Lawyer Jared Lynch of New York is warned he will be killed if he fails to successfully defend his client, a criminal. Lynch could ask his wife to lose--she is the prosecutor in the case--but professional pride prevents him and he says nothing.

Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.

Rhodenbarr returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his sidekick Carolyn Kaiser breaking into houses, apartments, and even a museum, in a madcap adventure replete with American Colonial silver, an F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscript, a priceless portrait, and a remarkable array of buttons. And there's a dead body, all stretched out on a Trent Barling carpet.

"While walking her poodle, Olivia Limoges discovers a dead body buried in the sand. Could it be connected to the bizarre burglaries plaguing Oyster Bay, North Carolina? At every crime scene, the thieves set up odd tableaus: a stick of butter with a knife through it, dolls with silver spoons in their mouths, a deck of cards with a missing queen. Olivia realizes each setup represents a cliché. And who better to decode the cliché clues than her Bayside...

Publisher Annotation: What happens when two best friends take on the world's worst summer? On the first day of vacation, ten-year-old Ivy Crowden falls down the stairs and breaks her leg. Stuck in a plaster cast, she's certain her summer is doomed. Not even Teddy, her neighbor and best friend, can cheer her up because he's dealing with his own pain: the loss of a beloved dog. But when Ivy witnesses a possible burglary from her living room window,...

Just days after leaving prison, a mysterious thief known only as XXX (Matthew Goode) is presented with an opportunity to take down the exclusive Hatton Garden vault. Its an old school job, requiring old school skills. He sets about recruiting a team of veteran British criminals all eager for one final chance at glory. Together they must stay ahead of the law, dodge hired mercenaries and make deals with the head of the Hungarian mafia. Based on the...

Casi nadie conoce su nombre. Pero donde cuenta, entre sicarios, taberneros, ladrones y guardianes del orden, prefiere que la llamen Matarratas… El negocio es simple en Ciudad del Lago: vender protección en las tabernas, ofrecer retribuciones y venganzas, quitar de en medio a seres problemáticos. Matarratas vive de su astucia, su agilidad y la efectividad de sus espadas. Hasta que recibe una encomienda peculiar: encontrar y ajusticiar a un individuo...

"Jennifer Shannon loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop. But when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend's murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. As she gets closer to the truth, she becomes the murderer's next target. Now she must fight for her own survival in order to solve the mystery and bring her friend's killer to justice."--Container....

The residents of Stony Point, Maine, are getting restless over a string of break-ins that have been plaguing the community. The burglars have hit some of the most upscale residences in Stony Point, and they seem to know just when their owners are out of town. Annie Dawson and her best friend, Alice MacFarlane, have solved many mysteries that have originated in the attic of Annie's Victorian-era home, Grey Gables, but this one has no connection to...

Jennifer Shannon loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend's murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. As she gets closer to the truth, she becomes the murderers next target. Now she must fight for her own survival in order to solve the mystery and bring her friends killer to justice....