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In Mary Jane Clark’s latest blockbuster novel, you will enter the mind of a sociopath. It’s a place where the rules don’t apply. Where anything is fair game. And where murder is the ultimate means to an end. What kind of person… Gets what they want Takes without asking Kills without remorse LIGHTS… Key News film and theatre critic Caroline Enright thinks her trip to a theatre festival in the beautiful... (more)

Nobody Knows

by Mary Jane Behrends Clark

Nobody Knows The Dark Secrets. Cassie Sheridan has all a television news reporter could want: an important beat in Washington D.C., and a skyrocketing career. But then, she makes a critical mistake. Suddenly, her career is in shambles. Nobody Knows How Far A Murderer Will Go. Cassie is transferred to Miami, separated from her family, her friends, and the power of Washington. But in an unsuspecting Gulf Coast... (more)

Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who championed him long before Poe was appreciated in his own country.... (more)

Harm for the Holidays: Misgivings: Misgivings (CSI: Miami)

Harm for the Holidays: Misgivings: Misgivings (CSI: Miami)

by Donn Cortez

Christmas in Miami?the city is wrapped in its own unique festive cheer, and countless children breathlessly await the arrival of Santa Claus. Except this year there are hundreds of Santas. Miami has been invaded by the Red Menace. An annual gathering of hundreds of red-suited, jolly old fat men and women swarm over the city, comical and annoying, until one of them turns up dead. In what should be a time of... (more)

The Appeal

by John Grisham

Politics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too. In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the... (more)

Skin Deep

by Gary Braver

Someone is killing the most alluring women of Boston. Someone whose keen eye for beauty masks a twisted mind. Someone who insinuates himself into his victims’ lives and leaves them with nothing but an elegant black stocking knotted around their necks. Homicide detective Lt. Steve Markarian must stop the killer before another vulnerable woman is sacrificed—possibly even his own estranged wife. Beset with... (more)

Women's Murder Club: Book 2

2nd Chance

by James Patterson, Andrew Gross

The Womens Murder Club is back! A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously-or was it intentionally - only one person dies. Then an elderly black woman is hung. Police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and together with medical examiner Claire, assistant D. A. Jill, and Chronicle reporter Cindy, finds a link that sends a chill through the... (more)

The Prey Series: Book 6

Night Prey

by John Sandford

A master thief becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman--then carves her initials into his victims.

Kay Scarpetta: Book 15

Book of the Dead

by Patricia Cornwell

From America's # 1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel. The "book of the dead" is the morgue log, a ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to take on a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace, not only personally and professionally but... (more)

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: Book 52

The Secret of the Forgotten City

by Carolyn Keene

Nancy and her friends become involved in a search for lost treasure.

Alex Cross: Book 5

Pop Goes the Weasel

by James Patterson

Detective Alex Cross is back-and he's in love. But his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders in Washington, D.C., murders with a pattern so twisted they leave investigators reeling. Cross's pursuit of the killer produces a suspect, a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer. But proving he's the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task. As Shafer engages in a brilliant series of surprising... (more)

Alex Cross: Book 6

Roses Are Red

by James Patterson

The Mastermind orchestrates a series of bank robberies that are notable for their precise demandsand their explosive violence when the demands are not met exactly. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case and recognizes that a particular kind of criminal mind is at work. Crosss investigation gets under the Masterminds skin, and he makes it his personal goal to take revenge on Cross and his entire team. Amidst all... (more)

Dead Sleep

by Greg Iles

They are called "The Sleeping Women." A series of unsettling paintings in which the nude female subjects appear to be not asleep, but dead. Photojournalist Jordan Glass has another reason to find the paintings disturbing...The face on one of the nudes is her own-or perhaps the face of her twin sister, who disappeared and is still missing. At the urging of the FBI, Jordan becomes both hunter and hunted in a search... (more)

Cotton Malone: Book 2

The Alexandria Link: A Novel

by Steve Berry

Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: “You have something I want. You’re the only person on earth who knows where to find it. Go get it. You have 72 hours. If I don’t hear from you, you will be childless.” His horrified ex-wife... (more)

Elixir

by Gary Braver

When biologist Chris Bacon headed for the unspoiled rainforests of Papua New Guinea in search of medicinal plants, he had no idea that he would bring home a rare flower rumored by a tribal shaman to prevent human aging. Driven by fountain-of-youth dreams, he plans to turn the flower into an elixir of youth and health. But as Chris begins tampering with the ultimate secret of nature, he unleashes forces that not... (more)

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Lights Out Tonight

by Mary Jane Behrends Clark

Nobody Knows

by Mary Jane Behrends Clark

Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

Harm for the Holidays: Misgivings: Misgivings (CSI: Miami)

by Donn Cortez

The Appeal

by John Grisham

Skin Deep

by Gary Braver

2nd Chance

by James Patterson, Andrew Gross

Night Prey

by John Sandford

Book of the Dead

by Patricia Cornwell

The Secret of the Forgotten City

by Carolyn Keene

Pop Goes the Weasel

by James Patterson

Roses Are Red

by James Patterson

Dead Sleep

by Greg Iles

The Alexandria Link: A Novel

by Steve Berry

Elixir

by Gary Braver