C. J. Critt

A youth trip turns deadly, and Chief of Police Arly Hanks must catch the killer while serving as chaperone, in this hilarious small-town mystery. Arly Hanks has caught all sorts of killers since she returned home to Maggody, Arkansas, population 759, but she's never tangled with anyone as devious as the local youth group. While chaperoning a trip to Camp Pearly Gates, Arly watches the kids as closely as she would any hardened criminal, but when teenagers...

When an executed murderer's fingerprints turn up at a new crime scene, Kay Scarpetta investigates. Prepare for the kind of riveting suspense this best-selling author delivers so well.

At 44, Eve Mozell has a wonderful husband and a creative job. She also has a temperamental teenage son, two headstrong sisters, and a demented old father. As she deals with her family's frequent crises, her days overflow with lengthy phone calls. She is never far from a dial tone. But as her father begins to die, Eve is tempted to disconnect and to sort out her feelings for this difficult man. Delia Ephron's balance between warm humor and sharp wit...

Fashion stylist and occasional sleuth Dallas O'Connor must try to discover who is turning a big-budget photo shoot into a venue for murder, and soon, the big blonde Texan with a flair for fashion is faced with a wealth of suspects, from bickering designers to a lingerie model, and she must race against time to catch a killer before she becomes the next victim.

Fairies play a large role in the lives of Prince Saphir, Serpentine and their families. The fairies place magical mirrors in the rooms of both the young boy and the young girl, enchanted so that each youth gazes upon the other. Saphir discovers a little frog that leads him on a series of adventures that eventually lead to a happy ending once he has proved himself honest and worthy. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy...

#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this classic forensic thriller. Little Emily Steiner left a church meeting late one afternoon and strolled toward home along a lakeside path; a week later, her nude body was discovered, bound in blaze-orange duct tape. Called by the North Carolina authorities, forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta recognizes similarities to the gruesome...

Best-selling author Linda Barnes sets her gripping P.I. Carlotta Carlyle mysteries-including Cold Case-on the mean streets of Boston, where blackmail, cover-ups, and murder abound. In this entry, Carlotta's allegedly unfaithful fiance disappears right after his supposed mistress turns up dead.

Best-selling author Linda Barnes' witty private eye, Carlotta Carlyle, approaches challenging assignments in proper Boston with savvy and compassion. In Cold Case, a decades-old missing person case turns red-hot, threatening Carlotta's composure and a Massachusetts political race. A mysterious client comes to Carlotta secretly with a wild tale: he has obtained parts of a recently written novel by Thea Janis, the literary sensation who disappeared...

Award-winning author Joan Hess packs mayhem, outrageous characters, and hijinks into this rollicking mystery set in rural Arkansas. Beleaguered chief of police Arly Hanks has her hands full when modern technology moves into small town Maggody, bringing with it controversy and murder. Maggody's high school has a new computer lab. Folks are calling the internet the Devil's workshop, but the adult computer class is filling up. Soon friends are exchanging...

The Dallas O'Connor Mystery series, starring a savvy and sassy fashion stylist from deep in the heart of Texas, is a hit with critics and fans. Dallas arrives for a photo shoot only to find the model dead and Raul the photographer holding a knife. When Raul takes off, Dallas is suddenly the prime suspect. She'll have to go on the run to prove her innocence. This wild ride is filled with eccentric characters.