Years after his successes as an assassin and a mobster enabled his influential acceptance by the Dragonlords, Empire, and Jenoine, Vlad Taltos endeavors to acqure a god-made artifact that will help him execute a lucrative con.

"In Athyra, Vlad finds he's ready to retire himself and his jhereg companions, but the biggest hitters of the House of the Jhereg have something else in mind. In Orca, Vlad must repay a debt to a boy who saved his life-even if it means breaking a financial scandal big enough to bring down the House of the Orca, and possibly the entire Empire..." -- Cover.

The Body in the Cast, the fifth volume in Katherine Hall Page's cozy mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild

Hollywood has come to town — and Faith Fairchild has to feed it! Hired to cater meals for the movie crew that is filming a modern-day version of The Scarlet Letter in the tiny New England village of Aleford, Faith is eager to treat the talented tantrum-throwers to the best of her

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A collection of eighteen classic Golden Age short stories from "the best of mystery writers"-with a tribute by Agatha Christie (The New Yorker). Acclaimed by critics and her peers, Margery Allingham was one of the finest writers of her day, crafting fiction that challenged readers' crime-solving skills and kept them on the edge of their seats. Foul play, mystery, and the macabre set the stage for unforgettable characters who struggled with the...

Kristyn is a ballerina who dreams of dancing the perfect dance. When she steps into a pair of magical pink shoes, she is swept into the world of her favorite ballet--and she is the star!

Mr. and Mrs. Tibbetts pop into a pub for lunch but get served a murder case in this novel with "all the proper ingredients for a cozy whodunit" (The New York Times). What could be more delightful than a long-forgotten relative who dies and leaves you a tidbit in his will? How about if that tidbit is in fact a charming country pub, and that pub is now yours-lock, stock, and barrels of beer? Susan Gardiner is delighted, even when it becomes...

There's one corpse too many in this ingenious mystery featuring husband-and-wife sleuth duo PI Rosco Polycrates and crossword editor Belle Graham The residents of the bucolic Massachusetts hamlet are up in arms. A developer has bought the sprawling Quigley homestead, and his construction crew is causing a ruckus digging up the land. The noise stops abruptly when a female skeleton is found buried in the garden. Hired to find out who killed Jane Doe-and...

"In this delicious new collection of five short stories and one novella, [Leslie Budewitz] takes us further into the heart of Jewel Bay--from the playhouse to the Merc, from funerals to food festivals--with equal parts humor, suspense, and compassion, and no shortage of murder to spice up the menu"--Provided by publisher.

From an Edgar award–winning British crime novelist, an Inspector Castang thriller that "has it all-politics, sex, metaphysics" (The New York Times). It's a quiet night at the Police Judiciare in Detective Castang's provincial corner of France when a prominent politician stumbles in, claiming he was in a car accident he can barely recall, with a passenger who is his mistress-and is very likely dead. But when the unorthodox inspector's astute investigation...

Being flat comes in handy when you're looking for hiding places-but is there any place to hide from a big swarm of bumblebees?   On a hot summer day, Flat Stanley and his friends have lots of fun backyard games to play. Stanley's flatness comes in handy, especially on the slippy slide and during games of hide-and-seek. But when the fun disrupts a beehive, can Stanley save his buddies before the bees get them? Beginning readers will love how Flat...