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Alan Giuliani ha ormai dimenticato cosa significhi essere un uomo libero. Il suo aguzzino lo tiene in ostaggio con promesse di ritorsioni verso le persone a cui vuole bene e lo costringe a lavorare per lui. Durante una trasferta obbligata in una Caorle fredda e invernale, muore improvvisamente un uomo a cui il carceriere di Giuliani è affezionato. Sembra un attacco di cuore, ma c’è qualcosa che non quadra.

Join the T'ang Dynasty detective Judge Dee on his very first full-length mystery! Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor’s garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. This book kicked off Robert van Gulik's long-running series and introduced countless listeners to a cozy, clever series and the incredible detective at its center. Listen to this one, and you'll quickly find yourself seeking out the whole series.

In Kirkenes, einem abgelegenen Ort im hohen Norden Norwegens, hinterlässt eine neue Drogenepidemie namens „Edelweiß" eine blutige Spur. Als eine Wasserleiche und ein drogenbedingter Selbstmord die örtliche Polizei erschüttern, gerät Kommissar Karl Sortland in einen Strudel aus Intrigen und Familiengeheimnissen. Während er und sein Partner Mats Samuelsson die Verbindung zwischen einem brutalen Mord und der Familie des Opfers aufdecken, müssen sie auch ihre eigenen persönlichen Herausforderungen meistern.

An artfully twisty mystery about the psychological toll of jealousy and guilt from Seicho Matsumoto, who has been hailed as "Japan's Agatha Christie" (The Sunday Times) While on an important business trip, Tsuneo Asai receives word that his wife, Eiko, has died of a heart attack. She has...

Art and artifact investigator Axel Webb is asked to investigate a lawyer, A. Barton Bailey. The lawyer claims he represents a client willing to sell a portfolio of paintings by 20th-century bad-boy, Welsh portrait painter, Augustus John. Bailey approaches the Art Gallery of Ontario, owner of what is arguably John’s best work, a portrait of the flamboyant Marchesa Luisa Casati. The bohemian excesses of Augustus John and Luisa Casati, his occasional sexual partner, friend, and muse for over forty years, are legendary.

Miss Belle’s Travel Guides isn’t your typical travel company. They write books, post blogs, and have some excellent restaurant recommendations, but there is something darker under the surface. Lacey, a four-year veteran with the agency, is on a mission in Tokyo. Her job: pose as an escort to the CFO of a major American corporation while she uncovers the vital information she was hired to find. The assignment proves to be more than she bargained for. A rogue reporter threatens her mission and her cover, putting a village worth of innocent lives at risk in the search for his story.

Tilannekatsaus: puolustussyyttäjä Jan Rosen puku on veressä. Hänet on kahlittu nippusiteellä kiinni matkustajan istuimeen. Eikä hän ole yksin – nainen näyttää aseelta, josta on poistettu varmistin. Tanskan historian salaisin oikeudenkäynti käynnistyy. Pahamainen ihmissalakuljettaja, "Hollantilainen", murhataan oikeustalon edessä. Asianajaja Jan Rose joutuu sekä poliisin että rikollisten valokeilaan olemalla väärässä paikassa väärään aikaan. Kaiken lisäksi hän on saanut vaarallisen vihollisen häikäilemättömästä huippuasianajajasta.

When retired Southern sheriff-turned-New York City detective John Le Brun and his wife, Lordis, set sail in 1910 for a long-awaited honeymoon on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, they expect to find relaxation in paradise. However, they soon discover they’ve been lured to the island in part to tout its attributes as a burgeoning vacation retreat to wealthy investors back home. Instead of finding tranquility among the tropical isle’s quaint villages and sandy beaches, they encounter a land teeming with racial, social, and economic tension.

Tarquin Stanhope's cosy London life has taken a sinister turn. He's being hunted and threatened, but by whom and for what? Those scary letters addressed to a stranger. What do they mean? Why the violence? There's talk of a cabinet... (yes, a French royal cabinet to be precise, from the Palace of Versailles — a piece worth millions) It was English antique dealer, Oliver Clasper, who hatched the plan to make the counterfeit, but the rash fool stole the idea from Zoltan, and now the Russians want their cut. But wait ... they're tracking the wrong man!

Министерству финансов США необходимо отправить своим английским коллегам золотые слитки на огромную сумму. Операция держится в строгом секрете, но, как часто бывает, происходит утечка информации. Двое дерзких гангстеров придумывают способ перехватить драгоценный груз, а Лемми Коушену в этот раз придется выдать себя за провинциального бизнесмена, впервые приехавшего в Нью-Йорк поразвлечься.

Получая облигации от мужа, Генриетта была уверена в их подлинности. Тот же вопрос задает себе и Лемми Коушен, которому ФБР поручило расследовать это дело. Более того, эта история вообще бы не всплыла, не приди Генриетта в банк калифорнийского городка, чтобы обналичить именную облигацию, неожиданно оказавшуюся фальшивой.

Detective Bernadette Callahan's impulsive nature has landed her in hot water before, but this time, the stakes are higher than ever. A heated argument drives her fiancé to take a dangerous security job in Afghanistan. When he disappears and is accused of stealing a sacred artifact, Callahan is left guilt-ridden and desperate for his safe return. Callahan embarks on a perilous rescue mission in Kandahar, where she teams up with a terrified interpreter and a stoner bodyguard.

When an Irish priest narrowly escapes an attempt on his life at a remote Canadian Seminary, Detective Bernadette Callahan finds herself entangled in a mystery that hits unexpectedly close to home. As Callahan delves deeper into the case, a sinister plot emerges, reaching back to the misty shores of Ireland, where ancient tales and myths hold the key to the mystery.

Den rumænske gangster Janko Milos César løslades fra Vestre Fængsel efter frifindelse i en sag om menneskehandel, hvor hovedvidnet blev myrdet kort før retssagen. Udenfor venter en mand drevet af hævn – en af verdens mest eftersøgte. Et voldsomt opgør er uundgåeligt.

Da en række nådesløse likvideringer tyder på, at en brutal magtkamp er under opsejling, forsvinder chefanklager Patrick Nordstad pludselig sporløst. Specialkonsulent Hannah Bengtson får til opgave at finde ham, og opklaringen kan blive hendes store gennembrud. Men da hun graver dybere end forventet, må hun snart kæmpe for sit eget liv.

The Darker Side of Paradise is a thrilling book that follows Tom, a man who thought he was leaving his troubles behind when he boarded a plane to the picturesque Greek island of Corfu. But fate had other plans in store for him. After a chance encounter with his ex-boyfriend, Alec, Tom finds himself forced to share a cabin with him due to a booking error. As if that wasn't enough, the morning after their arrival, one of the three girls Tom had seen on the plane is found dead in the resort's pool.

When the first victim falls at the hands of a sniper, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service are shocked. Imagine how rattled the whole island becomes when the next shot rings out… Rookie detective Nora Sommer and veteran mentor Roy Whittaker have a killer on their hands, seemingly picking off victims at random. Can they stop a cold-blooded assassin who vanishes before his victims hit the ground?

Long presumed dead after a long period of inactivity, the gentleman burglar Arsène Lupin makes a triumphant return to solve the disappearance of a small fortune. Set in Paris during the Second World War, Lupin's investigation leads him to Captain Patrice Beval and his love, Coralie, a volunteer nurse who valiantly helped save Beval's life. Lupin soon learns that Coralie is in danger and, after a bloody murder case, is determined to protect Coralie and Beval from the sinister culprit afoot – while finding the missing gold, of course.