Private Investigators

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....

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.

A mother calls for her child repeatedly in the soft summer air, her voice rising with panic. She runs across the decking to lean over the thick glass balustrade, her eyes searching the dark waters of the loch. Her only child is missing, and nothing will ever be the same again....

IT WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. WASN'T IT? A private investigator returning to the hometown he fled years ago becomes entangled in the disappearance of two teenage girls in this stunning literary crime thriller. Reid left the small town of Manson a decade ago, promising his former Chief of Police boss...

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

“The wildest, strangest, best Dresden adventure to date...Butcher’s blending of modern fantasy with classic noir sensibilities ensures that there’s never a dull moment.”—SF Site Paranormal investigations are Harry Dresden’s business and Chicago is his beat, as he tries to bring law...

I’m Jinx. As a private investigator, being a walking, talking lie detector is a useful skill—but let’s face it, it’s not normal. You’d think it would make my job way too easy, but even with my weird skills, I still haven’t been able to track down my parent’s killers.

In this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, Chicago's only professional wizard takes on a case for a vampire and becomes the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders. Harry Dresden has had worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Like fleeing...

Wizard for hire Harry Dresden has to track down the things that go bump in the night in this novel in Jim Butcher's #1 New York Times bestselling series. There’s no love lost between Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, and the White Council of Wizards, who find him brash...

Eighteen months after Hillary suffered a personal tragedy, she is throwing herself into her work to try to get over it. Former soldier Gareth Proctor joins her team and finds himself quickly growing to enjoy his new environment. The first cold case he works on is the murder of Andrew Feeley. In...

Wizard Harry Dresden must investigate his own flesh and blood when a series of killings strike Chicago’s magic practitioners in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Someone is targeting the members of the city’s supernatural underclass—those who don’t possess enough...

Jack Widow lives by simple rules: keep moving, live and let live. But there’s one more rule—don’t cross him, and he won’t cross you. Deep in the Ozarks, the forgotten town of Iron Crossing harbors deadly secrets.

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a very powerful wizard and a dedicated private eye. He is also a wise cracking trouble magnet....

From the best-selling author of Death and Croissants, a new murder mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Julia Chapman, or MC Beaton

My dog once took a bullet that was intended for me. A bullet that ripped through his chest, narrowly missing his heart, and exited through his shoulder blade. This left him unconscious on the floor of my home. Amazingly, this bullet did not kill him....

In this novel in Jim Butcher’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, an old debt puts Chicago wizard Harry Dresden in harms way... Harry’s life finally seems to be calming down. The White Council’s war with the vampiric Red Court is easing up, no one’s tried to kill him lately, and his...

When one such creature threatens an independent tutor, Harry Dresden must shake off the blood and dirt of his most recent battles and rise to the occasion, even when it turns out that the new predator is far more dangerous and connected than first appearances would suggest....

Dorothy Graham is dead, which is inconvenient, not least for her. Luckily, she has planned for this eventuality....

Life as a private investigator in the suburbs of Florence isn’t always as glamourous as Dan Armstrong imagined it to be, until he is asked to investigate a recent spate of violent attacks on a Hollywood movie set in Florence....

As Logan Martin begins his prison sentence for the brutal murder of his father, the eighteen-year-old’s aunt hires private investigator Teàrlach Paterson. She believes Logan is innocent and wants Teàrlach to uncover the truth.

Former soldier. Ex-copper. Current man on the edge. Shunned by his old colleagues, and dividing his time between a dead-end job and the bottom of a whisky bottle, former Police Scotland detective superintendent Bob Hoon’s life is a mess....

The Dresden Files have taken the genre of paranormal mystery to a new level of action, excitement, and hard-hitting magical muscle. Now, in Death Masks, Jim Butcher’s smart-guy private eye may have taken on more than he ever wanted to handle. Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing...

Whisper Fen Holds Dark Secrets As the mists roll over the fens and enigmatic lights twinkle in the distance, only the locals know their way along the hidden paths through the mysterious watery terrain of one of England's most beautiful and sometimes dangerous places. Detective Matt Ballard...

“A can’t-miss entry in one of the best urban-fantasy series currently being published.”—Booklist (starred review) As Chicago’s only professional wizard, Harry Dresden has faced demons, vampires, werewolves, dark sorcerers, and hosts of horrors from beyond the mortal realm. But nothing...

Ex-Police Scotland detective Bob Hoon has made himself some powerful enemies. Following his brutal search for the missing daughter of an old army colleague, Hoon is being hunted by the Loop....

Hercule Poirot y Arthur Hastings se reúnen para su caso más difícil hasta la fecha. Cuando Poirot recibe una carta advirtiéndole que un crimen está a punto de ser cometido por el remitente: 'A.B.C', los amigos se encuentran en una carrera contrarreloj para descifrar la retorcida lógica del asesino, quien se burla del gran detective anunciando la ubicación del siguiente asesinato alfabéticamente. Con cada nuevo crimen se descubre un nuevo grupo de sospechosos.

Walter Nash began a journey down a dark path of seemingly no return, and now he finds himself questioning everything that got him there in this thrilling sequel to Nash Falls from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, is on the...

DCI Liam Brodie is no stranger to horror. Seven years ago, he led the hunt for a murderer who killed seven women, leaving their bodies out on display like some kind of morbid exhibition. Never any witnesses; never any clue as to who he was. Now, seven years later, the killings have started again. Same method. Same pattern. Same nightmare. Brodie is called back to Fife to lead the investigation. But this time, the killer isn't just repeating the past—he's rewriting it. And Brodie isn't just hunting a serial killer… He's being hunted.

Dopo essere fuggita da una relazione violenta, Haven McKinney ha giurato di ricominciare da zero e soprattutto di tenersi alla larga dagli uomini. Rhys è off limits. Ex soldato della Delta Force, Rhys Norcross è un investigatore abituato a stanare chiunque. Mentre la minaccia si fa sempre più vicina, Haven dovrà affrontare la paura più grande: fidarsi di nuovo. Perché lasciarsi proteggere da Rhys significa mettere a rischio l'unica cosa che aveva promesso di non concedere mai più… il suo cuore.

When a homeless man's body is found in a derelict school, appearing to have died of an overdose, Victor Mitchum knows it wasn't an accident. He knew Sawney from his own days on the streets. Sawney was clean, scared, and being hunted by dangerous people. Working with private investigators Kasper and Zofia Dąbrowski, and aided by his dog, Oscar, Victor traces the events that led to Sawney's death. His search leads him into Manchester's hidden places—disused buildings, private security firms, and communities forced to live in the margins.

Chet the dog is less than enthusiastic about the Little Detective Agency's next case. Chet and his human partner, PI Bernie Little, have been hired to find a missing person—only the missing person is a cat. Miss Kitty, an internet sensation, has disappeared, and Chet and Bernie have been hired to find her before her many followers realize something is wrong. Miss Kitty belongs to Bitty, a sweet teenage girl who lives with her mom. Bitty and her mother are struggling financially, but the arrival of Miss Kitty and the chance discovery of her social media appeal has changed everything.

When Laura Carlyle's old flame calls in a panic, she and Sebastian Silver find themselves in a Suffolk town where the local theatre is celebrating its centenary–and mourning its star. The Moonlight Theatre has staged Shakespeare for a hundred years, but now, with a charity gala just days away and property developers circling like vultures, Julius Caesar should be saving the theatre's future. Instead, the actor playing the title role has been stabbed to death on stage–and the prop dagger in his chest was very, very real.

Der gute Dr. Watson versieht wie jede Woche seinen freiwilligen Samariterdienst im Londoner East End, als er plötzlich mit einer hageren Gestalt konfrontiert wird, die sich vor Schmerzen krümmt und mit Bisswunden übersäht auf einer Pritsche abgelegt wird. Watson lässt Lovecraft zu Holmes in die Baker Street verfrachten, wo er sich zumindest von der Ohnmacht und seinem ersten Schock erholen kann. Gibt es dieses „menschenfressende Ungeheuer" also doch noch, das seit letztem Herbst rund 20 Tote gefordert hat und dem auch schon Kinder zum Opfer gefallen sind, wie die Presse schreibt?

Am Ende ihrer Kräfte wendet sich Helen Stoner an Sherlock Holmes. Die Stieftochter des Menschenfeindes Dr. Grimesby Roylott fürchtet, vor Angst den Verstand zu verlieren. Nicht nur, dass auf dem ruinenhaften Landsitz bereits ihre Zwillingsschwester starb und sie seitdem allein mit dem Despoten Roylott dort lebt - jetzt deuten die gleichen Vorzeichen darauf hin, dass nun ihr Leben in Gefahr ist.

Holmes erzählt Watson von einem seiner ersten Aufträge, die er in London als beratender Detektiv annahm: Reginald Musgrave, ein Bekannter aus Sherlocks College-Zeiten, bat ihn damals um Hilfe, da auf seinem Landsitz zwei Menschen spurlos verschwanden. Zum einen der Butler Richard Brunton, der kurz zuvor seinen Herrn sehr erzürnt hatte, zum anderen dessen ehemalige Verlobte Rachel Howells, die krank und geistig verwirrt nach der Trennung von Brunton wie ein Gespenst durch das Haus wandelte.

Graf Dracula IV. hat sich auf einem Planeten ein Touristenparadies eingerichtet, jedoch zu wenig Steuer an die Union bezahlt. Das ruft Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson auf den Plan. Außerdem sollen sie feststellen, wohin viele junge Unions-Bürger verschwunden sind.

Beim Diebstahl einer wertvollen Reliquie verweisen die Indizien auf niemand anderen als Holmes selbst. Ist der geniale Detektiv womöglich dem Wahnsinn verfallen? Holmes erhofft sich Hilfe von einem jungen Wiener Arzt und bekommt sie - wenn auch auf andere Weise als gedacht...

He tortured her husband. Now he wants her soul. Private Investigator Winter Black has faced monsters before. But Erik Waller is something else entirely—a sadistic fanboy of her serial killer brother who’s obsessed with proving he’s the ultimate predator. He’s already left her family scarred and bleeding. Now he’s taken a boy. Just like Justin once did. But Erik isn’t copying Winter’s past. He’s rewriting it, turning her memories into a blueprint for fresh horrors. And he wants her front and center for the grand finale.

Edgar Roy, un supuesto asesino en serie encarcelado en una prisión federal de máxima seguridad, aguarda el juicio. Se enfrenta a una condena casi segura. Ted Bergin, el abogado de Roy y viejo amigo y mentor de Sean, recurre a este y Michelle Maxwell para que le ayuden en el caso. Pero la investigación se desbarata antes de comenzar. De camino a su primera reunión con Bergin, Sean y Michelle descubren el cadáver del abogado.

Die galaktischen Fälle des Sherlock Holmes (Band 9): Der großartige Sherlock Holmes braucht nicht auf die Wiederauferstehung des Fleisches zu warten! Über 200 Jahre nach seinem Ableben benötigt die Crew des Raumschiffes Ultimo-1 dringend einen cleveren Detektiv und reist in die Vergangenheit, um ihn abzuholen. Leicht irritiert vom technischen Fortschritt und teils lockeren Sitten, kann Holmes dennoch seine Logik zielgerichtet einsetzen und knifflige Fälle lösen, denn das Böse lauert immer und überall...

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson reisen nach Deutschland an die Ostsee. Professor Schilling, Holmes früherer Studienkollege, bittet den großen Detektiv um Hilfe. Auf der verbotenen Insel Riems befindet sich eine Forschungsstätte. Eine junge, ambitionierte Ärztin wird früh morgens im dortigen Schweinestall tot aufgefunden, nachdem sie sich mit Professor Schilling am Abend zuvor verabredet hatte. Sie wollte den Professor über eine gefährliche Entdeckung berichten, die sie gemacht hat.

Dangerous Secret Her child is a pawn in a dangerous game… He’s promised to bring the boy home Harlow Pressley’s powerful ex-husband is using his custody of their son to intimidate her. Desperate, she enlists Grayson Montana and his security team to help her reclaim her child. Though her ex...

Die galaktischen Fälle des Sherlock Holmes (Band 8): Der großartige Sherlock Holmes braucht nicht auf die Wiederauferstehung des Fleisches zu warten! Über 200 Jahre nach seinem Ableben benötigt die Crew des Raumschiffes Ultimo-1 dringend einen cleveren Detektiv und reist in die Vergangenheit, um ihn abzuholen. Leicht irritiert vom technischen Fortschritt und teils lockeren Sitten, kann Holmes dennoch seine Logik zielgerichtet einsetzen und knifflige Fälle lösen, denn das Böse lauert immer und überall...

In Die 'Gloria Scott' erzählt Sherlock Holmes seinen ersten Fall. Victor Trevor, ein Kommilitone und Holmes' einziger Studienfreund, lädt Holmes zu sich nach Norfolk ein. Trevors Vater fordert Holmes, von dessen Methoden er gehört hat, heraus: Er soll ihm sagen, was er über ihn deduzieren kann. Holmes findet u. a. heraus, dass Trevor senior in Verbindung zu einer Person mit dem Kürzel J.A. steht.

Die attraktive Edith Grant wird brutal ermordet in einem Erste-Klasse-Zugabteil aufgefunden. Wenig später verhaftet die Polizei einen jungen Maler, der mit dem Opfer kurz zuvor in Streit geraten war und zudem ein Medaillon vom Tatort mitgenommen hat. Dessen Unschuld zu beweisen, stellt für Sherlock Holmes keine leichte Aufgabe dar, denn alles scheint gegen den Beschuldigten zu sprechen.

Two couples on the opposite sides of the same deadly coin are drawn into a collision course in this whip-smart and lethally paced thriller Sid and Ronnie Abel are a husband-and-wife detective team, both ex-LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are assassins-for-hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except...

Jake Sawyer is in limbo. Facing an enquiry into his capture of a vicious killer, he turns private detective, and takes the seemingly hopeless case of a teenage boy, missing for seven years. When a young woman podcaster investigating the boy’s disappearance also goes missing, Sawyer is drawn into the secretive world of urban exploration. But then an adult male body is found, showing signs of extreme torture, and the murder reminds Sawyer of an unsolved case from his early career. He connects the past with the present, uncovering a terrible link which could hold the key to the disappearances.

Holmes wird von einem alten Studienkollegen um Hilfe gebeten. Dessen Sohn, Robert Foster, arbeitet in Österreich, Tirol bei den Passionsspielen als Bühnenbildner. Eine Mordserie droht das Schauspiel platzen zu lassen. Angst geht unter den Darstellern um. Holmes verspricht den Fall zu übernehmen. Ganz zu Alice´ Leidwesen. Denn Österreich und Deutschland stehen unter einer radikalen Führung…

In Shelbys Zirkus, der gerade in London gastiert, findet ein Raubtierdompteur auf grausame Weise den Tod - sein eigener Schützling, ein Weißer Tiger, reißt ihn in Stücke. Bloß ein schrecklicher Unfall oder steckt mehr dahinter? Sherlock Holmes: Der Tierbändiger (Neues aus der Baker Street, Folge 12) - Holmes und Watson ermitteln, bis eine Spur schließlich in weite Ferne führt.

A stolen bag. A hidden past. A truth too dangerous to share. Lily Larkin’s life on the Isles of Scilly is finally settling into a comfortable rhythm – especially now that her relationship with PC Flynn Grainger is beginning to blossom. But a spate of burglaries soon shatters the calm. And when Lily’s own flat is broken into, things take a chilling turn. The only thing missing? A backpack containing a stash of cash and two passports... both bearing her face, but different identities.