P.I. Bill Smith is sent on a high-stakes chase when an electronically modified voice on his cell phone informs him that Lydia Chin, his occasional partner, has been kidnapped. Now, if Bill wants...

Thief John Dortmunder is caught in a game he never wanted to play. He musters his always-game gang for a perilous treasure hunt for a long-lost gold and jewel-studded chess set once intended as a...

Before they pull the job, Dortmunder's crew is startled to find their beloved gin joint, the OJ, in the clutches of the Mafia. Now, Dortmunder and his gang are determined to split their time,...

Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are alerted to a string of unrelated burglaries across Vermont. Someone, in addition to flatscreens, computers, and stereos, has...

There isn't a woman in town who's immune to the legendary Chandler charm. So far single cop Rick Chandler has managed to fend off the marriage-minded advances of Yorkshire Falls' entire female...

Most personal and organizational problems are the result of a little-known phenomenon called "self-deception." We deceive ourselves into thinking we're doing the right thing for the right reason,...

A value-priced collection containing two of Dashiell Hammett's most legendary hardboiled detective novels. THE THIN MAN: Introducing Nick and Nora Charles, New York’s coolest crime-solving...

Private detective Bill Smith is hurtled headlong into the most provocative - and personal - case of his career when he receives a chilling late-night phone call from the NYPD, who is holding his...

Edgar Award nominee! In Long Island, a farmer found a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys playing at a pier discovered a floating human torso wrapped tightly in...

Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of stories. Bad Dirt is filled with the vivid characters for which Proulx has become known. In The Contest, the...

Racing through the backwoods of Massachusetts and on the verge of being taken down for one of the biggest and most disastrous bank heists the state has ever seen, Parker runs right into the barrel...

Chase Chandler is head of the town newspaper, a role he took over when his father died, sacrificing any hopes and dreams he had for himself. But when his mother falls seriously ill, Chase realizes...