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Secrets tore us apart . . . Nevaeh I burned my bridges a long time ago and headed for the big city. Life was fast, but I was making it—until I wasn't anymore. I want a do over. Confront my past. Starting with the man who swore he loved me and left anyway. The big, bad biker who broke my heart...

Whether venturing into a blood-spattered farm in Texas, down a lonely mountain road in Alabama, or into the deceptively sunny Ohio suburbs, acclaimed mystery writer Craig Rice lends her hard-boiled style and a wicked irony to this gallery of real-life murders. A saintly middle-aged widow bludgeoned to death in her New Jersey home; the headless torsos of two women found floating in the Lake of the Ozarks; a New Year’s fire in Pennsylvania set to cover the traces of a more ghastly crime; a traveling evangelist on a divine mission blown to bits in Berkeley....

He was 15 when he killed his first man. Before his murderous ways ended, Hardin killed 42 men in cold blood - one, the legend goes, because he snored too loudly. From then on, John Wesley Hardin stayed true to his calling, killing man after man after man, spending most of his life being pursued by both local lawmen and federal troops.

Living back at Mom's place with her and Gram is not how this ex-district attorney intended to start the next chapter of her life, but I shouldn't be surprised it's where I ended up. You see, my family is cursed. Literally. At least that's what both Gram and Mom claim. I've never given much thought to their ridiculous superstitions, but when three local patrons from my mom's occult shop end up dead, even I'm a bit unnerved. So I decide to dive right into the crazy headfirst. And what I thought would be the end of my journey...may only be the beginning.

London in the 1920s is no place for a woman with a mind of her own. Gang wars, violence, and an unforgiving world have left pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambling to survive in the Mint, the gritty neighborhood her family has run for generations. When her father goes to jail yet again and her scam artist brother finds himself in debt to the dangerous McDonald crime syndicate, Alice takes over. Fighting for power at every turn, she struggles to protect her father’s territory and keep the people she loves safe from some of London’s most dangerous criminals.

Perry Mason had no hesitation in defending Albert Brogan, a broke ex-salesman against a charge of robbery. He's counting on the testimony of the nightclub hostess Martha Lavina to clear him. She had most of the requirements for a good professional hostess, and one was an innocent face. That, plus various other attractions, made her a formidable challenge as she faced Perry Mason on the witness stand.

নির্বাচিত ৪২ - দেবারতি মুখোপাধ্যায় -এর নানা পত্র পত্রিকা, পুজোসংখ্যা তৎসহ কিছু আনকোরা নতুন ভিন্ন ভিন্ন স্বাদের...

Agatha's husband has bought her a first-class ticket on the scenic six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a gift―a one-day writing retreat so she can get some serious work done on her new book, a highly-anticipated follow-up to Agatha's runaway bestseller debut novel. But Agatha has other plans for her day out…plans that are unexpectedly derailed when the train breaks down in the middle of the frigid Canadian woods and one of Agatha's fellow passengers dies quietly in his seat.

Über seinen Mitbewohner Harry Delaney erfährt Duke Anson von einer merkwürdigen Sache. Eines Abends findet Duke seinen Kollegen sterbend in der gemeinsamen Wohnung. Er hat nicht viel Zeit, um zu reagieren, denn die Killer sind noch immer in der Nähe. Nachdem Duke es gelungen ist, sich den Männern zu entziehen, entdeckt er in seiner Tasche einen rätselhaften Datenstick. Duke wird plötzlich Teil eines Spiels, dessen Regeln er nicht einmal kennt. Als es keinen Ausweg mehr zu geben scheint, taucht plötzlich die rätselhafte Samantha auf.

Aspiring actress Stephane Olger just wants to be in pictures. But she may end up in mug shots instead when she gets herself caught up in a crime. Shortly after quitting her job and moving to Hollywood, she is picked up by a well-dressed man while hitchhiking. The man loses control of the car and they end up in a horrible accident. Both Stephane and the driver escape unscathed but the strange man flees the scene leaving Stephane to face a charge of manslaughter.

To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose; it is summer in Scotland Street (as it always is) and for the habitués of Edinburgh's favourite street some extraordinary adventures lie in waiting. For the impossibly vain Bruce Anderson - he of the clove-scented hair gel - it may finally be time to settle down, and surely it can only be a question of picking the lucky winner from the hordes of his admirers....

Raymond Chandler’s famous private eye, Philip Marlowe, comes to life in this 44-episode collection of season one of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe radio show, featuring the original cast recordings originally aired on the CBS Radio Network from 1948-1950. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a fan favorite for its no-nonsense, hard-boiled approach to crime solving and is presented here in 44 commercial-free episodes.

Every story of Chesterton's unassuming little priest detective, from the first four published collections: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911), The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914), The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), and The Secret of Father Brown (1927).

On Selena Murphy’s train home from work, a mysterious woman named Martha strikes up a conversation and shares a confession: she’s having an affair with her boss. In turn, Selena shares her own secret: she suspects her husband is sleeping with the nanny. At Selena’s station the two women part, and Selena never expects to see her again. Until she receives a message. I’d love to continue our conversation. Can we get together? It’s Martha, by the way. From the train. 

Luna stands in the fluorescent glare of a self-storage hallway, bolt cutters in hand, facing Locker 47. Inside that unit lies something that should not exist—a collection of artifacts that rewrite the history of a town that was never on any map. In this serialized story, Luna opens the locker and unspools a tape left behind by a previous renter, a woman named Elara who vanished after making a terrible discovery. Each episode peels back another layer: a cryptic journal, a child's toy that moves on its own, a photograph dated 1897 of a person who looks exactly like Luna. The locker's contents ...

The cases everyone's talking about, explained as they happen. 48 Hours: Case by Case is a weekly update on the biggest criminal stories unfolding now from the trusted 48 Hours team: Anne-Marie Green, Erin Moriarty, Natalie Morales, and Peter Van Sant. Each episode cuts through the noise and focuses on the week's most consequential developments, inside and outside the courtroom. Whether it’s a high-profile trial or a break in a cold case, as major news unfolds, 48 Hours helps you understand what matters, why it matters, and what may happen next. New episodes every Friday. Get ad-free access ...

When a flight mysteriously vanishes over Niger, no one seems to care... or even notice. But a dead passenger's loved one notices the disappearance and sets out to uncover the truth. Photographer and philanthropist Casey Grant accidentally misses his plane, Flight 47, from Niger to the UK with...

In 48 hours, the Earth will be hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, a "Carrington Event" that has the power to shut down and possibly destroy the world's electrical infrastructure. To try and prevent permanent damage, everything goes dark prior to the hit: Global communications are shut down; hospital emergency generators are disconnected; the entire internet, media broadcasting, and cell phone systems are turned off. Will the world's population successfully defend itself in the wake of the CME, or will mass panic lead to the breakdown of society as we know it?

Als ein großer TV-Sender einen heiß begehrten Serienvertrag für Nachwuchsautoren ausschreibt, ist der Konkurrenzkampf eröffnet. Die Finalisten reisen zu einem Workshop ins idyllische Cherringham, um ihre Ideen weiterzuentwickeln. Doch was als kreative Woche beginnt, wird bald bitterer Ernst: Drohungen machen die Runde, und schnell wird klar – hier geht es nicht nur um Geschichten, sondern um Leben und Tod. Jack und Sarah nehmen die Ermittlungen auf. Können sie den Täter rechtzeitig entlarven?

Einen Tag nach Pearl Harbor versammeln sich die schockierten Amerikaner vor ihren Radios und müssen mit anhören, wie Franklin D. Roosevelt den Kriegseintritt der USA erklärt. In Los Angeles plant unterdessen der deutsche Spion Martin Browning einen Anschlag auf den amerikanischen Präsidenten. Er will Roosevelt am Weihnachtsabend töten, wenn dieser vor dem Weißen Haus den Weihnachtsbaum erleuchtet. Wer wird ihn aufhalten?