"The fourth Ragtime Mystery is filled with warmth and wonder and interesting music trivia, buoyed by the relationship between the two sleuths, which may well echo that between the late Larry Karp and his son, who finished this final installment after his death." — Kirkus ReviewsIt takes one moment in 2016 for ragtime music expert Alan Chandler to go from sitting in his hotel room in Sedalia, Missouri, to standing beside the King of Ragtime—Scott Joplin—at ...

The third electrifying book in #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline’s Rosato & Associates series has criminal lawyer Marta Richter in a race to prove one man’s innocence.“Lisa Scottoline writes riveting thrillers that keep me up all night, with plots that twist and turn.”--Harlan CobenCriminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere. Elliot is on trial for the murder of a homeless m...

In the Nevada mountains, an avalanche traps the residents of a luxury building indoors—while a killer walks among them—from the New York Times–bestselling author.One By One . . .Ellen Wingate thinks she’s hit the jackpot when she learns the millions she’s inherited come with a super-exclusive condo in the mountains outside Las Vegas. But leaving Minnesota for paradise turns out to be the ultimate nightmare. When she’s trapped with her neig...

“Hiebert’s first novel courts comparison to the classic To Kill a Mockingbird . . . A coming-of-age tale as devastating as it is indelible.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Abe Teal wasn’t even born when Ruby Mae Vickers went missing twelve years ago. Few people in Alvin, Alabama, talk about the months spent looking for her, or about how Ruby Mae’s lifeless body was finally found beneath a willow tree. Even Abe’s mom, Leah, Alvin’s only detecti...

When Cameron told his girlfriend he’d do anything for her, he wasn’t expecting her to ask him to commit murder.Teenage love isn't always as it seems — especially when there's murder involved. Cameron's girlfriend, Leah, is due a large inheritance from her grandmother. But there's only one thing standing in the way — her grandmother's beating heart.Conflicted by his love for Leah and her insistence that he must kill her grandmother to prove his love for her,...

From the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all.Insightful, disturbing, imaginative, and breathtaking in their lyrical precision, the stories in Lovely, Dark, Deep display Joyce Carol Oates’s magnificent ability to make visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary li...

This is a 12,000 word novelette that takes place between Cruel Justice and Impeding Justice and is based on actual events.It may not be homicide, but to DI Lorne Simpkins it's still murder.When a reporter friend of DI Lorne Simpkins gives her a tip about a story involving ex-racing greyhounds, Lorne is sceptical.But after delving into it, she's horrified to discover the grisly fate of racing dogs that are no longer useful to their owners - and she's determined to brin...

"There's something mesmerizing about Hiebert's storytelling voice." --The New York Times Book ReviewA case from the past sparks a nightmare for Detective Leah Teal in Michael Hiebert’s masterful new novel of suspense.Fifteen years ago, a serial killer tagged by the media as the Stickman spread terror throughout Alabama and became Alvin detective Joe Fowler’s obsession. After fifteen months and nine victims, Harry Stork was identified as th...

Written with the voice and vision that have made Mosley one of the most entertaining writers in America, "Fear Itself" marks the return of a master at the top of his form.

He's the son of a criminal. She's the daughter of a judge. And they share an attraction that's impossible to resist.Caleb Walker is a veterinarian with a heart of gold - and a ten-foot-tall fence built around his emotions. With a childhood that left scars, a father who's in prison for arson, and a string of failed relationships, he's decided being alone is the path he'll walk. So what if he's starting to hate his self-imposed isolation? He'll get over the ...

Facing the Music, Larry Brown's first book, was originally published in 1988 to wide critical acclaim. As the St. Petersburg Times review pointed out, the central theme of these ten stories "is the ageless collision of man with woman, woman with man--with the frequent introduction of that other familiar couple, drinking and violence. Most often ugly, love is nevertheless graceful, however desperate the situation."There's some glare from the brutally bright light La...

When Harry Carey fired a shotgun at an unknown car that had been repeatedly trespassing on his rural property, he unwittingly triggered a series of events that would land him in jail and blow his family apart. CareyOn is the true story of the Carey family, who swapped their suburban home in Toronto for a hobby farm near Orangeville, Ontario in 1975. Told from the point of view of two teenage sisters, Cindy and Natalie Carey, CareyOn witnesses the unravelling of the family in the wake of Natal...