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"Zigzags of Treachery" is a hard-boiled story by Dashiell Hammett featuring his unnamed, legendary detective known as the Continental Op. The book is set in San Francisco, where the Op is hired to investigate the suspicious death of Dr. Estep, a respected surgeon with a secretive past. What begins as a murder inquiry quickly becomes a tangled case of false identities, blackmail, and shifting loyalties.

On a dark and rainy Halloween night, four drunken and misguided teammates celebrated a homecoming victory and later found themselves at the scene of a fatal car crash. A beloved teacher from their high school was the innocent victim. The local newspapers screamed for justice for the teacher's senseless death, and the four teammates were labeled the Halloween Killers. They were all convicted of manslaughter, and each served a few years in jail for the crime. Seven years later, Josh Carter, the last teammate to be released from jail, was still searching for answers.

A killer is leaving messages. And this time, they’re meant for him. When a series of brutal murders rocks the streets of Edenvale, each crime scene reveals the same chilling signature: a dead nightingale… and a fragment of poetry. For Dante Villehart, this isn’t just another case. It’s a reckoning. Once a journalist, Dante made a mistake that allowed a killer to slip through his fingers—a failure that has haunted him ever since. Now, a new murderer known only as the Knight in Gale is recreating that nightmare… one body at a time. Each victim is chosen with precision.

Alex Berger, einst brillanter Commissaris der Brüsseler Mordkommission, lebt seit zwei Jahren am Abgrund. Während er in Brüssel den renitenten Verbrecher John Novak vernahm, starb seine Frau Camille bei den Terroranschlägen in Paris. Berger ist rastlos, trinkt zu viel, hat mit allem abgeschlossen. Doch dann entkommt der damals verurteilte Novak aus dem Gefängnis. Kurz darauf beginnt eine Serie rätselhafter Todesfälle: Drei Menschen werden tot...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Katherine Carson didn't leave intelligence work to solve rich people's problems. She chases justice, and she's good at it. But when a desperate CEO offers double her usual fee to find his daughter, she can't refuse. Not with three employees and a...

Reeling from a tragic personal loss, Dwayne Morrow is drawn to a remote portion of West Virginia, looking for answers. What he finds is a community frozen in time. Welcome to Briarstaff, West Virginia, population 1,967. Founded in the early 1800s by workers of a now-defunct mining operation, the town remains home to generations of natives who continue to farm and conduct business in timeworn buildings bordering a charming town square. The grassy central plaza hosts many local events—the annual Apple Festival is currently underway.

Wyatt Blake, D.A. turned criminal defense lawyer, must defend his half brother in a high-profile perjury prosecution. The First Lady is a hostile witness in a scandalous trial involving private secrets and a sex tape. Meanwhile, private investigator Harper Easton and her cadaver dog find the buried body of a young woman who went missing decades ago.

What if one moment – one split second – changed everything? When a firearms officer shoots a suspect dead and wounds another, who later dies in hospital, the official line is that the sun was in her eyes. Her body cam failed. Known only as Officer X, her anonymity is meant to protect her –...

Joe Reacher follows the money. Wire fraud, counterfeiting, money laundering, all part of the job. Then a letter arrives from an old friend. A key. And a note that says Just in case. By the time Joe reads it, his friend is dead.

Is Allison Shafer dead or alive? Finding the answer may be the only thing that will save John Standard's life. Standard is a freelance writer who believed he had chronicled the last days of a beautiful woman dying of cancer and determined to end her life using a physician-assisted suicide law. But did she really die? Standard believes she did. Shafer's gangster boyfriend isn't so sure and thinks Standard may be in on the hoax. The search for the truth takes Standard back to when he first met Shafer and eventually halfway around the world ... chasing the dead.

Private Investigator Mallory Dimante knows one thing…The film she holds in her hand is going to get her killed. Two people have seen the film. Two people have disappearedThe two people who were ready to show it to the world. The Seventh Reel, the fifth book in the Diamond and Stone series, throws Private Investigators, Jake Steiner, Mallory Dimante, and Surai Chanthara deep into the Hollywood world of film. Old film. Unknown film. The type of film that holds secrets the world would like to know and has been waiting for……And would kill for.

Sherlock Holmes can hardly refuse when he’s summoned to the palace to consult on a dognapping case. He brings along Varti Weller, who’s compelled to lie because he’s folk-spelled. In the midst of their investigation, a new knack comes to light. Varti can tell when someone else is lying. So he knows that the Selcouth Queen isn’t telling the truth. Or at the very least, she’s left out an important detail about the reason she needs Holmes’s expertise. Newcomb is besieged. Enzo fulfills his duty. Arty expands his crew. Kel spills royal tea. And the Hound is back on the hunt.

Kurz nach der vorletzten Jahrhundertwende hat es Dr. Watson und den Großmeister der Detektive in die Neue Welt verschlagen. Was ursprünglich als Erholung für Sherlock Holmes gedacht war, nachdem er bei einem kürzlichen Abenteuer in London ernsthaft verletzt wurde, entpuppte sich schon bei der Überfahrt der beiden von Southampton nach New York als eine unhaltbare Folge von Kriminalfällen, derer Holmes sich nicht wegen fachlicher Akribie und Watson nicht wegen amouröser Anwandlungen entziehen konnte.

Tess Tulley is the proud proprietor of Mill City Investigations—the premier (if you ask her) private investigation business in her small Massachusetts city. Business is slow, especially after she blew up her credibility among her fellow Spinners (do not call them witches) by turning in her own uncle for a crime spree three years ago. Loyalty among Spinners is top priority, and Tess’s decision to put the investigation over her coven has left her out in the cold.

August 1903. Emma and her husband Derrick are among the men in white tie and tails and the women wearing white gowns from the House of Worth at Tessie Oelrichs’s Bal Blanc, or White Ball, at Rosecliff, her grand cottage on Bellevue Avenue. There to cover the event of the season is young Ethan...

Monica Hardin’s badly destroyed body is discovered in the trunk of a car. She had been shot, then acid was poured on her. The bullet that killed Monica is traced to a weapon owned by Detective Jake Thomas, who previously had a relationship with Monica. Police seize Jake’s weapon and determine it had recently been fired. Based on this evidence, Jake is arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Because Jake is a local homicide cop, the Lexington police hand over the case to the Kentucky State Police. Miranda Bailey, a KSP detective, is brought in to investigate.

Zwei vermisste Kinder. Eine tickende Uhr. Und zwei Eltern, die auf eigene Faust ermitteln. Ein unbeschwerter Kita-Ausflug an der idyllischen Ostseeküste wird zum absoluten Albtraum: Die fünfjährigen Jungen Leo und Noah verschwinden spurlos von einem Abenteuerspielplatz. Während die ermittelnde Polizei wertvolle Zeit mit starren Standardprotokollen verschwendet und lediglich an harmlose Ausreißer glaubt, wissen die alleinerziehende Lana und der verwitwete Tarek: Ihre Kinder schweben in höchster Gefahr.

Wer mit einem Killer verheiratet war, hat einen guten Blick fürs Böse … Kalifornien 1966: Auf den ersten Blick sind Margo, Bev und Elsie gewöhnliche Freundinnen – doch gewöhnlich ist nichts, seit ihre Männer als eiskalte Serienmörder überführt wurden und sich das Auge der Öffentlichkeit erbarmungslos auch auf sie richtet. Wie kann es sein, dass sie nichts von den Abgründen ahnten? Als das Böse nun, Jahre später, erneut zuschlägt und mehrere Frauen brutal ermordet werden, setzen die drei alles daran, den Täter zur Strecke zu bringen.

He was curious. It was the cop in him. That flame was still alive. The neon "Strange Investigations" sign may be flickering in disrepair outside his office, but private investigator Derek Strange is still accepting new cases. When a flashy drug lawyer hires him to prove an alibi for an accused...

Some buildings are built on stone… others on secrets. When amateur sleuth Lily Larkin visits London, she has two things on her mind – spending time with her boyfriend, PC Flynn Grainger, and digging deeper into the mystery of her parents' deaths. She doesn't expect her trip to involve murder. But trouble has a way of finding Lily… even in the big city.