Best of
Mystery-Thriller

1991

The Firm


John Grisham - 1991
    He made a deadly mistake. When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school loans, arranged a mortgage and hired him a decorator. Mitch McDeere should have remembered what his brother Ray — doing fifteen years in a Tennessee jail — already knew. You never get nothing for nothing. Now the FBI has the lowdown on Mitch’s firm and needs his help. Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place, with no choice — if he wants to live.--jgrisham.com

Shadow of A Doubt


William J. Coughlin - 1991
     The colourful life he had once lived seemed a vague memory; he was now a regular at local AA meetings and was scraping by with work, using an office in a quiet and uneventful probate firm. There were no glamorous women, no exotic holidays and no flash cars. There was just Charley, sobriety, a rented studio and an old Ford Escort. Life was lonely without booze, but it was stable. That is, until the arrival of an expensive looking client in his shabby lawyer’s office… Robin Harwell — a sweetheart from High School with a favour to ask, and $20,000 to pay for it. Defend her step-daughter? No easy task when the charge is murder, the victim her husband and the defendant has already confessed … Angel — the rich little girl with celestial looks and a dead father’s blood on her hands. Innocent child, cool headed killer or completely psychotic? She probably needs a magician more than a lawyer … Apart from the scandalous case they are facing, Robin and Angel seem to be coping remarkably well without Harrison Harwell. Their primary focus is on selling the shipping empire he left behind and making sure Angel doesn’t wind up in jail. Why have they chosen Charley and what are they hiding? Family feuds, secret sexualities and missing records add to the pressure Charley is under — this is the one chance he has to restore his name but he knows he has to take a risk and fight dirty if he wants to win. With the publicity machine revving, the District Attorney prosecuting and the temptation to reach for the bottle growing, Charley must prove there’s a Shadow of A Doubt or else he’s sunk forever. Praise for Shadow of A Doubt: ‘A great read. Shadow of a Doubt has much of the atmosphere and intrigue of Anatomy of a Murder and a humdinger of an ending’ - Scott Turrow William J. Coughlin has combined a career as a United States administrative judge in Detroit with that of a best-selling novelist. His four previous highly acclaimed and successful novels are The Twelve Apostles, His Father’s Daughter, Her Honor and In the Presence of Enemies. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.

The Firm


Robin Waterfield - 1991
    Adaptation for younger readers.Mitch McDeere, a Harvard Law graduate, becomes suspicious of his Memphis tax firm when mysterious deaths, obsessive office security, and the Chicago mob figure into its operations.

Take No Farewell


Robert Goddard - 1991
    Twelve years before the day in September 1923 when a paragraph in the newspaper made his blood run cold, he had turned his back on it for the last time, turned his back on the woman he loved, and who loved him. But when he read that Consuela Caswell had been charged with murder by poisoning he knew, with a certainty that defied the great divide of all those years, that she could not be guilty. As the remorse and shame of his own betrayal of her came flooding back, he knew too that he could not let matters rest. And when she sent her own daughter to him, pleading for help, he knew that he must return at last to Clouds Frome and to the dark secret that it held.

The First Inspector Morse Omnibus [The Dead of Jericho / Service of All the Dead / The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn]


Colin Dexter - 1991
    This omnibus contains three murder mysteries - "The Dead of Jericho", "Service of all the Dead" and "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn".

Comeback


Dick Francis - 1991
    A globe-hopping diplomat comes face to face with a case of fatal corruption in Francis's new thoroughbred thriller.

New York Dead


Stuart Woods - 1991
    Stone finds himself caught in a perilous web of unspeakable crimes and dangerous friends that has throughout it one common thread: Sasha.Librarian's note: the first five books in the Stone Barrington series are #1, New York Dead, 1991; #2, Dirt, 1996; #3, Dead in the Water, 1997; #4, Swimming to Catalina, 1998; and #5, Worst Fears Realized, 1999.

Heartshot


Steven F. Havill - 1991
    No city-slickcop shop either, but an earnest, elected Sheriff and his aging Undersheriff,William C. Gastner. Pushing sixty, and the girth of his Sam Browne uniformbelt, widower Bill has no other life than in law enforcement and doesn t wantone, even if he s being nudged gently towards retirement. Then big time troublestrikes. A car full of teens out by the lake, running from a stop by Deputy Torrez, goesairborne into a rocky outcrop, killing all five kids and revealing a packageunder the seat. A stash of cocaine this size argues someone or ones has broughtbig time crime to the county. Were the dead kids merely innocent dupes?Partying that July Fourth night? Dealing? Searching for answers, Bill deploys his department while dealing with grievingparents, one of whom starts packing a gun. Then a second explosion of violencefells an undercover cop whose fate is decided in a tension-filled, brilliantlydescribed, air ambulance flight.Under pressure, the sheriff s department shows its mettle and pulls together tomake a formidable team. Its weak spot may be Bill whose mind is too tough tocrumble but whose body, long mistreated, gradually succumbs to stress. Ignoringall advice and sense he pilots the case to a final dramatic, midairconfrontation where the fate of the killer and the cop will be decided....The author s deep affection for southern New Mexico and his gift for vividlyetching ordinary people make this well-plotted first novel a standout. About the Author: Steven F. Havill lives near Albuquerque, New Mexico,with his wife Kathleen, a writer and artist. A dedicated high school teacherof high school biology and English by day Havill earned both his B.A. and M.A.from the University of New Mexico. Besides writing the seven UndersheriffBill Gastner mysteries, of which Heartshot is the first, Havill has alsowritten three Western novels.

Extreme Measures


Michael Palmer - 1991
    What Eric doesn't know is that he's being watched. And judged. An elite clique of medical professionals thinks he has what it takes to join their secret club. All the young doctor has to do is agree to play by their rules.But Eric has already seen too much. A missing body. An unspeakable mutilation. A brutal abduction. It's only the beginning of a terrifyingly evil plot, a sinister plan the group will stop at nothing to hide. And if Eric refuses to become their colleague - he will be their next victim...

Sherlock Holmes: Casebook


Arthur Conan Doyle - 1991
    In "The Man With the Twisted Lip", Holmes and Watson comb the London waterfront.

See Jane Run


Joy Fielding - 1991
    But the truth doesn't always set you free . . . When you can't trust yourself, who can you trust?

The Covenant of the Flame


David Morrell - 1991
    In Australia, a tanker captain responsible for a massive oil spill is blown to pieces and top oil executives are drowned or poisoned. Soon, a young investigative journalist has discovered the shocking conspiracy and becomes caught in a deadly war between two brutal and desperate factions, with nothing less than the future of the planet at stake.

A Man to Die For


Eileen Dreyer - 1991
    Louis Trauma nurse Casey McDonough thinks her life is interesting enough. Her best friend still drops acid, her ex-husband is a cross-dressing psychiatrist, and her mother has turned the third floor of the family home into the Chapel of Eternal Vigilance.Then, things begin to really go wrong when OB/Gyn Dr. Dale Hunsacker arrives. Handsome, wealthy and charismatic, the good doctor is enchanting the patients of the St. Louis hospital. But, Cassy believes he is a serial killer. And the only person who takes her seriously, is Hunsacker himself.Caught in a spiral of suspicion and intimidation, Casey approaches ex-Marine, ex-Jesuit homicide sergeant Jack Scanlan for help. All she has are hunches for proof, but she'll do anything to stop the monster walking the halls of her hospital.

Murder on the Iditarod Trail


Sue Henry - 1991
    Now, suddenly and inexplicably, the top Iditarod contestants are dying one by one in bizarre and gruesome ways. Jessie Arnold, Alaska's premier female "musher," fears she may be the next intended victim, but nothing is going to prevent her from aggressively pursuing the glory and the rewards that victory brings.Dedicated State Trooper Alex Jensen is determined to track down the murderer before more innocent blood stains the pristine Alaskan snow. But Jensen's hunt is leading him into the frozen heart of the perilous wild that Jessie Arnold knows so well -- a merciless place far from any vestige of civilization, where nature can kill as fast as a bullet...and only the Arctic night can hear your final screams.

Garfield's Tales Of Mystery


Jim Davis - 1991
    a Hunted amusement park, an overcorowded hen house

Deep Sting


Charles D. Taylor - 1991
    This book about a Navy Seal with a string of legendary exploits to his credit, is heading a small, elite team of Seals and trained dolphins to reinforce the Tridents' security.