A team of police detectives investigate the murder of man with a complicated family history in the English countryside. When the body of a man killed by a point blank shot to the head is found in Crooked Man Woods, it appears to be a suicide. But when Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter begin to investigate, it soon becomes clear that not all is as it seems.The victim, Carl Finch, had been causing quite a stir in the small-town community. With rising debts and complicated relationships, the suspects are beginning to mount up . . .Fans of Midsomer Murders, T. E. Kinsey, and M. C. Beaton will love Rooted in Evil.Praise for the writing of Ann Granger: "Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent." —The Times"Set in the familiar more of traditional country crime stories, there is nothing old-fashioned about the characters . . . Granger is bang up to date." —The Oxford Times"Lovely characterisation and a neat plot." —The Yorkshire Post

About the Author Ann Granger has worked in British embassies in various parts of the world and is now permanently based in Oxfordshire. She writes the Fran Varady series, as well as the noted Mitchell and Markby series.

The hunt begins in the shadows of the Central Valley.The investigation into Gloria Stone’s disappearance stalled years ago. By the time Agent Leah Hudson takes the case, the trail is ice cold.Affluent wine heiress Gloria Stone survived a brutal attack on her twenty-first birthday, only to vanish shortly after—leaving behind an abandoned car and a town that chose to forget.Leah Hudson is a rising star who just hit a brick wall. After a botched indictment allows a killer to walk, she’s assigned to this dead-end case as a professional exile. But as she retraces the failed investigation, she realizes Gloria wasn’t a tragedy—she was a target.A predator is hunting the Central Valley, seeking a specific kind of survivor: the women the world has already tried to break.Hudson is the only one who sees the pattern, but she has already been seen. The hunter is no longer in the distance; he is walking among the prey, hidden behind a mask she’d never expect.The only thing more dangerous than a cold case is the one that’s still breathing.

When absolutely nothing goes right . . .and then there's a murder.Grace is in love with a good man, having a baby with a not-so-good one, losing her house, and being phased out of her job. But before she steps away from her law practice, she takes one last assignment: a young woman with a nosy neighbor problem. It’s a simple case, or so it seems until a shocking crime occurs.Is her client an innocent victim or a cunning killer?Grace races against time to uncover the truth in this gripping mystery.

Review In her fourth Eastern Shore Mystery, Cheril Thomas is on top of her game. A heavily pregnant Grace ... has to deal with her baby's controlling father, her feelings for another man and conflicts at work and at home. Her latest client is a shy young woman who is being harassed by a mean neighbor and herded around by an obsessive young man, a survivor of the car accident that killed the young woman's family. That Elinor, the shy and damaged girl, professes to have psychic abilities throws more tension.Add a brand new bully of a town cop and the sudden demise of the repulsive neighbor and Grace is off and running when she isn't having morning sickness. The most complex and diabolical of the Grace Reagan series yet, thus sure to please readers. Helen Chappell About the Author Cheril Thomas is the author of the Eastern Shore Mysteries series, numerous short stories and articles. When she's not writing at home in Easton, Maryland, she's traveling with her long-suffering husband, an otherwise brilliant soul who for some reason doesn't mind being married to a woman who researches methods of murder. Their lives are directed by a sassy little spaniel named Ellie Grace.

A disillusioned detective. A violent gangster. One chance to prove a young man's innocence...The last place DC Isla Robertson wants to be is back in Essex. Now an open-and-shut case of murder forces her to join forces with her estranged father, Tam McLean, a former Detective Chief Superintendent whose reputation for old-school policework casts a large shadow.Investment manager James Hadley has been beaten to death in his own home while his wife Linda cowered in an upstairs bathroom. The only suspect is their son Samuel. However, when the family’s link to the violent gangster Eddie Shaw is uncovered, DC Isla Robertson begins to suspect that Samuel was framed. Can Robertson and McLean put their differences aside to save an innocent boy from a life in prison?Set against the backdrop of Essex, this fast-paced British detective novel is an exciting, murder mystery with a strong emotional core and plenty of twists that will keep you guessing until the explosive finale."Blood Of The Father" is the first book in the Robertson and McLean series of crime thrillers from debut author CM Sinclair, perfect for fans of JM Dalgliesh, LJ Ross, JD Kirk, Angela Marsons, Joy Ellis, Damien Boyd and Neil Lancaster.

She's spent twenty-four years waiting for justice. Now she's done waiting.Detective Anaya Nazario has spent twenty-four years haunted by her father's unsolved murder. Lucas Nazario was the highest-ranking Puerto Rican detective in the LAPD—and no one has ever been held accountable for his death.When immigrants begin turning up dead across Los Angeles, Nazario catches a case no one else wants to touch. The victims are invisible to the system, the leads are thin, and pressure is mounting to let it go. She refuses.The deeper she digs, the more the case resists—until a trail of clues points somewhere no one expected. Somewhere trusted. Somewhere hiding something far darker than anyone wants to believe.As the investigation intensifies, Nazario is forced to partner with Special Agent Blake Huxley—a man she has every reason to keep at a distance. But with a killer still hunting and the clock running out, she doesn't have the luxury of old wounds. Together, they race to stop the murders before more lives are lost—and before the truth buries them both.A gritty, propulsive crime thriller about a detective who won't look away from the victims the world wants to forget.Compelling dialogue, rich, gritty prose, and characters you won’t forget — if you loved The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson, or Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger, you’ll love The Serpent’s Bridge.PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE– Gritty LA crime thrillers with relentless detectives– Cold cases colliding with active investigations– Justice for victims the system ignores– Tense partnerships forged under pressure

A jittery bride-to-be draws the Boston PI into an "utterly compelling" case of betrayal and dangerous love (Publisher Weekly, starred review). Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is "the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine" (New York Post). On the outs with her secretive mob boss lover, Sam Gianelli, Carlotta occupies herself with a seemingly routine case. She feels an immediate bond with her new client, Jessie Franklin. Right now, both women are dealing with issues of trust. For Jessie, it's the man she's soon to marry. Tipped off that he's cheating on her, she wants Carlotta to tail him. No sooner does Carlotta get a track on the likely cad, than Jessie is killed by a hit-and-run driver. But when the accident is ruled a homicide, Carlotta discovers that Jessie has being lying about everything—including her name and her fiancé. But it's the reason for roping Carlotta into the deception that has the sleuth on edge. Because Carlotta's the number one suspect in the murder. Now she must investigate her own past—and Gianelli's—to save her neck. Only one thing is certain: "The course of mobbed-up love never runs smooth [in this] startling new chapter in the heroine's checkered personal life" (Kirkus Reviews). Lie Down with the Devil is the 12th book in the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.