Building a Mystery: Four Writers on Crafting Crime Fiction

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  • The Silent Patient

    • ASIN: 1250301696
    • ISBN: 1250301696
    • Brand: Celadon Books
    • Manufacturer: Celadon Books

  • The Red Circle: A Seven Sons Novel (Bad Moon Rising Book 2)

    • ASIN: B07QMJGMFW
    • Manufacturer: BrixBaxter Publishing

    Dark magic. Blood. Alchemy.Aislinn was reborn a vampire to bring her human sister’s murderers to justice, but it’s proving harder than she thought.One of the Druids is dead, but there are still two to go. Yet now Aislinn finds herself at the center of dark magic and intrigue.Ancient blood has been stolen. Dark mages are in league with a purebre... [Read More]

  • Artemis: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0553448145
    • ISBN: 0553448145
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moon.Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.   Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich en... [Read More]

  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 0544034643
    • ISBN: 0544034643
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    “With so many great authors contributing to this fiction collection . . . it doesn’t take detecting skills to discover the gem. And every story dazzles . . . These stories, in prose both elegant and compelling, get to the heart of why people do what they do.” — USA TodayThe Best American Mystery Stories 2014 will be selected by “writing p... [Read More]

  • The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

    • ASIN: B0782X9PFP
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ If anyone could be considered a Ru... [Read More]

  • Kindred Spirits: A British police procedural (A Hazel Best & Gabriel Ash Mystery)

    • ASIN: 1847519202
    • ISBN: 1847519202
    • Manufacturer: Severn House Publishers

    A case of mistaken identity spells trouble for Gabriel Ash and Hazel Best in this intriguing mystery. A kidnap attempt outside the school gates in broad daylight convinces Gabriel Ash that his renegade wife is trying to steal their sons from him. Only the intervention of his friend Constable Hazel Best kept them safe. It’s a simple if alarming e... [Read More]

  • Kindred Spirits: A British police procedural (A Hazel Best & Gabriel Ash Mystery)

    • ASIN: 0727887963
    • ISBN: 0727887963
    • Manufacturer: Severn House Publishers

    A case of mistaken identity spells trouble for Gabriel Ash and Hazel Best in this intriguing mystery. A kidnap attempt outside the school gates in broad daylight convinces Gabriel Ash that his renegade wife is trying to steal their sons from him. Only the intervention of his friend Constable Hazel Best kept them safe. It’s a simple if alarming e... [Read More]

  • Don't Get Caught (The Jack Shepherd novels) (Volume 5)

    • ASIN: 6167611300
    • ISBN: 6167611300
    • Manufacturer: Half Penny Ltd, Pintuporn Needham

    "Needham is Michael Connelly with steamed rice."- The Bangkok Post“Jake Needham’s Jack Shepherd novels are a perfect combination of suspense and wit.”- The Malaysia StarJack Shepherd is the kind of lawyer people call a troubleshooter. At least that’s what they call him when they’re being polite. Shepherd is the guy people go to when the... [Read More]

  • Noir: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1590206800
    • ISBN: 9781590206805
    • Brand: Abrams Books
    • Manufacturer: The Overlook Press

    You are Philip M. Noir, Private Investigator. A mysterious young widow hires you to find her husband's killer-if he was killed. Then your client is killed and her body disappears-if she was your client. Your search for clues takes you through all levels of the city, from classy lounges to lowlife dives, from jazz bars to a rich sex kitten's bedroom... [Read More]

  • The Best Laid Plans

    • ASIN: 0771047584
    • ISBN: 0771047584
    • Brand: Brand: Emblem Editions
    • Manufacturer: Emblem Editions

    WINNER OF CBC CANADA READSHere’s the set up: A burnt-out politcal aide quits just before an election--but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock--an engineering professor who will do anything, anything, to avoid teaching English to engineers--to let his name stand in the electi... [Read More]

  • The Best Kind of People: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0399182217
    • ISBN: 0399182217
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

    A local schoolteacher is arrested, leaving his family to wrestle with the possibility of his guilt, in this exquisite novel about loyalty, truth, and happiness. The Woodburys cherish life in the affluent, bucolic suburb of Avalon Hills, Connecticut. George is a beloved science teacher at the local prep school, a hero who once thwarted a gunman, and... [Read More]

  • 20th Century Ghosts

    • ASIN: 0061147982
    • ISBN: 0061147982
    • Brand: Harper Paperbacks
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    Imogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . . Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . John is locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children, and an antique tele... [Read More]

  • Keep Her Close: One of the best new crime thriller releases of 2019

    • ASIN: B07GLP1QX9
    • Manufacturer: Avon

    His hand went around her middle, and the other came up over her face, holding some sort of material against her nose and mouth. He dragged her backwards, trailing her scrabbling feet …When a young woman goes missing from Jesus College, Oxford, DS Josie Masters is plunged into a world of panic as fear grips the city. Along with Thames Valley Polic... [Read More]

  • A Borrowed Man: A Novel

    • ASIN: 076538115X
    • ISBN: 076538115X
    • Brand: Tor Books
    • Manufacturer: Tor Books

    A Borrowed Man: a new science fiction novel from Gene Wolfe, the celebrated author of the Book of the New Sun series.It is perhaps a hundred years in the future, our civilization is gone, and another is in place in North America, but it retains many familiar things and structures. Although the population is now small, there is advanced technology, ... [Read More]

  • Without Fail (Jack Reacher, Book 6)

    • ASIN: B000OIZSKA
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

  • The Hunter: A Parker Novel (Parker Novels)

    • ASIN: 0226770990
    • ISBN: 0226770990
    • Brand: Stark, Richard
    • Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press

    You probably haven’t ever noticed them. But they’ve noticed you. They notice everything. That’s their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers’ work habits, the positions of the security guards. Lagging a few car lengths behind the Brinks truck on its daily rounds. Surreptitiously jiggling the han... [Read More]

  • Hard Stick: A Breakaway Novel

    • ASIN: B01E2H3M9C
    • Manufacturer: Loveswept

    He carries a big stick. And he’s not afraid to use it. On the ice, I’m Kellan Carter, powerhouse enforcer for the Charlotte Strikers. Off the ice, I’m just a regular guy. The last thing I want is to get mobbed by a bunch of groupies who are only after me for my fame and money. My ideal woman knows how to enjoy a little good, clean fun—and m... [Read More]

  • Lights All Night Long: A Novel

    • ASIN: 052555873X
    • ISBN: 052555873X
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Press

  • The Devil's Kingdom (Ben Hope, Book 14)

    • ASIN: B01D4MT01A
    • Manufacturer: Avon

    FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR – THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES FROM STAR OF AFRICA . . .‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermottHAS BEN HOPE FINALLY MET HIS MATCH?The adventure began in STAR OF AFRICA, now ex-SAS major Ben Hope is in the most desperate situation of his li... [Read More]

  • Night Film: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0812979788
    • ISBN: 0812979788
    • Brand: Random House Trade
    • Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Cosmopolitan • Kirkus Reviews • BookPageA page-turning thriller for readers of Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, and Stieg Larsson, Night Film tells the haunting story of a journalist who becomes obsessed with the mysterious death of a troubled prodigy—the daughter of an ... [Read More]

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