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“Lippman is a writing powerhouse. ” —USA Today “I love her books.” —Harlan Coben New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman—winner of the Edgar Award and every other major literary prize given for mystery and crime fiction—embroils Baltimore p.i. Tess Monaghan in the...

Lucas Carr went to Glenbury Hall, an old country manor house turned hotel. He signed in at reception, took his key, and went upstairs to his room. But he never got there. Somehow he vanished along the way, with not a single clue to suggest what might have happened to him. Lucas belonged to the same mysterious organization that employs Ishmael and Penny, so they are sent in to solve the mystery. But when they arrive at grim and isolated Glenbury Hall, they discover it has a reputation as one of the most haunted old houses in England.

Jørgen von Wowern testamenterer sin formue til alternativ aids-forskning og falder derefter ud ad et vindue. Politiet kalder det selvmord, men hans far, politidirektøren, er overbevist om, at det er mord, og hyrer den tidligere politimand, Frans Hjejle, til at opklare sagen. Efterforskningen...

A homicide detective. A secret he can’t hide. A case that will expose everything.Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapaʻaka has worked hard to build his reputation—tough, capable, and completely in control. In a department steeped in macho culture, there’s no room for weakness. And no...

"Nightmare Town" is among the more popular short novels by Dashiell Hammett, who was at the top of his writing game when this story was first published in 1924. The story presents a seemingly ordinary town - Izzard, Arizona - whose social order is deeply distorted by crime, deception, and...

Drogkartellen Clan del Golfo, den fruktade Gulfkartellen, utkämpar ett blodigt krig med kartellen Los Rastrojos om herraväldet över den snabbt växande drogmarknaden i Colombia. Gulfkartellen har även etablerat ett starkt fäste på Malta varifrån man bearbetar länderna på Balkan med dess...

Tyttäreni luuli löytäneensä unelmiensa miehen. Mutta nyt hän on hengenvaarassa… Kun Ellie kertoo minulle uudesta poikaystävästään, olen hurjan innoissani, enkä malta odottaa hänen tapaamistaan. Ellie vaikuttaa vihdoinkin todella onnelliselta ja rakastuneelta. Asia ei kuitenkaan...

Nytårsaften i Oslo. Harry Hole balancerer på altanens gelænder. Han er stoppet i politiet, holdt op med at drikke, og kvinden, han elsker, er død. Sytten etager under ham ligger Oslo. 1. januar er Oleg Faukes første dag i Drabsafdelingen, og tre lig markerer begyndelsen på det nye år...

Was geschah wirklich im Knusperhäuschen? Gerne denkt Merle Hänssler, erfolgreiche Anwältin aus Hamburg, an ihre unbeschwerte Kindheit im Schwarzwald zurück. An das kleine Haus mitten im Wald, ihre beiden Freunde, die Katzen und den Garten. Über all dem stets der Duft von frisch gebackenem...

Hon trodde mördaren var fast. Kommer hon att minnas vad som hände, innan han slår till igen? I femton år har Laura Watson levt i tron att mannen som mördade hennes familj greps och nu sitter i en dödscell i väntan på avrättning. Hon har försökt gå vidare tillsammans med sin...

Hun stolede på mig. Det kommer hun til at fortryde. Ville du lyve for din familie for at beskytte dig selv? Ambulanceredder Abi Quinn bliver hyldet som en helt af de patienter, hun redder – men nu truer en hemmelighed, hun har båret på siden teenageårene, med at ødelægge den perfekte...

Bloomsbury presents Suffer In Silence by Graham Masterton read by Lucianne McEvoy. YOU CAN’T KEEP A GOOD WOMAN DOWN Revenge waits patiently for the wicked. In Cork, the young female employees of the glamorous cosmetics counter at Green Matthews are too scared to report what happens during...

Dashiell Hammett is universally regarded as one of the finest American writers of "hard boiled" detective fiction and his short stories and novels have been hailed as some of the best mystery stories ever written. Hammett would doubtless have gone down in literary history simply for his creation...

When detective-in-training Daniel Falconi stumbles into a murder case long thought closed—the brutal killing of Alexandra Muriel, the police captain’s daughter—Alexandra’s lost journal and an elusive mockingbird lead him to suspect that not everything is as it seems.As Daniel digs deeper...

The murder of a judge and his wife turns Jonathan Stride’s world upside down and leaves him facing a shocking crossroad in this electrifying mystery from New York Times bestselling author Brian Freeman Jonathan Stride’s partner, Maggie Bei, is driving home after midnight when a call comes in...

Convicted of a series of horrific crimes against female college students in Santa Barbara, wealthy playboy Charlie Mendez has fled across the US border into Mexico. As one bounty hunter after another meets a grisly end at the hands of the murderous drug cartel his family have hired to keep him...

Als die vierjährige Amanda entführt wird, beginnen Patrick Kenzie und Angela Gennaro ihre Suche in den einschlägigen Kreisen, was selbst die hartgesottenen Ermittler an ihre Grenzen bringt. Bis sich herausstellt, dass sie von gänzlich unerwarteter Seite auf eine falsche Fährte gelockt wurden und jemand wissentlich mit ihrem Leben gespielt hat. Kenzie und Gennaro müssen sich entscheiden: für Recht und Gesetz oder für ihre Menschlichkeit.

Die Fehde zweier Familien in Arkansas eskaliert in einer Spirale der Gewalt ... Tief in den Ozarks, im Hinterland der US-amerikanischen Südstaaten, betreibt Jeremiah Fitzjurls einen Schrottplatz, auf dem er gemeinsam mit seiner Enkelin Jo lebt. Eines Nachts kommt sie nicht wie verabredet vom...

Bath detective Peter Diamond is having woman trouble. His boss wants him to find the missing daughter of one of her friends. He is not enthusiastic. A woman calling herself his Secret Admirer wants to arrange a date in a pub. He tries ignoring her. And his colleague, sexy Ingeborg Smith, distracts the murder squad from their duties. Then a woman's body is found hanging from a playground swing, with a suspicious second ligature mark around her neck and a very colourful past. As more hangings are discovered, Diamond is certain that a secret hangman is at work in the city.

After three years deep under cover, US agent Harry Latham has penetrated the fortress-like mountain hideaway of the Brotherhood of the Watch, a neo-Nazi organisation born after the fall of the Third Reich. Then, on the eve of his most spectacular success, Harry disappears. Drew Latham is frantic...