🕵️detectives & Police Books (🇺🇸)

The Apions' world feels unnatural, as if I was plucked from reality and thrust into a fantastical realm of servants and dressmakers. Their grandeur takes my fantasies to a whole new level.

Dive into the secrets of Apion Manor, where three suddenly orphaned siblings are sent away to their wealthy relatives. The town of Wavesport seems idyllic at first... But With whispers of 'the lost heirs', luxury turns eerie. A summer of change begins.

Can the trio the mystery of the missing heirs? As they dig deeper, danger and desire grow.

Andie Malone is a single mother, supporting herself and her toddler with the proceeds of her bakery, when her best friend and her husband are killed in a robbery, orphaning their daughter. As Lily’s regular caregiver, Andi is given custody of her. But Eli Cameron’s brother also died in the robbery, and he believes custody of his niece should go to him. Eli and Andie aren’t strangers. They have long resisted the flames that smolder beneath the surface—flames extinguished because of Andie’s distrust in men. But as Eli insists on being in Lily’s life, Andie will have to let him closer. And the person who killed her best friend is still on the loose, making it imperative to trust Eli to preserve her life.

Age Rating: 18+

Detective Jack Chamberlain is Portland’s best cop and when he takes a case, you can be damn sure he’ll see it through to the end. When a crazed sniper starts killing women seemingly at random, he’s thrown into a deadly game of cat and mouse. He’ll need to act fast, before the bodies start piling up and the killer’s sights are set on him.

Age Rating: 18+

"Your mouth is going to get you into trouble." His words were laced with a threat.

Unfazed, Hayley put her hands on her hips, close to her hidden knife.

"I've always kept trouble at bay."

When Hayley, a tough-as-nails bartender, crosses paths with Luca, her club's mafia boss, sparks fly. Their worlds clash in a fiery dance of passion and power. But can she let Luca see past her defenses into her scarred heart? Will their fiery connection set ablaze a deadly storm?

Azalea Wilde is anything but tame. She’s impulsive and volatile, with a penchant for making the wrong choices, but when a tragic accident fractures her family, she drops everything, leaving behind her old life and everyone in it. Merrick Hayes is a token bad boy turned good cop. With tattoos covering his sinful body, he’s every woman’s fantasy, but he has eyes for Azalea Wilde only. He was shattered when she left, with nothing but trust issues and a broken heart. When tragedy strikes the Wilde family a second time, Azalea returns home. Merrick vows to keep his distance, but when their paths cross, old feelings come out to play. With two tormented hearts on the line, will fate have the final say, or will they go their separate ways for good?

Age Rating: 18+

"Your mouth is going to get you into trouble." His words were laced with a threat.

Unfazed, Hayley put her hands on her hips, close to her hidden knife.

"I've always kept trouble at bay."

When Hayley, a tough-as-nails bartender, crosses paths with Luca, her club's mafia boss, sparks fly. Their worlds clash in a fiery dance of passion and power. But can she let Luca see past her defenses into her scarred heart? Will their fiery connection set ablaze a deadly storm?

After her husband's sudden death, the last thing on Lucy's mind is romance. She's happy with her kids and her thriving flower shop. A chance meeting with her sister's neighbor, Kevin, sets her heart aflutter, but she's not ready to let herself even think about love. As time goes on, she receives more and more signs that it's time to move on. When she finally does take a chance on love, it turns out both better than she could have hoped and worse than she could have imagined.

Age Rating: 18+

Detective Miranda Hastings never really recovered from the trauma of losing her daughter that fateful night months ago. Now Mia's estranged father has been assigned as her partner, she's more determined than ever to keep her personal life separate from her work life. But then she receives a creepy envelope and gets the feeling she's being watched, and suddenly, it's clear Miranda's closely guarded private life is about to become headline news-worthy all over again...

Age Rating: 18+

Six childhood friends enter the woods, but only five come out. The disappearance of Erin Lockwood is shrouded in mystery and casts a dark pall over the once-safe small town of Braidwood. The only ones who know the truth are shackled to oaths. They cannot break the two laws. For seven years, the horror of what they saw and what they caused wrenched them apart. They tried to live normal lives, tried to forget. But the sins of their past have caught up to them. The group is forced to reunite after one of them vanishes without a trace in the same place that Erin was lost: in the woods. It’s not a coincidence. It’s a summons.

Age Rating: 18+

East meets West. Maddie is a beautiful woman living in Long Beach, CA, who works for Hooters. All the men there are stuck up or waiting to be famous in Hollywood. Ty is a good-looking ex-military man who lives in Cocoa Beach, FL. He works as a surf instructor and hasn’t found love since his return from the army. Ty and Maddie apply on the dating site For Love or Money. They’re selected and paired up to play The Game. When they meet for the first time in New York, sparks fly. Their relationship is tested when an ex-boyfriend tries to derail the competition. Can they complete the challenges and take the prize, or will they go their separate ways?

Age Rating: 18+

He’s a Marine hiding his career-ending injury. She’s a Police Investigator hardened by her past. Can these two overcome their painful pasts—and a murder investigation—to find happiness together?

Having been made the laughing stock of her hometown by her cheating ex-fiancé, Investigator Markie Pearson has sworn off overly-confident, good-looking men. When Bryce Hawk strolls into town, Markie quickly realizes he's the classic example of a man she needs to keep at a distance. Ex-Marine Bryce Hawk moves to small-town Wisconsin after his military career-ending injury. All he wants to do is hide in his mundane job as the city's code enforcer while he sorts out his life. What Bryce doesn't account for is Markie, that emerald eyed beauty, walking through his office door on day one. Too bad it's too, late. Women are not in his plans, nor will they ever be...especially Markie, the one who gets his dormant juices flowing while irritating him at the same time. When the municipal code violators that Bryce is investigating are murdered, Bryce becomes Markie's number one suspect. Or, is he another target? Is she? Will this damaged cop and wounded vet overcome their inner demons in order to work together to escape the claws of death and perhaps find love in the process?

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: a culinary cozy mystery series with recipes set in a charming beach town!

When Francesca’s old high school crush, Todd, is accused of murder, she is convinced he is innocent. The police don’t believe Todd’s story, and neither does Matty. During the busy summer tourist season at Cape Bay, Francesca sets out to prove Todd’s innocence. Matty, however, investigates to prove Todd is guilty. Why does Matty detest Todd so much? But what if he’s right—what if Todd is a murderer?

Includes two special recipes! This is Book 2 in The Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries.

As far as Lilah's concerned, her note writing stalker just gets more stupid everyday. One, two, three, the cat is in the tree? What is that? And what does it have to do with a wedding turned bloody? Lilah continues to hunt for the monster who killed a bride-to-be while she awaits news on Kane's chopper that emergency landed in the ocean. She's angry. She's worried. She's ready to kill the man she knows is responsible for Kane's crash: Pocher. It's a race against the clock to save Kane and catch a killer. Everyone won't survive.

Age Rating: 18+

Life hasn’t been easy for Harper Maddox. As a young single mom trying to make it on her own terms, she’s determined to not let anyone hurt her—or her son Leivon—ever again. Moving to a small town to live with her uncle offers a new beginning, and an intense attraction to the handsome deputy could be a chance to find love again. But in the company of wolves, Harper’s path to healing is fraught with more excitement—and danger—than she could ever have imagined…

Age Rating: 18+

Women are dying. The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games, she doesn't submit to demands. The love of her life, her ex-lover, that isn't so ex at all, Kane Mendez, knows that all too well, but like the hero, or perhaps criminal that he is, he'll try to play the game for her. But this killer isn't playing with Kane, demanding Lilah step up or more blood will be shed. Lilah claims her role on the game board, and she'll do it to save lives, but she isn't happy. And when Lilah isn't happy, someone is going to die alright, and it won't be her fault. It will, however, be her duty.

Age Rating: 18+