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When a Greek goddess and a fairy hob disappear, detective Turner Cronyn is on the case. He soon discovers a connection to long-forgotten TV star Patrick Raden of Solar Patrol, whose spaceship model mysteriously decays overnight.
Teaming up with a stunning goddess, a merry pixie, a protective minotaur, and more fantastical allies, Turner pursues clues leading unexpectedly to the shadowy realm of Olympus-and to a sinister tower occupied by the murderous...
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When the City of Light goes very dark...Claire Baskerville and her expat book club are accustomed to diving into thrilling narratives, but nothing could prepare them for a field trip into the shadowy depths of the Paris catacombs that ends in the murder of one of their members.Once the Parisian police arrest the leader of the book club as their prime suspect, Claire knows she has to do what she can to make sure the police aren't wrong. In a race against...
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Eigentlich soll sich Lisa Klee eine Auszeit in den Glarner Alpen nehmen, um sich von den schrecklichen Ereignissen des letzten Sommers in Zürich zu erholen. Doch der Fund eines Leichnams in einem Bergsee zerstört jäh die traumhafte Idylle. Ein tragischer Unfall - oder treibt ein Mörder sein Unwesen? Durch einen Bergrutsch von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten, nimmt die ehemalige Rechtsmedizinerin völlig auf sich allein gestellt die Ermittlungen auf...
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The Detective MEGAPACK® presents 28 choice mysteries, spanning the Victorian age through modern times-there is something for every fan of detective tales!
Included are:
IT TORE THE LAUGH FROM MY THROAT, by Meriah L. Crawford
THE TAGGART ASSIGNMENT, by Vincent Starrett
TOMORROW'S DEAD, by David Dean
THE FLAMING PHANTOM, by Jacques Futrelle
MESSAGE IN THE SAND, by John L. French
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, by C.J. Henderson
THE RED THUMB MARK, by R....
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A shut-and-opened case? The beautiful heiress had done a foolproof job on herself. After a large dose of sleeping pills, she'd slashed her wrists, then climbed into the tub and drowned. Only her fiance said suicide was impossible and begged Mac to help, at any price. And when Mac started to investigate, he found that even the police weren't so sure of suicide-if the cop on his tail was any indication. And there were other oddities. Huge periodic withdrawals...
26) Sins as Scarlet
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"A dark, brutal ride through the underbelly of LA." -Anthony Horowitz, author of Magpie Murders
In this follow-up to Nicolás Obregon's critically acclaimed Blue Light Yokohama, Inspector Iwata returns-in a murder case in his new home of Los Angeles.
After a brutal investigation ripped apart his life, Kosuke Iwata quit both his job as a detective with the Tokyo Police Department and his country, leaving Japan for the sunnier shores of Los Angeles,...
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With Chasing the Dragon, Domenic Stansberry--the acclaimed writer of modern noir--introduces a new hardboiled series set in San Francisco. In this, the series opener, Stansberry tells a story written in clear homage to the masters of the genre, yet with an original, breathtaking voice all his own.
A complicated, shadowy man in disgrace, Dante Mancuso leads a double life. Lately, though, the line he walks has become razor thin.
Dante works for...
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"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets-and has a high old time doing it! So will you."-Ann B. Ross, New York Times bestselling author of the Miss Julia series
Former socialite Lola Woodby is now struggling to make ends meet as a not-so-discreet private eye in Prohibtion-era New York City, along with her stern Swedish sidekick, Berta. When they're offered a piece-of-cake job-retrieving a rhinoceros trophy from the Connecticut mansion of big game hunter Rudy...
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Ein Notarzt wird nachts zu einem Einsatz im Frankfurter Diplomatenviertel gerufen. Ein Fahrradfahrer soll verunglückt sein. Am nächsten Morgen ist der Arzt tot, eine Joggerin entdeckt seine blutüberströmte Leiche. Von den ebenfalls an den Unfallort bestellten Sanitätern fehlt jede Spur. Wurden auch sie umgebracht? Privatermittlerin Karla Senkrecht greift zu äußerst ungewöhnlichen Ermittlungsmethoden und sieht sich plötzlich mit der Planung...
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Get three brilliant and captivating stories together featuring British detectives Jack Rutherford and Amanda Lacey by master storyteller Linda Coles. "Move over Agatha Christie, there's a new dame in town." Amazon reviewer. Here's what's in this collection: The Hunted They kill wild animals for sport. She's about to return the favour… A spate of distressing big-game hunter posts are clogging up her newsfeed. As hunters brag about the exotic animals...
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Layla Dolak blamed her sister Erika for destroying all of her hopes and dreams. Over the past several years, Layla was kicked out of college, had most of her possessions and all of her hair stolen from her, and was about to lose custody of her daughter. And Erika, in Layla's mind, was responsible for all of that. So when Erika died suddenly, Layla thought she might have a chance at the life she wanted again. That changed when Layla's young daughter,...
33) Butcher
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I walked to the newspaper-wrapped bundle, looked at the mud smears on it-and at another brown stain. Then I gripped a corner of the paper and unwrapped it from the thing inside.
I didn't know what it was at first. But two minutes later, using the phone in a nearby house, I was talking to my good friend, Phil Samson, Captain of Central-Homicide. "Sam, this is Shell. Get somebody out here on Chavez Ravine Road. I think I've found a-a leg."
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An einem windigen, regnerischen Samstagabend entdecken Exkommissar Max Raintaler und sein Freund Franz Wurmdobler die Leiche des erfolgreichen Filmproduzenten Waldemar Brachtinger. Offensichtlich wurde er in seinem Büro in der Filmstadt vor den Toren Münchens im Nobelvorort Grünwald ermordet. Die Spur führt zunächst in die Kreise der oft neidischen und emotional aufgeladenen Filmbranche, aber auch nach München hinein. Als dann auch noch Max'...
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Jarvis Mann is a private detective, whose business thrived on the mundanePaying the bills by shadowing cheating spousesGetting in the middle of messy divorcesAnd working for the fat-cat insurance companies running down false claimsOn a Winter's Sunday afternoon, a young man graces his office stepsHis words coaxing with the simple declaration of "Please"Convincing Jarvis to help find a valuable missing Ernie Banks rookie baseball cardWith a dry sense...
36) Flyers & Falls
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Wedding bells are about to ring for Jessie Witthun and Charlie Cameron, but their summer in Toronto is about to heat up, and not in a good way! Irena Kovács, the snooty receptionist at Jessie's favourite salon, pulls DC Investigations into a dangerous mystery with its roots in the hotbed of European politics. A sexy and enigmatic stranger with impossible biceps and a talent for showing up where he wasn't invited moves in downstairs. In a dark twist,...
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A lady witnesses a murder is beieng stalked by a killer. She runs away and hides out on a ranch with a very handsome rancher. Little does she know he trained to be an investigator before inheriting the ranch.He can protect her but only if she is honest about her past. Duplicate IDs cause him to think the girl he has come to care for has lied to him.he doesn't know she is due to testify against a powerful mafia leader who want to silence her. The rancher...
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An unlikely duo and an ice-cold murder case...Lucinda Holliday--an educated lady with fiery red hair and an aloof disposition--must bargain help from the striking-but-volatile American, Mr. Tipp: a disgraced detective turned opium addict...For he is the only man on earth who can possibly solve the mystery of her father's senseless murder.Plunge into the romance and danger of 1870's London as this incompatible pair tangle with the cold case that destroyed...
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In a thrilling tale of international intrigue, follow the incredible journey of a married couple as they navigate the shadows of the UK, UAE, and the United States. As government agents, they find themselves at the forefront of the battle against crime and organized criminal enterprises, with the monumental task of recovering stolen treasures that hold the key to unmasking a web of corruption. However, their mission also becomes a personal test for...
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Following the lead of Boston crime-thriller writers, New York Times bestselling author and radio sensation Howie Carr delivers Hard Knocks-a hard-hitting tale of survival, betrayal, deceit, and murder...in other words, a fictional odyssey through the last thirty years of crime in Boston.
Jack Reilly, a dodgy ex-Boston cop, is trying to make ends meet as a private investigator. When a client is killed, execution style, Reilly finds himself in a whole...
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