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Despite suffering a few initial setbacks, the former Beatrice Hyde-Clare has settled into her new position nicely. Thanks to Lady Abercrombie’s machinations, she has secured the admiration of society and finally earned the respect of her staff. Even the lessons in defending herself, which her husband, the Duke of Kesgrave, insists she take if she wants to continue in her dangerous avocation, are going well. But then she learns from a most unlikely source that Kesgrave’s malevolent uncle is scheming to destroy her happiness.

A newcomer to Nashville with a troublesome problem requests an emergency meeting with private detective Cooper "Coop" Harrington. When she fails to keep her appointment, Coop and Annabelle, his friend and assistant, become worried and go in search of their new client. Their hopes for a quiet Sunday are dashed when they discover her dead body.

Bob Burns is an old-fashioned kind of Scottish sleuth, more interested in catching villains than creeping to get promotion. But, when his enquiries into a brutal and bizarre murder are blocked by his bosses, he wonders if he should risk losing his career by carrying on his investigations? Encouraged by an attractive, though maverick, forensic scientist and assisted by a keener-than-bright young constable, Bob does it his way. The trail leads the trio from Scotland to Mallorca, where intrigue and mayhem mingle with the crowds at a fishermen’s fiesta.

The droll Scots detective, Bob Burns, is once more aided by forensic scientist and ladyfriend, Dr Julie Bryson, and abetted by overly-keen Andy Green. Working undercover on a cruise liner bound for the Canary Islands, Bob and his two sidekicks have plenty to cope with. The discovery of a severed finger in a passenger’s quiche lorraine sparks an investigation full of greed, guile, deceit and double-dealing. Does the finger belong to an alleged man-overboard victim? Was the man-overboard victim pushed, or did he commit suicide? Is it all just a cleverly engineered insurance scam?

Julie Bryson and rookie detective, Andy Green, once again aid Scottish detective Bob Burns. When Andy becomes the unwitting recipient of a drop of £100,000 in used notes, the trio become enmeshed in a web of murder, intrigue and Caledonian skulduggery, as the action shifts to Sicily, New York and a remote Hebridean island. The arrival of a Sicilian blacksmith as the island’s new laird leads to some hilarious misunderstandings as the line between the good and bad guys becomes increasingly blurred. After many a Highland shenanigan, the mystery is finally solved...or is it?

It was only a simple, routine assignment for private investigator Sam Blackman and his partner, Nakayla Robertson: follow a history professor, who is suing a spinal surgeon for malpractice, and catch her in physical activities that undercut her claim.

Murder is no game... When an intruder ends John and Caroline Coates hopes and dreams, John turns to the Connection Agency seeking justice for what happened five years ago. In the past, Tessa's pursuit of the truth had been abruptly halted by the cold case division. Reunited with Luke and assisted by DI Eileen Haughton, an old colleague from Tessa's police years, they delve deep into the sinister world of the unseen enemy.

In dem verträumten Fischerdorf Hohwacht an der Ostsee passiert nie etwas. Eigentlich. Doch dann verschwindet der Münchner Geschäftsmann Xaver Kohlgruber aus seinem Hotelzimmer. Der bärbeißige Kommissar und Tierpräparator Oke Oltmanns geht von Mord aus. Unter Verdacht geraten die Mitglieder der Bürgerinitiative "Rettet die Stranddistel", denn Kohlgruber plante den Bau einer Hotelanlage - ausgerechnet im Hohwachter Naturschutzgebiet! Oke merkt schnell, dass hier nicht alles so idyllisch ist, wie es scheint.

After losing the love of his life to drug dealers and the Mexican Drug Cartel, Matt decides to seek revenge and take them on alone. His background in police work aids him in gaining information about the inner workings of the cartel. Will the information he gained from the police department and his own reconnaissance help Matt pull it off? Only Matt with his lust for vengeance and fighting skills will tell the final outcome. And if he’s able, he will do enough damage to put the drug cartel out of business, forever.

Each year the Bohemian Club - a clique of powerful conservatives whose ranks include Nixon, Reagan, and Kissinger - gathers for a confidential meeting in the backwoods town of Henderson, California. Though their activities are shrouded in secrecy, Henderson meter-reader Vejay Haskell is about to get an all-too-close inside look. Searching the countryside for a coworker’s missing niece, she finds the beautiful gymnast lying dead in the bottom of a sewer drain.

A homeless man has been found in an alley, clobbered to death. The crime seems pretty cut and dried - vagrants fighting over turf - until the Newcastle Police Department uncovers a connection to a local shelter in danger of being taken over by greedy developers. Is the dead John Doe a victim of some sinister plot? And what became of the scruffy mutt he had recently adopted?

Il 4 giugno 2014 è una data cruciale per il nord-est d'Italia: all'alba l'unico rumore, assordante, sono le manette che scattano ai polsi di politici e imprenditori. Il MOSE si è rivelato nel suo lato più buio. Il malaffare e il crimine organizzato si sono infiltrati in una terra senza padroni, con risorse e difficoltà, con una grave crisi alle spalle e un futuro imprevedibile. Una terra in cui il passaggio generazionale non si riferisce soltanto alle grandi famiglie di imprenditori, ma anche alla politica e al crimine.

Finanzielle Probleme treiben den Detektiv Karl-Josef Bär dazu, das unseriöse Angebot eines Geheimdienstlers anzunehmen und damit in seinen neuen Fall. Er wird beauftragt einen serbischen LKW-Fahrer zu überwachen. Obwohl das zunächst leicht klingt, stapeln sich die Ereignisse als erst der LKW-Fahrer entwischt und gleichzeitig ein serbischer Hotelier entführt wird. Eine Spur bringt Bär darauf, dass der LKW-Fahrer, Czabatics, etwas mit der Entführung zu tun haben könnte.

Der erste Band der beliebten Krimi-Trilogie um die sizilianische Ermittlerin Serena Vitale: Als einem ranghohen Politiker mit mutmaßlichen Verbindungen zur Mafia der Prozess gemacht wird, ist nicht nur der Staatsanwältin klar, dass sie sich damit weit aus dem Fenster lehnt. Als es nicht mehr zu übersehen ist, dass das kriminelle Netzwerk noch viel weiter verzweigt ist, als anfangs angenommen, muss die Ermittlerin handeln, trotz drohender Gefahr.

Barcelona: Die beiden Kriminalbeamten Huertas und Faura von der Mordkommission haben im Zuge einer Reihe von Festnahmen bekannter Gangster den zwielichtigen Thomas Montero verhaftet. Als Montero einige prominente Persönlichkeiten belasten will, um seinen eigenen Kopf aus der Schlinge zu ziehen, ist das sein Todesurteil. Er wird in seiner Gefängniszelle erschossen. Dies ist zweifellos ein Auftragsmord, ausgeführt von einem professionellen Killer. Huertas ermittelt. Die Spur führt zu einer mysteriösen Frau namens Silvia.