Criminal Mystery

1909. Kiel ist für Josef Rosenbaum lediglich eine Provinzstadt. Der Kriminalobersekretär wurde gerade von Berlin an die Ostsee versetzt. Sein erster Fall führt zu einem erschossenen Kranführer der Germaniawerft. In unmittelbarer Nähe des Tatortes werden Unterseeboote für die Kaiserliche Marine produziert, die das Deutsche Reich zu neuer Größe erstarken lassen sollen.

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.

Raw and loony, filthy and funny gutbucket belches from Kirk Alex, author of the acclaimed and controversial LUSTMORD: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher. This collection includes tales such as the sexually graphic and outlandishly violent, “Ziggy Popper at Large,” featuring a recently released ex-con sitting in a dive bar in seedy East Hollywood nursing a beer and minding his own business, when a scrawny a-hole walks in and parks his butt on the stool next to his and offers him cash money to shag his wife. Hardboiled and packing a punch of LA attitude in its gritty realism and black humor, “...

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.

What if you saw something? Something heinous. Something the police have no clue about, but should? Kyra knows she's seen the killer. Actually seen him walking around the Slip Mire before and after his kills. She needs to get her information to the cops. She kissed Det. Gabe Nichols in an alley weeks before, believing they'd never cross paths again. The idea of seeing him again puts butterflies in her stomach. But not sharing her information means she'll have blood on her hands when the killer strikes again. Gabe has his own problems. Dealing with the anniversary of his brother's ...

AN EDGY REVENGE THRILLER THAT WON'T LET YOU SLEEP Hannah Riley was just fourteen when intruders broke into her home. Four loud shots rang out and suddenly their home was on fire. In the blink of an eye, she was alone and her privileged life took a horrible turn. Nine years later, waiting in line at a car wash, one of the killers walks by her car. Should she tell the police or come up with her own justice for those on The List? As prepared as she is, not everything goes as planned. How will she use her quick wit to overcome an insane killer in a remote spot in the middle of the night? Never ...

A comical audiobook describing fictional criminals and their crimes. One-hundred percent laughter. Laugh and enjoy.

La storia travolgente e sanguinosa della mala milanese nel "romanzo criminale" della metropoli lombarda. Milano, 1972-1984. Un romanzo noir che racconta la lotta di tre banditi per il controllo di Milano e di uno sbirro che cerca di arginare la malavita. Faccia D'Angelo, il bandito dagli occhi di ghiaccio e il Catanese si contendono la supremazia di una città criminale fatta di bische e di gioco d'azzardo, di cocaina ed eroina, di bordelli di lusso, di rapine e rapimenti, di bombe e morti ammazzati.

In 1918, Anthony Trent, a well-educated young man in his late twenties, lives an unsatisfactory life in a New York boarding house. He writes successful crime fiction stories, but this doesn't pay enough for him to do the things he wants. Things change when he starts to put his knowledge of crime to a practical use... It gets him into serious trouble before long.

Einen Geldautomaten klauen ist doch keine grosse Sache, denkt sich zumindest Stefan, ein kräftiger ehemaliger Matrose, und stiftet dabei noch andere an: Christoph, ein frisch geschiedener Druckereiarbeiter, der alleine mit seiner kranken Tochter Maria wohnt. James, der immer fröhliche eingewanderte Südafrikaner, sowie Anna, die bezaubernde Immobilienbewirtschafterin aus der Slowakei. Was haben alle gemeinsam? Sie brauchen dringend Geld, sonst wird ihre Zukunft bald sehr ungemütlich.

AJ is on the run. He is not just a criminal, but also a billionaire, and as he saves Ally's life, he also unknowingly puts it in danger. When these two lives collide, will it be enough to break down Ally's walls and allow him into her heart, or will AJ be the whole reason she should guard her heart?

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.

At 13, Baby vacillates between childhood comforts and adult temptation: still young enough to drag her dolls around in a vinyl suitcase yet old enough to know more than she should about urban cruelties. Motherless, she lives with her father, Jules, who takes better care of his heroin habit than he does of his daughter. Baby's gift is a genius for spinning stories and for cherishing the small crumbs of happiness that fall into her lap.

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.

In the audiobook Criminal Activity in the Hoosier Heartland, author David Boyer offers up tales that have no happy endings, no Prince Charming or fairy-tale romances. Truth is much stranger than fiction, as these tales will prove beyond the shadow of a doubt. In the author's world, deep, dark secrets lie beneath the friendly, normal facade known as Knox County, Indiana.

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.

Chiara è magrissima, ha un'aria buffa, calza degli zoccoli e porta lunghi capelli scuri che contrastano col suo nome. Ogni tanto le sembra di incepparsi mentre i pensieri scorrono fuori sincrono. Per crescere ha solo la scuola della strada e le lezioni che le impartirà un destino beffardo.nDa Bari a Torino, passando per Bologna, la trilogia "Atlante freddo" è un racconto di formazione in nero, un "giro d'Italia" da Sudest a Nordovest scandito da fughe rocambolesche, incontri sorprendenti e perdite che fanno malissimo.

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.

Recently returned from a harrowing vacation, FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek tries to settle into her day job in sunny Hawaii. But practically before her feet hit Oahu, a crisis catapults her back to the mainland. The Popularity Contest: Somebody kidnaps Megan’s sister to star in an online gambling contest. The Hero Contest: When the Club seeks to run a contest for heroes only, Megan tops their list of candidates. The Criminal Contest: Megan’s recent adventures have put her in the Club’s crosshairs again.