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'Let me out! Please . . .' My tiny fists pound the door, but my voice reverberates off the stone walls and hangs in the air as if suspended by spider's webs. No one comes . . .<BR><BR> Years later, a woman is found face-down in a pool of blood. Detective Lottie Parker is called to the remote farmhouse in the bleak Irish countryside. Inside, she finds a scene that speaks of uncontrollable rage: glasses smashed, chairs ripped apart, the woman's body broken.<BR><BR> A black rain jacket makes Lottie think she knows the killer's identity, but then she finds a disturbing clue: is the murder linked to an old case at St Declan's asylum - a case investigated by her own father, just before he took his life?<BR><BR> When another victim is left without her tongue on the hospital steps, and a young girl goes missing, Lottie knows she has to act fast. Can she face her own demons and uncover the truth before another life is taken?<BR><BR>An absolutely gripping page-turner from the million-copy bestselling author of Irish Top 10 bestsellers, The Missing Ones and The Stolen Girls. If you love Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen and Helen Fields, you'll be completely hooked.

Agatha Christie's sensational mystery thriller set in her Devonshire homeland.On holiday in Cornwall, Poirot meets a pretty young woman with an unusual name, 'Nick' Buckley.Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat, the great detective decides the girl needs his protection. He also begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.

Wenige Wochen, nachdem er seinen ersten Fall übernommen hat, sieht sich Kommissar Uwe Jordan schon am Ende seiner Karriere. Zeugen wurden ermordet, Indizien vernichtet und Jochen Marburg, der Sohn eines der Opfer, verschwindet spurlos. Jordan wird suspendiert. Erst als sich die Staatsanwältin Mirjam Kaefer an ihn wendet und von Dossiers berichtet, die eine Verbindung zwischen der Loge 'Die Zitadelle des Lichts' und der Oldenburger Generalstaatsanwaltschaft belegen, beginnt Jordan erneut und auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln. Doch die Loge ist mächtig. Und so gerät er bald in ein Netz aus Korruption und organisierter Kriminalität. Er findet heraus, daß die Loge es auf eine Karte abgesehen hat, die sogenannte 'Steinerne Karte', die den Weg zum verschollenen letzten Teil des sagenumwobenen Templergeheimnisses weist. Marburg, der im Besitz dieser Karte ist, gerät zwischen die Fronten. Er flieht aus Oldenburg, um einem Auftragsmörder zu entkommen, der ihm die Karte abnehmen will. Doch sein eigentliches Ziel ist die Suche nach der jungen Frau, die er im 'Zirkus der Nacht' gesehen hat, einer Menagerie finsterer mittelalterlicher Typen. Der Hinweis auf einer sechzig Jahre alten Photographie führt ihn bis nach Flandern, wo er sich schließlich in einem bizarren, offenbar von Templern geführten, Sanatorium wiederfindet. Obgleich er bald schon her-ausfindet, daß sein Aufenthalt tödlich verlaufen wird, entscheidet er sich zu bleiben - denn auch die junge Frau lebt hier ...

'I KNOW IT WAS MURDER - PLEASE HELP ME PROVE IT!'The Duke of Chellingworth's beloved butler is grieving his brother's death...but was it a really a tragic accident, or was it - as the man's widow believes - murder? Mavis and the dowager Althea offer the services of the WISE Enquiries Agency to investigate, which puts one of their team in a dangerous situation. Meanwhile, Annie and Tudor are puzzled by a spate of petty thefts at their new pub, and Alexander must confront his largely secret past - possibly endangering his new persona and his relationship with Christine...who has a secret of her own. All this while Carol heads up a case involving an aged business tycoon who's desperate to find the Welsh farming family who took him in when he was evacuated from London during World War Two. It's July in Wales...however, there's no break in sight for our four softly poached PIs, who are not only facing challenging cases, but also juggling complicated personal lives.

Asnières-en-Montagne, charmant village de Bourgogne sans histoire... Sans histoire ? Vraiment ?Pourtant, entre le château de Rochefort et l'Abbaye du Puits d'Orbes dont les derniers vestiges finissent de se faire dévorer par la forêt, il s'en est passé des choses naguère. Si les pierres pouvaient parler, ce château en aurait des choses à raconter après neuf siècles d'existence : depuis sa naissance, sa grandeur, ses drames, le destin cruel de son abandon et tant de mystères oubliés...Jusqu'à ce roman policier un peu particulier : un crime parfait sans meurtre ni violence physique, une victime qui se bat discrètement pour retrouver la vie qu'on lui a volée, une vengeance silencieuse.

Un préside antipathique d'une association d'Anciens Combattants, retrouvé mort lors de l'inauguration d'un carré militaire, un Secrétaire d'Etat inquiet par ce fait divers à la veille de quitter ses fonctions et un maire, administrant un charmant village sous l'oeil vigilant de son dragon d'épouse. Mélangez le tout et offrez ce cocktail explosif à la colonelle de gendarmerie Julia Tradisi, chargée des enquêtes criminelles pour les Hauts de France. Conforme à sa réputation, ses méthodes lpour élucider ce crime incongru, laisseront des traces dans les esprits chagrins mais lui permettront de croiser la route d'une pléthore d'êtres humains plus soucieux du bonheur de leurs proches que de de recevoir de vaines reconnaissances honorifiques éphémères.

New York Times BestsellerAward-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan—first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues—becomes involved in a complicated investigation that will force her to question her loyalties. “Chilling, insightful, and edge-of-your seat exciting.”—USA TodayFor Tess Monaghan, the unsolved murder of a young federal prosecutor is nothing more than a theoretical problem, one of several cases to be deconstructed in her new gig as a consultant to the local newspaper. But it becomes all too tangible when her boyfriend, Crow, brings home a young street kid who’s a juvenile con artist and who doesn’t even realize he holds an important key to the sensational homicide. Tess agrees to protect the boy’s identity no matter what, especially when one of his friends is killed in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. But as she soon discovers, her ethical decision to protect him has dire consequences. And with federal agents determined to learn the boy’s name at any cost, Tess finds out just how far even official authorities will go to get what they want.It isn’t long before Tess finds herself facing felony charges. To make matters worse, Crow has gone into hiding with his young protégé. So Tess can’t deliver the kid to investigators even if she wants to. Now her only recourse is to get to the heart of the sordid and deadly affair while they're all still free...and still breathing.

In the tradition of Holmes pastiche, travel to Baker Street to finally hear the full stories of The Baron Maupertius, The Cutter Alicia, The Remarkable Disappearance of James Phillimore, The Red Leech, The Aluminium Crutch, The Abominable Wife, and The Mumbling Duellist: Isadora Persano. What is the connection between an impoverished dowager, an attempt on Mycroft's life, and Holmes' deadliest adversary? Can Holmes discover if a ship really disappeared in a patch of mist or if his client's father is insane? Who or what is the red leech?

Cicely Disappears is a 1927 mystery novel by the British writer Anthony Cox, written under the pen name of A. Monmouth Platts. Berkley used a variety of pseudonyms during his career, in this case based on two properties he was associated with in Watford. It was originally serialised in The Daily Mirror during 1926 under the title The Wintringham Mystery. The newspaper held a competition with prizes for those who could give the best answers about the mystery. One of the winners was Colonel Archie Christie, husband of the celebrated crime writer Agatha. Cox's first novel, The Layton Court Mystery, was published anonymously in 1925. It introduced Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective who features in many of the author's novels including the classic Poisoned Chocolates Case. In 1930, Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers.His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), Before the Fact was adapted into the 1941 classic film Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Trial and Error was turned into the unusual 1941 film Flight from Destiny starring Thomas Mitchell.

A rural Virginia community is torn by a battle to acquire a lakeside property. County medical examiner, Dr. Hardy, and Detective Duffer are swept into the dispute as they investigate mysterious crimes and deaths that emerge in the wake of the heated controversy. Could evil spirits be working against them as well while conservationists, a Native American tribe, a logging company and a solar power project compete for this "Forbidden Territory"?

A sparkling collection of three new Sherlock Holmes stories draw on details and hints from the pages of Conan Doyle's classic works. From the pen of the acclaimed Doctor John Watson readers are introduced to previously unsolved mysteries, as referenced in many of the original stories. The Dundas Separation Case, The Abernetty Mystery and The Adventure of The Reluctant Spirit.

Michel wächst in Kriegszeiten in schweren Verhältnissen auf.Er träumt davon, ein Held zu sein, macht aber eine bürgerliche Karriere und wird als Arzt erpresst. Er verwirklicht seine Kindheitsträume, schließt sich den entwurzelten Erpressern an und wird Vagabund. Er tingelt mit ihnen durch Länder, übersteht Gefahren und Abenteuer und findet erst als Mitvierziger zu sich und zu seinem Leben.

When Jill Madison returns to her hometown to become executive director of a new art center, she never would have dreamed unexpected secrets from the past would put her life in danger. When her parents' old friend, and Jill's mentor, Judge Ron Spivey, is murdered, he leaves behind more than a few secrets. His baffling will makes Jill a rich woman, if she survives the six-month probate period.She finds a target on her back when the judge's estranged children return and form an unholy alliance with a local muckraking journalist who specializes in making up news. According to the judge's will, if Jill dies, the family inherits.Jill and her best friend launch their own investigation, determined to find the judge's killer. In the meantime, Jill must run her first national juried exhibit, launch a new seniors' group, and move the weavers' guild into the art center. Her arch nemesis and art center board president, Ivan Truelove III, watches her every move, determined to remove her if she makes a mistake. And, in between finding dead bodies, Jill may also discover a bit of romance with a newly arrived doctor in town, if she can live to enjoy it.

Wenn Gier jede Vernunft tötet.Seit Wochen wird die 18 jährige Kölnerin Ayla vermisst.Kriminalkommissar Lasse Brandt vermutet, dass ein Ring illegaler Organhändler dahintersteckt, der aus Paris agiert. Doch es gibt zu wenig Beweise, die seine Theorie untermauern.Als in Mannheim die Leiche eines Franzosen mit arabischen Wurzeln gefunden wird, wittert Brandt eine heiße Spur. Er reist nach Paris, um der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen, denn mittlerweile meldet auch Mads Johannsen von der Ostseekriminalpolizei das Verschwinden zweier junger Frauen.Hat ein einflussreicher arabischer Clan aus Paris die Frauen entführt, um in das millionenschwere Geschäft mit dem Handel von Organen einzusteigen?Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt, denn auf einer Plattform im Darknet gehen die ersten Gebote für den Kauf von Organen ein ... Wird es Brandt mit der Hilfe von Mads und einem französischen Kollegen gelingen, die vermissten Frauen rechtzeitig zu finden?Mit mehr als 2 Millionen Lesern, gehört Salim Güler zu den beliebtesten Krimi-Autoren Deutschlands. Seine Bücher erreichen regelmäßig die vordersten Plätze in den Bestsellerlisten.Stimmen zu anderen Kriminalromanen von Salim Güler:'Die Protagonisten waren authentisch und man konnte alles gut nachvollziehen. Schade das die Krimis immer so schnell ausgelesen sind.' (Bettina Reitz)'Ich war nicht vorgewarnt.... Es ist der Knaller... Puuuuh das muss ich jetzt erst einmal verdauen.' (Heike Wagner)'Es war mein 1. Buch von Salim Güler und definitiv nicht mein Letztes. Es war schnell durchgelesen, die Spannung wurde durchgehend aufrecht erhalten.' (Sternchen)'Man merkt das Hr. Güler sehr sorgfältig recherchiert hat. Es entstehen Bilder im Kopf die man eigentlich nicht haben möchte. Es waren wieder einige schnelle spannende mitfiebernde Stunden, mit dem ganzen Geschehen. Verunsichert wer der wahre Mörder ist, dann als es soweit war, erstaunt, so nicht gedacht.' (Karmaribook)Alle Bücher von Salim Güler können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.

When an old Jesuit Mission House in Carthage, Ohio, is nominated for National Landmark status, the committee sends a private investigator to get to the bottom of the hostile letters they've received. Arriving in Carthage is Marian Warner, a New York PI whose life was dented by the bombing death-years ago-of her radical boyfriend. The only man with any staying power in her life is Charlie Levitan, the editor of the Carthage newspaper, whose relationship with her includes a long personal history. The day before Marian arrives, an older man nobody in town recognizes turns up dead in the Mission House.Soon Marian discovers that the identity of the murdered man implicates every key player in the fight over the fate of the Mission House. But for her, it gets personal when Charlie's lover, a local jazz singer, is found murdered on the property of a powerful landmark preservationist, Jack Girard. What connects the two deaths? Why is a key witness avoiding her? How can she discover the truth in a town where hostilities go public, but secrets are so closely guarded? When Marian finally unmasks a cunning killer, it's at the expense of the defenses it's taken her years to erect.

In Alice Springs one can reinvent oneself. This is exactly what Hank Jefferson needs. His wife, Bettina, disagrees. Hank settles in Alice Springs nevertheless and learns about the local art trade from Blue, a local Aboriginal man. Bettina's revenge does not work out the way she intended it to...The dark world of the art trade in Alice Springs is described in this novella. Although they are located a short distance from town now, the painting sheds still exist. Carpetbaggers are still roaming at dawn.

As Louis D. Rubin, Jr. noted in his introduction to the 1962 Torchbook edition, I'll Take My Stand has been "the center of constant controversy" (xxiii). At the forefront of both Southern Conservatism and Agrarianism, I'll Take My Stand-hereafter referred to as ITMS-has been "[r]idiculed, condemned, championed, everything except ignored" (Rubin, Jr. xxiii). While noted for its literary merits and rhetorical construction, the historical and, more importantly, philosophical merits of the volume have remained poorly examined. While Virginia Rock has effectively cataloged and categorized the critical reception history of ITMS-the complete document can be viewed in The Making and Meaning of I'll Take My Stand: A Study in Utopian Conservatism, 1925-1939-she fails to examine critically the critic's understanding of the volume. Her study ends where it should begin: that is, she examines the reception history, only to present the material in mere objective classifications. Thus, this examination extends Rock's by critically challenging the negative reviews of ITMS. It also seeks to examine the most consistently offered criticisms, in order to reveal the critical misunderstanding implicit in the volume's reception history. In doing so, readers will find that far from comprehensive or insightful, the negative critical reception of ITMS is instead misguided. Disregarding the philosophy of Agrarianism, critical reviews and analyses wrongly sought the answer in the volume's supposed economic and political considerations. Wanting charts, graphs and schematics, critics misconstrued the element upon which the volume should be considered: the Agrarian philosophy.

London, end of the century, the capital of the largest empire of the world: a sprawling city populated by millions of people. Yet not all that glitters is gold. Behind, or rather beneath the lights and extravagance, the theaters and music, and the crowds, there are enormous social contradictions slowly coming to light. The industrial slums, inhumane working conditions, widespread prostitution, massive exploitation of child labor, alcoholism, overcrowding, poverty, and hunger. Masses of destitute people struggling to survive, tuberculosis, crime, and moral hardships. Mary Watson was 27 years old when she met Watson, and she had always been a beacon to those in need, as her husband put it (TWIS: Folk who were in grief came to my wife like birds to a lighthouse.) Slowly, in her concern for others, she found herself battling abuse, injustice, and horrors. She fought with the tools she had, the examples before her: the unwavering integrity and courage of John Watson, the deductive prowess of Sherlock Holmes. She engaged with Catholics, socialists, the Salvation Army, trade unions, and anyone willing to do something to save a life, and she never held back. This is the chronicle of her adventures, as she left it in a series of recently discovered writings. Some tell us a couple of Watson's stories, but they present them through her eyes; of others, we had never known anything, and probably neither had Watson.

Once again, the five intrepid cousins - Paige, Perissa, Kadejah, Jhané and Deondrea - are back together on their summer break. When a letter arrives from Chief Inspector Barrette, Paige knows that this won't be an ordinary summer vacation... Mysterious breakdowns; missing people; treacherous terrain ... the five cousins will need all their cunning and skill to solve the mystery of Breakdown on Forrest Road. The thrill is on again.

When a careless and headstrong teenager manages to drop a suitcase into a small central-Ontario lake, her obsessive need to recover it is the initial element that unleashes a chain of stressful and ominous events. But worse, much worse, is to come.The lake holds a secret, and when that secret emerges, a past that is grim and violent rises up with it. Private Investigator Mark Whelan is called in early to assist in dealing with what is thought to be a short-term and manageable problem. But the nature and scope of the unfolding situation is soon revealed to be vast, lethal, complex, and seemingly impossible to comprehend. Ultimately, Whelan and his colleague Mike Jefferson are drawn into a web that involves multiple murders, drugs, a bounty hunter, and an airplane that seems to be in two places at the same time, all linked in a way that suggests a mastermind at work.Behind all the complexity is a story whose ultimate driver surprises everyone. Learn more about Keith Weaver on his website: keithrobertweaver.com.

Murder, not pleasure, greets Jude Dillane when she takes a vacation from her East Village restaurant and embarks on a luxurious Mediterranean cruise. On board, a horrific death shatters her dreams of a romantic getaway, and a reconnection with her college friend, Monica Delmar, entangles her in a baffling investigation that leads Jude into stormy seas.<BR>It's all hands on-deck as Jude helps to figure out who's responsible for turning this opulent voyage into a death trap. Are the theft of a valuable diamond ring and the discovery of a cryptic notebook related? Jude makes waves as she looks into everyone, from Monica's close friend, Chief Officer Damian Carstairs, to the ship's photographer, to a smarmy casino host, to discover who is responsible for the crimes, all while finding herself in deep water. Will the shocking revelations rock the boat and sink it forever?