Word Crime

A political storm erupts when Claire Deveraux, a deaf employee of the U.S. Embassy in France, is abducted at a conference in Rome. The kidnapper, Franco Lazzari, is a wealthy pharmacist who has been scouring Italy for the perfect wife. Unable to hear, and with time against her, Claire must use all of her wits to escape Lazzari’s remote home in the Italian countryside.

Rochelle Cassidy has the perfect life as a radio talk-show host in the Detroit market, but her celebrity status doesn't stop an angry listener from wanting her...dead. Ed McGrath's ideal life as a pro hockey player doesn't include a damsel in distress until the night he discovers Rochelle being attacked in a deserted parking structure. Circumstances throw them together in more ways than one when Rochelle's producer plays matchmaker. Will Ed be able to break through her trust issues in order to protect her, or will she continue to see him as Detroit's bad-boy athlete?

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "Alice Crowley is one of our best living authors!" ~ G. Taylor In this steamy and sexual narrative, Alice Crowley takes the reader deep into the torrid imagination of a woman scorned by her neglectful husband. Elaine is a modern LA woman with a lot of pent-up physical frustration. One day she and her best friend, a woman with bisexual proclivities named Dee, go to a café in Santa Monica only to end up stripping naked and getting twisted. The two ladies demand the men present service to them as ...

Primero le quitaron su vida, después la identidad. Ha llegado la hora de vengarse de todos. Tras ocultarse en Portugal bajo su nueva identidad, Don regresa a Madrid para terminar con lo que empezó: destruir a los agentes del CESID que le arrebataron todo y recuperar a la mujer de su vida. Nadie conoce su nombre porque, oficialmente, está muerto. Un chivatazo le llevará hasta el contacto secreto de Vélez, el cerebro de la operación. Todo lo que necesitará para llegar hasta él. Sin embargo, la misión se torcerá muy pronto y los intereses de Don se verán mezclados con los de otros países y también con los de su hombre de confianza: Mariano.

Tex Waco is the Texas oil billionaire that heads up a group of rich Texas vigilantes known as the Texas 12. A former business partner of Tex is kidnapped and held for ransom by a Mexican drug cartel in Oil Field, Texas. Tex; his two adopted sons, Kale and Ellis Baylock; and The General fly to Oil Field and begin to make their plans to bring the drug cartel to justice and take the cartel's money.

For the first time ever, we can now go deep inside the mind of the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. In this never-before-heard collection of ultra-rare interviews and a press conference with Oswald, we gain great insight into the mysterious life and time of one of history's most misunderstood and iconic characters.

A wealthy and influential woman whose life is about to be torn apart has only one hope - a disgraced homicide cop. Bobby Greco, set up by dirty cops and thrown off the Orlando force, takes a job investigating insurance fraud. His involvement in a high profile case means no one around him is safe - not even his ex-wife and kids. Bobby uncovers a secret that threatens someone at the top of the American political system, and as they scramble to protect the country from the fallout, the real endgame becomes clear. Dangerous military technology is at risk of getting into the wrong hands.

A serial killer sends Detective Driver a note with a challenge: solve the clue before another woman is murdered.

Psykologen Alex Delaware får ett märkligt paket utan avsändare. Inuti finns ett album med fruktansvärda fotografier av brottsplatser. Bilderna säger inte Alex något, men när hans vän, Los Angeles-polisen Milo Sturgis, får syn på en av dem - fotot av en ung strypt kvinna - blir han djupt skakad. Det var ett av hans första fall, ett brutalt mord som aldrig blev löst. Nu, två decennier senare, har någon uppenbarligen valt att låta det förflutna återuppstå. När Alex och Milo börjar gräva i den gamla historien sätter de sina egna liv på spel.

En 1948, dos agentes de policía japoneses que hacían su ronda habitual patrullando las calles de Shinjuku, Tokio, dieron el alto a un ciclista que decía transportar mandarinas a casa de un familiar. Al inspeccionar la bicicleta, encontraron varias prendas de ropa y, envuelto en ellas, el pequeño cuerpo inerte de un bebé. Los policías acompañaron al detenido hasta la funeraria donde trabajaba y allí encontraron otros cuatro cadáveres más, también de bebés.

Don tiene todo lo que un hombre desea: una carrera exitosa y una vida cómoda en Madrid llena de lujos. Sin embargo, para él existe algo más importante que el dinero. Tras un traumático pasado familiar, Don toma la justicia por su cuenta y actúa como el verdugo de los criminales de la sociedad, pero... ¿Hasta dónde es capaz de llegar su ansia por matar? La aparición de una bella mujer en su vida, una cita inesperada y un desencuentro con un capo de la mafia del Este, lo arrastrará hasta los rincones más oscuros de Letonia. Sumérgete en este thriller psicológico cargado de acción y aventura.

These reflections by male inmates, recorded by a prison psychologist, are brief, sometimes only a few lines, but they offer profound insights into the realities of prison life. Some of the inmates are still bewildered that they gave up good opportunities and turned to crime; some fear that they may really like being in prison; others hope they will never return after being released, although they have not kept that vow in the past. Some come from families that abused or neglected them, and others had their every whim indulged.

Praise for Alice Crowley's writing: "I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~Multiple Fans Two lady lawyers with libidinous leanings are tasked with defending a criminal charged with murder. Both litigating ladies realize immediately that their bodies are responding to this incarcerated man in their lives, to their male client, in ways the Tinder-familiar women have never felt before. Now the only thing that can save a man from being wrongfully convicted is a conjugal visit from his eager to be reamed legal team, and then the feasting of the freaky ...

"The Perfect Crime" is written in the first person: "I know I committed the perfect crime." Phoebe Wallowes, a well educated American woman, really irritates him. He also has a genuine terror that she will one day marry him. Something therefore has to be done.

Famed reporter Russell Blaze is dead. It appears to be an accident, but after Russ’s funeral, his son, Cody, finds a letter in which his father explains that the death may have been murder. It directs Cody to Russ’s unfinished memoir for clues as to what may have happened. The opening words are: "On the night of October 26, 1968, I uttered a sentence that would haunt me for the rest of my life. The sentence was, 'Someone should kill that motherfucker.'"

It's a long, hot summer — good for Cornwall, which depends on tourist income — but bad for crime. The heatwave drives people mad, and two corpses are found on Bodmin Moor. No one has missed the victims. The corpse of a mysterious elderly woman is found floating in a flooded quarry. Dressed in a 1950s ballgown, she carries no identification and can't be traced.

Una imprescindible guía para escritores tanto noveles como experimentados. De la mano de una de las maestras del género policiaco en español en la actualidad, Ana Bolox, nos planteamos 10 preguntas que podemos aplicar a nuestra idea de novela para convertirla en la mejor historia posible. Planteamiento, desarrollo, clímax, personajes y todos los secretos de la escritura de novelas adictivas quedan al alcance de esta guía esencial para los amantes de la buena literatura.

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Nu i ny remastrad version! En tidig höstmorgon påträffas styckade kroppsdelar i en frysbox på en parkeringsplats i Skatås friluftsområde. De visar sig vara en tillsynes helt vanligt familjefar, som tidigare försvunnit spårlöst på väg hem från arbetet. Utredningen leds av kriminalkommissarie Ingrid Bergman. Flera män har under sommaren anmälts försvunna och det framkommmer att frysboxens innehåll tillhör av en av dem. Snart dyker det upp ytterligare en styckad kropp, paketerad på samma sätt.

På ett av Varbergs berömda nakenbad för damer görs en fasansfull upptäckt. Under en bänk hittas kroppen av en man som blivit mördad. Ingen vet vem han är. Polisen på orten, med Leo Colbjörnsen i spetsen, tar sig an fallet men det till synes lokala brottet visar sig ha förgreningar långt utanför landets gränser. Dessutom finns en djupt bevarad hemlighet kopplad till mordet, som om den uppdagas kan leda till en konstitutionell katastrof för ett redan skandaltyngt kungahus. Vem vill till varje pris låta den sanningen bli begravd tillsammans med sina offer?

Angy was an activist and spent her days collecting evidence for a commission of inquiry into policing that had the chance to change law enforcement across the country's troubled townships. She was vocal against vigilante violence and a go-to person when demanding better services from the police. But when the commission started its hearings, Angy found herself on trial for murdering - necklacing - a young neighbourhood troublemaker, Rowan du Preez.