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An old photo, deadly secrets, and a killer's next target: an archivist's thrilling race against time to expose the truth! Ever stumble upon a mystery that drags you in deeper than you ever expected? That’s exactly what happens to Jane Parker, a sharp-witted archivist-turned-sleuth who’d rather keep her nose in dusty files than danger. But when a decade-old party photo exposes more secrets than she could imagine, Jane teams up with her detective friend Logan Erickson and the ever-curious photographer Godric Hughes.

Jake Sawyer is in limbo. Facing an enquiry into his capture of a vicious killer, he turns private detective, and takes the seemingly hopeless case of a teenage boy, missing for seven years. When a young woman podcaster investigating the boy’s disappearance also goes missing, Sawyer is drawn into the secretive world of urban exploration. But then an adult male body is found, showing signs of extreme torture, and the murder reminds Sawyer of an unsolved case from his early career. He connects the past with the present, uncovering a terrible link which could hold the key to the disappearances.

In diesem Kurz-Krimi nimmt die Privatdetektivin Elin Bohlander einen Auftrag an, der sich erst ganz einfach anhört: sie soll den Freund der Auftraggeberin überwachen, um herauszufinden, ob dieser ein Verhältnis mit einer anderen Frau hat. Elin folgt dem Mann zu einer abgelegenen Hütte und merkt bald, dass dort seltsame Dinge vorgehen. Zu spät erkennt Elin, in was für ein Wespennest sie gestochen hat - sie hat sich zu weit vorgewagt und damit ihr eigenes Leben aufs Spiel gesetzt. Sie steht allein gegen eine Bande von brutalen Pädophilen - kann sie diesen ungleichen Kampf gewinnen?

Büroleichen aller Art Wer andere schikaniert, lebt gefährlich - zumindest in der Umgebung von Elfriede Ruhland, die als freiberufliche Office Managerin von Büro zu Büro zieht. Dank ihr werden Arbeitsabläufe optimiert, Papierberge und Büroleichen aller Art verschwinden einfach. Denn ganz nebenbei, immer mit einem Lächeln auf den Lippen, entsorgt Elfie kurzerhand die wahren Problemfälle eines jeden Unternehmens - despotische Deppen mit Entscheidungsgewalt, intrigante Zicken aller Art, fiese Vorstandsmitglieder und perfide Controller.

Holmes gelingt es im letzten Moment, die Entführer zu überwältigen und Kardinal Jacobini vor dem Ertrinken zu retten. Allerdings befindet man sich nach wie vor im Visier der Kanonen eines österreichischen Kriegsschiffes.

Wieder zurück in Bari gibt es keine Atempause: Ein weiterer Anschlag betrifft Don Vitos Taverne, in der sich Watson befindet. Währenddessen überträgt Kardinal Jacobini die Entscheidungsgewalt über den weiteren Verbleib der Reliquien des Heiligen Nikolaus an Holmes.

July 1910. Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sidekick Flo have finally embarked on a long-overdue seaside break. But just as they’re wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing - and the duo find themselves with a hysterical hotel manager and a case to solve. The first to disappear is Dr Goddard, a scientist doing something terribly top-secret for the government.

I never thought I'd see him again. We ended things on a horrible note, and it was all my fault. So when I bump into Colton at a local coffee shop, I'm convinced it's some kind of prank. But it wasn't. Colton was back in town, and he needed help. His mom was killed in a burglary gone wrong, and he's convinced there's more to the story.

Fledging PI Zachariah Davies’s wealthy and eccentric client, toymaker Alton Beacher, wants to hire an investigator who can pose as his boyfriend while figuring out who is behind the recent attempts on his life. And Zach, struggling to save the business his father built, is just desperate enough to set aside his misgivings and take the job.

In the heart-pounding conclusion to the San Amaro Investigations series, Parker faces down enemies on all sides, including one within his own family. With his city under lockdown, Parker is fighting for everyone and everything that he cares about.

After the sudden death of her husband, Christine Harvey would do anything to give her precious children Molly and Ryan a fresh start. The huge clifftop house she’s hastily purchased has the most breath-taking ocean view she’s ever seen. Surely here they can someday be happy again? But Christine had no idea that her family’s new dream house is right next door to where a child was abducted and murdered. And nobody told her that the father – who was the main suspect in the police investigation before it collapsed – still lives there.

“The Professor is a thoroughly gripping mystery about power, ambition, and the lengths we will go to in order to succeed. Pacey and full of tension, this one will stick with you long after THE END.” –New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author, Karin Slaughter For fans of Tana...

Detective Arkaday Renko—“one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction” (USA TODAY)—risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion to find an anti-Putin activist who has mysteriously disappeared. Martin Cruz Smith has written nine previous novels...

London is in flux. The clop of the hansom cab has given way to the madness of the motorcar. And Sherlock Holmes, safe in the bee-loud glades of the Sussex downs, is lured back to London when a problem is posed to him by Dr. Watson and Watson's friend, Col. Higgins. Is the transformation of Eliza Doolittle from girl of the streets to duchess more than it seems? Is it really the work of Henry Higgins's phonetics lessons, or has another girl been substituted for her, and why? Has the original girl been murdered? Even Eliza's father can't say for sure.

Disgraced ex-cop Robert Hoon has crossed the wrong people for the last time. Having struck a humiliating blow against the criminal network known as the Loop, Hoon has been targeted by the Alphas, an elite squad of assassins who will not stop until he is dead. Outnumbered, outgunned, and on unfamiliar territory, Hoon’s only chance of survival lies several hundred miles north, in a place he knows better than anyone else on Earth. He swore he’d never set foot there again, but almost four decades after he left, Bob Hoon is finally going home.

The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. Meloux guides this stranger and his great niece, Cork O'Connor's wife, to safety deep into the Boundary Waters, his home for more than a century.

Detective Chief Inspector John Shadow is doing his best to ignore the madness of York's annual Viking Festival when duty calls. The body of a wealthy businessman, who was playing the role of the Viking king, is found slain by his own ancient sword. The murder scene looks staged, but before Shadow can compile a list of people to question a second body is found. Shadow doesn't have to look far for suspects-the victims were by no means model citizens.

В основе сюжета лежит расследование внезапной смерти сэра Чарльза Баскервиля. Он умер от сердечного приступа, но из поколения в поколения в роду Баскервилей передаётся легенда о гигантской собаке дьявольского происхождения, которая преследует всех Баскервилей на болоте.

Nella primavera del 1940, mentre nel continente le armate alleate stanno subendo duri colpi da parte dell'esercito nazista, l'Inghilterra si prepara alla resistenza. Tra i volontari richiamati in servizio c'è anche Tommy Beresford, l'ex "giovane avventuriero". Anche se sono passati più di vent'anni dalla sua ultima missione, gli viene affidato un incarico di straordinaria importanza: scoprire chi si cela sotto le misteriose sigle N e M, nomi in codice dei capi della quinta colonna tedesca.

Marco Luciani ha lasciato la polizia e l'Italia: un taglio netto, una nuova vita a Barcellona, da padre single. A parte occuparsi del piccolo, vivacissimo Alessandro, l'ex commissario si limita a gestire la casa che Alice, amica e amante occasionale, affitta ai turisti. Forse, però, dentro di lui non si è del tutto spento il gusto di indagare, di frugare nelle vite degli altri, di completare i puzzle. O forse, più prosaicamente, i soldi cominciano a scarseggiare.