Unsuccessfully contacting an unpleasant client's ex-wife, the Nameless Detective must subsequently track down the client when he disappears, while his partner, Jake Runyon, conducts a personal investi
Investigator Hazel Micallef is still recovering from back surgery when a report comes in that a body has been found in a nearby lake, snagged under several feet of water. But the whole thing is way to
A new collection of short stories from the author of Flaubert's Parrot, The Lemon Table, Nothing to Be Frightened Of, and Arthur & George. Ranging from the domestic to the extraordinary, from the
"Have you ever seen a ghost, Mr. Holmes?" asks Victoria Temple, and Sherlock Holmes, at the height of his powers in 1898, must face a new challenge, one that plunges the great detective into the realm
As a curious six-year-old, Clayton didn't resist the bite - he asked for it. But surviving as a lone child-werewolf was more than he could manage - until Jeremy came along, taught him how to straddle
It's a new beginning for bodyguard Atticus Kodiak. Dead to the world, no longer hunted, he has lived with his common-law wife Alena for more than a year in a small town in the Republic of Georgia. But
At first he heard only her voice in the darkness. Then, when the lights clicked on, Noah Thorne knew he was in for something just a little wild! The revelation that interior designer Alex Bennet had b
It begins as a mission to protect a politician from an assassination threat. But the operation takes an unexpected turn when Mari, a mysteriously beautiful GhostWalker, is taken hostage. At the same t
With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, ?My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,” author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man’s deception, a family’s complicity, and two teenage
Charlotte Tucker was raised in small-town Minnesota, where the only real company was the people who came to her Aunt Louise's boarding house. Several years later, Charlotte is a young woman and thirst
Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realizes that while he may have 74 friends on Facebook, there is
A naked body is discovered in the bathroom of a London architect's apartment. Is it Sir Reuben Levy, the well-known financier who recently disappeared? Or is it a stiff dragged from the dissecting roo
"I don't believe in God, but I miss Him." This book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with Barnes' brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebra
Enduring stories that are as relevant today as they were when written at the turn of the century by influential women writers. Includes: "On the Divide" and "The Garden Lodge" by Willa Cather; "A Poin
At the Millers Kill Community Center, five veterans gather to work on adjusting to life after war. Reverend Clare Fergusson has returned from Iraq with a head full of bad memories she's using alcohol
Bertie Wooster is trapped in the rural community of Steeple Bumpleigh with a strange assortment of characters. The biggest blot on the social landscape is Edwin the boy scout whose acts of kindness ar
Jeeves is not only a tireless servant to Bertie Wooster, but a savior of a good many other individuals as well. The list is long and includes Bingo Little, Sippy Sipperley, Tuppy Glossop, and Miss Dal
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times?" The opening words of Charles Dickens' great French Revolution romance set the scene for a heart-stopping historical adventure that dashes back an
The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder for answers, send
"There's no way not to suffer. But you try all kinds of ways to keep from drowning in it." The men and women in these eight short fictions grasp this truth on an elemental level, and their stories, as
