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“A talented writer who knows how to hook his readers from the opening line.” —Richard North Patterson Author Steven Gore burst onto the international thriller scene with Final Target (“James Bond for grownups” —Cornelia Read) and solidified his reputation as one of the genre’s most...

The glorious Phryne Fisher returns to the spotlight in her seventh adventure. Fisher is an independent, unconventional PI with competence, unflappability and flamboyance in equal measures.

Running late to the Hinkler gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, she meets some thugs in a dark alley and handles them convincingly before they can ruin her silver dress. Phryne then finds that she has rescued a gorgeous Chinese, Lin Chung, and his grandmother, and is briefly mistaken for a deity.

In Death in the Fifth Position, dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is hired by a ballet company on the eve of a major upcoming performance. Handling the press seems to be no problem, but when a rising star in the company is killed during the performance - dropped from thirty feet above the stage, crashing to her death in a perfect fifth position - Sargent has a real case on his hands.

South of Market, das Schmuddelviertel von San Francisco, ist das Revier von Glückritter Rick. Ein gefährlicher Ort, aber der smarte Einzelgänger kommt zurecht. Bis er den alten Saufbold Kiely trifft, der ein dunkel Geheimnis im Schlepptau hat. Es entbrennt eine gnadenlose Gangsterjagd - und Rick lernt schnell: Niemand ist seines Lebens sicher.