Crime City

Police inspector Cecilie Mars is a different kind of cop. She has a heavy cocaine habit, fantasizes about vigilante violence, and constantly falls in love with men she shouldn’t. Late one night, while tailing a suspect, Mars makes an ill-fated choice that has far-reaching consequences. Unluckily for her, her misstep has been observed and filmed. Now, an anonymous foe is threatening to reveal the truth unless she submits to his terrifying agenda.

Seventeen-year-old Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh’s most deprived areas. Coerced into robbing rich people’s homes by his bullying older siblings, he’s also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mum. On a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and leaves her for dead, but that’s just the beginning of their nightmare, because the woman is the wife of Edinburgh’s biggest crime lord, Deke Holt.

Thirteen-year-old Boli and his friends are deep in the middle of a game of marbles. An older boy named Mosca has won the prized Devil's Fire marble. His pals are jealous and want to win it away from him. This is Izayoc, the place of tears, a small pueblo in a tiny valley west of Mexico City where nothing much happens. It's a typical hot Sunday morning except that on the way to church, someone discovers the severed head of Enrique Quintanilla propped on the ledge of one of the cement planters in the plaza, and everything changes.

Spine-Chilling Murders in the Quad-Cities is a collection of true-life stories - most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts published over 100 years ago.

Eric Ward is still uneasy on the board of merchant bankers Martin & Channing. Their defense against a hostile takeover is pushing the limits of the law. But Eric soon has problems nearer home: his wife’s colleague is charged with the murder of his fiancée in his London flat. He asks Eric to represent him. Eric discovers some very interesting facts about the dead woman. Then Eric is called back to London to deal with the takeover gone wrong.

It is the nightmare of every community – a school shooting. In 2001, When a disturbed teenager masterminds this terrible event, everyone in River City is plunged into the darkness that surrounds it. The students and teachers try to survive, and the men and women of RCPD try to save them. But when things go horribly wrong, everyone seems to be looking elsewhere for someone to blame. Officer Katie MacLeod is among many who discover that the nightmare doesn't end when the shooting stops.

It's early 1944 and Richmond, Virginia is a devil's paradise. Ration scams and police corruption are rampant while the inflated black market commands top dollar. Detective Sergeant Bennie Sherwood, fresh off a soul-scarring tour of duty with the Marines, couldn't care less. His old man was recently murdered under suspect circumstances, and he's on a hunt for the truth. But then an old friend is killed during a botched black market raid and Bennie is thrust onto a hellride through Richmond's underworld.

You may think being a superhero is all about dodging bullets, fancy armor, secret identities, and thwarting supervillains - but not in Spire City. Here, you have to deal with crazy shamanic visions, and Nazi butchers brought to USA after World War II. Need we mention the malevolent thought forms and gangs of freakish mutants? Modern city life is tough enough, but in Spire City even the superheroes are stretched to the breaking point when the villains have better lawyers.

Veteran TCD Special Agent Max McRay is the definition of unflappable. But when a serial bomber wreaks havoc in the town where his ex-wife, Allie, and infant son live, suddenly a high-profile case becomes personal. The bomber is ruthless...and now Max’s family is in his sights. Can the TCD stop this killer’s deadly rampage before Max and Allie pay with their lives?

Brand-new stories from David Housewright, Steve Thayer, Judith Guest, Mary Logue, Bruce Rubenstein, K.J. Erickson, William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart, Brad Zellar, Mary Sharratt, Pete Hautman, Larry Millett, Quinton Skinner, Gary Bush, and Chris Everheart.

Kane Kulpa learned which laws could be bent and which broken after a short stint in prison courtesy of Detective Vincent Bayonne. Bound by time, integrity, and the reality of life in Central City, Bayonne and Kane made peace with the past. Now, gang tension spirals from corrupt to deadly, and a series of murders stresses Kane and Bayonne’s uneasy alliance. Kane balances on a razor’s edge to protect his bar, power, life, and family, and Bayonne hustles to keep another lonely man from being strangled.

Luke Mbeki has never been a fan of politics. His family knows this about him. As well as his friends. Even his colleagues are privy to this fact. He is therefore left bewildered when he finds himself in the middle of not one, but two cases that involve opposing political parties. When he is coerced into pledging his allegiance to one political campaign after the murder of a prominent person on their team, he knows he's definitely bitten off more than he can chew.

You’re in luck! This is the supplemented, revised 2024 edition for hardcover. It has increased from 273 pp. to 474 pp.! Almost double. Among the subjects covered are these: You've heard a lot about a $200 million Scorsese/DeNiro celluloid spectacular called "The Irishman" based on book about a self-described hit man named Frank Sheeran. Johnny Burke was the REAL Irishman & exposes Sheeran as a serial liar with a Walter Mitty complex who never killed anybody, much less Hoffa, Joe Gallo, JFK, and the rest of his 30 imaginary "victims".Johnny Burke, a homeless orphan at 14, didn't have a ...

A psychological thriller novel set in a nameless city during the early 1960s. In the shadows of a crime-ridden city, fear grips the community as a vicious murderer stalks the streets, preying on vulnerable women. "Chain of Terror" dives into the lives of those caught in a deadly web of desperation and betrayal, exploring the limits of human morality amidst the chaos of a serial killer on the loose. With a gripping narrative and complex characters, this thrilling tale raises the stakes, forcing them to confront their darkest thoughts and choices. The story unfolds around Michael Quinn, a ...

After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southern Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given way to crime and defeat. But his attempts to start again are wrecked when a brutal homicide claims the life of an old friend and he is forced to face the true reason for his return—to pay an old debt.

The story follows Detective Sarah Miller, a dedicated and sharp-witted detective, who finds herself embroiled in a sinister case when her colleague, Detective Clark, disappears under mysterious circumstances. Her investigation leads her to the gates of the Langston County Psychiatric Hospital, a place with a dark history of illegal experiments and secrets. As Miller digs deeper, she uncovers a conspiracy that challenges her perceptions of reality and trust, especially when those closest to her, including her partner Detective Reynolds, are implicated.

Family. The job. The thrill of discovery. No one gets out alive...What's a little sin between the sheets, and a little blood between lovers? What's a little death to be discovered, waiting for you under that white sheet? I'm digging a desert grave just for you, underneath the burning sun. You won't be found...not even by the vultures circling in the sky. You, my dear, are the reason why I was always easily influenced.

A Mafia Family. A Drug Cartel. A Bloody War for Revenge. When the Gulf Cartel sends a brutal message to New Orleans’ underworld by killing the teenage son of a powerful mob boss, retaliation is swift and merciless. The Martello crime family enlists the deadly Mordeauxs—an unassuming family with a lethal skillset—to wipe out the cartel’s leader and his entire bloodline. As violence erupts across the city, two NOPD detectives must untangle a web of deception before the streets are flooded with more blood. But in this war of loyalty and vengeance, justice is never black and white. The ...

Rabato Sabato aka Soni Dike is a Lagos big boy: a criminal turned grandee, with a beautiful wife, a sea-side mansion, and a questionable fortune. Then one day he disappears and his car is found in a ditch, music blaring from the speakers. Soni’s older brother, Abel Dike, a teacher, arrives in Lagos to look for his missing brother. Abel is rapidly sucked into the unforgiving Lagos maelstrom where he has to navigate encounters with a motley cast of common criminals and policemen intent on getting a piece of the pie, and contend with his growing attraction for his brother’s wife.

n this engrossing collection, David Grann sets out to unravel the truth of twelve great, real-life mysteries. Each of these mesmerising stories is true; the protagonists are mortal and pieces of the puzzle often elude them. Some of the characters are driven by deception and murder. Others go mad.