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After 24 years of putting his life on the line, Officer Frank Harper sees it all tick down to one defining moment. Blood Red Rings is a soul-wrenching short story by former crime reporter and award-winning author Rick Mofina. Blood Red Ring… more

Twenty-six year-old Jessie Scout had endured a life steeped in pain. She had come to Las Vegas, a city of risk, not to gamble but to collect. “Lightning Rider,” by Rick Mofina received Canada’s top literary prize for crime fiction, the Arth… more

In the remote, rugged corner of Montana’s Glacier National Park known as the Devil’s Grasp, little Paige Baker of San Francisco disappears with her dog, Kobee, while on a camping trip with her family; or so her mother and father have told a… more

NOTE: Before reviewing this book, please know that formatting issues and revisions concerning an outdated edition have been addressed. Pointing them out now no longer applies to the current edition.Tom Reed is a crime reporter with The San … more

Liz Dalton’s world was coming apart but she fought back with a shocking vengeance. Presented in the format of a court transcript, this short work was named a finalist for Canada’s top literary prize for crime fiction, the Arthur Ellis Award… more

Ike Decker, a loss recovery agent, for the armored car industry, is a desperate man. He has a dream and the only thing in his way to realizing it is Paco Sanchez and $1.2 million in stolen cash. Three Bullets To Queensland is another compel… more

International Bestseller Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is on the case once more in this breathless thriller of deception, blackmail, and cold murder. Van Veeteren and his associates are left bewildered by the curious murder of a man shot twi… more

International Bestseller Håkan Nesser is firmly established as one of the world’s bestselling crime novelists. And now the novel that introduced Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is available for the first time in English. The swift conviction l… more

Blood of Others received one of the world’s top literary prizes for crime fiction, the 2003 Arthur Ellis Award, given by the Crime Writers of Canada for Best Novel. In his praise of the book, James Patterson, the #1 Worldwide Bestselling Au… more

A personal message written in human blood is left for crime reporter Molly Wilson at the murder scene of her boyfriend, San Francisco Homicide Inspector, Cliff Hooper.The horrific death of a revered cop shocks the San Francisco Police Depar… more

International Bestseller Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is forced to unlock the secrets of a nearly perfect murder in this taut psychological thriller.On a rainy April day, a body—or what is left of it—is found by a young girl. Wrapped in a… more

International Bestseller Internationally bestselling author Häkan Nesser makes his U.S. debut with this riveting tale of murder and suspense that reveals the deep humanity of the characters portrayed even as it sends chills up the spine. … more

John Garrett is a cop aching to redeem himself for the mistake he made that destroyed two innocent lives and his own. He works alone to pursue the murderer he was escorting to trial, after their plane crashes in the unforgiving Rocky Mounta… more

It’s a sweltering summer in Sweden and Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is long overdue for a holiday when a secretive and dubious religious sect comes under investigation. One of its members, a girl on the cusp of adolescence, is found dead in… more

Four gripping stories of people on the brink; a broken-hearted woman in Las Vegas plots to take what she is owed, a haunted street cop finds his life on the line in a way he never expected; a desperate agent in California makes a life-chang… more

An 11-year-old boy finds his dad’s gun and rushes to a deadly stand off at the mall. “Backup” by Rick Mofina is the 2,300-word, gut-wrenching short story that was nominated for Canada’s top literary prize for crime fiction, the Arthur Ellis… more

For Waldemar Leverkuhn the day could not have begun more auspiciously. He and three of his friends, all retirees, have just won the lottery. It’s a modest sum when split four ways—certainly not enough to lift Waldemar out of the plain apart… more

John Devlin is a mild-mannered actuary and lifelong weakling who has been bullied much of his life, until one day he is forced to search for courage when his family is threatened while vacationing in a remote region far from help. “A Lifeti… more

Swedish crime at its best–dark, atmospheric, and chilling The island of Gotland is in the middle of a busy tourist season and getting ready for Midsummer, the 4th of July of Swedish holidays, when a young woman and her dog are found bruta… more

With his anthology, THREE TO THE HEART, Rick Mofina provides three of his finest short pieces of crime fiction. Three acclaimed, heart-wrenching short stories of people facing enormous odds.In the story, “Backup,” an 11-year-old boy finds h… more