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Ex-police officer Sebastian Clifford is quickly finding that life as a private investigator is never quiet. His doors have only been open a few weeks when DCI Whitney Walker approaches him to investigate the brutal attack that left her older brother, Rob, with irreversible brain damage. For nearly twenty-five years, Rob had no memory of that night, but lately things are coming back to him. Whitney's worried that her brother might–once again–be in danger.

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late.

This is DC Smith's third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been asked by a member of Norfolk's aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title. The inquest verdict was of misadventure, but it isn't long before Smith begins to suspect there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.

The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney reunited, and with another mystery to solve: the dreadful poisoning of the scoundrel Willoughby's new wife. “An absolute page-turner full of well-plotted mystery and hints of simmering romance...

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn’t be higher. After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention.

Following an argument with her British boyfriend, Chinese student Min Li is abducted whilst walking the dark streets of picturesque Stratford-upon-Avon alone. Trapped in a dark pit, Min is at the mercy of her captor. Detective Inspector Will Jackman is tasked with solving the case and in his search for answers discovers that the truth is buried deeper than he ever expected. But, as another student vanishes and Min grows ever weaker, time is running out.

Laura and Henry Frazier, David Gates, and Alice Bullowe are in Connecticut for Christmas. The family is staying in a country home Laura inherited from her aunt, Clara, and Alice, also a niece of the late Clara Beame, is more than a little disappointed by the terms of the will. As an edge of hostility threatens to spoil the party, the drama only grows as manipulative games are played, a blizzard roars outside, a surprise guest arrives-and the holiday turns more scary than merry . . .

The balance is off in Widow's Bay. The once powerful vampire in charge is no longer at the top of the food chain. It's a broomstick race to find out why before reporter Marzie Nowak and her friends become the latest bat snack! Plus a murder on Main Street is making it quite a challenge to lure tourists to this haunted resort town in Michigan.

DCI Kenny Murrain sees, hears and feels things that others do not. It’s a gift but also a curse. When he wakes to the phantom sound of screaming, he knows a murder has been committed, but not where or why. Then a woman’s body is found in a Stockport hotel room. It’s a murder that seems both frenzied and carefully planned, the scene expertly cleansed of any evidence.

Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peter's body goes missing. It takes all Campion's coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime.

Field reporter Lee Barrett is not happy that her hours are being cut back at WICH-TV, although it is nice to spend more time volunteering with Aunt Ibby, a research librarian. But Lee's least favorite task is going up to the stacks, a spooky, seldom-frequented upper section of the library. On this day she has good reason to be afraid - she finds a dead man, surrounded by hundreds of scattered books and torn-out pages. Her police detective beau, Pete Mondello, is soon on the scene, and the deceased is identified as a former minor league baseball player - and ex-con....

Boston, Massachusetts. Lata dwudzieste, środek prohibicji, czas prosperity. Ponure nastroje po Wielkiej Wojnie prawie całkowicie opadły, ludzie zamiast rozpamiętywać przeszłość wyciągają z niej wnioski i z uśmiechem patrzą w przyszłość, budując wspaniały kraj dla siebie i dla swoich dzieci. Są jednak inni ludzie, ludzie czający się z ciemnościach i spiskujący. Nie jest więc tak cudownie, jak mogłoby się wydawać.

David Small is the new rabbi in the small Massachusetts town of Barnard’s Crossing. Although he’d rather spend his days engaged in Torah study and theological debate, the daily chores of synagogue life are all-consuming—that is, until the day a nanny’s body is found on the rain-soaked asphalt of the temple’s parking lot.

Det är maj och i Vimmerby ska den årliga studentbalen äga rum. Massor med människor har samlats i Källängsparken innan den stundande kortegen drar genom stan, solen skiner från en klarblå himmel och stämningen är på topp. Då smäller plötsligt ett skott av och en av personerna i den stora folkhopen faller ihop – mördad.

Winter in Balsam Dell is a snowy affair, and to add in some cheer after the holidays, Carly's former classmate Klarissa Taddeo is hosting her extravagant bridal shower at the historic Balsam Dell inn. That is, she was until a double-booking throws some mold in the cheese and leaves Klarissa scrambling. With the venue moved to the maid of honor's family mansion and Carly rinding to create a new delicious treat, it seems the group is going to pull off the shower without a hitch—until a rowdy band of groomsmen crashes the event.

Harry Bosch ha sempre avuto un rapporto di odio/amore con il dipartimento di polizia di Los Angeles, ma ora quel rapporto è finito. Harry è in pensione. Quello che non è finito, invece, è il suo rapporto con le indagini, la "missione", come l'ha sempre definita, la scoperta della verità. E quindi decide di collaborare con la polizia di San Fernando, un territorio autonomo all'interno della città di Los Angeles, e di inventarsi un nuovo ruolo, quello di investigatore privato.

Es verano y pronto sonarán los gritos de felicidad de los estudiantes que se gradúan. La artista Cilla Fallander tiene un nuevo trabajo después del drama del pasado invierno como la nueva gerente de un centro comercial que va a reabrir sus puertas. Pero las cosas empiezan a salir mal desde la primera noche y, durante los cuatro días de inauguración, los problemas continúan acumulándose. Todo esto hace pensar a Cilla que alguien lo está fastidiando a propósito, lo que conlleva consecuencias desastrosas para todos.

Disaster strikes the vineyards in Alsace. Vintners are tense and old grudges surface. The Winemaker Detective's reputation is on the line as he must find the cause before the late harvest starts. Winter is in the air in Alsace and local customs are sowing trouble, piquing the curiosity of the famous winemaker from Bordeaux, Benjamin Cooker. While the wine expert and his assistant Virgile settle into their hotel in the old city of Colmar, distinguished vineyards are attacked. Is it revenge?

Just 14 years old, Amalie thought she could take off and go to the festival with her best friend without anyone knowing it—without her parents finding out. She thought she was safe when she met a man offering her drugs; she thought she was safe when she went alone to her tent to take the pills. However, when she opened her eyes and found herself in the man's basement, she knew she was not safe anymore. She was trapped.

Det har gått tio år sedan Rebeccas dåvarande man, Solomon, fick sitt fängelsestraff - dömd för mord på grund av hennes vittnesmål. Det har varit tillräckligt lång tid för mardrömmarna att upphöra, nerverna att lugna sig och för Rebecca att bygga upp ett nytt liv med man och barn, och lämna det förflutna bakom sig för gott. Men en dag ringer det från en okänd telefon i Rebeccas sovrum. Det är Solomon som har placerat den där, han är frisläppt och har ett enkelt meddelande till henne: Lika många år som han har suttit inne, lika många brott ska Rebecca bevittna. Och hon ska själv välja ut offren.