In the heat of a French summer, Captain Paul Darac of the Nice Brigade Criminelle is called to a highly sensitive crime scene.A man has been murdered in the midst of a prayer group, but no one saw how it was done. And the more Darac and his team learn about the victim, the longer their list of suspects grows.Darac's hunt for the murderer will uncover a desire for revenge years in the making, and put the life of one of his own at risk... Views: 54
Short stories by Agatha Christie have been published in many collections, lots of them duplicating each other. For example, The Harlequin Tea Set contains almost all the same stories as While the Light Lasts. But a little sorting out has revealed that there are just 15 collections comprising ALL short stories by Agatha Christie without any omission or duplicating. Views: 54
After a fatal firebombing, gangsters hire Ivan Monk to prove them innocent The Cruzado family wakes in the middle of the night, their lungs burning with smoke. Staggering out of bed, the father tries to rally his family to escape their house. When his daughter and mother don't make it onto the lawn, he goes back in for them, never to return. This small housing development bungalow was supposed to be a new start for the Cruzados. Instead it became a tomb. The logical culprits are the Ra-Falcons, a street gang that holds sway over the Cruzados' neighborhood. Only gangsters could be twisted enough, the police think, to toss a Molotov cocktail into a little girl's bedroom. But when the gang's leader hires private eye Ivan Monk to prove the Ra-Falcons' innocence, Monk unearths a conspiracy far more sadistic than any violent gang. Views: 54
A stunning crime novel featuring an original pair of detectives in the northern English borderlands. Mixed-race DI Joni Pax, a London homicide detective traumatised by a raid that went wrong, has transferred to the newly formed Police Force of North East England. Her boss, DCI Hector 'Heck' Rutherford, is recently back at work after being stabbed in the line of duty. Between them, they are responsible for major crime in rural Northumberland and County Durham. Joni, daughter of a black American and a white hippy, is a loner, struggling to regain her self-confidence. Heck is happily married, but his wound has left him fearful. Based in Corham, a town with Roman, medieval and industrial heritage, Pax and Rutherford investigate a murder at a brothel run by the Albanian mafia.In a series of breathtaking plot twists, the author demonstrates the corruption that underpins the beautiful northern English countryside, as well as hinting at a mysterious world beyond the horizon. Carnal... Views: 54
DS Dave Slater is not a happy man. Caught in a tug-of-war between the Serious Crime Unit, who have blamed him for their latest fiasco, and his boss DCI Bob Murray who’s fighting to save Slater’s career, he’s had enough of sitting at home twiddling his thumbs.Then Bob Murray is handed a case that needs to be investigated discreetly without too many others knowing what’s going on. Who better to investigate such a case than an officer who’s supposedly suspended? However, at first glance, Slater is not impressed with the idea of re-investigating an old missing person case. But when an unexpected visitor tells Slater he just might find the very people who’ve put him in his current situation are also involved in his missing person case, he begins to feel that maybe he should take a closer look. Then, when someone tried to push him under a London bus, he knows for sure he’s onto something big!Working with new partner Norman Norman, another SCU scapegoat, they soon find their missing person isn’t quite the dull, boring person they first thought she was, and pretty soon they begin to unravel a tangled web of corruption, blackmail, deception, and ultimately a very clever murder. But with suspects seeming to come to their attention at every turn, can Slater and Norman work out who really is the killer! Views: 54
An ex-cop looking for redemption...an American man and an Irish lass interwined in love and violence...a cop with a conscience that he doesn't always listen to...a retired cop looking to repair a broken relationship with his drug-addicted son...a Yankee cop in the West Texas...these are the characters you'll meet and explore in No Good Deed. Written by the author of the River City crime novels. Views: 54
A SUSPICIOUS FALLNineteen-year-old Shazia Johar has everything to live for. But when she is found critically injured after plunging from a hotel balcony, DI Robyn Bailley must determine why she fell. Was Shazia pushed or did she jump?A BROKEN WOMANWhen Robyn's team investigate the events that led to Shazia's fall, they discover evidence of violence in the hotel room. What happened and who is responsible?A DEATHAs Shazia's life hangs in the balance, Robyn's team discover the body of another hotel guest. With uncertainty and falsehood disturbing both investigations, Robyn must navigate the web of lies under continued criticism of her new identity from her ex-wife and her daughter. Views: 54
In science fiction, nothing says sensawunda like a Big Dumb Object—a colossal, extremely powerful machine of unknown purpose and origin. It's that feeling that editor Jonathan Strahan was after when he asked six of today's finest authors to write for Godlike Machines. And they succeed brilliantly! • "Troika" Alastair Reynolds unlocks the secrets inside an alien spaceship—secrets that could change the world…if only a repressive regime would believe its last surviving explorer.• Stephen Baxter "Return to Titan" sends wormhole builders to Titan, but what they discover there may fuel their wildest dreams…or destroy them.• Cory Doctorow "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" turns the idea of godlike machines on its head with replicating machines that turn cities back into wilderness.• Sean Williams "A Glimpse of the Marvelous Structure" leads a spacer agent through a subterranean Structure…and into space-time itself.• Robert Reed—in "Alone " a story about the ancient, Jupiter-sized Great Ship—looks at a strange passenger who has been onboard far longer than seems possible.• Greg Egan "Hot Rock" gives us an alien technology only he could imagine—a wandering world that's inexplicably warm enough to support life.Made from the pure stuff of SF, these unique, all-new adventures are nothing less than awesome! Views: 54
