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In 1968, nine competitors set out in a race that had never before been attempted: to sail around the world, alone, without stopping. The route took them through the most dangerous waters on earth. Seeking help was forbidden, and psychologists speculated that the 10 months alone at sea could drive the sailors mad. The winner was promised money and attention, but everyone knew that the real prize was to become a legend. What no one predicted was how.

جريمة قتل غامضة لسيدة مجهولة تقع فى أحد الأحياء الهادئة ، والمتهم بشهادة الجميع هو رجل غامض لا يعرف عنه سوى أنه يرتدى حُلة بنية اللون ، لذا ينطلق الجميع فى أثره للإمساك به ومن ضمن هؤلاء آن بيد نجفيلد تلك الفتاة الشابة الطامحة إلى الولوج إلى عالم الإثارة والمغامرة هروباً من جو الرتابة والملل الذي كانت تعيش فيه ، وتتلاحق الأحداث بشكل مذهل ليتضح أن تلك الجريمة ما هى إلا حلقة فى سلسلة أكبر للعديد من الجرائم التى يرتكبها تنظيم إجرامى يقوده زعيم مجهول يطلق عليه الكولونيل " فما هى حقيقة ، من هو ذلك الرجل ذو الحلة البنية و

A mulatto boy, the offspring of a Hoxworth male and a young female slave whom he raped, is born two centuries prior and is the last surviving male heir. The prologue takes us back 60 years to the magnificent Hoxworth Castle near the city of New Orleans to witness the birth of a baby girl in the family's palatial birthing room. As the baby's skin rapidly begins to darken, the Hoxworths must one again deny their mixed ancestry.

A brutal attack at Fakenham Racecourse plunges DI Ashley Knight into the competitive world of horse racing, where fortunes are won and lost in the blink of an eye. As the investigation unfolds, a chilling discovery reveals a darker side to this glamorous sport. In these high-stakes arenas, where winning is everything and everyone has something to hide, a few are willing to cross the ultimate line.

Once again, the plumbing at Tawcester Towers is causing consternation for the Dowager Duchess, so - unusually for her - she gives her blessing for Blotto to take part in the 'Great Road Race' in his beloved Lagonda... so long as he wins. The first prize of 10,000 pre-War sovereigns will help towards repairing the leaky ancestral home. Blotto elects to take chauffeur Corky Froggett as his spare mechanic, while Twinks is despatched by her mother to the Highlands, to paint water colours and bag herself a wealthy husband.

Four years ago, race car driver Tracey Bradshaw almost died in a horrific crash. Now scarred inside and out, she's making a comeback, but her team is plagued by a series of "accidents."

Sometimes fate brings you together only to tear you apart Growing up in the foster system, Quinn O'Meara made a point of never getting involved. But when she discovers a crying baby amid a fiery crime scene, she knows she has no choice. Suddenly in way over her head, Quinn turns to the police...

Rosa Reed attends a charity stock-car race in Santa Bonita and expects to have an exhilarating time shared with family and friends. That ends when a driver inexplicably crashes into a guard rail and dies. When local assistant medical examiner, Dr. Larry Rayburn, determines the death is suspicious, Rosa once again finds herself working with handsome Detective Miguel Belmonte in an awkward and uncomfortable alliance to solve the murder.

It is the middle of a long night shift for PC Sean Denton and his partner, PC Gavin Wentworth, when they are approached by a dishevelled-looking woman desperate that they follow her. She leads them to the old Chasebridge High School, where they find the dead body of a refugee. The investigation, which points to the neighbouring greyhound stadium, finds Denton caught up in a world of immigration, drugs and sexual abuse and is one in which his private life becomes increasingly entwined.

When a successful bookmaker is robbed and killed during the annual Galway Races, the motive seems clear. But when the money turns up untouched, more questions are raised than answered. Top Brass want the case wrapped up. The pressure is on DI Maureen Lyons to find the killer. However, the police didn’t count on having to deal with a troublemaker within their own ranks. Rigorous detective work will be needed to find the culprit. But with more than a few suspects, the police are stretched to their limit.

1931. Frances Palmer is overjoyed when her brother, Rob, returns to Adelaide as a racecourse veterinarian. But all is not well on the turf, and when a man is murdered, there's only one suspect - Rob. Frances and her boyfriend, charming night-club owner Jack Sullivan, along with ex-vaudevillian Uncle Sal and their friends, have only one chance to unmask the real murderer by infiltrating the racecourse. The odds are against them...luckily, putting on a dazzling show where everything depends on sleight of hand is what they do best. But nothing is a dead cert against a cold-blooded killer.

Elizabeth Sims presents Book 6 in the Lillian Byrd Crime series.

World War II changed the lives of many Americans. People moved from civilian careers to often radically different lives in the military. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was one of the most storied with its top-secret intelligence operations. Most OSS agents returned home to their normal lives after the war, but for some it wasn’t that easy. For Frank Race, the war changed his life, and he become a freelance troubleshooter and insurance investigator. Enjoy 16 of his exciting radio adventures.

When Dr Raymond Ferens moves to a practice at Milham in the Moor in north Devon, he and his wife are enchanted with the beautiful hilltop village lying so close to moor and sky. At first they see only its charm, but soon they begin to uncover its secrets - envy, hatred and malice. Everyone says that Sister Monica, warden of a children's home, is a saint - but is she? A few months after the Ferens' arrival her body is found drowned in the mill-race. Chief Inspector Macdonald faces one of his most difficult cases in a village determined not to betray its dark secrets to a stranger.

A newly minted graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1890, Dr. Thomas Parks heads to the big timber country of Puget Sound to practice trauma medicine. An hour after stepping off the boat, he's nearly crushed to death by a less-than-sure-footed mule and finds himself a patient rather than a physician. As he convalesces, he discovers that his host, a venerable physician friend of his father's, is running an elaborate medical scam, selling worthless concoctions nationwide, with enormous sales.

Criminal investigator Xander Stone doesn't have to question you - he can hear your thoughts. Scarred by lightning, burdened with a power that gives him no peace, Xander struggles to maintain his sanity against the voice that haunts him day and night - the voice of a woman begging him to save her.

International intrigue, crime, and mystery all converge around one man—attorney turned secret agent turned globetrotting investigator Frank Race! Tom Collins stars in sixteen classic radio thrillers from the late 1940s.

Recovering from a gunshot wound is the easy part. Boston cop, Keith Cho, discovers coming to grips with his partner’s death requires a different sort of medicine. He’ll start a cross country road trip with seeing his partner’s sister, Samantha Bates. Sam can’t hide the injuries or the backpack she’s hauling as she hikes away from town. Fleeing from her abusive ex-boyfriend is key. When she and Keith reconnect on a back country road, he insists she come with him.

Becca Mirren. Cowgirl. Rotschopf mit entsprechendem Temperament. Weltmeisterin im Barrel-Racing und auf der Suche nach einem neuen Lebensinhalt. Adrian Lopez. Spezialist für Spürhunde. Vater. Augen, so blau wie ein Gletschersee. Und der Mann, der Becca vor sechs Jahren das Herz gebrochen hat. Auf keinen Fall würde sie dem Mistkerl eine zweite Chance geben. Oder doch? Während sie versucht, genau das heraus zu finden, droht plötzlich Gefahr von unerwarteter Seite. Ist es etwa schon zu spät für ein Happy End?

جريمة جديدة ومن إبداع أجاثا كريستي المتوجة على عرش الروايات البوليسية. لطالما عرفت مؤلفة روايتنا تلك بقدرتها على تحليل دواخل النفس البشرية، وإظهار الجاني من حيث لا يتوقع القارىء، وقد تجلت هذه القدرة فى تلك الرواية التي تحكي عن ستة أشخاص كانوا يلتفون حول مائدة تسع لسبعة أفراد، وأمام المكان الخالي كان هناك فرع من نبات إكليل الجبل (الروزماري) الذى يخلد ذكرى روزماري التى لم ينساها أحد منذ تلك الليلة، التي مضى عليها عام كامل.