Criminal Mystery

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Die Zeit drängt für die Kommissare Jürgens und Alberts, als der Lieferant einer Pizzeria plötzlich vom Erdboden verschwindet. Als wäre der Zeitdruck nicht genug, mischt sich auch der polizeikritische Journalist Piet Müller in die Ermittlungen ein und erhöht den öffentlichen Druck auf die beiden Kommissare.

For Vanessa, Pairs is a nightmare come true.But she tries her best to keep the creepy and downright terrifying down by being a fixer. So when she gets a job by the famous Madame VanGelder to retrieve stolen property its just another chance at two hundred francs a day and a pint of O negative every fourth day. Wrong. Buy Your Copy Today

Nineteen-year-old Patty has a lot of baggage. Abusive parents. A horrible boyfriend. The stifling cocoon of her Podunk town. She longs to become a travel writer—visiting exotic lands far, far away….

They took her children away, and she will fight to the end to get them back . . . In 1941, mixed race Ruby Darke is born into a family that seem to hate her, but why? While her two brothers dive into a life of gangland violence, Ruby has to work in their family store. As she blossoms into a beautiful young woman she crosses paths with aristocrat Cornelius Bray, a chance meeting that will change her life forever. When she finds herself pregnant, and then has twins, she is forced to give her children away.

Isabella si svegliò di soprassalto, con il presentimento che sarebbe stato meglio continuare a dormire. La camera in cui si trovava era la sua, questo lo sapeva con certezza, ma quella notte sarebbe stata diversa da tutte le altre. Perché la stanza era completamente immersa nel buio, non un lieve bagliore a fendere quell'inquietante oscurità, e le sue braccia e le sue gambe erano fissate al letto con una corda.

Esta no es la típica historia de detectives, aunque sí es la historia de un detective. William Warwick siempre ha querido ser detective. Por ello, y en contra de los deseos de su padre, el Consejero de la Reina Sir Julian Warwick, decide alejarse de la tradición familiar de estudiar abogacía, tradición que sí ha seguido su hermana Grace, y se une al Cuerpo de Policía Metropolitana de Londres.

Königsberg, Prussia, 1804. Un manoscritto maledetto, la Critica della ragion criminale, scritto dal sommo filosofo della Ragione, Immanuel Kant, esplora il fascino del Male assoluto. E delitti atroci si susseguono, così inspiegabili che tutti pensano al Diavolo. Il giovane Stiffeniis, antico allievo di Kant, viene chiamato a indagare. Lentamente Stiffeniis scopre una verità sconvolgente.

In "Poirot e i quattro", il grande detective non si trova a fronteggiare i soliti assassini occasionali, ma un nemico assai più pericoloso: un'intera organizzazione, capeggiata dalle quattro più terribili menti criminali del mondo. Guidati da un diabolico mandarino cinese, questi quattro geni del male hanno un piano ambiziosissimo: impadronirsi dell'intero pianeta servendosi di misteriosi e potenti mezzi di distruzione. Una partita insolitamente rischiosa per il principe degli investigatori, un vero intrigo internazionale che potrà risolvere anche grazie a una risorsa inaspettata.

"Milano. Una piccola città, tutto sommato, con dentro il male. Un male pulsante, crudele, così viscerale che l'ha perfino costretta a mutare colore. Il nero del carbone, il grigio dei palazzi ormai è diventato rosso. Di luci, di fari nella notte, di lampeggianti d'autoambulanze, di bandiere nelle piazze, di sangue sui marciapiedi. Città rossa." Anche Milano ha avuto i suoi eroi criminali. Erano gli anni del boom economico, dell'uomo sulla Luna, delle grandi passioni politiche e loro rapinavano le banche.

Four short stories by Smith Co. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Crime and Criminals and experience the compelling world of mysteries and detectives.

Un lieu : le sanatorium de Waverly Hills, dans le Kentucky, aux États-Unis. Entre ses murs doit se dérouler le show de TV-réalité le plus extrême de l'histoire. Huit tueurs y sont enfermés, prêts à tout, surtout le pire, pour convaincre des millions de spectateurs qu'ils méritent de vivre. Leur destin est suspendu à l'envoi d'un simple SMS... Entres psychopathes un ordre froid s'établit. Jusqu'à ce qu'un corps soit retrouvé sans vie dans la chambre 502, où pourtant personne n'avait le droit d'entrer.

When Grace and Lola meet for the first time, it's at a home for young unmarried mothers. Consumed by the dark secrets that brought them there, the two forge an unlikely friendship. When the time comes, Grace is forced to give her daughter away, while Lola's parents take her son in to raise as their own. Seeking refuge after running away from home, Grace finds safety in Lola's family.

Son todos los abogados honrados? En principio queremos creer que si, pero... El Criminal Perfecto Troy Goldbeater es un abogado de reconocido prestigio en la sociedad londinense, especializado en Derecho Civil y más concretamente en Derecho de Familia, en especial: herencias. Una ciente suya de antiguo, la Sra Pallin, acaba de emprender un viaje sin retorno, y uno de sus familiares visita al Sr. Goldbeater, poniendo en duda no solo su profesionalidad, sino algo más....

His brief inquiry into the unusual death of a close friend leads to an attempt on his friend’s wife followed by an attack on his own life by an international assassin. His dogged pursuit of the case leads him to Seattle and the Cayman Islands and an uncomfortable alliance with the FBI as they delve into the secretive world of sex trafficking and high stakes money laundering. It’s up close and personal as Larry has to rescue his girlfriend from the sex traffikers.

The lovely Vivian Anderson, ex-agent of the FBI avoided him as much as she could considering he was her boss. He wouldn't let it slow him down and, in the end, she would be his. Her heart still ached over her lost love, but Carler continued to pursue her. Oh, he was attractive, smart, strong, and well-muscled if you like that kind of thing. Sometimes she felt weak in his presence, and she feared that she would fall. Could she hold out until he gave up or was, he more stubborn than she was?

Special Agent Ana Grey (familiar to Smith's readers from North of Montana) becomes both criminal investigator and criminal when she shoots her own partner during a Santa Monica kidnappiDid ng investigation.

"Dark and Eerie, As Night Falls serves up chills, suspense and danger. If you like sitting on the edge of your seat, then this book is for you. S. K. McClafferty knows how to keep readers balancing on the edge." --Jill Smith, R. T. Book Reviews Professor Abigail Youngblood has come home to Abundance, New York, a quaint village tucked away in the picturesque Hudson Valley. Yet, sleepy Abundance is not as Abby remembers it, and neither is her Aunt Catherine’s estate, now crumbling from years of neglect. The old place is falling apart, and a team of archeological students from NYU have dug ...

Adam and his sister, Leila, are Nons—second-class citizens, living under the Permitted ruling class. Though their life in the Stone City is filled with family, stories, and music, they must carefully follow the rules, have all paperwork on hand, and never, ever do anything to anger a Permitted. When their father unexpectedly dies, they are even restricted in how they are allowed to grieve.

Steven Drury, a respectable barrister, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Returning to his car after a late-night party, he is knocked to the ground. He catches a clear glimpse of his assailant’s face when the man opens his car door to flee. It is enough for him to identify his attacker, Daniel Fitch, in a police line-up. But, unluckily for Drury, Fitch was running from a robbery gone wrong, one in which he murdered a jeweller. Fitch isn’t going to go down without a fight.