What could be more fun than a day at the beach? A month at the beach, perhaps? That's what teenager Mary Ann Markham, her live-in writing coach Art Parker, and her best friend Jennifer Martin think when Mary Ann convinces her wealthy grandfather to rent a fancy beach house for the entire month of July near the small East Coast town of Shipwreck. But then strange things begin to happen, especially with the appearance of several not very well preserved bodies, an unexpected shooting or two, and a murder with mob overtones. Meanwhile, Art becomes close friends with a local emergency room doctor named Marsha, and he and the girls become somewhat less than close friends with the local police chief, primarily because of the bodies they keep finding. Then Mary Ann and Jennifer disappear shortly before a major hurricane hits the area. Could it be retired mobster "Little" Tony Gambolo, who lives a short distance down the beach, that's behind all these deaths and the disappearance of the girls? Art, with Marsha's help, is at his wits' end trying to find Mary Ann, Jennifer, and the answer to who's behind the killings.

As a group of teenagers enjoys the sun and surf at the beach, a killer who never leaves a clue and who disappears without a trace stalks them one-by-one

Retiring to run a beach restaurant let Val keep his sanity. But this is South Florida. Sanity’s in short supply. Cold cases. Favors for friends. Unexpected passion. Follow Val from Palm Beach mansions to pristine golfing properties to the soulless sub-divisions marching into the Everglades. · The Pink Hat Puzzle · The Passover Puzzle · Shaking off the White Monkey · The Dog with the Green Tattoo · The Parrot Plague · The Thief with the White Hand In these six original mysteries from international selling author Richard Freeborn, Val’s busier than he ever was working for the Government.

Detective Jack Sinclair and his partner in both work and life, Maggie Williams, are enjoying a lull in major crimes on the Virginia Eastern Shore. But just as Jack sits down to enjoy the view of Chesapeake Bay from his beach home, his impromptu vacation day is suddenly interrupted by bad news. Murder has once again found its way to the quiet, peaceful town of Onancock. Women, similarly dressed in negligees of various colors, are being brutally killed in empty vacation houses along the Eastern Shore. With no murder weapons and a plethora of mysterious clues, Jack and Maggies challenging investigation soon leads them to discover that the victims are connected to an infamous Virginia Beach gentlemans club. As their suspect list grows to include influential pillars in the community and a close friend, Jack and Maggie must pull out all the stops as they carefully dissect the hypothetical motives of a murderer obsessed with negligees. In this riveting murder mystery, a serial killer lurks in the shadows as two detectives attempt to piece together an intriguing puzzle and wait for the murderer to make the one slip-up that will lead them to solving the crime.

When New York law student Jack Mullen learns that his brother has drowned, he knows it can't be an accident . . . Jack Mullen is in law school in New York City when the shocking news comes that his brother Peter has drowned in the ocean off East Hampton. Jack knows his brother and knows this couldn't be an accident; someone must have wanted his brother dead. But the powers that be say otherwise. As Jack tries to uncover details of his brothers last night, he confronts a barricade of lawyers, police, and paid protectors who separate the multibillionaire summer residents from local workers like Peter. Soon he discovers that Peter wasn't just parking cars at the summer parties of the rich. He was making serious money satisfying the sexual needs of the richest women and men in town. The Beach House reveals the secret lives of celebrities in a breathtaking drama of revenge-with a finale so shocking that only James Patterson could have written it.

It started with a nasty killing, and then became a series of murders that put Stan Maxton front and center as the prime suspect.

After model and actor Mason Adams nearly died from a drug overdose and served time in rehab, his agent is convinced the quiet life is the perfect way to get his life and career back on track. So Mason rents a beach house for the summer in a seaside town to get away from his fast-paced, partying lifestyle in Los Angeles. Mason, however, isn't sure the sedate life is for him -- until he meets his neighbor, crime fiction author John Harding. Forced to retire from the fire department after a career-ending injury, John has found a new life in a modest beach house as a best-selling novelist. Life is good, but quiet and not exactly exciting, until Mason comes to stay next door. Unable to resist, they begin an affair. Once the summer ends, Mason knows he'll return to LA ... and he'll have to leave the man who has stolen his heart.