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When word comes that two key witnesses in an investigation are dead, North and Shaw are surprised—and pleased—to learn that their friend, John-Henry Somerset, is interested in hiring them as freelance contractors for the Wahredua police department. The department is stretched thin, and the investigation into the Cottonmouth Club (and the criminal organization operating there) is collapsing. Not to mention—in North and Shaw’s opinion, anyway—they’re the best detectives around.

Although he hasn’t seen Robert Bergin for 40 years, Ishmael feels duty bound to respond when his old friend calls for help. Robert’s daughter Gillian is about to be married, and he is afraid she’ll fall prey to the ancient family curse. Arriving in rural Yorkshire, Ishmael and his partner Penny learn that the vicar who was to perform the ceremony has been found dead in the church, hanging from his own bell rope. 

The Organisation has despatched Ishmael and his partner Penny to Coronach House on the shores of Loch Ness where the secretive but highly influential Baphamet Group are holding their annual meeting. The Organisation believes an imposter has infiltrated the Group and they have instructed Ishmael to root him – or her – out. It’s not Ishmael’s only mission. The first agent sent by the Organisation has been found dead in her room, murdered in a horribly gruesome manner. Ishmael must also discover who killed his fellow agent, Jennifer Rifkin – and why.  

Un thriller dal ritmo irresistibile, una narrazione incalzante che si muove su diversi piani temporali e ci immerge nell'atmosfera irreale e minacciosa di Chernobyl, e al tempo stesso ci regala un intreccio magistrale e personaggi pieni di vissuto e spessore.Ci sono posti peggiori di altri dove morire.

A New York Times Bestseller A New York Times, Washington Post, and Associated Press Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by The Los Angeles Times, Vulture, TIME, The Guardian, The New Republic, and LitHub The new novel from Thomas Pynchon, author of Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of...

"Il ne l’aurait probablement jamais avoué, mais il avait hâte de prouver sa valeur à la belle Roxy. Il s’entendait déjà lui lancer: Je l’ai trouvé, ton crotté! Certes, il avait claqué de l’argent qu’il devait à d’autres. Passé proche de se faire tabasser. Mais Georges Kirouac, détective privé, était un homme sur qui on pouvait compter."

A cabin in the woods. Three dead, one in critical condition. Property owned by not just any Tennessee local, but one of the richest men in the country. Vera Boyett isn’t quite sure what it means. But that’s why Sheriff Gray “Bent” Benton called her: to figure it out. Criminal analysis is what she does best. Even when the town is in panicked shambles, even when the case is more delicate than most…and even when it’s not the only case on her plate.

In the second installment in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf and his team investigate a notorious philanderer - a wolf of a man whose bad reputation may be all bark and no bite.

A Black cop turned PI. An unspeakable crime. A Californian beach town ready to combust. "Aaron Philip Clark is a storyteller of immense talent" —Stephen Mack Jones "In a time of growing distrust for all levels of law enforcement, Trevor Finnegan is the hero our country so desperately needs"...

In dieser kurzen Einstiegsnovelle zum Last Call Crime Club tun sich eine temperamentvolle, arbeitslose Stuntfrau und ihre mutige Großmutter zusammen, um eine tödliche Verschwörung aufzudecken. Ich bin Whitley „Whit“ Leland. Ich war arbeitslos und knapp bei Kasse, als ich einen Job als Barkeeperin in einer Rooftop-Lounge mit Meerblick annahm. Was nach einem gemütlichen Job aussah, wurde lebensgefährlich, als ein Widerling sich am Drink der Schwester meines Chefs zu schaffen machte.

When her mirror twin goes missing, Casey is led to a deadly paradise where no one escapes… Casey and Nora are mirror twins; identical—sort of. Casey is right-handed, Nora is left-handed. Their moles sit on opposite cheeks. In terms of personality, they are also diametrically opposed. So, when her high-strung sister disappears after a fight with her husband, Casey shouldn't be as concerned as she is. Nora's done it before. Her husband seems nonplussed. But this time, things feel different. It's a twin thing; Casey knows it in her bones. Something is terribly wrong.

Former DCI Dan Armstrong has been living and working in Florence for nearly three years—yet somehow, Rome has always eluded him. That is, until glamorous TV celebrity Tamsin Goodfaith turns up with a request he can't refuse: investigate her uncle's suspicious death in the Eternal City. Philip Hastings was a billionaire financier, found dead at his magnificent—if slightly spooky—medieval castle in the Roman hills. Dan and his faithful canine companion, Oscar, soon find themselves surrounded by luxury, secrets and more suspects than sightseeing opportunities.

Kate Isaksson a tough, single, retired private eye from the Midwest is called into action again when she visits her nephew and his wife in Tennessee. After traveling to Nashville, she inadvertently gets drawn into a world of deceit, corruption, and murder when she agrees to help a local man find his missing brother. Ultimately, a decapitated, mutilated body is discovered, turning dysfunctional family members and co-workers into challenging, potential suspects.

Cole Burroughs is a man on the edge. On the edge of what exactly nobody is entirely sure, but with the threat of violence inevitable, and lives on the line, good sense dictates that he should be kept under surveillance at all times. With police resources at a barrel-scraping low, that unenviable...

A stolen bag. A hidden past. A truth too dangerous to share. Lily Larkin’s life on the Isles of Scilly is finally settling into a comfortable rhythm – especially now that her relationship with PC Flynn Grainger is beginning to blossom. But a spate of burglaries soon shatters the calm. And when Lily’s own flat is broken into, things take a chilling turn. The only thing missing? A backpack containing a stash of cash and two passports... both bearing her face, but different identities.

When Laura Carlyle's old flame calls in a panic, she and Sebastian Silver find themselves in a Suffolk town where the local theatre is celebrating its centenary–and mourning its star. The Moonlight Theatre has staged Shakespeare for a hundred years, but now, with a charity gala just days away and property developers circling like vultures, Julius Caesar should be saving the theatre's future. Instead, the actor playing the title role has been stabbed to death on stage–and the prop dagger in his chest was very, very real.

When Alicia is kidnapped from her hotel room while prosecuting a high-profile murder trial, the search for her uncovers an ugly subculture of hate that Fitz needs to infiltrate in order to save his wife. What he learns along the way could also save his marriage.

What if the life you lived was a lie? Private investigator John Cutler never met his father. Nearly forty years ago, the man abandoned his newborn son without explanation. It’s a painful truth to both Cutler and his mother, a fact neither can fully bury in the past. Today, Cutler has a new love, a stable business, and a continuing relationship with his daughter. Nothing is perfect, but it feels like his worst days are behind him. Then a woman shows up at Cutler’s door with a request for help. Her boyfriend recently disappeared, and she’s reluctant to ask the police to find him.

Former war correspondent Peter Brandt’s childhood innocence died the day his older brother, Keith, died in Vietnam. Now, a quarter of a century later, Keith’s former fiancée, Rhonda White, comes back into Peter’s life with an incredible claim—Keith may still be alive. Twenty-four hours later, police find Rhonda’s body floating in San Diego Bay. Is it murder or suicide? Rhonda’s death and her claim about Peter’s brother set him on an investigation ranging from the beaches and foothills of Southern California to the mountains of Costa Rica.

Lady Maberley wird gedrängt, ihr Haus samt Inhalt zu verkaufen. Als es dann noch zu einem Einbruch kommt, entdeckt Holmes ein Manuskript. Darin äußert sich Maberleys Sohn Douglas kritisch über eine ehemalige Geliebte. Diese Isadora Klein versuchte mit allen Mitteln, an das Manuskript zu kommen, um es zu vernichten.