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From bestselling, award-winning author James Ellroy, "the neo-noir eminence of L.A. crime fiction" (The New Yorker)—a gritty, fast-paced historical crime thriller set in 1962 Los Angeles during the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis "The Freddy Otash novels will be mentioned . . . as some...

A Friend in Need, a Daring Heist, and a Ruthless Robbery Crew That’s not Going Back to Prison. Lo Walsh had given up the PI life after the Bobby Lee Kinsey case. But his notoriety draws the attention of an old mentor. But the simple background check soon takes a sinister turn and Lo finds himself mired in a twisted web of deception and revenge that brings him face-to-face with his new profession’s dark side. Now Lo must reevaluate his commitment to this case. Can he provide the help his old friend wants without exposing a murky past? How does he walk away with so much at stake?

Atmosphère pesante à Quimper... La mort d'un huissier peu apprécié sème le branle-bas sur Quimper et sa région. Le crime est-il l'œuvre d'un proche offensé, d'un concurrent irrité, d'une victime bafouée ? Et pourquoi Paul Capitaine est-il écarté de l'affaire, pourquoi tous les...

What happens when the dead refuse to stay buried? London, 1890. A man is pulled from the Thames, identified by three witnesses, and buried in a pauper’s grave in Southwark. The paperwork is signed. The mourning has begun. The case is closed. Two days later, he is seen alive at a window in Kensington—bruised, emaciated, and terrified.

A bell rings at a quarter past two in the morning. Three nights running. From a room that has been locked for ten years. When Mrs. Honoria Vexley arrives at 221B Baker Street in the bitter December of 1894, she brings a riddle that defies every rational explanation. Her daughter Clara died a decade ago; the drawing room was sealed in her memory; no key exists, no window stands open, and no wire appears disturbed. Yet the bell has sounded—with force and precision—at the same impossible hour.

What if the dead could sit for their portrait? London, 1889. When Mrs. Viola Marston brings three seemingly ordinary photographs to 221B Baker Street, she presents Sherlock Holmes with a case like no other. In each portrait—taken weeks apart, in different rooms, by a reputable studio—a veiled woman in mourning dress stands at the edge of the frame. No one present recalls seeing her. No one can explain how she appeared on the glass plates. And when Mrs. Marston’s brother, Felix Dane, recognises the spectral figure and whispers a name he has not spoken in years, he vanishes into the London fog.

Red Harvest is the first full novel by Dashiell Hammett, the author universally regarded as the father of "hard boiled" detective fiction. An enormous hit upon its publication, it has since become a classic of the detective genre. Time Magazine included Red Harvest in its 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

A sadistic serial killer targets women attorneys, leaving body parts scattered across town. Will local detectives working alongside a FBI agent and an odd FBI profiler track down the killer before he or she strikes again? Or, will the killer sow destruction across teo communities, forcing neighbors to suspect neighbors. What hideous creature hides behind small town smiles?

A new PI. A dead rockstar. A tangled web of secrets. When Ethan Adler set up his new PI agency in central Manchester, he wasn’t expecting his first case to be so high profile – investigating the mysterious death of rock star Dylan Vy. Ethan has been avoiding the spotlight ever since his...

These stories are cozy mysteries. By that terminology, it is meant mystery stories that lack profanity, blood and gore, gratuitous violence, and depictions of sexual activity. Frequently in such stories, the mystery solvers are neither police nor private detectives. The sleuths generally use their knowledge of human nature and perhaps knowledge from their own fields to solve these mysteries.

Hauptkommissarin Mo Celta kehrt traumatisiert aus der Ukraine zurück und lässt sich für einige Monate vom Dienst beurlauben. Doch als eine junge Frau ermordet im Auwald aufgefunden wird, erinnert der Fall Mo an die Opfer des Puppenspielers. Gemeinsam mit Thomas Berger, ihrem Kollegen von der Vermisstenstelle Letzte Spur, ermittelt Mo auf eigene Faust und kommt einem ungeheuerlichen Verbrechen auf die Spur. Geprägt von den Horrorszenarien ist sie fest entschlossen, den Täter zu fassen, notfalls mit Gewalt.

In the 26th novel in the New York Times bestselling series, Brunetti’s retreat to a quiet island in the laguna is interrupted by a case of guilt and grief. Donna Leon’s bestselling mystery novels set in Venice have won a multitude of fans for their insider’s portrayal of La Serenissima...

They took his family. Now he's taking the war to them. John Sole has been running, hiding, and striking back where he can. But the cartel hasn't forgotten him and now they've unleashed their most ruthless enforcer, Alejandro Garza. Garza isn't just another soldier. His name carries whispers of...

When private detective Sam Spade takes on what seems like a simple missing-person case, he’s pulled into a web of lies, danger, and murder. A mysterious woman with a shifting story, a murdered partner, and a priceless jeweled falcon at the center of it all nothing is as it appears, and no one can be trusted. As Spade navigates a shadowy world of cunning criminals and double crosses, he must rely on his instincts to uncover the truth. But in a city where loyalty is fleeting and greed runs deep, every move could be his last.

A 911 call cut off mid-scream and a melted cellphone in a circle of burned grass hint at an alien abduction in Effigy Mounds National Monument. Doug Fletcher’s cop intuition makes him reluctant to accept the investigative assignment. Jill Fletcher’s curiosity and desire to escape the oppressive Texas summer weather overcome his hesitancy. Watching a pair of eerie lights rise over the park has them questioning their eyes.

Mack Denver has settled—sort of. With his chosen “family” around him and his flash temper mostly in check, he’s trying to do the right thing while digging into a twisted case of city-wide corruption. But this isn’t just any case—it’s tangled up with one run by his old mentor, Sergeant Tom Stein of Boston South PD. And it’s about to get personal. With a sharp-tongued librarian, a born-again newsman, and the ever-patient Wanda at his side, Mack follows a trail through Boston’s underbelly—from snake dancers and shady fixers to a half-mad witness no one believes.

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Tsunojima, au large des côtes japonaises. Un an après le quadruple meurtre qui a ensanglanté l’île, c’est l’endroit parfait pour la retraite annuelle du Club des amateurs de roman policier ! Ses membres vont pouvoir se consacrer à la rédaction du prochain numéro de leur revue et...

Youths disappearing from the streets. Smashed bodies ejected into the River Aire. And CSI Eddie Collins is about to find out how they died. Abandoned by a malicious wife and tormented by a hateful boss, the only thing keeping CSI Eddie Collins sane is his job. When a dead youth is found on a...

Une affaire qui chiffonne le capitaine... Le substitut Dominique Vasseur va se rendre en Provence pour témoigner contre Cesare Di Caro, la dernière figure du milieu marseillais, qui a dépêché des hommes de main sur Quimper. Paul Capitaine doit donc assurer la protection de son amie, mais...