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An intriguing 19th Century historical mystery.
July, 1829. When a female corpse dressed in male clothing is discovered lying in a haystack and a man in white robes is reported fleeing from the scene, rumours abound that the legendary 'Devil's Monk' is responsible for the crime. It's up to Constable Thomas Potts to prove otherwise before hysteria engulfs the town.
Three separate families. Three different tales of loss. But a tangled thread binds them together . . .
Three distant households - one in Scotland, one in the north of England and one in the south - have known the pain of losing a loved one. But it takes the suspicious death of Martin Petrie, a stranger from the Scottish Borders killed in a hit and run, to untangle the threads that will draw them together, with far-reaching and fatal results.
Mark Richmond is up in Scotland getting to know the Crawford family, but the health of his father-in-law, Peter Kingsley, is deteriorating in England. As Peter continues to struggle, it seems the Richmonds and the Kingsleys are inextricably entwined by the sins of their fathers - sins that will ultimately lead to tragedy.
The new mayor of a small town in Illinois unearths a series of devastating secrets when he re-opens a 30-year-old murder investigation.
17-year-old Betty Jo Dean was abducted and murdered thirty years ago. It took two days to find her body, shot in the back of the head. No one was ever charged with her murder. Now, new mayor Mac Bassett has re-opened the case. But when the body is exhumed, it is revealed that the skull, found loose in the coffin, does not belong to Betty Jo.
"There are times when a book just hits on all cylinders. This is one of those times."
"Fredrickson has created this powerful novel by freshening up genre standbys." - Booklist
A sensational mystery featuring Chicago private investigator Dek Elstrom.
Men are dying in Chicago. Rich men, powerful men, men who control the city. Dek Elstrom's ex-father-in-law, a major player in everything Chicago, is likely to be one of them. Dek's ex-wife persuades him to investigate, and Dek quickly learns that the man knows plenty - but will reveal nothing. Is he about to become a victim ... or is he the killer?
Someone is trying to frame Chicago private investigator Dek Elstrom for murder in the latest intriguing mystery.
It's election season in Cook County, Illinois - where the dead vote on who lives and who dies. A skeleton's hand spills out of an abandoned grain silo, aiming an axe at a candidate. A heavily-disguised woman hires PI Dek Elstrom to find men with no pasts - and one with no present. While he's away, someone dead comes calling to frame him for murder.
When he's offered an exorbitant fee to photograph a murder scene, PI Dek Elstrom doesn't ask too many questions. But his photos reveal something surprising: there's a witness to the murder, a tagger who's returned to the scene to paint what he saw. What is it the mysterious graffiti artist wants Elstrom to notice?
A petty criminal cannot escape his sordid past in this tough-edged crime novel.
Down-on-his-luck drifter Wycliffe has come to Los Angeles to scam his dying brother out of his estate. Then he meets a glamorous woman who offers him his first taste of the high life, and finds himself involved with a team of hustlers much more sophisticated and brutal than he is. Wycliffe suspects he's being set up. But for what?
Thrilling romantic suspense from a best-selling author.
A ringing phone in the middle of the night shakes newly-wed Sarah Fontaine awake. Expecting her husband's call from London, she hears instead an unfamiliar voice. Nick O'Hara from the US State Department is calling with devastating news: Geoffrey Fontaine, Sarah's husband of two months, died in a hotel fire, in Berlin. Convinced her husband is still alive, Sarah forces a confrontation with Nick that finds them criss-crossing Europe on a desperate search for Geoffrey that puts both their lives in terrible danger.
Guilty until proven innocent...
Miranda Wood arrives home to a dark, cold cottage - and a man, stabbed to death, lying in her bed. Miranda is the obvious suspect, and looks even guiltier when her bail is paid by an anonymous donor. As Miranda fights to clear her name, she unearths a murky history of blackmail, corruption and scandal. And as she gets closer to the truth, it's clear that someone else wants to kill Miranda - someone with a personal reason for wanting her out of the way.