A TRIP TO DIE FOR... Accompanying her grandmother on a seniors tour of Switzerland, Emily Andrew had envisioned a vacation straight out of a travel brochure: spectacular scenery, great food, and a classy European hotel, all worlds away from her rural Iowa hometown. But her dream trip quickly...  more

A TRIP TO DIE FOR... Accompanying her grandmother on a seniors tour of Switzerland, Emily Andrew had envisioned a vacation straight out of a travel brochure: spectacular scenery, great food, and a classy European hotel, all worlds away from her rural Iowa hometown. But her dream trip quickly snowballs into mayhem when smooth-talking tour escort Andy Simon is found dead. To be sure, Andy was as randy as a mountain goat on Viagra, hitting on every miss -- Swiss or otherwise -- within striking distance. His constant advances were driving Emily cuckoo -- but had someone orchestrated his untimely death? For savvy, resourceful Emily, leading the tour in Andy's place is only natural. But she can't remain neutral when a fellow traveler takes a fatal plunge -- she's convinced a murderer lurks among them. With precision timing, sexy Etienne Miceli steps in to investigate, and Emily warms to the suave detective. Still, with the group roster suddenly sprouting more holes than the local cheese, Emily wonders: is there a safe haven anywhere in the shadow of the Alps?

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, naturally, she became a CIA agent. This time, the assignment sounds as tasty as a taco. A...  more

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, naturally, she became a CIA agent. This time, the assignment sounds as tasty as a taco. A quick trip to Mexico City is on her agenda. Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and our dear Mrs. Pollifax finds herself embroilied in quite a hot Cold War--and her country's enemies find themsleves entangled with one unbelievably feisty lady.

Mallory Marlowe is ready to turn a corner—one lined with palm trees, plastic pink flamingo lawn ornaments, and snack bars shaped like giant ice cream cones. Thanks to her new job as travel writer for the New York magazine The Good Life, recently widowed Mallory is zipping around Orlando,...  more

Mallory Marlowe is ready to turn a corner—one lined with palm trees, plastic pink flamingo lawn ornaments, and snack bars shaped like giant ice cream cones. Thanks to her new job as travel writer for the New York magazine The Good Life, recently widowed Mallory is zipping around Orlando, assigned to rediscover the glory days of “old Florida.” It’s the first of what she hopes will be many exciting adventures... but she’'s about to discover that the Sunshine State has a dark side. Settled in among the faux volcanoes and tiki torches of the Polynesian Princess Hotel, Mallory is on the lookout for quirky attractions like alligator farms and pirate-themed diners hidden amid the glitzy theme parks. But she’'s not prepared to find a cranky journalist speared to death in the Bali Ballroom— -- or to find herself a suspect in his murder. With her trip coming to a close, Mallory has no choice but to figure out if one of her fellow travel writers is a killer. Because if she doesn’'t get out of Florida soon, her career— -- and her life -- —are about to come to a dead end.

THE BODY IN THE BEACH HOUSE IS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL. Summer's coming, and Island Contracting's all-woman construction crew is working overtime, glitzing up the old house on the north end of the island. Then the firm's owner, redheaded Josie Pigeon, discovers a murdered body under a...  more

THE BODY IN THE BEACH HOUSE IS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL. Summer's coming, and Island Contracting's all-woman construction crew is working overtime, glitzing up the old house on the north end of the island. Then the firm's owner, redheaded Josie Pigeon, discovers a murdered body under a drop cloth-- a body that vanishes as mysteriously as it appears. With a complicated job to finish and clients who'd bring out the killer in anyone, Josie doesn't need a murderer on her job site. But she can't erase the horrid suspicion that one of her excellent crew may be moonlighting as a killer. Melissa? Chris? Evelyn? Sexy Betty? It seems impossible. The one bright spot in Josie's life is the new owner of the local liquor store, who's not only attractive but amazingly helpful at amateur detecting. . . .

September 1907. George Porter Dillman sets sail from Liverpool on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. Hired by the ship's captain to pose as a passenger, George is in fact a private detective for the Cunard Line. In the first days of his voyage, George only has to deal with a few petty crimes. But...  more

September 1907. George Porter Dillman sets sail from Liverpool on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. Hired by the ship's captain to pose as a passenger, George is in fact a private detective for the Cunard Line. In the first days of his voyage, George only has to deal with a few petty crimes. But then an expensive piece of jewelry is reported stolen and a body is found. Working quickly to solve both crimes, George makes an unusual friend, Genevieve Masefield, and the two uncover secrets aboard the ship that prove explosive.

Mystery among the moonlight and the magnolias . . . OK, forget the magnolias. It's the end of December, after all, and frost silvers South Carolina's Low Country. But Pinckney Plantation is still open for visitors who want to see the pride of Indigo Island. The old house claims a long history-or...  more

Mystery among the moonlight and the magnolias . . . OK, forget the magnolias. It's the end of December, after all, and frost silvers South Carolina's Low Country. But Pinckney Plantation is still open for visitors who want to see the pride of Indigo Island. The old house claims a long history-or so says the script the tour guides go by. What the script leaves out are the doors that apparently unlock themselves, the flickering lights, the sound of ghostly footsteps. And the dead body. The corpse is a new addition. Who is he? And what was he doing at Pinckney? And did he fall, or was he pushed? These are among the questions that puzzle the self-appointed detective trio of cousins thrown together for the holidays. Revelations about ruthless developers, secretive landowners, and family scandals are interspersed with hilarious samples of Southern manners before the cousins finally piece together the puzzle.

During his career as a Boston cop, Jeff "J.W." Jackson saw enough of the evil that men do to last a lifetime. So he retired to the serenity of Martha's Vineyard to spend his days fishing for blues and wooing a sexy nurse named Zee. But when a local's boat mysteriously explodes...  more

During his career as a Boston cop, Jeff "J.W." Jackson saw enough of the evil that men do to last a lifetime. So he retired to the serenity of Martha's Vineyard to spend his days fishing for blues and wooing a sexy nurse named Zee. But when a local's boat mysteriously explodes off the coast, killing an amiable young drifter, Jackson finds himself reluctantly drawn back into the investigative trade. For there is a serpent loose in paradise -- and it's contaminating Jackson's lovely, peaceful island with its poisonous venom of drugs and death.

At sixty-three, Maxie McNabb is cruising down the Alaska Highway in her brand-new Winnebago. With her mini-dachshund at her side and the open road ahead, she's never been happier. But before her exploration of the Lower Forty-eight gets underway, Maxie needs to figure out who burgled her...  more

At sixty-three, Maxie McNabb is cruising down the Alaska Highway in her brand-new Winnebago. With her mini-dachshund at her side and the open road ahead, she's never been happier. But before her exploration of the Lower Forty-eight gets underway, Maxie needs to figure out who burgled her friend's Colorado home-and why. And the closer Maxie gets to solving the puzzle, the more it becomes chillingly clear that her friend's life isn't the only one on the line.

A widow at the age of 52, Lynne Montgomery has rediscovered her first love: travel. With the money from her husband's insurance policy, she was able to buy the travel agency that she worked for. But guiding tour groups of well-heeled vacationers becomes more than an educational experience--when...  more

A widow at the age of 52, Lynne Montgomery has rediscovered her first love: travel. With the money from her husband's insurance policy, she was able to buy the travel agency that she worked for. But guiding tour groups of well-heeled vacationers becomes more than an educational experience--when murder adds itself to the itinerary... It's off to the Sonoma Wine Country for Lynne and fifteen tour guests as they make their way to the charming Villa Belladuce. There, they will be treated to all of the finer things in life--and death--when Lynne stumbles across the body of the Villa's former owner. Thopugh she tries to protect her guests from the grisly details, an investigator suspects that one of those very guests could be the killer--and there is plenty of bottled-up bitterness for the departed vintner. If Lynne isn't careful, this vacation may be her last...

Two dead art experts and a secret cache of paintings which may have been the work of Lake George's more famous summer resident, Georgia O'Keeffe, set writer Ellen Davies on a collusion course with danger. Ellen thinks she's stumbled on a multi-million dollar find which will send her...  more

Two dead art experts and a secret cache of paintings which may have been the work of Lake George's more famous summer resident, Georgia O'Keeffe, set writer Ellen Davies on a collusion course with danger. Ellen thinks she's stumbled on a multi-million dollar find which will send her career in journalism soaring. But, as with other recently discovered O'Keeffe paintings, nothing is one hundred percent certain and Ellen may not live long enough to uncover the truth.

A brand-new series from the creator of Jordan Lacey - Casey Jones is Cruise Director on board the luxurious Countess Georgina for her trip to the Caribbean. Caseys days and nights are filled with an endless stream of prima donna singers and feather-clad chorus girls. But when a guest collapses...  more

A brand-new series from the creator of Jordan Lacey - Casey Jones is Cruise Director on board the luxurious Countess Georgina for her trip to the Caribbean. Caseys days and nights are filled with an endless stream of prima donna singers and feather-clad chorus girls. But when a guest collapses during the second sitting at table two, and later dies, Casey finds herself trying to uncover a bizarre chain of events helped by the gorgeous Cruise Doctor, Samuel Mallory.

Winner of the St. Martin's Malice Domestic Award in 1997 for her first work Murder With Peacocks, Donna Andrews brings back her zany characters and disastrous events. In an attempt to get away from her family, Meg and her boyfriend go to a tiny island off the coast of Maine. What could have...  more

Winner of the St. Martin's Malice Domestic Award in 1997 for her first work Murder With Peacocks, Donna Andrews brings back her zany characters and disastrous events. In an attempt to get away from her family, Meg and her boyfriend go to a tiny island off the coast of Maine. What could have been a romantic getaway slowly turns into disaster. Once there, they are marooned by a hurricane and that is only the beginning of their problems. Meg and her boyfriend arrive at the house only to discover that Meg's parents and siblings, along with their spouses are all there. When a murder takes place, Meg realizes that she and her boyfriend can no longer sit by a cozy fireplace, but must instead tramp around the muddy island to keep try and clear her father who is the chief suspect.

Sarah Deane takes a break from graduate school-and dreary mid-March Boston-and heads for sunny Southern Texas to join her boyfriend, Philip Lentz, on a birdwatching expedition. Philip's rare sighting of a pair of hook-billed kites gets things off to a great start. But when he ends up...  more

Sarah Deane takes a break from graduate school-and dreary mid-March Boston-and heads for sunny Southern Texas to join her boyfriend, Philip Lentz, on a birdwatching expedition. Philip's rare sighting of a pair of hook-billed kites gets things off to a great start. But when he ends up strangled by his binocular straps, the rest of the birders are both suspects and sitting ducks. Is the killer a member of the Hamburg Bird Club? Major "Big" Foster, who claims he also saw the kites? Or the pair of spinsters who run Cactus Wren Tours? When precocious thirteen-year-old Jeff Goldsmith disappears, Sarah teams up with Dr. Alex McKenzie for a crash course in detecting, to track down the killer before someone else becomes the next victim.

Sensible Carole Seddon doesn't have the tolerance to deal with her new bohemian neighbor, Jude. But Jude doesn't seem so bad when Carole discovers another addition to the neighborhood-a dead body on the beach bearing two wounds on its neck.

Leaving behind a cheating ex-boy-friend and her stressful job as an ER nurse, Darcy Cavanaugh goes on a fall foliage cruise with her best friend Marie. Lost in a sea of senior citizens, Darcy and Marie, the shipboard nurse, do their best to enjoy the free mimosas, Elvis impersonations, and nosey...  more

Leaving behind a cheating ex-boy-friend and her stressful job as an ER nurse, Darcy Cavanaugh goes on a fall foliage cruise with her best friend Marie. Lost in a sea of senior citizens, Darcy and Marie, the shipboard nurse, do their best to enjoy the free mimosas, Elvis impersonations, and nosey shipmates. But sailing the high seas is anything but fun when jewelry is stolen and a cabin steward is murdered. Right away Darcy pins suspicion on the ship's young dance host, Luke Skyler, who schmoozes with women twice his age. In between trips to Nova Scotia and Quebec City, Darcy tries to uncover Luke's obvious schemes and learns, to her surprise, that she is not entirely immune to his infectious charm.

Kelly Ryan has just moved to the Caribbean island of St. Chris to run a top-rated radio station. She knew that her new life would be full of adventure -- but she never expected murder... KELLY RYAN TO RUN WBZE That's the headline I rated in a Caribbean tabloid. Big news for the locals...  more

Kelly Ryan has just moved to the Caribbean island of St. Chris to run a top-rated radio station. She knew that her new life would be full of adventure -- but she never expected murder... KELLY RYAN TO RUN WBZE That's the headline I rated in a Caribbean tabloid. Big news for the locals here on St. Chris. Big promotion for me as general manager of the top-rated radio station. A healthy raise, a generous bonus, and the ocean spray sure beats Chicago winters. But if you think I landed in a cushy bed of frangipani, think again... Here I was, settling in to St. Chris like a true native, shaking off old feelings for my ex-husband, making new friends, and sending calypso out with the ocean breeze. Everything was cool. Then I stumbled across a tourist's body on the beach. Impaled with a spear. Dressed for a ritual. And not a drop of blood in sight. To make matters worse, I knew her. Hardly Miss Congeniality, but there were kinder ways than murder to shut Zena's mouth. Until I discovered more about her past -- like the truth, for instance. Now I'm getting in a little too deep -- kind of like quicksand. And there's a killer on the loose who's hoping I don't crawl out alive...

When arrogant media magnate Chase Prescott is nearly killed by a box of cyanide-laced candy, he dials his long-ago lover, retired newshound Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins, with a simple request: He'll assemble all the suspects if Henrie O will kindly point out the would-be...  more

When arrogant media magnate Chase Prescott is nearly killed by a box of cyanide-laced candy, he dials his long-ago lover, retired newshound Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins, with a simple request: He'll assemble all the suspects if Henrie O will kindly point out the would-be murderer. It's a case--her first--that fills Henrie O with grave misgivings, especially when she arrives on Chase's private island off the South Carolina coast to meet the players in this deadly drama. Among Prescott's unstable young wife, his sullen stepson, and his toady of a secretary, she has trouble narrowing the field of suspects--even when a second attempt is made on Chase's life. As Henrie O unearths a will and fascinating new evidence, a killer hurricane sweeps up from Cuba, threatening to maroon them in this vacation hell . . . where the trappings of luxury are put to lethal use and the secrets of the past have the power to engulf them all.

The winner of Alaska's world-famous Iditarod -- a grueling, eleven-hundred-mile dog sled race across a frigid Arctic wilderness---takes home a $250,000 purse. But this year, the prize is survival. Only the toughest and the most able come to compete in this annual torturous test of...  more

The winner of Alaska's world-famous Iditarod -- a grueling, eleven-hundred-mile dog sled race across a frigid Arctic wilderness---takes home a $250,000 purse. But this year, the prize is survival. Only the toughest and the most able come to compete in this annual torturous test of endurance, skill, and courage. Now, suddenly and inexplicably, the top Iditarod contestants are dying one by one in bizarre and gruesome ways. Jessie Arnold, Alaska's premier female "musher," fears she may be the next intended victim, but nothing is going to prevent her from aggressively pursuing the glory and the rewards that victory brings. Dedicated State Trooper Alex Jensen is determined to track down the murderer before more innocent blood stains the pristine Alaskan snow. But Jensen's hunt is leading him into the frozen heart of the perilous wild that Jessie Arnold knows so well -- a merciless place far from any vestige of civilization, where nature can kill as fast as a bullet...and only the Arctic night can hear your final screams.

WELCOME TO THE PENNYFOOT The London aristocracy has discovered the pleasures of seaside holidays in Badgers End, and it's Cecily Sinclair's job as the owner of the Pennyfoot Hotel to keep them comfortable and entertained.  Detective work is not part of her duties -- but Cecily...  more

WELCOME TO THE PENNYFOOT The London aristocracy has discovered the pleasures of seaside holidays in Badgers End, and it's Cecily Sinclair's job as the owner of the Pennyfoot Hotel to keep them comfortable and entertained.  Detective work is not part of her duties -- but Cecily is only too willing to help the local constable when death pays an unexpected visit... FATAL FALL The view from the Pennyfoot's roof garden is lovely, but for Lady Eleanor Danbury, it was the last thing she ever saw.  A four-story fall has ended her life, and solving the case is no small feat -- for the snobbish society matron managed to put off nearly everyone, from the hotel housemaid to her harried husband.  But murder is bad business, so Cecily sets out to catch the culprit before disaster strikes again...

Martha's Vineyard has been home to Victoria Trumbull for most of her 92 years. Its magic, history, and picture-perfect calm are part of her very being. But one evening, Victoria hears something that doesn't quite belong -- a scream followed by a splash and the sound of a car speeding...  more

Martha's Vineyard has been home to Victoria Trumbull for most of her 92 years. Its magic, history, and picture-perfect calm are part of her very being. But one evening, Victoria hears something that doesn't quite belong -- a scream followed by a splash and the sound of a car speeding away. That night, a mutilated body is discovered on the outgoing tide. With her granddaughter Elizabeth, Domingo the harbormaster, a swarm of Island locals, and a few mysterious visitors, Victoria manages to get in a good bit of detective work -- while still finding time to cook her traditional Saturday night supper of Boston baked beans. She even concocts a scheme to trap the killer, but she'll need to act quickly -- victim number two has just been found.

Murder and blackmail amid the ruins of antebellum splendor . . . Someone is making a killing in real estate. Meet Bay Tanner, the high-powered financial consultant whose world was paradise until she witnessed her husband's horrific murder. Wounded and grieving, she retreats to her hideaway on...  more

Murder and blackmail amid the ruins of antebellum splendor . . . Someone is making a killing in real estate. Meet Bay Tanner, the high-powered financial consultant whose world was paradise until she witnessed her husband's horrific murder. Wounded and grieving, she retreats to her hideaway on Hilton Head Island. Then a cry for help forces her back to reality. Can she ignore the plight of her "old money" friends and family whose unwitting involvement in a shadowy land scheme may lead them to financial disaster . . . or worse? And what does all this have to do with Rob's murder? When a body is discovered floating near the ruins of an old plantation house, Bay is forced to confront these questions and admit that one thing is certain--someone is making a killing in real estate. In this debut novel, Wall explores the ongoing conflict between the explosive resort developments in South Carolina and the preservationists determined to protect the barrier islands. Beneath a façade of Southern gentility, Bay Tanner exposes a tangled web of drugs, deceit and extortion.

The fourteenth book in the popular Alice Nestleton series features the amateur sleuth on a murderer's trail. Housesitting in the Hamptons turns deadly when an aspiring poet is killed and Alice is the prime suspect! Follow her investigation as she struggles to clear her name and uncover he real...  more

The fourteenth book in the popular Alice Nestleton series features the amateur sleuth on a murderer's trail. Housesitting in the Hamptons turns deadly when an aspiring poet is killed and Alice is the prime suspect! Follow her investigation as she struggles to clear her name and uncover he real killer!

The maiden voyage of "the most expensive ocean liner ever built" provides the glitzy backdrop for Allen's (Murder in Vegas) latest wisecracking whodunit featuring himself and his wife, Jayne Meadows. Also aboard are a walk-on cast of droppable names and additional celebrities...  more

The maiden voyage of "the most expensive ocean liner ever built" provides the glitzy backdrop for Allen's (Murder in Vegas) latest wisecracking whodunit featuring himself and his wife, Jayne Meadows. Also aboard are a walk-on cast of droppable names and additional celebrities thinly disguised as fictional characters (e.g., Princess Mudgie, an appealing mix of Di and Fergie). The Atlantis is owned by the wealthy Wilmingtons, whose entire business empire will sink if this risky attempt to restore "old-fashioned, luxury sea travel between America and Europe" fails. And well it may, given the assorted murders that occur (by skeet shotgun, drowning, ice pick and poisoned Courvoisier); a frantic search for a secret cargo of "shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles"; and a fierce storm that knocks out the ship's power. Through it all, Steve not only has the hard-pressed passengers laughing but also solves the murders. And through it all the Allens keep the sea-breezy plot whipping along.

LIGHTS, CAMERA...MURDER! Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows can't refuse the offer that's just landed in their laps: guest-starring on the hit new detective series, Hawaiian Wave. Even better, they'll get to act opposite their friend Billy Markham, TV's hottest new star. But...  more

LIGHTS, CAMERA...MURDER! Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows can't refuse the offer that's just landed in their laps: guest-starring on the hit new detective series, Hawaiian Wave. Even better, they'll get to act opposite their friend Billy Markham, TV's hottest new star. But Billy's casting call has an ulterior motive. The heartthrob claims he's had some heart-stopping scares, courtesy of a secret stalker -- and he needs the droll detective duo to look into it. No sooner are Steve and Jayne ensconced in their luxury suite at the Royal Hawaiian when someone tampers with the brakes on Billy's car. But the tide really turns when the body of a Hawaiian Wave executive is found floating off the shores of Hanauma Bay. When a second corpse turns up, it becomes clear that a brilliantly conceived murder plot is being played out...off camera. From the struggling co-star who'd kill for a big break to the stuntman who knows every dangerous trick of the trade, someone is trying to upstage Billy to death and rewrite Steve and Jayne's Hawaiian escapade into a deadly real-life adventure. Now it's up to the savvy sleuths to discover who's moonlighting as a murderer -- before they're both cut out of the script for good.

Southern belle BeBe Loudermilk loses all her worldly possessions thanks to a brief but disastrous relationship with the gorgeous Reddy, an "investment counselor" who turns out to be a con man. All that's left is a ramshackle 1950s motor court on Tybee Island?an eccentric beach town that calls...  more

Southern belle BeBe Loudermilk loses all her worldly possessions thanks to a brief but disastrous relationship with the gorgeous Reddy, an "investment counselor" who turns out to be a con man. All that's left is a ramshackle 1950s motor court on Tybee Island?an eccentric beach town that calls itself a drinking village with a fishing problem. Breeze Inn is a place where the very classy BeBe wouldn't normally be caught dead but, with no alternative, she moves into the manager's unit, vowing to make magic out of mud. The work is grueling, especially dealing with the cantankerous caretaker, a fishing captain named Harry who's trying to earn enough dough to get his boat out of hock. With the help of Harry and BeBe's junking friend Weezie, she soon has the motel spiffed up and attracting paying guests. Then there's a sighting of Reddy in Fort Lauderdale, and BeBe decides to go after him. She puts together a posse, and with the irrepressible Granddaddy Loudermilk snoring in the backseat of the Buick, heads south. The plan is to carry out a sting that may be just a little bit outside the law but that, with any luck at all, will retrieve BeBe's fortune and put the dastardly Reddy in jail where he belongs. And maybe Harry, who's looking more hunky every day, will finally get his boat back.

Archaeologist Toby Glendower and anthropologist Penny Spring are vacationing in Turkey when Penny finds a dead body in the ruined theater she's visiting. But when she returns with the police, there's no body--and the police chief thinks she's lying. But when Toby finds a different...  more

Archaeologist Toby Glendower and anthropologist Penny Spring are vacationing in Turkey when Penny finds a dead body in the ruined theater she's visiting. But when she returns with the police, there's no body--and the police chief thinks she's lying. But when Toby finds a different body, the situation changes dramatically.

Lori Shepherd is no stranger to trouble and intrigue. But when Bill, her high-profile attorney husband, receives a number of chilling death threats aimed at his family, danger hits close to home. With Scotland Yard on the case, Bill decides to send Lori and their five-year-old twins to the...  more

Lori Shepherd is no stranger to trouble and intrigue. But when Bill, her high-profile attorney husband, receives a number of chilling death threats aimed at his family, danger hits close to home. With Scotland Yard on the case, Bill decides to send Lori and their five-year-old twins to the safety of a remote island off the coast of Scotland. There, another mystery begins to unfold-Lori suspects that the locals on the island are making a fortune running an illegal smuggling operation. What else could explain their luxurious lifestyles? But after finding a human skull washed up on the beach, Lori fears something even more sinister is going on. With Aunt Dimity's help, Lori begins to piece together the clues, unaware of the growing danger on the island. Will the murderous threats against her family finally catch up with her?

Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove, Maine's acclaimed mystery writer, finds herself in treacherous waters when a dream voyage on the transatlantic luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 becomes a nightmare journey into danger. Jessica has accepted an offer that seems too good to be true. All she has to...  more

Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove, Maine's acclaimed mystery writer, finds herself in treacherous waters when a dream voyage on the transatlantic luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 becomes a nightmare journey into danger. Jessica has accepted an offer that seems too good to be true. All she has to do for a fabulous free trip on the QE2 is give a pair of lectures on the art of the mystery and script a play to entertain her fellow passengers. But when a legendary leading lady is slain, the drama turns deadly. Jessica barely has time for champagne and caviar as she sorts through suspects who include a TV mogul and his trophy wife, a famed Italian chef, a dashing mountain climber, the judge in a notorious California murder trial, and a boatload of other beautiful people with ugly secrets. When murder strikes again, Jessica must combine her sleuthing skills with her writing talents to craft the masterpiece of her mystery-solving career -- before the world's premier floating palace sinks in a sea of blood.

The fascinating hero of Nevada Barr's award-winning series, park ranger Anna Pigeon has brought an unyielding love of nature and sense of fair play to the mystery genre. Track of the Cat is the acclaimed novel that first introduced readers to Anna, as a woman looking for peace in the...  more

The fascinating hero of Nevada Barr's award-winning series, park ranger Anna Pigeon has brought an unyielding love of nature and sense of fair play to the mystery genre. Track of the Cat is the acclaimed novel that first introduced readers to Anna, as a woman looking for peace in the wilderness --- and finding murder instead. Patrolling the remote West Texas backcountry, Anna's first job as a national park ranger is marred by violence she thought she had left behind: the brutal death of a fellow ranger. When the cause of death is chalked up to a mountain lion attack, Anna's rage knows no bounds. It's up to her to save the protected cats from the politics and prejudices of the locals --- and prove the kill was the work of a species far less rare.

Taking a vacation in order to ride out the storm of a broken engagement, Constable Hamish Macbeth visits a bed-and-breakfast at coastal Skay, where he meets an annoying array of characters and finds himself the prime suspect in a murder.

When Police Constable Hamish Macbeth is offered a holiday at Jane Wetherby's "Happy Wanderer" health farm on the Isle of Eileencraig, he accepts. Unfortunately it is not the holiday he hoped for. When one of the guests, stuck-up Morag, is found dead, Hamish must solve the death of a snob.

Young, innocent Iris Cooper, awarded a round-the world cruise by her doting and wealthy Aunt Hermione, is on the final lap of her voyage home. Her travels have prepared her for many of the types she meets on board: participants in a Balkan political intrigue, a vampy screen star, a muck-raking...  more

Young, innocent Iris Cooper, awarded a round-the world cruise by her doting and wealthy Aunt Hermione, is on the final lap of her voyage home. Her travels have prepared her for many of the types she meets on board: participants in a Balkan political intrigue, a vampy screen star, a muck-raking writer for a tattle-tale publication; a professor given to lecturing on the mind of the criminal lunatic; a prince who wants to be a jazz pianist. But she is not prepared for a murder. The captain recruits a reluctant Iris to take shorthand notes during the investigation, and soon Iris is on the trail of a dangerous murderer.

These unique crossword mysteries (with puzzles included) have earned a large and enthusiastic following. Now crossword editor Belle Graham and P.I. Rosco Polycrates star in five stories from the bestselling author...