Time Detectives

Finn is contacted by a federal agent who asks for his assistance in a delicate case. A piece of equipment disappears from a government-funded secret lab. The nature of the experimental equipment is so secretive that not even the agent knows what exactly it contains. Recommended reading first "Project Orthia" series. This is Book 1 of "Orthia" - the secod series of the "Orthia Labs" saga.

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber tells the hilarious and improbable true story of Attila Ambrus, the Robin Hood of Eastern Europe. He's the onetime pelt smugger, goaltender (possibly the worst in the history of pro hockey), pen salesman, Zamboni driver, gravedigger, church painter, roulette addict, building superintendent, whiskey drinker, and native of Transylvania who's decided that the best thing to do with his time is to rob as many banks as possible.

One man wants her behind bars. The other needs her dead. Jax Duncan lives in a world of privilege. But no amount of money can compensate for a distant alcoholic mother and a stepfather with wandering hands. Desperate for freedom, she leaves home only to witness a high-profile mob murder and make herself the next target. Fleeing both the hitman and the FBI agent who thinks she pulled the trigger, Jax moves from city to city in search of safety. But when they track her down, a bloody confrontation seriously wounds the federal cop, forcing her to care for the man who’s sworn to put her away....

Two dead fathers. Siblings as close as folded paper. Keeping secrets and confessing lies. DI Heather is back solving crimes on the Beechwood Estate. The selective community spirit is still alive and kicking, with a lot of rotten apples festering amongst the good. Born gangster Frankie Thompson’s counterfeit operation is about to tumble, but who will do the time? Homophobia is still rife. But is DI Heather’s marriage to Gareth one of inconvenience now that she’s considering a second time around relationship with her old boss Martha Moss? From the writer of Jamie’s Story. Gripping and...

Living on the streets of Seattle, Jim, a homeless man, finds solace in the companionship of his loyal dog amidst the harsh realities of life. But when he stumbles upon a body in the park bearing hauntingly familiar wounds, Jim's simple world is turned upside down. As long-buried memories resurface and the fog of his past begins to clear, Jim resumes a decades-long hunt for a ruthless serial killer. The time for justice is drawing near. And so is revenge. The Pale Cold Light is a standalone psychological thriller. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: ★★★★★ “This book is beautifully written ...

The Princes in Terror Tower: What really happened to the princes in the tower - the two youngest sons of Edward IV? They disappeared into the Tower of London and were never seen again... but there are clues to their fate. The Time Detectives set out to piece all the evidence together, but it nearly costs them their lives... King Arthur’s Bones: The brilliant and handsome King Arthur has become a legendary figure - but did he really exist? When the Time Detectives star in a school performance of King Arthur and his Round Table, they have a terrifying ghostly visitor.

Everyone who knew him seemed to like Charles Culverhouse. But when Detective Chief Inspector James Thaw and Detective Sergeant Kevin Friday begin to investigate his death they soon learn that everyone close to him had a motive to kill him. Not even the cause of death could be easily determined, and as the two detectives dig further into the case the more they see that nothing is as it seems. With a list of suspects, none of whom have an alibi, the case takes one unexpected turn after another. Leading to a shocking conclusion that no one could have predicted,. No one, that is, except ...

When Mera Maurea goes to Lunor Insul to investigate the Night King's murder, she knows bringing her partner Sebastian Dhay is a mistake, mostly because he's the victim's freaking son. Things would be a lot easier if Bast's relationship with his four brothers wasn't so...explosive. As the culprit keeps attacking the Night Court, Mera and Bast will have to catch him before all remaining Dhays are dead. Everything is connected, and solving this case might just bring Mera closer to Poseidon.

Helen Stevenson is recovering from her previous ordeal, when she had been kept prisoner and was raped. She is now a freelance environmental consultant, working on a holistic energy project for a large estate. She stumbles upon another adventure as ambulance chasing, she investigates a case of pollution. It results in violence, her attempted murder and betrayal. A web of family intrigue is woven around a sophisticated criminal gang, but somehow, she blunders through.

Respected and successful barrister Bernadette Wiseman is dead, hanged in the hall of her home. With no sign of foul play and no note, the question raised is why? The police believe it was suicide, but Bernie’s partner, Annie, won’t accept that and instructs JJ Jenson to investigate. As JJ and his sidekick, Davie, dig around in Bernie’s apparently perfect life, they discover professional jealousies, sinister threats and dangerous enemies, but can they establish what actually happened? And more importantly, to honour Bernie’s own dedication to justice, can they prove it?

Some say vampires came to America through New Orleans. Many believe they are still there. When French Quarter private investigator Wyatt Thomas is hired by the Greater Archdiocese of New Orleans to investigate a possible satanic ceremony that may have occurred at the Old Ursuline Convent, he soon learns that more is involved than Satan, The platform where the ceremony allegedly occurred is possibly a satanic altar placed in the convent by a secret society for the specific purpose of devil worship. The Order of the Blood, an offshoot of Freemasonry, has a centuries-old secret guarded by ...

Ninety-one-year-old Alice Hoffman died alone in her top floor flat. Social services say she slipped through the cracks in a failing system. But detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit have their suspicions. Mrs. Hoffman was not as innocent as she appeared. A former government security expert, she had once worked for their own unit, but there's no one left who can remember her. When they uncover a link between her and a diplomat desperate to leave the country, it begins to look as if someone might have committed an impossible murder.

What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an electric monk who believes the world is pink, quantum mechanics, a chronologist over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet) and pizza have in common? Apparently not much, until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery and eating a lot of pizza - not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge).

In Hell is Empty, Pantera faced a serial kidnapper. In The Purger, he dealt with an insane serial killer. Neither were able to commit the perfect crime. In The Whirligig of Time, book 3 of the Detective Tony Pantera series, Pantera deals with his most evil nemesis yet—a man who may have found the perfect method for getting away with murder. This time, the killer seeks revenge against those from his past who, as he sees it, earned his vengeance. He takes further pleasure in taunting Pantera and his partner, Harry Overmeyer, until finally, the killer threatens all that Pantera finds worth ...

In a world of criminals, thugs, con artists, cheats, and swindlers, there must be a man to stand against the powers of darkness and corruption. A man not afraid to walk the mean streets—whether they be those of 1930s Los Angeles, an ancient fantasy realm, or some far-flung planet of a future star empire. He is a man who knows that a “good man” is not always a “nice guy”. But when the chips are down, he understands that a hero does the right thing, even if it means losing everything.

This sublime collection dips into the wit and wisdom of the man behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, uncovering his unique comic musings on everything from his school-trousers to malt whisky and from the letter Y through to his own nose, via atheism, hangovers and fried eggs. These hilarious collected writings reveal the warmth, enthusiasm and ferocious intelligence behind this most English of comic writers; a man who was virtually an unofficial member of the Monty Python team.

Detective Jack Kohl has a simple plan for a most complex problem: Use the witch, Morgana’s, time travel device to return to New Orleans in 1863 and kill the woman. While simple on the surface, the plan quickly goes south the moment Jack steps through the time rift. Jack’s first problem is that Morgana does not wish to be killed and will do everything in her power to prevent it. Second, Jack has landed right in the middle of a Jack the Ripper-style murder case. The Slasher is carving up women indiscriminately throughout the city. No one is safe, not even the people assisting him. Jack ...

"In Dinosaur Detectives: The Time Rift Chronicles" is a thrilling and immersive science fiction adventure novel that takes listeners on a journey through prehistoric worlds and cosmic mysteries. The story follows an intrepid group of scientists and explorers led by Emma, as they encounter strange artifacts, time-traveling portals, and powerful prehistoric creatures that test their courage, intellect, and teamwork.

When a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shot up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame, the usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA, then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement to the effect that the situation was completely under control, that it was a one-in-a-million chance, that there was hardly any radioactive leakage at all and that the site of the explosion would make a nice location for a day out with the kids and a picnic.

Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before.