Modern Detectives

A woman is found naked, badly beaten and barely alive in the New Mexico mountains. The shocking discovery plunges Albuquerque Detective Alyssa Wyatt into a case that will test her to the limit....

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....

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.

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

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....

When Bergen PI Varg Veum finds himself at the funeral of a former classmate on a sleet-grey December afternoon, he’s unexpectedly reunited with his old friend Jakob – the once-famous lead singer of 1960s rock band The Harpers – and his estranged wife, Rebecca, Veum’s first love....

A million-pound heist. A man on the run. A gang hellbent on seeking revenge....

North Yorkshire, England. Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is reluctantly easing into life in the dales. As he gradually acclimatizes to the slower pace of the countryside while he awaits a return to the city, he’s called out to inspect a farmer’s crushed body....

On New Year’s Day, a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community in North London, their youngest child stolen away.....

In a deadly game of cat and mouse, Detective Erika Foster confronts her greatest nemesis—where the lines of justice blur and secrets unravel.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER The tenth Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author. ‘Top drawer … his most epic outing yet’ Independent Trouble is coming… Sergeant Logan McRae’s team find a body dumped in the woods – but is it the missing businessman they’ve been...

She can’t prove he did it. But she might die trying… From the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series, comes a standalone spinoff featuring DS Roberta Steel. Revenge is a dangerous thing… Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel got caught fitting up Jack Wallace –...

Shortlisted for the VN Thriller of the Year 2022 Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger 2021 'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES 'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE 'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON 'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' DAVID MARK LONGLISTED...

When the bonds of brotherhood are strained, who do you turn to? The celebration of the Viking Festival of Scira ensures that thousands descend on the small coastal town of Sheringham, but when one man dies amidst the grand finale, it falls to DI Tom Janssen to identify the victim....

'WALKER BRINGS TO LIFE A COMPLETE COMMUNITY AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO IS ITS PROTECTOR, TEACHER AND FRIEND' - Literary Review In rural Dordogne, Bruno, Chief of Police, knows that WW2 casts the longest shadow. Rare bank notes are found, linking to the famous Neuvic train robbery of 1944 in the...

In this rich, complex and gripping tale, Kinsey Millhone's grit is tested to its utmost as the private detective unearths the gruesome truth about a long-buried betrayal--and, in the process, comes face-to-face with the grisly fact of her own mortality. "'G' is for guilt and guile, for greed and...

Quand l'écrivain Owen Quine disparaît, sa femme décide de faire appel au détective privé Cormoran Strike...

A gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Beware of the dark… Welcome to the Misfit Mob – where Police Scotland dumps the officers it can’t get rid of, but wants to. Officers like DC Callum MacGregor, lumbered with all the...

Starting a new life in Snowdonia was always DI Ruth Hunter's dream. Until a twisted killer turned it into her worst nightmare. Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter lives with the pain of her partner’s mysterious and unsolved disappearance....

As Detective Kay Hunter begins to investigate, the case quickly reveals itself to be anything but routine. The local farming community is tight-lipped, the victim’s background is unclear, and the evidence uncovers a trail of conflicting stories and long-held secrets.

Having the wrong client can be murder... The voice was smooth, cultured, almost tender as it oozed from the phone into Connor Fraser's ear. "I've heard about you, Mr Fraser, and I'm very impressed by your work. So I've decided to employ you. I am going to kill Father John Donnelly sometime in...

Caleb Zelic can't hear you. But he can see everything. After a lifetime of bad decisions PI Caleb Zelic is finally making good ones. He's in therapy, his business is recovering and his relationship with his estranged wife Kat is on the mend.

When a mud-splattered man staggers from Bacton Wood with a terrifying tale about being buried alive, DS Ashley Knight and her team are called in to investigate. Soon, another victim is found, and more men are missing – all with connections to the well-known Vialli family....

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.

As Detective Kay Hunter begins to investigate, the case quickly reveals itself to be anything but routine. The local farming community is tight-lipped, the victim’s background is unclear, and the evidence uncovers a trail of conflicting stories and long-held secrets.

Dave Robicheaux, James Lee Burke’s iconic detective, returns to investigate the death of an unidentified woman—pulling him into a vortex of corruption and violence in the Louisiana bayou. When a cloaked, disfigured man leaves a dead woman in a garbage bag on Dave Robicheaux’s property, he...

Caleb Zelic can't hear you. But he can see everything. After a lifetime of bad decisions PI Caleb Zelic is finally making good ones. He's in therapy, his business is recovering and his relationship with his estranged wife Kat is on the mend. But soon Caleb is drawn into the tangled life of his troubled ex partner Frankie, which leads to a confrontation with the cops. And when Frankie's niece is kidnapped, she and Caleb must work together to save the child's life. But can Caleb trust her after her past betrayals?

Marc Olván es un abogado de oficio en horas bajas, enamoradizo y alcohólico, que no pasa precisamente por un gran momento. Lidia Pedralba es una madre desesperada porque su hijo está en prisión preventiva, a la espera de juicio, acusado de violar a un niño de cuatro años. Pedralba necesita un abogado para actuar contra Daniel Trujillo, el juez que ha enviado a la cárcel a su hijo sin ni siquiera escucharlo, a la vez que ha dejado en libertad al jefe del peligroso clan de los Klimovski, que hace ya unas décadas que controla el tráfico de drogas y armas en Barcelona.

Sechs neue Kriminalnovellen vom Meister amerikanischer Kriminalliteratur Der millionenschwere Kasinoraub ist schlicht nicht machbar. Und genau das macht ihn unwiderstehlich für einen Räuber, der für seinen Final Score den Rest seines Lebens im Gefängnis verbringen muss. Ein ehrgeiziger Collegejunge hat einen Nebenjob, bei dem er illegalen Schnaps an The Sunday List liefert, bis ein korrupter Cop, ein verführerischer Kunde und ein falscher Guru seine Träume zu beenden drohen. Zwei Klugscheißer erzählen sich beim Frühstück in einem Diner eine True Story .

For thirty years the truth has remained hidden, but the murder inquiry he deliberately sabotaged has been reopened and DS Heaton knows his partner is bright enough to figure things out. It's all or nothing now. To evade justice he must find a way to protect his secrets, but he already knows that might mean taking a life. When his web of lies begins to fall apart, does he have what it takes to stay one step ahead, or will the world learn why Bruce Denton had to die?

Dashiell Hammett was already a well-established hard-boiled mystery writer by the time he released what would turn out to be his masterpiece, The Maltese Falcon in 1930. But with the release of this novel, Hammett would be catapulted to the forefront of American crime writers. The novel has been adapted several times for the screen and the 1941 film version—starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor—has become a film noir classic.

Si estás leyendo esto, he desaparecido. Todos dicen que estoy paranoica, pero simplemente me estoy preparando, porque mis secretos me han puesto en grave peligro. Así que, si ocurre lo peor, esta carpeta contiene todo lo que mi mejor amiga necesitará para encontrarme, escondida en un lugar que solo ella podría adivinar. Desde que éramos niñas es la que me conoce mejor, y es la única capaz de unir las piezas y descubrir la verdad.

Daniel Owen is coming to terms with not being a cop. He's happy to find a bunch of like-minded people at the town allotments—until one of them is brutally murdered. Mal Kent is settling into his new job as the man-in-charge of Melin Tywyll CID. The fly in the ointment is bigoted, lazy DI Carey, Daniel's replacement. Carey wants to blame Daniel's new friends for the murder, and with Daniel as their only alibi, accusations fly.

Sinántropos es la historia de un fracaso. De un regreso. De una venganza. Pero es, sobre todo, la historia de una amistad rota tejida entre calles sucias e ilusiones imposibles. Y es, por encima de todo, la voz de Corto, un protagonista empeñado en volar por encima de sus posibilidades.

Brilliant detective Sam Spade is the quintessential private eye, with his own code of ethics. When a standard stakeout goes wrong and Spade’s partner is killed, he finds himself drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure of dubious origin—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. But he’s not the only one on the trail of the falcon. Hot on his heels are Joel Cairo, a perfumed grifter; an oversized adventurer named Gutman; and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful but treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a hat.

In the latest in the USA Today bestselling, award-winning, critically acclaimed series, New Orleans punk rock nun-detective Sister Holiday plunges into a “hellish underworld of drug trafficking, addiction, and her own dark past in a journey that is both riveting and sacred.” (Ana Reyes, New...

Petra Delicado, ispettrice della polizia di Barcellona, e il suo vice Garzón, indagano, senza molta fortuna all'inizio, sull'omicidio di un poveraccio che traffica in cani, e li aiuta il suo ultimo fedele amico, il meticcio Spavento. Ma a quell'omicidio ne segue un altro e un altro ancora, e nella corrente principale degli eventi affluiscono, intersecandosi, sordidi commerci e storie passionali nel mondo dei cani.

Tras años oculto, el sicario sin nombre ha encontrado algo parecido a la paz en una casa frente al mar. Pero la muerte de un viejo aliado lo obliga a aceptar un último encargo: cerrar una cuenta pendiente con tres nombres en una lista. Mientras tanto, Clara Fité intenta reconstruir su vida en Barcelona. Un cuaderno robado y la desaparición de dos niños en 1992 la arrastran a una investigación que nadie quiere reabrir. El poder, la culpa y el miedo se entrelazan en una trama que conecta lo que ocurrió entonces con lo que está a punto de estallar ahora.

En un mundo distópico donde Colosio es presidente y Borges premio nobel, el mandatario celebra los acuerdos de paz tras la insurrección que dividió a México en una república al norte y una dictadura militar en el sur. Pero esa tregua se tambalea cuando, en una iglesia, aparece el cuerpo de una monja asesinada, cubierto con la bandera de los Ozymandias: el grupo rebelde que dinamitó al país. El caso llega al investigador Séneca Espejel, quien descubre que, en esa misma iglesia, también fue robada la urna con los restos de su madre.

If letters addressed to you were being left at the crime scenes of a notorious serial killer, what would you do? Rory is a killer on a mission. They will stop at nothing to find the killer of their precious 'El'. They don’t care what or who they have to take out to get answers. If that means taking out a few unfavourable people along the way and making sure to leave Detective Stone a little love note at every scene, then so be it. Detective Stone has been in the detective business for over ten years. Nothing fazes him anymore, well, until Rory shows up that is.

Things have never been better between Jimmy and Diana. The Southside Restoration is practically on autopilot, and Diana is able to devote her professional time to the Working Sisters Foundation. But someone wants to take it all away from her, including Jimmy. Add in a couple of murders, a mystery assassin, a weaponized aphrodisiac, and wedding festivities and proposals – Jimmy has a lot of figuring to do.

Der Mord an der Prostituierten Kelly ist für den alternden Detective Leman vom Carson City Police Department schnell aufgeklärt. Eine DNA-Spur führt nach San Francisco zu David Bennati, der bereits vor zwanzig Jahren eines ähnlichen Mordes verdächtigt wurde. Ist David Bennati ein Serienmörder? Hat der brave Familienvater ein Doppelleben geführt? Während David in Untersuchungshaft sitzt und mit der Todesstrafe rechnen muss, stellt Davids Frau Kathy, die von der Unschuld ihres Mannes überzeugt ist, eigene Nachforschungen an und gerät dabei selbst unter Verdacht.

Times are tough in L.A. and Robert Klayman, substitute teacher, attempts to solve his money woes along with a mid-life crisis by trying on a new career as a private detective. His efforts and schemes to find a murderer take him on a spine tingling journey through the violent underworld of private detection.

Zwei kleine Kinder, ausgerissen von zu Hause, verirren sich im winterlichen Berlin und geraten an die falschen Freunde. Unterdessen hat Anna als erfolgreiche Geschäftsfrau nur wenig Zeit für die Familie. Bis ihr zehnjähriger Sohn Manuel spurlos verschwindet. In einem Nobelhotel wird Kommissar Kalkbrenner zu einem Mordfall gerufen. Die Ermittlungen konfrontieren ihn mit den menschlichen Abgründen.