Final Acts by Alex Abella
Attorney and cult expert Charlie Morell, the hero of Killing of the Saints is accused of a string of murders he did not commit and partners with Rita Carr, a beautiful Mexican-American lawyer, to clear his name and to find the vicious killer stalking women in California.

The Ghosts of Morning by Richard Barre
A mysterious and popular private eye with a deep, dark past, Wil Hardesty is the focus of a gritty novel in which the author plunges further into Wil's dark past to a distant place where murder and friendship collide.

The Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Murder Case by George Baxt
While 1939 Atlanta is gearing up for the premiere of Gone With the Wind, Hollywood is experiencing a series of kidnappings targeted at star babies, with the dashing Clark Gable and his glamorous wife Carole Lombard on the case.

Chalk Whispers by Paul Bishop
When the sister of an outspoken police commissioner is found murdered, Fey Croaker and the crew of the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide division turn up a list of high-profile suspects, an underground abused child protection ring, and links to an unsolved thirty-year-old killing implicating a powerful California Supreme Court nominee.

Goodnight, Irene by Jan Burke
When her closest friend, O'Connor, is killed by a bomb shortly before he was to solve a 1955 murder, Irene Kelly takes it upon herself to figure out who silenced her friend and why.

Thinning the Turkey Herd by Robert B. Campbell
Amateur sleuth Jimmy Flannery is recruited to find out who is killing the prettiest girls among Chicago's "turkey herd"--the yearly crop of aspiring models.

The Viking Funeral by Stephen J. Cannell
LAPD Sergeant Shane Scully discovers that his friend and colleague Jody Dean--who supposedly committed suicide two years previously--has joined a destructive group of rogue cops called the Vikings, who are determined to wreak havoc on the LAPD.

Tangled Roots by Taffy Cannon
When the heir to a California flower-growing dynasty is shot to death in his greenhouse, attorney-investigator Nan Robinson must juggle her job, her sister's high-risk pregnancy, and her well-intentioned but aggravating mother to learn the truth.

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder.

Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark
Hired to find a missing movie starlet, private investigator Regan Reilly finds her search taking her to such sites as a movie set, boutique wineries, and new-age cults, where she meets a host of colorful characters and experiences a range of misadventures.

Angel in Black by Max Allan Collins
In Los Angeles to help launch a West Coast branch of his detective agency, Chicago private detective Nathan Heller becomes caught up in the notorious Black Dahlia homicide when he discovers that the victim, Elizabeth Short, is a young woman whom he had known in Chicago and who had contacted him shortly before her death.

The Cadillac Cowboy by Michael Collins
An Edgar Award-winning author follows occasional private eye Langford "Ford" Morgan as he tangles with his ex-wife, who will stop at nothing to clear her son's name from the taint of a murder.

Blood Work by Michael Connelly
Eight weeks after a heart transplant saves his life, former FBI agent Terry McCaleb discovers that his new heart came from a murder victim, leading Terry to become involved in tracking down the killer.

Zen and the Art of Murder by Elizabeth Cosin
Tough Los Angeles private detective Zen Moses finds an unwelcome surprise over a glass of beer in her favorite bar, Father's Office, when she stumbles over the body of her murdered long-lost cousin.

L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
When P.I. Elvis Cole discovers that his partner, Joe Pike, was once the lover of a murdered woman, he finds himself going beyond normal investigative procedures and starts to pry into the very private realm of the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division.

L.A. Noir by James Ellroy
Arriving in 1963 Dallas, Vegas cop Wayne Tedrow Jr. becomes swept up in the cover-up conspiracy surrounding JFK's assassination, an event that marks the beginning of his association with Howard Hughes, the Klan, J. Edgar Hoover, Vietnam, and more.

Dim Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer
Hollywood party planner Madeline Bean and her partner, Wesley Westcott, set out to create the most extraordinary Chinese New Year banquet, but the event becomes complicated when one of the guests turns up dead among the mah-jongg tiles and Wesley stumbles upon a mysterious treasure while restoring a historic mansion.

Sleeping Bones by Katherine V. Forrest
Los Angeles's Kate Delafield, a lesbian homicide detective, returns to investigate a murder at the La Brea Tar Pits that spirals into a dangerous case involving scientific revelations, political corruption, and the CIA.

Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler
Thirty-four-year-old widow Benni Harper takes a job as curator of the San Celina folk art museum only to find herself embroiled in the murder of an artist and small-town intrigues that shed new light on her own late husband's death.

Death in Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani
A femme fatale asks mystery buff and amateur sleuth Ken Tanaka to take on a case for her--which he does on a lark--but he soon finds himself involved in a murder in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.

Anonymous Rex by Eric Garcia
A down-on-his-luck L.A. private investigator--who also happens to be a dinosaur--explains how the dinosaurs faked their extinction millions of years ago and roam the earth in disguise, while he struggles to uncover the mystery of his partner's death and overcome his dangerous basil addiction.

"A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
The wife of a hated divorce lawyer becomes the main suspect in his murder and hires private detective Kinsey Millhone to find the real killer.

The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
The death of bride-to-be Marina Chang in a supposed carjacking sends Los Angeles Times reporter Eve Diamond on the trail of California's "parachute kids," wealthy Asian teens living alone while their parents run Hong Kong businesses, putting her own life in danger as she unravels the mysteries of Marina's life and death.

Early Graves by Joseph Hansen
When Dave Brandstetter, an insurance company investigator, returns from a case, he discovers the body of the sixth victim of a serial killer.

Bad Intent by Wendy Hornsby
Investigating allegations against her boyfriend, Maggie MacGowen is completely baffled when he will not talk about the case in question, the witnesses she interviews start turning up dead, and a cover-up of immense proportions begins to unfold.

Blood Reins by Michael Joens
Detective Thomas Rigby of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department investigates the murder of a prestigious horse trainer, a reputed lady's man who once taught Rigby's fellow detective and current girlfriend, the last person who saw the victim alive.

Dancing in the Dark by Stuart Kaminsky
In the nineteenth installment of a 1940s Hollywood detective series, Fred Astaire hires Toby Peters to help him get rid of an incredibly untalented dance student, whose tutelage he has been forced to undertake by her threatening mafioso boyfriend.

The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman
A report of rape in a Los Angeles yeshiva brings police detective Peter Decker into an insular Orthodox Jewish community but the strict religious practices and customs of the community prevent him from following his standard investigative procedures.

When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
Retired psychologist Alex Delaware's reluctant treatment of a seven-year-old eyewitness to murder, who refuses to speak, forces him to relive the distasteful case that prompted his early retirement.

Fair Game by Rochelle Majer Krich
A young homicide detective from the LAPD becomes the new focus of an obsessive serial killer who has changed all of his rules, and the wealth of clues left from his previous murders no longer applies.

Cold Shoulder by Lynda LaPlante
After the death of her partner, police lieutenant Lorrain Page seeks refuge in the bottle, a habit that costs her everything--family, career, and nearly her life--as she struggles to rebuild her life in the face of threats by a serial killer.

Murder in Scorpio by Martha Lawrence
Elizabeth Chase, a private eye with psychic abilities, uses her special talents to search for the killer of Janice Freeman, but when she gets close to the truth, even the intervention of the stars may not save her.

This Pen for Hire by Laura Levine
When savvy scribe Jaine Austen is hired by nerdy Howard Murdoch to pen a love letter to the woman of his dreams, gorgeous aerobics instructor Stacy Lawrence, she unexpectedly finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation when Stacy is found beaten to death with a Thigh Master and Howard stands accused of the crime.

The Chill by Ross Macdonald
Lew Archer's search for a missing bride turns into a complicated case involving a ten-year-old murder and cover-up, a rich woman with a strong hold on her son, and a dead blonde.

Death by Chocolate by G.A. McKevett
When gourmet cook Lady Eleanor, a.k.a. "The Queen of Chocolate," is murdered under the watchful eye of curvaceous P.I. Savannah Reid, Savannah, with her reputation in tatters, must sift through a vast array of suspects to catch a killer with a sweet tooth.

Double Tap by Steve Martini
Defense attorney Paul Madriani takes on the case of Emiliano Ruiz, a career soldier on trial for the murder of a beautiful businesswoman and the head of a high-tech software company with a number of military contracts, only to discover that his uncooperative client refuses to discuss his past and that the murders could be tied to a number of explosive government secrets.

Money Burns by A. E. Maxwell
When the blacksheep scion of a prominent banking family gets the family business involved in a money-laundering scheme, troubleshooter Fiddler and his lover, investment banker Fiora, go into action to straighten things out before a federal audit.

Split Image by Judy Mercer
Losing all but one year of her memory to amnesia, television producer Ariel Gold finds herself falling in love with a man from her past whom she does not remember, until she learns he had been at the center of one of her most notorious stories.

Death of the Office Witch by Marlys Millhiser
Charlie Greene, the lone literary agent at a colorful Hollywood talent agency and a part-time sleuth, has her hands full when someone murders Gloria, the sharp-tongued office "witch."

A Red Death by Walter Mosley
During the McCarthy era, Easy Rawlins is caught between a vengeful IRS employee and an FBI agent who wants to use him as an undercover operative.

The Tree of Death by Marcia Muller
Curator Elena Loiverez finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of unpopular museum director Frank de Palma, crushed to death by a controversial new bequest, a full-size ceramic tree.

Rag and Bone by Michael Nava
While recovering from a heart attack, gay Mexican-American attorney Henry Rios comes to the aid of his long-lost niece, the illegitimate daughter of his estranged sister, who has confessed to the murder of her abusive husband, but during his investigation, Rios discovers that things are more complicated than he had thought.

The Total Zone by Martina Navratilova
The dark side of professional tennis is revealed when Jordan Myles takes on teenage tennis star Audrey Armat as a client at her exclusive sports rehab facility, only to have Audrey first disappear and then turn up dead.

Murder Offscreen by Denise Osborne
Attending the premiere of a horror movie, struggling screenwriter and Hollywood security checker Queenie Davilov is shocked when its producer-director is spectacularly murdered in a mimicry of his film.

Child of Silence by Abigail Padgett
Investigating a case of child abuse, Bo Bradley discovers that the four-year-old boy classified as retarded, is merely deaf, and when two men attempt to kill the boy, Bo is determined to solve the mystery of his background and save his life.

The Blue Hour by T. Jefferson Parker
Tim Hess, a cop fighting terminal cancer, accepts what he assumes will be his final case, tracking down a serial killer, and finds himself involved both professionally and personally with Detective Merci Rayborn, his superior on the case.

Bad Night is Falling by Gary Phillips
When three members of a Mexican family, including a little girl, are killed in a vicious firebombing, private eye Ivan Monk is called in by the tenants' security force to find out is responsible and uncovers a complex web of gang violence, corruption, racism, and murder.

Mitigating Circumstances by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
D.A. Lily Forrester finds herself trapped in a nightmare of violence when her teenaged daughter is raped and she tries to seek revenge, only to be faced with an endless barrage of personal and professional obstacles.

The Fat Innkeeper by Alan Russell
When a doctor investigating fraud in a visiting New Age cult winds up dead, hotel detective Am Caulfield scours the premises for clues while struggling to keep a group of swingers under control, in the sequel to The Hotel Detective.

Murder has No Calories by Corinne Holt Sawyer
Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate visit an exclusive spa for society women where a beautiful employee has been murdered in the hot tub, only to learn that they might be next in line.

Murder Has No Calories by Corinne Holt Sawyer
Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate visit an exclusive spa for society women where a beautiful employee has been murdered in the hot tub, only to learn that they might be next in line.

Unpaid Dues by Barbara Seranella
Miranda "Munch" Mancini, a single mom and mechanic, seeks out a killer dredging up her past after her fingerprints and picture turn up in a murdered woman's arrest file, as she must lure the murderer out or face the consequences of her past.

Terminal Island by John Shannon
While recovering from a collapsed lung, detective Jack Liffey is summoned to his hometown of San Pedro in L.A.'s shipping district to investigate a string of mysterious "accidents," which leads him into a confrontation with a mad Japanese-American Green Beret.

Good Morning, Killer by April Smith
Maverick FBI Special Agent Ana Grey takes on the dual roles of detective and criminal as she obsessively searches for the abductor responsible for the disappearance of a teenage girl.

Balboa Firefly by Jack Trolley
Desperately searching for a mad killer who is threatening passenger jets with automatic weapons during their approach to San Diego's airport, a tough cop struggles to avert tragedy as the city balances on the brink of disaster.

Fugitive Nights by Joseph Wambaugh
A beautiful private investigator, a hard-drinking, burnt-out detective, and an over-zealous cop yearning for a position on the lush Palm Springs police force, team up to capture a mysterious desert fugitive.

California Fire and Life by Don Winslow
An insurance adjuster for California Fire and Life Mutual, Jack Wade investigates the destruction of one of the area's valuable estates in a fire that also killed the owner's wife and finds himself embroiled in a bizarre conspiracy involving the Russian mob, Vietnamese gangs, corporate corruption, and murder.

Inner City Blues by Paula Woods
In the midst of the Los Angeles riots, Detective Charlotte Justice, one of the very few black women in the LAPD, delves into the shooting of a former radical by an African-American doctor, in the debut of a new series.

Dead Eyes by Stuart Woods
Actress Chris Callaway finds her life threatened by a stalker whose attack leaves her blind, and it is up to Beverly Hills police detective Jon Larsen and Danny Devere, a gay friend, to track the would-be killer.