Thanks to spinal tumor surgery, Cincinnati Homicide Detective Will Borders now walks with a cane and lives alone with constant discomfort. He's lucky to be alive and lucky to have a job as public information officer for the department. When a star cop is brutally murdered, he's assigned to find her killer. The crime bears a chilling similarity to killings on the peaceful college campus nearby, where his friend, pain nurse Cheryl Beth Wilson, is now teaching nursing. Moreover, the two young victims were her students. Most homicides are routine; the suspects readily apparent. But here, there are no easy suspects, and even Borders' stepson is under suspicion.This unlikely pair again teams up to pursue a sadistic predator before he kills someone else. Catching him will mean uncovering some of the darkest secrets in the Midwestern river metropolis where change is slow, tradition and history weigh as thick as the summer humidity, and danger can hide in the most respected places.

Quinn Shepherd drowned on the Au Sable River. Was it an accident? Or Murder?Quinn Shepherd was the best guide on the legendary Au Sable River, until he's found at the bottom of the river with the anchor chain of his boat wrapped around his ankle. Lizzie, his wife, is devastated and left alone to raise their six-year-old son. His drowning was ruled accidental, but a year later new evidence is found, and Lizzie is arrested for murder.Burr Lafayette, recently divorced and the deposed head of a major Detroit law firm, is recruited to defend Lizzie. A man at loose ends, he's a brilliant litigator but prefers sailboats and dogs over courtrooms and clients.The Gray Drake, the storied lodge where Quinn guided, is full of secrets, and the fabled Au Sable River won't give up the truth. All the evidence points to Lizzie, but Burr doesn't believe she killed her husband.• • •Critics call Cutter’s books, “pure Michigan"."This story has it all. Michigan's most famous river and its most famous fishing lodge combine with a beautiful suspect, a rumpled, nearly broke lawyer, and unbridled greed to keep you guessing until the end."—Bob Linsenman, author of Water Songs.If you like Stuart Woods and Michael Connelly, you’ll love The Gray Drake. The Gray Drake is the second book in the award-winning Burr Lafayette mystery series.

A good detective has an analytic mind, loves to solve puzzles, is driven to know the answers - oh, and he might play piano.Twenty-something Jake Sommers lives in a houseboat moored at Fisherman’s Wharf, a picturesque set of docks bordering the Inner Harbour of Victoria, BC. Jake inherited his craft, the Honeysuckle Rose, from his late Great-aunt Dierdre, once a successful artist and sixties flower child. Jake’s a bit of a lost soul, who plays piano in a bar, loves the jazz music of the 1920s and '30s, and has a tendency to drink too much.When a beautiful woman shows up at his floating home mistakenly believing Jake is a qualified and experienced private investigator, and begging to hire him for a case, the little voice in Jake's head tells him he should turn down the offer.Too bad he never listens to his little voice.He expects his ‘investigation’ to be a straightforward search for a young woman on the Internet. But both his client and her case turn out to be far more than he bargained for, and he’s unwittingly plunged into a convoluted world of DNA ancestry, danger, intrigue, and murder.What Readers Say About The Houseboat Detective: ????? 'Enjoyable from start to finish. There was never a dull moment and lots of humor.'????? 'One of the best mysteries I've read in months. The writing is so descriptive and the story line just keeps leading you deeper.'????? 'Just enough romance, intrigue and danger to keep me fully engrossed all the way to the end.'????? 'An interesting and unique plot to go with an imaginative group of characters, making this hard to put down.'????? 'Love this book. Kept me reading & wondering where it was all going.'

CWA Dagger and Edgar award-winning author Martin Edwards takes readers back to The Lake District after seven years with a cunningly layered mystery that Publishers Weekly calls a "skillful combination of procedural and whodunnit.""Life is certainly nasty, brutish, and short—least for most of the characters in Edwards's much-awaited new installment, set on the edge of England's Lake District."—First ClueWhat happened to Ramona Smith?In the The Girl They All Forgot (The Crooked Shore), history always repeats itself. After a father and son commit suicide on the same day, twenty years apart, DCI Hannah Scarlet, and her Cold Cases Division reopen the investigation of Ramona Smith, a woman who disappeared twenty-one years ago. Desperate to finally find answers, Hannah and her team chase leads as meandering as the shoreline. As the body count rises, the Cold Cases Division must unravel the lives of those on The Crooked Shore before another murder plot unfolds.

For fans of Elin Hilderbrand, Liane Moriarty, and Kristin Hannah — four complete Caribbean mysteries, one haunted estate, one woman who refuses to stay broken.Attorney Katie Connell has the worst week of her career on live television, flies to the U.S. Virgin Islands to grieve in private, and ends up buying a haunted plantation estate on impulse. Estate Annalise is beautiful and broken — inhabited by a jumbie, a Caribbean spirit, with strong opinions about who belongs. Katie is starting to believe it.The Katie Connell Box Set collects all four novels in Pamela Fagan Hutchins' beloved series. Across four complete books, Katie investigates her parents' cold-case murder, falls in love at exactly the wrong moment, tracks her missing husband across three countries in a rescue thriller that spans the Caribbean, and clears her own name when a corpse ruins her honeymoon and the St. Marcos police decide she's their best suspect.These are mystery-thrillers with soul and heat — propulsive plots, emotionally specific characters, and Caribbean settings rendered with the authenticity of an author who actually lived on St. Croix. The islands are not a backdrop. They are a character. Pamela Fagan Hutchins knows them from the inside: the warmth, the wildness, the beauty that doesn't fully yield to outsiders, and the secrets the water keeps.The series is complete with four books. Start with Saving Grace — and clear your weekend. Binge on with Leaving Annalise, Finding Harmony, and Seeking Felicity.She came to the islands to fall apart. Four books later, she's still there — and the islands are still not done with her.Next up in the WDKY box set series: The Emily Bernal Series!What readers are saying:“Unputdownable.”“Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense.”“Hutchins is a master of tension.”“Intriguing mystery… captivating romance.”“Everything shines: the plot, the characters, and the writing.”“Murder has never been so much fun!”

“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery.”—Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)?????When FBI forensic toxicologist Miles Sterling makes a harrowing discovery—that a dozen unsolved deaths over the past decade each correspond to an element on the periodic table—he must race to follow the trail and find the mastermind behind these murders—and stop him before he strikes again…When a sinister killer turns to fluorine gas to cleanse the " unclean," Miles Sterling is thrust into a deadly game of chemical cat and mouse. As the body count rises, Sterling's personal life is shattered, forcing him to confront a fanatical mind before his own life dissolves in a toxic mist.WRONG TURN (BOOK #2) is the second book in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestseller Once Gone (a free download) has received over 7,000 five star ratings and reviews. The series begins with WRONG GIRL (BOOK #1).The Miles Sterling mystery series takes you on a wild thriller ride with its searing fast pace while introducing a brilliant protagonist who tackles harrowing cases tapping all of his knowledge. Unputdownable, the twist and turns will leave you breathless up until the very last word. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll, and Lisa Gardner are sure to fall in love.Future books in the series are now available!“An edge of your seat thriller in a new series that keeps you turning pages! ...So many twists, turns and red herrings… I can't wait to see what happens next.”—Reader review (Her Last Wish)?????“A strong, complex story about two FBI agents trying to stop a serial killer. If you want an author to capture your attention and have you guessing, yet trying to put the pieces together, Pierce is your author!”—Reader review (Her Last Wish)?????“A typical Blake Pierce twisting, turning, roller coaster ride suspense thriller. Will have you turning the pages to the last sentence of the last chapter!!!”—Reader review (City of Prey)?????“Right from the start we have an unusual protagonist that I haven't seen done in this genre before. The action is nonstop… A very atmospheric novel that will keep you turning pages well into the wee hours.”—Reader review (City of Prey)?????“Everything that I look for in a book… a great plot, interesting characters, and grabs your interest right away. The book moves along at a breakneck pace and stays that way until the end. Now on go I to book two!”—Reader review (Girl, Alone)?????“Exciting, heart pounding, edge of your seat book… a must read for mystery and suspense readers!”—Reader review (Girl, Alone)?????