Private Eye Mysteries

Private eye. Vampire. Single mom. Professional badass. All Samantha Moon wanted was a routine cheating-fiancé surveillance gig. Instead, she ends up hanging off the landing gear of a helicopter racing out to sea. Because of course she does. What starts as a standard background check spirals into bank robberies, kidnapping plots, suppressed rifles, and a high-stakes rescue aboard a container ship. When a wealthy senator’s daughter is drugged and abducted by the very man she planned to marry, it’s up to Sam—armed with psychic commands, vampire strength, and trademark sarcasm—to save ...

He’s got a chip on his shoulder, steel bolts in his leg, and a mummy case that just turned into murder. When wise-cracking PI Jim Knighthorse is hired by an eccentric souvenir-shop owner to investigate the death of a young historian, it seems open and shut. The kid was found in the desert, out of gas, ruled an accident. Case closed. Except Knighthorse doesn’t do 'closed.' Because the dead historian was investigating “Sylvester,” a hundred-year-old mummified cowboy on display in the back of the shop—and the more Jim digs, the more he suspects both murders are connected, separated ...

If there’s one thing detective Bath Peter Diamond has no patience for, it’s a dumb git trying to get involved in one of his investigations - for example, a Philip Marlowe-wannabe private investigator like the self-styled Johnny Getz. But fate has saddled Diamond with this trial. A Bath antiques dealer, “Seppy” Hubbard, has disappeared without a trace, and his daughter has hired Getz to find him. When a body is discovered in Seppy’s locked-up store, the missing persons case becomes a murder investigation, and now Diamond has to collaborate with the insufferable private eye.

When a foul-mouthed, pipe-smoking leprechaun named Peter O’Leprechaun storms into Samantha Moon’s PI office demanding help, Sam has no idea she’s about to be dragged into a weirdly heartfelt hunt for a missing pot of gold. But this isn’t just any treasure—it’s a magical key to riding rainbows around the world, and without it, Peter is stuck in Southern California indefinitely (much to Kingsley’s horror). Their search leads to shady pubs, hustled dart games, gold-crazed bartenders, and a final, surprising deal that just might give a lost human bartender the life he’s always ...

When Samantha Moon gets a late-night visit from Max—the 500-year-old alchemist who runs the Light Warrior Academy—she’s expecting talk of demons or cosmic threats. Instead, he shows her a silver hammer that mysteriously appeared in his hand after meditation. Worse, he’s gripped by a terrifying compulsion: to kill three victims, just like the lyrics of the old Beatles song. But murder isn’t on Sam’s agenda. Together with Max and her telepathic daughter, she hunts for the real target: not innocent people, but something much worse stirring in local cemeteries. Silver Hammer is a ...

Returning home to Chicago after spending the summer with her Meme Augustine in New Orleans, Opal is nervous to begin school. Despite her parents’ confidence, they worry about her making new friends and dealing with her Retinitis Pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease. When Opal gets paired with a new student, Ivy, to work on their history project together, she is hesitant—after all, she only needs her cousin, Frank, and her best friend, Madison. But school quickly becomes the least of her worries.

Maggie Thomas P.I. While Maggie is trying to keep her private investigating agency afloat, she gets a cause that could make or break those chances. Stolen identities, shady characters, and a handsome rival private eye all pose a big problem for Maggie though, making her feel as if she’s just treading water. With the help of her spunky geriatric assistant Maggie dives in deep to solve the case.

Winter, 1969. After a hit-and-run accident nearly kills her mother, Velda learns her father is not who she thought he is. Seeking to uncover her true heritage, Velda and Mike Hammer travel to sunny Dreamland Park, where retired law enforcement officers keep an eye on notorious criminals held under the Witness Protection Act. Just as Velda and Mike’s search leads to a dead end, a brutal attempt on their lives and a missing fortune in mob money leads them to a deadly midnight confrontation in a cemetery where secrets are buried and open graves await.

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When Chet is sent to the principal's office, he finds a shocking surprise. Principal Zero (sometimes known as "Big Fat Zero") is acting friendly: quite unlike himself. He either has become a nice person (nawww!), been brainwashed, or is being impersonated by someone else.

A missing girl. A shell-shocked soldier. A wife stepping out on her husband. Two women beaten to death. A sinister sabotage plot. A wounded, relentless private eye who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Picking up right at the thrilling conclusion of "The Big Bout," "The Big Blast" finds Soldier working three new complex cases and taking care of his friends in wartime Panama City. History. Mystery. Romance. Action. Thrills. Suspense. Noir. “Michael Lister writes some of the best hard-boiled prose going. Nothing short of amazing!” Booklist Starred Review. “Lister’s hard-...

Regan Reilly, is a young PI who has come from L.A. to ski and celebrate with her parents and their rich Aspen friends. It ends up being a busman's holiday for Regan, who gets swept up in art theft intrigue after some multimillion-dollar paintings are stolen from her parent's friends. The thieves continue to elude capture, but Regan is on their trail. She's up agaist time, though, as the clock ticks down to Aspen's biggest party of the season—at which the town's most valuable painting of all will be unveiled.

The streets of Bay City, California, in the early 1950s are as mean as they get. Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and the private eye business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: blond, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover. Almost immediately, Marlowe discovers that the man's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest and most ruthless families—and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune.

To Leger, Halloween is a nuisance. Everyone is talking about superstition and as a black cat he is in the firing line at this time of year. When his human's great-niece, Brianna, decides to dress as a black cat to go trick or treating and dress Leger in his very own costume, Leger decides enough is enough and leaves home, planning never to return. But just hours later on a stormy autumnal night, Leger embarks on his most difficult investigation so far... Following in Leger's footsteps, Brianna has gone on the prowl and he must find her before anyone else with sinister intentions does. ...

Marlowe is back...and he's married to a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settle down in the posh desert community of Poodle Springs. Marlowe may have married rich, but old habits die hard: he's hired to recover a gambling debt and soon finds himself in a case involving bigamy, pornography and murder. The first four chapters of this final Marlowe mystery were written by noir master Raymond Chandler at the end of his life. Robert B. Parker was chosen by Chandler's estate to complete his last work.

Is there such a thing as a good sociopath? Newly minted private investigator Annalisa Vega is skeptical, but her first client, Mara Delaney, insists that some sociopaths are beneficial to society. Mara has even written a book titled The Good Sociopath that is centered around Chicago neurosurgeon Craig Canning. Dr. Canning has saved hundreds of lives so it shouldn’t matter that he doesn’t actually care about his patients, should it? But Mara has a more urgent problem, which is that she is now concerned that Canning might not be such a good sociopath after all.

A girls’ trip to Peru sounds like the perfect escape for Samantha Moon—just her kids, best friend, and a promise to play tourist instead of vampire detective. But Machu Picchu isn’t just a breathtaking ruin. It’s a powder keg of ancient magic waiting to blow. When Sam and Tammy sense something dark stirring among the Incan stones, they realize their mere presence is awakening a centuries-old anchored curse. If left unchecked, it will open a gateway to something monstrous—hungry for human souls. By night, they return to the ruins, battling ghostly warrior spirits, navigating ...

Don Pendleton is the creator of the enormously popular The Executioner series, featuring Mack Bolan. Now he has created the Joe Copp series which develops against the backdrop of violence and corruption in Los Angeles. Joe Copp is an ex-cop, tough, smart, but caring and compassionate. In Copp for Hire, Joe is hired by a stripper to investigate a stalker, but before he can even begin the investigation, the woman is killed by a hit-and-run driver, who has now turned his sight on Joe.

Maggie P.I. is the best private investigator in all of Miami. Sure, she made it that award, but that's beside the point. What matters is she's good at her job and she takes it extremely seriously. That's why she needs a break from the stress. Plus, her geriatric sidekicks and high-strung boyfriend are driving her bonkers too. All Maggie wants is to relax on her flamingo float as it drifts across the sparkling pool water and she sips a pina colada. Too bad that can't happen though. Someone wants to put a stop to her fun in the sun. Apparently they want her dead. Who is stalking Maggie and ...

There’s a serial killer loose on the streets of Louisville, and Alexandra Campbell is absolutely going to take it lying down. Using her unique set of psychic abilities, she teams up with the LMPD, especially handsome Detective Hank Summers, to track down the murderer. However, things get complicated when Alex’s husband returns from a business trip with a dark secret.