Mystery/Suspense/Thriller from I Cannot Live Without Books

Mermaid Confidential (Serge Storms Series, Book #25) by Tim Dorsey THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. Serge A. Storms and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, have decided to pump the brakes and live on island time. After years of manic road-tripping across their beloved Sunshine State, the irrepressible anti-heroes drop anchor in the Florida Keys to study… Read more about this item

The Pint of No Return (Sloan Krause Series, Book #2) by Ellie Alexander THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. No other festival compares to Oktoberfest in Leavenworth, Washington. The whole town is buzzing with excitement over this year's activities and eagerly awaiting Nitro's latest offering -- the Cherry Weizen, made with locally sourced cherries. But local brewmaster… Read more about this item

Death at High Tide (Island Sisters Series, Book #1) by Hannah Dennison THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. When Evie Mead's husband, Robert, suddenly drops dead of a heart attack, a mysterious note is found among his possessions. It indicates that Evie may own the rights to a crumbling hotel on Tregarrick Rock, one of the Isles… Read more about this item

If It Bleeds by Stephen King Readers adore Stephen King's novels, and his short stories are their own dark treat, briefer but just as impactful and enduring as his longer fiction. Different Seasons, the knowckout King collection featuring "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" and "The Body" (made into the movies The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me), was published nearly forty… Read more about this item

Fairy Tale by Stephen King Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself -- and his dad. When Charlie… Read more about this item

The Breakers (Sharon McCone Series, Book #33) by Marcia Muller THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. Sharon gets a request from her former neighbors, the Curleys. Their usually dependable daughter, Chelle, hasn't answered their calls in over a week. Would Sharon check on her? Chelle, a house flipper, has been living at her latest rehab project: a Prohibition-era… Read more about this item

The Case of the Wandering Scholar (Laetitia Rodd Series, Book #2) by Kate Saunders THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. In 1851, private detective Laetitia Rodd is enjoying a well-earned holiday when she gets an urgent request for her services. Mrs. Rodd's neighbor Jacob Welland is a reclusive, rich gentleman dying of consumption, and he wants Mrs.… Read more about this item

A Deception at Thornecrest (Amory Ames Series, Book #7) by Ashley Weaver THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. Amory Ames is alone at her country house, Thornecrest, enjoying her last few weeks of peace and quiet as she prepares for the imminent arrival of her baby. Her husband, Milo, is in London on business, and Amory is… Read more about this item

The Color of Fear (Sharon McCone Series, Book #32) by Marcia Muller THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. When a knock on the door in the middle of the night wakes Sharon, she's whooly unprepared for the horrifying news: her father has been the victim of a vicious, racially motivated attack. A nationally recognized Shoshone artist, Elwood had… Read more about this item

The God in the Sea (Aristotle Socarides Series, Book #9) by Paul Kemprecos The winter job as a mate aboard a charter boat in the Florida Keys was going to be a financial boom for fisherman-diver and private detective Aristotle "Soc" Socarides. But The Fates who spin the threads of destiny had woven a tapestry of their own design. Soc may have… Read more about this item

Grey Lady (Aristotle Socarides Series, #7) by Paul Kemprecos The shiny new charter fishing boat financed with family money was supposed to launch a bright new career for Cape Cod fisherman, diver, and private investigator Aristotle "Soc" Socarides. But when the slip of a beer-oiled tongue brings the ire of a Russian KGB mogul down on his head, Soc finds himself… Read more about this item

Bluefin Blues by Paul Kemprecos (Aristotle "Soc" Socarides Series, #6) by Paul Kemprecos Off the coast of Cape Cod, a Japanese bluefin tuna buyer is found dead on another man's boat, a harpoon shot through his chest. The dead man's grandfather, a Japanese fishing tycoon, seeks out part-time private investigator Aristotle "Soc" Socarides to find those responsible for his grandson's death.… Read more about this item

The Mayflower Murder (Aristotle Socarides Series, #5) by Paul Kemprecos Three centuries after the Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock, some Indians are still on the warpath. So when a workman is tomahawked to death at the replica of a three-hundred-year-old Pilgrim village, suspicion falls on Joe Quint, the Native American activist whose threats to hammer Plymouth Rock into gravel have… Read more about this item

Feeding Frenzy (Aristotle Socarides Series, #4) by Paul Kemprecos So much for a quiet summer...... For Aristotle "Soc" Socarides, diver, Cape Cod fisherman, and sometime private investigator, summer on Quanset Beach can have its irritations. The throngs of pushy tourists who converge on the town turn everyday events into headaches, and the heat and humidity make fishing expeditions grueling tests of endurance.… Read more about this item

Killing Icarus by Paul Kemprecos Art historian Abi Vickers has hit the proverbial wall. Her husband ran off with his secretary, leaving Abi in financial ruin from his bad investments. Her galleries, her reputation, and her apartment in Boston's toney South End have been ripped from her life by an unforgiving legal system. When an old mentor offers her a temporary job… Read more about this item

Under the Dome by Stephen King On a beautiful fall day, the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and rain down flaming wreckage. Cars explode on impact. Families are separated and panic mounts. No one can fathom what this impenetrable… Read more about this item

Death in Deep Water (Aristotle Socarides Series, Book #3) by Paul Kemprecos Aristotle Plato ("Soc") Socarides has got a business card as unusual as his name: he's a private investigator, a diver, and a fisherman operating out of Cape Cod. But he's definitely got the perfect resume when the owners of a marine park, desperately need someone to prove that a… Read more about this item

Neptune's Eye (Aristotle Socarides Series, Book #2) by Paul Kemprecos A simple missing-persons case: Find Frederick Walther's beautiful young daughter, who disappeared after a love affair turned sour. Simple, that is, until Leslie Walther's lover turns up dead in a fishy place -- the seal pool at the Woods Hole aquarium. Part-time fisherman, part-time private eye "Soc" Socarides finds the highy… Read more about this item

Cool Blue Tomb (Aristotle Socarides Series, Book #1) by Paul Kemprecos A 50-million-dollar salvage operation. An expert diver dead at the bottom of the sea. An elegant mermaid in a black Porsche -- and an open invitation to dip into the troubled waters of her marriage. Cape Cod's Aristotle "Soc" Socarides, part-time fisherman, part-time private eye, is swimming with the sharks.… Read more about this item

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King In the predawn hours, in a distressed American city, hundreds of unemployed men and women line up for the opening of a job fair. They are tired and cold and desperate. Emerging from the fog, invisible until it is too late, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent,… Read more about this item