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They call him el Carnicero—the Butcher. He is the most powerful drug lord on the planet, and when the city of New York incurs his wrath, he utters a single word: “¡Venganza!” With military precision, he strafes Central Park with 4,000 pounds of cocaine, killing hundreds of innocent people enjoying a summer afternoon.

Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller - his 25th adventure. No one's bigger than Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher hitches a ride to a sleepy no-name...

Sieben tödliche Unfälle geschehen über die ganze USA verteilt, und sie scheinen nichts miteinander zu tun zu haben. Doch als Charles Stamoran, der US-Verteidigungsminister, davon erfährt, setzt er eine Untersuchung höchster Priorität an. Auch der Militärpolizist Jack Reacher gehört zu den Ermittlern. Er erkennt, dass die sieben Männer eine gemeinsame CIA-Vergangenheit haben – und dass es keine Unfälle waren. Außerdem verdichten sich die Hinweise, dass das Morden nicht enden wird, bevor noch ein achtes Ziel getötet wurde: Charles Stamoran! Reacher steht ein Wettrennen um Leben und Tod bevor.

Youths disappearing from the streets. Smashed bodies ejected into the River Aire. And CSI Eddie Collins is about to find out how they died. Abandoned by a malicious wife and tormented by a hateful boss, the only thing keeping CSI Eddie Collins sane is his job. When a dead youth is found on a...

Stephen Bryan, a gay academic, is found brutally murdered in his bathroom. Will Grayson and Helen Walker, police detectives investigating the case, at first assume that his death is the result of an ill-judged sexual encounter. But doubts are soon raised. Bryan's laptop has gone missing - could the murder be connected to a biography he was writing on the life and mysterious death of fifties screen legend, Stella Leonard?

To catch a traitor, he must become a fugitive... For years, a police mole known only as the Ferryman has operated deep within Police Scotland, feeding secrets to Glasgow’s most brutal crime boss, Frank Gormley. Now, DCI Lomond is closing in on their identity. But when a gangland shooting at a...

Jake Sawyer is out in the cold. As winter descends on the Peak District, he finds himself suspended from the force, accused of murder. When two young children go missing, feared abducted, Sawyer must improvise to help solve the mystery. And as the bodies of adults appear in remote locations, he suspects a chilling connection to the missing children. With time running out on his bail, Sawyer must fight, not only to crack the cases, but also to clear his name.

Jake Sawyer is in limbo. Facing an enquiry into his capture of a vicious killer, he turns private detective, and takes the seemingly hopeless case of a teenage boy, missing for seven years. When a young woman podcaster investigating the boy’s disappearance also goes missing, Sawyer is drawn into the secretive world of urban exploration. But then an adult male body is found, showing signs of extreme torture, and the murder reminds Sawyer of an unsolved case from his early career. He connects the past with the present, uncovering a terrible link which could hold the key to the disappearances.

Some murders leave behind more than just a body... Still mourning the devastating loss of a close colleague, DCI Lomond and his team are called in to investigate a murder on the set of a popular Scottish detective TV show. But the victim isn’t a star actor. It’s the show’s official police...

The FBI calls on former agent Jessica Blackwood to look at a puzzling crime. A wildlife officer has found the body of a popular YouTuber encased in an obelisk made of salt in a remote refuge. When the agency is tipped off to a second body, that of a TikTok star chained to the bottom of Nevada’s Pyramid Lake—her hands clasped in prayer—Jessica recruits a trusted colleague of her own: Floridian underwater investigator Sloan McPherson.

Coming from scandalous Florida treasure hunters and drug smugglers, Sloan McPherson is forging her own path, for herself and for her daughter, out from under her family’s shadow. An auxiliary officer for Lauderdale Shores PD, she’s the go-to diver for evidence recovery. Then Sloan finds a fresh kill floating in a canal - a woman whose murky history collides with Sloan’s. Their troubling ties are making Sloan less a potential witness than a suspect. And her colleagues aren’t the only ones following every move she makes. So is the killer.

Jake Sawyer is feeling the heat. Returning to duty after an enforced psychological break, he’s called in to investigate the murder of a young woman found near one of the Peak District’s key beauty spots. Sawyer is intrigued by the unusual mix of extreme violence and decorative presentation, and when the death is connected to the earlier killings of three other local women, he joins a task force of regional detectives in a hunt for the man the media are calling The New Ripper.

Detective James Corstorphine’s blood ran cold. His wife never left her clinic door unlocked. Inside, her receptionist sat bound and gagged, tears streaming down her face. “He’s taken Shamila.” But Shamila’s abduction is just the beginning. When human remains are discovered dressed as a scarecrow in a Highland farmer’s field, Corstorphine realizes the cases are connected. The victim worked at Carstairs State Hospital–the same institution where Shamila once treated the criminally insane.

A collection of thrilling tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, including six full-cast dramas and a short story read by Benedict Cumberbatch In the first half of the 20th century, the detective story exploded in popularity. Innovative authors penned whodunits, whydunits and...

Detective Inspector Andy Horton is handed a troubling new case on the Isle of Wight — the disappearance of private investigator Jasper Kenton. Kenton had been tailing a man whose wife suspected him of an affair. But when his naked body is found wrapped in sailcloth on a private beach, a simple surveillance job becomes a chilling murder investigation. The post-mortem reveals a brutal execution: Kenton was shot at close range with a crossbow. Now Horton must navigate a web of secrets, lies and betrayal. The deeper he digs, the more he realises this case has devastating personal consequences.

A body underground. An ancient ritual. A killer in the shadows. The real game is just beginning... When a body is found in the depths of Mary King’s Close, DCI 'Mac' McNeill is thrust into a case involving the burden of sins and an old ritual tied to absolution. With each clue, he is drawn...

A riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests. On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles - the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate - a grand opening celebration is in full swing. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the corpse of a beautiful young woman is discovered.

The heart-pounding new thriller from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the Sunday Times bestsellers The Blue Zone and Reckless. Leading a tour down the rapids outside Aspen, Colorado, whitewater guide Dani Haller comes across the...

Dr. Jay Handler’s life is perfect: a wife and children he loves; a successful career. But a call comes that changes everything. His troubled nephew, Evan, has killed himself and Jay’s brother is in despair. Jay flies to California to help out, and is soon convinced Evan’s death was no suicide. The police want him to leave the matter alone, but he is determined to dig deeper.

When Mattie Harris' body is found drowned in the river, everyone in Lydmouth knows something is wrong. Mattie wasn't a swimmer - it can't have been a simple accident. She was drunk on the last night of her life - could she have fallen in? Or was she pushed? Mattie was a waitress, so when Lydmouth's most prominent citizens become very anxious to establish that her death was accidental, Jill Francis' suspicions become roused. In the meantime she is becoming ever closer to Inspector Richard Thornhill and discovering that the living have as many secrets as the dead.