"Laura Cardinal: Packs a SIG Sauer P226 9mm. Investigates homicides in small towns that have limited resources. Brings justice to murder victims--and to their killers. Laura's job description: Criminal Investigator with the Arizona Department of Public Safety. But maybe it should just say "Troubleshooter". Tell me no lies. Laura and her aspiring-film-director partner, Anthony, catch a homicide case where nothing is as it appears. When pathological...

"A carnival has arrived in Las Vegas and is now the center of Jim Richard's attention for possible criminal activities. Children are starting to vanish and there's a number of jewelry store thefts involving most mysterious circumstances and expensive goods. Jim is asked by the parents of two missing boys to find them. The only clue he has is the handbill announcing the arrival of "Jacob S. Dark's Traveling Carnival and Wonder Show". To help, Buck...

"It starts with a gunshot. Police Officer Frank O'Ryan gets hit in the leg, setting off a series of events that lands him working with the most disliked man in the department. Detective Vic Ajax isn't like other cops. He doesn't like them and they don't like him. Frank enters a world where being real police means laying so much of your soul on the line, you might not make it out. But as Vic explains, if it keeps a little girl from having to testify...

It's Toronto in July. There's an out-of control baseball player. A frenzied sports media. A talk-show host who enjoys playing devil's advocate. The field is ready-for murder."A finely drawn police procedural written in the style of Georgette Heyer, long considered queen of the British mystery genre... appealing characters, creative plot and classic Agatha Christie style writing." The Suspense ZoneThe second in a classic police procedural series of...

"A woman walks into Jim Richards office with a story of how her husband died due to his participation in the stage show of a local hypnotist. The man later walked into a casino and shot a few people before he was taken down by security, and the woman blames the hypnotist for his actions. Jim takes the case and goes on a quest to find the truth. Was his death part of a plot by the hypnotist and his shady business associates or acting on his own. What...

"Angelo DeMarko, former enforcer for a New York mob family and now personal friend of Jim and Penny finally got his wish, to open an Italian restaurant. Jim fronted the money and the restaurant was a reality. Open now just a month, a famed restaurant critic was going to review the restaurant and came to check it out. Later that same critic was found dead in the restaurant with his face buried in a plate of pasta. Who would want to murder the annoying...

If you're with a cop, there's no escaping mystery and crime, even on a Caribbean cruise.Angie Mead thinks time away from Gordon's "Cop Stuff" is what he needs to distract him from being suspended as Mapleton's Chief of Police and get over killing a man. A Caribbean cruise, where Gordon has no jurisdiction, seems the perfect solution-and Angie is looking forward to some fun in the sun.Communication mishaps and Gordon's apparent lack of interest in...

Two girls murdered at a concert at Emerald Meadow. There were hundreds of people there. Someone should have seen something, but no one did. What was it really about?. --Provided by publisher.

For Parish and Richards, what begins with the discovery of a small heart carved into the forehead of a murdered young woman, turns into the search for a prolific serial killer called The Lover, and involves the Met's Serious Crimes Investigative Team (SCIT) descending on them to lead the investigation. Xena and Stick investigate when a mother and three children are murdered at a farm, which also has a Donkey Sanctuary where they get up close and personal...

When another woman is slashed to death along Bayou St. John, the detectives bear witness to the carnage again. LaStanza feels even worse this time, almost useless. The media labels the killer 'The Slasher' and when he strikes a third time - murdering the daughter of a wealthy banker - LaStanza meets a young woman who changes his life.Lizette Marie Louvier is an alluring, intelligent young woman, a dark haired, uptown beauty beyond LaStanza's reach...