"Many readers will enjoy the peek inside the organization's hierarchy. Also enjoyable is the spirited romance between Doyle and Vicky Stanopolis, his partner in more ways than one. And the surprise ending is a wowser."– Mystery Scene Magazine "Heffernan's style harks back to traditional hard-boiled mysteries… The Scientology Murders isn't likely to make the church's recommended reading list, but for mystery fans ...
Nominated for a 2018 Shamus Award in Best Original Private Eye (paperback)! "[In] this tricky and delightfully surprising crime novel…Spinelli deftly segues from one genre to another–from hard-boiled noir to paranoid thriller, puzzle mystery (with each and every riddle logically explained), spy caper, and ultimately to something evocative of Bogart and Bacall. Spinelli is definitely a talent to watch."–Publishers Weekly"An unofficial San F ...
First title in a new series starring Harry «The Dead Detective» DoyleStrong candidate for all major mystery awards: Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, etc.Will appeal to a wide range of crime-fiction fans: regular mystery fans, police procedural fans, etc. ...
Lush with sensory detail and emotional complexity, Dream House is about family, home, and an architect’s journey to understand the crippling hold one house has on her.In the months following her parents’ fatal car accident in Maine, architect Gina Gilbert is coming apart: anxious with her two young children, alienated by her clients’ grand house dreams, and no longer certain she feels at home in San Francisco. Whi ...
"A terrific debut novel."—C.J. BOX, New York Times bestselling author of Stone Cold Canyon Sacrifice brings the rugged western landscape, the mysterious past of the ancient Anasazi Indians, and the Southwest's ongoing cultural fissures vividly to life. A deadly struggle against murderous kidnappers in Grand Canyon National Park forces archaeologist Chuck Bender to face up to his past as he realizes every parent's ...
In a small town in northern New Mexico a father’s untimely death leads to mayhem and murder. Families find their lives threatened once the father’s will is read for unlike his wife, he did not believe in primogeniture. Truth reveals that the father did not believe in his son Granger at all and herein begins the conflict. The father’s death was to be Granger’s salvation but Granger must now find a way to gain wealth in order to maintain a family ...
Megan Sawyer is determined to farm year-round. She's braving a December snowstorm after pitching her greenhouse greens to Philadelphia chefs when she sees a stranger stranded on the side of the road. It's Merry Chance's niece Becca, and she's headed to Winsome to sell her love potions at holiday events – or so she thinks. Merry has an ulterior motive in inviting her niece to Winsome, but her plan to reunite Becca with her est ...
"One part mystery, one part mysticism, and one part mayhem—Scott Graham's Yellowstone Standoff is all parts thrilling."—CRAIG JOHNSON, author of the Longmire Mysteries Yellowstone Standoff takes readers deep into the backcountry of a wildly popular national park. When Yellowstone National Park's grizzly bears and gray wolves suddenly and inexplicably go rogue, archaeologist Chuck Bender teams with his old ...
When interior decorator Madison Night accepts an assignment in Palm Springs with handyman Hudson James, she expects to have designing days and romantic nights. But after spotting a body in the river by their job site, she begins to buckle under the strain of recurring nightmares and grows dependent upon sleeping pills. Soon, she's learned more about the crime than she'd like to – thanks to girl talk with friends, pillow talk with Hudso ...
