Private Eye Mysteries

When historian Willie Clarke dies suspiciously of dehydration just outside of a touristy ghost town, private investigator Jim Knighthorse is hired to find answers. It doesn't take the ex-football hero long to discover that the historian's death is connected to one of the West's most bizarre murder mysteries ever―that of a cowboy found mummified in the desert a hundred years ago with a bullet hole in his stomach. A cowboy now propped up in a curiosity shop for all the world to gawk at. As the two cases converge, it's up to Jim Knighthorse to untangle not one, but two murders. The Mummy ...

One of the best mystery books of the 21st century, this volume features outstanding new stories of crime, derring-do, fast-paced adventures, and puzzles, featuring hardy amateur detectives ranging from young to old and grizzled private eyes whose patches cover the city streets, all in the hallowed tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Philip Marlowe.

It is early 1942. You are in San Francisco, and you need a private eye. Sam Spade is rumored to be in Istanbul. The Continental Op has been drafted and is a sergeant in the Aleutians. Philip Marlowe is up at Little Fawn Lake investigating the disappearance of Mrs. Derace Kingsley. Lew Archer is in the army. Who's left? Nobody but C. Card. You haven't heard of C. Card? That's all right. Nobody has.

Maggie Thomas likes to think she’s tough and totally into this private eye thing. She got off to a rocky start, but things aren’t so bad now. Until she discovers a couple dead guys. Plus, while at the scene of the crime her hot detective boyfriend Jake Jackson places her in handcuffs. At least she has the help of her assistant Dorothy Raye who likes to kick butt while wearing her orthopedic shoes. Wielding her knitting needles like weapons is only one of Dorothy's talents. Maggie finds herself in big trouble this time. Will she find the killer before she ends up dead in the water?

As if learning vampires truly existed didn’t shock him to his core already, Max grapples with the reality that he’s been given real magic. Indeed, he has the power of all four elements literally at his fingertips. They say every good private eye story starts with a crying girl walking through the door. Crystal hadn’t been the first upset woman to ask Max for help, not in a town with a murder rate far worse than any big city. Unfortunately, he’d made the biggest rookie mistake of all...falling in love with a client. As if becoming romantically entangled didn’t complicate matters ...

February in Portland, Oregon, and what many are calling the Storm of the Century has left hundreds of abandoned cars and buses clogging the icy streets, shutting down the entire metroplex. Eddie Lombard, a tough, hard-boiled private eye, is facing another kind of storm. When Ericka Holland, Rikki to her friends, walked in off of those snowy streets and through his office door, a tempest followed hard on her heels. Rikki wasn’t just in trouble, she was trouble. Overwhelmed by Rikki’s beauty and touched by her vulnerability, Eddie immediately throws himself into her rescue with as little ...

Alexis Silver has spent a century dancing between two worlds: the deep, dark ocean that made her a mermaid and the human shores she can never fully leave behind. But when a playful midnight swim near a cargo ship reveals a darker truth: a young woman hidden below deck, destined for a nightmare, Alexis knows she can’t turn away. Soon, Alexis launches a daring, high-speed rescue across the waves. Saving one life won’t change the world. But for Alexis, tonight, it’s enough. Fans of Samantha Moon and urban fantasy will love this heart-racing, emotional short adventure in the Alexis Silver...

After seven months laying low in Ocean Beach, California, Seattle PI Leo Waterman has finally stopped looking over his shoulder - specifically, for the vengeful band of Washington white supremacists who blame Leo for blindsiding their big plans for America. Where better to disappear with his bodyguard, Gabe, than this laid-back stretch of San Diego heaven? But when Leo finds a boy’s body on the beach, he comes out of hiding to investigate.

Janet Evanovich described SOUND OF BLOOD: "A great read with a shocking ending." TRAGEDY STALKS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LOOKING INTO A SUSPICIOUS DEATH WHEN HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE WOMAN RESPONSIBLE. Bodies pile up from coast to coast as Jake Scarne uncovers a web of murder and fraud. ***“IF YOU LIKE THRILLING ACTION, CRACKLING DIALOGUE AND A TRAGIC LOVE STORY YOU WON’T SOON FORGET, THEN SOUND OF BLOOD, THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE JAKE SCARNE SERIES, IS JUST A CLICK AWAY!” (John Crudele, New York Post); “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ...

DEAD BROKE is the first in a gripping new crime series. A desperate gumshoe... A stolen antique... Jefferson Cole is about to find out that being a Private Investigator can be murder... Introducing the first book in a thrilling new crime series that will keep you on the edge of your seat! If you're a fan of LJ Ross, JD Kirk, Mark Dawson, and Ian Rankin, then DEAD BROKE is the book for you. Meet Jefferson Cole, an American Private Eye in London who is down on his luck and running out of funds. But when a wealthy client offers him a job to recover a stolen Chinese antique, Cole thinks he's ...

Jack might be a polished, Harvard-educated lawyer on paper, but everyone in the down-at-the-heels, if picturesque, village of Onset, Massachusetts, knows his real job: moving people on the run from powerful enemies. The family business—co-managed with his father, a retired spy—is smooth sailing, as they fill up Onset’s holiday homes during the town’s long, drowsy off-season and help clients shed their identities in preparation for fresh starts.

THE MAUS TRAP A quiet winter vacation in the Alps. A romantic and secluded hotel. Only nine guests. A famous crime novelist who is being stalked. Three shots, one dead body—a new case for Penny Küfer. Each book in the series features a complete, standalone mystery—perfect to enjoy in any order.

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. ...

After crossing paths with a banshee in Ireland, Samantha Moon and the gang continue their whirlwind European tour... Next stop: Loch Ness. Sam books a two-hour tour of the infamous Loch with her friends and family. And even makes a Gilligan's Island joke or two. However, fun and games end when Allison accidentally sends the boat back in time... Seventy million years back in time, when plesiosaurus ruled the Loch. However, these gentle giants don't quite rule the Loch; indeed, something bigger does. Something nasty, huge and hungry. It's going to take all of the gang's combined skills to not...

After a near-fatal adventure in another world—a world of dragons, no less—Samantha Moon is ready for her first real vacation in nearly a decade. With a little money in her pocket from the sale of a mansion left to her by her vampire sire, Sam sets her sights on a whirlwind European tour. First stop: Ireland. When a dark shadow races across her hotel suite, followed by something evil watching her son from a suit of armor, Samantha Moon is about to discover that her trip to the Emerald Isle is going to be anything but relaxing... it's going to get deadly. After all, something wicked has ...

The first novel in the acclaimed Dakota series, back in print for the first time in nearly fifty years. Dakota is a half Piegan, half Shoshoni Native American who served as a Marine in Vietnam and afterwards became a cop in New York City. Now he's moved back to the Sierras to work his family’s ranch, ride the rodeo circuit, and take on cases as a private detective. Dakota's old friend Sam Law, a local shopkeeper, asks him to help a woman who believes that her husband was murdered in a Nevada mining town... and that those same killers are now targeting her. Minutes later, Sam and the woman...

Come and meet our feisty R.E.D. heroine, and find out why she’s such a hit with readers! “One of the best cozy mystery series I’ve ever read!” (And check out the dramatic Throwback Prequel, ‘When Daisy Met Aidan’. It’s not listed with the main series books, but it’s there if you type it in the search-bar!) This book - No, the Wiltingham Enigma isn’t Daisy... although she could easily qualify! It’s one of the village’s oldest residents, Walter Riddell. A cheery, friendly man, he’s ninety-two years old, and has a unique ability to transport himself in his mind back to ...

As a graduation present for her daughter, Tammy, Samantha Moon and the gang head down to South America for the vacation of all vacations. Final stop: The Amazon On a helicopter ride over the Amazon River, Samantha Moon thinks she sees a demon outside the window. A small demon, granted, but a demon nonetheless. And when the rotor blades stop working, and the chopper full of tourists starts to fall into the dense vegetation below, she’s pretty sure the demon had something to do with it. As the helicopter plummets, it takes all her supernatural skills to keep everyone alive. Somehow, she ...

The late, great Jack Steels, his daughter Kristi D. Steels, Katrina Dymes, her partner, and the dynamic Asian SWAT officer Mina Lang from the elite special police division share a relentless pursuit: to crack cold cases and solve unsolved crimes. Whether they serve in uniform or operate in private practice, their commitment to justice is unwavering. They find themselves against a monstrous serial killer who transforms his heinous acts into a disturbing art form, preying on victims of every age and gender.

Penny Küfer's latest assignment feels like a walk in the park: she is supposed to ensure the safety of a world-famous shipowner and his fiancée on the maiden voyage of a stunning new cruise ship. But what sounded like luxury and relaxation on the high seas quickly turns into a survival trip. Instead of breathing fresh sea air and putting her feet up by the pool, Penny finds herself dealing with a deadly mystery surrounding a legendary pearl. The first murders are not long in coming...