The Tracker encounters his old friend Geoffrey Chaucer while on a case for the Archbishop of Canterbury in this “murderous spin on The Canterbury Tales” (Kirkus Reviews).
Hartmann argues that the middle class is not the natural consequence of a free market based economy, but rather, the intended result of policies put into place to maximize the public good. Unfortunately, he maintains, the American middle class is on its deathbed.
Whatever the crime, whatever the pursuit, whatever the mood—from the tragic and horrifying to the ribald and bittersweet, these wide-ranging tales of menace and comedy offer ample proof that “in the short story, as well as the novel, Graham Greene is the master” (The New York Times).
Fiction, Classics, Short Stories & Anthologies, Literary Fiction
Detective C.D. Sloan is called to investigate a mysterious death in a Tudor-era maze at Aumerle Court. As strange events unfold, including a slaughtered rabbit left at the bishop's door, Sloan and his reluctant partner, Constable Crosby, must untangle a web of secrets with more twists than the maze itself.
In Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young Catholic sister who has left her convent after five of her nursing home patients died unexpectedly. Has the nun created a smoke screen to justify abandoning her vocation—or has she stumbled onto something very sinister that places her own life in danger?
Newly arrived from New Zealand and in need of funds, Martyn Tarne takes a job as a dresser to the Vulcan Theater’s leading lady. Along with a paycheck, this also provides her with a ringside seat to the backstage circus—and the eventual murder that occurs on opening night. Inspector Alleyn is soon called to solve the case and put a stop to all the drama...
“The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.” —Times Literary Supplement
A savvy female computer expert at the world’s largest bank plans the perfect heist in this “intriguing and well-written” thriller from the #1 international bestselling author of The Eight (The Washington Post).
“After reading this hard-to-put down thriller, you may put all your money in your mattress.” —Los Angeles Daily News
You’re not messy—you just organize differently. Learn to make your natural habits work for you with this bestseller by the host of HGTV’s Hot Mess House.
When Teresa was little, she dreamed of dark-eyed, fearless heroes on white horses. But as she negotiates adult life, she is learning that fairy tales don’t always come true—and passion isn’t always the stuff of dreams—in this “sexually charged...almost hypnotic” tale (Publishers Weekly).
The mother of a special needs son forms a bond with an imprisoned reporter that will transform their lives in this stunning novel from the bestselling author.
A young girl’s disappearance rocks a community and a family, in this stirring examination of grief, faith, justice, and the atrocities of war, the latest from literary legend Joyce Carol Oates
DI Tessa Marsden has a double murder on her hands. With the input of Kat and Mouse, can she solve the case before another body appears? Meanwhile, the agency has been asked to track down the long lost son of Ewan Barker. Will Kat, Mouse and Doris find him and reunite him with his father? This might just be their toughest investigation yet…
