Time Detectives

Some will wait a lifetime to take their revenge.... A vicious robbery at a secluded Brighton mansion leaves its elderly occupant dying. And millions of pounds' worth of valuables have been taken. But, as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, heading the enquiry, rapidly learns, there is one priceless item of sentimental value that the old woman's powerful family cherish above all else. And they are fully prepared to take the law into their own hands, and will do anything, absolutely anything, to get it back.

The odd couple of detection, the brilliant but cranky Arthur Bryant and John May of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit, return in a tense, atmospheric new thriller that keeps you guessing right to the end. This time the detectives are up against a series of bizarre murders that defy human understanding, and a killer no human hand may be able to stop.

Mr Bowling is getting away with murder. On each occasion he buys a newspaper to see whether anyone suspects him. But there is a war on, and the clues he leaves are going unnoticed. Which is a shame, because Mr Bowling is not a conventional serial killer: he wants to get caught so that his torment can end. How many more newspapers must he buy before the police finally catch up with him?

Ten new and original tales of the master detective, told by his loyal friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. The world may not yet be ready for the giant rat of Sumatra but it will assuredly be eager for these stories of murder, kidnap and theft. Here are tales of a walled-up corpse, a gun-toting American, a sealed-room with a difference, and mysterious disappearances, all in the traditional Conan Doyle style.

Two bodies discovered in a sacred Anglesey lake. One four weeks old. One four decades. Random murders or ritual sacrifice? Coincidence isn’t part of the vocabulary for DI Amanda Gold and her team. So when an up-and-coming star chef goes missing, the hunt for a killer is on. Pressure mounts as suspect number one becomes victim number three. DS Gethin Evans has an instinct. He is going to prove these crimes are sexually motivated, even if it means going it alone.

Kiera awakens to find herself imprisoned. Experiencing horrific nightmares and visions, she slowly realizes that she has been subjected to a series of sinister tests and operations. Now addicted to blood, and in pain, Kiera knows that if she is to survive, she will need to escape from her caged cell. More questions arise: Who is the secretive werewolf visiting her at night - and can she trust him? Where are her friends, and why hasn't Potter come to her rescue, as he promised?

In Sherlock Holmes and The Dead Boer at Scotney Castle, the great consulting detective comes up against the rich and powerful Kipling League. Dr Watson recounts the extraordinary events which took place on a spacious early summer day in the Sussex and Kent countryside in 1904. None of the earlier stories chronicling the adventures of Sherlock Holmes compares to the strange circumstances which determined Watson to take up his pen

The Dean of a Swiss university persuades Sherlock Holmes to investigate the background of a would-be lecturer. To Dr. Watson, it seems a very humdrum commission—but who is the mysterious "Lieserl"? How does her existence threaten the ambitions of the technical assistant level III in Room 86 at the Federal Patents Office in Berne by the name of Albert Einstein?

She trusted him. He betrayed that trust.Haylee's life has never been the same since her mother died. Living with her older sister Rachel, who doesn't really understand her, Haylee feels like an outsider at her new school. She doesn't have any friends, and she is bullied relentlessly for being different. Her teacher, Peter Dumont, is the only person who treats her with any respect. So when she misses the bus after school, she is more than happy to accept his help when he offers to give her a ride home. But that turns out to be the biggest mistake of her life. Dumont kidnaps her and locks her...

Reese is a Scissorman. He works for the Temporal Fates, arresting those who break temporal law and endanger humanity. His primary tool is his ability to anticipate and use the Shift; the physical manifestation of the side effects of time travel. He can see things that normal people can't, and uses the self-corrective action of time to aid him in his life. But even one who can see and use the Shift isn't safe from its forces. Soon enough, Reese finds himself faced with three dire warnings from his personal future, and pursued by a gang intent on cutting his own temporal thread. The key to ...

Jeremy Ringer enjoys the important things in life: surf and sand - beach and bartending - practicing Taoism. Until a death in the family sends him across the state, and he realizes that the simple things are not enough. Ollie Mendosa is only interested in one thing - the new police app he's developing. That is until he meets one of the crime victims, the beach-loving Jeremy Ringer. Ollie’s protective nature is brought out in full force, and he can't resist the temptation of a summer fling.

Der Arzt John H. Watson ist, nach Verletzung und Krankheit, aus Indien nach London zurückgekehrt und sucht nach einer angemessenen Bleibe. Durch einen Zufall wird ihm Sherlock Holmes vorgestellt - ein Mann, dessen Berufung den Mediziner zunächst vor ein Mysterium stellt. Dennoch entschließt er sich, eine Wohnung mit dem ihm bis dato Fremden zu Teilen. Gemeinsam ziehen sie zur Miete in die Bakerstreet 221b ein. Es dauert nicht lange, bis Watson erste Einblicke in das Tätigkeitsfeld seines neuen Mitbewohners erhält.

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…and some answers. It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been staggering technological and environmental advances, human nature is still very much the same as it has always been. One woman unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the middle of a long simmering struggle between power, greed, and an overwhelming effort to keep long hidden secrets buried.Luckily, Ava Sullivan isn’t on her own. A childhood friend that she hasn’t seen in years is proving once again that he can be trusted even as they ...

In the middle of an unusually hot Swedish summer, a young woman studying at the Vaxjo Police Academy is brutally murdered. Police Inspector Evert Bäckström is unwillingly drafted in from Stockholm to head up the investigation. Egotistical, vain and utterly prejudiced against everything, Bäckström is a man who has no sense of duty or responsibility, thinks everyone with the exception of himself is an imbecile and is only really capable of warm feelings towards his pet goldfish and the nearest bottle of liquor.

It has taken over 40 years to piece together the story of Anya, Willi, and the Icon, like trying to put together a priceless Faberge egg shattered intentionally without a clue as to how it once looked. Anna (Anya) and Wilhelm (Willi) lived in a small German village when we met half a century ago. Their remarkable life stories are the heart of this novel. Real life has many detours and contradictions, each piece of their stories led to another story. An Icon hung on the wall of the entry to their home and it was there that fact met fiction.

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.

Louise wakes up. Her head aches, her mouth is dry, her memory is fuzzy. But she suspects she's done something bad. She rolls over towards her husband, Niall. The man who, until recently, made her feel loved. But it's not Niall who's lying beside her. In fact, she's never seen this man before. And he's dead. As Louise desperately struggles to piece her memories back together, it's clear to Detective Jonah Sheens and his team that she is their prime suspect - though they soon find she's not the only one with something to hide.

The three final books leading up to the big event in Noir, complete, out of the Shadows, are in one volume. Beginning with Chicago Noir, Marla McDonnell was a private eye in 1954, but that was not her most difficult challenge. She is also a woman of color. And she must face down the one that murdered her partner and find out why every mobster in town is being systematically bumped off. Then 1954 Noir, Set in the world of Tim Simpson's Noir series, this gritty post-WW2 audiobook. See Sgt. Kind called into duty to hunt down an escaped Adolf Hitler who had settled on an island and formed a new...

Can private eye Nick Spanner and his partner Tianna survive an attack by vicious crime lord Mathias Brayderman and set the stage for his downfall? Many lives are at stake! It’s the year 2150 and private detective Nick Spanner and Tianna, his beautiful android partner from the planet Zeptadrina, have gathered enough evidence against dangerous crime lord Mathias Brayderman to not only please their client, one of Brayderman’s victims, but also to put Brayderman in jail permanently. But before they can turn over the evidence to Police Inspector Mayhew they are ambushed by Brayderman and his...

Sherlock Holmes has spoken little on the events following his fall and 'death' at the Reichenbach falls, his miraculous return has always been shrouded deep in mystery .Only the scantest of details has ever been told even to his closest friend Doctor Watson. That is until one fateful Christmas day when Holmes receives a letter which prompts him to finally open up and enlighten his friend on one of the most harrowing and twisted cases he has ever investigated whilst working under the alias of Norwegian Explorer Sigerson during the Christmas of 1893.