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Mystery woman, Morrigan Doyle, is in prison. Finn Doyle, her son, has ties to the Irish mob in New York. He became acquainted with Harry Starke when Harry was investigating his mother’s billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. But Finn has an agenda of his own and wants to hire Harry to “find a friend,” Matteo Rossi. Rossi, a low-level thug, a soldier in the Irish mob, is missing and Finn is worried, thinking someone has “offed him,” and he wants to know who. Initially, Harry turns Finn down.

Eines späten Abends gingen vier Freunde zu einem Park in einem wohlhabenden Viertel von Bainbridge Island, um den Verkauf ihres Tech-Start-ups zu feiern. Am nächsten Morgen wurden drei Leichen gefunden. Eine Zeugin war noch am Leben. Von Geburt an blind, hat sie nichts gesehen. Aber sie hat alles gehört. Privatdetektiv Thomas Austin ist die einzige Person, die sie dazu bringen kann, sich zu öffnen. Auf der Insel gestrandet, weil die Brücken und Fähren wegen eines seltenen Sommersturms außer Betrieb sind, muss Austin den Fall lösen, bevor der Sturm vorbei ist und der Mörder für immer entkommt.

Edison Bixby is wealthy, handsome, and, due to a traumatic brain injury, impulsively rude. He’s also a brilliant insurance investigator who solves baffling crimes by figuring out how the design of the man-made world around us makes them possible. Enter Wally Nash: a struggling actor hired to keep Bixby from offending everyone he meets. Their first case together looks like a simple accident. Caroline Crowley took a nasty fall down a staircase at a shopping mall in front of dozens of witnesses. Video clearly shows the deadly misstep.

Um hotel no meio do nada parece o destino perfeito para um investigador descansar e se afastar do trabalho. Até que um caso macabro acontece. No auge do verão canadense, o inspetor Gamache e sua esposa comemoram o aniversário de casamento no Manoir Bellechasse, um hotel luxuoso em meio à natureza, não muito longe do vilarejo de Three Pines. Só que os dois não estão sozinhos: a família Finney, tão rica quanto complicada, também se reuniu lá para uma ocasião especial. Para surpresa dos Gamaches, chegam ainda mais dois convidados para o evento, conhecidos do casal.

In the rain-drenched streets of 1937 Louisville, Kentucky, a city drowning in the Great Flood, private investigator Charlie Parker is a man with debts to repay and secrets to bury. Haunted by his past and pursued by a relentless storm, Charlie's world collides with corruption, crime, and the shadowy underbelly of the city he calls home.

Zachariah Fontaine specializes in private investigations of the most ordinary type. But he soon finds himself involved in some very unusual cases, especially after meeting the delicious Jessica, seeking to rid herself of her husband. A straightforward pursuit of evidence for a divorce uncovers something totally unexpected. And that’s just the beginning. Soon, Zachariah and Jessica are joining forces in some rather surprising adventures involving stolen jewels, high-stakes gamblers, and some strange creatures.

Aurora takes her second case in New York City. This case is quickly solved. She is called out to Southern California. There has been a murder on a local horse ranch. She meets the stable owner, Dakota Rivers. She also takes note of the stable manager, Leif White. What is Leif hiding? What does this all mean for Aurora?

Legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel about detective Sam Spade: The Maltese Falcon, the most famous private eye story ever told. But the case was never really solved—the priceless golden, bejeweled bird that men and women had been dying to possess turned out to be a fake.

Now president of her father's company, Bishop Aeronautics, Evelyn is presiding over a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of her factory when she is approached by Billy Takemura, a Japanese American soldier who announces that she's building on stolen land. Like Evelyn and Nick, Billy is a war hero. He served in the decorated 442nd Nisei company, while most of his family were forcibly interned at Manzanar. Their thriving family restaurant, and the land it occupied, were taken while they were in the camp.

The medical profession’s faith in electric shock therapies for treating female nervous conditions is shaken after a patient dies while connected to one such device. Harry Armitage is hired by the doctor arrested for her murder, and he invites Cleo to help him uncover the truth. After all, the doctor is the same one who tried—and failed—to treat Cleo’s aunt. As they dig deeper, it becomes apparent the doctor has failed other patients too, and those patients’ loved ones want revenge.

A dark cloud has fallen over Nero Wolfe’s New York brownstone. For days, house chef Fritz Brenner has worn a worried expression, caused by the news from back home in Switzerland that his beloved cousin is missing. When a hired detective on the ground is unable to turn up any leads, Fritz takes it upon himself to return to Geneva and launch his own investigation. However, when Fritz himself goes missing, it’s up to Wolfe and his faithful assistant Archie Goodwin to travel to Geneva and save the day.

Max Dumbell isn’t just a man—he’s a beefy enigma wrapped in muscle and marinated in pre-workout. He’s a sleeveless detective with the brains of a boiled egg and the biceps of a Greek statue that fell into a vat of protein powder. When a ripped fitness influencer named Trent Steel disappears under suspiciously shiny circumstances, Max is hired by a woman who smells like eucalyptus and probable felonies to crack the case wide open (like his last treadmill).

Золотой век детектива подарил нам множество звездных имен. Произведения таких писателей, как Агата Кристи, Гилберт Честертон, Эрл Стэнли Гарднер, Рекс Стаут, развивали и совершенствовали детективный жанр, их романы, безоговорочно признанные классикой, по сей день любимы читателями и являются эталоном качества для последующих поколений авторов детективных историй. Почетное место в этой плеяде по праву принадлежит Джону Диксону Карру (1906–1977) – виртуозному мастеру идеально построенных «невозможных преступлений в запертой комнате».

Золотой век детектива подарил нам множество звездных имен. Произведения таких писателей, как Агата Кристи, Гилберт Честертон, Эрл Стэнли Гарднер, Рекс Стаут, развивали и совершенствовали детективный жанр, их романы, безоговорочно признанные классикой, по сей день любимы читателями и являются эталоном качества для последующих поколений авторов детективных историй. Почетное место в этой плеяде по праву принадлежит Джону Диксону Карру (1906–1977) — виртуозному мастеру идеально построенных «невозможных преступлений в запертой комнате».

A bodyguard has his work cut out for him protecting a headstrong heiress in this classic tale from New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon. Bodyguard to an heiress is Tyler Duhan's idea of hell. The steely, sexy ex-marine has heard—and dismissed—the gossip about the haunted old...

When celebrated painter Simon Chandos is found dead in his secluded Sussex home, what first appears to be a suicide soon unravels into something far darker. Around him swirl a cast of uneasy souls: his beautiful but distant wife, her reckless admirer, a mysterious woman in black, and a house filled with secrets too dangerous to name.

Der Sender Braw Edinburgh stellt in seinem Podcast Menschen mit besonderen Berufen vor. Diesmal ist Finola zu Gast und berichtet über das Berufsbild Privatdetektivin. Eigentlich wollte sie gar nicht teilnehmen, doch das Gespräch im Studio verläuft überraschend angenehm. Bis Stephen Pratt auftaucht. Der Reporter sorgt sofort für frostige Stimmung, und seine Ankündigung, einen gewaltigen Skandal aufzudecken, stößt auf Ablehnung und Skepsis. Zwei Tage später ist Pratt tot - und Finola steckt mitten in einem neuen Fall.

Jedes Mal, wenn das Telefon klingelt, hofft May auf einen Klienten. Sie hat sich vor Kurzem als Strafverteidigerin selbstständig gemacht, doch bisher ist es ihr nur gelungen, kleinere Mandate zu erringen. Da geht der Fall des Unternehmers Rickleffs durch die Medien: Er hat für eine Werbeaktion sein Genom in eine Herkunftsdatenbank eingespeist; nun wird ihm vorgeworfen, vor Jahren ein Mädchen ermordet zu haben. Keiner stellt den DNA-Abgleich infrage.

Auf dem Weg zum Flughafen von Aberdeen streikt plötzlich Van Dusens Leihwagen. Zusammen mit Hatch und Inspektor Hayden landet er im schottischen Niemandsland, wo sie unvermittelt auf die Leiche des fünfzehnjährigen Charles Foyle stoßen. Was zunächst nach einer Familientragödie aussieht, entwickelt sich zu einer Jagd nach einem Mörder, die die Gefährten durch den dunklen Wald und zu einem noch dunkleren Gemäuer voller Geheimnisse führt.

Vigilia di Capodanno, 1932. Hercule Poirot e il suo fidato amico e compagno d'indagini, l'ispettore Edward Catchpool, arrivano sulla piccola isola greca di Lamperos per festeggiare la fine dell'anno. La location scelta per l'evento è la Spitty, "la Casa dell'eterno benvenuto", uno storico edificio vista mare, solido e imponente nonostante il suo aspetto un po' bizzarro. Catchpool, però, inizia presto a sospettare che Poirot lo abbia portato lì per una ragione ben diversa, qualcosa che non vuole rivelare.