Modern Detectives

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....

The Dark Yorkshire Series - fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin. The first three full-length books in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in this great value set....

Contains books 4-6 of the bestselling, fast-paced Detective Sebastian Clifford series.

When Daryl Brackstone approaches private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda "Birdie" Bird about her mother's decades-old murder, she's hoping to finally uncover the truth. Her father died in prison for the crime, but Daryl has never believed in his guilt.

Careful, exacting and ruthless, Wyatt is a consummate criminal and a solitary giant in Australian crime writing. This time it's a payroll and bank run in the north of South Australia, an outpost town suddenly transformed by a pipeline construction project that brings petty crime...

Tom Keeler was done with Alaska, but Alaska wasn’t done with him. After four months working a fishing boat he’s on his way to a permanent vacation. All he wants is to get back to that girl in Seattle, but there are men following him, which doesn’t make much sense. Jane Abrams just got to...

The darkest secrets lie right beneath the surface. On Boxing Day a mystery woman’s body is found washed up under Teignmouth Pier. She has no ID but is wearing a wetsuit. When the post-mortem shows heavy metal poisoning, DI Jan Talantire is called in. Talantire herself is caught in an ongoing...

Two murders. Twenty years. Now the killer is back for more… A darkly compelling debut crime novel. The start of a brilliant series, perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Val McDermid, and James Oswald. DCI Matilda Darke has returned to work after a nine month absence. A shadow of her former...

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....

They thought they could get away with murder, but then Keeler showed up. Ex-Special Forces operator Tom Keeler is a rambling man. He’s just passing through the town of Alencourt, France, and in less than an hour, someone tries to kill him. Nice place, nice try. But it’s a case of mistaken...

When the body of a young local girl is found next to an isolated lake, the main suspect is the old recluse who has lived next to the lake for many years – especially when the young girl’s purse is found on the old man’s doorstep....

Detective Bec Whitfield thought she'd found paradise in tropical Mission Beach—and maybe even love with charming local developer Jake Morrison. But when Cyclone Meredith threatens the coast, emergency preparations uncover a twenty-year-old secret buried in concrete.

Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation....

A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body. When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister's body has been pulled from an icy lake in Northern Lapland, he assumes his irresponsible sister accidentally drowned. He travels to the wealthy winter resort where Vicky worked...

Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant....

'The Branded pulls you straight into the story, snares you, and won't let you escape until you turn the last page' Patricia Gibney During an unprecedented heatwave, the body of a young girl is found in a submerged suitcase in Loch Acorrymore on Achill Island. DS Lucy Golden is tasked with...

Australian jewel thief Wyatt has a bounty of stolen jewels and a yacht, but nothing can stop him from returning to his life of crime. He drugs his lover, police officer Liz Redding, and escapes into the night only to discover the gems he lifted are fakes. With his luck and his resources rapidly...

Trouble finds Rye when she stops the attempted rape and murder of Anita, a reporter working on a story of corruption and child trafficking....

A murdered child. A case from the past. A detective inspector with nothing to lose....

'Gripping and grisly, with plenty of twists and turns that race along with black humour.' Craig Robertson St. Andrews, Scotland: When an elderly woman's naked body is found in her home, crucified to the floor, DCI Andy Gilchrist and his associate, DS Jessie Janes, find themselves in a hunt for a...

Detective Sebastian Clifford and his partner Lucinda "Birdie" Bird are about to embark on their most challenging case yet when Lady Angelica Charing tasks them with finding the son she secretly gave away when she was only sixteen.

'A truly gripping read' Mick Herron The cobbled lanes and back streets of St Andrews have become home to a vicious serial killer. Striking during heavy rain and choosing only victims who abuse women, 'The Stabber' has police baffled. After the sixth man is found murdered, having been stabbed to...

‘Will keep you up at night… I can’t get enough’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow. Michael Wood has done it again… I definitely felt my heart rate increase’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Michael Wood is the master of the dark, psychological thriller’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ *** A FAMILY SLAIN When Detective...

The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri! FBI Special Agent Kim Otto picks up where Lee Child leaves off in novel #21 of the Hunt for Jack Reacher!

Ex-police officer Sebastian Clifford is quickly finding that life as a private investigator is never quiet. His doors have only been open a few weeks when DCI Whitney Walker approaches him to investigate the brutal attack that left her older brother, Rob, with irreversible brain damage....

Detective Bec Whitfield thought she'd found paradise in tropical Mission Beach—and maybe even love with charming local developer Jake Morrison. But when Cyclone Meredith threatens the coast, emergency preparations uncover a twenty-year-old secret buried in concrete. The skeletal remains belong to Marcus "Moondog" Sullivan, a former Sydney property developer turned environmental activist who vanished in 2004 during heated battles over coastal development. Marcus had made powerful enemies on both sides of the conservation debate, and someone wanted him silenced permanently.

‘Will keep you up at night… I can’t get enough’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow. Michael Wood has done it again… I definitely felt my heart rate increase’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Michael Wood is the master of the dark, psychological thriller’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ *** A FAMILY SLAIN When Detective...

After a high-profile model is found dead, FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett finds it hard to accept the findings that it was suicide and pushes for an investigation. But as she delves into the case, she uncovers things she never expected to find.

The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri! FBI Special Agent Kim Otto picks up where Lee Child leaves off in novel #21 of the Hunt for Jack Reacher!

Für DI Declan Walsh kehrt das Leben endlich zur Normalität zurück. Declan hat bei DCI Alexander Monroes "Last Chance Saloon Crime Unit" ein Zuhause gefunden und erholt sich langsam von den Nachwirkungen des letzten Falls, während er das Haus seines verstorbenen Vaters ausräumt, um dort...

ウフコックと再会したバロットは、ガス室から救出を試みる。一方〈クインテット〉は、ハンター不在という異常事態に当惑していた

I clienti eccentrici non sono una novità per Cormoran Strike. Ma la donna che lo accoglie nella sua fatiscente e isolata casa nel Kent, Decima Mullins, sembra un po' più che eccentrica. Visibilmente agitata, vuole che Strike indaghi sul cadavere dell'uomo che mesi prima è stato trovato, nudo e orribilmente mutilato, nel caveau di un negozio di argenti a Covent Garden. Il corpo è stato subito identificato dalla polizia, ma lei è convinta che si tratti di un'altra persona, più precisamente del suo fidanzato, di cui aveva perso le tracce proprio in quei giorni.

When a hostage situation turns deadly, Billy Knight loses everything—his wife, his daughter, and his career in law enforcement. Devastated, he heads to Key West to put down his gun and pick up a rod and reel as a fishing boat captain. But former co-worker Roscoe McAuley isn't ready to let...

Commissario Guido Brunetti must question his own assumptions about culture, virtue, and class in order to solve a shocking case of rare book theft from a Venetian library. Donna Leon’s critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has attracted readers the...

Reality TV and pop superstardom are billion-dollar industries built on image, ego and ruthless ambition. When former chart-topping pop star Jillian Moore launches a hit reality show designed to create the next music sensation, the spotlight burns hotter than ever… and attracts dangerous attention. Threats begin to surface cryptic warnings, unexplained sabotage, and signs that someone wants Jillian’s comeback stopped permanently. With her newly reborn career hanging in the balance, she turns to Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis for protection.

The exhilarating third installment in the Detective Martha Munro series.

Back from leave after her first closed case, Cassidy Clarke returns to the LAPD, ready to dig in. This time, homeless teens are disappearing. And it’s not because of social reform—they’re being targeted. Cassidy follows a lead to a charismatic grad student who leans on his charm and vast resources to lure vulnerable kids under his wing. But when the people who could expose him start turning up dead, she abruptly switches focus, racing to protect his potential victims instead.

Eine junge Frau wählt einen qualvollen Suizid – ein erschütternder Fall, der die Grenzen des Vorstellbaren sprengt. Paul Wagner, ein Priester, und die Privatermittlerin und Ex-Polizistin Anne Steinbach werden beauftragt, dem rätselhaften Fall gemeinsam auf den Grund zu gehen. Kaum, dass das ungleiche Duo die Untersuchungen aufnimmt, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse. Die beiden Ermittler sind nun die Gejagten und befinden sich in akuter Lebensgefahr.

The stories were about sex. They ended with murder. A woman is murdered. The truth is buried. And the people responsible believe they’ll never be exposed. Frances Neagley knows better. Following a trail of carefully protected secrets, Neagley uncovers a chilling connection that turns an ordinary investigation into a race against an unseen enemy. One who believes punishment is justified—and permanent.

Three years ago, after an undercover police operation went disastrously wrong, CID officer Joe Clayton lost his career and his family. Forced to adopt a new identity, he lives under the radar, taking whatever jobs he can find. Always looking over his shoulder, always hunted. Now living on the tiny south coast island of Terror's Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko, Joe works as a bodyguard to Nasenko's wife, Cassie, and her two children. But when a burning summer's day explodes into violence, and a murderous gang targets the ultra-exclusive community...

La chiesa di San Giacomo è stata finalmente restaurata e restituita alla città di Savona, dopo secoli di abbandono. Ma nel corso dei lavori si scopre un raccapricciante segreto: i cadaveri di una donna e di un neonato. Solo una medaglietta al collo della poveretta e il suo orologio da polso potranno consentire agli inquirenti, grazie all’aiuto dei cittadini, di ricostruire la vicenda e dare un nome alle misteriose mummie.

While searching for a wayward music student, PI Wendy Winkworth is assaulted by a savage police sergeant. Escaping bruised and battered, she seeks refuge with two low-life teens who seem headed for tragedy. With the vengeful cop in hot pursuit, Wendy is about to learn what truth and justice really mean.

One man's war against the cartel takes him to the border. Where justice has a price. Haunted ex-cop John Sole is still hunting the cartel that butchered his family. His search drags him into Creosote, a dusty Texas border town built on secrets. There he finds Isabella, a café owner fighting to...

Il caso di Messaggeri dell'oscurità parte da una serie di lugubri reperti che arrivano per posta, frutto di orrende mutilazioni. L'impresa di una mente turbata, di un sanguinario maniaco, che lancia i suoi messaggi dall'inferno della psicosi. Un passo dietro l'altro Petra e Garzón si inoltrano nell'imbuto di un mondo più complesso e inquietante. Che lancia i suoi messaggi dall'inferno della storia.

ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE THRILLER FROM THE MILLION COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Welcome to the Crazyhouse. Where unwilling contestants play the game of death. The north of England is rocked by two horrifying but bewildering crimes: a £600,000 drugs heist, the couriers and the buyers all slain. And the...

Ontspoord is het eerste deel in een suspense-serie over ex-detective Thomas Ravnsholdt, ook wel Ravn genoemd, die als privé-detective wordt ingehuurd om vermiste personen op te sporen. Ravn wordt uit zijn verdriet gerukt wanneer een goede vriend hem om hulp vraagt bij het vinden van een jong meisje dat een paar jaar eerder spoorloos is verdwenen. Het onderzoek dwingt Ravn om terug te gaan naar zijn oude werkplek en dus ook naar de Kopenhaagse onderwereld. Hier wijst alles erop dat het meisje is verkocht aan de grote crimineel Slavros, die een netwerk van bordelen in Europa heeft.

Ravn raakt opnieuw betrokken bij een verdwijningszaak, maar dit keer leiden de aanwijzingen hem naar Berlijn. Een eenzame man heeft geld verduisterd om naar een geheimzinnige bijeenkomst in Berlijn te kunnen reizen, waarna hij spoorloos verdwijnt. Ravn raakt bij de zoektocht betrokken via de zus van de man, Louise. Verschillende alleenstaande mannen zijn op mysterieuze wijze verdwenen in Berlijn, en de zaak lijkt terug te gaan tot de Stasi-tijd. Ravn brengt zichzelf in groot gevaar als hij het mysterie probeert op te lossen door de gruwelen uit het verleden tot leven te brengen.

A riveting, quirky, and authentic tale of a disgraced former Texas sheriff who takes it upon himself to investigate the murder of a hog trapper, and in doing so try to atone for the sins of his past. Still reeling from the scandal that cost him his badge, Randy Mayhill—fallen lawman, dog...

Alonzo Crash survived the zombie apocalypse to be appointed police detective in a world where the victims re-animate and the perpetrators have done so much worse to survive than commit one murder. Dashiell Hammett meets Brian Keene in a neo-detective noir that dares ask how you define murder after the zombie apocalypse. A pulp detective story set in a late 50s science fiction zombie world with post-modern aspirations, but that may be overthinking it! An existential noir inside a post-apocalyptic pulp tale inside a post-modern zombie fright fest!

Lifelong friends Lori Graham and Stephanie Lyle are sitting on the balcony of Lori's flat in Glasgow, chatting, drinking, enjoying the summer's warmth. Until the peace is shattered by the sound of gunshots from a drive-by shooting. Running to investigate, the women find both their worlds shattered. One of their sons is the shooter, and one is the victim. As Lori and Stephanie try and pick through the pieces, they discover that they themselves hold the key to why their boys have turned on each other.