When the jolly widow Gloria French first moved to the charming Cotswolds hills, she was heartily welcomed. She seemed a do-gooder par excellence. But she had a nasty habit of borrowing things and not giving them back. So it's quite the shock when she is poisoned with a bottle of wine. Parish councilor Jerry Tarrant hires private detective Agatha Raisin to track down the murderer. But the village is secretive, and the residents resent Agatha's investigation....

"When Detective Inspector Bill Reid is found murdered in the tranquil grounds of the St Peter's Police Treatment Centre, and compromising photographs are discovered in his room, DCI Banks is called in to investigate. Because of the possibility of police corruption, he is assigned an officer from Professional Standards, Inspector Joanna Passero, to work closely with him, and he soon finds himself and his methods under scrutiny. It emerges that Reid's...

"Psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is being pushed away. His marriage is ending. Charlie, his eldest daughter, will barely speak to him. And Charlie's rebellious best friend Sienna is getting into more and more trouble, and taking Charlie along for the ride. Sienna has been almost like family to O'Loughlin-a troubled child who for years spent more time in the O'Loghlin residence than her own home. O'Loughlin's worst fears are confirmed when Sienna turns...

"Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally. With her husband, Roarke, watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most dangerous case of her career."--Container.

In the fourth in Brad Parks's award-winning series, Newark investigative journalist Carter Ross must uncover the truth behind a beloved cop's alleged suicide.

With the holidays over and the long cold winter looming, January can be a bleak month in Minneapolis. So what better way to bring a little cheer to the good people of the city than by sponsoring an old-fashioned snowman-building contest? In a matter of hours, a local park is filled with the innocent laughter of children and their frosty creations. But things take an awful turn when the dead bodies of police officers are discovered inside two of the...

When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they were looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter who had stayed behind. Not even their worst nightmares could have prepared them for the crime scene that awaited them instead. Brutally murdered in her bedroom, Deena's body showed signs of trauma that horrified even the toughest of cops; including...

When DNA evidence links a present-day murder to the disappearance of a young boy four years earlier, detectives Anderson & Costello are plunged into a baffling mystery. It's been four years since four-year-old Johnny Clearwater disappeared without trace one hot summer afternoon. Now, a new TV documentary series is revisiting the case, dredging up memories perhaps best left forgotten. On the night the TV show is broadcast, detectives Anderson and...

On his quiet fishing trip, Detective Mason Callahan finds the body of his boss, Denny Schefte, near their remote Oregon cabin. The FBI assigns the case to Special Agent Ava McLane, Mason's fiancé, when they learn of the mask left at the scene. The FBI realizes that they are hunting a serial killer that targets police officers.

On his quiet fishing trip, Detective Mason Callahan finds the body of his boss, Denny Schefte, near their remote Oregon cabin. The FBI assigns the case to Special Agent Ava McLane, Mason's fiancé, when they learn of the mask left at the scene. The FBI realizes that they are hunting a serial killer that targets police officers.