An Independent
Mystery Bookstore Specializing in
Signed 1st Editions.
Mystery Ink Bookstore
7176 Edinger Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
(714) 960-4000
Mystery Bookstore Specializing in
Signed 1st Editions.
Mystery Ink Bookstore
7176 Edinger Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
(714) 960-4000
An indie bookstore specializing in signed 1st editions.
Signed Editions
Now in Stock - Signed 1st Editions – limited quantities:
By T. Jefferson Parker
$26.95
Erin McKenna, a beautiful songwriter married to a crooked Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, is kidnapped by Benjamin Armenta, the ruthless leader of the powerful Gulf Cartel. But his demands turn out to be as unusual as the crumbling castle in which Erin is kept. Under threat of death, Armenta orders Erin to tell his life story—in music—and write “the greatest narcocorrido of all time.” As her music cascades through the jungle, the two men who love Erin: her outlaw husband, Bradley Jones, and the lawman Charlie Hood, must work together to rescue her which brings their long-simmering rivalry closer to its explosive finale.
In Store Events:
A Perilous Conception (Hardcover)
By Larry Karp
$24.95
Blood Daughters(Paperback)
By Marcos Villatoro
$18.95
Author of the Romilla Chacon Novel, Marcos Villartoro, will be dicussing and signing his new novel, BLOOD DAUGHTERS.
A Rhumba in Waltz Time(Hardcover)
By Robert S. Levinson
$25.95
Damage Control(Hardcover)
By Denise Hamilton
$27.00
Citically-acclaimed author Denise Hamilton weaves an engrossing story of teenage friendship and adult betrayal, featuring a high-powered public-relations executive who gets swept up in murder and scandal involving a wealthy political family.
Pampered to Death(Hardcover)
By Laura Levine
$22.00
Jaine sets off for a fancy health spa, thinking she's in for a week of pampering and papaya smoothies—only to learn that the place is a 900-calorie-a-day diet boot camp! Murder soon shows up on the menu, and Jaine spends the rest of the week searching for both the killer and something decent—as in "Chunky Monkey"—to eat.
Dead Man's Switch(Hardcover)
By Tammy Kaehler
$24.95
In Tammy Kaehler's debut, DEAD MAN’S SWITCH, up and coming racecar driver Kate Reilly finds herself under suspicion for murder just as she hits the big time: a job driving a Corvette in the American Le Mans Series. DEAD MAN’S SWITCH takes you inside the cockpit of a racecar to experience the sights, sounds, sensations, and emotions of racing at the edge.
The Good Thief's Guide to Venice (Hardcover)
By Chris Ewan
$24.99
British author Chris Ewan will be signing THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO VENICE, the fourth novel in his award-winning international comic mystery series. The main character, Charlie, a gentleman thief to rival Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief,” gallivants around Venice in this caper of the series. After a particularly bad streak of luck in Vegas, Charlie has retreated to Venice, having vowed to give up a life of crime to write crime fiction full-time. But inspiration has yet to strike. And to make matters worse, Charlie’s agent Victoria shows up at his door just as his prized first edition of The Maltese Falcon flies out the window with a femme-fatale burglar. Blackmailed into committing a dastardly crime in order to get his book back, Charlie is catapulted into yet another adventure, this one even more explosive than his last.
You're Next(Hardcover)
By Gregg Hurwitz
$24.99
In YOU’RE NEXT, menacing characters show up and begin threatening the main character Mike, a man who had a rough childhood. When he reports them, the police seem more interested in Mike’s murky past than in investigating or protecting the young family. Now with Mike, his wife and their daughter suddenly under attack from all sides, Mike must turn to Shep, a truly dangerous man – and Mike’s only true friend. Together, the two of them will do whatever it takes to protect Mike’s family against the hidden men behind the terrifying warning, "You're Next!"
A Stranger Like You(Hardcover)
By Elizabeth Brundage
$25.95
In A STRANGER LIKE YOU there is a set-up for a troubling, smart, deadly look at women and images of women, at media as a high-stakes game and the selling of a war as theatre. Brundage’s Los Angeles is a casual battleground that trades carelessly in lives and dreams. As always, her characters are complicated, surprising, and intense in this high velocity, provocative novel.
A Killing Frost(Hardcover)
By Pat Wynn
$29.95
In A KILLING FROST, Patricia Wynn illuminates a period of English history when the weather decided a dynastic struggle, and civil war seemed as remote as a foreign country. She paints a vivid picture of London city life, at the same time bringing the friendship between Blue Satan and Mrs. Kean to a crisis.
Disturbance(Hardcover)
By Jan Burke
$25.00
By Michael Robertson
$24.99
By D.P. Lyle
$24.95
In HOT LIGHTS, COLD STEEL, Forensic criminologist Dub Walker is once again called upon when an old friend enlists his help in finding her 19-year-old daughter. Soon bodies start turning up in similar graves. It's too gruesome to even contemplate what was done to the victims before they died. To catch a killer, Dub has to put himself in their place.
Royal Pains: First, Do No Harm(Paperback)
By D.P. Lyle
$7.99
In ROYAL PAINS: FIRST, DO NO HARM, When Dr. Hank Lawson's conscience cost him his distinguished position in a New York City emergency room, he ended up losing everything he thought he wanted. Now, as a concierge doctor to the rich and fabulous in the Hamptons, he's going to get everything he never knew he needed- if he doesn't lose his patients.
Dead by Midnight(Hardcover)
By Carolyn Hart
$24.99
"In Hart's engaging 21st Death on Demand mystery (after 2010's Laughed 'Til He Died), Annie Darling, proprietor of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore in South Carolina's Lowcountry, believes that the official conclusion of suicide of one of her employees, Pat Merridew, doesn't add up. Recently fired from her longtime position as receptionist for the law firm of Jamison, Jamison, & Brewster, Pat was taking odd, late-night excursions, and had planned an expensive cruise to Alaska that her economic situation wouldn't support. With the help of her husband, Max, Annie begins to nose around among lawyer Glen Jamison's family and associates. When Glen is shot dead, the evidence points to his sister, Elaine, but Annie and Max think that Elaine is protecting someone else and that the two deaths are connected. Expert pacing and a tense climax distinguish this intriguing variation on the locked room mystery." (Publishers Weekly)
Spider Web (Hardcover)
By Earlene Fowler
$25.95
Benni and the ladies of her Coffin Star Quilt Guild are excited to display their Graveyard Quilt (inspired by Elizabeth Rosemary Mitchell's famous historic quilt) at the first ever San Celina, California Memory Festival. The fair promises to be a wonderful and moving event celebrating memories through quilts, crafts, scrapbooks, photographs, written word, oral histories and tributes to loved ones.
But when a local cop is wounded by a mysterious sharp shooter who seems to have a vendetta against the police, Benni fears for her own loved ones--especially her police chief husband, Gabe. The shooting sets off post-traumatic stress disorder in Gabe, who starts having violent nightmares.
Troubled by her husband's emotional trauma and a mysterious new San Celina resident--a woman who knows too much about Gabe's past--Benni is drawn into the search for the sniper, determined to make her hometown safe again...before their peaceful street fair becomes a shooter's deadly target range.
Anthem for Doomed Youth (Hardcover)
By Carola Dunn
$24.99
ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH..."Set in 1926, Dunn's enjoyable 19th Daisy Dalrymple mystery (after 2009's Sheer Folly) will please fans of traditional English whodunits. When the graves of three men turn up in Epping Forest, once a royal hunting preserve just outside London, Det. Chief Insp. Alec Fletcher, the lead investigator, is relieved that his wife, Daisy, along with her friends Melanie and Sakari, are away at their daughters' school for the weekend, so she won't be able to nose her way into the case. Later, Melanie's daughter discovers a dead teacher while lost in the medieval maze of Bridge End Garden. Leave it to clever Daisy to figure out that all the bodies are related to the Great War. The aristocratic but very modern Daisy makes a formidable amateur sleuth as she acts to stop more murders and get justice for the victims" (Publishers Weekly).
The Silenced (Paperback)
By Brett Battles
$7.99
In THE SILENCED, Quinn must find and remove the remains of a body hidden twenty-five years ago inside a London building now scheduled for demolition. But when Quinn, his deadly and beautiful girlfriend Orlando, and their uniquely talented colleague Nate are suddenly caught in the crossfire between two dangerous rivals who demand the remains, Quinn must learn who the dead man was before its too late.
The Crawlspace (Paperback)
By Darryl Dawson
$8.99
The Crawlspace: A Collection of Short Horror Stories by author Darryl Dawson, is a compilation of thirteen stories that range from the psychologically terrifying to the brutally gruesome.
Set the Night on Fire (Paperback)
By Libby Fischer Hellmann
$16.99
In Libby Fischer Hellmann's new novel, SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE, "Decades-old student protests come back to haunt young people who shared an apartment in Chicago in the late 1960s. Dar Gantner has just been released from prison after 40 years for participating in the 1970 bombing of a Chicago department store in which three people died—among them his lover, Alix Kerr, daughter of the store owner. Now it seems his four remaining former housemates are in peril. When two of them, including Casey Hilliard, die in staged accidents within weeks, Dar suspects Ted Markham, who took part in the bombing but wasn’t charged and is now a U.S. senator running for the presidency. When atttempts are made on the life of Casey’s daughter and remaining heir, Lila, Dar has a compelling reason to protect her. Long-held secrets are revealed, as characters scramble for their lives. But what seems all too obvious to readers about the source of danger doesn’t occur to the characters until the eleventh hour. Hellmann, author of the Ellie Foreman and Georgia Davis mystery series, provides a colorful view of youthful antiestablishment activity in the 1960s, but her first stand-alone comes up short on suspense" (Booklist).
Murder in Passy (Hardcover)
By Cara Black
$25.00
In Cara Black's new novel, MURDER IN PASSY, The village-like neighborhood of Passy, home to many of Paris’s wealthiest residents, is the last place one would expect a murder. But when Aimée Leduc’s godfather, Morbier, a police commissaire, asks her to check on his girlfriend at her home there, that’s exactly what Aimée finds. Xavierre, a haut bourgeois matron of Basque origin, is strangled in her garden while Aimée waits inside. Circumstantial evidence makes Morbier the prime suspect, and to vindicate him, Aimée must identify the real killer. Her investigation leads her to police corruption; the radical Basque terrorist group, ETA; and a kidnapped Spanish princess.
Fourth Day (Hardcover)
By Zoe Sharp
$25.00
In Zoe Sharp's new novel, FOURTH DAY, The cult calling itself Fourth Day appears well-funded and highly jealous of its privacy. Five years ago Thomas Witney went in to try and get the evidence that the cult’s charismatic leader, Randall Bane, was responsible for the death of Witney’s son, Liam. Witney never came out. Now, ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard, Charlie Fox, and her partner, Sean Meyer, have been tasked to get Witney out, willing or not. But planning and executing a clean, surgical snatch is only the beginning. Five years is a long time to be on the inside and the man who comes out has changed beyond all recognition. Can Witney be trusted when he says he now believes Bane is innocent of the crime and, if he is, who was behind the boy’s demise? And what happened to Witney’s safety net − the people who were supposed to extract him, by force if necessary, after less than a year? With the dead man’s ex-wife demanding answers, Charlie agrees to go undercover into Fourth Day’s California stronghold. A fast covert op. No real danger for someone with her mindset and training. But Charlie has her own secrets, even from Sean, and she’s not prepared for the lure of Randall Bane, or how easily he will pinpoint her weaknesses . . .
The Nostradamus Secret (Paperback)
By Joseph Badal
$21.95
This latest historical thriller in the Bob Danforth series builds on Nostradamus's "lost" 58 quatrains and segues to present day. These lost quatrains have surfaced in the hands of a wealthy Iranian megalomaniac who believes his rise to world power was prophesied by Nostradamus. But he sees the United States as the principal obstacle to the achievement of his goals. So, the first step he takes is to attempt to destabilize the United States through a vicious series of terrorist attacks and assassinations. Joe Badal offers up another action-packed story loaded with intrigue, fascinating characters and geopolitical machinations that put the reader on the front line of present-day international conflict. You will be transported from a 16th century French monastery, to the CIA, to crime scenes, to the Situation Room at the White House, to Middle Eastern battlefields. The Nostradamus Secret presents non-stop action in a contemporary context that will make you wonder whether the story is fact or fiction, history or prophesy.
Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini (Paperback)
By Sue Ann Jaffarian
$14.95
In Sue Ann Jaffarian's new novel, GHOST IN THE POLKA DOT BIKINI, Imagine spending eternity with your backside hanging out—that's what Emma Whitecastle and Granny Apples can't help but think when they meet the ghost of Tessa North frolicking in the surf off Catalina Island. Tessa, a young starlet who died on the island in the 1960s wearing nothing but a polka dot bikini, won't cross over until Curtis comes for her. To help the winsome bikini-clad spirit, Emma and Granny must find out who Curtis is and how Tessa died. Their investigation takes them from the grit and glamor of Hollywood to Kennedy-era political intrigue—before hitting dangerously close to home.
Murder in Vein (Hardcover)
By Sue Ann Jaffarian
$24.95
In Sue Ann Jaffarian's novel, MURDER IN VEIN, Madison has been saved by the vampires—or has she? She learns that women have been going missing; their lifeless bodies turning up drained of blood. Now the murderer is after her. As the violence escalates, Madison, LAPD Detective Notchey, and a cadre of alluring and dangerous vampires search for the true killer—while Madison keeps a wary eye on the skittish and thirsty vampires. Will she survive to see the light of day.
Skein of the Crime (Hardcover)
By Maggie Sefton
$24.95
In Maggie Sefton's new novel, SKEIN OF THE CRIME, Fall has come to Fort Connor, Colorado, and the cool air has inspired the knitters at the House of Lambspun to start on their hats and mittens. It's also brought an influx of students to the university town-and into the shop for knitting classes. Kelly Flynn is happy to teach them the tricks of the trade-until one of them is found dead on the river trail near Kelly's house. Compelled to investigate, Kelly finds herself following a path that twists more easily than the yarn with which she knits. Knowing the killer could be close, Kelly must work fast to unravel the skein of this crime.
Michael Connelly – The Drop, Janet Evanovich – EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN and….
DEAD RECKONING by Charlaine Harris, PIRATE KING by Laurie R. King, THE INFORMANT by Thomas Perry, TROUBLED BONES by Jeri Westerson, THE GENTLEMEN’S HOUR by Don Winslow and YA novels: WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick, THE EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens, and THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater.
Limited time in stock:
Sue Grafton 1st edition signed books – personally inscribed to her friend Kate, B is for Burgler, C is for Corpse, D is for Deadbeat, H is for Homicide, I is for Innocent, J is for Judgment.
The Jaguar (Hardcover)By T. Jefferson Parker
$26.95
Erin McKenna, a beautiful songwriter married to a crooked Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, is kidnapped by Benjamin Armenta, the ruthless leader of the powerful Gulf Cartel. But his demands turn out to be as unusual as the crumbling castle in which Erin is kept. Under threat of death, Armenta orders Erin to tell his life story—in music—and write “the greatest narcocorrido of all time.” As her music cascades through the jungle, the two men who love Erin: her outlaw husband, Bradley Jones, and the lawman Charlie Hood, must work together to rescue her which brings their long-simmering rivalry closer to its explosive finale.
In Store Events:
A Perilous Conception (Hardcover)
By Larry Karp
$24.95
It's
1976. Despite fierce controversy over whether in vitro fertilization
should ever be performed in humans, doctors race to be first to produce a
baby by this procedure. Dr. Colin Sanford, a brilliant, ambitious
obstetrician and Dr. Giselle Hearn, an experienced laboratory
geneticist-embryologist work secretly to be the first to produce a baby
with this method. But the pressure escalates into blackmail, murder and suicide. “Clever, intricate…” - Aaron Elkins
By Craig MacDonald
$30.00
Historian and Pulitzer Prize nominee Craig MacDonald will be signing his new Holiday book written for the El Dorado County Historical Society – OLD WEST CHRISTMAS – TALES WITH A TWIST. These fascinating true stories are full of mystery and suspense.
The More the Terrier (Paperback)
By Linda O. Johnston
$7.99
In THE MORE THE TERRIER, shelter manager Lauren Vancouver has a chance to hone her new sleuthing skills as animal hoarding leads to murder.
Blood Daughters(Paperback)
By Marcos Villatoro
$18.95
Author of the Romilla Chacon Novel, Marcos Villartoro, will be dicussing and signing his new novel, BLOOD DAUGHTERS.
Emmy Award winner and author of the Romilia Chacon thrillers, Villartoro’s latest thriller has
FBI Agent Romilia Chacón, a Salvadoran American, investigating a child’s death on the border between California and Mexico. Following this case leads her into a world that swallows her in with its horror and leads her deeper into her own troubles.
A Rhumba in Waltz Time(Hardcover)
By Robert S. Levinson
$25.95
Starred Review - Publishers Weekly
“Depression-era Hollywood forms the backdrop for this sharp-edged noir from Levinson (The Traitor in Us All). In 1933, Chris Blanchard's career as an LAPD detective comes to an abrupt end after he refuses to look the other way when his colleagues victimize a prostitute. Five years later, Blanchard undertakes "special problems" for the MGM studio.” (PW). One such problem turns into a crime that is just the tip of a very violent iceberg.Damage Control(Hardcover)
By Denise Hamilton
$27.00
Citically-acclaimed author Denise Hamilton weaves an engrossing story of teenage friendship and adult betrayal, featuring a high-powered public-relations executive who gets swept up in murder and scandal involving a wealthy political family.
Pampered to Death(Hardcover)
By Laura Levine
$22.00
Jaine sets off for a fancy health spa, thinking she's in for a week of pampering and papaya smoothies—only to learn that the place is a 900-calorie-a-day diet boot camp! Murder soon shows up on the menu, and Jaine spends the rest of the week searching for both the killer and something decent—as in "Chunky Monkey"—to eat.
Dead Man's Switch(Hardcover)
By Tammy Kaehler
$24.95
In Tammy Kaehler's debut, DEAD MAN’S SWITCH, up and coming racecar driver Kate Reilly finds herself under suspicion for murder just as she hits the big time: a job driving a Corvette in the American Le Mans Series. DEAD MAN’S SWITCH takes you inside the cockpit of a racecar to experience the sights, sounds, sensations, and emotions of racing at the edge.
The Good Thief's Guide to Venice (Hardcover)
By Chris Ewan
$24.99
British author Chris Ewan will be signing THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO VENICE, the fourth novel in his award-winning international comic mystery series. The main character, Charlie, a gentleman thief to rival Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief,” gallivants around Venice in this caper of the series. After a particularly bad streak of luck in Vegas, Charlie has retreated to Venice, having vowed to give up a life of crime to write crime fiction full-time. But inspiration has yet to strike. And to make matters worse, Charlie’s agent Victoria shows up at his door just as his prized first edition of The Maltese Falcon flies out the window with a femme-fatale burglar. Blackmailed into committing a dastardly crime in order to get his book back, Charlie is catapulted into yet another adventure, this one even more explosive than his last.
You're Next(Hardcover)
By Gregg Hurwitz
$24.99
In YOU’RE NEXT, menacing characters show up and begin threatening the main character Mike, a man who had a rough childhood. When he reports them, the police seem more interested in Mike’s murky past than in investigating or protecting the young family. Now with Mike, his wife and their daughter suddenly under attack from all sides, Mike must turn to Shep, a truly dangerous man – and Mike’s only true friend. Together, the two of them will do whatever it takes to protect Mike’s family against the hidden men behind the terrifying warning, "You're Next!"
A Stranger Like You(Hardcover)
By Elizabeth Brundage
$25.95
In A STRANGER LIKE YOU there is a set-up for a troubling, smart, deadly look at women and images of women, at media as a high-stakes game and the selling of a war as theatre. Brundage’s Los Angeles is a casual battleground that trades carelessly in lives and dreams. As always, her characters are complicated, surprising, and intense in this high velocity, provocative novel.
A Killing Frost(Hardcover)
By Pat Wynn
$29.95
In A KILLING FROST, Patricia Wynn illuminates a period of English history when the weather decided a dynastic struggle, and civil war seemed as remote as a foreign country. She paints a vivid picture of London city life, at the same time bringing the friendship between Blue Satan and Mrs. Kean to a crisis.
Disturbance(Hardcover)
By Jan Burke
$25.00
In DISTURBANCE the main character Irene finds herself facing an old enemy: serial killer Nick Parrish, last seen in BONES. Nick has recovered from his injuries and has vowed to have revenge. Others dismiss her fears by reminding her he's in prison but Irene finds little reassurance in that. He's connected to the outside world through an online group of misguided fans that calls itself The Moths. She's tough and resilient but this is a blow that leaves more than a bruise. Can she reinvent herself, or even find the will to do so? Nick Parrish may not give her time to answer that question. He's back. And he's not alone.
The Brothers of Baker Street(Hardcover)By Michael Robertson
$24.99
In
THE BROTHERS OF BAKER STREET, Reggie Heath and his younger brother Nigel are setting up their fledgling law practice. But, they never imagined how deeply their
Baker Street address would embroil them in the world of detective legend
Sherlock Holmes, whose residence Arthur Conan Doyle is in the same block. The fits and starts of an important case try
the patience of Reggie's long-suffering ladylove Laura; their banter neatly
counterpoints the denser, thornier progress of the case.
By D.P. Lyle
$24.95
In HOT LIGHTS, COLD STEEL, Forensic criminologist Dub Walker is once again called upon when an old friend enlists his help in finding her 19-year-old daughter. Soon bodies start turning up in similar graves. It's too gruesome to even contemplate what was done to the victims before they died. To catch a killer, Dub has to put himself in their place.
Royal Pains: First, Do No Harm(Paperback)
By D.P. Lyle
$7.99
In ROYAL PAINS: FIRST, DO NO HARM, When Dr. Hank Lawson's conscience cost him his distinguished position in a New York City emergency room, he ended up losing everything he thought he wanted. Now, as a concierge doctor to the rich and fabulous in the Hamptons, he's going to get everything he never knew he needed- if he doesn't lose his patients.
Dead by Midnight(Hardcover)
By Carolyn Hart
$24.99
"In Hart's engaging 21st Death on Demand mystery (after 2010's Laughed 'Til He Died), Annie Darling, proprietor of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore in South Carolina's Lowcountry, believes that the official conclusion of suicide of one of her employees, Pat Merridew, doesn't add up. Recently fired from her longtime position as receptionist for the law firm of Jamison, Jamison, & Brewster, Pat was taking odd, late-night excursions, and had planned an expensive cruise to Alaska that her economic situation wouldn't support. With the help of her husband, Max, Annie begins to nose around among lawyer Glen Jamison's family and associates. When Glen is shot dead, the evidence points to his sister, Elaine, but Annie and Max think that Elaine is protecting someone else and that the two deaths are connected. Expert pacing and a tense climax distinguish this intriguing variation on the locked room mystery." (Publishers Weekly)
Spider Web (Hardcover)
By Earlene Fowler
$25.95
Benni and the ladies of her Coffin Star Quilt Guild are excited to display their Graveyard Quilt (inspired by Elizabeth Rosemary Mitchell's famous historic quilt) at the first ever San Celina, California Memory Festival. The fair promises to be a wonderful and moving event celebrating memories through quilts, crafts, scrapbooks, photographs, written word, oral histories and tributes to loved ones.
But when a local cop is wounded by a mysterious sharp shooter who seems to have a vendetta against the police, Benni fears for her own loved ones--especially her police chief husband, Gabe. The shooting sets off post-traumatic stress disorder in Gabe, who starts having violent nightmares.
Troubled by her husband's emotional trauma and a mysterious new San Celina resident--a woman who knows too much about Gabe's past--Benni is drawn into the search for the sniper, determined to make her hometown safe again...before their peaceful street fair becomes a shooter's deadly target range.
Anthem for Doomed Youth (Hardcover)
By Carola Dunn
$24.99
ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH..."Set in 1926, Dunn's enjoyable 19th Daisy Dalrymple mystery (after 2009's Sheer Folly) will please fans of traditional English whodunits. When the graves of three men turn up in Epping Forest, once a royal hunting preserve just outside London, Det. Chief Insp. Alec Fletcher, the lead investigator, is relieved that his wife, Daisy, along with her friends Melanie and Sakari, are away at their daughters' school for the weekend, so she won't be able to nose her way into the case. Later, Melanie's daughter discovers a dead teacher while lost in the medieval maze of Bridge End Garden. Leave it to clever Daisy to figure out that all the bodies are related to the Great War. The aristocratic but very modern Daisy makes a formidable amateur sleuth as she acts to stop more murders and get justice for the victims" (Publishers Weekly).
The Silenced (Paperback)
By Brett Battles
$7.99
In THE SILENCED, Quinn must find and remove the remains of a body hidden twenty-five years ago inside a London building now scheduled for demolition. But when Quinn, his deadly and beautiful girlfriend Orlando, and their uniquely talented colleague Nate are suddenly caught in the crossfire between two dangerous rivals who demand the remains, Quinn must learn who the dead man was before its too late.
The Crawlspace (Paperback)
By Darryl Dawson
$8.99
The Crawlspace: A Collection of Short Horror Stories by author Darryl Dawson, is a compilation of thirteen stories that range from the psychologically terrifying to the brutally gruesome.
Set the Night on Fire (Paperback)
By Libby Fischer Hellmann
$16.99
In Libby Fischer Hellmann's new novel, SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE, "Decades-old student protests come back to haunt young people who shared an apartment in Chicago in the late 1960s. Dar Gantner has just been released from prison after 40 years for participating in the 1970 bombing of a Chicago department store in which three people died—among them his lover, Alix Kerr, daughter of the store owner. Now it seems his four remaining former housemates are in peril. When two of them, including Casey Hilliard, die in staged accidents within weeks, Dar suspects Ted Markham, who took part in the bombing but wasn’t charged and is now a U.S. senator running for the presidency. When atttempts are made on the life of Casey’s daughter and remaining heir, Lila, Dar has a compelling reason to protect her. Long-held secrets are revealed, as characters scramble for their lives. But what seems all too obvious to readers about the source of danger doesn’t occur to the characters until the eleventh hour. Hellmann, author of the Ellie Foreman and Georgia Davis mystery series, provides a colorful view of youthful antiestablishment activity in the 1960s, but her first stand-alone comes up short on suspense" (Booklist).
Murder in Passy (Hardcover)
By Cara Black
$25.00
In Cara Black's new novel, MURDER IN PASSY, The village-like neighborhood of Passy, home to many of Paris’s wealthiest residents, is the last place one would expect a murder. But when Aimée Leduc’s godfather, Morbier, a police commissaire, asks her to check on his girlfriend at her home there, that’s exactly what Aimée finds. Xavierre, a haut bourgeois matron of Basque origin, is strangled in her garden while Aimée waits inside. Circumstantial evidence makes Morbier the prime suspect, and to vindicate him, Aimée must identify the real killer. Her investigation leads her to police corruption; the radical Basque terrorist group, ETA; and a kidnapped Spanish princess.
Fourth Day (Hardcover)
By Zoe Sharp
$25.00
In Zoe Sharp's new novel, FOURTH DAY, The cult calling itself Fourth Day appears well-funded and highly jealous of its privacy. Five years ago Thomas Witney went in to try and get the evidence that the cult’s charismatic leader, Randall Bane, was responsible for the death of Witney’s son, Liam. Witney never came out. Now, ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard, Charlie Fox, and her partner, Sean Meyer, have been tasked to get Witney out, willing or not. But planning and executing a clean, surgical snatch is only the beginning. Five years is a long time to be on the inside and the man who comes out has changed beyond all recognition. Can Witney be trusted when he says he now believes Bane is innocent of the crime and, if he is, who was behind the boy’s demise? And what happened to Witney’s safety net − the people who were supposed to extract him, by force if necessary, after less than a year? With the dead man’s ex-wife demanding answers, Charlie agrees to go undercover into Fourth Day’s California stronghold. A fast covert op. No real danger for someone with her mindset and training. But Charlie has her own secrets, even from Sean, and she’s not prepared for the lure of Randall Bane, or how easily he will pinpoint her weaknesses . . .
The Nostradamus Secret (Paperback)
By Joseph Badal
$21.95
This latest historical thriller in the Bob Danforth series builds on Nostradamus's "lost" 58 quatrains and segues to present day. These lost quatrains have surfaced in the hands of a wealthy Iranian megalomaniac who believes his rise to world power was prophesied by Nostradamus. But he sees the United States as the principal obstacle to the achievement of his goals. So, the first step he takes is to attempt to destabilize the United States through a vicious series of terrorist attacks and assassinations. Joe Badal offers up another action-packed story loaded with intrigue, fascinating characters and geopolitical machinations that put the reader on the front line of present-day international conflict. You will be transported from a 16th century French monastery, to the CIA, to crime scenes, to the Situation Room at the White House, to Middle Eastern battlefields. The Nostradamus Secret presents non-stop action in a contemporary context that will make you wonder whether the story is fact or fiction, history or prophesy.
Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini (Paperback)
By Sue Ann Jaffarian
$14.95
In Sue Ann Jaffarian's new novel, GHOST IN THE POLKA DOT BIKINI, Imagine spending eternity with your backside hanging out—that's what Emma Whitecastle and Granny Apples can't help but think when they meet the ghost of Tessa North frolicking in the surf off Catalina Island. Tessa, a young starlet who died on the island in the 1960s wearing nothing but a polka dot bikini, won't cross over until Curtis comes for her. To help the winsome bikini-clad spirit, Emma and Granny must find out who Curtis is and how Tessa died. Their investigation takes them from the grit and glamor of Hollywood to Kennedy-era political intrigue—before hitting dangerously close to home.
Murder in Vein (Hardcover)
By Sue Ann Jaffarian
$24.95
In Sue Ann Jaffarian's novel, MURDER IN VEIN, Madison has been saved by the vampires—or has she? She learns that women have been going missing; their lifeless bodies turning up drained of blood. Now the murderer is after her. As the violence escalates, Madison, LAPD Detective Notchey, and a cadre of alluring and dangerous vampires search for the true killer—while Madison keeps a wary eye on the skittish and thirsty vampires. Will she survive to see the light of day.
Skein of the Crime (Hardcover)
By Maggie Sefton
$24.95
In Maggie Sefton's new novel, SKEIN OF THE CRIME, Fall has come to Fort Connor, Colorado, and the cool air has inspired the knitters at the House of Lambspun to start on their hats and mittens. It's also brought an influx of students to the university town-and into the shop for knitting classes. Kelly Flynn is happy to teach them the tricks of the trade-until one of them is found dead on the river trail near Kelly's house. Compelled to investigate, Kelly finds herself following a path that twists more easily than the yarn with which she knits. Knowing the killer could be close, Kelly must work fast to unravel the skein of this crime.