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Before she went to prison, Alison Kidd was the best thief in the city. But Ali has changed. All she wants now is to clean up her act and work in her brother Dean's restaurant. She never wants to go back inside. On the day she gets out, Dean is supposed to pick her up. But he never shows. Ali makes her way to Dean's apartment and uses her unique skill set to let herself in. Dean is missing. After some investigation, Ali discovers that he was kidnapped...

The brutal murder of a Shakespearean actress from the Globe Theatre in London kicks off a new search for Jack the Ripper. He's back and it will take the Shakespearean scholar Dr. Arden James and American student Charlie Leder, to piece together the clues from Shakespeare's plays and English cult lore as more bodies appear. The clues are as labyrinthine as the back streets of London. The men shrouded in robes and secrets seem to be helping but their...

Reilly Heartwood, a famous country singer, is dead. His sister doesn't recognize the dead man's body. The local reverend has refused to permit burial. Reilly's death is ruled a suicide. And no one has bothered to investigate. What the hell is going on here? That's what Shep Harrington, a 32-year-old divorced and disbarred lawyer, wants to know, and can't quite answer. The deeper he probes, the more he's drawn into reconstructing the final minutes...

Dion Maggioli is young, attractive, and poised to inherit his grandfather's garlic growing empire. Chavonne Occhipinti is the daughter of a dominant vineyard owner, but Daddy's little girl holds her own in the board room. The pair would be one of Silicon Valley's elite power couples if it weren't for two things: They've kept their relationship a secret. And now Dion's dead. The Mobfoolery series continues when bumbling mobsters Dom and Pauly...

BJ Gleeson is sitting at a South Jersey bar with his new girlfriend when an old woman totters in and sits down next to them. Crying and mumbling, she opens a small box to show a bloodied severed finger. "It's my daughter!" she sobs. Follow Gleeson, a divorced family man and washed up baseball player turned teacher and amateur detective, as this event catapults him into a labyrinth of bizarre murders (which could be historical, gang related, or cult...

In the second month of his year-long sabbatical in 1999, newspaper editor Tim Brown finds himself facing a collection of conundrums (conundra?). Something is up with his Aunt Stella, the powerful politician, something is amiss on a hiking trail, and something is not quite up to snuff with a junior reporter. All is very curious.

The Solve-It-Yourself Mystery MEGAPACK® presents 123 Mysteries you can read in a minute (or two) - and try to solve yourself! (Just turn to the next page for the solution.) Hours of great fun for the mystery buff!

A talented amateur sleuth takes on a locked-room murder in this golden age whodunit set in a gloomy, forbidding castle. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor was found in the castle stabbed to death in her bedroom - but the room was locked from within and the windows were barred. The culprit leaves only one clue, left on the floor next to Mary's body. Who's got the right theory for the murder, and can it be proven before the wrong person is arrested?...

A dairy farmer drowns in his own livestock waste lagoon. This suspicious death draws lobbyist Sandy Dalton into investigating the ultimately, dangerous world of farmers, environmentalists, and their complex legislative politics.

After the stunning ending to their adventures in Family Matters, Jason and Daniel are determined to spend the remainder of the summer relaxing and kicking back. Now that Jason and Daniel have pledged to go steady with their girl friends, Laura and Diana, they discover that they have new obligations and personal issues to deal with. Jason is eager to play interleague basketball with his friend Chauncey and his other A-List team members. But new complications...