Crime Thrillers

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one....

Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation....

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery....

The Honjin Murders is Japan's greatest classic murder mystery, translated into English for the first time....

Seventeen stories from the gritty crime series created by Danny Brocklehurst, starring Hugo Speer as Manchester detective John Stone....

The expected never happens... a man calls unexpectedly on his mistress and sees another man leaving her flat. Accusing her of being...

You don’t know me. You think you do, but you don’t. The only thing you know is my name, and even that’s a lie. I’m king of Boston, lord of criminals, ruler of an underworld empire. Or am I? Only one thing’s for sure: I operate alone....

Umiko Wada never set out to be a private detective, let alone become the one-woman operation behind the Kodaka Detective Agency. But so it has turned out, thanks to the death of her former boss, Kazuto Kodaka, in mysterious circumstances....

Simon and Vicky couldn’t seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a respected law professor, she an advocate for domestic violence victims. A stable, if unexciting marriage. But one thing’s for sure: absolutely nothing is what it seems.

From New York Times number-one best-selling author Brandon Sanderson comes a detective thriller in a police beat like no other....

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal...because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war....

When a powerful politician is arrested for killing a local business owner, he hires Nate on one condition—Nate must try the case within ninety days. He has a rock-solid alibi and wants to prove his innocence before his opponents can destroy his career....

International bestselling author Jeffery Deaver delivers surprise after alarming surprise in an ingenious story about a serial killer, a detective, and a twisting duel of wits....

Kate Alice Marshall's What Lies in the Woods is a thrilling novel about friendship, secrets, and betrayal—and the courage to face the past.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these definitive BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L. Sayers' best-selling novels....

Dopo il successo nelle indagini sul traffico di opere d'arte, l'ispettore Bernard Bastiani, francese con origini italiane, è stato promosso a Lione all'Interpol, sezione Tutela internazionale del patrimonio artistico. Viene presto contattato dal colonnello Gagliano per indagare su un furto misterioso, che ha qualche elemento in comune con un sequestro. Lisa Miller, figliastra di Anastasio, ultimo discendente della casata dei principi di Sansevero - consiglieri del Regno di Napoli al tempo dei Borboni -, è stata rapita fuori dall'Università Federico II.

A missing person, two murders, an enigmatic Irishman, and a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme bring Harry Starke, Captain Kate Gazzara and her trusty K9 companion, Samson, together again in a bewildering detective thriller that takes them deep into the seedy side of New York City,

A white woman has been bludgeoned to death with an altar cross in a rural church on Cicada Road in Walterboro, South Carolina. Sam Jenkins, a Black man, is found covered in blood, kneeling over the body. In a state already roiling with racial tension, this is not just a murder case: it's a powder keg. Two young women are murdered on quiet Edisto Beach, an hour southeast of Walterboro, and the killer disappears without a trace. Thirty-four years later, the mystery remains unsolved. Could there be a connection to Stander's case?

Once the flashy, successful lawyer known for his in-your-face billboards—IN AN ACCIDENT? GET RICH—Jason Rich has fallen from grace, his reputation scrubbed of its glitz and his life stripped of the people he cares about. All thanks to meth kingpin Tyson Cade. But when Cade is shot and killed in the heart of his territory, things go from bad to worse for Jason as he is charged with his murder.

One bright Los Angeles day, a young Polish émigré named Viva is driving along the freeway when she’s flagged down by a dazzling, disheveled woman in green chiffon. The woman is Bobby Sleeper, a fellow Eastern European and an erstwhile art gallerist with a mysterious background and even more mysterious filmmaker husband. Within days the couple hire Viva as their assistant, then enlist her as an accomplice in an improbable scheme involving a long-lost Vermeer masterwork, a multi-million-dollar reward, and several shadowy ex-husbands.

Holly Lin. Kindermädchen am Tag, Auftragskiller bei Nacht. Holly Lin lebt zwei Leben. Für ihre Freunde und Familie ist sie ein sympathisches, hart arbeitendes Kindermädchen. Für ihren Boss und ihre Kollegin hingegen ist sie eine der besten Auftragsmörderinnen im Dienste der Regierung. Als eine Mission scheitert und einer ihrer Teamkameraden sein Leben dabei verliert, glaubt sie, nicht länger für diese Art von Arbeit geschaffen zu sein – doch die Mission ist noch längst nicht vorbei. Um sie abzuschließen, muss Holly Lin sich einem Geist aus ihrer Vergangenheit stellen.

Tatort Nordsee: Joppe Fredriksen, der Ticketverkäufer der Badestelle Dockkoogspitze, wird frühmorgens von einer unbekannten männlichen Leiche in einem Strandkorb überrascht. Nachdem eindeutig Fremdverschulden vorliegt, will nicht nur Joppe, sondern auch das Team der Kripo Husum wissen, wie es dazu kommen konnte, inmitten des idyllischen Touristenparadieses zwischen den Schafen am Deich und den Enten im Wattenmeer.

Das Hörbuch zur Krimi-Kult-Komödie mit John Travolta und Danny de Vito. Chili Palmer, Geldeintreiber der Mafia in Miami, hat es nicht leicht. Gerade erst hat er einem Schuldner einen Haufen Kohle abgenommen, als er, vom Teufel geritten, alles in einer Nacht in Las Vegas verspielt. Bei seinen Bossen kann er sich vorerst nicht blicken lassen. Aber für einen wie Chili hat zum Glück auch ein Kasino Verwendung: Er soll beim Regisseur Harry Zimm Spielschulden eintreiben. Chili macht sich auf nach Los Angeles, in Hollywood liegt das Geld ja bekanntlich auf der Straße.

Mord ist schlecht fürs Geschäft! Das Paradies war früher schöner ist der erste Band einer humorvoll-skurrilen Krimi-Reihe aus Österreich, in der der herrlich verschrobene Oberst Benedikt Kordesch ermittelt, der zwar das Autofahren ebenso scheut wie den Alkohol, aber das Herz am rechten Fleck hat. Ausgerechnet zu Beginn der Sommer-Saison wird im Hotel Paradies am Millstätter See in Kärnten ein prominenter Gast ermordet: Der Starkoch aus München liegt an einem makellosen Julimorgen erstochen in seinem Bett.

Gabriel Allon, spia leggendaria e raffinato restauratore, ha lasciato i servizi segreti israe­liani e si è trasferito a Venezia, l’unico luogo in cui si sente in pace con il mondo. Chiara, la sua bellissima moglie, si occupa della Tiepolo Restauri, i loro due figli frequentano una scuola elementare del quartiere, e lui trascorre le giornate passeggiando tra calli e vicoli della città, deciso a lasciarsi alle spalle una volta per tutte i demoni del suo tragico e violento passato.

Tras una larga excedencia, Louise Rick vuelve al trabajo como jefa de la recién creada Unidad de Viajes. La policía de Fionia ha pedido ayuda tras el asesinato de una posadera en Tåsinge, y es aquí donde Louise conoce a su nuevo equipo por primera vez. El asesinato de la mujer no ha dado muchas pistas a la policía local, pero cuando Louise inicia un registro minucioso del primer piso del hostal donde residía la víctima, encuentran algo que no encaja con el caso de asesinato en el que están trabajando.

Detective Erin Crane is assigned to the investigation into sixteen-year-old Sophie Madson's murder along with her partner, detective Tom Radley. Over the years they've formed a close professional bond built on mutual trust and a shared contempt for the unscrupulous head of the anti-corruption team, Walker. This case will prove a bigger test of their relationship than either of them could ever have imagined.

Holly Lin. Kindermädchen am Tag, Auftragskiller bei Nacht. Holly Lin lebt zwei Leben. Für ihre Freunde und Familie ist sie ein sympathisches, hart arbeitendes Kindermädchen. Für ihren Boss und ihre Kollegin hingegen ist sie eine der besten Auftragsmörderinnen im Dienste der Regierung. Als eine Mission scheitert und einer ihrer Teamkameraden sein Leben dabei verliert, glaubt sie, nicht länger für diese Art von Arbeit geschaffen zu sein – doch die Mission ist noch längst nicht vorbei. Um sie abzuschließen, muss Holly Lin sich einem Geist aus ihrer Vergangenheit stellen.

Escaped criminal Eddie Myers has been presumed dead until he is discovered in Spain by ambitious young police officer, Larry Jackson. Jackson's attempt to capture Myers quickly spirals into an obsession. When a nerve-wracking extradition sees Myers back on English soil, he finally agrees to talk - but only to the officer that brought him in. Myers' deadly charm soon brings Jackson into his web, forging a friendship that wreaks havoc on his life and soon leads to fatal consequences...

Tokyo, 1960. As the first rays of morning light hit the rails at Kamata Station, a man's body is found on the tracks: blood-stained, disfigured and unrecognisable. With only two leads - a distinctive accent and a single word, "kameda" - senior inspector Imanishi Eitaro is called in to solve the puzzle. Accompanied by junior detective Yoshimura, he crosses Japan in search of answers, determined to uncover the secrets of this gruesome crime.