Showing results for "Passages" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Nephthys Kinwell is a taxi driver of sorts in Washington, DC, ferrying passengers in a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a ghost in the trunk. Endless rides and alcohol help her manage her grief over the death of her twin brother, Osiris, who was murdered and dumped in the Anacostia River. Unknown to Nephthys when the novel opens in 1977, her estranged great-nephew, 10-year-old Dash, is finding himself drawn to the banks of that very same river. It is there that Dash has charmed conversations with a mysterious figure he calls the "River Man".

This devastating book illuminates America's gun culture - its manufacturers, dealers, buffs, and propagandists - but also offers concrete solutions to our national epidemic of death by firearm. It begins with an account of a crime that is by now almost commonplace: on December 16, 1988, 16-year-old Nicholas Elliot walked into his Virginia high school with a Cobray M-11/9 and several hundred rounds of ammunition tucked in his backpack. By day's end, he had killed one teacher and severely wounded another.

Dive into the intricate world of Secret Passage, an exceptional murder mystery novel by the imaginative Fergus Hume. The story unfolds as a peculiarly wealthy old woman is found brutally murdered, leaving no trace of a clue to identify the killer. As the plot thickens, a flurry of clues surface, perplexing even the detective of the tale. With every character having secrets to hide and identities to protect, the clues lead to dead ends, keeping the suspense alive until the very last page. (Summary by Dawn Larsen and J.M. Smallheer)

A single cry from a young refugee shattered Pierre's sorrowful resignation over the fate of his twin brother. Could it be that Patrique, a leader in the French Resistance, had survived an enemy ambush?

Cameron Cruz feels like she'll never recover when her lover, Diego, is killed during an undercover assignment - leaving her pregnant with his unborn son. Back from maternity leave, Cameron is ready to rejoin her Special Ops team and works to shut down a human trafficking operation. But when she witnesses a fellow officer shot, she can hardly believe her eyes. Because the shooter is someone she trusted. Someone she loved. Someone she thought was dead.

Das Mädchen Amy ist gerade einmal sechs Jahre alt, als es von zwei FBI-Agenten entführt und auf ein geheimes medizinisches Versuchsgelände verschleppt wird...

Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Vor allem sein hellsichtiger Blick auf die Seelenzustände der Täter lässt den gewitzten katholischen Priester bei seinen Ermittlungen ein ums andere Mal die verzwicktesten Fälle lösen. Zwei Männer erschienen gleichzeitig an den beiden gegenüberliegenden Enden eines Verbindungsganges, der an dem einen Flügel des Apollo-Theaters in Adelphi entlanglief. Es war gegen Abend, aber die Straßen lagen noch im Sonnenlicht, das in die blassen Farben der Dämmerung hinüberspielte.

James Thatcher is content with the life of a privateer captain. He has his ship, he has his crew, and he has the open sea. Then, with the stroke of a pen, his world is turned on its head. Britain signs an unthinkable treaty with Spain, and this is the change in the political winds that the crooked governor of Jamaica has been waiting for. In a sudden, calculated act of betrayal, Governor Pendleton brands Thatcher’s crew and much of the privateer fleet as pirates.

An anthology featuring famous sleuths: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter", Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Crooked Man" and G.K. Chesterlon's "The Man in the Passage".