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In Prag wird ein Geschäftsmann brutal ermordet. Alle Spuren führen nach Linz in Österreich zu einem zwielichtigen Konzern mit großem Einfluss. Ist der psychopathische Konzernchef in den Mord verwickelt und was befindet sich auf den Fotos, die seine Schwester erhält? Und welches persönliche Interesse hat die Werbeagenturchefin Anna Lange an dem Fall, in den ihr Vater tief verwickelt ist?

Jonas Reed signs up for a routine memory rental—a calm, curated experience designed to ease stress and fade away without consequence. Instead, he witnesses a murder embedded inside the memory itself. The victim whispers a single name before everything fractures. That name belongs to Mara Kline. Mara is a memory auditor for Memex, the corporation that rents memories to the public and erases what customers aren’t supposed to keep. She is trained to flag corruption, delete anomalies, and move on.

Albert Smith might be retired, but a long career as a police detective has left him with skills that just won’t switch off. So on a walking tour of the British Isles, it doesn’t take long for his eyes to spot something he wasn’t supposed to see.

Logan Walsh’s life is disintegrating. When his broken marriage teeters on divorce, this desperate firefighter-turned-PI moonlights as a bail bondsman to support the family he longs to restore. But when his skip pleads innocent and prophesizes his own murder, the determined father of two doesn't listen … until the skip is murdered in jail. Guilt-ridden over ignoring the man’s plea, Logan embarks a broken trail of biker gangs, bent cops, and greedy land speculators. And in a case where when even the police are suspect, he has nowhere to turn.

Jenny Stone, a prosecuting attorney, finds herself in a precarious situation after concluding a major money laundering case. She notices she is being followed and decides to take a vacation to Italy to visit Warren Steelgrave, a distant relative by marriage. Upon her arrival, she confides in Warren about her fears and the thumb drive containing sensitive information given to her by a suspect, Jacob Colburn. As they navigate through Italy, they realize they are being pursued by dangerous individuals connected to the case.

When 25-year-old Wendy Winkworth decides to take a break from her PI business and visit her brother in Bern, Illinois, she simply wants to catch up on family affairs. Soon family affairs have her in over her head. She’s hired by a teacher to find out if his ex-con mother is going to show up and ruin his chances of marrying the love of his life and the richest girl in town. Wendy’s mechanic brother appears to be thieving on the side. And the local sheriff is trailing her, either because he likes her looks or because he wants her to stop looking too closely at what’s going on in town.

Sent en aften, da kirkeklokkerne har ringet for sidste gang, bliver Sandra Deakin fundet, kold og livløs og dækket af knivstik, på en tilgroet kirkegård. Kriminalkommissær Kim Stone skynder sig til gerningsstedet, hvor overfaldets voldsomhed overbeviser hende om, at drabet var dybt personligt. Da Kims team graver i Sandras liv, opdager de, at hun mente, at hun kunne kommunikere med de døde. Kim indser, at hun må åbne sit sind for alle muligheder, hvis hun skal have en chance for at opklare sagen.

Da kriminalkommissær Kim Stone skynder sig hen til gerningsstedet, er der ikke noget lig, der venter på hende: Paramedicinerne forsøger desperat at redde offerets liv. Den afdøde mand, Eric Gould, virker helt almindelig, indtil teamet graver i hans fortid. Som drenge var begge ofre en del af en gruppe på seks, som pralede med deres forfærdelige forbrydelser. Er der nogen, som er i gang med endelig at få hævn … eller tror vedkommende, at mændene stadig er farlige?

Da en 19-årig dreng, Jamie Mills, bliver fundet hængt i et træ i en lokal park, bliver hans død erklæret et selvmord. Kriminalkommissær Kim Stones mavefornemmelse siger hende, at der er noget galt. I forsøget på at opklare denne foruroligende sag følger Kim spor, der fører hende ind bag de gamle victorianske mure på klinikken, som drives af familien Gardner. Så bliver liget af en ung kvinde fundet. Hun er blevet kvalt, og hendes død er også iscenesat, så det ligner et selvmord.

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . . Please note this book was originally published as PICTURE OF INNOCENCE PROTECTING HER COULD COST HIM HIS LIFE DI Mike Nash stops a thuggish attack on a young landscape...

A sixteen-year-old girl has abandoned her Mormon family for a pimp. Her father is devastated and asks his church’s elders to help hire a private investigator. It seems like an easy case for Dan Reno, except for one thing—the church bishop insists the pimp be put out of business permanently. As Reno searches for the pimp, he knows every day is critical, for the naïve teenager has thrown herself into the mouth of a monster. But the pimp lives off the grid, and without a digital footprint, he’s difficult to find.

Dan Reno claimed self-defense, but the prosecuting attorney had other ideas. The missing person case seemed wrong from the start. The client paid in cash, used a phony name, and his claim to be searching for his missing nephew didn’t add up. It doesn’t take Reno long to do the math, and he decides to return the money to the client. That’s when things go awry.

Humiliated by a serial rapist in court, South Lake Tahoe’s sheriff and district attorney turn to Dan Reno for justice. Dealing with his fiancée’s mental breakdown, Reno welcomes the distraction, but he knows the case makes no sense. Short of killing the criminal, what can he do? Regardless, Reno begins investigating. As he peels back the layers, he learns the rapist has a genius IQ and is the brother of a Silicon Valley billionaire. Traveling to San Jose, Reno hooks up with his partner, Cody Gibbons, who has little patience or mercy for sexual predators.

Melanie Jordan’s life seemed perfect. Until masked intruders arrive at her house, demanding gold she doesn’t have. A savage blow to the head puts her in a coma for four weeks. When Melanie regains consciousness, she learns her husband has been murdered and her ten-year-old daughter is missing. Private Eye Dan Reno begins investigating, but nothing about the case makes sense. Was there gold at the house or wasn’t there? Was Melanie’s husband hiding something? And what happened to Melanie’s daughter?

It’s a two-for-one deal when a pair of accused rapists from a New Jersey-based gang surfaces in South Lake Tahoe. The first is easy to catch, but the second, a Satanist suspected of a string of murders, is an adversary unlike any Reno has faced. After escaping Reno’s clutches in the desert outside of Carson City, the target vanishes. That is, until he makes it clear he intends to settle the score.

The system is broken - and it wants you dead! An elderly ex-soldier is found dead in his home starved, alone and long forgotten. No one notices. No one cares. The same day, a man walks into a Manchester police station and calmly confesses: "I just killed my father." DI Thomas Ridpath is called...

A bioship has gone rogue, the crew are dead, and the survivors are lying. Open the hatch and climb aboard the CSS Ariadne, and remember: do not trust anybody.

Jim Grant is in Boston on temporary assignment from England and his instructions are simple: don’t get involved and keep out of trouble. But for Grant, keeping out of trouble isn’t an option. Never was and never will be.

Saving a senator’s daughter from LA’s porn industry is one gig that needs serious discretion. But discretion is not Jim Grant’s specialty. Los Angeles, CaliforniaIt’s not long before Grant finds himself on live television busting an armed robbery, spreading his arms wide to show he’s unarmed—the same pose that earned him the nickname “Resurrection Man” in Boston. The spotlight may be good for Grant’s profile, but it’s bad for his health. The Dominguez drug cartel is looking for him, and his work for the senator has uncovered a ring of dirty cops who want him out of the way.

It was supposed to be a dead week. For this mysterious hitman, things just couldn't be that damn easy. The sharp-tongued soul-stealing assassin plods through life with reckless abandon - until he finds a purpose. Until Sarah Brecker. When the contract on her life goes unfilled, all Hell breaks loose (literally). Forced to work together, they must dodge ruthless mobsters and a variety of demons to buy enough time for Sarah. Evading ambushes proves much easier than eluding that damn dull ache in his chest.