European Detectives

One FBI profiler. Three European cities. Three impossible cases. FBI profiler Reid Harper has seen the darkness that lives inside the human mind. But when his Amsterdam investigation ends in catastrophic failure—six women murdered, only one saved—the guilt nearly destroys him. Now, three complete thrillers follow Reid from his darkest moment to his ultimate redemption across the streets of Europe's most dangerous cities. THE AMSTERDAM KILLER Six dead. One alive. The case that broke him. A serial killer is hunting women in Amsterdam's narrow canal-side streets. Reid Harper arrives too ...

In the sequel to the Nebula finalist The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of mad scientists from literature embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society’s nefarious plans once...

Three dark crime thrillers. One relentless detective. A city that protects its secrets. Get the first three books in the Inspector Rojo Crime Thriller Series in one box set. Set in Cartagena, Spain, these gritty detective novels follow Inspector Francisco Rojo through cases involving missing women, brutal murders, false accusations, and organised crime. The city is full of fear, silence, and corruption, and the deeper Rojo digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Rojo is sharp, stubborn, and far from polished. He does not care about pleasing superiors or making powerful people ...

Five books. One sprawling conspiracy. A city drowning in blood and secrets. Alderman James thought atonement would be quiet—keep his head down in Georgian Dublin, solve petty crimes, and bury the sins of his youth beneath duty and discipline. Then the Dolocher tears its first throat open in the snow-choked Liberties, and James discovers that some cases don't end when the killer hangs. They metastasize. Over five novels spanning years of murder, manipulation, and mounting dread, James descends into a nightmare where every solved mystery reveals three more lurking beneath. Copycat killers ...

Alderman James has left his prestigious civic duties in Dublin behind. Back in his native London, he is savoring the quiet comforts of retirement when a chance encounter with a criminal unexpectedly brings him to the attention of the Bow Street Runners—the fledgling law enforcement body in the capital city. As James is drawn deeper into a baffling serial murder investigation, what begins as civic duty becomes dangerously personal with every turn.

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025 An adrenaline-fueled thriller about a disgraced comedian-turned-politician who takes on the role of a lifetime: infiltrating a corrupt Eastern European country to spy on their brutal dictator Hal Knight, a comedian and movie star-turned politician, is no...

In Death and Judgment, the fourth novel in Donna Leon's bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite Mountains. Meanwhile, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard an intercity train bound...

A young man from a privileged family, Jan Mydlar, is about to graduate from medical school when a sudden shift of fate changes his life forever. He becomes stuck in the most detested profession for the rest of his life—an executioner. Master Jan Mydlar finds himself in the middle of historical events of Bohemia. The religious and political turmoil in the Habsburg empire reaches its climax in the beginning of the 17th century. When Protestant leaders throw imperial Catholic governors out of the window of their offices at the Prague Castle, a civil war between Protestants and Catholics in ...

From acclaimed author Donna Leon, Commissario Guido Brunetti dredges up dark secrets from Italy’s anti-Semitic past in his captivating eleventh case. Mystery lovers everywhere are addicted to Donna Leon’s ever-honorable Commissario Guido Brunetti and her portrayal of Venice’s beautiful but...

In the eighth book in the beloved Commissario Guido Brunetti series, Brunetti's wife, Paola, takes a political stand that causes him trouble. In the eighth book in Donna Leon’s internationally bestselling series, Commissario Guido Brunetti’s career comes under threat as his professional and...

Winner of the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Friends in High Places is the ninth novel in Leon's bestselling and highly acclaimed Commissario Guido Brunetti series. “Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold...

In the tenth novel in Donna Leon’s bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series, Brunetti infiltrates a clannish island community to investigate the murder of two local fishermen. Donna Leon has amassed devoted fans around the world for her atmospheric and intelligent Commissario Guido...

When the body of a wealthy elderly woman is found, brutally murdered in her Venetian flat, the police suspect her maid, who has disappeared. As the runaway maid’s train is leaving Italy for Romania, she is approached by the border police, runs away, and is killed as she crosses the tracks in...

“Commissario Guido Brunetti’s fourteenth case may be his best yet.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing...

When the body of a man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Commissario Guido Brunetti has little to work with. No local has filed a missing-person report, and no hotel guests have disappeared. With Inspector Vianello, Brunetti canvasses shoe...

Murder is the new black. 2025 IPPY AWARDS – GOLD MEDAL – BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER EBOOK 2025 BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER – BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER 2025 READERS’ FAVORITE SILVER MEDAL – THRILLER ESPIONAGE Get ready for a heart-pumping journey through the worlds of fashion and espionage in WALKING THE CAT: AN INTERNATIONAL FASHION SPY THRILLER. As former CIA operative Louise Moscow attends Paris Fashion Week, she never expects to be caught up in a murder investigation. But when a beautiful American photographer is killed, Louise must use her spy skills to clear her friend's name. With ...

Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti’s hopes of escaping the sweltering heat of Venice in August for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in a field in Marghera—a body so badly beaten the face is completely unrecognizable. Brunetti searches...

For fans of The Maid and The Grand Budapest Hotel comes this thrilling (and sexy) debut mystery inspired by a real love hotel, which legend claims has existed forever, luring lovers inside for a night of debauchery. In modern Vienna, American ex-pat Sterling Lockwood is the loyal concierge at...

On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti and Inspector Vianello play hooky to help get Vianello’s friend Marco Ribetti—an environmental activist arrested during a protest against toxic waste being dumped into the city’s waters—released from prison. But on the steps...

The thrilling conclusion to the Lizzie & Darcy Mysteries duology, following Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy from the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries series! A Bingley family curse looms over Lizzie's sister and Darcy's best friend—but are the dark forces at work supernatural or human? Lizzie...