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Carmen Sanchez is a tough Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules. But when her sister is attacked, revealing a connection to a series of murders across Southern California, she realizes a conventional investigation will not be enough to stop the ruthless perpetrator. With nowhere else to turn, Sanchez enlists the aid of Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert who, unlike Sanchez, believes rules are merely suggestions. The two have a troubled past, but he owes her a favor and she’s cashing in.

'My heart was in my throat' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review 'Engrossed from page one' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review 'This is Mari Hannah at her best' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review 'More twists and turns than a fairground ride' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review **** LIES COST LIVES THE BRAND NEW KATE...

Shelby works as a dog walker in northern California, and she’s just finished up her bi-weekly trip to the park with a husky named Pluto. When she brings him back to his house, she finds his owner - Todd Burke, a well-known local businessman and founder of an organic supplements company - lying on the bathroom floor, dead. A detective arrives on the scene. As she interviews Shelby, the body is inspected by a medical examiner, and more cops search Todd’s home, it becomes clear that the victim’s life was less picture-perfect than his clean-cut persona might lead you to believe.

Troy Brennan: Every Southie in Boston knows that name. The son of a dead mobster. The heartthrob with steel-blue eyes. "The Fixer" who can make or break you in this city. Oh, and my new husband. Sparrow Raynes: That's me. No one seemed to remember my name up until he barged into my life. But then he caged me. Kidnapped me. And killed every chance I had to run away from the place where we grew up.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young Horace Rumpole in this second stellar collection of court cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole. 'Rumpole and the Man of God': It is 1959, and Rumpole must defend a clergyman accused of shoplifting who, although he clearly did not commit the crime, is curiously reluctant to be cross-examined under oath. Meanwhile, Hilda (she who must be obeyed) has big news....

Stefan Lindman, a young police officer recently diagnosed with mouth cancer, decides to investigate the murder of his former colleague, but is soon enmeshed in a mystifying case with no witnesses and no apparent motives. Terrified of the disease that could take his life, Lindman becomes more and more reckless as he unearths the chilling links between Molin's death and an underground neo-Nazi network that runs further and deeper than he could ever have imagined.

‘There’s Rosemary, that’s for remembrance.’ Published in 1945, Sparkling Cyanide is all about remembrance. It begins with six characters recalling the horrific death of Rosemary Barton, a beautiful but shallow young heiress poisoned by a cyanide-spiked glass of champagne whilst...

After a lifetime of hardship, Jessica Thornton finally has the life she’s dreamed of: a new marriage to a realtor with burgeoning success, a daughter whose athleticism has won her a scholarship to college, and a freshly secured loan from her bank to finally complete her own higher education. Her life today is a complete reversal from the not-too-distant past, when the death of her first husband left her penniless and desperate to provide for her then-newborn child.

Agatha Christie demonstrates her unparalleled mastery with Three Blind Mice and Other Stories—a classic compendium of mystery and suspense, crime and detection, whose title novella served as the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the history of the London theater. A...

Der kaltschnäuzige, aber erfolgreiche Chef der Schlagerband DIE CLIPPERS, Muddy Baumann, stellt Frontsängerin Rita kalt. Die Gründe: Alkohol, Stimmversagen, das Alter. Noch ein Auftritt auf dem Maimarkt in Mannheim, dann soll Schluss sein mit ihrer Karriere. Was Muddy nicht weiß: Vor 20 Jahren gab Rita nach einer geheim gehaltenen Schwangerschaft die gemeinsame Tochter zur Adoption frei – der Karriere wegen. Als Muddy auch privat die Seile kappt, er hätte sich mit Rita eine Familie und Kinder gewünscht, eskaliert die verstoßene Sängerin. Der letzte Auftritt gerät zum Horrortrip.

কলকাতার নামকরা মেটাল মার্চেন্ট শরদিন্দু মিত্র যার আঙুলের ইশারায় তার সাগরেদরা লাশ ফেলে দিতে এক সেকেন্ড দেরি করে...

রাত দুটোয় এলাহাবাদ থেকে একটা ট্রাঙ্কল আসে ধৃতির কাছে।''আমি টুপুর মা, টুপুকে ওরা মেরে ফেলেছে বুঝলেন?'খবরটা যেন...

কোনো এক গোপন রহস্যে নাক গলিয়ে ফেলেছিল হতভাগ্য ললিতমোহন , নৃশংস ভাবে খুন হতে হয় তার জেরেই,তদন্তের শুরুতেই দোলাচলে...

Tras años oculto, el sicario sin nombre ha encontrado algo parecido a la paz en una casa frente al mar. Pero la muerte de un viejo aliado lo obliga a aceptar un último encargo: cerrar una cuenta pendiente con tres nombres en una lista. Mientras tanto, Clara Fité intenta reconstruir su vida en Barcelona. Un cuaderno robado y la desaparición de dos niños en 1992 la arrastran a una investigación que nadie quiere reabrir. El poder, la culpa y el miedo se entrelazan en una trama que conecta lo que ocurrió entonces con lo que está a punto de estallar ahora.

En Riversend, en un pueblo rural azotado por una sequía interminable, un joven sacerdote abre fuego desde la escalinata de su iglesia y mata a cinco vecinos antes de ser acribillado. Un año después, el periodista Martin Scarsden llega al aislado pueblo para escribir un artículo sobre el aniversario de la tragedia. Pero las historias que escucha no encajan con la versión que su periódico informó. Martin no puede ignorar sus dudas, ni la insistencia de algunos lugareños para descubrir la verdadera razón detrás del ataque del sacerdote, a quien asombrosamente todos defienden.

Three weeks on from that night and ChameleoMan & friends are riding high after their first vigilante victory... but Dan & his cats are about to face something far deadlier. Stopping a mugging was almost too easy, but when a body turns up in the industrial estate, Dan begins to wonder if the superhero life is really for him. Catman is missing, the police are asking questions, and shadowy figures stalk the street at night. With time running out, Dan, Andrew, and the Flash must race to uncover the truth—before the law starts pointing fingers at them. But something darker lurks in the shadows.

The emotional fallout from their last case has left DCI de Silva and DS Barclay’s lives in tatters. Barclay’s marriage has failed and de Silva is still haunted by the loss of her husband and wondering whether she ever really knew him. When the National Crime Agency takes over their investigation, the duo are reassigned to a cold case: a dismembered body found in Formby Woods, hidden for decades. And then, another body is discovered.

Alan Giuliani ha ormai dimenticato cosa significhi essere un uomo libero. Il suo aguzzino lo tiene in ostaggio con promesse di ritorsioni verso le persone a cui vuole bene e lo costringe a lavorare per lui. Durante una trasferta obbligata in una Caorle fredda e invernale, muore improvvisamente un uomo a cui il carceriere di Giuliani è affezionato. Sembra un attacco di cuore, ma c’è qualcosa che non quadra.

After a forced leave that nearly cracked her confidence, FBI Special Agent Domini Walker is handed what should be a straightforward assignment: locate Hettie Van Buren, a high-society heiress who vanished during a weekend away. But then Hettie's boyfriend turns up dead—single shot, no mistakes. The work of a professional.

Ten vintage dramas on the theme of murder, written by internationally recognised authors and set across the globe ‘Murder is murder, anywhere in the world. The taking of life, the most terrible crime a human being can commit, is the same in any language, whether it springs from vengeance...