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Edgar Award winner: A longtime bachelor finally marriesonly to learn the corrosive power of jealousy For fifty-five years, Kenneth Gibson has lived in backwaters. A former army clerk, he makes a quie …

After his father’s sudden death, a college student seeks revenge Ladd Cunningham never felt comfortable in his father’s office. After high school he went to Stanford University rather tha …

A professor becomes enchanted with a girl who carries a dangerous jinx History student Sarah Shepherd does not look like a killer. She is shy, but her writing so impresses Professor David Wakeley tha …

The Edgar Awardwinning author of The Unsuspected and Mischief delivers a ‘;highly ingenious’ novel of a high-profile kidnapping (The New York Times). Sam Lynch is not a crook, but most of his friends …

A millionaire is in danger from his murderous family in this ‘;difficult to put down’ tale from the Edgar Awardwinning author (The Boston Globe). Alice Brennan is going to marry a millionaire. She ha …

In a villa on the California coast, a murderer stalks a young heiress Laila Breen is a strangely naïve girl. Her father Jonas is an adventurer, a robber baron who made his fortune traveling exot …

Investigating her mysterious birth leads a bright young artist into peril For a few hours after her birth, Amanda Garth had two fathers. One was John, the kind, forthright man who would raise her. Th …

This conspiracy thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author is “jet-paced, revved up for action before the first page is flipped over” (The Pittsburgh Press). Bernie staggers off th …

Mac Dougal Duff falls in with a strange family—and senses murder A sudden cloudburst forces Mac Dougal Duff to stop his car in front of the home of Mary Moriarty. The history professor turned d …

A child is left in the care of a disturbed babysitter in “surely one of the finest pure terror-suspense stories ever written” (The New York Times).   Bunny’s parents shouldn&rs …

A middle-aged widow makes a new life in a strange apartment house Nona Henry’s husband is dead, and with him the life they spent years building in New York City. Unable to bear the Manhattan wi …

In this “chilling” novel by an Edgar Award–winning author, a former mental patient seeks revenge against the powerful family that framed him (The New York Times).   After years …

To catch a murderous theater impresario, a young woman takes a deadly new role in this mystery with “suspense enough to spare” (The New York Times).   Why did Rosaleen Wright hang he …

Making amends for a tragic accident, a couple fears their good deed is about to be punished in this suspense novel from the “mistress of day-lit terror” (The New York Times).   In a …

A woman attempts to flee her abusive husband in a thriller The New York Times Book Review calls “an unforgettable reading experience.” Overworked cocktail waitress Sherry Reynard doesn&rs …

A nameless woman arrives in L.A., only to fall into a coma and be positively identified as three completely different people, in this twist-filled thriller. She arrived at Peggy Cuneen’s Los An …

A New York City drama teacher risks her life to expose a potentially deadly public hoax in this “most uncommon thriller” (New York Herald Tribune). Olivia Hudson, a drama teacher at a Man …

Nine stories of revenge, compassion, love, and loathing in a collection “to be cherished” from an Edgar Award–winning author (Dorothy B. Hughes). A child is unwittingly introduced t …

This Mac Dougal Duff Mystery launched the career of the Edgar Award–winning “American queen of suspense novelists” (New York Telegraph). Feeling unmoored since the death of her fath …

Edgar Award Finalist: The explosive politics of the Middle East shatter a California family in this “wonderful thriller” (The New York Times). Among the Tylers of Santa Clara are a matria …

A government secret about the end of the world will change what’s left of a man’s suburban life in this thriller by an Edgar Award–winning author. California businessman J. Middleto …

A shadow of doubt is cast over a California bride when dire warnings about her fiancé arise in this thriller from “the mistress of day-lit terror” (The New York Times). Johnny Simm …

A disaster in a Michigan mining town throws a close-knit community into chaos in this novel from an Edgar Award–winning author. The small mining town of Thor is nestled in the Upper Peninsula o …

A madwoman holds a professor prisoner in this frightening thriller by the Edgar Award–winning “mistress of day-lit terror” (The New York Times). California University mathematics in …

A young drifter charms his way into the confidence of an older woman in this twisting novel by “a pioneer in domestic suspense” (Lisa Unger). Seventy-four-year-old widow Mrs. Moffat lives …

A murderous, charismatic theatre owner . . . and a deadly new role…’Suspense enough to spare’ NEW YORK TIMES’A fantastic recommendation for readers who enjoy classic Hitchcockian thrillers’ BOOKLIS …

A young artist is searching for the truth about her past – but does she really want to know…?With an introduction by A J Finn, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOWSuperb classic crime from …

The trouble in the Michigan mining town of Thor begins when one married woman covets another married woman’s husband and progresses toward disaster when that husband covets a young girl, and when the …

A couple leaves their child with a baby sitter and go out for the evening. But who is this person that they have left to care for their child? This serialized version of the story, which appeared in …

‘The Plot Against Miss Pomeroy’ tells of a school teacher dealing with some troublesome students. Das E-Book The Plot Against Miss Pomeroy wird angeboten von Alien Ebooks und wurde mit folgenden Begr …

In a villa on the California coast, a murderer stalks a young heiress Laila Breen is a strangely naïve girl. Her father Jonas is an adventurer, a robber baron who made his fortune traveling exot …

When Amos Polkinghorn, creator of the beloved detective Daniel Dean, spots suspicious activity in his neighbor’s empty house, he eagerly dives into the investigation. Armed with his fictional hero’s …

In this gripping mystery, Olivia Hudson finds herself caught in a web of intrigue when her old friend Cora Steffani appears to be in two places at once. As Cora’s impossible ‘dream walking’ incidents …

In the affluent suburbs of 1960s Los Angeles, David Crown steps into a world of hidden tensions when he marries the widow of his late friend, Hob Cunningham. As he takes the reins of Cunningham Compa …