Hard-Boiled

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....

Natasha, Riya, Anjali and Katherine were best friends in college - each different from the other yet inseparable - until that night. It was the night that began with a bottle of whisky and a game of Ouija but ended with the death of Sania, their unlikeable hostel mate. The friends vowed never to...

Contains books 4-6 of the bestselling, fast-paced Detective Sebastian Clifford series.

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend. In the 16th century, eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village....

Eight BBC Radio crime dramas featuring Golden Age detective Gideon Fell, starring Donald Sinden With his cape, canes and shovel hat, portly amateur sleuth Dr Gideon Fell cuts an eccentric figure - but his odd appearance belies his sharp intellect and astonishing faculty for deduction. Created by...

No Orchids for Miss Blandish was crime author James Hadley Chase’s first novel....

When Daryl Brackstone approaches private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda "Birdie" Bird about her mother's decades-old murder, she's hoping to finally uncover the truth. Her father died in prison for the crime, but Daryl has never believed in his guilt.

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....

Detective Sebastian Clifford and his partner Lucinda "Birdie" Bird are about to embark on their most challenging case yet when Lady Angelica Charing tasks them with finding the son she secretly gave away when she was only sixteen.

A million-pound heist. A man on the run. A gang hellbent on seeking revenge....

New York Times best-selling author James Lovegrove’s continues the story of Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles, as five years later, another monstrous creature stalks across Dartmoor....

The Dark Yorkshire Series - fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin. The first three full-length books in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in this great value set....

When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. Plenty of people had reason to want him dead. But the police thought his wife Nikki--with motive, access and opportunity--was the #1 suspect. The jury thought so too. Eight years later and out on parole, Nikki hires Kinsey Millhone, a...

Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant....

'Fantastic' Martina Cole 'Dark, sharp and compelling' Peter James 'A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series' Mick Herron *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR IN THE AMAZON PUBLISHING READERS' AWARDS*...

A novel set in the underbelly of upstate New York that's as hardboiled and punchy as a swift right hook to the jaw, a classic noir for fans of James Ellroy and John D. Macdonald. Isaiah Coleridge is a mob enforcer in Alaska--he's tough, seen a lot, and dished out more. But when he forcibly ends...

Delhi Noir offers bone-chilling, mesmerizing takes on the country's chaotic capital, a city where opulence and poverty are constantly clashing....

Ex-police officer Sebastian Clifford had decided to limit his work as a private investigator, until Detective Constable Bird, aka Birdie, asks for his help....

In The Valley of Fear, the great detective Sherlock Holmes has been summoned by a coded message to the house of a man called Douglas....

A story of romance, humor, and true detective fiction, this novel begins with Arsène Lupin, a gentleman thief known for his strict moral code, forcing the French authorities to find an investigator who can put a stop to his dealings....

A risky gamble might not pay off when Lawrence Sanders's dilettante detective plunges into a quagmire of greed, passion, and murder....

When a man careens off the road into the frigid waters of the Chautauqua River, Chief Detective David Wolf risks his own life to bring the man to shore. News of Wolf's bravery travels fast....

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, we meet Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective, Norman Conquest the fast talking, hard hitting adventurer with a disregard for danger, and Ben, the chivalrous and perky non-descript little man....

In the sixth book in Lawrence Sanders's best-selling Archy McNally series, a twisting tale of sizzling family secrets proves that murder isn't just for the birds...

"Puoi lasciare l'esercito, ma l'esercito non lascia te. Non sempre. Non completamente." E infatti Jack Reacher deve tornare in servizio, richiamato dal dipartimento di Stato e dalla CIA...

Quando la figlia muore in quello che la polizia definisce un semplice incidente, secondo l'agente speciale e profiler dell'FBI Pierce Quincy rimangono troppe domande senza risposta. È convinto che qualcuno abbia ucciso sua figlia ed è disposto a rischiare tutto per scoprire cosa sia davvero successo. C'è solo una persona disposta ad aiutarlo: la sua amica ed ex agente di polizia Rainie Connor. Ma la persona che cercano è diversa da qualsiasi altro killer che i due esperti professionisti abbiano mai incontrato prima.

In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.

Björn Nilsson ligger brutalt misshandlad i Kongos djungel 1961. Sextio år senare mördas gamla FN-veteraner en efter en i Sverige. Kriminalinspektör Esther Ndembe och ex-elitsoldaten Klas Berg jagar en sanning som sträcker sig från Kongos djungler till Kremls korridorer. Men när de äntligen närmar sig svaret upptäcker de att någon är beredd att döda för att hemligheten ska förbli begravd. Vem kan de lita på när fienden kan vara vem som helst?

Als der renommierte Pharmazieprofessor Konstantin Uhlken in einem Park erschlagen wird, ahnt zunächst niemand, dass der vermeintliche misslungene Raubüberfall ein kaltblütig geplanter Mord war. Doch Uhlken hatte sich kurz zuvor Hilfe suchend an Nik Pohl gewandt – der Privatermittler hat einen neuen Fall. Nachdem ein Mitarbeiter einer Pharmafirma bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kommt, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse. Als auch sein engster Vertrauter in Lebensgefahr gerät, wird Pohl klar: Er muss die Hintermänner finden, bevor es weitere Tote gibt.

È giugno, le figlie del commissario Mariani e sua madre Emma sono in vacanza, mentre lui è a Genova al lavoro come la moglie Francesca. Forse l'essere soltanto in due migliorerà l'umore della sua Fran che da febbraio sente nervosa e spesso assente. Ma un caso di omicidio in un B&B vicino al Ponte Monumentale lo costringe ad affrontare momenti difficili e inaspettati, non solo dal punto di vista professionale, ma perché la vittima aveva avuto ripetuti scambi di messaggi e telefonate con Francesca.

Apartaste la vista un segundo. Y ahora tu hija ha desaparecido. Hoy tenía que haber sido un día especial. Una última salida familiar antes de que Summer, de cinco años, empiece el colegio junto a sus hermanos mayores. Pero, en un instante, todo se convierte en una pesadilla. Siento en el corazón que Summer está ahí fuera, en algún lugar. Pero, mientras me obsesiono con encontrarla, mi familia se desmorona. Mi hija mayor, Merritt, se encierra en sí misma. Mi hijo Gus está furioso. Y, aunque llevamos diecisiete años casados, mi marido se ha vuelto un desconocido.

Am Ostersonntag verbreitet sich die Nachricht wie ein Lauffeuer im Dorf: Janice Heckler ist tot in der Greve gefunden worden, halbnackt und offensichtlich ertränkt. Sechs Jahre später kommt Alex frühzeitig aus der Haft frei. Sein erster Weg führt ihn zurück an den Ort des Geschehens – in sein Elternhaus. Wenig später wird die Leiche von Heike Jentsch gefunden.

As Detective Kay Hunter begins to investigate, the case quickly reveals itself to be anything but routine. The local farming community is tight-lipped, the victim’s background is unclear, and the evidence uncovers a trail of conflicting stories and long-held secrets.

Zwei kleine Kinder, ausgerissen von zu Hause, verirren sich im winterlichen Berlin und geraten an die falschen Freunde. Unterdessen hat Anna als erfolgreiche Geschäftsfrau nur wenig Zeit für die Familie. Bis ihr zehnjähriger Sohn Manuel spurlos verschwindet. In einem Nobelhotel wird Kommissar Kalkbrenner zu einem Mordfall gerufen. Die Ermittlungen konfrontieren ihn mit den menschlichen Abgründen.

Caleb Zelic can't hear you. But he can see everything. After a lifetime of bad decisions PI Caleb Zelic is finally making good ones. He's in therapy, his business is recovering and his relationship with his estranged wife Kat is on the mend. But soon Caleb is drawn into the tangled life of his troubled ex partner Frankie, which leads to a confrontation with the cops. And when Frankie's niece is kidnapped, she and Caleb must work together to save the child's life. But can Caleb trust her after her past betrayals?

Der Mord an der Prostituierten Kelly ist für den alternden Detective Leman vom Carson City Police Department schnell aufgeklärt. Eine DNA-Spur führt nach San Francisco zu David Bennati, der bereits vor zwanzig Jahren eines ähnlichen Mordes verdächtigt wurde. Ist David Bennati ein Serienmörder? Hat der brave Familienvater ein Doppelleben geführt? Während David in Untersuchungshaft sitzt und mit der Todesstrafe rechnen muss, stellt Davids Frau Kathy, die von der Unschuld ihres Mannes überzeugt ist, eigene Nachforschungen an und gerät dabei selbst unter Verdacht.

Si estás leyendo esto, he desaparecido. Todos dicen que estoy paranoica, pero simplemente me estoy preparando, porque mis secretos me han puesto en grave peligro. Así que, si ocurre lo peor, esta carpeta contiene todo lo que mi mejor amiga necesitará para encontrarme, escondida en un lugar que solo ella podría adivinar. Desde que éramos niñas es la que me conoce mejor, y es la única capaz de unir las piezas y descubrir la verdad.

Sechs neue Kriminalnovellen vom Meister amerikanischer Kriminalliteratur Der millionenschwere Kasinoraub ist schlicht nicht machbar. Und genau das macht ihn unwiderstehlich für einen Räuber, der für seinen Final Score den Rest seines Lebens im Gefängnis verbringen muss. Ein ehrgeiziger Collegejunge hat einen Nebenjob, bei dem er illegalen Schnaps an The Sunday List liefert, bis ein korrupter Cop, ein verführerischer Kunde und ein falscher Guru seine Träume zu beenden drohen. Zwei Klugscheißer erzählen sich beim Frühstück in einem Diner eine True Story .

Tras años oculto, el sicario sin nombre ha encontrado algo parecido a la paz en una casa frente al mar. Pero la muerte de un viejo aliado lo obliga a aceptar un último encargo: cerrar una cuenta pendiente con tres nombres en una lista. Mientras tanto, Clara Fité intenta reconstruir su vida en Barcelona. Un cuaderno robado y la desaparición de dos niños en 1992 la arrastran a una investigación que nadie quiere reabrir. El poder, la culpa y el miedo se entrelazan en una trama que conecta lo que ocurrió entonces con lo que está a punto de estallar ahora.

En un mundo distópico donde Colosio es presidente y Borges premio nobel, el mandatario celebra los acuerdos de paz tras la insurrección que dividió a México en una república al norte y una dictadura militar en el sur. Pero esa tregua se tambalea cuando, en una iglesia, aparece el cuerpo de una monja asesinada, cubierto con la bandera de los Ozymandias: el grupo rebelde que dinamitó al país. El caso llega al investigador Séneca Espejel, quien descubre que, en esa misma iglesia, también fue robada la urna con los restos de su madre.