From the author of the bestselling Lexi Graves Mysteries comes a gripping, fast-paced Hollywood whodunit!

Shayne Winter thought she had it all: a dream job at the

LA Chronicle

, a sleek new apartment, and a picture-perfect LA lifestyle. But day one is a disaster—her apartment is a wreck with a roguishly handsome squatter, and her new job as chief reporter has been reduced to writing obituaries after her predecessor, Ben Kosina, waltzes back in.When her first assignment—the accidental death of washed-up child star Chucky Barnard—takes a twist, Shayne sees her shot at redemption. Chucky’s sister insists it was murder, and Shayne is determined to uncover the truth. But with a stubborn detective, a cutthroat Ben, and a killer watching her every move, she’s in over her head. To save her career and her life, Shayne must crack the case—before the killer sets her final deadline.

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Too many motives. Too many suspects. Too many alibis...

A wealthy stock trader is buried under a pile of his own garden rocks. There’s a twelve-million-dollar life insurance claim and Richmond Insurance doesn’t want to pay. Insurance investigator Richard Sherlock is whisked to the crime scene by his pampered protégé Tiffany.Yuck, crushed dead guy; talk about disgusting. It’s the last place Sherlock wants to be.Sherlock and Tiffany soon find there are no clues, no money trail, no murder weapon and a long line-up of suspects; since everybody seemed to hate the dead guy’s guts.And worse than all that, Sherlock’s bad back is acting up, he can’t make the rent, his two teenage girls are driving him crazy, and he hates his job.Richard Sherlock may be a reluctant dick, but he is better at finding the WHO in WHODUNIT than anyone else.The Case of the Not-So-Fair Trader is Book 1 in the Richard Sherlock Whodunit series. Start reading this fast-paced, twisty, laugh-out-loud mystery today.

“An intelligent thriller . . . [a] slim-but-dense marvel of a mystery” from the award-winning author of

The Murder of Harriet Krohn

(

The Washington Post Book World

).

Reinhardt and Kristine Ris, a married couple, are out for a Sunday walk when they discover the body of a boy and see the figure of a man limping away. They alert the police, but not before Reinhardt, to Kristine’s horror, kneels down and takes photographs of the dead child with his cell phone. Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre begin to make inquiries in the little town of Huseby. But then another boy disappears, and an explanation seems more remote than ever. Meanwhile, the Rises’ marriage unravels as Reinhardt becomes obsessed with the tragic events and his own part in them.

The Water’s Edge

 is a riveting portrayal of a community in turmoil from Karin Fossum, Norway’s “Queen of Crime.”  This ebook includes a sample chapter of

The Murder of Harriet Krohn

.

“While this happens to be an exceptionally fine story, Fossum’s real narrative appeal, readily apparent in Charlotte Barslund’s translation, rests on her ability to see the humanity in even the most wretched soul.” —

The New York Times

“Fossum’s concise, elegant writing perfectly captures the panic of a small town gripped by a heinous crime.” —

Entertainment Weekly

“Splitting the narrative among the police investigation, the Rises’ crumbling marriage and the nameless killer, Fossum sets in motion an inevitable collision that’s as unsettling as it is unexpected.” —

Publishers Weekly

“You’ve read this story dozens of times, but Fossum introduces you to characters you’ve never met before.” —

Kirkus Reviews

Edgar Award finalist Ben Rehder's novels have made best-of-the-year lists in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Field & Stream. GONE THE NEXT is the first novel in the Roy Ballard mystery series. About GONE THE NEXT:Meet Roy Ballard, freelance videographer with a knack for catching insurance cheats. He's working a routine case, complete with hours of tedious surveillance, when he sees something that shakes him to the core. There, with the subject, is a little blond girl wearing a pink top and denim shorts—the same outfit worn by Tracy Turner, a six-year-old abducted the day before. When the police are skeptical of Ballard's report—and with his history, who can blame them?—it's the beginning of the most important case of his life.

The inimitable Faith Fairchild returns in a chilling New England whodunit, inspired by the best Agatha Christie mysteries and with hints of the timeless board game Clue.

For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn’t familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded sprawling Arts and Crafts mansion, calls her about catering a weekend house party.

Producer/director of a string of hit musicals, Max Dane—a Broadway legend—is throwing a lavish party to celebrate his seventieth birthday. At the house as they discuss the event, Faith’s client makes a startling confession. "I didn’t hire you for your cooking skills, fine as they may be, but for your sleuthing ability. You see, one of the guests wants to kill me."

Faith’s only clue is an ominous birthday gift the man received the week before—an empty casket sent anonymously containing a twenty-year-old Playbill from Max’s last, and only failed, production—Heaven or Hell. Consequently, Max has drawn his guest list for the party from the cast and crew. As the guests begin to arrive one by one, and an ice storm brews overhead, Faith must keep one eye on the menu and the other on her host to prevent his birthday bash from becoming his final curtain call.

Full of delectable recipes, brooding atmosphere, and Faith’s signature biting wit, The Body in the Casket is a delightful thriller that echoes the beloved mysteries of Agatha Christie and classic films such as Murder by Death and Deathtrap.