark and gritty streets of Manchester in this brutal and lyrical crime thriller. As the hedonistic club scene of the 90s rages on, a girl falls to her death from the stage, unnoticed by most. But for John Black, an ex-SAS soldier working security that night, her death will change everything. Now in witness protection after exposing the city's underworld, he returns to Manchester to help a grieving mother find answers to her son's suicide. But as he delves deeper into the case, strange recordings hint at a disturbing increase in sexual depravity in ...

With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel Kerr seemed to have the perfect setup. Now the well-kept lady is stone-cold dead, and the cops have nabbed a Manhattan private eye who just happens to be an acquaintance of Nero Wolfe.

When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears.

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...

In a cave near Weston, potholers discover what they think are human remains. The bones are identified as belonging to Hugo Latchford, a boy who went missing a decade ago, and whose parents belonged to a quasi-religious cult masquerading as environmental activists. It’s not long before rumours that he was sacrificed in a midsummer ritual resurface. Returning to duty from maternity leave, DI Louise Blackwell finds herself leading the investigation, soon discovering that Hugo’s parents are still alive and the cult very much still active.

Christmas with the family? Penny Küfer is quite surprised when she is invited to a fancy celebration with her estranged mother, of all people. Waldenstein Castle, the party location and home to Penny's latest stepfather, turns out to be a palace right out of a fairy tale. The assembled guests, however, seem rather eccentric, and what's more, one of them is a ruthless killer. But he hadn’t reckoned with Penny....

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.