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Billionaire Elliott Kantor, who ruled over a mammoth real estate portfolio in Chicago, was a creature of habit. His trainer came to his house three mornings every week for a five-thirty workout. By six-thirty he was in the car and his driver drove him down into the city where he’d get a shave...

Private eye Eddie Valiant doesn't like Toons - those cartoon characters who live side-by-side with humans. But Eddie will work for a Toon if his cash supply is low enough. So he reluctantly agrees when Roger Rabbit, a Toon who plays straight man (or should that be straight rabbit) in the Baby Herman cartoon series, asks him to find out who's been trying - unsuccessfully - to buy his contract from the DeGreasy Brothers syndicate. Then Rocco DeGreasy is murdered - and Roger is the prime suspect!

Made as a prequel to the hit film The Third Man, this radio show was created to follow the adventures of the popular character Harry Lime, played here and in the movie by Orson Welles. The 1949 film The Third Man won an Academy Award and was an international success, called "magic" by Roger Ebert and "one of the finest films ever made" by The New York Times.

Praise for the DS Rick Turner series ‘A compulsive thriller’ Ann Cleeves ‘A terrifically tense sequel!’ Daniel Sellers Justice is served As criminal gangs rampage unchecked across London, a secretive elite squad begins a campaign of action, delivering the guilty to the cops – along...

‘A compulsive thriller’ Ann Cleeves ‘Not to be missed!’ Daniel Sellers His team is compromised As dusk falls the night before the trial of notorious crime boss Thomas Unwin, the prosecution’s star witness is brutally murdered, his killer escaping in plain sight from a secure hotel. His...

Luis Machi has had enemies for a long time: after all, he's built his success on dirty deals - not to mention his cooperation with the military junta's coup years ago, or his love life, a web of infidelities. What's new is the corpse in the boot of his car. A body with its face blown off, detained by a pair of furry pink handcuffs that Machi knows well. Someone is trying to set him up, but the number of suspects is incalculable. Machi is stuck dredging his guilty past for clues and trying to dispose of the mystery corpse. But time is just another enemy, and it's running out fast.

Inspector Kenneth Stafford wird zu einem Tatort gerufen, der in ihm seltsame Erinnerungen weckt. An exakt derselben Stelle, in derselben Straße, wurde bereits vor 20 Jahren eine Tote gefunden. Sein Vater, Chief-Inspector Anthony Stafford, hat den Fall damals bearbeitet, konnte ihn aber nicht aufklären. Dennoch lässt Kenneth der Gedanke nicht los, dass der Fall von damals etwas mit dem Fall von heute zu tun haben muss. Akribisch versucht er die Ermittlungen seines Vaters von damals aufzurollen und den Faden an der entscheidenden Stelle wiederaufzunehmen.

Der Broadway-Autor Harvey Parker und das Model Cassandra May sind seit wenigen Tagen ein Paar. Parkers vorherige Freundin Cathrin, mit der er zwei Monate zusammen war, ist vor wenigen Wochen bei einem Autounfall ums Leben gekommen. Parker arbeitet eifrig an einem Off-Broadway-Stück. Als er eines Abends sein Manuskript öffnet, findet er eine Textpassage, die er nicht geschrieben hat. Zumindest denkt er das, schreibt diesen Umstand aber einer durchzechten Nacht zu. Doch auch am nächsten Tag ist das Stück fortgeschrieben, ohne dass er daran einen Anteil gehabt hätte.