Hard-Boiled

This audiobook collection contains the following works of Agatha Christie: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "The Secret Adversary", "The Murder on the...

The Dark Yorkshire Series - fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin. The first three full-length books in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in this great value set....

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....

The case of a missing Black college student who has disappeared from her all-white sorority pulls Darren out of an early retirement....

In the latest installment in his famous Detective Dave Robicheaux series, New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings Dave’s partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the first time as Clete and Dave attempt to stop ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new drug....

Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation....

A former Medal of Valor winner, Minnesota detective Alexander Rupert is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption....

In Los Angeles in 1988, a 16-year-old girl disappeared from her home and was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest....

The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn....

The boy was born and raised on the Main Line, but he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets, last seen in a downtown cheater's hotel....

Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder....

A million-pound heist. A man on the run. A gang hellbent on seeking revenge....

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....

Ex-Army criminal investigator Rachel Hatch is a drifter. No home. No commitments. Until her sister's drowning drags her back to the town she left 15 years ago. Convinced her sister's death was no accident, Hatch partners with the local sheriff, Dalton Savage, to uncover the truth....

Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before - but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey work from the #1 New York Times best-selling author....

In the second Myron Bolitar novel from Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben, a young woman’s tragic death spirals into a shattering drama of menace, secrets, and rage. Suddenly Myron is in over his head—and playing the most dangerous game of all.

Detective Sebastian Clifford and his partner Lucinda "Birdie" Bird are about to embark on their most challenging case yet when Lady Angelica Charing tasks them with finding the son she secretly gave away when she was only sixteen.

FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years: the one that tells her the Poet has returned....

Detective Alex Cross is back, and he's in love. Unfortunately, a series of chilling murders in Washington intervenes....

A string of overdoses in Colorado Springs has Detectives Joe Kenda and Lee Wilson on the lookout for a bad batch of heroin that has been cut with a drug they’ve never seen before.

What do you do? Whenever people asked him, Eric Cash used to have a dozen answers....

Detective Max Rupert never fully accepted his wife's death, even when he believed that a reckless hit and run driver was the cause. But when he learns that in fact she was murdered....

A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in....

He's a beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half....

Kinsey Millhone's latest client is Malek Construction, a $40 million company still in family hands....

Boston homicide detective Michael Kelly is plunged into a chilling case that strikes at the heart of his old neighborhood. As he uncovers a sinister conspiracy, Kelly must navigate precarious alliances with both cops and the Irish mob. With everything on the line, he vows to bring the killer to justice, no matter the cost.

On the Cleveland waterfront, rookie FBI Agent Merit Reid is ready to prove herself among the seasoned agents on her squad. When a macabre trophy room is uncovered in the basement of a historic home in the affluent Merriman Valley, Merit gets her first taste of action. Teaming up with her boss and reluctant mentor, Sean Everett, they’re hard at work identifying the victims from cold cases and missing persons – until a fresh body turns up.

Former Orlando detective Michael Garrity doesn't have a good track record when it comes to women. With two ex-wives and a teenage daughter he rarely sees, the most significant relationship in his life right now is with the tumor in his head. Terminal cancer is no joke, but Mike is determined to make the best of it. He's even named the tumor Bob. With Bob literally on his mind at all times, Mike needs a distraction. And he gets one when the most popular member of a platinum-selling boy band goes missing.

In a perfect small town hidden in the depths of the Appalachian Mountains, Raul's search for the truth about his friend's mysterious death pulls him into a whirlwind of deception and peril. "Shadow Game" weaves a chilling tale of government corruption, vanished loved ones, and experiments that echo the darkest chapters of history. Meet the Watchers: Six unlikely people from different backgrounds united by a common goal—to make the world a better place.

Когда хочешь круто изменить свою жизнь, самый верный путь — бросить все и уехать в глушь, так что добро пожаловать на горнолыжный курорт Валь-Карьос, где на лето остается лишь немногочисленный обслуживающий персонал. Дикая природа, ни души на много километров вокруг — что может быть целебнее для разбитого сердца Юго, только что пережившего тяжелое расставание? Но с первых же дней Юго начинает замечать, что происходит что-то неладное. На склоне над курортом маячит зловещая усадьба, и ее владелец никогда не показывается на глаза.

Är Harmony Lizzy hjärnan bakom Djävulsfallet? Den första snön har fallit över Fredshamn när Kent Zander hittas bestialiskt mördad i sitt hem. Ett enda föremål saknas i Zanders påkostade antikvitetssamling: en billig bordslampa med en bild av Djävulen på foten. Gärningsmännen verkar ha gått upp i rök och när försommaren kommer står utredningen fortfarande stilla. Liam Midas, Fredshamns mest hårdkokta polis, tar upp trådarna till mordgåtan som fått namnet Djävulsfallet.

Bandenmitglieder aus dem Dealer-Milieu in Marseille werden umgebracht, nachdem sie einen Drohbrief erhalten hatten. Ein Mann macht sich verdächtig, ein obdachloser Clochard, der in einer besonderen Mission unterwegs ist.

Varning för känsliga läsare och lyssnare. Fiktiva scener om övergrepp och våld mot barn förekommer.Ännu ett barn hittas dött utanför Århus. Oberoende av varandra ger sig tre personer ut på jakten efter sanningen: polisen Michael, vars hund fann barnet, journalisten Kevin, som jagar en bra historia, och den psykiskt sjuka Sara, dotter till en mördare.Samtidigt har Dödsängeln, ökänd för att ha skära änglavingar på sina offers ryggar, äntligen gripits. Alla andas ut. Men en ny kropp dyker snart upp och skräcken sätter klorna i de tre sökande.

In einem Trailer Park irgendwo in den Ozarks wächst Billy Lowe mit einer alkoholabhängigen Mutter und einem gewalttätigen Stiefvater auf. Seine Wut und seinen Schmerz trägt Billy auf das Football-Feld, wo sie ihn zu einem sehr guten, aber unberechenbaren Spieler machen. Schon bald verliert Billy beim Training die Kontrolle. Als dann auch noch sein Stiefvater tot aufgefunden wird, nimmt eine unaufhaltsame Verkettung von Ereignissen ihren Anfang, die geprägt ist von Gewalt, Vorurteilen und Hoffnungslosigkeit.

Lastrado por una última misión policial en Madrid que no acabó de la mejor manera, el policía Lucas Acevedo regresa a Galicia para poner en orden su cabeza. Cuando cree que lo ha conseguido, una noche conoce a una mujer que le hará plantearse la solitaria existencia que ha llevado hasta entonces. Sin embargo, pronto se complican sus planes. Mucha gente comienza a morir en su entorno y, en el momento en que se da cuenta de que él también está en el punto de mira, se verá obligado a librar una batalla de la que no conseguirá salir indemne.

【小泉八雲】本名ラフカディア・ハーン。イギリス出身の作家。欧米に日本文化を紹介する著書や日本の再話文学も数多く出版した。

Times have certainly changed for Moses Wine since the days of his first case in 'The Big Fix'—he's gone from cheap detective to respected private investigators in just twenty-five years. Add in a beautiful girlfriend and a lucrative business with a roster of corporate clients, and he should be feeling on top of the world. But he's not. In fact, he feels as though he's lost touch with his roots, now 'living the kind or bourgeois live I once reviled, 'as he notes. Moses Wine of the sixties has been pushed aside by the lure of vacations at Lake Tahoe, expensive meals, and unlimited access to...

Die Großstadt, ein Moloch, Brutstätte des Verbrechens. Faruk lernt von Kindesbeinen an, dass man als Krimineller am besten fährt. Er ist Mehrfach- und Intensivtäter, kommt aber immer wieder mit geringen Strafen davon. Bis irgendwann etwas Schreckliches geschieht. Wenig später mordet ein Mann scheinbar wahllos, sucht sich komplett unterschiedliche Opfer. Und erst allmählich wird klar, dass er mit all seinen Taten einen grausamen Plan verfolgt.

Private Investigator, Catherine Winter has seen it all in her many years as a Southern California PI. Widowed and in her sixties, she has no desire to retire. She frequently says she will not give it up as long as she can hit a target with a .357 slug. Determined, and dedicated, she often works alongside the Los Angeles police in investigating crimes.

A powerful industrialist, Ruggiero Miletti, is kidnapped. Inspector Zen is transferred to Perugia to take over the case - but finds that there are many obstacles in his way. The local authorities see him as an interloper, and the victim’s family, one of the most powerful in Italy, seem content to let Miletti languish in the hands of his abductors. Zen has crossed swords with the establishment before - and lost. Can he succeed this time?

While on the way home from her bartending job, Amy Hargrave witnesses a brutal murder. But the police question her account of the alleged crime. There is no dead body at the scene. No blood splatters. No blood residue. No evidence that a crime had even been committed. But Amy knows what she saw. Not knowing whom to turn to, Amy seeks help from Nick Price, private investigations. Amy’s story intrigues Nick, and he agrees to look into it. But as Nick Price digs deeper, he quickly realizes that what happened in the alley that night is a small link in a sinister chain of events.

DI Owen Sheen vowed to his father never to return to Ireland. But years have passed, and Sheen needs answers to the questions he has surrounding his brother’s death. He is on loan from the Met under the belief he will be helping set up a new Historical Offences Team. On arrival to Ireland, plans change, and he finds himself partnered with newly promoted DC Aoife McCusker to work on her first appointed murder investigation.

Joey Mancuso, Father O'Brian, and the rest of the team are back for their ninth hard-boiled tale. Consistently working out of their Lower Manhattan Irish pub and office. This time, there is no client. Instead, Mancuso has been sucked into this series of senseless murders by personal invitation. A text with the location and an invite to come over. It appears like random killings of homeless people at subway stations. But there is nothing unexpected about the texts.

Et skelet bliver fundet muret inde i kælderen i et af de gamle huse på á Reyni i Tórshavn. Vi befinder os i dagene lige før den totale solformørkelse i marts 2015, og politiet har rigeligt at bestille med de mange tusinde turister, der besøger Færøerne. Derfor får Skanseafdelingen med William Hammer i spidsen overladt sagen. Det står hurtigt klart, at knoglerne er over hundrede år gamle, og at det berømte Julemøde i 1888 spiller en vigtig rolle. Mens solformørkelsen nærmer sig, og de ansatte i Skanseafdelingen undersøger sagen, bliver det tydeligt, at stærke kræfter stod bag uhyggelige begivenheder i 1800-tallet. Og gør det endnu i dag.

Kaitlyn Carr's hunt for the serial killer continues as she delves deeper into the mysteries surrounding her father's death. After receiving a letter from a retired FBI agent, Kaitlyn's world is turned upside down once again. The letter claims that her father's death was not an accident, but a murder. In order to uncover the truth, Kaitlyn and her boyfriend, FBI Agent Luke Galvinson, must help the agent solve a series of cold cases that he believes are connected to the same illusive serial killer. As Kaitlyn investigates the cold cases, she finds herself in a secluded cabin in the woods ...

Death Claims is the second in Joseph Hansen's acclaimed mystery series featuring the ruggedly masculine Dave Brandstetter, a gay insurance investigator. When John Oats' body is found washed up on a beach, his young lover April Stannard is sure it was no accident. Brandstetter agrees: Oats's college-age son, the beneficiary of the life insurance policy, has gone missing.

April 1968. DC Cameron Kyle is struck by a bullet at a bungled stakeout. aHe survives, but it’s clear that his old self didn’t. Once courteous and cautious, he now finds himself uncharacteristically outspoken, impatient, intolerant. His surgeon warns him that, due to the inoperable location of the bullet fragment, Kyle could die anytime; his psychologist’s prognosis isn’t much better–the words she chooses to describe his personality changes include borderline and psychotic

Deszczowa noc w Londynie. Z jadącego z wyłączonymi światłami auta padają strzały do nadjeżdżającego z przeciwka samochodu, który gwałtownie skręca i wjeżdża na wysepkę przystanku autobusowego. Inicjacja nowego członka gangu kończy się śmiercią niewinnego człowieka. Tak się przynajmniej wydaje. Ale prawda jest o wiele bardziej mroczna i złowieszcza.

In this pulse-pounding thriller that will keep you guessing to the very last end, homicide detective Nick Teffinger witnesses a murder from a place he shouldn’t be and soon finds himself pulled into the edgy world of an exotic young lawyer who is too mysterious to trust and too hypnotic to resist. The Nick Teffinger thrillers are all self-contained within their own four corners and can be listened to in any order.

He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.