"Cork O'Connor's search for a missing man in the Arizona desert puts him at the center of a violent power struggle along the Mexican border, a struggle that might cost Cork everything and everyone he holds most dear"-- Cork O'Connor and his new bride Rainy Bisonette received a desperate voicemail from Rainy's son, Peter. The message is full of static, but they hear Peter confess to the murder of someone named Rodriguez. They fly to southern Arizona,...

With the help of his boss' attractive, vivacious daughter, young journalist Charles Dickens investigates the death of a young woman that bears unsettling similarities to a murder that occurred a year ago to the day. 1835. Young journalist Charles Dickens is invited to dinner at the estate of the Evening Chronicle's co-editor. He is smitten with his boss's daughter, vivacious Kate Hogarth. They are having the best of times when a scream shatters the...

A reporter confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to cover a violent murder.

"Love is in the air in Briar Creek as library director Lindsey Norris and boat captain Mike (Sully) Sullivan are finally tying the knot. The entire town is excited for the happy day, and Lindsey and Sully's plan for a small wedding evaporates as more and more people insist upon attending the event of the year. When Lindsey and her crafternoon pals head out to Bell Island to see if it can accommodate the ever-expanding guest list, they are horrified...

"Nicole Glover delivers the second book in her exciting Murder & Magic series of historical fantasy novels featuring Hetty Rhodes and her husband, Benjy, magic practitioners and detectives living in post-Civil War Philadelphia"-- Nothing bothers Hetty and Benjy Rhodes more than a case where the answers, motives, and the murder itself feel a bit too neat. Raimond Duval, a victim of one of the many fires that have erupted recently in Philadelphia,...

1880s, the American West. Randall Bragg is a rich landowner who is wanted for murdering the town marshal. Lawman Virgil Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless town from the murderous rancher. Their efforts become complicated and their friendship is tested when a young widow arrives in town.

When a Brooklyn grad student agrees to be godmother to the infant son of her best friend, who is in the grip of postpartum depression, a few days after the baptism the student receives a phone call from the mother saying she's killed her son and husband, and the student investigates to try to clear her friend.

"July 4th is coming, and professional foodie Samantha Barnes, has finally found the perfect recipe for the best blueberry buckle in the world in the kitchen of Clara Foster. And this famed cookbook author and retired restaurateur is thrilled when Clara agrees to give her a lesson. But when Clara dies in a fire blamed on carelessness in the kitchen, Sam doesn't believe it. Sam's doubts start an investigation pointing to the new owner of Clara's restaurant,...

"Meet Inspector Alec MacDonald -- Mac, to his friends, an up-and-coming policeman from Scotland Yard. Unlike Inspector Lestrade, MacDonald is happy to work with Sherlock Holmes, especially when Lady Anne Wescott loses her treasured ruby. And just when that mystery seems resolved, Lady Wescott goes missing herself! Can Holmes and Mr. Mac solve the disappearance before Lady Wescott vanishes forever? In the second case, Mr. Mac and Holmes are stymied...