Private Detective

The most original crime novel in years - British ‘Golden Age’ sleuth meets American hard-boiled crime! It’s the summer of 1920: Kit Aston travels to San Francisco for his cousin’s marriage to the mysterious Dain Collins. When a private investigator tailing Dain Collins is killed, Kit Aston, his fiancée Mary and Aunt Agatha team up with Pinkerton detective, Dashiell Hammett, in a case involving murder, kidnap and the theft of a certain legendary bird from Malta. The latest Kit Aston mystery is a delightful reimagining of some of Dashiell Hammett’s greatest novels: the Maltese ...

'I can't deny it, I just love these characters! ' - Goodreads reviewer Investment Trust boss Hugo Morgan has celebrated his fiftieth birthday by dumping his wife of twenty-two years and is now intent on marrying a younger model. Tasked with checking out the back story of the shiny new Mrs Morgan are ex-barrister turned private eye Maggie Bainbridge and her faithful assistant Jimmy Stewart. A SUSPICIOUS SUICIDE Beautiful and clever, twenty-three year old Chardonnay Clarke has died under the wheels of a tube train, leaving behind a heart-breaking message on her social media. But in DI Frank ...

An academic so conservative he thought Ronald Reagan was a pinko, Hale Markham rules Prescott University like an intellectual tyrant - until the morning he’s found dead at the bottom of one of Prescott’s famously beautiful ravines. Every liberal on campus hated the crotchety old crank, but which one is responsible for giving Markham his final push to the right? The case so intrigues the incomparable, reclusive master detective Nero Wolfe that he takes the unusual step of leaving the confines of his home.

Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the complete works of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and five collections of short stories.

When a swimmer goes missing off the coast of California, Samantha Moon enlists the aid of a very different kind of private investigator. Alexis Silver is quick-witted, clever, and Kingsley’s ex-wife. She’s also a mermaid. When the mystery of the swimmer’s disappearance deepens, Sam and Alexis will go to great lengths—and depths—to find a man who seemingly can’t be found. Luckily, not one, but two immortal detectives are on the case... Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE today!

Whisky Hernandez has just solved an extremely cold case, but she is now accused of comitting one of her own. Will she warm her way out of it and prove her innocence?

A chance meeting with a murdered woman's father sets the stage for Able Kane when he agrees to take on a twenty-eight year old unsolved cold case. Much like the tools used to apprehend the Golden State Killer, Able enlists the help of forensic genealogy as he slowly but surely fills in the blanks of the killer's family tree. Follow along with Able as he puts the pieces of the puzzle together on this thrilling race to the death.

An unlicensed outlaw private eye hunts a wanted man for the bounty on his head in this Kindle crime action, mystery and suspense vigilante justice thriller. Unlicensed outlaw private eye Joe Beck is in a snowy Detroit, Michigan, hot on the trail of a murderous drug dealer wanted by the U.S. Marshals. He witnesses an unrelated murder on a deserted main street and deals with it in the way he does best. But his actions don't go unnoticed. A woman witnesses what he does. A pressing problem weighing heavily on her mind and seeing him as the only viable solution, she approaches him on the street ...

A Cupcakes-and-Crime Caper A bachelor party gone wrong – or did it go exactly how it was meant to go? When a groom goes missing after his “bachelor party weekend,” Tiffany and Rosie are called on the case. “Winters will have you giggling into your book!” What should have been an easy missing persons case turns complicated as the duo discover that every person involved is keeping secrets. But are the party-goers lying to protect the groom, or to protect themselves? When a key informant turns up dead, Tiffany and Rosie realize there might be more at stake here than a simple party ...

There’s a storm brewing in this northern city, and private investigator Tony Crow is walking right into the middle of it. Hired to find a young man who has gone missing, Crow’s simple case quickly escalates when a Russian woman gets involved. Tony and his assistant Don Hanson uncover a dark plot developing under the radar of the local authorities. Crow and team embark on an adventure that brings them face to face with torture, murder, cyber-hacking and the “Darknet” culminating in a life or death struggle at the historic Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior. It's an ending you ...

An all-new collection of eight "Vampire for Hire" short stories featuring everyone's favorite vampire detective, Samantha Moon! It’s all inside, including: Vampire Requiem - Samantha Moon gets up close and personal with her dead ex-husband’s mistress, Nancy, who might be a woman who knows too much. Moon Love - Sam and Kingsley Fulcrum set their sights on a romantic weekend getaway to Big Bear, California, only to find themselves on the hunt for a runaway boy. Moon Musings - Sam is back and... blogging? Turns out the vampire mama has a lot to say on the subject of life, death, and ...

In June of 1893, the future Nicholas II travels to London for a royal wedding, bringing with him his private security force and his ballerina mistress, Mathilde Kchessinska. Rumored to be the target of a professional assassin known only as La Sylphide, and the subject of conspiracies against his life by his own family who covet his future throne, Nicholas is protected by not only private security, but the professional forces of both England and Russia.

Cliff is intrigued by a geocache description about a murder site in posh Los Altos Hills dating back eighteen years. When the victim's granddaughter approaches Cliff and Maeva to find the killer, they accept. Soon they are drawn into the esoteric world of DNA and genealogy to try to track down "Cole Case," the killer. Chasing a murderer can be a dangerous business and this time is no exception, but Cliff can always find time to pick up a geocache or two.

Dr. Sandra Tanner is an award-winning author. Could you murder your girlfriend and wife and keep on functioning? The sunrise catcher's friends believed he could. When well-known philanthropist Francesca Glendon is murdered, her husband, Theodore Glendon, a sixty-year-old sunrise catcher artist, is accused of her murder. Theodore claims innocence and hires renowned female Private Investigator Vett Brayborn to find the real killer. Vett initially believes Theodore's innocence but soon discovers he was accused of murdering his girlfriend when he was in college, though her body was never found....

Dr. Sandra Tanner is an award-winning author. Get ready for a journey of Spirited Unraveling, a gripping murder mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. The setting of this dystopian novel is the old South of Virginia, in the fictitious city of Sugar Ridge, the county of Pittsylvania, and the city of Danville. Amidst the picturesque landscapes and charming towns lies a sinister secret waiting to be unraveled. Forty-six-year-old Rarity Smallwood, Professor of Criminology at the University of River Piedmont, is about to embark on a dangerous quest to uncover the...

Something is exciting and chilling about a pursuit to identify the remains of a murdered victim and the victim’s murderer—especially when the crime was committed 49 years ago in a small Southern town. The remains were found on Great Aunt Hannah’s property after she died, and Vett Brayborn, Great Aunt Hannah’s most trusted niece and executor of her estate, works as an amateur investigator to solve the murder mystery. The mystery must be solved before the sale of Great Aunt Hannah's properties occurs because an unsolved murder has a way of devaluing properties. Needless to say, the ...

In this dual collection of short stories, Alexander McCall Smith brings his trademark humor and warmth to inventive tales of spying and vengeance. In one story, a spy dropped deep into enemy territory manages to disguise himself—quite convincingly—as a nun. In another, an invitation to join the Vatican Secret Service sends a prospective operative down a rabbit hole of controversy and confusion. A third story finds an author, on the brink of public ruin, seeing the error of his ways after an act of kindness saves the day.

Life has hit Black Love hard; professionally and personally. After losing his present girlfriend in an attempt to save a former girlfriend the District Attorney turned amateur sleuth returns from Danville, IL to his home in Chicago and finds himself conflicted with being the District Attorney, at a crossroads in life he resigns and meets Trigger Brown a new flame. It doesn’t take long before he finds himself embarking on his next mystery. As a favor to Trigger he agrees to help Bunchy Edwards’ a missing person’s detective, whose own daughter has gone missing. Making his way through ...

Roger takes a peculiar case from a new client, a lawyer with an odd story. Before long he’s investigating a murder committed on a ski slope in California near Lake Tahoe. The killing may be linked to another case he’s investigating on behalf of another new client, a shady mobster from Los Angeles. Shasta Weber, who we first met in “A Train to Nowhere” and is now a detective in Roger’s agency, goes undercover to work for the mob while she looks for a vital clue. Meanwhile, Roger gets into trouble with some Nevada casino enforcers, one of whom tries to kill him. From the lush ...

When Rainbow offers to housesit for a family friend, she nearly loses her precious pet Fellini and her own skin! With the frigid Maine winter nipping at Rainbow's nose, toes and everything in between, she jumps on the chance to score some free heat while acting as package-reciever for a family friend at their mansion up the coast. The catch: no pets allowed. But that's okay because Rainbow's pal Ricki finds a pet-sitter. Ricki also comes along for the ride, keen to suss out the richie-rich property market. The pair is all set for some pre-Christmas fun! When the pet-sitter doesn't work out,...