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A complete crime fiction box set! Homicide detective Thomas Prescott may be retired—but a serial killer, a high-profile murder, an ill-fated cruise, and a chilling small-town crime add more than enough excitement to his hard-earned rest. This collection includes the first four books: Unforeseen, Gray Matter, The Afrikaans, and Show Me.

Amy Nicols (Lizzy Caplan) was an FBI agent with a dogged need to protect everyone—until that instinct caused her to mishandle a crisis, lose innocent lives, and lose her job. Now a civilian working in private security, that mistake still haunts her. One morning on the commuter train, she overhears a young couple plotting a murder. Ignoring warnings from her family and friends, Amy’s instinct to protect and serve compels her to investigate. But the further she goes, the more she finds her own life in danger.

Betrayed and left for dead, Caine is hiding off the grid in Pattaya, Thailand. But when human traffickers target a woman Caine swore to protect, the vengeful assassin wages a bloody one-man war to get her back. Facing off against the Thai underworld, a jungle militia, and an insane criminal warlord, Caine will stop at nothing to save his friend.

When the matriarch of a rich Seattle family dies under suspicious circumstances, private investigator Thomas Austin is on the case. This time, the suspect list is easy.

Misery Bay is a picturesque fishing village on the Eastern shore of Nova Scotia, a seemingly idyllic location. But the islands and hidden coves hide something more sinister. Illegal immigrants and drugs are being smuggled in for the escort services in Halifax. Special Constable Garrett Barkhouse has spent 20 years fighting these twin scourges, but now he's burned out and planning to retire. However, his boss, Deputy Commissioner Alton Tuttle, has other plans.

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...

This collection of the finest short story mystery fiction by the most acclaimed writers, past and present features Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Burke, Harry Kemelman, and everyone in between. Edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler, it offers a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.

Auch diesmal hängen scheinbar unterschiedliche Fälle miteinander zusammen und Corinna Dupont weiß geschickt, sie zu entwirren. Kommissar David Schmelzer hat nicht nur mit einem brutalen Mord zu tun, sondern erlebt auch privat einige Turbulenzen. Zu guter Letzt treibt Corinnas Ex-Chef Hannes Jochimsen weiter sein Unwesen. Veilchenpastillen-kauend wird er mit einem Fall aus seiner Vergangenheit konfrontiert und scheint, mal wieder Grenzen zu überschreiten.

Als bei einem Terroranschlag während eines internationalen Fußballspiels Dutzende Menschen sterben, ahnt Jacob Detlev, dass es sich nicht um eine isolierte Tat handelt. Gemeinsam mit dänischen und internationalen Ermittlern stößt er auf Spuren, die Jahrzehnte zurückreichen – zu ungeklärten Gewaltverbrechen in Irland und zu einem alten Feind, der längst vergessen schien.

Eine Sturmflut sucht das kleine Dorf Unterlingen heim, Wassermassen drängen die Anwohner aus ihren Häusern–nur eine bleibt, so wie sie es schon immer getan hat: Gudelia. Sie blieb 1984, als ihr Sohn ermordet wurde, 1998, als sie sich von ihrem Mann trennte, und auch jetzt, als ihr Haus in den Fluten einzustürzen droht. Nicht einmal die beiden gefesselten Leichen, die an ihrem Fenster vorbeitreiben, können sie umstimmen. Denn Gudelias Gedanken gelten nur ihrem Haus, in dem sich ihr dunkelstes Geheimnis verbirgt.

Entsetzen auf der weltbekannten Berliner Museumsinsel: Im Kuppelsaal der Nofretete wird eine grausam verstümmelte Leiche entdeckt. Augen, Ohren und Zunge wurden entfernt. Kurz darauf wird ein zweites Opfer gefunden. Die ganze Stadt spricht schon bald von einem Pharaonenfluch.

Like No Country for Old Men and Snow Falling on Cedars, a haunting, suspenseful, and dazzlingly written novel of secrets, corruption, tragedy, and vengeance from the author of Crazy Heart—the basis of the 2009 Academy Award-winning film—an electrifying crime drama and psychological thriller...

London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend – until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Mlle La Victoire, a beautiful French cabaret star writes that...

“Tense, twisty, fraught with emotion and packed with secrets, The Couple at Number 9 is Claire’s best thriller yet.”—Gilly MacMillan, bestselling author of What She Knew The internationally bestselling author of Do Not Disturb and Just Like the Other Girls delivers a heart-pounding...

Brendan, a quiet trainee accountant, naively agrees to carry a suitcase for Aftab, his boss, who has invited him to his wedding in India. He is plunged into the strange feudal world of a remote palace in rural India, together with smuggled currency, man-eating tigers, and arranged marriages.

A car is found crashed on a beach in the Canary Island resort of Fuerteventura. In the trunk is a cardboard box containing the body of an infant - no one knows his name, and there is no trace of a driver. The last thing Fuerteventura needs is a murder. The island already has half-empty bars and windswept beaches, and the local police are under pressure to abandon the investigation. But longtime islander Erhard, who sees more than most people, won't let the investigation drop - and he has nothing to lose.

In accountancy, every debit has a credit. Kevin McAteer, twenty-three, living in London, is about to discover that real life is different. Just qualified as a Chartered Accountant after years of penury and study, he is flying high with a new Bedsit and a new girlfriend, Paula. An audit investigation in Maidenhead leads him into danger, with fraud, people smugglers, murderers, and money laundering.

The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favor. When Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select Madeline Curtis (Maddie), a detective sergeant who speaks fluent French and who meets their criteria.

"Hast du je darüber nachgedacht, wie es sein wird zu sterben?" Er nennt sich "Der Poet". Die Frauenleiche, die er auf dem Spielplatz des Keldaran-Park in Harrington hinterlässt, besitzt weder einen Kopf, noch Finger oder Zehen. Polizei-Captain Michael Thanner glaubt dennoch, den Mörder schnell fassen zu können. Schon bald aber stellt er fest, dass "Der Poet" ihm immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein scheint. Dann schlägt der Killer erneut zu und Thanner steht vor einem Kampf, der härter ist als alles, was er sich in seinen schlimmsten Albträumen hätte ausmalen können.

Det usædvanlig bestialske drab på en journalist i Cornwall er blot ouverturen til den række uhyggelige begivenheder, som kriminalassistent Thomas Lynley stilles overfor i "En passende hævn". Den adelige opdager fra Scotland Yard må undvære sin sædvanlige makker, Barbara Havers, og optrevlingen af sagen kompliceres yderligere, da en gammel familietragedie på Howenstow-godset, Lynleys fædrene hjem, kommer for dagen.