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The Six-Chambered Heart, book 1 in An American Crime Trilogy, follows Maddock, a Denver private investigator returning from Chicago where he has meted out revenge for the killing of his buddy Charlie by a powerful crime family.
'the Semper Fi', book 2 in 'An American Crime Trilogy', finds the protagonist Maddock hurriedly leaving Denver, on his way south, eventually to Florida, after putting in motion the elements of a scheme designed to ensnare...
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Detective Inspector Silas Quinn investigates one of the strangest cases of his career...
London, 1914. Called out to investigate the murder of an employee of the House of Brackley, an upmarket Kensington department store, Silas finds himself investigating one of the most bizarre cases of his career. For the chief murder suspect is a monkey.
One of the store's fashion models has been found dead on her bed, strangled with a red silk scarf. The room...
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Krimi von Pete Hackett
Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 124 Taschenbuchseiten.
Nachdem Mark Mossman zehn Jahre im Gefängnis verbracht hat, will er Rache. Der Wissenschaftler hatte seine Forschungen in Bezug auf Anthrax an Terroristen verkaufen wollen, war aber durch eine Zeugenaussage aufgeflogen. Nun hat er den FBI-Agent Milo Tucker in seine Gewalt gebracht und bedroht darüber hinaus ganz New York, wenn seine Forderungen nicht erfüllt werden....
4) Bad Luck
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A celebrity real estate tycoon wants to open the biggest casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey-the only problem being that he still owes millions to the mob, and he's not quite as rich as he seems to be . . . As FBI agents Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons investigate, the story soon involves an oversexed trophy wife, a Mafia boss who pretends to be a mental patient, his sister (the nun), a championship prizefight, and Gibbons's reluctant wedding preparations,...
5) Underground
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Reissue of the first book from the British crime writer whom Ian Rankin would later call 'The Godfather of British Noir'.The hero of this tense thriller has been lying low in the urban decay of south-east London, waiting to be called on for his 'job'. Now his enemies have smoked him out and it is time for him to act. He says he'll stop at nothing - and he means it. Is he a crook or a terrorist? What is he about to do? 'Britain seen through a gun-sight,'...
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It is Senior Sergeant Gordon 'Laney' Lane's last day at work before retirement. He has had a full life of watching changes occur with not only the police department, but in his life; not all of which are good. He is walking the beat he used to walk, back in the day when cops used to 'walk the beat,' in the rain, remembering his life to that point.'Laney' has an appointment. An appointment which, to him, will right a wrong; a serious wrong. He will...
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Ein Krimi aus Brandenburg
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von Peter Wilkening
Ein Mord am Lehnitzsee in der kleinen Kreisstadt Oranienburg schreckt die Bevölkerung auf. Als dann noch der zweite und dritte Mord passieren, greift Panik um sich! Gelingt es den Protagonisten Kriminalhauptkommissar Werner Winter, Kriminalkommissarin Martha Hoffmann und dem Schriftsteller Friedrich Wilhelming, die Situation in den Griff zu bekommen und den Mörder zu überführen?
Peter Wilkening...
8) Dead Drop
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Jack Salvo teaches philosophy one night a week at a community college, but he pays his bills by working as an L.A. private detective. A wealthy woman hires him to find her wayward daughter Lillie, who has been missing for a week. Salvo figures the girl is probably hiding out with her friends. All he has to do is interview the friends, bust their stories, and deduce the missing brat's location. Salvo soon learns that her "friends" are somewhat parasitical....
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Ein Gangsterboss wird vor Gericht freigesprochen, weil Beweismittel auf ungesetzliche Weise beschafft wurden und sich außerdem Zeugen plötzlich nicht mehr erinnern können. Noch auf den Stufen des Gerichtsgebäudes trifft ihn die Kugel eines Killers und für die Ermittler beginnt die Jagd nach dem Mörder. Denn dieses Attentat ist nur der Beginn einer Welle der Gewalt...
Ein Action Thriller von Henry Rohmer (Alfred Bekker)
Henry Rohmer ist das...
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Jade Mendoza's sister, Ezmé, has gone missing in Puerto Vallarta, México, and Jade hits the ground running. But the hunt for her sister is complicated by a bull-headed lieutenant and a stubborn Federale. When each man reignites a long dormant flame of desire, she's surprised, then frustrated. And, against her better judgement, Jade accepts assistance from an unexpected source.
Agente Eladio Ortiz requests DEA Agent Mendoza be allowed to join...
11) Narcopiso
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El Pirri pasa la mayoría de su tiempo en el bar del Julito, un ecosistema en el que el mismísimo Bukowski no habría desentonado, haciendo crucigramas y leyendo novelas negras que le proporciona su amigo el Cortecín, con el que mantiene una extraña amistad que se remonta a la infancia, y que terminó de bibliotecario y experto del género. En el antro también conviven el Perla, que trata de explicarle los misterios de la vida a su compinche el...
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First, there was one dead boy and one missing teenage girl...then there was another...and another. Private Detectives Emily Fox and Michael Logan dig throughthe small town of Windsor in a race to return its loved ones.The single-mother detective, and her war-torn partner, hunt for the murderous kidnapperwho is stalking the formerly peaceful town.Evidence was left behind at the first scene, and an eyewitnesssaw just enough to get them started,but no...
13) The Short List
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A Bricks & Cam Job #2When Bricks and Cam strike out on their own in the aftermath of their bloody showdown with the Giordano family, not everything goes as planned. Boring, straight jobs aren't satisfying, and their first successful solo hit is a messy one. Worse yet, someone has revenge on their mind. Before they know what is happening, Cam is kidnapped and Bricks is attacked by an old enemy.Cam uses his wits as he struggles to escape his captors...
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"When beauty's the prizeWhat mortal fears dying?"Tim Hawk plans his assassinations well, rehearsing them with cool detachment, and his professionalism makes him a rising star in Kazan's gang. Hawk's only other interest, an unexpected love for baroque opera, is kept concealed. When Kazan returns with his beautiful bride-to-be, Hawk presents the pair with a macabre wedding present. Other guests are shocked, but Kazan and Irena are intrigued. Then Kazan,...
15) Count Me Out
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South-east London gangland meets the alternative lifestyle of a travelling fair. Jet Heywood is a fairground boxer past his prime who, after a street brawl, finds himself nursing a head wound. His brother Scott has long wanted out of his dead-end life as a security van driver. When his van disappears with a two million pound payload Jet doesn't know whether Scott was victim or thief. But Scott's old gang knows – and they reckon Jet knows where he...
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With Harris Bishop's daughter needing more treatment for cancer, it falls on Detective Nathan Price to lead the case of the Retirement Killer. Nathan while facing his own demons attempts to track down the killer of elderly members in various retirement homes. The cause of death is all the same, an insulin overdose. Who the murderer is, shocks everyone. On The HuntBook One: On The HuntBook Two: Always WatchingBook Three: Retirement Killer
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Cuando Florián Falomir descubre el cadáver de una muchacha en una playa de Cádiz, no puede imaginar hasta dónde le conducirá este caso.
La muerte de la chica estará relacionada con una baraja de plata dorada que perteneció a los Borbones. Concretamente, a Carlota de Borbón, primogénita de Carlos IV y hermana de Fernando VII. Dándose la circunstancia de que ese valiosísimo juego de naipes se acaba de subastar en una sala de Nueva York,...
18) Harbinger
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The Prequel to the Ania Series!Set on the sunny Gulf Coast of Florida, Harbinger centers around two lifelong friends and fishing charter boat partners, Boyd Tomlin and Hicks Ledoux. Boyd is the serious one who always makes sure things get done, and Hicks is the carefree one who always makes sure everyone has a good time.But times aren't so good. They are struggling to get charters, and bills are coming due. In desperate need of money, they consider...
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One man's search for his missing wife in a dystopian futuristic Helsinki that is struggling with ruthless climate change
It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling a ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are left burning in the streets; the authorities have issued warnings about malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola, and the plague. People are fleeing to the far north of Finland and Norway where conditions...
20) Slash and Grab
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In this gripping thriller, Howard University is shaken to its core when four vibrant coeds are brutally murdered in what looks like ritualistic fashion.Amidst all of the chaos, an unexpected clue emerges when a rare and valuable Babe Ruth baseball card appears to be missing, and in its place lies only a note that reads: A Babe for my Babe...As the question marks start popping up around every corner turned, seasoned Metropolitan Police Department Detective,...
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