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You've Been Warned
by James Patterson
For Karen Burns, a talented young photographer, it was only natural to go to New York to chase her dreams. And it was only normal--just to pay the rent while she waited for her big chance--to work as a nanny for a young power couple, an attorney and his socialite wife, watching their two children. But for all the promise, the thrills, and the glitter, there are temptations and there are deadly... (more)
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The Footprints on the Ceiling (A Crime Classic)
by Clayton Rawson
What you'll learn from reading this novel: You'll learn how a woman suffering from acute fear of open spaces could be found murdered in a house miles away from her own. You'll learn why footprints were discovered on the ceiling of the room in which her body was discovered. You'll learn how a man could die of the bends (in a locked room, of course) on the 21st floor of a New York hotel. You'll learn of the sunken... (more)
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Sweet Narcissus
by M. K. Lorens
Winston Marlowe Sherman, an English professor who writes mystery novels under the pseudonym Henrietta Slocum, attends a party at the home of a theater critic and must put his sleuthing skills to the test when the critic is murdered. Originally in paperback.
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The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: Book 5
The Warlock
by Michael Scott
Alcatraz:Although their ally, Dr. John Dee, has been declared utlaga, Machiavelli and Billy the Kid will follow the plans the Elders have laid before them: they will loose the monsters of Alcatraz on the city of San Francisco, thereby triggering the end of the humani race.Danu Talis:The Shadowrealm that Scatty and Joan of Arc have entered is far more dangerous than they could ever have... (more)
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True Crime: Lesser-Known Cases
The Murder of the Century
The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars
by Paul Collins
“No writer better articulates our interest in the confluence of hope, eccentricity, and the timelessness of the bold and strange than Paul Collins.”—DAVE EGGERS On Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys playing at a pier discover a floating human torso wrapped tightly in oilcloth. Blueberry pickers near Harlem stumble upon neatly severed limbs in an... (more)
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You Have Seven Messages
by Stewart Lewis
It's been a year since Luna's mother, the fashion-model wife of a successful film director, was hit and killed by a taxi in the East Village. Luna, her father, and her little brother, Tile, are still struggling with grief. When Luna goes to clean out her mother's old studio, she's stunned to find her mom's cell phone there—charged and holding seven unheard messages. As Luna begins to listen to them, she learns... (more)
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Dead As Dutch
by Rich Docherty
Stan Heberling is having a rotten day. Of course, zombies and a demented hermit with an itchy trigger finger can ruin any guy’s day. All he wants to do is finish his senior film project "Letter 13", but stumbling upon the long, lost buried treasure of legendary gangster Dutch Schultz has messed up his plans big time. Not to mention his frustrations with prima donna actor Bryce and the constant complaints of his... (more)