A chilling selection of ghost tales by Scottish writers from the early 18th century to the 21st century.

"A wonderful read for anyone who enjoys feeling the hairs rise on the back of their neck." —Undiscovered Scotland

Eleven-year-old Danny Stone is snatched on his way home from school, bundled into the back of a van, and driven to a remote, deserted farmhouse. A ransom demand leads to secrets revealed, in this twisting crime suspense from the author of The Victim.

A stunning breakout novel from the beloved author of the Carlotta Carlyle mystery series. Linda Barnes slowly winds the strings tighter and tighter, leading the reader ever more deeply into the lives of her characters with pitch-perfect pacing and mesmerizing prose.

"Hooked from the first chapter, Linda Barnes’ The Perfect Ghost makes me wonder what the hell I’ve been doing all these years not reading Linda Barnes." —Lisa Lutz, New York Times bestselling author

Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author 

Greg Bear describes the final days of the world on both a massive, scientific scale and in the everyday, emotional context of individual lives in this doomsday masterpiece. Some can escape the planet in time, but who will get left behind to experience the last moments of beauty and chaos on Earth?

“Stands far above most examples of ‘doomsday’ science fiction.” —Library Journal

A rich and exuberant group biography of the early geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history.

Sarah Miller, a widow moving to Cunningham Village, finds solace in new friendships and quilting. Trouble ensues when the Tuesday Night Quilters plan an antique quilt show, leading Sarah and her friend Sophie to unravel a mystery, putting Sarah in peril.

Hugo and Nebula Award–Winning Author

Exiled from their planet, humans unite with one alien race in the fight against another in this “provocative and entertaining follow-up” to The Forge of God (Publishers Weekly).

A member of an exclusive London club has been poisoned. Craigie assigns his best agent, Devenish, to find the truth. But what Devenish finds isn’t a clear-cut case of homicide, but a mad masquerade of murder, larceny, and deceit of the highest order.

A man is found dead in his locked study with a fired pistol—and his daughter is out to prove it wasn’t suicide, but murder.

“Ellery Queen clearly is, after Poe, the most important American in mystery fiction.” —Otto Penzler

A woman’s fiancé may be guilty of more than winning her heart in this classic whodunit from the bestselling mystery writer known as the American Agatha Christie.

“[Rinehart’s] literary distinction lies in the combination of love, humor and murder that she wove into her tales...She helped the mystery story grow up.” —The New York Times

New York Times bestselling author

Miriam is a Saudi princess promised to another. Seth is a certified genius with a head full of numbers.

Cultures collide when they find themselves thrown together as fugitives in a high-stakes chase across Southern California. 

A romantic suspense writer finds herself trapped in the plots of her own books in this sexy thriller from the New York Times bestselling author.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of North and South, the first in a saga about a German immigrant and his family’s rise in 20th-century America.

“Chock-full of fascinating period detail, [Jakes’s] captivating story brings to life the sounds, smells and tastes of turn-of-the-century America.” —Publishers Weekly

New York Times bestselling author

A vampire turns Los Angeles into a city of the dead in this novel by the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Swan Song.

"[McCammon] pays tribute to masters of the genre and raises the standards for the craft a notch or two." —Publishers Weekly