Prolific British writer Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series based in Gaborone, Botswana, now showing on HBO.

Savvy TV news reporter Charlie McNally, on the hunt for the next big sweeps story, finds a doozy as she goes undercover to bring couture counterfeiters to justice.

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Debut Anna Travis novel by Lynda La Plante blows the competition out of the water. Read this stunning thriller and become hooked on the charismatic new detective inspector.

Pat Nolan travels to Paris to claim the body of his estranged daughter, Megan. Realizing the body is not his daughter, believing the suicide note written by her hand holds important clues to her whereabouts, Pat begins an increasingly dangerous journey to find the truth.

Dismas Hardy is back in the courtroom defending a wealthy socialite related to a couple of high-profile San Francisco politicians. She has a deep secret she must keep and Dismas is legally bound to protect.

Can this tireless mother of three, doting spouse of a plastic surgeon, and talented interior designer to the stars solve the mysterious death of her latest client before the LAPD hauls her to jail? Find out in this fresh new Lacy Field novel.

While John Cann fights extradition laws for a client in Germany, Arthur Matsen and Katherine Price fight for the rights of a young woman in grave danger from an unscrupulous psychiatrist in this taut international thriller.

Homicide detective Catherine O'Brien and her partner Louise have just 48 hours to solve a murder when the victim is a high-profile friend of their boss, the chief of police.