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A Black cop turned PI. An unspeakable crime. A Californian beach town ready to combust. "Aaron Philip Clark is a storyteller of immense talent" —Stephen Mack Jones "In a time of growing distrust for all levels of law enforcement, Trevor Finnegan is the hero our country so desperately needs"...

When her mirror twin goes missing, Casey is led to a deadly paradise where no one escapes… Casey and Nora are mirror twins; identical—sort of. Casey is right-handed, Nora is left-handed. Their moles sit on opposite cheeks. In terms of personality, they are also diametrically opposed. So, when her high-strung sister disappears after a fight with her husband, Casey shouldn't be as concerned as she is. Nora's done it before. Her husband seems nonplussed. But this time, things feel different. It's a twin thing; Casey knows it in her bones. Something is terribly wrong.

In dieser kurzen Einstiegsnovelle zum Last Call Crime Club tun sich eine temperamentvolle, arbeitslose Stuntfrau und ihre mutige Großmutter zusammen, um eine tödliche Verschwörung aufzudecken. Ich bin Whitley „Whit“ Leland. Ich war arbeitslos und knapp bei Kasse, als ich einen Job als Barkeeperin in einer Rooftop-Lounge mit Meerblick annahm. Was nach einem gemütlichen Job aussah, wurde lebensgefährlich, als ein Widerling sich am Drink der Schwester meines Chefs zu schaffen machte.

Former DCI Dan Armstrong has been living and working in Florence for nearly three years—yet somehow, Rome has always eluded him. That is, until glamorous TV celebrity Tamsin Goodfaith turns up with a request he can't refuse: investigate her uncle's suspicious death in the Eternal City. Philip Hastings was a billionaire financier, found dead at his magnificent—if slightly spooky—medieval castle in the Roman hills. Dan and his faithful canine companion, Oscar, soon find themselves surrounded by luxury, secrets and more suspects than sightseeing opportunities.

Ontspoord is het eerste deel in een suspense-serie over ex-detective Thomas Ravnsholdt, ook wel Ravn genoemd, die als privé-detective wordt ingehuurd om vermiste personen op te sporen. Ravn wordt uit zijn verdriet gerukt wanneer een goede vriend hem om hulp vraagt bij het vinden van een jong meisje dat een paar jaar eerder spoorloos is verdwenen. Het onderzoek dwingt Ravn om terug te gaan naar zijn oude werkplek en dus ook naar de Kopenhaagse onderwereld. Hier wijst alles erop dat het meisje is verkocht aan de grote crimineel Slavros, die een netwerk van bordelen in Europa heeft.

Kate Isaksson a tough, single, retired private eye from the Midwest is called into action again when she visits her nephew and his wife in Tennessee. After traveling to Nashville, she inadvertently gets drawn into a world of deceit, corruption, and murder when she agrees to help a local man find his missing brother. Ultimately, a decapitated, mutilated body is discovered, turning dysfunctional family members and co-workers into challenging, potential suspects.

Ravn raakt opnieuw betrokken bij een verdwijningszaak, maar dit keer leiden de aanwijzingen hem naar Berlijn. Een eenzame man heeft geld verduisterd om naar een geheimzinnige bijeenkomst in Berlijn te kunnen reizen, waarna hij spoorloos verdwijnt. Ravn raakt bij de zoektocht betrokken via de zus van de man, Louise. Verschillende alleenstaande mannen zijn op mysterieuze wijze verdwenen in Berlijn, en de zaak lijkt terug te gaan tot de Stasi-tijd. Ravn brengt zichzelf in groot gevaar als hij het mysterie probeert op te lossen door de gruwelen uit het verleden tot leven te brengen.

Ravn krijgt een schijnbaar alledaagse zaak toegewezen: hij wordt ingehuurd door de rijke directeur Ferdinand Mesmer om diens vermiste zoon Jakob te vinden, die 10 jaar geleden de sekte "Gods Uitverkorenen" stichtte. Het wordt echter al snel duidelijk dat er veel meer op het spel staat. Ravn lokaliseert Jakob en zijn laatste discipelen op een afgelegen landgoed. Ravns onderzoek leidt hem tot diep achter de muren van de sekte. Langzaam komt er een zowel verschrikkelijk als gekmakend geheim aan het licht in het gedeelde verleden van Jakob en Ferdinand Mesmer.

Vic Hale is the biggest podcaster in the nation; he hates everybody, but is loved by millions. Susan and Hawk can't stand him but Spenser goes way back with Vic's father Tommy, and he believes it's all an act. So when Vic comes to Spenser for help, Spenser can hardly deny him. After all, he...

Cole Burroughs is a man on the edge. On the edge of what exactly nobody is entirely sure, but with the threat of violence inevitable, and lives on the line, good sense dictates that he should be kept under surveillance at all times. With police resources at a barrel-scraping low, that unenviable...

A stolen bag. A hidden past. A truth too dangerous to share. Lily Larkin’s life on the Isles of Scilly is finally settling into a comfortable rhythm – especially now that her relationship with PC Flynn Grainger is beginning to blossom. But a spate of burglaries soon shatters the calm. And when Lily’s own flat is broken into, things take a chilling turn. The only thing missing? A backpack containing a stash of cash and two passports... both bearing her face, but different identities.

When Laura Carlyle's old flame calls in a panic, she and Sebastian Silver find themselves in a Suffolk town where the local theatre is celebrating its centenary–and mourning its star. The Moonlight Theatre has staged Shakespeare for a hundred years, but now, with a charity gala just days away and property developers circling like vultures, Julius Caesar should be saving the theatre's future. Instead, the actor playing the title role has been stabbed to death on stage–and the prop dagger in his chest was very, very real.

When Alicia is kidnapped from her hotel room while prosecuting a high-profile murder trial, the search for her uncovers an ugly subculture of hate that Fitz needs to infiltrate in order to save his wife. What he learns along the way could also save his marriage.

Nurse Jenny Martin is found dead in a burned-out car. It looks like she was strangled and beaten to death before being unceremoniously crammed into the boot. The police believe Nick ‘the Ace’ Fenny to be the chief suspect. At nineteen years old, he has a reputation for being a joyrider and troublemaker. But Nick’s mum refuses to believe her son’s a murderer and seeks out Kate to help clear his name. In no position to be turning down work, Kate accepts her offer and takes the victim’s old job to find out who else might have a motive for killing.

What if the life you lived was a lie? Private investigator John Cutler never met his father. Nearly forty years ago, the man abandoned his newborn son without explanation. It’s a painful truth to both Cutler and his mother, a fact neither can fully bury in the past. Today, Cutler has a new love, a stable business, and a continuing relationship with his daughter. Nothing is perfect, but it feels like his worst days are behind him. Then a woman shows up at Cutler’s door with a request for help. Her boyfriend recently disappeared, and she’s reluctant to ask the police to find him.

Billy Wheatley ist verschwunden. Mutmaßlich gestorben. Als Billy Wheatley aufs College geht, tauscht er das Leben auf einer kleinen Insel gegen das aufregende Leben auf dem Festland. Und obwohl er den Versuchungen von Alkohol, Drogen und Sex, denen die weniger begabten Studenten um ihn herum erliegen, widerstehen kann, gerät er in große Gefahr, als er die Aufmerksamkeit einer gewieften Clique auf sich zieht.

Former war correspondent Peter Brandt’s childhood innocence died the day his older brother, Keith, died in Vietnam. Now, a quarter of a century later, Keith’s former fiancée, Rhonda White, comes back into Peter’s life with an incredible claim—Keith may still be alive. Twenty-four hours later, police find Rhonda’s body floating in San Diego Bay. Is it murder or suicide? Rhonda’s death and her claim about Peter’s brother set him on an investigation ranging from the beaches and foothills of Southern California to the mountains of Costa Rica.

Charlie Parker ha da poco riacquistato la sua licenza di investigatore privato quando viene interpellato da Bennett Patchett, il proprietario di un diner nei pressi di Portland, piuttosto scettico riguardo alle circostanze del suicidio del figlio, reduce dell'Iraq. Non ci vuole molto perché si scopra che Joel Tobias, ex comandante della squadra di Damien Patchett, conduce uno stile di vita decisamente sopra le righe e che i suoi andirivieni dal Canada sono tutt'altro che innocui viaggi di lavoro.

Olive Sterling thought time off from her job would finally give her the chance to uncover the truth about her family's unsolved murders. The man she believes holds the answers is none other than the father of Jason Stewart—her former boyfriend and current colleague. But when that man turns up wounded and then vanishes, Olive has no choice but to bring Jason into the hunt.

Die kriminelle Energie ist nicht nur in der Halbwelt zu Hause, man trifft sie auch in der High Society und sogar in scheinbar intakten familiären Kreisen an. Da werden aus scheinbar sympathischen Zeitgenossen dubiose und dunkle Gestalten. Die drei schwierigen Fälle werden noch komplizierter, weil sich der falsch kombinierende Polizist mit unfreiwilligem Humor in die verzwickten Fälle einmischt. Aber einmal mehr werden wir nicht enttäuscht.