Criminal Mystery

A national treasure... A devious killer... Showbusiness isn't all fun and games... When movie star Michael Masterton receives death threats on the set of his latest film, US-born, London-based private detective Jefferson Cole is called in to investigate and keep the stories from the press. Cole looks forward to an easy gig; all he has to do is keep the actor alive until the film wraps - simple, right? When the death threats escalate to murder attempts, Cole finds himself racing to figure out who the mystery killer could be from the small cast and crew. Can he find the killer before the ...

Jane, an experienced and talented criminal profiler, is approached by former colleague—and former lover—Inspector Eric Ringer to help solve a brutally violent murder. The victim, a billionaire mogul and art collector, was found oddly arranged and impaled on a priceless statue featured prominently in the large estate’s foyer. The perpetrator left nothing behind, and the scene gives no clues as to who might have committed such a cruel and strangely ritualistic act.

The Hollywood Nights Series is packed with page-turning mystery, steamy angst, exotic locations, and unforgettable romance. When Lauren Hathaway returns to Hollywood, she never expects to come face to face with Cody Bradshaw, the boy who stole her heart a decade earlier. As they reconnect and reignite the flames of their long-lost love, they work to uncover the truth behind a murder that’s shattered Cody’s life. A web of danger and deception follows as they encounter secrets and betrayals that threaten to tear them apart. Set in the glitzy and explosive streets of Hollywood, Lauren and ...

Where Is Justice? Who will listen to the innocent pleas of a high school teacher accused of an unspeakable crime? When a pillar of the community turns vigilante and begins killing drug dealers in his beloved hometown, who will defend him? Can a tech giant take the home of a defenseless widow just because they have the money to make it happen? Adam Dupree, the former corporate lawyer, becomes the only lawyer in the small town of White Owl, Washington who can defend the vulnerable. But public opinion is fickle and one wrong choice can easily turn a hero into an enemy. If you like JOHN GRISHAM...

Would you kill someone to be with your family? When the unexpected deaths of a local minister and his wife send shockwaves through Orvin, Kelly Sage finds herself entangled in the middle of a troubled family's secrets. Meanwhile, Cole Sage is kept on the sidelines, unaware that an even darker web is being spun around him. Where is his traditional role as the crime solver? Meanwhile, government regulations and prejudice have left Native American veteran Michael Blackbear alone and desperate. His Iraqi wife and son have been torn from him by distance, bureaucracy, and the war he fought to win...

Kaira Hansley can illusion herself into anyone she chooses. Bodyguard who means business? Sure. Cute little kid with pigtails? Absolutely. The Alliance Director himself? No sweat. The only face she doesn’t want to wear into public is her own. After three years of living off the grid, she’s now the most famous Magic in Boston. And her boyfriend is the most famous Natural. Exposing themselves has put Kaira and Graysen right in the path of a cold-blooded killer. Murders are sweeping the city, where distrust between Magics and Naturals has reached a boiling point. As Kaira, Graysen, and the...

Alice Crowley's erotic smut just keeps getting better and better! Reader reviews: "I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~Multiple Fans In this thirsty, hungry, 12,000-word sexy suspense novel, a married woman named Sophie is claimed and dominated by an alpha undercover cop. Sophie lives the high life with her neglectful husband in an opulent penthouse suite. One day she gets hungry for some titillating action, so she takes her body to the wrong side of the tracks. Now a gang of relentless alphas has her held captive and will not let up as they ...

An Ice Pick Murderer Is Terrorizing San Francisco San Francisco is reeling from a series of brutal icepick murders, and Cole Sage is distracted when his secretary and sidekick, Hanna, takes in a troubled teenage girl. The girl is on the run, and as it turns out is hiding things Hanna should know. Cole works with Lt. Leonard Chin to find the perpetrator of the savage killings terrorizing the city. As Cole and Hanna try to protect the girl, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, where every answer leads to more danger. With the body count rising, Cole must navigate a ...

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ This was a perfect story for now, due to the virus pandemic. I could really relate to the story and some of the issues that the isolation has caused. - Amazon Reviewer ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ Al Macy voiced many of the fears I'm experiencing, strictly sheltering from COVID-19. It helps to see them in writing & know that I am not alone! - Amazon Reviewer Attorney Garrett Goodlove has a strong bond with his twin sister, Carly. They’re soul mates. Doesn’t mean they always get along. Over the years, Garrett has found that the only way to tolerate his reckless and headstrong sibling ...

Let me be the first person to welcome you to Normal, Kentucky located in the heart of the Daniel Boone National Forest. I'm Mae West the owner of Happy Trails Campground. Over the past few months my love life has been on what you'd call a slippery slope. Just this past week I'd resigned to the fact that me and Hank Sharp was caput! Done with. No more! And when I got a phone call during Bobby Ray's meeting with his birth mother from Hank, I felt like I was wrapped up between a nightmare and a dream.

Filius Thoreau, arch-benefit fraudster and jaunty raconteur, celebrates the silver anniversary of his induction into the world of the workshy with his candid, but not too candid, autobiography in which he celebrates the unique and sinuous path he has steered through the minefield of work-obsessed modern Britain. From the dark days of the Poll Tax through the laissez-faire nineties to the ghastly government work schemes of the new millennium, Filius has marched onwards to the sound of his own personal drummer and constructed a uniquely apologist philosophy along the way.

When a 911 call goes wrong and a young man goes missing, it falls to Malcolm and Seong-Jae to investigate the responding officers when Internal Affairs' internal politics leave the case compromised and the officers aren't willing to talk. But with Seong-Jae on the wrong side of the thin blue line, tensions just may turn violent before the detectives find their answers—and only their trust in each other will keep this investigation from hitting a dead end. Will Malcolm and Seong-Jae's savage love survive the test, or will this case end in self-destruction?

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The murder of jazz musician and social activist Markus Peña doesn’t come as a surprise to his estranged sisters. Melinda and Emily Peña know their controversial brother had enemies. After all, even they hadn’t spoken to Markus since their mother’s funeral two years ago. Who killed Markus? Was it someone trying to keep his latest protest song from publication? Was it the powerful and secretive uncle of his ex-girlfriend Rebecca? Or was it one of the other women Markus had callously abandoned?

Un'organizzazione nascente, spietata e sanguinaria, dalle periferie cerca la conquista del cielo. Tre giovani eroi maledetti, che hanno un sogno ingenuo e terribile. Un poliziotto molto deciso, un coro di malavitosi, giocatori d'azzardo, criminologi, giornalisti, giudici, cantanti, mafiosi, insieme a pezzi deviati del potere e terroristi neri. E il piú esclusivo bordello in città. Una storia epica, di straordinaria potenza. Il primo grande romanzo dell'Italia criminale.

The Golden Ratio killer's strange web of deception, double-backs, and doppelgängers grows ever more tangled, and as those twisted threads ensnare Malcolm and Seong-Jae, they find themselves pulled ever further apart. Not even Malcolm's patience may be able to save them, their relationship a painful casualty of their job. That doesn't mean he won't try.

Volume 2 of the International Serial Killers Encyclopedia series focuses on the most notorious serial killers from the Soviet Union Era of history. In the shadows of the Iron Curtain, amidst the turmoil of revolution and the rigid structures of the Soviet regime, a different kind of darkness lurked. Behind closed doors and beneath the watchful eyes of the state, a breed of killers emerged, their crimes shrouded in secrecy and fear from the haunting corridors of Moscow to the desolate landscapes of Siberia. From Andrei Chikatilo, a.k.a. the “Butcher of Rostov,” whose insatiable hunger ...

Ninety-seven people have vanished in Liberty County over the past forty-eight years. No bones or bodies have ever been found. The prevailing theory is they were all runaways, even though none of the vanished ever contacted their loved ones again. But that’s not good enough for ex-Seattle Detective Hoyt Stanton. He decides to find out what really happened. The vanishings began with Linda Rose in 1972, and with the help of the Liberty County Sheriff’s Department, he identifies and investigates an initial list of suspects. A chance visit with a former Missing Persons Officer with a ...

Five Bodies, Five Suspects, One Chance to get it Right! When a series of brutal hate crimes grip the small town of Orvin, Cole Sage is asked to return for one final story. What starts as a shocking, racially charged murder quickly spirals into a nightmare of violence and suspicion. The quiet Oklahoma town is now a battleground, with deep-rooted prejudices toward undocumented aliens surfacing and more bodies turning up. As Cole digs deeper, he discovers that everyone seems to have a motive—and no one can be trusted. Reunited with his old friend, FBI Agent Carter Washington, the two find ...

Just when his life of violence seems behind him and the ordinary life he craves seems within his grasp, Ty Ward loses his job and his apartment on the same day. Opting to drive around the western portion of America while he decides where to live and what to do, Ty stumbles upon a home invasion in progress in extreme southern New Mexico. That incident propels Ty into a kill or be killed war with a ruthless and powerful drug cartel. His longed-for normal life must once again be put on hold while Ty employs every ounce of his cunning and experience to stay alive and exterminate this new enemy....