Time Detectives

Mystery People of the UK The use of modern forensic methods on this long-forgotten case is fascinating as is the incorporation of real figures from 1902 New York. 5-Stars on Goodreads In 1902, nineteen-year-old Ruby was charged with murdering her family and sent away to a women’s asylum. Fast forward to 2016 to another family murder. Are they connected? This book was wonderfully written, and I love the history of old mental institutions and a murder mystery on top. . . what an excellent read! Hart Island is a small island located in the Long Island Sound, off the coast of the Bronx, in ...

Richard Temperley arrives at Euston station early on a fogbound London morning. He takes refuge in a nearby hotel, along with a disagreeable fellow passenger who had snored his way through the train journey. But within minutes the other man has snored for the last time - he has been shot dead while sleeping in an armchair. When the police arrive, Detective Inspector James discovers a token at the crime scene: 'a small piece of enamelled metal. Its colour was crimson, and it was in the shape of the letter Z'.

How unlucky can someone be? You spend your whole life striving to become a world-famous serial killer and surprise! You are killed by another serial killer. In this deadly study of murder and mayhem, learn about the lives, and very unlucky deaths of some of the most notorious murderers in the world. Renowned investigative reporter, S.L. Dale, brings their stories to life as no one else can!

In a land scarred by war and haunted by its own dark secrets, betrayal and bloodshed rule the night. Across a shattered American landscape—from the electric pulse of New York to the rusted alleys of Detroit and the wind-battered streets of Chicago—the boundaries between hero and villain have long since blurred. In these cities on the edge, a ragtag band of pulp heroes, relentless detectives, tenacious private investigators, and uncompromising vigilantes collide with a ruthless underworld of mobsters, deranged serial killers, and wildly unpredictable madmen. When a series of brutal ...

A professional pickpocket and accomplished thief ignores his wife's warnings and embarks on an adventure that will change his life - perhaps for the better. A technological marvel of a sports car kills a pedestrian, but no one was at the wheel. A local lunatic admits to murder, but is he crazy - or crazy smart? The life of a researcher with ties to a British spy agency is thrown into chaos when his research goes missing. Injury Time delivers captivating tales of intrigue wrapped in Catherine Aird's tightly woven logic, sealed with the bow of enigma.

While Finn and the team are working to find The Chariot, Orthia Lab's board of directors finally decides to take drastic measures. They send a spy to sabotage the team... This is Book 3 of "Orthia" - the second series of the "Orthia Labs" saga. The first series is "Project Orthia".

The maintenance supervisor of an underwater oil and gas pipeline dies in what police deem a horse-riding accident on Mackinac Island, one of America’s great summer playgrounds. News reporter Nick Steele is assigned the story to find out how the man from Bay City, Michigan died. But when the veteran newsman goes to the magical resort island and digs into the facts surrounding the accident, they simply don’t add up. Follow Steele as he chases the story across Michigan and unravels the mysteries behind the man, his work on the pipeline, and his fatal fall.

Mera never imagined she would have to face a necromancer without Bast, her fae partner, but the Captain decided to separate them on a whim - or so she thinks. Running against the clock to avoid an outbreak that could destroy the human borough, Mera is forced to work with Julian Smith, the man she used to love before the Night Prince came waltzing in her life. Not good. Not good at all. Meanwhile, Bast chases Poseidon with the help of his brothers, knowing it's the only way to ensure Mera's safety. He'll do anything to save her, even if it means his doom.

Ava Storm’s day isn’t going great. Her good deed of caring for a stray cat turns into a disaster when she discovers that cat is actually her ex-husband magically transformed into an orange tabby. Then, when she is assigned her first actual police investigation in the field, a senior detective claims he’s already solved the case. But Ava doesn’t think he’s right, so she digs into the case teaming up with her ex-husband’s gorgeous brother to uncover a world of deception in the supernatural underbelly of Los Angeles. This is a stand-alone mystery novella.

Patrolwoman Hannah Holden is the only lesbian on her small town police force. It can get a little lonely sometimes. So while patrolling without her normal partner, she catches busty, eighteen year-old Kelly drinking and smoking weed down by the river, she normally would have just booked her and moved on. Kelly decides, rather than ruin her college chances, she offers up a sexy bargain that Hannah just can't refuse.

On the night Tom Brenner and his nine-year-old son Leo visit the Seven Peaks theme park, they head straight for the ghost house. They go in. But they don't come out. Somewhere inside the ride, impossible as it seems, the two of them simply vanish. When Rebekah Murphy was three, her mother walked out of their childhood home and never returned. Nearly four decades on, Fiona Murphy is still missing. But then, out of the blue, a letter arrives in the post. It says it's from Fiona.

Rickie Alleyn, son of the famed detective Roderick Alleyn had taken to the peaceful Channel Island village of Deep Cove to write his book. However, soon enough the tedium of provincial life threatens to send him packing until, that is, he finds a dead stablehand and sleepy community's world is upturned. His father is called to take proceedings into hand, but as a darker side to island life emerges, one of illegal drugs and smuggling, Rickie goes missing. Will Ngaio Marsh's stalwart detective be able to find his son in time?

Sally Montgomery's romantic getaway in the Hudson Valley is brutally cut short when her companion, Frederick Pierson, is murdered. Now Sally is on the run from the police—and the killer. In desperation, she turns to her ex-husband, a former NYPD detective, and their daughter Devon, a veterinarian who inherited her father's investigative instincts.

She’d known the boy he was and it had never been a secret that she loved him with all her heart...then walked away...her dreams and hopes lost. Years later her life depends on the man he’s become. Dark secrets and twisted truths...hidden clues and unexpected danger...a lost island of dreams and mystery... There was only time to grab her purse and the small keepsake box she couldn’t leave behind. She had no choice but to trust a family friend with his own share of secrets to keep them safe from a mysterious and threatening danger. But was her heart safe from him...was it ever? Addie ...

Gears grind in this steampunk collection. From sky pirates, elite businessmen and inventors, these characters use steampunk technology to their advantage. From cities brimming with life to apocalyptic wastelands, survival oftentimes comes with a hefty price. This collection features stories by Harry Fritsch, Robert Allen Lupton, Katie Jordan, Lincoln Reed, Daniel Barlekamp, Davin Ireland, A.R. Turner, Barend Nieuwstraten III, R.C. Capasso, D.L. Smith-Lee, Douglas Allen Gohl, and Toni Mobley.

Critical components of the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful supercollider and largest machine ever built, have been stolen, and Delta Devlin is brought in by Interpol to investigate. At the same time, a dead body appears washed up on the shores of the East River in Delta’s hometown of New York City - one with very similar injuries to those left by the serial killer she caught to start her career.

In search of Kayla and on the run, Kiera and her friends make a race against time across the Cumbria Mountains. With vampires predicting their every move, the trust among Kiera and her friends starts to waver. From the desolate monastery set high in the mountains, to the mysterious lake and the caves beneath the fountain, Kiera must discover the connection between the vampires and her mother, Isidor, and Kayla - all while trying to resolve her feelings for Potter and Luke.

When Captain Robert Kineally went missing from Haverton American Army base in Devon in 1944, it was generally assumed he had lost his nerve and deserted. But now, 20 years after the war, a body found on the near-derelict base seems to tell an entirely different story.

Orthia demands that Finn participate in Project Kronos. This gives Finn's team a chance to counterattack. Finn's time is slowed instead of running back when they tamper with Project Kronos. Meanwhile, Project Kronos malfunctions and threatens to destroy New York. This is Book 4 of "Orthia" - the second series of the "Orthia Labs" saga. Book 1- Quantum Paradox Book 2- Critical Mass Book 3- Gone Rogue The first series "Project Orthia"

With The Music of the Spheres, Elizabeth Redfern emerges as an evocative and elegant writer of startling power, her gifts for characterization, atmosphere, narrative, and rich moral drama marking her as a new star in her own right.