Grantchester “Duke” Ducaine was born and raised by a master thief to be a master criminal. He and his older sister Ginny were trained relentlessly in not only how to break locks, bypass alarms and plan heists, but also in how to shoot guns and fight dirty. A thorough college and cultural education helped polish…

The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes Everyone knows that moms have eyes in the back of their heads when it comes to their children, but does that also apply to soon-to-be mothers trying to solve a murder? Pick up The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes for a charming debut mystery full of wit, a rambunctious…

Remi Finch is dreading her parents’ upcoming wedding anniversary celebrations. Not only will the festivities involve camping in the woods – not the natural habitat of someone like herself, who very much prefers to be indoors – but she’ll have to hang out with her two older sisters, whom she feels spent her entire childhood…

From the moment this book’s point of view switches over to that of the pony at the heart of the dual narrative, I was deeply in love: I am a pony. But not just any pony. I am a pony who is bent on revenge. I am the Iago of ponies, a furry Fury. I…

As I read Karla’s Choice, a famous quote from The Godfather reverberated in my head: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part III. George Smiley, of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold fame, is retired and living in Oxford, no longer one of…

One October can be a summer month in South Georgia. Temperatures in the nineties, leaves still green and locked onto the trees; humidity so thick that a small fish could swim in it. And the gnats were everywhere. I’d forgotten about the gnats. I left my bags in the beat-up old Fiat I sometimes referred…

One Wednesday, 21 June 1815 3 Bruton Place Mayfair, London, England The four o’clock hour of the morning The damning words folded in on themselves as the paper crumpled in Lady Petra’s fist. Flames danced merrily in the fireplace until one log split under the crushing heat, sparks flying like the spitting of an angry…

Plum and Cherry have been best friends ever since growing up in the same Canadian trailer park together, even giving each other nicknames after the streets they lived on. But then Cherr’s dad hit the patent jackpot and moved her family away to a wealthier part of Port Dalhousie. Perhaps more fatally for the girls’…

Columbia Jones is living every writer’s dream. An acclaimed author of blockbuster bestsellers, she’s wrapping up the tour for her latest novel in Denver, Colorado, while surrounded by adoring fans. When one figure in the audience of her book talk abruptly stands up to leave, however, she falters and faints. Later, she and her people…

Losing his parents sent York College student Billy Anderson into a tailspin. Even though he eventually managed to pull himself together, he can’t help still feeling haunted by their senseless deaths. His dad was a cautious driver but had suddenly veered off the road to crash into a tree near their hometown of Sudbury, Pennsylvania,…