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Henry Rohmers New York Detective Reihe vereint spannende Kriminalfälle mit dem authentischen Bild der Großstadt New York. Rasant erzählt und immer am Puls der Zeit, taucht der Privatdetektiv Bount Reininger tief in die Unterwelten der Metropole ein, auf der Spur von Kleinkriminellen, Terroristen und Serienmördern.

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by the magazine.

Bij de Pakistaanse kioskhouder Akhtar slaan onverwacht de stoppen door, op een doordeweekse ochtend gijzelt hij twee klanten in zijn Londense buurtwinkel. De rolluiken gaan naar beneden en de slachtoffers, Helen Weeks en Stephen Mitchell, worden vastgeketend aan de verwarmingsbuizen van de bedompte opslagruimte. Helen werkt bij de politie en met haar connecties zijn Akhtars eisen snel overgebracht. Rechercheur Tom Thorne moet de waarheid boven water halen in het reeds afgesloten onderzoek naar de zelfmoord van Akhtars zoon in een jeugdgevangenis.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER The tenth Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author. ‘Top drawer … his most epic outing yet’ Independent Trouble is coming… Sergeant Logan McRae’s team find a body dumped in the woods – but is it the missing businessman they’ve been...

Hun ødelagde deres liv. Nu vil de knuse hendes. “En eller anden genskaber hver eneste traumatiske hændelse i dit liv. De gør det for at få dig til at lide, for at påføre dig smerte, og det eneste mulige slutresultat er døden. Din død.” På fjerde sal i Chaucer House bliver to teenagere fundet lænket til en radiator. Drengen er død, men pigen er stadig i live. For kriminalkommissær Kim Stone er hver eneste detalje på gerningsstedet en spejling af hendes egen forfærdelige oplevelse med broren Mikey, dengang de boede i det samme lejlighedskompleks for 30 år siden.

Innerhalb von wenigen Tagen werden zwei Kajakfahrer im Kieler Hafen tot aufgefunden. Die Wasserschutzpolizei geht in beiden Fällen von Gewaltverbrechen aus und schaltet die Mordkommission Kiel ein. Zunächst kommt man mit den Ermittlungen gut voran, es gibt vielversprechende Hinweise. Doch mit dem zweiten Toten zerplatzen jegliche bisher sicher geglaubten Theorien und Zusammenhänge. Andresen geht ungeachtet dessen davon aus, dass es einen gemeinsamen Auslöser für die Taten geben muss, zumal die Opfer eng miteinander befreundet waren. Reichlich Arbeit also für das Kieler Team.

When the ATF gets a lead on a much-sought-after cache of illegal guns near the Canadian border, they call millionaire private detective Rushmore McKenzie in to help them track down the gunrunners. Their only lead is a guy who is part of a small-time gang of armed robbers working north of the Twin Cities. Their idea is for McKenzie to infiltrate the group and wait for them to lead him to the guns. Which seemed like a bad idea to McKenzie at the time, but even he had no idea just how bad things were going to get.

It started out as a kidnap, turned into a brutal murder and ended up as a plot to assassinate the American State Secretary... - DCI Henry Christie leaps at the chance to investigate the brutal killing of an ex-cop turned sleazy private eye. But as he investigates, Christie stumbles into a plot by Muslim extremists and finds himself plunged into the world of international terrorism....

Ein junges Mädchen wird tot im Wald gefunden. Sie wurde brutal vergewaltigt. Zehn Jahre später wird an derselben Stelle ein Polizist getötet, sein Gesicht ist grausam entstellt. Eine Sonderkommission ermittelt unter Hochdruck. Doch es geschehen weitere Morde. Die Polizei hat keine Spur und ihr bester Ermittler fehlt. Zur selben Zeit liegt ein schwerverletzter Mann im Krankenhaus im Koma. Das Zimmer wird von der Polizei bewacht. Niemand soll erfahren, wer der geheimnisvolle Patient ist.

Spätsommer in Stockholm, Sonntagnachmittag zwischen drei und vier Uhr: In dieser scheinbar friedvollen Zeit geschieht ein buchstäblich unsichtbares Verbrechen...

Les fans du brillant et excentrique agent du FBI Aloysius Pendergast l'ignoraient : il avait été marié avant de perdre sa femme lors d'un safari, en Afrique - sous les crocs d'un lion. Douze ans après le drame, Pendergast découvre qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'un accident, comme il le pensait jusque-là, mais d'un meurtre... Qui pouvait en vouloir à Hélène ? Pourquoi a-t-elle été tuée ? Épaulé par son fidèle Vincent D'Agosta, de la police de New York, Pendergast n'aura de cesse de résoudre l'énigme.

Archie Goodwin is chipper as he strolls home from his weekly poker game, money in his pocket and a smile on his lips. He has just reached Nero Wolfe’s stately brownstone on West 35th Street when a sedan whips around the corner and two gunshots ring out, nearly hitting Goodwin. It is a warning, and the message is clear: The next bullet will not miss. Rotund investigator Nero Wolfe has made more than his fair share of enemies over the years, and it seems one of them has decided to strike, targeting Wolfe’s indefatigable assistant.

Una mujer es perseguida por una lamentable decisión que tomó en los primeros años de su adolescencia y, ahora, se ve envuelta en una trama profundamente emocional y de tenebrosa atmósfera. Esto es lo nuevo que nos trae Sara Blædel, la gran estrella internacional de los superventas. La detective Louise Rick descansa en una playa de Tailandia cuando su padre, lleno de espanto, la llama por teléfono. Mikkel, el muy querido hermano de Louise, ha intentado suicidarse. Está desolado. Su esposa se ha ido sin decirle una sola palabra.

Helena Pearson. Undeniably beautiful... indisputably rich... incredibly wanton... the perfect client for Travis McGee. He did a big favor for her husband and then for the lady herself. Now Helena is dead, and McGee finds out that she had one last request to make of him: find out why her beautiful daughter, Maurie, keeps trying to kill herself. So, half-convinced that Maurie needs a good doctor and not a devil-may-care beach bum, McGee makes his way to the prosperous town of Fort Courtney, Florida, a respectable, booming, deadly little place.

When Lenchester’s most famous sportsman is shot dead, DCI Whitney Walker and her team are thrown into the world of snooker. She calls on forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish to assist, but the investigation takes them in a direction that has far-reaching international ramifications. Much to Whitney’s annoyance, an officer from one of the Met's special squads is sent to assist. But as everyone knows...three’s a crowd.

A hippie commune has invaded Black River Falls. While the majority of the townspeople believe that the bohemians have the right to stay - despite how bizarre some of their ways can seem - as always, there is a minority that constantly accuses them of everything from criminal activities to Satanism. As usual, lawyer and private investigator Sam McCain finds himself in the middle of the controversy, especially when the teenage daughter of Paul Mainwaring, is found murdered in the commune’s barn.

Döden i December är oskadliggjord. Ändå återstår en hel del olösta knutar. Kim bär fortfarande på hemligheter och jakten på Sara och Mattias tar en oväntad vändning när John får reda på vem som kidnappat hans fru och son. Till slut får en hel del av de märkliga händelserna i December sin förklaring.I den här serien är det ingen som håller igen, varken huvudkaraktärerna eller deras motståndare. Men en sak är säker – när du kommit till December blir det svårt att lämna.

It's supposed to be a romantic weekend at the Fontainebleau for Jake and Pamela Baylins. Then they quarrel, and Pamela - who's Jake's banker as well as lover - accuses him of stealing from clients. Hours later, she's found strangled. With all the evidence pointing to Jake, it will take an explosive murder trial to reveal the truth.

Tenth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Lord Peter Forsyth-Leven, MSP, is about to discover that having it all just means you’ve got more to...