Showing results for "The Hare" in Crime Fiction

Vimal is tired of being a convict on the loose, of drifting from one place to another. He wishes to settle down now and live a peaceful life. But before that, he must confront his dark and devious past.

From the brothels of Covent Garden to the oppressive society of the eighteenth century, discover the enthralling historical masterpiece from Louise Hare. ‘The sharp-witted, courageous heroine is the perfect narrator of the atmospheric, enthralling story that Hare has woven … a fantastic...

In the shadowy closes of Edinburgh's Old Town, 16 people are murdered to feed surgeon Dr Robert Knox's insatiable need for his anatomy classes. Burke and Hare and their wives, Lucky and Nelly, are all complicit, but only Burke swings for their crimes. Lucky, Nelly and Hare go on the run from the angry mob, reinvention their only means of survival. Years later, journalist Duncan Fletcher hears rumours of sightings of the two women. Keen to impress his editor, Duncan investigates the aftermath of the murder trial.

With the Blitz over and London reeling from war, jazz musician Lawrie Matthews has answered England’s call for help. Fresh off the Empire Windrush, he’s taken a tiny room in south London lodgings, and has fallen in love with the girl next door. Touring Soho’s music halls by night, pacing the streets as a postman by day, Lawrie has poured his heart into his new home - and it’s alive with possibility. Until, one morning, he makes a terrible discovery.

Su cabeza se volvió a nublar. Sintió que sus párpados pesaban de nuevo hasta cerrarse y se volvió oscuro el último atisbo de luz que le quedaba. Laura supo que su conciencia se escapaba. Que su cuerpo se apagaba como defensa previa antes del colapso provocado por el miedo. Una reacción límite.

Novell i nordisk noir! Han hade ingen relation till sitt ansikte, hans ögon såg in i en främlings blick och han undrade varför näsan var krökt. Sitt hår tyckte han om. Han såg själv som gisslan i en situation han själv hade skapat, som tvingade honom att döda. Eller erkänna att han inte klarade av det. Han dödade. Sitt hår tyckte han om är kuslig och krypande spänning av Cilla och Rolf Börjlind i novellform. Novellen har tidigare publicerats i antologin "Svart Advent" (2014).

Inspector Malletts erster Fall. Ein Klassiker aus dem goldenen Zeitalter der Detektivliteratur. Am Rande Londons liegt das ruhige Wohnviertel Daylesford Gardens. Hier kennt man sich, schätzt Ruhe und Privatsphäre. Das ändert sich, als zwei junge Makler eine grausige Entdeckung machen: Im Wohnzimmer eines kleinen Mietshauses liegt eine Leiche! Der Tote ist niemand Geringerer als der berüchtigte Börsenspekulant Lionel Ballantine, der nicht wenige Londoner um ihre Ersparnisse brachte. Was mag ihn nach Daylesford Gardens geführt haben?

It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives – to show us places we want to escape to, lives we want to live, people we want to love. But there are also stories that can only be found in the deepest, darkest corners of the library. Stories about the unexplained...

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age – thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween. It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives – to show us places we want to...

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the founder of the Detection Club, with a twist that even Agatha Christie couldn’t solve! Stephen Munro, a demobbed army officer, reconciles himself to taking a job as a footman to make ends meet...