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When acclaimed mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers first began compiling anthologies of the best crime stories in the 1920s and ’30s, the genre was in the flush of its first golden age. While it is hard to imagine today - after every possible mystery plot has been told, retold, subverted, and played straight again by hundreds of writers over nearly a century - in Sayers’s day there were still twists that had never been seen, and machinations of crime that would shock even jaded Jazz Age fans.

Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge – with the twist of all twists – make up the perfect audiobook, One Good Deed, from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci. 'One of his finest books. Great character, great story, great portrait of...

A mysterious blue light in the mountains appears every now and then. And right after it, a loud blast. Will Faridi yield to the enemy at last? OR will he be able to keep his wits?

Exciting, hard-hitting and gruesome by turn, this 1939 novel delivers violent, bloody fiction. American heiress Miss Blandish is kidnapped by a gang of inept criminals trying their hand at big-time crime. Their plans are foiled when a rival mob, led by the sadist Slim Grisson, set their sights...

A malicious spectre haunts the Parisian Opera house. This murderous fiend speaks through walls, abducts innocents through mirrors, and holds the opera management in a cruel state of hostage. But when this monster falls for the beautiful Christine Daae, his powers of attractive enticement and malevolent mayhem all come to the surface. Who can put an end to this reign of terror? Discover the wonders of Gaston Leroux's gothic thriller in a way that will tantalize the senses.

Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** JACK REACHER NEVER LOOKS BACK . . . UNTIL NOW. The present can be tense . . . A young couple trying to get to New York City are stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. Before long...

Meet Detective Inspector Amber Kash — she’s sharp, she’s stubborn, and after twelve years of policing she’s running out of reasons to stay on the force. But as Detective Kash is writing her resignation letter, she’s unexpectedly called to Summerfield Police Station’s interview room. Inside is celebrity psychologist Joanna Merrick, infamous for her role in viral true-crime documentary The Portrait Maker. The woman is nothing like she appears on screen. She’s dirty. She’s terrified. And she’s making an impossible claim.

A metaphysical mystery that connects spirituality, destiny, philosophy, psychology, and religious beliefs, all together. Discover a hidden treasure in a fort and unveil the secrets of life.

Brought to you by Penguin. A sharp twist on the noir genre from one of England’s finest fiction writers 'I worked one hundred murders,' says Detective Mike Hoolihan, an American policewoman. 'In my time I have come in on the aftermath of maybe a thousand suspicious deaths, most of which turned...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES 'THE LINCOLN LAWYER' - THE HOTTEST NEW THRILLER DRAMA ON TV Defense attorney Mickey Haller - a.k.a The Lincoln Lawyer - has been down on his luck but has a shot at the big-time. When another lawyer is killed, Mickey inherits his entire practice, including an...

सेक्रेड गेम्सची नव्यानं ओळख करून द्यायला हवी का? हो, ही तीच 'सेक्रेड गेम्स' कादंबरी आहे, जी तुम्ही अतिशय गाजलेल्या...

Strange voices are heard from an abandoned house. But another shocking thing is; the murderer is murdered. Who was so daring to dodge the bloodhound? What was the secret of the voices? Are the voices and the murder related?

Tracy Whitney never wanted to settle down. Responsible for some of the world's most astounding heists with her brilliant, charming partner Jeff Stevens, she's enjoyed the danger and relished the intensity of life on the wild side. But she's had enough of conning the rich and corrupt out of their ill-gotten fortunes. The one thing that would make her life complete now is marriage and a child with Jeff. But first, Tracy must finish one last job.

Chesterton's allegorical masterpiece is a surreal, psychologically thrilling novel that centres on seven anarchists in turn of the century London who call themselves by the names of days of the week. The story begins when poet Gabriel Syme is recruited as a detective to a secret anarchist division of Scotland Yard by a shrouded, nameless person. Syme infiltrates a secret meeting of anarchists who are intent on destroying the world and becomes known as 'Thursday', one of the seven members of the Central Anarchist Council.

Når fiktionen bliver en dødelig virkelighed. Efterforsker Lars Thomsen har i atten år båret på en hemmelighed: En plastikboks i bunden af sit klædeskab med sager, som systemet for længst har lukket som naturlige dødsfald, men som hans instinkt aldrig har kunnet give slip på. Sager...

Når nogen redder ens barn, står man i evig gæld til dem ... Han reddede min lille pige, da jeg ikke selv kunne. Jeg lukkede ham ind i vores liv. Men jeg anede intet om, at han kendte min mørkeste hemmelighed ... Det er en helt almindelig morgen i september, da jeg er lige ved at miste min...

Schuld ist wie ein Geschwür, das die Seele überwuchert und erstickt. Ein männlicher Toter ohne Augenlider, eine weibliche Leiche, der man eine Strohpuppe unter die Haut genäht hat, und kein Hinweis auf den Täter … Hauptkommissar Jens Stutter und Kommissarin Jasmin Nau werden nach einem brutalen Doppelmord in eine kleine Gemeinde bei Stuttgart gerufen. Das grausame Ritual, das zum Tod der Opfer geführt hat, scheint in Verbindung mit dem Mord an zwei Teenagern zu stehen, die in einem Campingbus verbrannt sind.

Der Leuchtturm von Hörnum leuchtet plötzlich blutrot. Das Licht führt das Team der SoKo Sylt zu einem Gewaltverbrechen. Eine Leiche in den Dünen ist nicht der letzte Tote an diesem Abend und schnell stellt sich heraus, dass einflussreiche Persönlichkeiten der Insel und alte Bekannte von der SoKo Sylt ein Kartell gebildet haben, das die ganze Insel in Atem hält. Und wieder müssen Lena und Malte ihre unterschiedlichen Stärken kombinieren, um einen Mord aufzuklären, hinter dem mehr steckt, als es zunächst den Anschein hat.

Detective-story master Dashiell Hammett gives us yet another unforgettable book in Red Harvest. When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty—even if that meant taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel...

The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle...