Showing results for "Crystals" in Crime Fiction

Mukesh Mathur is an independent criminal lawyer. Kamlesh Dixit has been accused of killing his exemployee Abhay Singh Rajpuria, the owner of Crystal Lodge. Mukesh decides to defend Kamlesh Dixit. His investigation leads him to several other suspects, whom the police have conveniently chosen to ignore. Despite all evidence against Dixit, he continues to plead innocent. Will Mukesh Mathur be able to defend Dixit? Why are the police so keen to nail him? Find out in another nail-biting thriller from the master of crime fiction in Hindi.

When Crystal's pimp, protector and former lover, Gilly, dies of a drugs overdose, Crystal is bereft. She refuses the paid protection of a rival pimp, determined to go it alone. But a vicious beating from a client leaves her feeling vulnerable and angry. Meanwhile, Crystal's daughter, Candice, is asking difficult questions about her job. Crystal decides it's time to make some changes, and when a high-profile judge offers her payment to keep schtum about his nefarious activities, it gives her an idea. Perhaps other clients will also pay for her silence.

Arsène, our charming and clever protagonist who sits on the wrong side of the law, becomes inadvertently involved in a damning murder case when his two colleagues are arrested on suspicion of killing Deputy Daubrecq, a corrupt politician, during a burglary. In an attempt to clear their names and get to the truth of what happened, Lupin seeks a crystal stopper which was once in Daubrecq’s possession and holds enough political secrets to bring absolute anarchy.

Arsene Lupin may have finally met his match in Deputy Daubrecq, a cunning detective who foils Lupin's most cunning roberies, thefts, and even a kidnapping. Can the world's greatest thief get his act together, save his arrested men from the guillotine, and recover his lost honor? A thrilling adventure from the author of "Arsene Lupin", "Arsene Lupin vs. Herloch Sholmes", and "The Hollow Needle".

The Collapse changed everything. Good men became killers. Strong women became property. And I’ve been captured by the most ruthless men of them all....

1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after acting governor Palin's daughter dies suddenly - and in mysterious circumstances - mission school-educated local girl Su Lin - an aspiring journalist trying to escape an arranged marriage - is invited to take her place. But then another murder at the residence occurs and it seems very likely that a killer is stalking the corridors of Government House.

Su Lin is doing her dream job: assistant at Singapore's brand-new detective agency. Until Bald Bernie decides a 'local girl' can't be trusted with private investigations and replaces her with a new secretary - pretty, privileged, and white. So Su Lin's not the only person finding it hard to mourn Bernie after he's found dead in the filing room. And when her best friend's dad is accused, she gets up to some sleuthing work of her own in a bid to clear his name.

Samuel Ross es un escritor y psiquiatra conocido por sus estudios sobre la conducta criminal. Tras una noche de borrachera es testigo de la muerte de Arturo Coelho, socio del empresario Markus Pastrana, investigado por tráfico de armas, malversación de fondos y la desaparición de varias mujeres jóvenes. Todo aquello lo recuerda como un sueño, retazos en su cerebro sin orden alguno hasta que una semana después recibe una carta.

Die grootste uitdaging van haar loopbaan wag op speuradjudant Storm van der Merwe. Die kusdorp Hermanus hou vir die eerste keer ooit ’n skrywersfees. Deel van Storm se verpligtinge is om by die gemeenskapsaal kywie te hou. Maar toe daag die sterskrywer van die dorp nie op vir haar sessie nie. Haar liggaam word in Kwaaiwater se Mosselrivier gevind. 24 uur later kom ’n visterman af op nóg ’n lyk – weer ’n vrou, dié keer jonk en swart. En dan is daar ’n derde slagoffer.