It's the coldest winter in Hull for years. When McAvoy is told by a concerned stranger that an elderly woman hasn't been seen for a few days, he goes to check on her - only to find her in the bath, encased in ice: the heating off; the windows open; the whole house frozen over. It could be a macabre accident, but McAvoy senses murder. As he starts to uncover the victim's story and her connections to a lost fishing trawler, his boss Trish is half a...

During an exclusive meeting of the New York Yacht Club at Beacon Rock, which she is attending with her fiance, reporter Emma Cross discovers a woman's body floating in the water, and she, when all signs point to murder, must sort through a who's who of Newport's elite.

"At Castle Kringle, the elves are excitedly arranging their first ever Thanksgiving day feast. Chaos erupts when Gobbles, the live turkey imported for the castle feast, is bird-napped. That crime is quickly overshadowed at a pre-Thanksgiving potluck when Nick's cousin, Elspeth, face-plants into her mashed potatoes--dead. Someone poisoned Elspeth, and April believes Constable Crinkle is hauling the wrong suspect off to jail. An ominous message, written...

To protect a young climate activist scheduled to speak at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, the City Spies arrive in New York where they have an exciting adventure in, around and even under the greatest city in the world.

A disgraced investigative reporter, Conn Whitman’s long-distance swims keep him centered and sane—until he kicks a submerged object while swimming—something with the density and resilience of human flesh—and wonders if it’s connected to an unsolved murder in a nearby town. Conn and his fiancée, Celine Gabrielli, combine their talents—his decades of journalistic research, her PhD in psychology, and a wealth of knowledge about the traditional...

Jim Blawcyzk gets handed three serious cases within twenty-four hours, and that’s a lot for even the most veteran Ranger to handle. First, an apparent murder-suicide at the McDonald Observatory turns out to be a double homicide. By the time he’s through with that crime scene, it’s mid-morning. He’s on his way home to get some much-needed rest before completing his reports and continuing his investigations when another call comes in. A bank...