Island Crime

Part investigative thriller and part personal reckoning, Between the Devil and the Tide chronicles a journalist's decade-long obsession with the Long Island Serial Killer case, where questions about violence, power, and manipulation become impossible to separate from her own life. Women have...

#1 New York Times bestseller From the world's #1 bestselling author, Filthy Rich—the book that exposed Jeffrey Epstein’s shocking exploits as a multi-millionaire pedophile—now with an updated Author's Note and Afterword. “Much more than a true crime book.” —Town & Country Charismatic...

Bailey Collins believed she had outrun what Eli Murphy did to her in high school. Ten years and thousands of miles away from the scene of the crime, Bailey is laser-focused on her career. She's a rising star at her TV network, newly promoted as senior producer for the reality show, The Cruise. Things are on the up. And then Eli Murphy applies to be a contestant on The Cruise. It’s taken a lot for Bailey to make something of her life and to heal from her adolescent trauma.

Blasts, Betrayals, and a Burning Mystery—Can Holmes and Lucy Defuse Disaster? An earth-shaking explosion rocks the Rexford Gunpowder Works at dawn, leaving a custodian dead and chaos in its wake. Inspector Gregson smells sabotage, but when his investigation fizzles, he’s booted to patrolling the grimy streets of Whitechapel. Enter Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James—called in by the flustered gunpowder tycoon after he receives a chilling note: a second blast is coming, and it’ll blow his factory (and fortune) sky-high. The case quickly proves more combustible than expected. Flynn digs up...

She thought her past was buried. Someone on Seabrook Island is digging it up. Payroll clerk Amy Winters spent the last ten years obediently working at her aunt Vivian’s private island resort, trying to hide from her past. Then Christian Madden arrives. He’s a wounded veteran with scars and a past of his own. That’s when Amy starts receiving messages demanding payment for silence. Someone has proof that Amy never knew existed, and they aren’t afraid to reveal her secrets. The threat turns sharper. A typed confession appears—signed with Amy’s name. Another claims Christian killed ...

Nicky Webber invites readers to the deceptive tranquillity of Whisper Island, a place where paradise hides a venomous secret, in her latest psychological thriller. This masterfully crafted narrative entwines suspense, betrayal, and the shadows of past secrets, promising a journey that will ensnare fans of thriller suspense in exotic locations. "Welcome to Whisper Island," begins as an idyllic retreat for Ella and her friends, but the island's picturesque sunsets and lush landscapes soon give way to a horrifying reality. As paradise turns into a prison, Ella finds herself embroiled in a ...

#1 bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child return with another unforgettable unforgettable thriller featuring Gideon Crew. Gideon Crew—brilliant scientist, master thief—is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, gives him an eyebrow-raising mission, he...

Delving into one of the most disturbing scandals of our time, this book unravels the complex and sinister web surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Epstein’s private island has by now become a symbol of unchecked exploitation — and the network of wealthy elites involved in secrecy and coercion too powerful to ignore. Investigative reporting exposes the hidden mechanisms of control, from clandestine tapes and secret meetings, to cover-ups, coercion, and a justice system unwilling to act. How extensive is the truth behind the walls of the rich and powerful? This is a probing,...

Wild and restless, Kyle Donovan has freed himself from the constraints of his family's high-powered gem-trading empire to rove the world as a treasure hunter. Now the president of Donovan International has given Kyle an assignment with explosive ramifications. A casehe must take. When one of...

Detective Inspector Freya Tulloch has lived in Stromness all her life. She knows the families, the land disputes, the old grievances, and the things that are never said out loud. She also knows that on these islands, every death has a history, and most of the histories are older than the people involved. The Freya Tulloch Orkney Mysteries are quiet, exact, and steeped in the weight of a small island community living alongside something very old that will not stay buried. From a woman walking out of the sea at Birsay to a body sitting upright against a five-thousand-year-old standing stone, ...

The past isn't buried...it's watching. Zaylie Layne has spent twenty years haunted by her sister's unsolved murder. When she crosses paths with a dangerous kidnapper, she’s certain he’s the same man who destroyed her family decades ago. But confronting him puts a deadly target on her back. Drawn back to Whisper Island, the coastal town she fled long ago, Zaylie is forced to relive the past she’s tried to forget. The closer she gets to uncovering the truth, the more dangerous the game becomes. Every answer leads to another secret, and every step forward puts her in the crosshairs of a ...

The music stopped. The screaming didn't. When the lead singer of a heavy metal band is found dead during a concert on Sydney Harbour's Cockatoo Island, Sergeant Natalie Campbell walks into a crime scene like no other — a thousand drunk fans, a dozen bandmates with grudges, and an island with no easy way off. Alan Greenworthy was found backstage, still warm. Hours earlier, he'd been onstage. In between, he'd made enemies — a woman in his dressing room, a jealous rival, and someone whose motive hasn't surfaced yet. Cockatoo Island has seen death before. It was a colonial prison, then a ...

Tiffany and Rosie are off another travel adventure, along with Nanna and Stone! But when an overzealous member of the local Neighborhood Watch ends up dead, courtesy of a garden gnome, the group find themselves investigating a bevy of suspicious locals... Why does the killer always seem one step ahead of them? Have Tiff and Rosie finally met their match, or will they uncover the truth in time? Praise for A.R. Winters: "The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a serious page-turning mystery." - Jaycie D, Amazon.com "A fun cozy mystery with engaging and entertaining characters" - ...

'Lin Anderson is one of Scotland’s national treasures' – Stuart MacBride, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Logan McRae series 'The start of a very special new series' – Deon Meyer, international bestselling author of the Benny Griessel series When everyone knows your name, every case...

He’d made mistakes...more than a few and probably didn’t deserve the second chance he’d been given. But he was going to do everything he could to prove himself worthy of it. And now with Jansen’s arrival to the canyon...one more person in addition to himself and his grandfather with ties to the island...the stakes were even higher. Ray didn’t have a single doubt that a number of individuals were wondering where he’d disappeared to. With luck it would stay that way...but if it didn’t he probably wouldn’t be around to worry about it. He’d arrived on the island with a ...

Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in. Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on Catalina Island is no paradise, but to most residents, it seems blissfully separated—by twenty-two...

Bunker Stout, former cop, Marine sniper, and private investigator works out of Okaloosa Island, Florida. He is asked to investigate a cold case murder committed by a current Florida resident who is linked to the Mafia. The murder occurred in the Mississippi Delta years ago, but the murderer escaped justice and fled to Florida where he became a doctor to an organized crime family in the Panhandle. The doctor made a pact with the devil at the Crossroads near Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the blues legend, Robert Johnson, traded his soul for fame. The doctor then murdered his wife, the mother...

A romantic historical drama set on Sable Island during the late 19th century. Dr. Wulfrey Dale, a well-respected country doctor, finds himself at the center of turmoil when Pasley Carew, a wealthy and brutal man, suffers a severe injury during a fox hunt. Despite Dale's best efforts, Carew dies not from his injuries but from a lethal dose of strychnine secretly administered by his long-suffering wife, Elinor. Elinor confides her guilt to Dale, pleading for his help to avoid execution, pushing him into a moral and professional dilemma. Dale, caught between his duty to the law and his ...

Philip Russell, a US Park Ranger for a small island in the Pacific Northwest, has stumbled across a dead body in the forest. Unsure if the dead woman is a local or someone from the mainland, the new female sheriff has come to Rockfish Island to find out if the community has anything still to fear. Eager to help solve the mystery, both instantly find themselves at odds with each other. Philip, defending the people he's known his whole life, and Sheriff Lane, giving no one the benefit of the doubt...not even Philip.

Three deaths. Three islands. One detective policing the place she swore she'd left behind. Detective Inspector Cat MacNeil went away to the city and came back with the city still on her, like a smell the islands can't quite place. Now she polices the Outer Hebrides — a world of cockle strands and salmon cages and machair, where everyone knows her mother's name, half of them are kin, and a body on the sand is never a stranger for long. Collected here for the first time: the first three novels in the acclaimed Hebridean crime series, atmospheric slow-burning mysteries of small islands, ...