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'This novel stands successfully on its own, its characters fleshed out and in full possession of their idiosyncrasies — all magnificently conveyed by narrator Steve Worsley...He captures perfectly the novel’s dark wit and the region’s pugnacity, bringing a sense of festivity to the police...

Hamburg in der Vorweihnachtszeit. Adventslieder erklingen, der Duft von Spekulatius liegt in der Luft, und Martina Fechner hängt tot von einem Deckenbalken in ihrer noblen Elbvorortvilla. Der Anblick der Leiche verlangt den erfahrenen Ermittlern einiges ab. Die Spuren am Tatort werfen Fragen auf. Trägt der Killer etwa ein Nikolauskostüm? Was geht in seinem Kopf vor? Und vor allem: Wann wird er wieder zuschlagen? Der Druck auf das Kripo-Team um Kommissarin Mara Abels steigt fast stündlich, doch der "Weihnachtsmann" hat sein nächstes Opfer bereits so gut wie im Sack.

WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 'The most joyously exciting novel I've read in years . . . [The] sense of fun and adventure . . . allied to a remarkable lightness of touch over nightmarish subject matter, makes for the kind of novel that inspired me to write...

Winner of the prestigious CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2022 Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2022 'Heart-pounding, hilarious, sharp and shocking, Dead Ground is further proof that M.W. Craven never disappoints. Miss this series at your peril.' Chris...

New York Times bestselling master J. A. Jance brings back J. P. Beaumont -- one of the most enduring and endearing characters in contemporary fiction -- in a riveting story about a shocking, long-buried case of murder ... After more than twenty years of distinguished service with the Seattle...

A shape bends over a drink at the end of the bar in Big Emma's on Oakland's Jack London Square, looking like a bundle of black clothes someone has left on the barstool. Full red lips that match brightly dyed hair are the only source of color, as if an artist had begun to colorize her just before she walked out of frame in a '40s noir movie. Her name is Susan, and she is there to hire PI Jim Wolf to find her husband's killer - and to protect her from a man called Red. Wolf takes her case, but Susan is soon murdered. Then an attempt is made on Wolf's life … and the hunter becomes the hunted.

Kirusk hat sich für Jarek nach dem Mordanschlag zu einem Alptraum entwickelt und die große Stadt ist fremder und bedrohlicher für ihn als je zuvor. Er muss sich der Frage stellen, ob er unter diesen Umständen seinen Kontrakt als Memo Ebangas weiter erfüllen kann – und ob er das überhaupt noch will. Denn er fühlt sich nach den blutigen Vorfällen im Siebten Kreis überhaupt nicht mehr willkommen. Doch dann geschieht etwas, das wieder einmal alles verändert und völlig unerwartet finden Jarek und seine Freunde und Gefährten eine Spur zu Ollo, wo sie diese als letztes vermutet hätten.

New York Times bestselling master J. A. Jance brings back J. P. Beaumont -- one of the most enduring and endearing characters in contemporary fiction -- in a riveting story about a shocking, long-buried case of murder ... After more than twenty years of distinguished service with the Seattle...

Small-time stoolie Jake "The Spinner" Jablon made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers from informer to blackmailer. And the more "clients," he figured, the more money - and the more people eager to see him dead. So he's greedy but scared, and he turns to his old acquaintance Matthew Scudder, who used to pay him for information back in Scudder's days as a cop. Scudder's his insurance policy - if anything happens to "The Spinner," Scudder can check up on the people who wanted him dead. No one is too surprised when the pigeon is found floating in the East River....

Am Grunde des Sees erwartet sie nicht nur ein versunkenes Dorf, in dem eine Diebesbande vor über 20 Jahren ihre Beute aus einem Juwelenraub versteckt hat, sondern auch ein schreckliches Geheimnis. Unheimliche Wächter wachen über den Schatz. Und wer sich seinem Versteck nähert, wird das blanke Grauen am eigenen Leibe erleben.

The smash New York Times bestselling author continues the chilling tale begun in Kiss of the Bees and Hour of the Hunter with this shocking new tale of knife-edge suspense The Walker family survived the atrocities perpetrated by a serial killer and his crazed acolyte in both Hour of the Hunter...

Ben Packard was just a boy when his older brother disappeared. Ben watched him walk out the back door of their grandparents' house and into the cold night. His brother was never seen again. Decades later, Deputy Packard finds himself with too much time on his hands. A shooting has him on leave and under investigation, and all he can do is dwell on the past. For the first time in years, new information about his brother has surfaced that may lead them to the location of a body.

Julia Gooden remembers nothing about the worst night of her life. Thirty years ago, her nine-year-old brother, Ben, was abducted from the room they shared. Now a crime reporter at a Detroit newspaper, Julia tries to give others the closure she's never found. But guilt and grief over Ben's disappearance have left her fearful that whoever took her brother is going to come back. And then, on the anniversary of Ben's disappearance, Julia's worst fears are realized when her two-year-old son, Will, is snatched from his bed.

Sitting in cold cars for hours, serving lowlifes with summonses...being a PI means riding out a lot of slow patches. But sometimes the most familiar paths can lead straight to danger - like at Cass's go-to diner, where new delivery guy Jung Byson wants to enlist her expertise. Jung's friend, Tim Ayers, scion of a wealthy Chicago family, has been found dead, floating in Lake Michigan near his luxury boat. And Jung is convinced there's a murderer on the loose....

It starts with a few near-accidents: A car almost swipes Mike Hammer when he’s crossing the street. A junkie robs the notoriously hardboiled detective at knifepoint. A fight on a subway platform comes close to pushing him in front of a train. While any one of these could be a coincidence, together they make a conspiracy—one that Hammer will have to end in order to survive. And when it comes to finishing something—or someone—nobody does it better than Hammer.

Kirusk hat sich für Jarek nach dem Mordanschlag zu einem Alptraum entwickelt und die große Stadt ist fremder und bedrohlicher für ihn als je zuvor. Er muss sich der Frage stellen, ob er unter diesen Umständen seinen Kontrakt als Memo Ebangas weiter erfüllen kann – und ob er das überhaupt noch will. Doch dann geschieht etwas, das wieder einmal alles verändert und völlig unerwartet finden Jarek und seine Freunde und Gefährten eine Spur zu Ollo, wo sie diese als letztes vermutet hätten.

Two witnesses see the man drag the old woman into a canyon while brandishing a rifle. As night falls, detective Jill Smith and the Berkeley police department set up a perimeter. The canyon is a hostage negotiator’s nightmare - dark, rough, and full of escape routes - and when she finally opens communication, the gunman doesn’t respond. Rather than wait for dawn, Jill leads her team into the darkness. At the bottom of the canyon they find a battered old mannequin and a box of stolen parking tickets.

Edgar and Macavity Award-nominated author Timothy Hallinan throws his erudite Los Angeles private eye into the middle of a global human-trafficking operation in this fifth book in the series. Simeon Grist does a favor for the family of his sometimes-girlfriend, Eleanor Chan, and goes looking for two children who vanished in Chinatown. He quickly learns that he's gone straight through the looking glass and into a world where grieving parents are afraid to contact the police, where fear is the teacher and power is the law.

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Eve Arden, Jack Webb, Edgar Bergen, and many more.

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Orson Welles, Richard Widmark, Roy Rogers, and many more.