New Releases by Jan Burke

From New York Times bestselling author Jan Burke comes the last of six short story collections—sure to please fans of suspense masters Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton, and Robert Parker. Case Closed is a mini-anthology containing a brand-new short story—“The Last Place You Look,” featuring Frank Harriman in his younger days as a rookie cop—with an added bonus of three stories from the highly acclaimed print anthology Eighteen: “At turns chilling, funny, poignant—and always insightful” (New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman); “Astonishing…wry…these stories are sure to delight” (Jeffery Deaver, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kill Room).

The fifth of six e-short story collections from New York Times bestselling suspense author Jan Burke, including three stories from the highly acclaimed print anthology Eighteen, praised as “Astonishing…wry…these stories are sure to delight” (Jeffery Deaver, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kill Room). Justice Done is a mini-anthology containing a brand-new short story, with an added bonus of three stories from Eighteen: “Miscalculation,” “Two Bits,” and “An Unsuspected Condition of the Heart.” New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman says of the anthology, “A delightful collection of page-turners. At turns chilling, funny, poignant—and always insightful. With these stories, Jan Burke’s at the top of her game.”

From New York Times bestselling suspense author Jan Burke comes the fourth of six e-short story collections. Convicted is a mini-anthology containing a brand-new short story, “The Anchorwoman” featuring a young Irene Kelly, plus three stories from the highly acclaimed Eighteen print anthology: “Revised Endings, “Devotion,” and “The Muse.” Jeffery Deaver, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kill Room, praised Eighteen as “Astonishing…wry…these stories are sure to delight.” And New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman says, “A delightful collection of page-turners. At turns chilling, funny, poignant—and always insightful. With these stories, Jan Burke’s at the top of her game.”

With a brand-new short story featuring Tyler Hawthorne from The Messenger, plus three stories from Eighteen, this is the third of six e-short story collections from New York Times bestselling suspense author Jan Burke.

This e-short story collection from New York Times bestselling suspense author Jan Burke features a brand new Irene Kelly short story, “The Privileged,” plus three unforgettable stories from the print anthology Eighteen. Before Frank Harriman and Irene Kelly got married, Frank was a rookie cop in Bakersfield, California. When he investigates one of the worst types of calls a policeman can get—a bad smell coming from a closed trailer on a hot day—Frank and his training officer are not surprised to find a dead body. But everyone is stunned when the corpse leads to the police chief’s downfall...

The sixth thrilling installment of Edgar Award–winning author Jane Burke’s mystery series featuring Irene Kelly who’s on the run after being wrongfully accused of murder and must uncover long-buried family secrets before the killer strikes again. Intrepid sleuth and reporter Irene Kelly barely has time to recover from the shock of her estranged aunt’s murder before she’s hit with an even bigger surprise—she’s the number one suspect. With the LAPD close on her heels, Irene sets out to find her aunt’s son, Travis, a young man who wants nothing to do with Irene or any of the Kelly family. Long-buried family tensions are resurfacing in ways no one could have predicted, and Irene can sense someone is hunting her down. Convinced that Travis is the killer’s next target, Irene joins forces with him. But protecting him puts her squarely in harm’s way. Now she must evade both the law and a relentless killer determined to settle an old family score. Only by untangling a web of lies and long-held secrets—of bigamy and adultery, alibis and murder—can Irene uncover who has started killing again, and why.

In this Edgar Allen Poe Award–winning novel, Irene Kelly is on the hunt for the body of a murder victim…with the killer as her guide: “a journey into the heart of darkness” (Los Angeles Times). Only one person knows where Julia Sayre is: her killer. Four years ago, the young mother of two disappeared, a story that soon became a personal mission for Irene Kelly. But the search for Julia proved fruitless. Now on death row for unimaginable acts of torture and murder, inmate Nick Parrish is plea-bargaining for a life sentence, promising to lead investigators—and Irene—into the dark isolation of the Sierra Nevadas, where they will discover what really happened to Julia Sayre. But Parrish has other terrifying secrets and plans, and now his deadly focus is on a new potential victim—Irene Kelly.

Julia Sayre, mère au foyer sans histoire, a disparu depuis quatre ans. La police et la journaliste Irene Kelly la recherchent. En vain. Après des années de statu quo, l'affaire prend une tournure inattendue : Nick Parrish, déjà confondu pour meurtre, s'accuse d'avoir tué et enterré Julia quelque part en Sierra Nevada. Pourquoi, si longtemps après les faits, cet assassin se montre-t-il si coopératif? Afin de localiser le corps de la victime, une expédition est rapidement montée. Irene et Parrish en font partie. Guidée par le tueur, l'équipe se retrouve bientôt face à des cadavres de coyotes mutilés et décomposés pendus à un arbre. Le jeu de pistes ne fait que commencer... Cet ouvrage a reçu le prix Edgar du meilleur roman policier.

1958. O'Connor, journaliste au Las Piernas News Express, entend bien découvrir qui a attaqué son mentor, Jack Corrigan. Revenu à lui, ce dernier dit avoir assisté à l'enterrement d'une voiture dans une ferme proche du lieu où il a été agressé. Autre mystère apparemment sans relation avec cette affaire, la même nuit, un yacht qui transportait quatre membres de la riche famille des Ducane disparaît dans une tempête. À terre, la nurse qui gardait le petit Max a été tuée et celui-ci enlevé. Vingt ans plus tard, la journaliste Irene Kelly assiste à la découverte de la voiture enterrée. Et dans le coffre on trouve des restes humains. Ceux du bébé ? Mais alors... qui est le jeune homme qui se fait appeler Max Ducane ? Véritable tour de force, ce roman fleuve couvre 80 ans de journalisme et fait penser à des écrivains aussi grands que Steinbeck, Horace McCoy et Robert Penn Warren.

When Irene Kelly's articles profiling missing children run in the Las Piernas Express, she anticipates the renewed public interest and the deluge of phone tips and remembered clues; she even anticipates the renewed pain of the anguished parents. What she doesn't expect is that the articles will set off a murderous chain reaction -- and put her life in peril. Perhaps one of the more tragic disappearances in recent Las Piernas history was that of Jenny Fletcher, just shy of her fourth birthday. The body of Jenny's father, Richard, a graphic artist, was found bludgeoned in his studio; hours later Jenny's stepbrother Mason was apprehended with the murder weapon and bloody clothing in his car. But little Jenny was never found. As the years pass, everyone assumes Jenny is dead. Everyone except her brother Caleb, who not only believes Jenny survived but steadfastly believes in Mason's innocence. Caleb, now a graduate student studying with forensic anthropologist Ben Sheridan, works on cases for the Las Piernas Police Department. When bones are discovered at the old Sheffield estate just days after the missing-children articles appear, Caleb finds himself drawn into a case that threatens to bring personal tragedies back to the present. He has a fierce ally in reporter Irene Kelly, who will stop at nothing to solve the mysteries of his father's murder and his sister's disappearance.

Qu'est devenue Julia Sayre ? Voilà quatre ans que cette mère de famille sans hisotire a disparu. Et malgré tous les efforts de la journaliste Irene Kelly, le seul à savoir où la trouver est... son meurtrier ! pour s'éviter la peine de mort, il a accepté de conduire les policiers jusqu'au cadavre, dans le Sierra Nevada. Irene Kelly fait partie de l'expédition. Or l'ignoble Nick parrish ne la quitte pas des yeux...

The year is 1958. O'Connor, a young reporter with the Las Piernas News Express, is desperate to discover who has perpetrated a savage attack on his mentor, Jack Corrigan. In and out of consciousness, Corrigan claims to have witnessed the burial of a bloodstained car on a farm, but his reputation as a heavy drinker calls his strange story into question. In a seemingly unrelated mystery, a yacht bearing four members of the wealthy Ducane family disappears during a storm off the coast. An investigation finds that the Ducane home has been broken into; a nursemaid has been killed; and Max, the infant heir, has gone missing. Corrigan recovers his health, but despite a police investigation and his own tireless inquiries, the mysteries of the buried car and the whereabouts of Maxwell Ducane haunt him until his death. Twenty years after that fateful night, in her first days as a novice reporter working for managing editor O'Connor, Irene Kelly covers the groundbreaking ceremony for a shopping center -- which unexpectedly yields the unearthing of a buried car. In the trunk are human remains. Are those of the infant heir among them? If so, who is the young man who has recently changed his name to Max Ducane? Again the trail goes maddeningly, perhaps suspiciously, cold. Until today. Irene, now married to homicide detective Frank Harriman, is a veteran reporter facing the impending closing of the Las Piernas News Express. With circulation down and young reporters fresh out of journalism school replacing longtime staffers, Irene can't help but wish for the good old days when she worked with O'Connor. So when the baffling kidnap-burial case resurfaces, Irene's tenacious love for her mentor and journalistic integrity far outweigh any fears or trepidation. Determined to make a final splash for her beloved paper and solve the mystery that plagued O'Connor until his death, Irene pursues a story that reunites her with her past and may end her career -- and her life.

In her first stand-alone thriller, the bestselling author of the popular Irene Kelly series introduces LAPD Homicide Detective Alex Brandon, who investigates the vigilante slayings of the FBI's Most Wanted suspects.

For reporter Irene Kelly it's a terrifying investigation -- because it's so personal. Her husband, Detective Frank Harriman, has been kidnapped by terrorists who call themselves Hocus -- deadly manipulators who give Irene three days to meet their demands before killing their hostage. But Irene's biggest shock is yet to come -- as she uncovers her husband's history, and learns of a horrific crime committed a decade earlier. As seconds slip away, Irene willingly steps into a trap set by two madmen with a score to settle. And when she does, someone is going to pay for the sins of the past.

I'm not who I used to be....The remark, whispered by a stranger on the street to Irene Kelly, becomes all the more unnerving when the newswoman realizes she knows the man. He's Lucas Monroe, her former college instructor who had looked forward to a brilliant future. Now he's a derelict in hiding, an unlikely suspect in blackmail and murder. What happened to Monroe's life strikes Irene as bizarre. But it's what happens to him in death that fills her with dread. Her long-lost mentor is found murdered, and whatever the picturesque town of Las Piernas is hiding has made some people very rich, very guilty, and very dangerous.

From Edgar Award-winning author Jan Burke, the first in the thrilling "first-rate series" (Washington Post Book World) featuring investigative reporter Irene Kelly who, after her best friend and journalist is killed by a hidden bomb in a package, begins to pursue the long-unsolved mutilation murder of a young woman in Southern California. For thirty-five years the identity of the dismembered woman found under the Las Piernas pier has remained a mystery. What secret did she take to her grave? Southern California reporter Irene Kelly has uncovered a maze of forensic records and confidential files that suggest a motive far more sinister than anyone imagined. The discovery has brought her close to Detective Frank Harriman, and closer still to exposing a killer who will resort to anything to keep his secrets buried -- and Irene silenced forever.

Hot off the publication of Bones, the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, Jan Burke explodes onto the suspense scene with Flight, featuring the hard-edged Detective Frank Harriman, husband of Jan's beloved series heroine Irene Kelly. A family is found murdered. In a cruel twist, one of the Las Piernas Police Department's own, Philip Lefebvre, is suspected of killing the only witness. When that detective disappears, a crime boss goes free. And the LPPD is forever changed. Called in to investigate the wreckage of the missing detective's plane, Frank Harriman is given a set of cold cases that have suddenly become white hot. Detective Harriman's conviction that the LPPD tagged the wrong murder suspect is wildly unpopular. Alone, his instincts and integrity questioned at every turn, Harriman must stop the killer before hundreds of lives, including Harriman's own, are lost. Flight is a heart-pounding marriage of Jan Burke's "intricate plotting" (Washington Times), "chilling suspense" (Clive Cussler), and trademark "crisp, crackling prose" (Library Journal) that will thrill newcomers and veteran Burke fans, cover to cover.

When a strange letter signed "Thanatos" -- the ancient Greek name for death -- lands on Irene Kelly's desk, the intrepid reporter doesn't think much of it; she gets crazy mail all the time. A less cryptic message is sent when a body turns up the next morning. As more letters roll in, the death toll mounts...and Irene fears that her mysterious pen pal has cast her in his own private Greek tragedy as Cassandra, the seer whom others refused to believe. It's the killer's dream to challenge Irene to follow his ancient blueprint for murder. It's his ultimate desire to make her face the inevitable -- that she is the next to die.

A collection of eighteen short mysteries, from points of view of young men, older women, lonely children, and others.

Irene Kelly is a reporter with a fierce integrity. Detective Frank Harriman is her lover and friend. Now they're both about to be plunged into political hellfire when a ruthless politician rocks a race for district attorney with a stunning allegation: his opponent's son is in the clutches of a satanic cult. The charge takes a fatal turn when a local woman is brutally murdered, and the grisly crime scene bears unholy implications. Tracking the clues takes Irene behind the closed doors of an isolated home for troubled youths, where obscuring the truth is only part of a stranger's diabolic game. To win it, Irene will have the devil to pay.

Seth et Mandy sont dans la cambuse du voilier de leur père lorsque ce dernier est assassiné par un inconnu. Montée voir ce qui se passait sur le pont, Mandy est tuée à son tour, mais l'inconnu doit filer avant de pouvoir supprimer Seth. Peu après, le " Mateur " écrit ces lignes : " Pas aimé travailler avec des enfants. Ne pardonnerai jamais à Randolph d'avoir imposé cette solution. " C'est l'inspecteur Lefebvre qui découvre le massacre. Mais par un étrange retour des choses, c'est aussi lui qui est soupçonné d'avoir tué le jeune garçon lorsque celui-ci est retrouvé mort à l'hôpital. Dix ans plus tard cependant, l'avion de Lefebvre est repéré dans la montagne : au lieu d'avoir disparu comme on le pensait, Lefebvre a été tué. Chargé de rouvrir l'enquête, l'inspecteur Frank Harriman s'aperçoit vite que son travail ne plaît pas à tout le monde.

Forty-one of the best mystery and suspense stories from around the world together in "a standout among mystery anthologies" ( Booklist ). "This collection, the second in an annual series, has heft and authority. . . . Capers, cozies, character puzzles, mysteries that hinge on wordplay, excursions into noir, and comic jaunts are all represented." — Booklist A Banquete of Mystery and Crime Fiction Here, for the delectation of readers who hunger for outstanding mystery reading, are gathered the greatest mystery and crime stories of 2000. Award-winning author and editor Ed Gorman has once again collected the best stories of the year from around the world, to baffle, tantalize, and delight mystery readers. Included are tales of crime, mystery, and suspense from such authors as: · Lawrence Block · Jan Burke · Dorothy Cannell · Clark Howard · Peter Lovesey · Joyce Carol Oates · Nancy Pickard · Bill Pronzini · Ian Rankin · And a host of others "The stories range in quality from above average to superb; indeed the biggest mystery is how a single year could have produced a bumper crop of so many outstanding tales." — Kirkus Reviews

Irene Kelly, jeune journaliste à Las Piernas, Californie, apprend la mort de son ancien collègue et ami O'Connor, victime d'un attentat. C'est ensuite le fils de celui-ci que l'un essaie d'éliminer et Irene elle-même est menacée. Elle se plonge dans les dossiers de O'Connor pour découvrir qu'il tentait de percer le mystère d'Hannah. Cette jeune femme, disparue depuis 35 ans et dont le corps n'a jamais été réclamé, semble faire trembler les élus locaux. Déterminée à découvrir le meurtrier et à ne pas être la prochaine victime, Irene Kelly ira jusqu'au désert de l'Arizona sur les traces de l'énigmatique Hannah. Harriman, le jeune chef de la police locale, parviendra-t-il à empêcher la fougueuse Irene de se jeter dans la gueule du loup ? "Habile, plein d'esprit et très bien conçu, ce roman a de quoi propulser Jan Burke à la place qu'elle mérite, parmi les plus grandes." JAMES ELLROY GODONIGHT, IRENE est le premier volet des enquêtes d'Irene Kelly à paraître aux Editions Lignes Noires.