No Woods So Dark as These: A Ryan DeMarco Mystery #4

No Woods So Dark as These: A Ryan DeMarco Mystery #4

There are good reasons to fear the dark… Former Sergeant Ryan DeMarco's life has been spent in defiance—he's defied death, loneliness, and betrayal all while fighting the worst parts of ...

No Woods So Dark as These: A Ryan DeMarco Mystery #4 Randall Silvis

Death on Lily Pond Lane: A Hamptons Murder Mystery #2

Death on Lily Pond Lane: A Hamptons Murder Mystery #2

Brisk walks on the bright chilly beach, cinnamon buns at tea time, blooming forsythia and...murder? East Hampton innkeeper and chef Antonia Bingham has settled in to town and taken on ...

Death on Lily Pond Lane: A Hamptons Murder Mystery #2 Carrie Doyle

An Accidental Corpse: An Art of Murder Mystery #2

An Accidental Corpse: An Art of Murder Mystery #2

Accidents happen. But so does murder… On the night of August 11, 1956, in a quiet East Hampton hamlet, Jackson Pollock crashed his car into a tree. The accident killed ...

An Accidental Corpse: An Art of Murder Mystery #2 Helen A. Harrison

Case Pending: A Library of Congress Crime Classic

Case Pending: A Library of Congress Crime Classic

Another murder, another unanswered question. And Detective Mendoza hates to leave things undone. Hers was the kind of casual homicide that occurred every week in a city like Los Angeles ...

Dell Shannon

Dead Lake

Dead Lake

She thought she was alone… Sam is excited to spend a week at her uncle's remote lakeside cabin. It's a chance for her to focus on her art without distractions: ...

Dead Lake Darcy Coates

The Haunting of Gillespie House

The Haunting of Gillespie House

Some spirits linger… Elle is thrilled to spend a month minding the beautiful Gillespie property. Over an hour's drive from the nearest town, the aging mansion is ideal for someone ...

The Haunting of Gillespie House Darcy Coates

Parasite

Parasite

They're closer than you think... When a guard discovers an unusual lifeform on her remote moon outpost, she disregards protocol to investigate, with catastrophic consequences. The parasitic alien wears its ...

Parasite Darcy Coates

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