TEMPERS FLARE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT……And the wrong move, the wrong word, even the wrong look can set off any man or woman already driven past their boiling point. A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, features 20 stories of people dealing with not just the torrid weather, but all different kinds of heat. From a retired police chief pitching in on a missing dog report that leads to him solving a murder to...

WIN, LOSE, OR DIE.Whether it's child's play or for the highest stakes, whether we stick to the rules or cheat, we all play games — for fun, for thrills, for love or money, to prove we're the best or make an opponent knuckle under. And the games we play, with cards or dice or nothing but our wits, reveal something deeply personal about the players.In this powerful new anthology, Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Lawrence Block has assembled an all-star ...

"The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world" ( Daily Telegraph , UK) puts Kathryn Dance on the trail of a manipulative murderer.New York Times –Bestselling AuthorA tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people d...

Now a gripping TV series starring Russell Hornsby and Michael Imperioli! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Bone Collector and The Devil’s Teardrop a spine-chilling thriller that puts renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme against the ultimate opponent—Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protégé.**A quadriplegic since a beam crushed his spinal cord years ago, Lincoln Rhyme is desperate to improve his condition and goes to the Universit...

"Murder, mayhem, and mystery! Every story . . . is filled with suspense, sizzle and startling twists. I loved it!" -Lisa Jackson, New York Times–bestselling authorCrime comes to the capital of country music in these all-new stories by mystery and thriller stars including Jeffery Deaver, Anne Perry, Robert Dugoni, Donald Bain, Jefferson Bass, and many more."Settings include backwoods hollows, late-night recording studios, seedy dives, quiet suburbs,...

Forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs are called on to investigate their most bizarre crime case yet in this thrilling short story by the New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense.A serial killer is on the loose…but the string of murders fails to reveal a clear motive. Each victim—all women—received the same treatment: death by asphyxiation. But the reason is neither sexual nor financial. Which deviates from what is u...

**DON'T MISS THE NBC TELEVISION SERIES LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTORThe first novel in the New York Times bestselling series featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme—from the author of The Never Game.“Lightning-paced…a breakneck thrill ride.”—The Wall Street Journal**Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics—until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. B...

The first installment in Jeffery Deaver’s Colter Shaw series—the inspiration for the upcoming CBS original series TRACKER starring Justin Hartley!The son of a survivalist family, Colter Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a “reward seeker,” traveling the country to help police solve crimes and locate missing persons for private citizens.“You’ve been abandoned. Escape if you can. Or die with dignity.”Hired by the fat...

A secret spy ring is sent to unmask a terror network planning mass destruction in the New York Times–bestselling author's compelling short thriller.Retired Colonel James J. Peterson is head of a covert—and illegal—intelligence-gathering operation known as IAS. When he's briefed on a national security threat that could unleash a weapon capable of "significant damage", there seem to be more questions than answers.What kind of weapon is it? Conventional...

Hit the jackpot with stories from Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman, Walter Mosley, Alexander McCall Smith, and more superstars of mystery.In "One Dollar Jackpot," Michael Connelly's curmudgeonly Harry Bosch finds himself going toe-to-toe with a professional poker player. Jeffery Deaver offers up "Bump," a tale of a has-been actor trying to make it big by hustling cards. "Hardly Knew Her" by Laura Lippmann showcases a young woman learning about bluffing the hard way, ...

A "compulsively readable collection" of Poe's short stories accompanied by essays from Jeffery Deaver, Stephen King, Lisa Scottoline, and many more ( Booklist, starred review).In the Shadow of the Master is an exceptional collection of classic stories from the lord of literary darkness himself—the inimitable Edgar Allan Poe—accompanied by enthralling essays from twenty of his acolytes and admirers, including New York Times-bestselling aut...

The New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense returns with a devious collection, featuring two never-before published stories in which fan favorites Colter Shaw, adapted for TV (CBS's Tracker, starring Justin Hartley), and Lincoln Rhyme are united by the layers of deception taking over New York City.A murder at a crime writers' conference. The method is entirely literary, the motive seems obvious—but can the detective who was first ...