Smart Detective

Featuring a Special Introduction by Michael Connelly and a cameo by Harry Bosch! A reluctant detective. A town full of secrets. A past that won’t stay buried. In this gripping box set, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Michael Lister presents six pulse-pounding novels featuring the complex and compelling Detective John Jordan—a former cop turned prison chaplain and then cop again who can’t escape the call of justice. After leaving Atlanta behind, John returns to his North Florida hometown, seeking peace. But murder has a way of finding him, pulling him back into the ...

A reluctant psychic with a haunted past. A straight-laced FBI agent sworn to protect. A mystery they must solve together. Hailey Arquette uses ancestry rooted in the occult to hide her gifts in the small southern town of Hamchet, Texas. Experiencing a victim’s last moments when touching an object isn’t something she can turn off, but helps her to navigate the shadowy world where betrayal walks hand in hand with a smile. A threat against family forces Agent Trenton Briner back to Texas and into a mystery steeped in whispers of Vodou and magic. At each turn, he finds the raven-haired ...

Cold cases are about to get hot. Don’t miss this exhilarating crime thriller—perfect for fans of Criminal Minds and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder—from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the #1 New York Times bestsellingauthor of The Inheritance Games. Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading...

A chilling copycat killer has the Naturals in his crosshairs in this exhilarating crime thriller from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an...

In this stunning conclusion to the popular thriller series, Cassie Hobbes finally has answers about her mom as her and the rest of the Naturals faced off with a secret group of deadly killers. When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals program, she had one goal: uncover the truth about her...

A thrilling spin on the classic Sherlock Holmes murder mystery… Thelonius (Theo) Holmes is a private investigator and a direct descendant of Sherlock Holmes. When eerily similar homicides by euthanasia pop up in both San Diego and Las Vegas, Holmes is called in by the San Diego and Vegas police departments to help. Working with the cutting-edge and beautiful AI robot named P.A.M. and his recently hired assistant, Delaney Watson, Holmes and his team realizes they are faced with contradictory evidence. While DNA suggests one serial killer murdering the homeless in both cities, eye witnesses...

Three casinos. Three bodies. Three days. Crack the case with the Naturals series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the Naturals are called in to investigate. But even with the...

In this action-packed thriller, a resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods uses his blistering intellect to solve the crimes the LAPD ignores. East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood's high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, lost children unrecovered. But someone...

AN ELLE BEST MYSTERY OF THE YEAR "I was immediately besotted . . . Brilliant." —Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The Appeal All is calm, all is bright . . . until reluctant sleuth barrister Gabriel Ward is tasked with finding the culprit of yet another grisly crime in the...

"Narrator Rosalie Craig is especially adept at providing varying voices to assist the listener in identifying characters." - AudioFile Magazine This program is read by London Evening Standard Award–winning actor Rosalie Craig, who also plays Virginia in Netflix's 1899. From the New York Times...

It's a very John Jordan Christmas. When young mother-to-be Emma Oliver vanishes on Christmas Eve, her disappearance sends shockwaves through the quiet town of Pottersville, Florida. Sweet, beautiful, seemingly adored by all, Emma’s sudden disappearance raises more questions than answers. At the center of the storm is her seeming unaffected husband, Brady Oliver, whose refusal to make public pleas for her safe return quickly turns suspicion on him. Soon his composed exterior begins to crack. Why did he abruptly change his alibi? Why was his boat spotted near the desolate shores of St. ...

When a killer strikes, single mom and PI, Tracy Belden and her friends put game nights on hold to solve a case of murder. Escape to Tahoe. Help a friend. No problems. No pressure. What could go wrong? I'm Tracy Belden, a rookie PI with a handful of cases solved, but when a fellow PI calls, I answer. Twelve hours later, my investigator friend is missing, the client is dead, and I'm at the murder scene. With the police eyeing me as a suspect, I have to find the killer if there’s any hope of completing my crossword puzzle. If you like fast-paced, humorous cozies, dive into the Crossword ...

Life is filled with choices, big and small. Critical thinking empowers children to evaluate options, foresee potential outcomes, and make informed decisions. This skill is invaluable, not just in their formative years but throughout life. Critical thinkers are naturally curious. They question the status quo, seek deeper understanding, and are always eager to learn. This innate curiosity can lead to a lifelong love for learning. When children think critically, they learn to face challenges head-on, adapt to changing situations, and bounce back from setbacks. This resilience is crucial for ...

The trials of Gabriel Ward continue in A Case of Life and Limb, available now. Bloomsbury presents A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 BRITISH BOOK AWARD, CRIME & THRILLER Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal...

When the Governor's young son disappears on her watch, Executive Protection Officer Kenna Devlin will do whatever it takes to bring him home. Her frantic investigation reveals that this is more than just a high-stakes kidnapping. There’s a chilling conspiracy at play, and someone is setting her up to take the fall. Running out of time and unsure who to trust, she turns to a skeptical FBI agent in her desperate quest to stop the powerful people behind the kidnapping. It will take every ounce of courage and determination she has – and even that might not be enough. If you like action-...

Maplewood Cove, Maine, looks like the kind of town where nothing ever happens. Then Megan Brown moved in. A former marketing professional turned dog walker, Megan expected a quieter life by the sea. Instead, her morning routes keep leading her straight to murder. With her sharp eye for patterns, a stubborn streak, and Biscuit—a beagle-corgi mix with an uncanny talent for finding things people would rather keep buried—Megan can't seem to stay out of trouble. From a body on a familiar walking trail and a decades-old secret at the lighthouse to human remains in a Victorian garden and a ...

A monster stalks San Juan's nights, and Detective Skye Noir is the only one who sees it coming. A standalone. Start anywhere in the series! Fresh from NYC, Skye expects paradise. Instead, she finds disappearances, pools of blood, and full-moon horrors spreading through the city. As Halloween closes in, nightmares turn real, and the clues twist into something far darker than a human killer. Skye must stop the next attack before the shadows claim another victim. Dive into the mystery today.

A murdered librarian. A missing manuscript. An obvious suspect. Gabriel Ward KC returns in the third installment in the cozy British mystery series The Trials of Gabriel Ward. The librarian's dead body lies in a pool of lamplight on his desk. A priceless medieval document has been stolen from...

Twenty cases. Twenty investigators. One unbreakable rule: keep looking. From a body found on an impossible train on a decommissioned railway line to a predictive algorithm that engineers a murder it was supposed to prevent; from a poisoned landowner in a quiet English village to an experimental weapon hidden beneath the English countryside since 1989; from a missing child taken from a crowded street market to a rookie officer murdered in his own police station stairwell. The Detective Files is a collection of twenty gripping, standalone crime investigations — each one a complete story, ...

Who knew knitting circles could be so deadly! When small town seamstress, Pennie Pleat, tries her hand at knitting, she finds herself plunged into a community of secrets and deceit. Her knitted scarf is coming to life when she discovers the body of the former Knitting Digest editor murdered with a knitting needle plunged into her neck, and Pennie and her dog Max are caught up in another murder. Investigating the victim’s tangled relationships, Pennie discovers bitter feuds over stolen designs, an affair with a friend’s husband, dubious involvement in a past death, and bullying that ...