Op de universiteit van Reykjavik wordt het verminkte lijk van de Duitse geschiedenisstudent Harald Guntlieb aangetroffen. Ontevreden over het politieonderzoek, schakelt de rijke familie van Harald een plaatselijke juriste in. Zij ontdekt dat Harald in het bezit was gekomen van oude manuscripten over geheimzinnige rituelen uit de IJslandse historie. Kort daarop stuit ze op een kunsthandelaar die evenals Harald op zoek was naar een uniek eeuwenoud document. Tegelijkertijd duiken er duistere verhalen uit Haralds verleden op. Het gerucht gaat dat hij lid was van een groep IJslanders die zich bezighoudt met historisch gewortelde martelingen en executies. Wie heeft deze student verminkt en vermoord en wat hebben de oude manuscripten daarmee te maken? De zoektocht leidt van Reykjavik naar de onherbergzame noordwestelijke kuststreek van IJsland, die berucht is vanwege de heksenvervolgingen in de Middeleeuwen.

William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but his promotion means that he, along with the rest of his team, have been reassigned to the Drugs Squad. They are immediately tasked with apprehending Ahmed Rashedi, a notorious drug dealer, who operates his extensive network out of South London.

As the investigation progresses, William runs into enemies old and new: Adrian Heath, from his school days, now a street dealer who he convinces to turn informer; and financier Miles Faulkner, who makes a mistake that could finally see him put behind bars. Meanwhile, William and his fiancée Beth enjoy making preparations for their upcoming wedding, though an unpleasant surprise awaits them at the altar.

As William’s team closes the net around a criminal network like none they have ever faced before, he devises a trap they would never expect, one that is hidden in plain sight...

“Hit and Run” is a satisfying, well-written story that leads to unexpected places, a story that in the hands of a good writer resonates and stays with you long after you’ve finished reading it.

He never should have gotten into it in the first place. But when you need money, sometimes you things you wouldn’t ordinarily think of doing. Nothing illegal, nothing like blackmail, something just a shade this side...

At least that was the way Barney Calhoun had it figured. It looked like the easiest ten thousand bucks he’d ever make. And she was lovely, though in the end she led him to murder...

An ex-cop turned private eye ought to know all the answers on how to commit the perfect crime. But somewhere along the line, he slipped up, and before he realized it they had him where the hair was short.

Keller’s work takes him to New York, the former home he hasn’t dared revisit, where his target is the abbot of a midtown monastery. Another call puts him on a West Indies cruise, with several interesting fellow passengers — the government witness, the incandescent young woman keeping the witness company, and, sharing Keller’s cabin, his wife, Julia. But the high drama comes in Cheyenne, where a recent widow is looking to sell her husband’s stamp collection...

Mrs Henry Thorsen, a wealthy widow, has reason to believe her retarded daughter is being blackmailed. She hires the Acme Detective Agency to find out why and who the blackmailer is.

The assignment is given to Dirk Wallace and his aide, Bill Anderson. It all seemed quite straightforward when the two operators began to probe. From then on, they became involved with violence, drugs and, finally, the Mafia.

The magic of James Hadley Chase’s storytelling will keep you reading to the last page.

With an iron-clad defense, Ralph Smith still had to remain silent when his last mile came. For a murder he’d never committed had trapped him hopelessly in the steel jaws of homicide justice.

A FAMILY AFFAIR

Just when Nolan’s looking for a way out of his dead-end job, trouble comes knocking, and he’s back in business. Someone harboring an old grudge has just picked off Joey DiPreta. a crooked businessman with ties to the mob. and the guy’s family is out to get whoever’s responsible. So is Nolan’s Family — in Chicago — and they offer him big bucks and a piece of a swank hotel if he II protect their interests.

Only this time Nolan’s gotten into more than he bargained for. The hit man turns out to be a Vietnam vet convinced he’s launched a holy war against vice and corruption — and the son of one of Nolan’s friends. The melodramatic bastard’s got hard evidence of graft in high places, and he’s set himself up as some kind of avenging angel. His master plan calls for more hits, and there’s no telling when he’ll stop.

Meanwhile, Nolan’s pal Jon is courting disaster in a motel room, and a couple of innocents are kidnapped as a ploy to lure the hit man into the open. Somehow Nolan’s got to untangle the whole mess — and see that no one gets hurt. But with both sides out for blood, there’s no room for heroes, and he’ll have to be damned careful — and lucky — not to get nailed in the crossfire.

He was only a hick from Kain-tuck; but when he got mixed up with some big-time crooks... he wasn’t so dumb!