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A double shot of iconic Miami PI Mike Shayne-"one of the best of the tough sleuths" (The New York Times).

A Chicago department store is the scene of gruesome crime in this mystery by a New York Times-bestselling Edgar Award winner.

Family secrets are locked away at the intimidating Virginia estate of a prima ballerina in this suspenseful tale from a New York Times-bestselling author.

A movie star's suicide draws a young woman into the deadly shadows of a Hollywood scandal in this novel from "a master of suspense" (Mary Higgins Clark).

New York Times bestseller: A New Year's Eve suicide in a Newport mansion could be hiding a sinister family conspiracy.

The mysterious death of a prima ballerina raises haunting and sinister questions for her twin sister in this novel from "a master of suspense" (Mary Higgins Clark).

A psychic investigates a mysterious disappearance high in the Appalachian Mountains in this novel from a "Grand Master of her craft" (Barbara Michaels).

From the Edgar Award-winning "queen of the American gothics": A troubled girl in a remote mountain home grapples with a terrifying secret (TheNew York Times).

Acclaimed literary critic George Steiner on two of the literary canon's greatest and most influential writers "Literary criticism," writes Steiner, "should arise out of a debt o

A mother's search for the son she gave up uncovers terrifying secrets in a Minnesota town in this "masterfully depicted true-crime tale" (Publishers Weekly).

Edgar Award Finalist: This "sensational" and "absolutely compelling" true crime tale finally answers the question: Who really killed the Lindbergh baby' (San Francisco Chro

An epic masterwork about the trials of a man of "science" in a Kafkaesque realm of persecution and paranoia from a World Fantasy Award-winning author.

Four of the most important and enduring American slave narratives together in one volume.

Adventurous maidens and sinister mages clash in these magical tales by a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and "one of the all-time masters" (Peter Straub).

From a New York Times-bestselling author: A woman risks her life to piece together the puzzling past of her estranged New England family.