Mystery & Thriller

The kidnapping of a businessman in broad daylight from a street on the Upper East Side draws forensic specialist Lincoln Rhyme and NYPD detective Amelia Sachs into the case of The Composer, a myste

“debut effort . . . ultimately not worth your time.”

William Brodrick was an Augustinian friar before leaving the order to become a lawyer and a novelist.

“Stevens certainly raises the bar . . .”

“some thrills, some chills, and a interesting look into little-known Florida history . . . along with some touches of madness and possession . . .”

David Morrell has been called “the father of the modern action novel.” During his long career he has written more than 30 books, among them the spy thriller The Brotherhood of the Rose and

Henry Chang’s crime novel Lucky marks the fifth appearance of New York Police Department Detective Jack Yu.

“the best example of the hardboiled crime noir novel . . .”

“Celine is the portrait of a remarkable woman: a plausible super-granny with endearing panache who helps heal broken hearts and wounded souls.”

"Faye’s prose seduces readers . . ."

Writer Michael Sims, on a recent New York Times Book Review podcast, called Sherlock Holmes the “first modern super hero.”

Forget the ubiquitous British bulldog: spider-eyelashed girls, mini skirts riding ever upward, were liberation’s new logo in Swinging Sixties England.