<div>A suspense thriller set in the Ozarks from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Night Caller, who &ldquo;knows how to make you shiver&rdquo; (Harlan Coben). When the men find him, the boy&rsquo;s legs look like they were run through a wood-chipper. He&rsquo;s bleeding heavily and near death, but he still has strength to tell them of the monster that attacked him: a dark, massive creature that emerged from the bottom of the lake. The child dies before he can say more. Sheriff Billy Wintone has seen too much superstition, drunkenness, and rage in this small Ozarks town to believe the delirious boy&rsquo;s tale of a monster lurking under the lake&rsquo;s dark waters. Like it or not, however, Wintone must scour the woods for the man or beast who killed the child before the start of fishing season. When another body is found chewed to pieces, the Sheriff begins to wonder what evil lies at the bottom of Big Water Lake. From an Edgar Award winner who&rsquo;s been called &ldquo;one of the masters&rdquo; by Ridley Pearson and earned widespread praise from critics for his terrifyingly suspenseful novels, this is an unforgettable story of the darkness hidden in a small mountain town. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

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Bonegrinder

<div>A con man takes to the road with a blond drifter, trying to stay one step ahead of a vengeful killer in this chilling thriller from New York Times&ndash;bestselling author John Lutz Lou Roebuck couldn&rsquo;t tell the truth if his life depended on it. If he could, he might not have lost his job and his wife, or ended up driving over his old nemesis, Ingrahm, in his Thunderbird. Now Roebuck&rsquo;s a thief and a murderer on the run with nobody to listen to his tall tales but Ellie, a pretty blonde who&rsquo;s looking for excitement. They&rsquo;ll have to keep moving, though, because not only are the cops dangerously close behind, but Ingrahm&rsquo;s cold killer friend, Gipp, is coming after them as well. Roebuck&rsquo;s going to have to do some pretty fast talking if he and Ellie want to keep breathing. And if he can&rsquo;t lie his way out of this one, he&rsquo;s going to find himself lying in an early grave. A true master of suspense, John Lutz dazzles with a breakneck thriller that has more twists and turns than a winding country road. The Truth of the Matter is a bravura display of Lutz&rsquo;s justifiably acclaimed storytelling prowess.</div>

The Truth of the Matter

<div>Two award-winning masters of crime fiction, Bill Pronzini and John Lutz, join forces for a chilling tale of a serial killer who targets the residents of a single city block on Manhattan&rsquo;s Upper West Side Lewis Collier watches the people living on West 98th Street through his telescope, the &ldquo;Eye of God,&rdquo; ready to mete out the ultimate punishment for every perceived sin. Those who transgress must suffer and die, and no one is safe&mdash;not the building superintendent or his junk collector friend, not the musician or the brave and beautiful woman who has struggled back from a nightmare of pain and brutality. Detective E. L. Oxman of the NYPD is assigned to investigate the bloody horror that has descended on the frightened residents of the terrorized neighborhood. But Oxman&rsquo;s adulterous attraction to Jennifer, an abuse survivor, has caught Collier&rsquo;s attention. And all sin is punishable by death. Separately, Bill Pronzini and John Lutz have won numerous prizes for their acclaimed mystery and suspense novels, including the coveted Edgar and Shamus Awards, two of crime fiction&rsquo;s most prestigious honors. With The Eye, these giants of the mystery genre have combined their remarkable talents in a truly unforgettable collaboration. </div>

The Eye

<div>When a client dies in a car explosion, Orlando detective Fred Carver learns the man may not have been who he said he was For Bert Renway, it starts out as a simple proposition: a fat bundle of money to spend a few weeks impersonating Frank Wesley, a local tycoon. But after a while Bert grows suspicious of the easy money, and seeks help in the shape of Fred Carver, an ex&ndash;Orlando policeman turned private investigator. Like Bert, Carver smells trouble, and agrees to help him find out who his employers are and why they want him to play Wesley. Neither of them is suspicious enough. A few minutes after Bert leaves, an explosion sounds in the parking lot&mdash;the new client&rsquo;s car gone up in a burst of flame. When they pull his body from the wreckage, dental records identify him not as Bert Renway, but as Frank Wesley. Carver doesn&rsquo;t care. He&rsquo;s on the case no matter who the man was. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Flame is the 4th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

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Flame

<div>Investigating cocaine smuggling in the Florida Keys, Fred Carver stumbles on a crime far worse than drug pushing When Henry Tiller barges into Fred Carver&rsquo;s office, the old man seems crazy. He tells a paranoid story about one of his neighbors on the sunny Florida Key where he makes his home&mdash;a wealthy man whom he suspects of using his yacht to run drugs. A young boy recently washed up on the beach, Tiller says, and he&rsquo;s certain it was murder. Carver is uninterested until he learns that the old man&rsquo;s grandson died a few years earlier: another casualty of cocaine addiction. It&rsquo;s only been three years since Carver&rsquo;s own son was murdered, and he&rsquo;s too sentimental to turn down the case. When Tiller turns up dead himself, a victim of a suspicious hit-and-run, a little smuggled cocaine becomes the least of Carver&rsquo;s troubles. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Hot is the 6th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

<div>Fred Carver investigates a series of suspicious deaths in a stately Florida retirement community Hattie Evans, a retired schoolteacher, isn&rsquo;t one to fuss. When her husband drops dead of a heart attack, she does her best to move on without too many tears. After all, Jerome was seventy years old. But an anonymous note, asserting that her husband was murdered, shakes her resolve, and she seeks out help. The police are useless, save that they send her to Fred Carver&mdash;a former Orlando cop who turned PI when a bullet shattered his left knee. Her case takes Carver into the depths of Solartown: an old-age mecca where seventy is the new forty, golf carts are the only way to get around, and death from natural causes is nowhere to be found. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Spark is the 7th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Spark

<div>When a nervous husband asks him to track down his heroin addict wife, Fred Carver learns that not every client can be trusted When he meets Bob Ghostly, it&rsquo;s hardly the first time that Fred Carver has been asked to find a missing spouse. But Ghostly&rsquo;s tale about a beautiful woman who fled for no apparent reason doesn&rsquo;t quite convince Carver, who presses for more detail. Finally Ghostly admits it. His wife was beautiful, intelligent, and kind, but she was also a heroin addict. She fled their Florida home with half their savings&mdash;nearly $10,000&mdash;and he&rsquo;s afraid she&rsquo;s going to put it straight into her veins. Carver goes looking for the troubled young bride, but when she shows up on her own&mdash;terrified and looking for protection&mdash;a routine case becomes one that could prove lethal for the well-meaning PI. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Bloodfire is the 5th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Bloodfire

<div>When a client dies in an apparent suicide, Florida detective Frank Carver suspects murder Donna Winship is an ordinary woman with a typical problem. No longer in love with her husband, she has taken to spending evenings and long afternoons with a new man. Fearful that her husband will learn the truth and be overwhelmed with jealousy, she contacts Fred Carver, an ex-cop turned PI, and asks him to tail her. Minutes after he agrees, Donna drives her car into a speeding tractor trailer. Dead on impact. The local police are happy to call it a suicide, but Carver is determined to serve his client, even in death. More bloodshed follows, as Donna&rsquo;s husband kills himself and her lover disappears without a trace. No love triangle is simple, but this one could cost Fred Carver his life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Torch is the 8th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Torch

<div>When he is accused of stalking a woman he swears he&rsquo;s never met, a local businessman asks Fred Carver for help clearing his name Joel Brandt swears he&rsquo;s never met the woman before. His wife dead six months before, the small-time businessman is perplexed when Del Moray police inform him that a local woman, Marla Cloy, has accused him of harassing her. According to her, Joel has been lurking outside of her house, following her car, even assaulting her at the grocery store. Brandt says it&rsquo;s all a lie, but the police don&rsquo;t believe him. He goes to Fred Carver, an ex-cop turned PI, for help clearing his name. The harder Carver looks, the less he understands. There is no apparent connection between the two people, and yet one of them is trying to destroy the other&rsquo;s life. When this game turns deadly, who will be the first to go? This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Burn is the 9th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Burn

<div>After an explosion causes his lover to miscarry, Fred Carver hunts for the man who planted the bomb Fred Carver&rsquo;s lover, Beth, is not a woman who wants to be tied down. When she learns that she is pregnant with the detective&rsquo;s child, she resists his attempts to marry her and initially wants to have an abortion. Finally, love wins out, and they decide to raise the child together. Stopping by the abortion clinic to cancel her appointment, Beth is caught in an explosion that spares her life but takes her unborn child. The police are content to lock up a local anti-abortion fanatic whose house is full of explosives, but Fred Carver isn&rsquo;t convinced. When he and Beth start receiving death threats, he takes the matter into his own hands&mdash;seeking revenge against the man who took his child and nearly murdered the woman he loves. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Lightning is the 10th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Lightning

<div>Ex-cop Fred Carver investigates a death at a Florida funeral home whose residents don&rsquo;t always die of natural causes Retirement is a word that has always frightened Fred Carver. One of Orlando&rsquo;s finest, he retired early&mdash;when a criminal&rsquo;s bullet shattered his kneecap and made him unfit for beat work. Since then he hasn&rsquo;t been able to relax, and fills his days and nights investigating cases the local police aren&rsquo;t willing to touch. Now one of those cops has come to him with a problem that only a private detective can solve. It takes Fred into the heart of Florida&rsquo;s retirement community: a spacious estate called Sunhaven where the elderly can finish their lives in luxury. But it seems that some of them are dying before their time. When the residents speak of murder, are they telling the truth, or are they simply confused? Unraveling the mystery will take Fred Carver into a place where death is seldom the result of natural causes. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Kiss

<div>The New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Single White Female introduces hard-boiled Florida PI Fred Carver: &ldquo;Lutz has never written leaner prose&rdquo; (USA Today). When the criminal&rsquo;s bullet shattered his knee, Fred Carver&rsquo;s colleagues called him lucky. Between his pension and the insurance check, they said, he had a nice, easy retirement to look forward to. But Fred Carver would rather have his knee. His career finished, his marriage over, he takes a halfhearted stab at private detective work, and is already sick of it by the time he meets Edwina Talbot, a beautiful woman who wants him to find her dead lover. Of course, Edwina doesn&rsquo;t believe her lover is actually dead. Every piece of evidence at the crime scene pointed to suicide, but as far a she&rsquo;s concerned her man is just missing and Fred Carver is going to bring him back. Carver wants nothing to do with it, but he can&rsquo;t say no to a little adventure. Some men just aren&rsquo;t built for taking it easy. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Tropical Heat is the 1st book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Tropical Heat

<div>When a serial killer takes PI Fred Carver&rsquo;s son, the ex-cop goes hunting for vengeance in this &ldquo;classic page-turner&rdquo; by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author (The Houston Post). A year ago, Fred Carver was nothing but a disabled ex-cop whose career, marriage, and family were all little more than fading memories. But then, while working as a private detective, he met Edwina Talbot, and ten months of life together has made him happier than he has been in years. But fate does not let men like Fred Carver stay happy for long. On the eve of a visit from his ex-wife and their two children, tragedy upends his new life. As if Florida in July weren&rsquo;t hot enough, a madman is on a killing spree with a homemade flamethrower. After Fred&rsquo;s eight-year-old son becomes the third victim, a man who has spent his life trying to catch murderers now has some killing to do of his own. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Scorcher is the 2nd book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Scorcher

<div> An amateur ballroom dancer is targeted by a serial killer in this riveting mystery by veteran John Lutz Mary Arlington only feels alive when she is dancing. The rest of her life, dominated by a violent boyfriend and a mother intent on drinking herself to death, isn&rsquo;t worth being awake for, but when she dances the tango her troubles disappear. She&rsquo;s gotten so good that her studio is taking her to the national competition in Ohio, where she will prove to the world and to herself that her hobby is more than a pastime. That is, if she can stay alive until the music starts to play. At dance competitions across the country, amateur dancers have been turning up with slit throats. Mary follows the killing spree in the newspapers, morbidly fascinated by the deaths of women so similar to her. When the killer comes for her, she will need more than rhythm to survive. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Dancing with the Dead

<div>Have yourself a mysterious little Christmas with fifteen whodunits from New York Times&ndash;bestselling authors Sharyn McCrumb, Mary Higgins Clark, and more! Peace on Earth isn&rsquo;t everyone&rsquo;s cup of tea in Charlotte MacLeod&rsquo;s &ldquo;A Cozy for Christmas.&rdquo; Peter Lovesey&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Haunted Crescent&rdquo; delivers a holiday ghost story with a twist. A training session for department-store Santas turns up Saint Nicks who are anything but angels in Isaac Asimov&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ho, Ho, Ho.&rdquo; Marcia Muller&rsquo;s &ldquo;Silent Night&rdquo; finds a tough private investigator searching San Francisco&rsquo;s Tenderloin district&mdash;and discovering something unexpected. A long-married couple&rsquo;s ship finally comes in&mdash;only to spring a mysterious leak&mdash;in Mary Higgins Clark&rsquo;s &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the Ticket.&rdquo; Scottish superstition catches up with a cat burglar in Sharyn McCrumb&rsquo;s &ldquo;A Wee Doch and Doris.&rdquo; These and many more stories will keep you turning pages and gathering evidence of yuletide mayhem. So when holiday shopping brings out your inner Grinch, hunker down with a hot toddy&mdash;and leave the murder to the experts. This festive collection includes stories by Charlotte MacLeod, Peter Lovesey, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Eric Wright, John Lutz, Howard Engel, Mary Higgins Clark, Bill Pronzini, Sharyn McCrumb, Henry Slesar, Edward D. Hoch, Aaron Elkins, Susan Dunlap, Isaac Asimov, and Marcia Muller.</div>

Mistletoe Mysteries

<div>A desperate ex-cop searches for a shadowy killer in a thriller by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author: &ldquo;One of the masters of the police novel.&rdquo; &mdash;Ridley Pearson A killer dubbed &ldquo;The Night Prowler&rdquo; has turned the city that doesn&rsquo;t sleep into a town kept awake by terror. Unseen, he enters couples&rsquo; homes. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives. He leaves &ldquo;gifts&rdquo; for his victims&mdash;before taking their lives. Enter ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn, still reeling in the wake of an elaborate setup that ended his career. For Quinn, this isn&rsquo;t just any job&mdash;it&rsquo;s a last chance to salvage his reputation. As the investigation proceeds, the murderer loses no time stalking new prey: a loan officer and her high-earning husband; a couple who made a killing in the stock market; a pretty actress and her prosperous lover. With the body count rising, it&rsquo;s up to Quinn to unlock the mystery of a madman&rsquo;s past and end his bloody reign. Quinn&rsquo;s got his work cut out&mdash;because in a city the size of New York, any one of eight million faces could be that of a killer&mdash;or his next target . . . &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been a fan of John Lutz for years.&rdquo; &mdash;T. Jefferson Parker &ldquo;John Lutz just keeps getting better and better.&rdquo; &mdash;Tony Hillerman &ldquo;Some writers just have a flair for imaginative suspense, and John Lutz is one of them.&rdquo; &mdash;Jeremiah Healy &ldquo;John Lutz is the new Lawrence Sanders.&rdquo; &mdash;Mystery Scene &ldquo;Lutz knows how to seize and hold the reader&rsquo;s imagination.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Lutz&rsquo;s real gift is to evoke detective work better than anyone else.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;Lutz is among the best.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego U-T &ldquo;It&rsquo;s easy to see why he&rsquo;s won an Edgar and two Shamuses.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

Darker Than Night

<div>The New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Single White Female delivers another gritty cop thriller with this sequel to The Eye. NYPD cops E. L. Oxman and Art Tobin, who hunted a serial killer in The Eye, are back with what may be their most bizarre case yet. Shadowtown is the hottest soap opera in the country, even after the most popular character&mdash;a vampire&mdash;is killed off. The writers had little choice after the accidental death of the actor who played him. But now a real-life villain wearing the TV vampire&rsquo;s cape has committed murder, slaying a former New York cop who was working as a night watchman on the show&rsquo;s soundstage. Meanwhile, actress Lana Spence, who portrays a femme fatale on the soap&mdash;and has ruined a few careers&mdash;has been receiving death threats for months. Could the murder and the nasty missives be related? Oxman and Tobin must sort through a cattle call of suspects to shine a spotlight on a crazed killer hiding in the shadows . . . New York Times&ndash; and USA Today&ndash;bestselling author John Lutz has been called &ldquo;a major talent&rdquo; by John Lescroart and &ldquo;one of the masters&rdquo; by Ridley Pearson. &ldquo;Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster&rdquo; (Jeffery Deaver) in his thrillers and &ldquo;knows how to make you shiver&rdquo; (Harlan Coben). Once again, he delivers an electrifying murder mystery that will keep you riveted until the last page. </div>

Shadowtown

<div>"The Justice Killer There's a twisted serial killer stalking the streets of New York City, dealing his own perverse version of justice. He kills swiftly and silently, leaving his calling card--a red "J"--on the bodies of his prey. His victims have one thing in common: they've all been jurors in the city's most infamous cases--cases in which the killer was found "not guilty." Overnight, the Justice Killer has the city in a stranglehold. And there's only one man who has a shot at finding him . . . Homicide detective Artemis Beam made his reputation hunting down serial killers. After getting shot by an armed robber--and stepping on the wrong toes in the NYPD--he's been retired. The city needs him now, and finding the killer is his chance to get back into the life he loves. As the body count climbs and the city's legal system fails, the Justice Killer thinks he's outsmarted the cops. But Beam isn't officially a cop anymore . . . and he doesn't have to play by the rules . . .</div>

Chill of Night

<div>An ex-cop turned PI goes up against a lady killer known as &ldquo;The Butcher&rdquo; in this crime thriller New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Darker Than Night.An Invitation Written In Blood . . . A madman is stalking women in the city. By the time his victims are found, they&rsquo;ve been dismembered with careful precision, their limbs stacked into a gruesome pyramid and completely cleansed of every last drop of blood. To Catch A Killer&mdash;Or Die Next . . . Accustomed to working on the most grisly homicides, detective Frank Quinn&rsquo;s nerves don&rsquo;t rattle easily. But when the last names of the killer&rsquo;s victims spell out &ldquo;Q-u-i-n-n,&rdquo; the veteran cop feels a chill run down his spine. Then, a fresh victim is linked to the one woman Quinn can&rsquo;t stop desiring. Hunting down killers is what Quinn does best. But this time, Quinn is up against a psychopath that will test him as never before . . .Praise for In for the Kill &ldquo;Shamus and Edgar award&ndash;winner Lutz gives us further proof of his enormous talent. . . . Lutz has a thorough command of plot and character, making this another enthralling page turner.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly&ldquo;Moviegoers sometimes hide their eyes during the really scary parts. Readers would do that while turning these pages, too, if not for the obvious drawback. A very scary and suspenseful read.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

In for the Kill

<div>An ex-cop turned PI is hired to find a serial killer who signs his work in this crime thriller by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Urge to Kill.Fear Leaves A Mark He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly stopped&mdash;no one knows why. Ex-homicide detective Frank Quinn remembers. Which is why he&rsquo;s shocked to see one of the dead women in his office. Actually, she&rsquo;s the identical twin of the last victim, and she wants Quinn to find her sister&rsquo;s murderer. But when the cold case heats up, it attracts the media spotlight&mdash;and suddenly the killings start again . . .Praise for Mister X &ldquo;A page-turner to the nail-biting end, the fifth Frank Quinn investigation . . . Will leave readers breathless. . . . Misleading clues and dramatic suspense will keep readers pondering the intricacies of this twisty, creepy whodunit long after the last page is turned.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly, starred review&ldquo;A lesser writer would lose readers in this ever-evolving plot with shifting identities and motives, but this is John Lutz, winner of multiple Edgar and Shamus awards. By the very satisfying conclusion, it all makes perfect sense. Lutz has produced another procedural masterpiece.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

Mister X

<div>An ex-NYPD cop turned PI pursues a serial killer known as &ldquo;The Skinner&rdquo; in this dark crime thriller by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Mister X.The Killer Becomes The Hunted She was gagged. Violated. Tortured. Nailing the killer is priority number one and only the best will do&mdash;that means Frank Quinn. And Quinn wouldn&rsquo;t want it any other way. Because he recognizes the victim. Years ago, as a homicide detective, he saved her young life. Now the hunt is on, and deep in his gut, Quinn welcomes it. He knows he&rsquo;s seeing the work of a truly twisted serial killer. Except it&rsquo;s not the ritual weapon that makes this killer so disturbing. It&rsquo;s who he kills&mdash;and how he makes them suffer . . .Praise for the writing of John Lutz&ldquo;A heart-pounding roller coaster of a tale.&rdquo; &mdash;Jeffrey Deaver&ldquo;Lutz knows how to make you shiver.&rdquo; &mdash;Harlan Coben</div>

Serial

<div>The first three crime thrillers in an award-winning series starring a tough Florida PI&mdash;from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Single White Female. New York Times&ndash; and USA Today&ndash;bestselling author John Lutz has been hailed as &ldquo;a major talent&rdquo; by John Lescroart and &ldquo;one of the masters&rdquo; by Ridley Pearson. &ldquo;Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster&rdquo; (Jeffery Deaver) in his thrillers and &ldquo;knows how to make you shiver&rdquo; (Harlan Coben). &ldquo;The Carver series is the finest work yet by this prolific author&rdquo; (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). After a criminal&rsquo;s bullet shattered not only his knee but also his career as an Orlando cop and his marriage, Fred Carver starts over as a private detective. In this award-winning ten-book series, Lutz&rsquo;s &ldquo;dogged Carver is a believably heroic guy, tough, scarred and able to exhibit fear and courage at the same time&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Tropical Heat: The police think Willis Davis committed suicide, but beautiful real-estate broker Edwina Talbot is convinced her missing lover is alive and hires Carver to find him. Following a twisted trail from luxurious beach resorts to the swamps of the Everglades, Carver runs afoul of violent Cubans, a DEA agent, and assorted criminals, all while falling hard for his lovely client. &ldquo;Lutz has never written leaner prose, and the novel&rsquo;s ending, especially the last sentence, is a delight.&rdquo; &mdash;USA Today Scorcher: When Carver&rsquo;s young son becomes the third victim of a serial killer with a homemade flamethrower, the tortured private eye won&rsquo;t rest until he&rsquo;s avenged the boy&rsquo;s death. &ldquo;The prose is lean, the action fast-paced, the suspense unrelenting . . . superior entertainment.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union Kiss: After his elderly uncle&rsquo;s suspicious death at Sunhaven Retirement Home, Lt. Alfonso Desoto hires Carver to find out what&rsquo;s going on behind the closed doors of the facility. Soon he&rsquo;s tangling with everyone from a rough head nurse to a brutally sadistic thug. Winner of the Shamus Award. &ldquo;The grip on the reader is relentless until the final, entirely unforeseen shocker rings down the curtain on Lutz&rsquo;s best novel so far.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

The Fred Carver Mysteries Volume One

<div>Florida PI Fred Carver is back&mdash;in the final set of crime thrillers from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author who &ldquo;just keeps getting better and better&rdquo; (Tony Hillerman). New York Times&ndash; and USA Today&ndash;bestselling author John Lutz has been hailed as &ldquo;a major talent&rdquo; by John Lescroart and &ldquo;one of the masters&rdquo; by Ridley Pearson. &ldquo;Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster&rdquo; (Jeffery Deaver) in his thrillers and &ldquo;knows how to make you shiver&rdquo; (Harlan Coben). &ldquo;The Carver series is the finest work yet by this prolific author&rdquo; (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). After a criminal&rsquo;s bullet shattered not only his knee but also his career as an Orlando cop and his marriage, Fred Carver starts over as a private detective. In this award-winning ten-book series, Lutz&rsquo;s &ldquo;dogged Carver is a believably heroic guy, tough, scarred and able to exhibit fear and courage at the same time&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Spark: A retired schoolteacher turns to Carver after receiving an anonymous note that her husband was murdered. Her case takes the PI into the depths of Solartown: a stately Florida retirement community where seventy is the new forty, golf carts are the only way to get around, and death from natural causes is nowhere to be found. &ldquo;Down and dirty . . . a good, fast read.&rdquo; &mdash;The Houston Post Torch: Carver has to approach his latest case from every angle&mdash;as members of a love triangle start suddenly dying and disappearing, beginning with the woman who hired him minutes before her death. &ldquo;For a long-running series, this one is still hot . . . with lots of nice noir touches to give it texture. The dialogue is brisk and brittle, the action gets nasty when it must, and the characters are as shady as the sunny climate allows.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review Burn: When he is accused of stalking a woman he swears he&rsquo;s never met, building contractor and recent widower Joel Brant asks Carver for help clearing his name. But as the PI digs into the case, he begins to wonder who&rsquo;s stalking whom? &ldquo;Riveting . . . Lutz&rsquo;s eye for Florida noir is impeccable . . . Top of the line.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly Lightning: An explosion at a Florida clinic causes Carver&rsquo;s lover, Beth, to miscarry. The police arrest an anti-abortion fanatic, but when the violence continues, Carver pursues the bomber on his own. &ldquo;Lutz is an expert&mdash;he&rsquo;ll have you glued to the page.&rdquo; &mdash;The Denver Post</div>

The Fred Carver Mysteries Volume Three

<div>The second set of crime thrillers starring a tough Florida PI from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Single White Female and &ldquo;one of the masters&rdquo; (Ridley Pearson). New York Times&ndash; and USA Today&ndash;bestselling author John Lutz has been hailed as &ldquo;a major talent&rdquo; by John Lescroart, and he &ldquo;just keeps getting better and better&rdquo; (Tony Hillerman). &ldquo;Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster&rdquo; (Jeffery Deaver) in his thrillers and &ldquo;knows how to make you shiver&rdquo; (Harlan Coben). &ldquo;The Carver series is the finest work yet by this prolific author&rdquo; (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). After a criminal&rsquo;s bullet shattered not only his knee but also his career as an Orlando cop and his marriage, Fred Carver starts over as a private detective. In this award-winning ten-book series, Lutz&rsquo;s &ldquo;dogged Carver is a believably heroic guy, tough, scarred and able to exhibit fear and courage at the same time&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Flame: When his newest client is killed in a car explosion only minutes after hiring him, Carver learns the man may not have been whom he claimed. &ldquo;Stunning . . . a brilliant writer, here at the peak of his abilities.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer Bloodfire: Carver is hired by a distraught husband to find his missing wife&mdash;a heroin addict who fled with nearly $10,000. But when the terrified woman begs Carver for protection, the truth about his client&rsquo;s motives comes out, and now both of them must go on the run. &ldquo;Another satisfying thriller . . . Lutz carefully and caustically captures the heat and amorality of the faces and fixtures of the Florida drug scene.&rdquo; &mdash;The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Hot: After an old man tells Carver a tale of his wealthy neighbor in the Florida Keys using a yacht to smuggle cocaine, he turns up dead, the victim of a suspicious hit-and-run, and it&rsquo;s up to the PI to bring his killers to justice. &ldquo;A fast-paced and well-plotted mystery . . . stays hot until the very last page.&rdquo; &mdash;San Francisco Chronicle</div>

The Fred Carver Mysteries Volume Two

<div>A retired homicide detective turned PI tracks down a killer seducing women to their deaths in this twisted crime thriller by the author of Night Kills.For A Killer, Once Is Never Enough Homicide detective Frank Quinn can&rsquo;t stay retired when a new breed of murdering madman is on the prowl. In a city terrorized by bloody brutality, Quinn and his team hunt a psychopath who lures beautiful women into a night of unbridled passion, then wakes them to a vicious, drawn-out death. Stumbling over a trail of horribly defiled bodies, Quinn can&rsquo;t seem to catch up to the killer&mdash;because the killer is about to catch up to him . . . Praise for the writing of John Lutz &ldquo;Lutz is in rare form.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review on Chill of Night &ldquo;Another enthralling page turner.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly on In For the Kill &ldquo;A dazzling tour de force.&rdquo; &mdash;St. Louis Post Dispatch on Chill of Night &ldquo;Lutz knows how to make you shiver.&rdquo; &mdash;Harlan Coben</div>

Urge to Kill

<div>A secret agent&rsquo;s investigation into a deadly explosion yields shocking results from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of the Frank Quinn series.THE UNKNOWN SPY Officially, Thomas Laker is an employee of the NSA. His real employer, known as the Gray Outfit, is not listed&mdash;anywhere. When a Washington, D.C., insider is killed in a bomb explosion, Laker teams up with cryptographer Ava North on a desperate search for clues. The only thing certain is that another act of terrorism is imminent. Delving into the dangerous past when America was drawn into global conflict, they discover one of history&rsquo;s greatest&mdash;and deadliest&mdash;secrets. In the wrong hands it can unleash unimaginable destruction. Now, to keep his homeland from plunging into its darkest hour, Laker will have to defend everything he believes in . . .Praise for the writing of John Lutz &ldquo;A major talent.&rdquo; &mdash;John Lescroart &ldquo;Among the best.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego U-T &ldquo;In rare form.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review</div>

The Honorable Traitors

<div>A PI&rsquo;s latest case resembles the work of a serial killer presumed dead in this dark crime thriller by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Switch.Some Killers Come Back For More The killer&rsquo;s depravity is insatiable. What he does to his victims is unthinkable. Homicide detective turned PI Frank Quinn has seen this M.O. before. A demented ritual, it&rsquo;s the work of Daniel Danielle&mdash;a notorious serial killer who blurs the line between male and female, human and monster. Danielle disappeared ten years ago. Is a copycat repeating the crimes? Or has Danielle made a deadly return? Either way, this time the killing won&rsquo;t stop . . .Praise for the writing of John Lutz &ldquo;Among the best.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego U-T &ldquo;A major talent.&rdquo; &mdash;John Lescroart &ldquo;One of the masters.&rdquo; &mdash;Ridley Pearson &ldquo;In rare form.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review</div>

Pulse

<div>Find The Cat, Catch The Killer Dead in her penthouse apartment. Designer scarf around her neck. Dismembered finger in a place it should never be. What the police haven't found is her diamond-and-ruby bracelet, switched with a cheap imitation. A bracelet that mysteriously ended up around the neck of a little girl's pet cat. Now the feline is missing, the killer has struck again--and former NYPD detective Frank Quinn has to track down both the cat and the culprit before the next body drops. Quinn's played his share of cat-and-mouse games before. But this time, when fingers are pointed, the claws come out. . . "Lutz knows how to make you shiver." --Harlan Coben on The Night Spider "A heart-pounding roller coaster." --Jeffery Deaver on Night Victims "Nail-biting. . .dramatic suspense." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Mister X 18,000 Words</div>

Switch

<div>On the trail of a serial killer, a PI must protect the next victim in this gripping thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of In for the Kill. Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only the torsos to be found. Quinn, a former NYPD detective, is called into the case by an ambitious chief of police and mobilizes his team of brilliant law-enforcement misfits. But in the concrete canyons of New York, this shocking serial murder case is turning into something very different . . . Jill Clark came to the city with too many hopes and too little cash. Now a seemingly deranged woman is telling her an extraordinary story. New to an exclusive dating service, Jill is warned that other women have died on their dates—and that she could be next. Struggling against a death trap closing in around her, Jill has a powerful ally in Frank Quinn. But no one knows the true motives behind a rampage of cold-blooded murder—or how much more terrifying this is going to get . . . Praise for John Lutz “John Lutz knows how to make you shiver.” —Harlan Coben “Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster of a tale.” —Jeffrey Deaver “One of the masters of the police novel.” —Ridley Pearson “A major talent.” —John Lescroart “John Lutz just keeps getting better and better.” —Tony Hillerman “Lutz knows how to seize and hold the reader’s imagination from the start.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer</div>

Night Kills

<div>JOHN LUTZ IS . . . "A MAJOR TALENT." —John Lescroart "ONE OF THE MASTERS." —Ridley Pearson "IN RARE FORM." —The New York Times Book Review "AMONG THE BEST." —San Diego Union THE BIRTH OF A KILLING FRENZY The killer has a pattern. Abduct a girl from a beachside community. Tie her up. Torture her to death. Move north along the coast. Repeat. With each gruesome killing, a clue is delivered to New York City investigator Frank Quinn. The ex-homicide detective understands that the message is more than a taunt. It is an invitation—to play. And the game has just begun. . . "LUTZ OFFERS UP A HEART-POUNDING ROLLER COASTER OF A TALE." —Jeffery Deaver 12,500 Words</div>

Carnage

<div>A half dozen bodies in a hotel room lead an ex-NYPD detective into danger in a tale of &ldquo;white-knuckle suspense&rdquo; by the New York Times-bestselling author (Booklist). Pretty Maids All In A Row Six dead women in a hotel room. Five of them students, still in their teens. Tied up. Tortured. The NYPD recognizes the suspect&rsquo;s signature&mdash;three bloody initials carved into each victim&rsquo;s forehead. Ex-cop Frank Quinn has faced this madman before. Both bear scars from their last encounter. Killer and cop, hunter and prey&hellip;In a deadly game of matched wits, only one can prevail. It&rsquo;s not just about who gets killed. It&rsquo;s about who will survive . . . Praise for the writing of John Lutz &ldquo;Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster of a tale.&rdquo; &mdash;Jeffery Deaver &ldquo;A major talent.&rdquo; &mdash;John Lescroart &ldquo;Among the best.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego U-T</div>

Frenzy

<div>From the bestselling author of The Honorable Traitors, “an unexpected, pulse-pounding conclusion; the dialogue sizzles . . . a top-notch thriller” (Booklist, starred review). Includes the bonus short story “Paranoid Enough for Two,” a finalist for the Edgar Award! ROGUE WARS   With the U.S. seemingly linked to a terrorist bombing in a Baltic nation and a Russian troop buildup just over the border, the covert Gray Outfit sends Thomas Laker to untangle the mess. But after a second attack leaves him out in the cold, Laker’s on his own.   Five thousand miles away in Miami, Laker’s partner and NSA codebreaker Ava North is investigating the murder of a fellow agent. When tracks lead to a Cuban-American billionaire in bed with the Jersey Mob, Ava’s superiors want her to lay off. Not a chance. Though oceans apart, Laker and Ava discover their separate missions are tied to one explosive plot. The only way out is to breach all protocol and play by their own rules . . . “Deserves the accolade ripped from the headlines . . . a tour de force, utterly unputdownable.” —Criminal Element Praise for John Lutz “John Lutz knows how to make you shiver.” —Harlan Coben “Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster of a tale.” —Jeffrey Deaver “One of the masters of the police novel.” —Ridley Pearson “A major talent.” —John Lescroart “John Lutz just keeps getting better and better.” —Tony Hillerman “Lutz knows how to seize and hold the reader’s imagination from the start.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer</div>

The Havana Game

<div>A Madman's Obsession Is A City's Nightmare He comes out when the sun goes down. He's made New York City his shooting gallery. The Night Sniper threatens to increase the body count-unless legendary homicide detective Vin Repetto is willing to engage him in a lethal game of cat and mouse. When the next victim is murdered right before Repetto's eyes, the game is set to begin. But The Night Sniper doesn't realize they're playing by Repetto's rules. . . "A HEART-POUNDING ROLLER COASTER OF A TALE." --Jeffery Deaver on Night Victims "A PAGE-TURNER. . .TWISTY, CREEPY." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Mister X "LUTZ IS IN RARE FORM." -The New York Times Book Review on Chill of Night</div>

Fear the Night

<div>Mister X He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly stopped&mdash;no one knows why. Ex-homicide detective Frank Quinn remembers. Which is why he&#39;s shocked to see one of the dead women in his office. Actually, she&#39;s the identical twin of the last victim, and she wants Quinn to find her sister&#39;s murderer. But when the cold case heats up, it attracts the media spotlight--and suddenly the killings start again... Urge to Kill Homicide detective Frank Quinn can&#39;t stay retired when a new breed of murdering madman is on the prowl. In a city terrorized by bloody brutality, Quinn and his team hunt a psychopath who lures beautiful women into a night of unbridled passion, then wakes them to a vicious, drawn-out death. Stumbling over a trail of horribly defiled bodies, Quinn can&#39;t seem to catch up to the killer&mdash;because the killer is about to catch up to him... Night Kills Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only the torsos to be found. Quinn, a former NYPD detective, is called into the case by an ambitious chief of police and mobilizes his team of brilliant law-enforcement misfits. But in the concrete canyons of New York, this shocking serial murder case is turning into something very different... Jill Clark came to the city with too many hopes and too little cash. Now a seemingly deranged woman is telling her an extraordinary story. New to an exclusive dating service, Jill is warned that other women have died on their dates&mdash;and that she could be next. Struggling against a death trap closing in around her, Jill has a powerful ally in Frank Quinn. But no one knows the true motives behind a rampage of cold-blooded murderer--or how much more terrifying this is going to get... In for the Kill A madman is stalking women in the city. By the time his victims are found, they&#39;ve been dismembered with careful precision, their limbs stacked into a gruesome pyramid and completely cleansed of every last drop of blood. Accustomed to working on the most grisly homicides, detective Frank Quinn&#39;s nerves don&#39;t rattle easily. But when the last names of the killer&#39;s victims spell out &quot;Q-u-i-n-n,&quot; the veteran cop feels a chill run down his spine. Then a fresh victim is linked to the one woman Quinn can&#39;t stop desiring. Hunting down killers is what Quinn does best. But this time, Quinn is up against a psychopath that will test him as never before... Darker Than Night A killer dubbed &quot;The Night Prowler&quot; has turned the city that doesn&#39;t sleep into a town kept awake by terror. Unseen, he enters couples&#39; homes. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives. He leaves &quot;gifts&quot; for his victims&mdash;before taking their lives. Enter ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn, still reeling in the wake of an elaborate setup that ended his career. For Quinn, this isn&#39;t just any job&mdash;it&#39;s a last chance to salvage his reputation. As the investigation proceeds, the murderer loses no time stalking new prey: a loan officer and her high-earning husband; a couple who made a killing in the stock market; a pretty actress and her prosperous lover. With the body count rising, it&#39;s up to Quinn to unlock the mystery of a madman&#39;s past and end his bloody reign. Quinn&#39;s got his work cut out&mdash;because in a city the size of New York, any one of 8 million faces could be that of a killer&mdash;or his next target...</div>

Mister X Bundle with Urge to Kill, Night Kills, In for the Kill, and Darker than Night

<div>JOHN LUTZ IS. . . "A MAJOR TALENT." –John Lescroart "ONE OF THE MASTERS." –Ridley Pearson "IN RARE FORM." –The New York Times Book Review "AMONG THE BEST." –San Diego Union THE HUNT BEGINS. . .AGAIN Will Harper was an NYPD hero. Then fate, a fiery blast, and departmental politics burned down his career. Now Will is again in the line of fire as a disgraced FBI profiler pulls him back into the action—on a hunt for a serial killer authorities don't even know about yet. "Fast-paced. . .Edge-of-your-seat suspense mixes well with a hefty dose of reality." —Publishers Weekly "Lutz always delivers the goods, and this is no exception."—Booklist </div>

John Lutz

Books By John Lutz (34 Books)