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When Professor Francombe and her team of archaeologists find the remains of three women on a remote Kintyre hillside - a site rumoured to have been the base of Viking warlord Somerled - their delight soon turns to horror when they realise the women tragically met their end little more than two decades ago. It soon becomes clear that these are the three missing victims of the ‘Midweek Murderer’, a serial killer who was at work in Glasgow in the early 1990s. DCI Jim Daley now has the chance to put things right.

Nate Colgan: a violent man; 'smart muscle' for the Jamieson organization. Someone to be afraid of. But now, with its most powerful individuals either dead or behind bars, things within the Jamieson organization are beginning to shift. When Nate, long working on the fringes of the business, is reluctantly appointed its new 'security consultant', he can little imagine how things are about to unravel....

One of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction, Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski is a strong, smart, independent heroine in a male-dominated world. She tracks down corrupt businessmen, ruthless blackmailers and cold-blooded murderers - while trying not to get killed herself. Included in this collection are the first four best-selling V.I. Warshawski novels from Sara Paretsky - plus a short story featuring the hard-boiled PI, read by Buffy Davis.

Matteo De Foresta, giornalista genovese e investigatore amatoriale, affronta la sua prova più difficile. Braccato sia dalla Polizia sia dalla Mafia, deve comprendere in fretta ciò che Bob gli ha detto prima di morire. Per salvare sé stesso, ma anche per scagionare il suo amico vicequestore Guido Rocchetti, ormai latitante e accusato di essere il contatto del clan mafioso dei Lo Nardo.

When defense attorney Jackson Taylor takes on the case of a lifetime, he's prepared to fight for justice. His childhood friend—the son of a powerful senator—has been accused of a brutal murder. Jackson is certain the man he grew up with couldn't be a killer. But when shocking evidence links his own father, a former small-town sheriff, to the crime, Jackson's unshakable trust in the truth is pushed to the breaking point. Jackson remains steadfast in his quest for justice.

Jonathan Roper is a key player in the elite Special Investigations Unit. His autism, and a relentless drive, have given him an extraordinary range of skills which make him a formidable detective. His reputation has grown to the point where he has been invited to join the digital fight against terror - but that's not working out as it means losing contact with his boss, Chief Inspector Brian Hooley. The pair formed a powerful bond while bringing down a gang of ruthless mercenaries running riot in London, and now events are throwing them back together.

Sixteen-year-old Cassie is obsessed with the hottest band in London, Secret Oktober. Harbouring an intense crush on the leading man, Ben Edwards, she will do anything she can to capture his attention among the throngs of groupies at the band’s scandalous backstage parties.

Dopo una carriera in polizia interrotta contro la sua volontà, Mariano Greco si è reinventato investigatore privato nella Milano sempre più proiettata nel futuro. Il politico e armatore Ranieri Averardi, latitante a Dubai dopo una condanna per collusione mafiosa, è sospettato dal fratello di aver ucciso la madre per impossessarsi dell'eredità familiare. Tra Milano, Dubai e Roma, Greco e Arminia dovranno addentrarsi in un intreccio di relazioni ambigue, giochi di potere e fiumi di denaro sporco dal quale sarà difficile uscire puliti.

The most difficult killer to catch is the one who doesn’t realize he’s a killer! That was Larry Kent’s dilemma when he signed on to protect beautiful actress Valerie Nash. Whoever he was, the mystery murderer was two distinct personalities in one…and the dark side of him was slowly but surely gaining dominance.

Alex Southerland is back, along with Smokey and Badass. Our hardboiled private dick and elementalist is searching the mean streets of the city for the secret behind a deadly curse. It all starts during a rare Yerba City heat wave when a witch with strange snake tats winding up her gams walks into his office to report that she has committed a murder. Thing is, the murdered man isn't dead, and, well, it's complicated.

Donatella Berzaghi ha ventotto anni e un corpo avvenente, ma dalla nascita è costretta nella mente di una bambina. Soffre anche di una forma di ninfomania che obbliga il padre Amanzio a tenerla chiusa in casa. Nonostante le attenzioni del padre, però, Donatella improvvisamente scompare. Duca Lamberti dovrà così immergersi in una Milano noir e spietata, dove sfruttatori e vittime vivono fianco a fianco, in stanze d’albergo che hanno le porte sempre aperte per il prossimo cliente. Una nuova indagine di Duca Lamberti.

Il maresciallo Bonanno indaga su un’imprevedibile omicidio avvenuto in un antico castello, set cinematografico di un film in corso di produzione... Per sfuggire al caldo estivo, Bonanno quest’anno ha pianificato una lunga vacanza a Siculiana, assieme alla fidanzata e a sua figlia. L’arrivo di una troupe al castello di Villabosco, tuttavia, rovina tutti i suoi piani. L’incombere di una mano assassina – che fa strage fra i membri della troupe cinematografica – riporta poi a galla antiche leggende medievali.

After pleading guilty to a series of homicides, Esau Till sits on death row, writing his life story. But his memoir is his one last chance to protect his brother. And, when it comes to his baby brother, Esau Till is a man without boundaries. When the genetic cards were dealt, Esau drew a genius IQ - and a crippled body. His brother Tory drew a slow mind - and almost superhuman strength. Very early on, Esau learned that the only way to guarantee his brother's safety was to make himself indispensable, so he became the top hired killer for both rival local mobs.

While in the Everglades promoting both a fishing tournament and a concert to save the Everglades, country music icon Wally Norwood finds a dead body and a metric ton of pot and is immediately arrested for possession. Wally hires ex-DEA agent turned private investigator Sam Decker to clear his name and find out who framed him. As Decker begins to weed his way through the case, he begins to understand that there are a lot of suspects, including the very sheriff's department that made the initial arrest.

En död kvinna hittas vid Örnsköldsvik konsthall och den pensionerade kriminalinspektören Christian Modig rings in mitt under surströmmingspremiären. Märkliga sammanträffanden tyder på att den döda kvinnan har kopplingar till den världskända konstnären Zeta, mystiskt försvunnen sedan två år. Samtidigt förbereds en stor retrospektiv utställning av hennes verk på konsthallen, trots att den excentriska Zeta fortfarande saknas. Istället för en snabb lösning på fallet verkar allt bara trassla till sig och Modig saknar sin forna kollega Kajsa Nordin, på solsemester i Spanien med sin flickvän Sam. Så...

En oväntad julklapp har gjort privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone misstänksam. Från ingenstans har hon med ens blivit femtusen dollar rikare. Men vem är det egentligen som har satt in pengarna på hennes bankkonto? Mysteriet tätnar då hon plötsligt står anklagad för att ha anlagt en mordbrand på beställning.

Vissa människor förtjänar att straffas, andra förtjänar att dö. Nora Feller har genomskådat det mörka spelet bakom Sektion M och vill aldrig mer ha med dem att göra. Istället har hon börjat en ny polistjänst på enheten för grova brott i Halmstad. Det som först ser ut som ett enkelt spaningsjobb mot en narkotikakurir visar sig vara början på en chockerande härva av förnedring och bestialiskt beteende. Utredningen tar fart på allvar när en villa i det fashionabla området Frösakull exploderar.

When her baby sister shows up on Scorpion Cay, Police Chief Monica Sinclair is initially pleased. Until she finds out that her sister is on the run from a drug deal gone bad in Columbia. Monica knows she needs unofficial help if she wants to keep her little sister alive and out of jail. Monica does the only thing she can and enlists the help of her former lover, Ex-DEA agent turned Private Investigator Sam Decker to help her sister out of her deadly fix.

Gary Phillips' Nate Hollis leaps from the comics to his first complete prose collection. Authors Juliet Blackwell, Bobby Nash, Aaron Philip Clark, and Derrick Ferguson join Phillips to create six double barreled tales of mystery and action. The streets are mean, but they don't hold a stick of dynamite to Hollis, P.I. From creator Gary Phillips and Pro Se Productions.

"Løgn i din hals" er en krimi i den populære serie med efterforskerne Anita Hvid og Thor Belling. En kvinde i Aarhus modtager et opkald om, at hendes søn er blevet alvorligt kvæstet i en ulykke. Opkaldet viser sig at være falsk. Kort efter modtager en mand i byen et lignende opkald, som får fatale følger. Også dette opkald er falsk, og så bliver Anita Hvid involveret i sagen. Hvem spreder frygt og død ved at lyve så overbevisende? Er der tale om umotiverede, tilfældige chikanerier, eller er hensigten mere dyster?