Bad Seed by Alan Carter tells of Cato Kwong forced to recall a personal history that makes his investigation doubly painful when Francis Tan and…

Zen is posted to Rome to solve a murder. His colleagues are wary of him because he is an outsider and he is also known…

Blood and Circuses By Kerry Greenwood offers charming interesting descriptions of unusual circus folk with additional insight into the customs and sociology of circus…

Bill Gastner, a romantic fallen hero, recovering from illness and home burglary, calls on his dwindling energy to coordinate his latest case of child…

No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker is a suspenseful study of the pressures facing ex-convicts as they attempt to negotiate the straight world.

Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch is a psychological thriller that follows a group on holiday. It takes a turn for the worst…

The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service by Erskine Childers is a spy/adventure novel which sets out to find a mysterious hidden…

The Bone Garden By Tess Gerritsen delves into Boston’s past (1830) and present, recently divorced Julia Hamill finds a female skull buried in the rocky…

One For the Money By Janet Evanovich is a story about a female bounty hunter obsessed with money, leading her on comedic adventures.