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Marion Sharpe and her mother seem an unlikely duo to be found on the wrong side of the law. Quiet and ordinary, they have led a peaceful and unremarkable life at their country home, The Franchise. Unremarkable that is, until the police turn up with a demure young woman on their doorstep.Not only does Betty Kane accuse them of kidnap and abuse, she can back up her claim with a detailed description of the attic room in which she was kept, right down to the crack in its round window.

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A porn star is found dead, and the LAPD doesn’t think much of it. But FBI agent Jessie Hunt, 29, senses something much more sinister at play, something that may just reach into the upper echelons of power and society.

A seemingly perfect life is shattered by a passionate encounter and a chilling obsession. Successful marketing executive Dana Monroe thinks she has it all: a beautiful home, a loving family, and a career she thrives in. But a chance meeting with Justin Birch, a charismatic CEO, throws her carefully constructed world into chaos. Their passionate affair quickly spirals into a nightmare when Justin becomes dangerously fixated on Dana, refusing to let her go.

This adventure begins with a body on a train, the word 'Alex' scrawled on the compartment window, and the discovery of a visiting card bearing the name 'Mrs Trevelyan'. More bodies follow, and the two names recur on each occasion.

In this adventure, Paul Temple is called in to investigate the disappearance of the Desmond baby, and the 'Sitter-In' Miss Millicent. When they visit Mary Desmond she is, understandably, very upset, it's already been a week since her eighteenth-month-old daughter vanished. The only clue is a telephone message left in Miss Millicent's handwriting: 'A Mr. Vandyke telephoned, he left no message'.

The Artesian Affair is a riveting mystery set in the heart of the Chickasaw Nation, where ancient springs rise through red earth and secrets run deeper than the water itself. When a retired Air Force colonel dies mysteriously at the historic Artesian Hotel in Sulphur, Oklahoma, Captain Jack "Hawk" Hawkins of the Chickasaw Lighthorse Police is called to investigate what appears to be a routine death. But the scent of rain and the metallic taste in the air tell him otherwise.

In a quiet English village, Marion Sharpe and her mother, two seemingly ordinary women, find their lives upturned when a young girl named Betty Kane accuses them of kidnapping and abuse. As the allegations escalate, the women become embroiled in a sensational legal battle that captures the attention of the public and the media. When even Inspector Alan Grant is baffled, Marion enlists the help of savvy barrister Robert Blair to clear their names. Together, they confront the disturbing truths lurking beneath the surface...

Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC Radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife. From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of radio's most popular series.

When a homeless man is found strangled to death, Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel is caught off guard by the cold-blooded nature of the crime. A second murder suggests the existence of a killer whose motive is as elusive as he is dangerous. In an investigation plagued by police scepticism, only Geraldine is relentless in her pursuit of the truth. As she is forced down unexpected avenues into the lives of three people caught in a toxic triangle of love and deceit, she discovers there is more to this case than any of them could have imagined.

Jesse McDermitt is back, just as he promised. This time, he is thrust into the heart of the Florida Panhandle's Tate's Hell State Forest, where the tranquil surroundings belie a dangerous secret—a network of clandestine meth labs hidden against the backdrop of the Forgotten Coast’s natural beauty. Jesse, a retired Marine turned charter boat captain, has brought his family to Apalachicola “for the oysters.” But being who he is, the leisurely cruise soon spins into a gripping quest to unravel the truth behind the illicit operations threatening the region.

Life at Hopgood Hall is never boring, but Alexi Ellis hopes that there will be no more murders for the time being – she’s solved four already and is getting a reputation in the local area for being bad luck. So when local gossip Polly Pearson arrives at Hopgood hall, Alexi knows this can only mean bad news. Polly has made it clear that she dislikes Alexi, and has campaigned for her to leave Hopgood Hall forever – so what could Polly want? Then Polly reveals that her partner, Gerry has been found murdered in her B&B and that she is the main suspect!

A beautiful French actress with concealed origins and a clandestine involvement with a group of anarchists is brutally murdered in London. Circumstances lead Scotland Yard to several suspects, including her wealthy American fiancé, a couple of the anarchists, and even a respected “Yard” detective. The search for the killer sets off an absorbing mystery with an interesting cast of characters and plot twists. Gordon Holmes is a pen-name of Louis Tracy (1863-1928), a British journalist and prolific writer of fiction.

When businessman Adam Gallagher ends one affair and embarks upon another, he fails to anticipate both the fury of his betrayed wife and discarded mistress, and the dire consequences of his actions. After Gallagher’s body is found dumped in woods, suspicion inevitably falls on the women he has wronged, but could the crime be more connected with the financial problems he was experiencing? Police investigators, Jon and Hayley, are tasked with untangling the web of intrigue and lies surrounding the tragic chain of events unleashed by Gallagher’s affair.

In the third installment of the James Flynn thriller series, Flynn is working on an article for his magazine The National about the famous D.B. Cooper skyjacking case in Washington when a brazen criminal leaps from a commercial jet with a million dollars. While it's not an exact replication of Cooper's heist, FBI officials can't deny the similarities between the cases and the thief's obvious attempt to make himself out to be Cooper's equal.

A couple found brutally murdered in the Coronado Cays pulls San Diego CSI Holly Jennings from a bliss-filled morning with her new baby and husband into a twisted maze of cheating spouses and Hollywood gore. As Holly and her team track the bloody trail left by the killer, the questions and the body count continue to rise like the damned who've been drowned. The killer fits the profile of a professional. But Holly can feel the rage and need for redemption behind these deaths that tells her that for the killer - or killers - this is all intimately personal.

The restless chase is coming to an end, but not before all the mysteries around Amadou Savoi, Richard Gilman, and Carmine are solved. All the pieces are coming together. Now they are getting closer to the puppeteer, the closer they get the more dangerous it becomes. The puppeteer is prepared to stop them at any cost.

Bei einem verbotenen Ausflug in die Dünen vor St. Peter-Ording entdecken Urlauber zwei leblose Körper. Aus Angst, selbst in Schwierigkeiten zu geraten, wenden sie sich statt an die Polizei lieber an Torge Trulsen, den Hausmeister der Weißen Düne. Der stellt den Tod der beiden Teenager fest und erkennt in dem weiblichen Opfer die Tochter einer Kollegin. Jessi Kramer ist attraktiv, selbstbewusst und unabhängig - darüber hinaus auf ganz Eiderstedt für ihre zahlreichen Männerbekanntschaften bekannt, wogegen ihre alleinerziehende Mutter machtlos ist.

Die Perfekte Affäre ist Buch Nr. 7 in der neuen Psychothriller-Reihe des Bestsellerautors Pierce Blake, dessen Bestseller Verschwunden bereits über 1000 Fünf-Sterne-Rezensionen erhalten hat. Ein Pornostar wird tot aufgefunden, und das LAPD denkt sich nicht viel dabei. Aber die 29-jährige FBI-Agentin Jessie Hunt spürt, dass etwas viel Unheilvolleres dahintersteckt, etwas, das sich bis in die oberen Schichten von Macht und Gesellschaft erstreckt.

Ari Katz, an old friend and Israeli Lahav 433 Agent approaches Investigator Axel Webb to find the Saudi Blue, a 50-carat blue diamond stolen in 1989 by a Thai servant, Jira Bun Ma, working at the palace of a Saudi Prince. After a quick Thai police investigation, Bun Ma was arrested. Most of the gems were found and returned to the Saudis with great fanfare. Unfortunately, many items returned were fakes and not the original gems stolen. The most valuable of the missing gems was the Saudi Blue.