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Tough and demanding LAPD Detective Kate Delafield is the leader of the investigation into a high-rise office building murder. The case is intriguing but routine - until Kate interviews the only witness, Ellen O'Neil. When Ellen O'Neil took her new job over the objections of her lover, she wasn't expecting to become embroiled in murder. The curiosity that Kate Delafield rouses is equally unexpected. But it is never far from Ellen's mind that she is merely a name on an interview sheet to the tight-lipped detective.

In Hovenäset laufen die Vorbereitungen für die Hochzeit von August und Maria auf Hochtouren. Ihre Freude wird jedoch überschattet: Denn August hat sich in den Kopf gesetzt, ein lange verborgenes Familiengeheimnis zu lüften, und stößt auf Widerstand. Unterdessen erhält Maria verstörende Nachrichten. Könnten diese mit einem ihrer früheren Polizeifälle zusammenhängen? Dann wird in einer kalten Nacht auf der Insel Guleskär eine Frau beobachtet, die in Panik flüchtet. Als Maria und ihr Kollege Ray-Ray Nachforschungen anstellen, machen sie eine grausige Entdeckung. Was geschah in dieser Nacht?

Mob head Sal Tarantino doesn't want big-time casino gambling to become legal in Rhode Island. His solution is to have the next governor comfortably in his pocket, ready to veto the legislation. That means calling in the debts owed to the mob by some of Rhode Island's most prominent politicians, to clear the way for Doug Fiore, managing partner of the state's largest law firm and soon-to-be reluctant gubernatorial candidate.

The gripping psychological thriller from the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling author of After Anna, Seven Days and The Choice. Imitation is the most terrifying form of flattery… Which Sarah Havenant is you? When an old friend gets in touch, Sarah Havenant discovers that there are two Facebook...

Revenge is a dish best served cold When an old college friend leading a religious tour in Assisi asks interpreter Rick Montoya to fill in for their guide who's gone missing, Rick is happy to oblige. He's looking forward to seeing his old friend, and the food and wine of Umbria sound like the...

A prisoner languishes in a Phoenix jail cell, accused of brutally slaying his estranged wife. No one believes the man is innocent, except the new female sheriff of Cochise County, in town for a crash course in police training. Joanna Brady is out of her jurisdiction—and possibly in over her...

Christian har levet et vildt og grænseløst liv, hvor alle kneb gælder, ikke mindst i karrierens navn. En dag får han slået hoveddøren ind af politiet, og varetægtsfængsles for modbydelige forbrydelser, han hævder ikke at have kendskab til, og som placerer ham nederst i de frihedsberøvedes hierarki. På grund af sin brogede fortid nægter Christian at udtale sig til politiet. I stedet må de eneste rigtige venner han har, de tidligere soldaterkammerater, forsøge at opklare mysteriet.

She is someone’s darkest desire Playing the victim of a vampire king on an island off New Orleans is actress Avalon Morgan’s creepiest role to date. It’s also scary good fun—until the victim of a real killer is discovered on set, laid out for all to see. With production shut down, Avalon...

“A well-tangled web of intrigue and murder.” —Entertainment Weekly “Kellerman invariably rides high in the bestseller lists…Blindman’s Bluff shows why.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch One of the popular couples in contemporary crime fiction, LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his...

Bloomsbury presents All I Said Was True by Imran Mahmood, read by Tanvi Virmani. Longlisted for the 2023 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 'A thoroughly compulsive ticking-clock thriller’ TM LOGAN 'The very definition of a compulsive page-turner' CHRIS WHITAKER...

Der ermittelnde Briefträger Sully entdeckt das Gärtnern für sich. Tante Rose kennt da - wie so oft - jemanden: Die rätselhafte Charlotte Dupong hat nicht nur einen perfekten Garten, sondern auch einen Fall für Sully. Ihr Lebensgefährte verscherbelt offenbar hinter ihrem Rücken die Kunstsammlung ihres vor Jahren spurlos verschwundenen Mannes.

Maria Viani, biologa in pensione e detective per passione, rispolvera una serie di efferati crimini compiuti 500 anni prima. I colpi di scena si susseguono in quella che si rivelerà la sua indagine più pericolosa. Maria Viani trascorre l'inverno frequentando la biblioteca civica alla ricerca di documenti sulla storia della Repubblica di Genova. In maniera del tutto fortuita le capita tra le mani il verbale di un processo per duplice omicidio, avvenuto nel centro storico nel 1550. Protagonista un ricco artigiano della seta genovese, condannato a morte.

Hannah Aschenbrenner blickt auf eine lange Reihe an verkorksten Beziehungen und gescheiterten Karriereideen zurück. Nun glaubt sie, ihr Glück endlich gefunden zu haben und zieht wegen einer Affäre mit Jochen Weiß, dem Direktor des Schwarzwälder Hotels »Rebenglück«, von Bayern nach Baden. Doch dann wird Jochen tot in seinem Bett aufgefunden. Kommissar Björn Klingele wittert einen Mord aus Eifersucht. Um ihre Unschuld zu beweisen, stellt Hannah eigene Ermittlungen an. Dabei trifft sie auf mysteriöse Sagengestalten, deckt hochprozentige Geheimnisse auf und begibt sich selbst in Lebensgefahr.

*The #1 Irish bestseller* The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author ‘The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction’ ERIN KELLY ‘Oh. My. God.’ RUTH WARE ‘I LOVE it – it is completely...

The latest electrifying thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author you won’t be able to put down! Now you see her… Julia Miller puts her teenage daughter on a plane, secure in the knowledge that she will see her again in a few days. Now you don’t… But when the plane lands, Anna is...

THE GRIPPING STANDALONE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION STONE MAIDENS He's in too deep… And almost out of time. Martin Gabriel is a runner for Ben. He runs errands. He runs deliveries. And now he is running for his life… When a deal goes wrong, Martin realizes Ben isn’t the...

They thought it was a simple flight home. The pilot had other plans… A moment of calm Heading home after a conference, the senior leadership of a global corporation relax on their private jet ahead of their Christmas break. A flash of fear But their peace is shattered when they realise their...

Claire Beacham returns from a busy day at work to a parcel on her doorstep - no note, no label. As a politician, she's used to being suspicious of anonymous hate mail but today she's too tired to worry. She opens it, finding a gruesome surprise inside. A severed head falls to her kitchen floor; the rich, red drip of blood on her hands. It is clear to Claire and those around her that this terrifying package is a message. But who sent it, and why?

Acclaimed and internationally bestselling crime novelist Caz Frear returns with her third superb novel featuring Cat Kinsella, a cop “on par with Susie Steiner’s and Tana French’s female detectives” (Kirkus Reviews). Four victims. Killer caught. Case closed. . . or is it? Growing up in a...

The perfect neighbours tell the perfect lies… A top ten Kindle bestseller Behind the shutters lies a devastating secret… When Helen moves abroad with her loving husband Gary, she can’t wait to meet her fellow expat teachers from the local International School. But her new start is about to...