Dying to Know by TJ O'Connor is the debut of the Gumshoe Ghost series about a homicide detective who must help his wife, now widow, solve his murder (January 8, 2014). When Dr. Angela Tucker hears a bump in the night, Oliver “Tuck” Tucker is in no mood to investigate. But he does. And before…
An excerpt of Buried, the third book in the Detective Ellie MacIntosh series by Kate Watterson (available December 31, 2013). Two cases vie for Detective Ellie MacIntosh’s attention—a sudden rash of seemingly unrelated cop killings and the discovery of an old, hidden grave on her grandfather’s property. The clues to the recent murders leave a…
An excerpt of The Red Pole of Macau, the third book in the Ava Lee international thriller series by Ian Hamilton (available December 31, 2013). Family ties are stressed to the limit when intrepid forensic accountant Ava Lee must rescue her half brother, Michael, and his business partner, Simon, from a disastrous multimillion-dollar real-estate deal…
An exclusive excerpt of The Scribe by Antonio Garrido, a historical mystery featuring a head-strong fugitive heroine, a medieval mystery, and secret societies (available December 17, 2013). The year is 799, and King Charlemagne awaits coronation as the Holy Roman emperor. But in the town of Würzburg, the young, willful Theresa dreams only of following…
An excerpt of Sinister by Lisa Jackson, with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan, a thriller featuring a cold case and a serial arsonist (available November 26, 2013). Twenty years ago, a fire ravaged the Dillinger family's old homestead, killing Judd Dillinger and crippling his girlfriend. Most people blamed a serial arsonist who'd been around town.…
An excerpt of A Nasty Piece of Work by Robert Littell, featuring a former CIA agent turned freelance bounty hunter (available November 19, 2013). Former CIA agent Lemuel Gunn left the battlefield of Afghanistan for early retirement in the desert of New Mexico, where he works as a private investigator from the creature comforts, such…
An excerpt of The Good Boy by Theresa Schwegel, a police thriller following an eleven-year old boy on the run through Chicago with his cop father's K9 unit dog (available November 5, 2013). For Officer Pete Murphy, K9 duty is as much a punishment as a promotion. When a shaky arrest reignites a recent scandal…
Through the Evil Days maintains Julia Spencer-Fleming‘s reputation for penning engaging police procedurals that feature strong characterizations. Plenty of bad actors people her new tale, one that soon expands out of closely-knit Millers Kill to a lake fifty miles north, during deep winter, a season Spencer-Fleming always evokes with great realism. Bitter cold backs every…
“Her Haunted House” by Brendan DuBois appears here in its entirety, and is joined by 13 other short crime stories in Criminal Element's inaugural e-collection, The Malfeasance Occasional's Girl Trouble issue (available for $3.99). After enjoying this Halloween treat, try another complete story from this collection or learn more about the issue's contents and contributors.…
An excerpt from Deadly Games, Part 1 in the criminals-on-the-run romantic suspense e-serial Follow Me by Cara Lockwood (available October 1, 2013). Overnight, Calypso “Cal” Morgan's sensual Greek summer abroad turns into a thrilling, high-stakes race to prove to the world (and herself) that her brand-new and very sexy boyfriend Daniel is not a murderer. …
