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“Burroughs famously dubbed Waters the Pope of Trash. Female Trouble, we might say, is his Summa Trashologica.” —Ed Halter, The Criterion Collection Listen as Waters himself acts out each role! It all goes to hell when Baltimore bad girl Dawn Davenport doesn’t get the cha-cha heels...

Female Trouble features 13 wise, funny, and startlingly perceptive stories about the vagaries and revelations of womanhood. Named by The New Yorker as one of the 20 best writers of her generation, Antonya Nelson explores the broad notion of family from myriad angles in Female Trouble.

"As [John] Waters narrates the screenplays of six of his movies, his over-the-top style is outrageous...Waters performs with great gusto, making the surreal, the disgusting, and the absurd weirdly entertaining." — Kirkus (Earphones Award Winner) A collection of John Waters essential...

In Pumpkin Hollow, the magic of Halloween lasts all year, and autumn is a season of golden leaves, spiced cider, and murder. Mia and her sister Christy run the town’s beloved candy shop, filling glass jars with fudge, caramels, and their famous pumpkin truffles. But when a local is found dead under chilling circumstances, the sisters’ cozy October routine is shattered. The investigation falls to Ethan, Mia’s detective husband, but with whispers swirling through town faster than leaves in a storm, it’s clear someone is hiding more than just a sweet tooth. With their tight-knit ...

When murder is served at a Scottish Burns supper, it’s not the haggis that hides the deadliest secret. Can an amateur sleuth catch the killer before they toast another victim? Antiques expert, Dotty Sayers, is thrilled to return to the Cotswolds to reconnect with old friends and run the auction house where her career began. She and her friend, Sergeant Keya Varma, organise a traditional Burns Night celebration, but things go awry when one of their guests meets his end before the first whisky is poured. When the new police inspector is pushed aside by headquarters before she can crack the ...

🐢 The tortoise and the terribly tangled mystery… Mariposas’s new bookstore is ready to rise—until a conveniently placed desert tortoise shuts the whole project down. Cue chaos, a fame-hungry professor, and Chai losing his job before he finishes his coffee. When Soledad’s 21st birthday bash erupts into a public spat with her old high-school rival, the night ends with more than hurt feelings. By morning, that same rival is dead… and the police are eyeing Solly as Suspect #1. Now it’s up to Rosie and Tiff to sift through shady students, secret agendas, and one extremely ...

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the twelfth installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series, The Trouble with Twelfth Grave. Ever since Reyes Farrow escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley Davidson accidentally trapped him, the son of Satan has been...

USA Today bestselling author Vivienne Lorret returns with the second book in her Liars’ Club series with a sparkling romance about the spirited middle sister, a dashing rogue, and a very real engagement…except he’s not the viscount he’s pretending to be. Honoria Hartley enjoys flirting...

“Truly exciting...[Andrews] has moved into the winner’s circle with Heart Trouble.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch The fifth installment of this popular series sends cleaning lady/sleuth Callahan Garrity after the person who murdered a woman the entire city loves to hate. Callahan Garrity has...

Sophie Laurent has spent years rebuilding her father’s ruined legacy, transforming L’Auberge into one of Paris’s most coveted restaurants. With a Michelin star glittering over her future and the world’s most prized white Alba truffles at the heart of her menu, success is finally within reach. Then the truffles vanish. What begins as a devastating theft quickly turns deadly when Sophie’s supplier turns up murdered and the evidence points straight back to her restaurant. With a ruthless inspector circling, dangerous men closing in, and her family name once again on the edge of ...

Welcome to Heavenly Acres, a quirky tiny house community tucked in the Ozark Mountains—where mysteries are as common as mischievous pets, and amateur sleuth CJ Turley can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Dive into the Tiny House Cozy Mystery Series and follow CJ, Eric, Caper, and their friends through a delightful blend of humor, suspense, romance, and mystery—where every corner hides a secret, and every mystery brings them closer together. When CJ moves to the Ozarks to start a new life, she expects peace, quiet, and a slower pace. What she gets instead is a whirlwind of burglars, ...

After checking her salty attitude and grinding for years, Remi James has worked her way up to become star bartender at an upscale Seattle bar. She’s finally on track for the promotion (and the home loan approval) of her dreams—until Maya Marek walks in. Suddenly, Remi has competition. Willowy, blonde, infuriatingly talented competition…

Every year, the quaint town of Clover buzzes with excitement as the County Fair rolls in. The lively sidewalk sales, thrilling rides, and the highly anticipated chili cook-off are the talk of the town. But this year, the chili brings more heat than anyone expected. When a cook-off judge falls ill after tasting a suspicious bowl of chili, people begin to wonder how that could happen? The incident becomes even murkier when Della decides that the intended target might have been the town's sheriff, who was notably absent due to a sudden accident. Enter Della, a resilient widow who's been ...

In the crosshairs of a killer… PI Charlie Dodge may be down, but he’s most definitely not out. He’s still reeling after a series of earth-shattering events, so when a desperate woman hires Dodge Investigations to find her missing sister, the head-scratcher of a case is exactly the...

Domestic noir at its best. Readers will devour this stunning page-turner about the disintegration of a marriage as grief, jealousy, betrayal and murder destroy the facade of the perfect literary couple. New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison takes her exceptional writing to a new level...

BOOKS IN THIS SERIES CAN BE ENJOYED IN ANY ORDER. Want to get away from the daily grind? So did Ollie! Middle aged Professor Ollie Stratford's been hounded by a psycho realtor, outrun by a bunch of grandma’s, taken advice from sock puppets, stuck in a brimming toilet bowl, and almost run out of college by a drunken professor. How is that for her first few days in a quiet little Texas town she never wanted to live in? Thrust into the middle of a murder mystery with a dwindling pile of cash and very few leads Ollie starts digging. Along the way, she teams up with an oddball reporter, a ...

What is it about twins? Claire’s life changes dramatically when her identical twin sister knocks on her door. Claire and Crystal were raised in vastly different emotional environments and yet they exhibit astonishing similarities. Their mutual resilience to difficulties creates a compelling tale. This riveting story questions the lasting influence of the past on one’s personality and physical attributes. The novel weaves together the Depression era childhood of Claire’s grandmother and the fast-moving technological world of today. This engrossing page-turner examines recent scientific...

Double Trouble A Transgender Romance Novel What would you do if you discovered your partner had a secret double-life? What secrets would you be okay with? Which ones would be show stoppers? Joe Angel is a young guy with everything going for him. A qualified tradesman, he works with a great bunch of mates, lives in a fancy part of Boston, and has a super hot girlfriend, Helen. What more could a young bloke want? But his love life is pretty much on hold. While he works days, she works nights, and they rarely get alone time together. And when they do, Helen keeps getting called into work...

'A triumph of storytelling' Guardian THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SEPTEMBER 2025 A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber - but not everyone agrees with that theory. One of them is Decima...

From America’s most beloved superstar and #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson comes a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise—and on the run—and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Every song tells a story. She’s a star on the rise, singing about...