Neeve Kearny, córka emerytowanego komisarza nowojorskiej policji, jest właścicielką drogiego butiku z wytwornymi strojami od znanych projektantów. Do najlepszych jej klientek należy Ethel Lambston, znana pisarka i publicystka o złośliwym piórze. Gdy Ethel przez kilka dni nie odbiera zamówionej garderoby, Neeve zaczyna się niepokoić. Wielu ludzi, wśród nich były mąż pisarki i zachłanny bratanek, ucieszyłoby się, gdyby autorka kontrowersyjnych artykułów zniknęła na zawsze. Złe przeczucia Neeve potwierdzają się – w parku stanowym zostaje znalezione ciało zamordowanej Ethel. Neeve, będąca ważnym świadkiem w śledztwie, uczestniczy w skomplikowanym dramacie chciwości, ambicji i bezwzględnego dążenia do rozgłosu. Nie wie, że jej samej również zagraża śmiertelne niebezpieczeństwo.

Dick Francis "Gefälscht", originalausgabe: "In the Frame". Pferdemaler Charles Todd hat sich auf ein gemütliches Wochenende bei seinem Cousin eingestellt. Dieser jedoch empfängt ihn tief verstört — denn vor wenigen Stunden ist gerade seine Ehefrau ermordet worden.Der Verdacht der Polizei fällt schon bald auf Donald, der nicht die Kraft hat, die Vorwürfe zurückzuweisen. Todd scheut weder Mühe noch Gefahr, um Donalds Unschuld zu beweisen. Skrupellosen Kunsthändlern auf der Spur, reist er durch ganz Australien. Doch seine Nachforschungen bleiben nicht unbemerkt, und bald wird der Verfolger zum Verfolgten…

Edward Lincoln ist ein berühmter Schauspieler. Auf der Leinwand mimt er den mutigen Helden, den stürmischen Liebhaber und liefert den Verbrechern halsbrecherische Verfolgungsjagden. Außerhalb der Filmstudios ist er nichts als ein zufriedener Familienvater und gewöhnlicher Bürger. Südafrika, wo Lincoln für seinen jüngsten Film Werbung machen soll, ist nun allerdings nicht gewöhnlich. Dort lauern die Gefahren nicht nur vor der Kamera: eine bis oben mit Sprengstoff gefüllte Goldmine, ein Naturreservat voller Raubtiere und ein unheilvolles Gestüt feuriger Vollblutpferde, die kein einziges Rennen gewinnen… Seine beste Rolle spielt Lincoln ohne Drehbuch, fern der klimatisierten Filmstudios, in der sengenden Afrikasonne. Und diesmal ist es kein Spiel.«Francis wählt für jedes Buch eine völlig neue Konstellation, er stellt jeweils neue Hauptfiguren in den Mittelpunkt und vermeidet bewußt den Seriencharakter, wie man ihn bei anderen Krimi-Autoren häufig findet. Ungewöhnlich knapp, bissig und scharfsinnig sind die Dialoge, die seinen Büchern den typischen Francis-touch verleihen. Zudem sind die Helden keine schießwütigen James-Bond-Draufgänger, sondern eher nachdenkliche, intelligente Softies, die allerdings kein Pardon mehr kennen, wenn sie von unbelehrbaren Schurken herausgefordert werden.«

Get a load of this! The hardboiled world of James Hadley Chase, the thriller maestro, is recaptured in this new edition of tough and gritty tales.An early morning stroll in the park, or a lonely cross-country drive to Florida; evading arrest in war-torn Cuba, or sipping bourbon in the Bronx—it makes no odds, serious trouble lies just around the corner…. The sleazy jungle of lamp-lit streets, faded hotel lobbies and soulless freeways is the setting for a menagerie of typically brash Chase characters: all-metal blondes that weaken your resistance, merciless thugs in uniform and third-rate double-crossers.Fast-paced and crackling with cynical wit, this classic anthology shows why Chase is the unchallenged British champion of the tough American tradition. Publisher’s NoteThis remarkable collection of short stories was first published in 1942 and is now re-issued for the first time. It is a tribute to the vigour and storytelling ability of James Hadley Chase that after so many years these tales still shock and thrill the reader.

"A mystery worth barking about." – Linda O JohnstonDisgraced Texas beauty queen, Melinda (Mel) Langston, owns Laguna Beach's Bow Wow Boutique. Mona Michaels, Mel's most despised client, owns a star dog, Fluffy, who's worth millions. When Mona is found whacked in the head with Fluffy's Daytime Emmy, everyone wants Fluffy, but someone won't stop at murder to get the pooch.Secrets. Blackmail. Mel tackles the case like a dog with a bone. But can she dig up the truth before the killer buries her?I stumbled through the doorway into a mini-palace fit for a movie star. Fluffy's palace. A white sheepskin rug in front of her personal fireplace, a king-sized sleigh bed and a dressing screen (why a dog needed a dressing screen was beyond me). Fresh, filtered water dripped into her Wedgewood doggie bowl.The room looked like it had been ransacked.Mona was sprawled on the floor as if posing for a men's magazine. It was almost picture-perfect, except for the blood matting her five-hundred-dollar haircut and the gold statue stuck in her head.I hesitantly moved closer. Fluffy nuzzled Mona's cheek. When she didn't move, Fluffy pawed her shoulder, still whining."I don't think she's getting up, girl," I said softly.Mona was deader than a stuffed Poodle.

Группа беглых солдат армии Венесуэлы берет под свой контроль регион в джунглях Амазонки. «Призраки» – элитное подразделение спецназа армии США – получают задание проникнуть на захваченную территорию и освободить заложников.

Номад, впервые взявший на себя руководство отрядом, оказывается в чужой стране с двумя новобранцами, сомнительной информацией, без должной подготовки и без страховки на случай провала. Впрочем, у отряда нет другого выбора, кроме как попытаться выполнить задание, пусть даже действуя практически вслепую.

Оказавшись перед сложным выбором и полагаясь лишь на себя, «Призраки» должны научиться действовать как одно целое… или погибнуть.

Cabot Cove's own mystery writer and sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, travels to London to visit the grande dame of mystery novels, only to discover that the acclaimed author has been murdered.

What’s cuddly, cute, and the object of a high-stakes court battle? It’s Gladly, a cross-eyed teddy bear: the brainchild of slightly cross-eyed beauty Lainie Commins, Matthew Hope’s client and the litigant in a trademark dispute with toy company tycoons Etta and Brett Toland. Hope, still recovering from a near-fatal shooting, is certain he can win this case — until someone murders one of the key players.

While Hope is locked in a battle of nerves and legal wits, two of his closest associates have found their way into another of Florida’s favorite people traps. Warren Chambers and Toots Kiley have entered the underworld of drug-smuggling violence from opposite ends — and they can only escape together.

Breslau, 1 stycznia 1937 roku, kwadrans na piątą rano. Eberhard Mock niespodziewanie dostaje rozkaz poprowadzenia śledztwa w sprawie morderstwa. Ofiarą jest młoda kobieta – okaleczona, zgwałcona i zabita, jej ciało znaleziono w podrzędnym hotelu, znanym jako miejsce schadzek. Była cudzoziemką, a w jej skromnym bagażu znajdowała się maszyna do pisania z francuskimi znakami. Czy hitlerowskie władze słusznie podejrzewają polityczny charakter zbrodni, przypuszczalnie wymierzonej w III Rzeszę? Jaki związek ze sprawą ma piękna czarnooka kobieta, kilkakrotnie widziana na granicy polsko-niemieckiej? Mock – tym razem w randze kapitana abwery – niechętny nowym porządkom, intrygom gestapo i władzy faszystów, szuka mordercy. Znów jest w swoim żywiole – krąży po pełnych okrucieństwa, przemocy i tajemnic miejscach, spelunkach i zaułkach; ociera się też o mroczny świat wyższych sfer, w którym zdarzają się skandaliczne historie. Dzięki swoim niekonwencjonalnym metodom pracy i przebiegłości trafia na ślad przestępcy, prawdopodobnie jest na tropie seryjnego zabójcy. Losy śledztwa potoczą się jednak bardzo nieoczekiwanie…

From the author of LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, a further crime novel featuring private investigator Sal Kilkenny. When a man is distraught at his wife's apparent infidelity, he enlists the help of Sal to confirm his suspicions, only to find himself a widower soon afterwards. From there Sal's other case also begins to take a disturbing and violent turn.

This was one case when Bertha Cool didn’t see much of her partner, Donald Lam. This time he was living with the clients instead of running up expensive hotel bills. Still, it made it even harder for Bertha to keep tabs on him.But she had to admit that Henry C. Ashbury was a pretty smart cookie, and it was his idea to take Donald on as a gym coach so the little smoothie could gain his daughter’s confidence. Someone was blackmailing Alta Ashbury — and her father didn’t trust any of the household, least of all his second wife.

Darko Dawson, Chief Inspector in the Ghana police service, returns in this atmospheric crime series often compared to Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels.Darko Dawson has just been promoted to Chief Inspector in the Ghana Police Service – the promotion even comes with a (rather modest) salary bump. But he doesn't have long to celebrate because his new boss is transferring him from Accra, Ghana's capital, out to remote Obuasi in the Ashanti region, an area now notorious for the illegal exploitation of its gold mines.When Dawson arrives at the Obuasi headquarters, he finds it in complete disarray. The office is a mess of uncatalogued evidence and cold case files, morale is low, and discipline among officers is lax. On only his second day on the job, the body of a Chinese mine owner is unearthed in his own gold quarry. As Dawson investigates the case, he quickly learns how dangerous it is to pursue justice in this kingdom of illegal gold mines, where the worst offenders have so much money they have no fear of the law.

Goldilocks... The Other WomanGoldilocks-stealing into someone else’s house, with no particular interest in the chairs or the porridge, but with more than a passing fascination with Poppa Bear’s bed.On the steamy west coast of Florida, in the quiet of their home, a woman and her two little girls have been brutally murdered. None of the alibis add up. The one person who couldn’t possibly have a motive for the crime is the only one confessing to it, and he insists on Matthew Hope for his defense. Now Matt finds himself tangled in the unravelling threads of three heartless killings in which every half-sister, stepson, and first wife could have had a hand.Somebody’s lying.Maybe everybody.

Victoria Warshawski debe averiguar quién es el padre de su amiga Caroline. Pero nadie quiere oír hablar de ello y su investigación choca con un extraño miedo al pasado en una truculenta historia de crimen y seducción familiar.Golpe de sangre es una novela en la más pura tradición del género policíaco, pero también, como siempre en su autora, una profunda mirada sobre la corrupción, el escándalo político y los dramas de familia.Victoria Warshawski, universitaria y radical, divorciada y treinteañera, hija de un policía de origen polaco y de una emigrante italiana que quiso ser cantante de ópera, es ya uno de los personajes más fascinantes de la novela negra.

Randy Wayne White has long been known for suspenseful plots, complex characters, and an extraordinary sense of place. His new series has them all – and then some.Hannah Smith: a tall, strong, formidable Florida woman, the descendant of generations of strong Florida women. She makes her living as a fishing guide, but her friends, neighbors, and clients also know her as an uncommonly resourceful woman with a keen sense of justice – someone who can't be bullied – and they have taken to coming to her with their problems.Her methods can be unorthodox, though, and those on the receiving end of them often wind up very unhappy – and sometimes very violent. And when a girl goes missing, and Hannah is asked to find her, that is exactly what happens…

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A friendly feline and a feisty librarian merrily roll along in the newest Bookmobile Cat mystery...until murder stops them in their tracks!It's the summer season in Chilson, Michigan, and the town is packed with tourists ready for a fabulous Fourth of July fireworks show. Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat, Eddie, have spent a busy day on the bookmobile, delivering good cheer and great reads to even the library's most far-flung patrons. But Minnie is still up for the nighttime festivities, eager to show off her little town to her visiting niece, Katrina.But then, during the grand finale of the fireworks display, Katrina discovers a body. Minnie recognizes the victim as one of the bookmobile's most loyal patrons. And she knows she--and Eddie--will have to get to the bottom of this purr-fect crime.

“I’m going to have your license, shamus!”

The line is as familiar to television viewers and readers of detective fiction as the blonde in the bedroom or the bottle in the drawer. But when the State of California cold-bloodedly sets out to grab Dan Kearny’s license, the phrase is no longer a cliché. The “irregular” case upon which the state is building its suit was handled by Kathy Onoda. Now she is dead. As the disciplinary hearings before the State Bureau of Private Investigators proceed, Kearny’s central problem becomes: Who could have witnessed the events in the DKA Oakland office on a rainy Friday afternoon nearly a year before?

Seven people. Kearny’s staff ranges the state and then the country in search of them, but they are mysteriously Gone, No Forwarding from their addresses. The search becomes desperate when Kearny’s detectives find other, deadly hunters dogging their footsteps. As Bart Heslip becomes enmeshed in the strange odyssey of a fugitive black girl, it becomes evident that her testimony, and hers alone, can unravel the intricate human puzzle at the core of the novel.

Moving, often comic, always taut, Gone, No Forwarding is another intensely real picture of modern investigative techniques from Joe Gores, the writer Anthony Boucher called “one of the very few authentic private eyes to enter the field of fiction since Dashiell Hammett.” The author gives us break-neck action, sparkling characterizations, machine-gun dialogue and, as critic James Sandoe said, “He handles violence as a wise man handles nettles.”

Translated from the original Swedish, Good Night My Darling is a mystery / thriller about hatred and revenge. Justine is a wealthy woman in her forties, living alone in a big house full of troubled memories of a tortured childhood. Now the memories come back to haunt Justine, but she is prepared. It is time for Justine to take revenge on everyone that has done her wrong.

An Inspector Vincent Gratelli mystery – San Francisco Inspector Vincent Gratelli is charged with finding the killer of young women – all murdered in the same way, all left with an intimate mark. The most recent victim was beaten and raped in her weekend cabin. There appears to be only one difference – she is still alive. Which leaves Gratelli with two questions: how can these murders be stopped… and how does the killer feel about unfinished business?