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London in the 1920s is no place for a woman with a mind of her own. Gang wars, violence, and an unforgiving world have left pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambling to survive in the Mint, the gritty neighborhood her family has run for generations. When her father goes to jail yet again and her scam artist brother finds himself in debt to the dangerous McDonald crime syndicate, Alice takes over. Fighting for power at every turn, she struggles to protect her father’s territory and keep the people she loves safe from some of London’s most dangerous criminals.

Agatha's husband has bought her a first-class ticket on the scenic six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a gift―a one-day writing retreat so she can get some serious work done on her new book, a highly-anticipated follow-up to Agatha's runaway bestseller debut novel. But Agatha has other plans for her day out…plans that are unexpectedly derailed when the train breaks down in the middle of the frigid Canadian woods and one of Agatha's fellow passengers dies quietly in his seat.

When Maigret's .45 revolver is stolen from his home, he becomes embroiled in a murder in which the gun may have played a deadly role. Maigret is the victim of a burglary in which the .45 revolver he had received as a gift from the FBI is stolen. That evening Maigret attends a dinner where François Lagrange, an acquaintance of Maigret's friend, is expected but fails to appear due to ill health. Following his instincts, Maigret decides to investigate Lagrange's absence and uncovers a body stowed in a trunk....

Sid and Ronnie Abel are a first-rate husband-and-wife detective team, both retirees of the LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins for hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a handgun, the two couples have little in common—until they are both hired to do damage control on the same murder case. A body was recovered from one of the city's overwhelmed storm sewers, and the victim identified as James Ballantine, who worked as a research scientist for a prestigious company. Two bullets to the back of the head looked like nothing if not foul play.

The hell called Yuma Prison can destroy the soul of any man. And it's worse for those whose damning crime is the color of their skin. The law says Chiricahua Apache Raymond San Carlos and black-as-night former soldier Harold Jackson are murderers, and they'll stay behind bars until they're dead...

The suitcase looks like a standard weekend bag. But like the man who carries it, it isn't what it seems. Lined with tinfoil to mask the smell, it is a smuggler's bag and will soon be filled to the brim with marijuana bricks. The smuggler is a Harvard student who has come to California to make his fortune. He hopes to score not just with his connection but with his new girlfriend, a Golden State beauty with an appetite for fine weed. When the deal goes south, she takes the fall, and a crooked FBI agent swipes half the stash.

Hochspannend und dramatisch: Der neue Standalone-Thriller des Autorenduos Ulrike Gerold und Wolfram Hänel. Auf dem Marktplatz neben der Kirche wird ein Mann aufgefunden – nackt, von Kopf bis Fuß in Asche eingerieben und mit einer Ziffer auf der Stirn. Im Krankenhaus wird bei dem bekannten Restaurantkritiker eine extreme Unterernährung festgestellt. Kriminalkommissarin Hannah Meyer, die gerade erst aus dem hohen Norden in die Alpen versetzt wurde, vermutet einen Zusammenhang zwischen der Tat und den religiösen Praktiken der Fastenzeit.

Mosela Mosholi, ’n ou vriendin, bel Sarah Fourie op ’n koue wintersoggend wakker. Mosi se rekenaars voorspel ’n vierde moord op ’n toeris en Sarah met haar kuberkrakerkennis moet kom help. Sarah kan nie nee sê nie. So sy sleep haarself uit die bed en bel vir Jaap. Mosi is in die moeilikheid en Jaap Reyneke is al raad wat sy het. Van Seepunt en Manenberg tot Tokio en Hakone.

Is Sydney gun city? It certainly seems so when Cliff Hardy is hired by entrepreneur and one-time pistol-shooting champion Timothy Greenhall to investigate the violent death of his troubled son. Soon Hardy is pitched into a world of crooked cops - former members of the Gun Control Unit - outlaw bikies and honest police trying to clean the stables quietly. Two more murders raise the stakes, and relationships are stretched to the breaking point.

Nach einem emotionalen Streit mit ihren Eltern sucht die junge Eva ihr Glück in der ihr unbekannten Ferne. Dort lernt sie den charismatischen O'Malley kennen. Der gemeinsam mit seinem Cousin Alan und seinen Freunden Cody und Nate Eva Qualvolles auferlegt. Jahre später rächt sich dann plötzlich jemand Unbekanntes stellvertretend für Eva an ihren einstigen Peinigern.