Showing results for "Victor Canning" in Crime Fiction

Best-selling crime writer Geoffrey Gilroy is overcome with jealousy when his wife’s newfound success in the genre begins to eclipse his. Drawing upon his extensive knowledge on the subject, he meticulously plans the perfect murder that will put an end to his wife’s career—and life—once and for all.

Eine Serie perfekt inszenierter Entführungen bekannter Personen hält England in Atem und die Ermittler Bush und Grandison kommen nicht voran. Jetzt sollen sie das jüngste Opfer des Kidnappers "Trader", den Erzbischof von Salisbury, befreien – ohne öffentliches Aufsehen. Diskret sollen auch die Nachforschungen von Madame Blanche verlaufen, denn Mrs. Rainbird ist sich nicht sicher, ob der uneheliche Sohn ihrer verstorbenen Schwester Harriet und einzige Erbe ihres beträchtlichen Vermögens, auch ausreichend Seriosität für die gediegene Familie mitbringt.

When her employer suddenly disappears, young Grace Kirkstall finds herself accepting a new job at a new company in the same building - an oasis of tranquility off the streets of London. Ben and Helen Brown’s start-up company’s pitch is that, for a small consideration, they will help people out of their major and minor fixes. Their first big commission initiates Ben into the gentle art of housebreaking, and Helen into the mysteries of the Society for Progressive Rehabilitation.... But for Grace, it will plunge her into more danger than she could ever have imagined.

The Minerva Club might look like any other London gentlemen’s club, but behind its respectable and discreet façade, some of the most ambitious schemes for heists, money-making, and evasion of the law are being worked out. It’s an exclusive club for criminals. Entry qualification: Members must have served a prison sentence of two years minimum. Though the club’s criminal ventures don’t always go as planned…