When her client, Tom Bilroth, the prime suspect in the killing of Nikki Exner, commits suicide while in police custody, solicitor Helena Flemming enlists the aid of forensic pathologist John Eisenmenger to find out who really killed the victim.

Visiting a therapist in the hope that he can save his unraveling marriage, George Davies begins to recall his own dark childhood memories of his father's unexpected death, ominous visions, and erratic behavior, and wonders if they were the product of an overactive imagination or possession by a malevolent force.

While investigating the murders of two teenagers at an Edinburgh boarding school by a reclusive former soldier, Inspector Rebus faces possible suspension when the man stalking his partner dies in a fire Rebus is suspected of setting.

This novel and its sequels revolve around a DI who is gassed in WWI and is responsible for the execution of a deserter. Ian Rutledge is a tortured man, who lives with the persona of Hamish in his head now that the war is over.

After meeting Louise Paxton, a lovely young woman, just hours before she is found raped and murdered, Robin Timariot becomes obsessed with the dead woman and insinuates himself into the life of her family, embarking on his own quest to uncover the truth about her death.

Hiding a secret life as an assassin while working as a murder analyst for the Miami police, Dexter Morgan is intrigued by the work of a new serial killer whose style mimics his own.

Winter 2003. Still reeling from 9/11, New York City is hit by the worst blizzard in years. On the verge of making peace with his own turbulent life, Artie Cohen-Reggie Nadelson's Russian-born, angst-ridden detective-is called to investigate a pile of blood-soaked children's clothes found on a Brooklyn beach.

A definite page turner with something new at every corner. Suspenseful and very believable considering the society we live in. I'd suggest it for reading on a vacation when you have nothing to do but read. It's a horror story with a different twist and most definitely plays with your mind!!

Two brothers--rookie police officer Derek Strange, and his older brother, Dennis, a troubled Vietnam Veteran--become caught up in the riots engulfing Washington, D.C., in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Moving to a Minnesota resort town in order to recover from a psychopath's attack, Nina Pryce finds her life further challenged when her second-grade daughter, Kit, begins acting out and incurring the wrath of a violent local family.

Discovering that a friend and fellow game warden has committed suicide, Joe Pickett is assigned to the man's district in Jackson, Wyoming, and becomes a pawn in a struggle between environmental extremists and their powerful adversaries.

Investigating a dual arson case that has claimed three lives on an English canal, Detective Inspector Banks teams up with fellow investigator Annie Cabot and discovers that the victims are linked to an art forgery operation.

While recovering from a collapsed lung, detective Jack Liffey is summoned to his hometown of San Pedro in L.A.'s shipping district to investigate a string of mysterious "accidents," which leads him into a confrontation with a mad Japanese-American Green Beret.

The recent murder of a young man visiting from Canada takes Inspector Banks back five years to the murder of a private detective investigating yet an earlier murder of a young girl and a woman's disappearance at the same time. Before finding the truth about the young man's murder, Banks must travel to Canada to try and find the woman gone missing earlier.