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When the body of elderly Mr Winter is found in his modest terraced home, still in his pyjamas, Detective Dave Slater quickly decides there’s nothing suspicious to report. The old man fell and hit his head. It’s sad, but these things happen. A few days later, Mr Winter’s home is ransacked—and Slater is forced to change his mind. This was no opportunist break-in. Someone was looking for something specific. But what did the lonely old man have in his possession that could cost his life?

Alias the Lone Wolf, published in 1921, is the third in the 8-book series about a reformed French jewel thief, Michael Lanyard--the Lone Wolf. This story is set in the years after the Great War (World War I), and Lanyard has ended his connection to the British Secret Service. He is enjoying some leisure time in the south of France near an area called the Cévennes. He's using the name Andre Duchemin, which he used in the previous story.

Jake Stone era un recién graduado universitario que decidió mudarse a la ciudad de Nueva York para seguir una carrera en Finanzas. Jake es un hombre que está a sólo un paso de ser un tipo normal, excepto por su extraña habilidad para encontrarse en el centro de los problemas. Cuando el destino lo arroja entre las feroces agendas de la mafia y el FBI, la vida de Jake da un giro que es todo menos ordinario. Tanto la mafia como el FBI tienen un interés genuino en tener a Jake como aliado. Sus agendas en competencia no son exactamente lo que Jake imagina para su vida.

Dr. Katheryn Newton has dedicated her brilliant mind to groundbreaking medical research. She’s attempting to save lives and hoping to start a family when a catastrophic twist turns her world upside down. Suddenly, Kate finds herself with the power to invisibly end any life. Within hours, Kate is caught in a moral conundrum and trapped in a web of deception. She fights on, fiercely determined to help her country and the planet, but it’s tough when doing good means being bad—and dangerous when someone knows your secret.

Plasata in Calcutta, in anii '30 ai secolului trecut, actiunea romanului Palatul de la Miazănoapte debuteaza intr-o noapte intunecoasa, cind un tinar locotenent englez incearca sa salveze doi gemeni abia veniti pe lume de o amenintare inimaginabila. In ciuda vremii ingrozitoare si a pericolului...

Set in the fog-drenched alleys of Victorian London, The Lascar Mysteries: A Daughter’s Cry is a gripping tale of courage, loss, and the relentless pursuit of justice. B R Bhanu masterfully blends historical crime with social commentary, immersing readers in a world where power and privilege clash with the cries of the oppressed. Story Summary: When Parvathi, a lascar’s wife, is savagely murdered before her 11-year-old daughter Ayesha, hope seems lost. Witnessing the brutal attack from a hiding place, Ayesha’s world is shattered.

Think Die Hard with a Dadbod—a writer on an isolated farm sees his retreat interrupted by rekindled romance and a gang of thrill-killers.

Eine eingemauerte Leiche, zwei tote Zeugen und reichlich Aufregung im hohen Norden. Bei der Renovierung des Flensburger Stadttheaters wird das Skelett einer seit 39 Jahren vermissten jungen Dänin gefunden. Die beiden Kommissare Anne Anders und Hendryk Larsson übernehmen den Fall, dessen...

Step into the shadowy, dangerous streets of modern-day Kiev with “Eastern Vengeance.” Meet Taras, a driven accountant thrust into a world of violence and betrayal. Entangled in a sinister web of corruption, he navigates a city where danger lurks at every corner, and morality is a luxury no one can afford. Meet Vlado, a hardened former sniper consumed by sexual desires at any cost. Finally, meet Masha, the cold-hearted assassin shackled with a deep resentment that can only be satisfied with sharp knives and explosives.

When a master thief's quest for vengeance collides with his former lover's transformed life, will the ghosts and doubts of the past overshadow their rekindled passion? Or will love find a way to ignite once more?

Hidden among the mountains of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado stand the moradas—humble adobe meeting houses of the ancient and secretive brotherhood known as the Hermanos Penitentes. One such morada becomes the stage for a reckoning.

Femeia în alb este un roman clasic, un thriller captivant, cu crime, intrigi, răutate şi identităţi schimbate...

A major breakdown in society has descended and everything is spiralling out of control on council ghettos across the city. The police don’t have the ability to deal with it and are demoralised.

Sobre la Academia Ellingham debe de pesar una maldición. Ya han muerto tres personas. Una, víctima de una broma que salió mal o de un asesinato. Otra, por una fatalidad. Y ahora, un accidente en Burlington se ha cobrado una nueva vida. Y todo justo en el momento de mayor triunfo de Stevie Bell…. Sabe quién es Atentamente Perverso. Lo ha resuelto. El crimen del siglo. Al menos, eso cree. Con esta nueva tragedia, es difícil concentrarse en el pasado. No solo ha muerto una persona en la ciudad, sino que además David ha desaparecido por propia voluntad y está tramando algo.

On the day an infamous thief, and callous murderer, is due to be released, DCI Tanner is given the task of overseeing the operation. But when the prisoner is kidnapped at gunpoint, only to be found tortured to death the very next day, Tanner finds himself asking why, especially when two men arrive from the National Museum, demanding to know where the priceless painting was, the same one the dead man had taken some thirty years before.

שנתיים לאחר שאיבדה את בעלה בעירק, התובעת המחוזית לשעבר מורגן דיין חוזרת לעיירת הולדתה סקרלט פולס. שם, מוקפת בבני משפחתה, היא מקווה להשיב את חייה לשגרה ואף מקבלת הזדמנות לשקם את הקריירה המשפטית שזנחה. אבל אז השמרטפית שלה נרצחת וניק, הנער מהבית השכן ששיחק שחמט באורח קבע עם סבה ובילה זמן עם בנותיה, מואשם ברצח.

APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH — The injustice of wrongful convictions. Rob Carson’s life had been turned upside down; his pregnant wife, Janey, was dead and he was imprisoned for her murder. From the day of the bludgeoning, Rob maintained his innocence but statistics put a target on his back. The data was all too clear, husbands kill wives. Kara, Rob’s childhood sweetheart, was in disbelief. The whole of it was inconceivable. Rob was not capable of such a heinous, brutal act. He was not a killer.

What if there was a pill that stopped all addiction? Dr. Disraeli Gaye has developed such a pill, and it’s on its way to FDA approval. The drug cartels are watching nervously. But everyone else wants in, from drug addicts to doctors to Wall Street. The only problem is…someone is trying to kill the good doctor.

Wenn’t sömmers in d’ Haven sneeit ... Wer schläft denn da bei den Bronzefiguren am Hafen von Neuharlingersiel? Oma Pusch will wissen, wer den zwei Fischern dort seit der Morgendämmerung Gesellschaft leistet. Doch als sie den Mann berührt, fällt er koppheister mit durchtrennter Kehle ins Hafenbecken. Dass er ihrem Neffen, dem Halbbazi und Oberkommissar Eike Hintermoser, ähnlich sieht, macht sie ebenso stutzig wie der Fund eines weiteren Toten in Trachtenlederhose, der aufgeschlitzt im Kofferraum hinter der Fischereigenossenschaft gefunden wird.

The last thing newly married jewel thief Gregg Hadyn expects is to bump into a former girlfriend, especially one who also happens to be an exceptional thief. Now plying his talents for a premier espionage team, Gregg considers it one too many coincidences to learn fellow thief Derek Clayton is also in the mix. When Derek’s routine heist from a billionaire Greek recluse puts him on the run for his life, he heads directly to Gregg and the SIRU.