National Network for Equitable Library Service

A rich man and a poor man are found dead of gunshot wounds outside a seedy bar on Barrington Street in Halifax. The police declare it a murder-suicide, but bluesman/lawyer Monty Collins--hired to represent the victims' families--suspects it's a double murder. The case gets complicated when the police link the gun to the suspicious death of a high-flying lawyer named Dice Campbell.

Constable Eddie Dougherty returns in this gripping police procedural

Detective Olivia Sutherland discovers a blackmailer who preys on young people, murdering without hesitation. Along with firefighter David Hunter she must scour the city for a calculating criminal who is close and moving in for the kill.

Newly promoted DCI Anna Travis takes charge of an investigation for the first time. But is it purely a missing person's case--or a full blown murder inquiry? An ominous pool of blood and no victim lead Anna on a desperate hunt for a man who has disappeared without a trace. As Anna becomes obsessed with seemingly irrelevant details, her superintendent fears that she is losing control. With no body there is no case, and Anna is under increasing pressure to make an arrest.

When attorney Jane Barrett's lover collapses from a fatal dose of an antipsychotic drug, it falls to Barrett's oldest friend, Hallie Sanchez, and psychiatrist Mark Angelotti to defend her on murder charges. The pair succeeds, but at a dreadful price. As Mark gets closer to the truth, he realizes the killer is still on the loose.

The driver of a suspicious van is pulled over and questioned. A woman on the street after a long night of drinking never makes it home. A suspect, an arrest, a confession--a case closed? Detective Chief Inspector Anna Travis isn't so sure that she has her man.

Though Rachel Lazarus has confessed to her husband's murder, she's mounting a battered woman's defense. Forced into helping the prosecution, blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti uncovers uncomfortable parallels between Rachel's history and his own.

Allie Kim's deathly allergy to sunlight confines her to the night, and without her best friend Juliet, the night feels even darker. Allie knows Juliet killed herself to escape Garrett Tabor, whom they saw commit a horrible crime, and her quest for justice soon jeopardizes all she holds dear.

After a run-in with a crew of thieves that includes some dirty cops, Chicago private detective Joe Kozmarski joins the gang and works as an inside man, facing suspicion from both sides of the law.

Greg Samuelson hired PI Joe Kozmarski to dig up dirt on his wife and her lover, Eric Stone, but soon everything is turned upside down when it appears Samuelson has torched Stone's car, killed his boss, and shot himself.