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Literature & Fiction
In a desolate part of Brooklyn, a retired history professor plots mass murder The withered old man speaks into a tape recorder. This is not a confession, he explains, but a presentation. He is Charles Witter Kirwan, a... See More
Hired as a tutor for a madwoman's son, an American expatriate scraps to stay alive A washed-up heavyweight with dreams of becoming a writer, Reno Davis is down to his last franc when he lands a job as a bouncer at a... See More
Four desperate ex-cons attempt an audacious kidnapping James Flood and his three partners get out of jail with a single number on their minds: $1 million, in cash, for each of them. To get it, they have a simple plan, a... See More
Literature & Fiction
Edgar Award winner: Investigating a crooked cop, a private detective gets too close to the case. The investigators of the Conmy-Kirk detective agency don't work in trench coats, drink on the job, or carry pistols. They are... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Two servants discover family skeletons behind the closed doors of a forbidding Manhattan mansion in this mystery by a three-time Edgar Award-winning author. In dire financial straits, young couple Mike and Amy Lloyd -- a... See More
Mystery
In a quaint old restaurant, a chef relies on a devilish secret ingredient In Sbirro's restaurant, there is no electric lighting, no music, and no menu. The only sound is the contented sighs of the regulars, who come every... See More
Mystery
Mystery
A young drug runner gets revenge on a crime syndicate in this novel of deception and international double crosses from an Edgar Award-winning author. By the time David Hanna Shaw is shuttled off to an Ivy League school by... See More
Mystery
From a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master: A Manhattan PI heads to Florida to deal with movie stars, a mysterious guru, and murder. New York City private eye John Milano's new client is an old flame -- and the fire is... See More
Literary Fiction
In the wake of a tragic accident, a young college student haunted by guilt moves to New York City to shake the past and discover his destiny. After three years at Temple University, Dan Egan was still trying to find out... See More
A grisly murder reveals the hateful secrets that lie beneath a small town's surface The locals call her the Ballou. An illustrator for a high-fashion magazine, she has been the talk of the upstate town of Sutton ever since... See More
Thrillers
Edgar Award Finalist: A former Miami Beach tennis pro discovers the dangerous price of marrying for money in "one of the year's best chillers" (The New York Times Book Review). There was a time when Davis Cup winner Chris... See More
Mystery
His father humiliated, a teenage boy vows bloody revenge Every sports fan in New York knows Al Judge, the hard-bitten reporter whose column is the scourge of gamblers, gangsters, and corrupt players across the city... See More
Mystery
From a three-time Edgar Award-winning author: Local rituals and a lost painting draw a New York businessman into intrigue on a remote Pacific island. Ben Smith, a market researcher from New York City, has arrived on Santo... See More
Mystery
FIFTEEN STORIES ABOUT THE MOST HEINOUS CRIME OF ALL... Of all the crimes humankind can commit, the act of murder -- of cold-bloodedly taking another human life -- is often the most shocking, and can tear couples, families... See More