In this novel in the Piggly Wiggly series, Robert Dalby “returns to Second Creek, Mississippi, for a reliably charming Christmas” (Publishers Weekly).When the new First Lady of Second Creek, Gaylie Girl Dunbar, approaches her new husband, Mayor Hale Dunbar, former owner of the local Piggly Wiggly market, with a civic project involving Christmas caroling around the historic town square, all the local church choirs quickly sign up for the big event.B...

Two-Step right up to "a delightful story of new loves, old loves and reclaimed love."*The Piggly Wiggly has been the hub of the community of Second Creek, Mississippi, but now it may be forced to shut down. Determined to keep her favorite market open, Laurie Lepanto enlists the help of her fellow "Nitwitts." They are influential widows who love to socialize-and remain true to their beloved store. With the help of handsome widower and former ballroom dancer Powell Hampton, they have...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The hunt for a vicious killer forces a tenuous alliance between a volatile detective, an abrasive cop, and an eccentric special agent in the first novel of the action-packed Will Trent series—the inspiration for ABC’s Will TrentThis edition features a new introduction on the origins of the Will Trent novels and Triptych’s place in the series“Crime fiction at its finest.”—Michael Connelly“[Karin] Slaughter’s gift...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”-The New York Times Book ReviewA Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original char...

“Long Gone is a tremendous novel, and Alafair Burke is one of the finest young crime writers working today.”--Dennis Lehane, author of Moonlight MileEchoing the intensity of Harlan Coben’s Tell No One and the psychological depth of Laura Lippman’s What the Dead Know, Alafair Burke’s first stand-alone novel catapults her into the top ranks of modern suspense. In New York City’s cut-throat world of art, appearances can be deceiving—especiall...

“Chilling, compelling suspense . . . be prepared to lose sleep” with this first in the thriller series featuring Ozarks detective Claire Morgan (Eileen Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author).With Every Turn in the Case . . .After moving from Los Angeles to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, homicide detective Claire Morgan has at last adjusted to the peaceful rhythms of rural life. Until a grisly celebrity murder at an ultra-exclusi...

New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank is back home in the Carolina lowcountry, spinning a tale that brims with the warmth, charm, heart, and humor that has become her trademark. Porch Lights is a stirring, emotionally rich multigenerational story—a poignant tale of life, love, and transformation—as a nurse, returning to Sullivans Island from the Afghanistan War, finds her life has been irrevocably altered by tragedy…and now must rediscover love and purpo...

A gripping tale of hatred, lies, and deadly tradition featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont.The blood at the scene belies any suggestion of an “honorable death.” Yet, to the eyes of the Seattle police, a successful Japanese software magnate died exactly as he wished—and by his own hand, according to the ancient rite of seppuku. Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont can’t dismiss what he sees as an elaborate suicide, however, not when something about it make...

Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'Easter is the story of a sweet Southern belle who leaves her beloved Memphis, Tennessee to follow her husband's dream of becoming the proprietor of a quaint Vermont inn.Leelee Satterfield seemed to have it all: a gorgeous husband, two adorable daughters, and roots in the sunny city of Memphis, Tennessee. So when her husband gets the idea to uproot the family to run a quaint Vermont inn, Leelee is devastated…and her three best friend...

“A compelling family mystery that kept me turning the pages. Highly recommended.”—Margaret Maron, New York Times bestselling author of Three Day Town“Dear Tommie: Have you ever wondered about who you are?”The letter that turns Tommie McCloud’s world upside down arrives from a stranger only days after her father’s death. The woman who wrote it claims that Tommie is her daughter—and that she was kidnapped as a baby ...

Revenge is served very cold in this deli-cious whodunitWhen Gwen Katz inherits her late uncle's kosher deli, Murray's Pastrami Swami, little does she know that murder is always on the menu. Now Nashville Katz, as she's quickly nicknamed, has landed her first catering gig: Social butterfly Lolo Baker's audience-participation mystery party, where someone is "murdered" and the other guests must figure out who the killer is. It's all in good fun. . .until the "victim" ...

"[Leonard’s] most satisfying book since Out of Sight…Top-notch work from one of our most gifted and consistently entertaining writers."—New York Times Book Review"Vintage Leonard…Nine stories with booze and shotguns and lowlifes…and lots of scenes that ought to be in movies."—Detroit Free PressOriginally published as When the Women Came Out to Dance, Elmore Leonard’s extraordinary story collection, Fire in the Hole ...