Criminal Mystery

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?

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.

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….

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.

"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 ...

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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.

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.

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....

Kidnappers, Killers, and Crooks - Oh My! Crime won't fight itself. Good guys need a mission to win. Blake Franklin, Private Investigator, grew up to serve and protect. Being a Detective - an allusive dream - an inevitable outcome. From College to Coast Guard to patrolling Fort Worth streets. See how Blake became the detective of Destiny. The gripping prequel explains it all. The birth of a crime-fighter with the heart of a hero. See how the legend came to be in Blake Franklin, P.I. The Making of a Texas Private Investigator The son of Fort Worth, Texas, Police Chief Kent Franklin grew up ...

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.

Holmes und Watson stoßen in der britischen Hauptstadt auf einen Ästheten, dessen Kunst mörderisch ist. Im Park hinterläßt er Fotografien von kleinen Elfenwesen, die den im Dickicht liegenden Opfern zwischen die Finger gedrückt werden.Aus einem anfänglichen Rätsel rekonstruieren Holmes und Watson mit Unterstützung der neuen Kunst der Fotografie den Tathergang und stoßen dabei an ihre Grenzen.

Il barone della droga Gerry Carpenter è detenuto in un carcere di massima sicurezza in attesa di giudizio, ma non è del tutto fuori gioco. Negli stessi giorni in cui la polizia ne celebra la cattura, il pericoloso criminale scatena una vera e propria campagna di terrore: i testimoni che dovrebbero deporre al suo processo vengono minacciati, gli uomini delle forze dell'ordine coinvolti nel caso uccisi, le prove raccolte contro di lui distrutte.

Robert Rivers is an honorable thief who has made a living conducting well-planned heists on the various businesses that dot the idyllic environs of Southern California. But during a routine robbery of a local steakhouse, Rivers comes across something that shakes him from his comfortable existence.

Maura Ryan was the queen of the criminal underworld when she pulled off the most audacious gold bullion robbery of all time. Since then, she's retired from a life of crime to be with the only man she's ever loved. But enemies from her past are closing in, and they're about to learn that they should never cross Maura Ryan. The dangerous lady is back, and she's as lethal as ever.

How do you get away with murder? You lead the world to believe that it has already been solved. Erica Nolan has lived a perfectly normal life. That is, until the day that she discovers that she is not Erica Nolan after all. That she is someone entirely different. But who? She struggles to unpick the lies that surround her until finally she is left with a crime - one that was solved decades ago. A family dead in a river, all that was left of the baby girl a carseat and a single shoe. Could she possibly be that baby? The thing about closed cases - no one is investigating them.

A Spanish police inspector, just days from retirement, is ordered to find a missing boy and to catch whoever had taken him, but quickly discovers that there are secrets that must be kept, a history that cannot be told, and that evil hides in dark places. ________________________________________ Málaga province, Spain. 1970. Captain Jesus Garcia of the Spanish Guardia Civil had never entirely believed that he would live to reach his retirement. After three decades of experiencing the worst of humanity, a comfortable state pension is just days away for the man, affectionately known by the ...

Milano, 1951. Margherita, una bella ragazza poco più che ventenne, è una "squillo" di alto bordo in una casa d'appuntamenti milanese. Un giorno viene a sapere che un'amica d'infanzia è accusata dell'omicidio del suo fidanzato, il capo di una banda della ligera - così era detta la malavita milanese - di Lambrate. Incredula, Margherita è certa della sua innocenza e si improvvisa detective per scoprire il vero colpevole e togliere così dalla galera l'amica del cuore...

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.

What should you do if the world has turned against you? When Father Anselm is asked this question by an old man at Larkwood Priory, his response is to have greater resonance than he could ever have imagined. For that evening the old man returns, demanding the protection of the church. His name is Eduard Schwermann and he is wanted by the police as a suspected war criminal.