SUMMARY: "Add the voice of Helen Tursten to the list of mystery writers who know how to craft a truly satisfying police procedural."-Philadelphia Inquirer "An absorbing, intelligen...
From Publishers WeeklyA passport's not needed to enjoy Hamrick's ditzy debut, the first in a new cozy series and the winner of the 2010 Mystery Writers of America/Minotaur Books Fi...
SUMMARY: HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDS With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. ...
In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing ...
The mystery writer Ariadne Oliver stages a murder hunt at an annual fete and Poirot is to award the prize. Ms. Oliver proceeds to introduce the actress playing the corpse. Only she...
Review'Fresh and exciting... very lively' Sunday Times 'As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true, nowadays, of his crime writing' Dail...
SUMMARY: Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, "De Profundis" explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and of...
For "Darwin Year," a fresh-eyed and enchanting journey through South America in his footsteps One snowy day in Ushuaia, Argentina, the self-proclaimed "southernmost city in the wor...
From Publishers WeeklyThe prologue of veteran horror writer Saul's ( Second Child ) new novel is wonderfully scary: A pregnant teenage "swamp rat" of the Everglades, spying on a se...
SUMMARY: 'Alison Sinclair's writing is addictive and elegant.'-LANE ROBINS, Author of MALEDICTEFor the Darkborn, sunlight kills. For the Lightborn, darkness is fatal. Living under ...