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The Scent of the Night is the sixth comic detective novel in the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri. Montalbano learned how hard it was to put on a wetsuit while in a dinghy speeding over a sea that wasn't exactly calm. Mimì, at the helm, looked tense and worried. "Getting seasick...

In the suburbs of Maryland, the firm of Hendley and Associates meanders its way through financial transactions—but its true purpose is to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them in whatever manner necessary. “The Campus” is always on the lookout for new talent, and...

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole. Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders: It is the '50s, and two war heroes have been shot dead. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors didn't count on the tenacity and wit of the young and hungry Horace Rumpole.

Peter Diamond is tasked to run security for a wedding. Seems a bit beneath his extraordinary detective talents, as well as his title as head of Bath's CID, but this isn't your run-of-the-mill ceremony: the bride and groom belong to families on opposite ends of the law - and someone is trying to sabotage the nuptials by taking out a hit on the father of the bride.

Life in modern Tokyo is a blast for Rei Shimura, a young Japanese-American woman who enjoys busy days as an antiques dealer and steamy nights with a devoted new boyfriend. But things come to a standstill when Rei overpays for a rare old chest of drawers for a wealthy client, the owner of a famous Zen temple in Kamakura. The exquisite tansu turns out to be a fake: the worst deal Rei has ever made. When the temple family turns on Rei - and the con man who sold the tansu is murdered - she realizes she's opened a Pandora's box of deception and death. 

For Waldemar Leverkuhn, a retiree living with his wife in a small unit in an unassuming block of apartments, the day couldn't begin more auspiciously. He, along with three friends, have won the lottery. It's a modest but healthy sum of money and the old men toast to their good luck with a celebratory dinner. The day ends, however, with Leverkuhn drunk, belligerent, and eventually dead in his bed, stabbed 28 times in the chest. After a cursory investigation, Leverkuhn's quiet, weary wife incredibly confesses to murder.

Jake Brigance, the protagonist of John Grisham's classic legal thriller, A Time to Kill, is back. This time he's at the epicenter of a sensational murder trial that bitterly divides the citizens of Clanton, Mississippi. John Grisham's A Time to Kill is one of the most popular novels of our time...

Remember his name: FBI Agent Amos Decker is back in a thrilling memory man investigation from number one bestseller, David Baldacci. A town with a secret. A lone hunter discovers the remains of a woman in North Dakota’s Badlands. She appears to have had a post-mortem performed on her...

The North Sea, October 1904 - When Russian warships bombard the Hull trawler fleet, killing innocent fishermen, public outrage pushes Britain and Russia to the brink of war, the sparks from which could inflame the entire continent. Doctor Ingo Finch, once of the Royal Army medical corps, is long done with military adventuring. But when a stranger seeks him out, citing a murderous conspiracy behind the infamous 'Dogger Bank Incident', Finch is drawn back into the dark world of espionage. 

1899, South Africa: As the Boer War rages, Captain Ingo Finch of the Royal Army Medical Corps pieces together casualties at the front. Later, recovering in Cape Town, he is woken by local police. A British officer has been murdered, and an RAMC signature is required for the post-mortem. Shocked by the identity of the victim, the bizarre nature of the crime and what appears a too-convenient resolution, Finch turns detective. He is soon thrust into a perilous maze of espionage and murder. 

Oscar Juliander was a rich lawyer and deputy chairman of the prestigious Royal Swedish Yacht Club. While at first his death seems like a tragic accident, there is evidence of foul play. Police detective Thomas Andreasson teams up with local lawyer Nora Linde to investigate. As they work to uncover clues, they face resistance from an elite world where nothing but appearance matters.

In post-war Tokyo, still recovering from the devastating wartime bombing raids, a patrolling policeman passing The Black Cat Café makes a gruesome discovery: the body of a woman, lying in a hastily dug hole, with a dead black cat by her side. The woman's face is disfigured beyond recognition, and the café's black cat seems alive and well, so where did the two corpses come from, and why were they buried in the café's garden?

Federal Investigator Aaron Falk is on his way to a small town deep in Southern Australian wine country for the christening of an old friend's baby. But mystery follows him, even on vacation.

In the espionage community, Vienna is known as the City of Spies, and Matt Drake is about to learn why in the latest electrifying thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Tom Clancy Target Acquired and The Outside Man. When a mysterious walk-in to the US embassy in Vienna claims to...

Six Four. The nightmare no parent could endure. The case no detective could solve. The twist no listener could predict. For five days in January 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. They would never see their daughter again. For the 14 years that followed, the Japanese public listened to the police's apologies. They would never forget the botched investigation that became known as Six Four.

The instant international bestseller set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West’s spy war against the Soviets strewn across Europe, he...

Springtime in Provence brings flower-filled meadows, sun-drenched coastlines—and a bachelorette cycling tour that guide Sadie Greene hopes to pull off without a hitch. However, the ride takes a deadly detour when a killer crashes the party. Sadie Greene has broken her streak—her crime streak...

Amidst the stark, lonely beauty of southwest Ireland’s windswept coast, veterinarian Dimpna Wilde wrangles with dark traditions, village folklore, and a killer’s motives during the annual Wren Day celebration in this deeply atmospheric and suspenseful County Kerry novel for readers of Dervla...

Nach Winnetous Tod wird Old Shatterhand zusammen mit den beiden Snuffles Jim und Tim in eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem alten Komantschen-Häuptling To-kei-chun verwickelt. Im Rahmen dieser Ereignisse lernt er den persischen Prinzen Dschafar Mirza kennen. Später wechselt der Verlauf der Ereignisse hinüber in die Wüsten Arabiens und zu den Weidegründen der Haddedihn, wo es ein Wiedersehen Kara Ben Nemsis mit Hadschi Halef Omar gibt.

Sous les franges jaunes et rouges d’une tente de toile, la grande danseuse a fini de danser. La nuit tiède venue du sud les fait frissonner; des autos noires, de luxe, silencieuses et souples, s’arrêtent au bord du trottoir: l’or ou l’argent d’un soulier de bal, puis, derrière la vitre, un visage de femme, un peu las sous les fards, mais fier, heureux d’avoir été vu trois heures durant au fond d’une loge.

Die deutsche Hauptkommissarin Wallis Windsbraut lernt in einer Livemusik-Kneipe in den Niederlanden Jos van Dam kennen und genießt den Abend. Das Erwachen am Strand ist ernüchternd, jemand hat sie und ihren neuen Bekannten außer Kraft gesetzt. Ihr alter Opel Kapitän, der Leichenwagen des ehemaligen elterlichen Bestattungsunternehmens, ist verschwunden. Und mit ihm Daan Maartens, der Gerichtsmediziner, der sich einer bizarren, lebensgefährlichen Herausforderung stellen muss.

À Sainte-Hélène, territoire britannique perdu dans l'Atlantique Sud, c'est la consternation. Le consul qui administre l'enclave française de Longwood, où est mort Napoléon, a disparu. Comment peut-on se volatiliser sur une île reliée à l'Afrique du Sud par un avion chaque semaine et où tout le monde se connaît? C'est ce qu'Aurel va être chargé de découvrir. Il va vite comprendre que représenter la France à Sainte-Hélène n'est pas de tout repos. Car Napoléon rend fou. Son souvenir déchaîne encore des passions violentes.

Pre-order the new gripping DI Helen Grace thriller from the million copy bestseller M.J. Arlidge now! As Detective Inspector Helen Grace's best friend fights for her life, the man responsible flees the country. An international manhunt leads to the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, where crime is...

'It's just so exciting to see a powerful female character like Sarah Black . . . This is a fast-paced espionage thriller that feels fresh and exciting - and takes you to some shocking places. It will keep you up far too late!' - Holly Watt --------------- The spy game has a brand new player...

In this heart-pounding thriller, author Lyle Nicholson transports listeners to the enchanting island of Saint Lucia, where a young Bernadette Callahan faces her greatest challenge yet. As she prepares to enter the RCMP, Bernadette's world is turned upside down when her friends are taken hostage...

When detective-in-training Sigurdís interrupts her studies in the US to return to Iceland, after discovering that the investigation into her abusive father's death has been dropped, she's plunged into a completely new case when a controversial TV personality is murdered during the Reykjavík Marathon. Returning to Iceland to deal with the fallout, Sigurdís finds herself pulled into a disturbing case: controversial TV personality Olga Einars has been stabbed to death during the Reykjavík Marathon.

In 1997, General Alexander Lebed, former secretary of the Russian Security Council, admitted on CBS' 60 minutes that up to one hundred small nuclear weapons went missing during implementation of the 1991 START treaty. Twenty five years later, three of them turn up in one of the world’s most volatile regions: Gaza. Their path is being controlled by a Saudi professor determined to disrupt the balance of power in the Middle East. Richard O’Brien, an FBI linguist who finds cocaine and women much more intriguing than his low-level job, stumbles upon the plot.

Québec, du 20 juin au début juillet 2018. Jour après jour, l’étau d’une enquête se resserre—jusqu’à un basculement soudain à Hô Chi Minh. Entre prologue et épilogue, La méta enquête assemble un puzzle contemporain où les pistes s’enchaînent, les versions s’entrechoquent et la quête de vérité se heurte à la manière même de la chercher.

A history lesson they’ll never forget … and neither will you. Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she’s seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris, her colleague – and until recently, her fiancé –...

Even for Private Investigations, the world’s top detective agency, it’s tough to find a man who doesn’t exist . . . Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as CEO of a high-profile research...