crime mystery

She wore a gown of brown to Truman Capote’s Black and White ball, while her twin sister danced with the devil in Little Italy. Lieutenant Gene Beckman thought he had seen everything but this Manhattan murder mystery had everybody on edge, including the Mafia and the Teamsters union. Even the president was involved. He wanted to be re-elected. Michael Penn was regarded as a hack journalist, until he won the coveted Wurlitzer Prize for his investigation into the music industry. Now he has another story to tell, and Hollywood is knocking on his door.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: Peter Heller, Barbara Nickless, Cynthia Swanson, Mario Acevedo, Francelia Belton, R. Alan Brooks, D.L. Cordero, Amy Drayer, Twanna LaTrice Hill, Manuel Ramos, Mark Stevens, Mathangi Subramanian, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, and Erika T. Wurth. From the introduction by Cynthia Swanson:

The last time Ricky saw his sister was fifteen years ago as she walked him to primary school and then continued on to her secondary school alone. She never arrived. Fifteen years later, following the discovery of another young girl’s remains, Ricky and his girlfriend, Rosie, decide to look into the disappearance of his sister all those years ago and in the process, they discover a further six missing young girls. But when they finally involve the police and the mystery is finally unravelled, the consequences rock their world to the very core.

'Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Weasel Gone?' is the third and final part of the 'Bang Goes The Weasel' trilogy and continues the story of how one determined, young woman can take on organised crime and give them a good run for their money. The best form of defence is attack and nobody expects to be attacked by a dead person. But dead people can move unseen, dead people can inflict pain, torture and havoc, even when they aren't really dead.

This story continues where the first part of this trilogy, Bang Goes The Weasel, left off. Yet more deceit, greed and revenge leading to more murders and villainy. It shows how life goes on, whatever is thrown at you. To move upwards you need to reinvent yourself, accept new challenges, hone your skills and meet your goals. Learning new skills whilst assuming new identities in order to elude these parties bent on your destruction. Will the hero evade the bird of prey that silently swoops down? When you play with the big boys you have to accept the consequences or raise your own game.

Every day, Sissy goes to the same restaurant at the same time and orders the same thing. No one knows why. Until the day a stranger from a mysterious, haunted town arrives. And nothing will be the same. Today I'll See Her is a complete, standalone story in The Riverview Mysteries series.

Books 4 and 5 in the award-winning Secrets of Redemption Series: The Summoning and The Reckoning. It all started so innocently. Charlie only stopped in Redemption, Wisconsin, because she was lost. She never meant to stay. She never meant to fall in love. She never meant to bring the danger she was running from into this wholesome Midwestern town. Except Redemption had some secrets of its own ... and they were even more deadly than what she was trying to escape. Both books are a prequel to the main series and can be read before Books 1-3.

She was supposed to be safe. For the first time in her life, Charlie felt like she belonged. She loved living in Redemption, Wisconsin. She had everything she ever wanted: a home, friends, a new business, a new love. However, nothing is ever what it seems in Redemption. And you should never, ever, discount the darkness hiding under the surface. The Reckoning is Part 2 of Charlie's story and resolves the cliffhanger from The Summoning. Both books are a prequel to the main series and can be read before Books 1-3.

None of this was supposed to happen. It all started so innocently. Charlie only stopped in Redemption, Wisconsin, because she was lost. She never meant to stay. She never meant to fall in love. She never meant to bring the danger she was running from into this wholesome midwestern town. Except Redemption had some secrets of its own ... and they were even more deadly than what she was trying to escape.

There is a serial killer out there. A serial killer targeting young men. A serial killer who appears to be Linda’s sister Elizabeth. Linda's dead sister Elizabeth. But it can’t be Elizabeth. She's dead. Right? Could she still be alive? Or somehow back from the grave? Or, maybe something even darker is happening … something that threatens Linda's life, as well. Something that has been buried for years in the secrets and lies of her twisted family history. Can she discover the truth before it's too late?

On the surface, Kit Caldwell has it all. A senior in college with her future ahead of her, lots of friends, lots of parties…not to mention also having the eye of Tommy, the star quarterback of the football team. But underneath, Kit's life is a charade, built on a foundation of secrets and lies, including one so dark it threatens to tear her world apart: her twin sister, Cat, was kidnapped when they were both seven, never to be heard from again. That is, until one dark Halloween night.

Twenty-four years ago, five-year-old Tori walked into her newborn brother's room in the middle of the night and discovered a figure abducting him. The only problem was, Scott’s lifeless body was found in the crib. No one believes what she saw that night. Not her father. Not her mentally unstable mother. Not the police. Years later, she builds a new life by burying that terrible moment deep in the past. Until another mentally unstable woman is found with her dead newborn ... and she says her "real" baby was taken by a shadowy figure.

When Charlie agrees to accompany her friend Claire to her late grandmother's reading of the will, she assumes she is simply there for moral support. She doesn't expect things to get so ... strange. It’s odd enough that it takes place over a weekend, but that’s just the beginning ... They also need to stay in Claire's grandma's supposedly haunted house with Claire's estranged family. Things get even worse when a huge storm snows them in. No electricity, no phone, and no way out.

The overbearing alarm is screaming; triumphant in its attempt in waking her from a deep horrifying dream. Orange and yellow rays show through the curtains temporarily blinding her as she raises in hatred of her subconscious experience. Her heart pounding but slowly reducing speed, she grabs her face gently slapping her sides to ensure she was awake feeling the dread subside. Throwing the covers to the side to release her from the temporary trap she felt.

Enter a world where nothing is what it appears to be, and every clue leads an extraordinary young woman deep into the heart of darkness and beyond. Best-selling, award-winning author and master storyteller Michael Jack Webb weaves a Supernatural Serial Killer tale like none you’ve ever read. Kate Justice, FBI’s youngest Profiler, is assigned to find a serial killer with supernatural abilities. The killer is elusive, cunning, and seemingly invincible. Kate races against time to discover who or what is behind the gruesome murders and prevent another brutal killing.

… A few miles away from Praetor's estate, a lonely mansion stood at the end of a driveway lined with trees. It had been a hive of activity in its life, now it was just a home. In an upper bedroom, a large knife glinted in the moonlight filtering in through the two locked double glass doors. Blood had begun to pool on the floor. Ornaments had been knocked off of tables and pictures that hung on the walls disturbed. The pictures hung at odd angles and depicted a family of long, long ago. The still around the mansion was broken by a blood-curdling scream, then it all went quiet …

The Kommissar is back, and going rogue in St. Petersburg! A new lead on a cold case, one that has haunted Heinz and nearly cost him his career now offers a path to redemption. A ledger containing the names of abducted girls recovered from the Vledelets during the Ivchencko affair offers renewed hope. With the wedding to his partner-turned-love of his life, Birgitta Mahler, drawing near, Detective Heinz must find a way to close the door on his guilt once and for all.