Modern Thrillers

Sam King, the most decorated and honored homicide detective in the department’s history, is thinking he will retire, as soon as he makes lieutenant. Then, the unthinkable happens, a councilwoman is murdered, the crime of the century for the city, yet King is not involved in the investigation. Instead, his captain has King investigating crimes usually reserved for new detectives. Why? Does the captain know more about the conflicts between King and the councilwomen than he lets on?

Aurora Ares has barely returned to her normal routine when she gets a call from Lilly. This time, it is Lilly's mother who is in danger. Once again, Aurora travels to the small Midwest town to investigate. When a new threat begins killing people in strange and gruesome ways, Aurora and Logan have to team up again to solve this sinister mystery.

After growing tired of eluding authorities, the younger member of a serial killing duo decides that they should surrender to police. Upon learning of this very rare occurrence, Doctor Alvin Lipton, a top psychiatrist, decides to travel across country to meet the pair. They are then invited to "The Island", a makeshift village that is entirely populated by others that share their macabre obsession. When a female inmate is brutally murdered, the newly appointed constable is tasked with finding her killer.

Claire’s construction company has a celebrity client. Tony Burke is a well-known race-car driver, perhaps better known as a playboy. He wants to restore his family house in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District. When Claire talks him into opening his father’s old studio, they find evidence of an old murder. Within a day, there’s a second murder. Tony insists the two crimes, although years apart, are connected. Unfortunately, the most obvious link puts him on top of the list of suspects.

When a heartthrob lounge singer gets passed over for a big promotion, who does he call for help? Raven McShane, the most unconventional detective in Las Vegas. When Raven isn't working at her gentlemen's club, she's stirring up a hornet's nest of trouble as a private detective, but this time she might be in over her head. When her investigation turns bloody, she enlists outside muscle (who just happen to be drop-dead sexy) to help her navigate Nevada's seamy underside and help her client beat a murder charge. 

Sofia Salgado's latest case at Maloney Investigations has some pretty tempting ingredients: blackmail, male strippers, and whipped cream. When a friend of Sofia's mom finds herself the victim of blackmail, stuffy Aidan has to go undercover as an exotic dancer, much to Sofia's delight. Can Aidan make it in the cutthroat world of male stripping? Can Sofia stop her mom getting too involved? Does whipped cream have fewer calories when it’s licked from a man’s naked torso?

Another homicide has rocked the small town of Fallsburg, New York. In a cabin nestled deep in the woods, two male victims are discovered, both gunshot victims. One is deceased the other one is barely alive. But it is not the murder itself that has detectives Jean Whitley and her new partner Marty Keal frantic to find out the answers of what occurred in that cabin, it is the identities of the two small children also found at the scene.

A few days after the Chinese New Year, a man hangs outside of the cold air in the dead of night, destroying the small town peace almost overnight. Most of the Paloma PD chalk it up to suicide. A lone detective, Alec Santino, is on the hunt for the truth, but instead opens up a conspiracy built on corruption and family. Does he have what it takes to cross the line, or will he leave this in the cold case files?

When Joe Don Burrell shows up at the front door of Peeping Thoms Investigations, he reeks of fear and desperation, two things Kerrin Thoms has made a career out of avoiding in her clients. Not until he begins to outline the backstory behind the case, and why it is imperative that she help him, does she pause to reconsider. Three months prior, a tourist was murdered in Waikiki. On the surface, the case is as simple as they come, but as Thoms continues to dig, she discovers the man was actually an investor visiting Oahu from the mainland.

Sam can't get away from the people who are trying to kill him. He's a retired detective, and his mother was just killed. Her and his stepfather were forced to rob a bank years ago, and they thought that Sam would know where the money is. Going along from state to state, who's going to end up with bank money?

Several surprises await Beth Abbott when she returns to her small town. As a detective, she expects very little in the way of interesting crime. But victims of a female serial killer change that. And then, there's Tom. Another detective with the local force, he wants to capture not only the perpetrator but also Beth's heart.

A young female student has gone missing from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Patty Doyle is a senior with her whole life ahead of her. In the middle of wrapping up her final semester, she disappears without a trace, and what begins as a missing person's case turns into something much more, not just for Patty, but for Virgil as well.... Four months ago, Virgil's best friend and brother, Murton Wheeler, killed the man responsible for viciously attacking Virgil's wife, Sandy, and their unborn son, Wyatt.

Newspaper editor Megan Cahill loves red pens, clean prose, and fast cars. When a friend is murdered, Meg sets a trap to snare the killer. The bait? One steamed editor with a razor-sharp pen. Only one person stands in her way, a stubborn police detective. Death is no stranger to Detective Rod Kelter. Two years ago, death stole his family, and the press stole his privacy. To solve a murder, he must join forces with Megan Cahill, but someone wants the smart-mouthed editor dead.

Abgründig, raffiniert und norddeutsch: Herbst auf der Nordseeinsel Amrum. In einer stürmischen Nacht stirbt ein alter Mann, kopfüber aufgehängt am Quermarkenfeuer, dem kleinen Inselleuchtturm. Auch seine Frau wird brutal ermordet aufgefunden. Die Ermittlungen übernimmt Hauptkommissar John Benthien von der Flensburger Kripo. Benthien hat in seiner Dienstzeit schon viele grausame Fälle bearbeitet, doch dieser übertrifft alle. Wer steckt hinter dem Doppelmord? War es ein Racheakt?

At 23 and with a notorious case under his belt, Emory Rome has already garnered fame as a talented special agent for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. His career is leapfrogging over his colleagues, but the jumping stops when he's assigned a case he fought to avoid - an eerie murder in the Smoky Mountain hometown he had abandoned. The mysterious death of a teen ice-skater once destined for the pros is soon followed by an apparent case of spontaneous human combustion.

Jack Abrams was the new chief of police in Gig Harbor, Washington, and after working in the violent crimes division in Seattle, Washington, he was ready for some peace and quiet. That is until he met Kate Foley, daughter of former police chief Ed Foley. Evidence from her mother's murder and her troubled nephew will throw them together. Can he keep his personal feelings for Kate at bay, or will their growing relationship stop him from doing the one thing he vowed to do, protect Kate and her nephew at all costs?

The investigation into a brutal crime plunges veteran newsman Dave Wilson into the biggest, and most personal, story of his career. Police are convinced they have the right suspect, and Dave agrees. His colleague, beautiful but naïve TV news reporter Sarah Sanchez, thinks otherwise. She believes police are withholding facts, and may even be obstructing justice. With the help of an anonymous source, she begins her own investigation, despite Dave's opposition.

Professional blackmailer John Sharp, aka One Eyed Jack, is a man who knows how to keep a secret - for a price. But when a routine case of infidelity takes an unexpected detour, he soon finds himself caught in a tangled web of double-blackmail, commodities manipulation, and trying to rescue the woman that had once been his target.

Against all odds, Bobbi Logan, a statuesque transgender woman, has become one of Chicago's most celebrated hair stylists and the owner of one of the city's poshest salons. Then, her impossibly perfect life falls apart. In the space of a few weeks, the Great Recession drags her business to the brink of failure, her beloved ex-wife needs help in facing a terrible tragedy, and a hateful police detective storms back into her life, determined to convict her of the five-year-old murder of John Strand.

A string of unexplained, gruesome deaths brings fear and uncertainty to the streets of Ruritania’s capital. And it could not have happened at a worse time. The planned visit by the Vice Chancellor of Jermania to commence peace talks is thrown into jeopardy. Will all the preparation for the negotiations come to nothing? Will the brutal war between the two nations escalate once again? Meanwhile, the spate of thefts from wealthy homes continues. Who is responsible? And how can they be stopped?