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3 JR Steele Riveting Murder Mysteries in 1 Book. JR Steele, an Army veteran, retired police detective, and semi-retired private investigator, makes ends meet by working as a gunsmith. He’s just trying to enjoy a quiet life on Florida’s Treasure Coast. Death, destruction, and deception force him back in the game, but is he still up to the task? Old cases and bad decisions keep coming back to haunt him. Now Steele is spending most of his time keeping himself alive, along with his associate Kate, a gorgeous cyber-smart blonde who’s getting her PI license under his watch.

Former private investigator Pete Fernandez struggles with staying sober after alcoholism cost him his career, his best friend, and his relationship with his fiancée, Emily. Then fellow journalist Kathy Bentley brings him news of a brutal murder, and Pete finds it even harder to shake himself free of the traumas of the past. The victim is Alice Cline, a young woman Pete once saved from a stalker. The crime scene is a grim tableau mirroring South Florida’s most notorious serial killer, a man executed years ago.

Nach einem tragischen Einsatz in Afghanistan ist Cathrine Birklund am Ende: Ihre Karriere als Auslandskorrespondentin liegt brach, ihr Privatleben ist zerrüttet. Als ihre Freundin Pim – eine Privatdetektivin in Bangkok – sie um Hilfe bittet, steigt Cathrine nur zu bereitwillig in den Flieger. Der rätselhafte Fall um die verschwundene Tochter eines Botschafters sieht anfangs nach einer normalen Vermisstensuche aus, entpuppt sich aber rasch zu einem tödlichen Spiel zwischen Korruption, Machtmissbrauch und dunklen Geheimnissen.

Charlie Parker ha da poco riacquistato la sua licenza di investigatore privato quando viene interpellato da Bennett Patchett, il proprietario di un diner nei pressi di Portland, piuttosto scettico riguardo alle circostanze del suicidio del figlio, reduce dell'Iraq. Non ci vuole molto perché si scopra che Joel Tobias, ex comandante della squadra di Damien Patchett, conduce uno stile di vita decisamente sopra le righe e che i suoi andirivieni dal Canada sono tutt'altro che innocui viaggi di lavoro.

Cuando la leyenda de los Chicago Black Hawks, Boom Boom Warshawski, resbala desde un muelle y se ahoga en el lago Michigan, la policía lo califica de accidente. Su prima, la detective privada Victoria Warshawski, no está tan segura. Armada con una botella de Black Label y su Smith & Wesson, Victoria sigue un rastro sangriento hasta el corazón de la poderosa industria naviera de Chicago, donde la corrupción es profunda y los testigos no suelen vivir mucho tiempo.

When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney’s jewelry shop, she’s just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesn’t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she’s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who’s dedicating what’s left of his life to protecting the pretty, battered Katrina Blake from her late husband’s sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.

Who would have thought a hitman needed a psychic like me for a bodyguard? Too bad he’s so smokin’ hot that I can’t concentrate, and all my visions involve kissing those amazing lips. A hitman should be safe from death when he’s the one doing the hunting, but for Stone, everything changes when he becomes the target. He’s not a stranger to enemies, but most people know better than to cross him. His boss, Quentin Vanetti, decides Stone needs help to stay alive long enough to find the assassin, so he enlists Serenity Jones. The only problem? She’s a psychic.

The beautiful wife of one of the world's richest men comes to Spenser in the hope that he can find out what skeletons lurk in her husband's closet. Though he is a generous philanthropist and loving family man, she is concerned—he has recently become secretive, bordering on paranoid, and she wants Spenser to find out why. As Spenser digs into the billionaire's past, he realizes that the man may have done terrible things to rise to the top—but he also may have had good reason to. What he discovers will cause him to question his own views on morality—and place him in grave danger.

Aufstieg und Fall der Familie Rougon, ist eines der bedeutendsten Gesellschaftsdramen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Der junge Priester Serge Mouret tut seinen Dienst in einer Einöde. Sein Sprengel besteht aus einem ärmlichen Dorf, ein paar Rebstöcken, Steinen, trockenem Ackerland, einer baufälligen Kirche und einer inzestiösen Gemeinde, die Gott lästert. Hierher wollte er, um Gott zu dienen. Er verliert sich in fanatischer Marienverehrung und droht, den Verstand zu verlieren, als ihm Albine, eine unangepasste junge Frau begegnet.

Wine influencer turned accidental sleuth Francine Witt heads to New York’s most exclusive gala expecting glamour, gossip, and good champagne. Instead, she finds a perfectly curated family tableau with one glaring flaw: someone is missing. As whispers spread about a figure erased from the Moncrief legacy, the dynasty’s polished façade starts to unravel. Accidents turn deadly, and anyone who gets too close to the truth is quickly silenced.

Brought to you by Penguin. The girl in the lake was never supposed to be found. When her body surfaces in the frozen waters of Cayuga Lake, a note left on the body turns Brendan Holmes from private investigator to prime suspect. With his name on the line and a deadly adversary closing in, Holmes...

Reality TV and pop superstardom are billion-dollar industries built on image, ego and ruthless ambition. When former chart-topping pop star Jillian Moore launches a hit reality show designed to create the next music sensation, the spotlight burns hotter than ever… and attracts dangerous attention. Threats begin to surface cryptic warnings, unexplained sabotage, and signs that someone wants Jillian’s comeback stopped permanently. With her newly reborn career hanging in the balance, she turns to Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis for protection.

Memories fade. But some never let go. And some demand justice. Jack Widow, a drifter with a violent past, doesn't look for trouble. But trouble finds him on a desolate Nebraska road at midnight when an elderly man in pajamas appears in the darkness—barefoot, confused, and firing a shotgun at ghosts only he can see. Widow takes him home to his family, thinking that's the end of it. It's not. The old man has dementia, and every night at midnight, the same memory drags him back sixty years—to darkness, to violence, to something that won't let him rest. Widow starts asking questions.

Vor vierundzwanzig Jahren verschwand die junge Jasmine spurlos in den dunklen Wäldern der kanadischen Westküste. Ein grausiger Skelettfund schafft endlich Gewissheit über ihr Schicksal, aber er wirft auch neue Fragen auf. Eine Herausforderung für Privatdetektivin Angie Pallorino, die so viel wie möglich über die letzten Tage der lebenshungrigen Studentin in Erfahrung bringen soll. Die Suche nach der Wahrheit führt Angie tief in die düstere Geschichte eines kleinen Küstenortes, in dem nichts ist, wie es scheint, und jeder etwas zu verbergen hat.

Ravn krijgt een schijnbaar alledaagse zaak toegewezen: hij wordt ingehuurd door de rijke directeur Ferdinand Mesmer om diens vermiste zoon Jakob te vinden, die 10 jaar geleden de sekte "Gods Uitverkorenen" stichtte. Het wordt echter al snel duidelijk dat er veel meer op het spel staat. Ravn lokaliseert Jakob en zijn laatste discipelen op een afgelegen landgoed. Ravns onderzoek leidt hem tot diep achter de muren van de sekte. Langzaam komt er een zowel verschrikkelijk als gekmakend geheim aan het licht in het gedeelde verleden van Jakob en Ferdinand Mesmer.

Ein Paket ohne Absender liegt eines Tages vor Holmes und Watsons Türe. Fünf darin enthaltene, seltsame Gegenstände - ein Strick, ein Halseisen, ein Metallklumpen, eine verdorrte Mohnblume und ein Dokument - weisen dem Meisterdetektiv die Spur ins Jahr 1800. Fast vergessene Gräueltaten werden plötzlich wieder lebendig.

Una joven hermosa, mujer de un médico boloñés, aparece muerta en el chalet de ambos. Pocas pertenencias la acompañaban en la escena del crimen, aparte de un misterioso violín guardado en su estuche. Su bolsa de joyas se ha esfumado y todas las miradas se centran en un pariente desequilibrado que ha desaparecido la misma noche del crimen. Montalbano, con su parsimonia habitual, inicia la investigación. No cree a nadie, no se fía de nadie. Tras la muerte de un sospechoso, sus superioresdan por cerrado el caso, pero él, ni hablar.

Mandy Logan and her father Bear were hoping for a peaceful Italian getaway. Instead, they've stumbled into a web of conspiracy that stretches from the winding streets of San Gimignano to the hallowed halls of the Vatican. When Mandy befriends local twins Sofia and Lorenzo, she's drawn into the decade-old mystery of Lucia Moretti, a young girl who vanished without a trace. But as Mandy digs deeper, she uncovers an underground network of smugglers, spies, and sanctuary seekers that will challenge everything she thought she knew about right and wrong.

Eine entführte Katze, ein skurriler Katzenbesitzer, der ein Studienfreund Holmes ist, eine verschwundene Taube und der Taubenbesitzer, der in seinem Leben mehr Leid ertragen musste, als manch anderer auszuhalten vermochte. Das sind die Fakten eines neuen Falles, der auf den ersten Blick nicht sonderlich spektakulär wirkt. Das ändert sich schlagartig, als die erste Leiche mit aufgeschlitzter Kehle aufgefunden wird. Und dieser Tote bleibt leider nicht der Letzte.

Fred Wallis came to Davidson, California, with a big, crooked plan in mind. Then, he just...disappeared. Fred’s brother hired Larry Kent to go west and find out what had become of him - a job Larry was glad to accept, since Fred had been a childhood friend of his. But the minute he started asking around, he became a target. Someone wanted Fred’s secret plan to remain just that. But who was behind the attempts on Larry’s life?