Private Investigators

When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide....

Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had got there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day....

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....

Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labour-management relations to the more domestic kind.

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

In the Scottish Highlands where secrets settle like mist in the glens, Detective Inspector James Corstorphine is summoned to a macabre scene–a gamekeeper hanging from an ancient oak, ensnared by an intricate trap of wire and bone.

Sami Kierce, a young American backpacker, wakes up. He is covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of a woman. Anna. Dead. He doesn’t know what happened to her. He begins to scream.

A missing scientist and deep pockets pull Colonel Carl Butler out of retirement, investigating another mystery that puts him and his team - and the future of relations with alien species - in danger in Colonyside, the exciting follow-up to Planetside and Spaceside....

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....

An eighty-year-old man is found murdered in his home. His age and standing in the community makes finding his killer difficult.

Professional killers are carrying out hits for the Iranian government across the European continent, hitting targets amongst the wealthiest and most privileged. After a slew of murders in London, MI5 decide that enough is enough: they are going to have to hit back at the hitmen for hire.

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.

An old friend's sister disappears without a trace. There's no sign of foul play, but she'd been acting very peculiarly. Meanwhile, Liz's cousin, Christie, comes to stay. She takes an immediate - and uncharacteristic - dislike to the local bookshop owner, Gina....

Passion, deception, an unexplained death and a detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the second in the best-selling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne....

When a killer vampire threatens to destroy head of Special Investigations Karrin Murphy's reputation, unless Harry delivers the powerful Word of Kemmler to her, he has no choice.....

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett is deep in the forest near Battle Mountain: shotgun in his left hand, his truck’s steering wheel handcuffed to his right – and Lamar Gardiner’s arrow-riddled corpse splayed against the tree in front of him.

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.

Disgraced ex-cop Robert Hoon has crossed the wrong people for the last time. Having struck a humiliating blow against the criminal network known as the Loop, Hoon has been targeted by the Alphas, an elite squad of assassins who will not stop until he is dead....

When Willow Brown was seven, she had her first vision. Her death played out like a movie. Her second vision came along shortly after that, when she predicted her father’s cancer diagnosis. Her mother always wanted her to hide her gift away. That’s what she called it, a gift....

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, takes on a case as a favor to his friend Thomas, only to become the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders.....

One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it's leaked to the press.

Deep inside Wyoming, in the dead of winter, CIA Agent Alex Shepard is desperate. A few days ago, he sent an undercover agent to the Red Rain Indian Reservation to investigate an unthinkable terrorist plot....

Three Doors to Death is an engaging collection of three Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout, each offering a thrilling mystery that highlights the skills of...

One small handwritten letter, sent from a dark, remote corner of the planet and lost in the system for 60 years, is about to change the entire human race....

Gil and Max are hired by a high-ranking politician to find a kidnapped little girl. But things take a deadly twist when the kidnapper turns out to be an assassin for a sect of the notorious Bloods street gang....

Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labour-management relations to the more domestic kind. Hicks McTaggart, a one-time strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks he's found job security until he gets sent out on what should be a routine case, locating and bringing back the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune who's taken a mind to go wandering.

Josie, nicknamed the Maneater, is part of an elite group of private investigators who use their beauty, brains, and society's habit of underestimating women to get the intel they need to solve crime and investigate for clients. Her particular strength is in her ability to seduce men and convince them to tell her whatever she wants to hear. She often goes on dates with high-profile men to find out what she needs to know, be it cheating, embezzlement, or the sharing of trade secrets.

Shannon Wells is a private investigator who helps women with nowhere else to go. Last year, a woman named Faith Selby came to Shannon with a strange request: Find out who I really am. Shannon soon discovered that Faith was hiding a whole other life, but was unable to penetrate the web of mystery the woman had built around her past. Now Faith is dead. The only clue to who she was and why she was murdered is an old photograph of a little girl in the rain outside a Midwestern motel.

As a teen, Olive Sterling's entire family was murdered, leaving her alone and desperate for answers. She's learned to compartmentalize her loss and trust no one. Now she lives in the shadows, working as an undercover investigator for an elite private security firm. Her latest assignment seems straightforward: Identify a corporate mole who plans to sell dangerous classified technology to foreign operatives. When Olive runs into Jason Stewart—the only man she's ever loved—at her target company, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble.

Robert Langdon, el célebre profesor de simbología, viaja a Praga para asistir a una conferencia revolucionaria impartida por Katherine Solomon, una brillante científica noética con quien ha iniciado una relación. Katherine está a punto de publicar un libro cuyos asombrosos descubrimientos sobre la naturaleza de la conciencia humana prometen desafiar siglos de creencias consolidadas.

Tyson, dix-sept ans, semble être un adolescent normal : socialement maladroit, obsédé par les jeux vidéo et toujours affamé. Soudain très effrayée à l'idée que Tyson soit impliqué dans quelque chose de grave, elle contacte le détective privé Elvis Cole et lui demande de creuser. Les informations découvertes par Cole surprennent tout le monde. Tyson prend peur et s'enfuit. Et les meurtres commencent à s'enchaîner au cours d'une course-poursuite dans tout Los Angeles...

Trent Strong is back home in his northern Minnesota lake community after spending ten years working on a Chicago daily newspaper as an investigative journalist covering heinous crimes and traveling to war-torn countries. Sick of all the deaths, and content with returning to a slower pace, Trent buys the local weekly newspaper. But Trent is in town for only one week when an old friend asks him to investigate the Mammoth Paper Mill, which he suspects is polluting a small trout stream.

Plongez au cœur du mystère et de l'élégance victorienne avec Le Retour de Sherlock Holmes , le recueil de nouvelles qui signe le grand retour du plus célèbre des détectives. Après avoir été cru mort dans un ultime face-à-face avec le professeur Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes réapparaît dans ce cycle palpitant, pour le plus grand bonheur du docteur Watson – et des lecteurs du monde entier.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson begleiten Alice und Eddy nach Italien. Da das spektakulärste Pferderennen der Welt gerade in Siena stattfindet, lassen es sich Holmes und Watson natürlich nicht nehmen, selbst am Renngeschehen teilzunehmen und die Reiter anzufeuern. Doch das Rennen erweist seinem Ruf alle Ehre. Einer der Jockeys erleidet einen tödlichen Unfall. Als Holmes und Watson den Verunglückten allerdings zu Gesicht bekommen, könnten sie nicht überraschter sein. Gleich darauf beginnt Holmes mit seinen Ermittlungen.

Détective privée, Julia Stark a l’habitude des affaires étranges. Cependant, quand elle est approchée par le propriétaire d’une importante exploitation forestière, elle comprend que la partie ne sera pas facile. Au lendemain d’une réunion tendue au manoir familial, Per Gunther a découvert une photo dans son téléphone, qu’il n’a pas le souvenir d’avoir prise. Dessus, un homme nu, ensanglanté, avec un sac autour de la tête. Pourquoi cette photo macabre ? Per Gunther l’a-t-il prise lui-même sans aucun souvenir de l’événement ? Ou est-ce qu’un tiers lui tend un piège ?

An Advent Calendar of Twelve All New Sherlock Holmes Adventures Sherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas is a collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories to be listened to over the holiday season (i.e. from December 1st to December 26th). Each story is divided into two sections. The first day provides the case to the listener. The second day provides the ending. You get to think like Sherlock Holmes and see if you can solve the case before listening to the thrilling conclusion.

Adam Newcommer is missing. In the idealistic town of Marshport, Ohio, the eleven-year-old has seemingly vanished from his friend's house in the deep of the night. While his parents question who they can trust and struggle to remain hopeful, the town's sheriff and a young private investigator look into the mysterious disappearance. The deeper they dig, the more they fight against small-town secrets and local superstitions as they search for Adam to bring him back home.

When Helen Davenport is found strangled in her fashionable London flat, the discovery shocks even those who thought they knew her best. Glamorous, charming, and with just enough scandal in her past to raise eyebrows, Helen had always walked a dangerous line between admiration and envy. But who hated her enough to kill?

Im ersten Teil der Reihe, der den Auftakt eines kuriosen Falls größter Tragweite für das Empire darstellt, ist Dr. Watson, Holmes' treuer Gefährte, größter Gefahr ausgesetzt...

Paris, 1938: Hierher hat sich die begabte junge Malerin und reiche Erbin Juliette Willoughby vor ihrer Familie geflüchtet, zusammen mit ihrem 20 Jahre älteren verheirateten Geliebten. Als beide bei einem Brand ums Leben kommen, verbrennt auch Juliettes Meisterwerk, das surrealistische Gemälde Selbstporträt als Sphinx. Cambridge, 1991: Die Kunst-Studenten Caroline und Patrick stoßen auf Hinweise, dass Juliettes Tod kein Unfall war, und kommen sich dabei näher. Dubai, heute: Patrick, mittlerweile Kunsthändler wie sein Vater, fädelt ein sensationelles Geschäft ein.

В 1988 году в одном из неблагополучных районов Лондона исчезла школьница Джейни Маклин. Спустя тридцать лет к частному детективу Кейт Маршалл обращается продюсер подкаста о настоящих преступлениях с вопросом: а что, если Джейни убил Питер Конвей, известный каннибал? Кейт Маршалл и ее помощник Тристан берутся за дело, скрепя сердце. Куда приведет их расследование и какие давно забытые тайны им придется раскрыть в поисках истины.

В уединённом английском поместье совершается загадочное убийство: мужчина погибает от выстрела в запертой комнате, а рядом — лишь изогнутая верёвочная петля. Гениальный сыщик доктор Фелл берётся за дело, чтобы разгадать одну из самых изощрённых "невозможных загадок".

Es war einmal ein Hufschmied namens Jack Oldfield. Dieser galt als besonders geizig und trunksüchtig. In der Nacht auf Allerheiligen erschien ihm in einem Wirtshaus der Teufel persönlich und wollte seine Seele holen. Doch Jack verhandelte noch einen allerletzten Trunk. Da der Teufel kein Geld bei sich hatte, verwandelte er sich selbst in eine Münze, um den Trunk zu bezahlen. Jack steckte diese Münze schnell in seine Börse, in der sich ein silbernes, kleines Kreuz befand und sich der Teufel somit nicht zurück verwandeln konnte.

Von Southampton nach New York: Kaum haben sich der berühmte Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes und sein medizinisches Pendant Doktor Watson die Wunden ihres letzten Falles versorgt, wartet schon das nächste Abenteuer auf die beiden. Was eigentlich als Erholung mitten auf dem offenen Atlantik gedacht war, verläuft für Holmes und Watson wie eine 'Arbeitsreise' mit viel Aufklärungsarbeit. Zwei Meister der Kriminalgeschichte auf hoher See Richtung Amerika.

Tatiana Petrovna, coraggiosa giornalista d'inchiesta, ha lasciato Mosca per dedicarsi a un misterioso incarico. Arkady Renko, leggendario investigatore e suo amante, sa che deve preoccuparsi, perché conosce troppo bene i nemici della donna e quello che sono disposti a fare per tenerla buona. Renko inizia quindi un lungo e pericoloso viaggio in Siberia per trovare Tatiana.

Bei Maska, dem archäologischen Ermittler aus Schwerin, ist das Geld knapp. Dann schiebt eine aluminiumblonde Braut ihren Vater in sein Büro, ihre Freunde werden umgebracht, aber die Polizei will davon nichts wissen. Mit seinem Doktor in angewandter Kryptozoologie kann nur er diesen Fall lösen, der ihn und den letzten Kobold Mecklenburgs zu den Bigfoots, Vampiren, Zwergen und Werwölfen des Landes führt. Kann Maska die Mordserie stoppen, bevor die blonde Puppe auch kalt gemacht wird? Und warum bedrängt ihn eine rothaarige Schönheit mit Sätzen aus drei Wörtern?

When the bodies of several sex workers begin popping up across New York City, Special Agent Jerrod Shelby of the FBI reluctantly requests the under the table help of Bruce Westman, a Purple Heart Iraqi War Veteran turned private investigator. After cracking the Waterway Killer case in Connecticut, impressing Agent Shelby with his unique ability to literally enter the killer’s mind, Bruce is ready to take on another killer. Now the two of them are chasing a madman who likes to display his victims as if they were praying, pinning them to the ground like bugs under glass.

Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Beginning in the 1880s and into the 20th century, Holmes consistently held his status as the world's most brilliant and successful detective. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson's accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.

Sherlock Holmes is hired by an impresario named Harvey Barker to find his missing wife, Bian. Holmes investigates the circus scene and stumbles upon a case involving a tattoo. The case is gruesome and bizarre, and Holmes and Watson must track down an unscrupulous collector.

Quiet, gentle, young Faustina Crayle is dismissed from her teaching position at Brereton School for Girls after just a few weeks. She is given no explanation, but it’s clear certain staff and pupils fear her. Her friend and fellow teacher Gisela contacts psychologist and sleuth Dr Basil Willing who offers to investigate these outlandish claims. But this only confirms two damning facts – first, that this happened at a previous school and, second, people believe there are two sides to enigmatic Faustina.