‘Yorkshire’s answer to Inspector Morse.’ The Bookseller‘Enough to satisfy the most ardent lover of crime fiction.’ Yorkshire Evening PostCharlie Priest isn’t your typical angst-ridden detective with a drink problem. He gets on well with his constables and has an actual sense of humour.Yorkshire isn’t just picturesque villages and sheep stealing. Detective Priest is about to face international art scammers.An exhibition with ten famous paintings, including a Picasso, is touring England. But four of the artworks have been secretly switched with fakes — forged by Priest’s old art teacher, Rudi Truscott.Looks like crime doesn’t take a day off, but neither does Priest.Before Priest can dig deeper, Truscott dies in a suspicious fire — nothing but a pile of ash remains of the poor sod.With his only lead up in smoke, Priest needs to find the crooks . . . before they strike again.This character-driven detective mystery full of wry humour is perfect for fans of Colin Dexter, Reginald Hill, J.R. Ellis, P.F. Ford and Roger Silverwood.Readers love THE PICASSO SCAM:‘Excellent police procedurals, written with good humour, engaging characters, intelligent plots, and an interesting, lovingly-described location.’ Mudskipper Press????? ‘Absolutely superb crime thriller, with subtle comedy throughout.’ Ronald????? ‘A good story, a likeable lead character and a page-turning story.’ Maid Marian????? ‘It was difficult to put this book down and I thoroughly enjoyed it.’ Nigel????? ‘Highly recommend these books to anyone looking for a good read.’ MandaThe DetectiveCharlie Priest’s father and grandfather were both detectives. He is now the longest-serving detective in the small town of Heckley, Yorkshire. After a messy divorce that left him cleaned out, he uses work and his dry humour as an escape. Priest is devoted to finding crooks and watching out for his team of young constables. He hates being called sir or Mr. Priest — it makes him feel old, and don’t ever say a bad word about his old, beat-up Ford Cortina.The SettingHeckley is a fictional town in Yorkshire, England. Locally referred to as The Tops, Heckley has picturesque views over the rugged hills, bleak moors and narrow lanes bordered by dry-stone walls. Residents like to nip to their local pub for a pint and a chinwag about local lore.

Detective Max Grady isn’t a detective anymore.After a case goes south, Grady has been sidelined. His life is in shambles. His mom is dead, his brother is sick and his only consolation is a lot of beer at the local watering hole, the Amber Cat.That is, until another body, just like his mom’s, is found.Now Grady has questions. Was her overdose an accident… or something more?With no badge, no backing and no support, Grady goes on the hunt for her killer.What he doesn’t realize is the killer is hunting someone too…Him.Two Cold Killers is an edge-of-your-seat thriller. If you enjoy L.T. Ryan, Michael Connolly and James Patterson, you'll love this heart-pumping novel. Join the adventure now!

Edgar Award winner: Investigating a crooked cop, a private detective gets too close to the case. The investigators of the Conmy-Kirk detective agency don’t work in trench coats, drink on the job, or carry pistols. They are researchers who comb newspapers and government records in search of the tiny details that could make or break their clients’ fortunes. It is painstaking and unromantic, but as co-owner Murray Kirk is about to learn, those details can mean the difference between life and death.   The district attorney is cracking down on corruption in the NYPD, and the search is spreading like wildfire, forcing hundreds of policemen to resign in disgrace. When Conmy-Kirk is hired to clear the name of one of the accused, Kirk finds himself falling for his client’s daughter, a moral infraction that draws him deeper into the city’s underworld than he ever wanted to slip. This work isn’t like it is in the movies—if Murray Kirk catches a bullet, he’ll stay dead.

This thrilling crime novel features “the best cop to come out of the Soviet Union since Martin Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko” (San Francisco Examiner).   After a lifetime in service to the Soviet Union, police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov may have found a way out. A high-profile homicide leads him to a cache of documents packed full of incriminating Kremlin gossip, which he uses as a bargaining chip to secure exit visas for himself and his Jewish wife. But just before the deal is concluded, Brezhnev’s death sends the nation into turmoil, and makes escape impossible. His career derailed, the veteran cop is reduced to investigating penny-ante murders—one of which may lead somewhere very big indeed.   An elderly Jewish man is shot to death in his bathtub by killers who steal nothing but a worthless brass candlestick. And as the brutal Moscow summer wears on, the police find themselves the targets of car thieves and snipers. With the help of his two faithful lieutenants, Karpo and Tkach, Rostnikov needs to find a way to solve these cases and salvage his good name—if it doesn’t cost him his life.   The Edgar Award–winning Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov series is one more reason why New York Times–bestselling author Tony Hillerman says, “Never miss a Kaminsky book.”

Reluctant Allies, Small-town Secrets, & Stormy Weather Old cowboy-turned-fixer TUPER is hired to find five-year-old MASON, who was likely taken by his father. But when Mason’s father is found dead, the boy is nowhere to be seen. In a futile search during a cold Montana blizzard, TUPER and his hacker friend LANA pursue a quest that blurs into insanityand murder. As wounded TUPER fights to stay alive in the bitter cold, LANA searches cyberspace and finds someone working hard to ensure secrets remain secret—especially Mason’s true identity. Mason's Missing is the first book in the Tuper Mystery Series and a gripping tale of suspense and redemption that will keep you hooked until the end.

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field.In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. (Jon L. Breen), England (Maxim Jakubowski), Canada (Edo Van Belkom), Australia (David Honeybone), and Germany (Thomas Woertche).Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year's compilation, "the best value-for-money of any such anthology."The A-to-Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard • Lawrence Block • Jon L. Breen • Wolfgang Burger • Lillian Stewart Carl • Margaret Coel • Max Allan Collins • Bill Crider • Jeffery Deaver • Brendan DuBois • Susanna Gregory • Joseph Hansen • Carolyn G. Hart • Lauren Henderson • Edward D. Hoch • Clark Howard • Tatjana Kruse • Paul Lascaux • Dick Lochte • Peter Lovesey • Mary Jane Maffini • Ed McBain • Val McDermid • Marcia Muller • Joyce Carol Oates • Anne Perry • Nancy Pickard • Bill Pronzini • Ruth Rendell • S. J. Rozan • Billie Rubin • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • Stephan Rykena • David B. Silva • Nancy Springer • Jac. Toes • John Vermeulen • Donald E. Westlake • Carolyn Wheat. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.