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Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"February, 1929. Clockmaker Abraham Levy's young nephew has vanished. He was last seen boarding a train on his way to see his fiancee, and with no sign of foul play, the suspicion is that he may have got cold feet about his upcoming nuptials and alighted at an earlier stop. The police seem to think so, but Abraham isn't convinced. Feeling he has no other option, Abraham makes an unexpected visit to DCI Henry Johnstone to appeal for his help. Despite...
3122) Always
Author
Series
Aud Torvingen mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
3123) The lord of death
Author
Series
Shan Tao Yun mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Chinese minister of tourism has been assassinated on the slope of Everest. Shan, a former investigator from Beijing, must solve the mystery of the assassination to save the accused man, the only person who can help his imprisoned son.
Author
Series
Bow Street bachelors volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bow Street agent Sebastien Wolff, Earl of Mowbray, doesn't believe in love--until a passionate kiss with a beautiful stranger in a brothel forces him to reconsider. When the mysterious woman is linked to an intrigue involving a missing Russian princess, however, Seb realizes her air of innocence was too good to be true. Princess Anastasia Denisova has been hiding in London as plain 'Anna Brown'. With a dangerous traitor hot on her trail, her best...
3126) Gente ansiosa
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Language
Español
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Description
"Visitar un apartamento en venta no es una situacion de vida o muerte. A menos que sea la vispera de Nochevieja, vivas en una pequena ciudad en Suecia y alguien haya tenido la peor idea de su vida y decidido atracar un banco que no maneja efectivo. Entonces, si lo es. Porque, cuando alguien es asi de idiota, es inevitable que no sepa como huir y termine en un apartamento en venta tomando rehenes sin querer. Pero puedes confiar en la policia. A menos...
Author
Series
Yashim Togalu mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Yashim must search for a Polish prince who has been taken hostage by an Italian revolutionary cell.
3129) The bright silver star
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Mitch Berger has been accepted at least on the surface by some of the posh families in the small enclave to which he's moved - even his open affair with the beautiful black policewoman is looked upon peaceably. But when a member of the small group of men who gather for early-morning walks is found dead, the subsequent investigation, involving both Mitch and Desiree, opens a very large container of personal evil that has no place in any society."--...
3130) Seven for a secret
Author
Series
Gods of Gotham volume 2
Publisher
Amy Einhorn Books, published by G.P. Putnams Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In 1846 New York, six months after the formation of the NYPD, officer Timothy Wilde investigates a ring of "blackbirders" who kidnap free people of color in the North and sell them to Southern plantations.
3132) Run the risk
Author
Series
Love undercover volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin HQN
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When Detective Logan Riske goes undercover to find Pepper Yates, a potential link to his best friend's unsolved murder, he vows to gain her cooperation by any means necessary. But the elusive beauty is more suspicious - and in far more danger -- than he expected. And the last thing Logan needs is to start caring for her. Pepper has spent years dodging the corrupt club owner who will stop at nothing to keep her silenced. She can trust no one, not even...
Author
Series
Joe Swallow mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling, beautifully written mystery debut that brings 1880s Dublin vividly, passionately to life, from the former editor of The Irish Times. This captivating, expertly crafted mystery debut captures the life and essence of Victorian Dublin and draws the reader on a gripping journey of murder and intrigue. In the 1880s the Dublin Metropolitan Police classified crime in two distinct classes. Political crimes were classed as "special," whereas...
3135) Detroit
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
3136) Hyde: a novel
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Victorian Edinburgh. Captain Edward Henry Hyde is chief detective for the City of Edinburgh Police; as such, he is responsible for investigating all murders and serious crimes in the city. Hyde is a striking but severe-looking man who provokes unease, and often fear, in those who encounter him. Nevertheless, Edward Hyde is truly a good man … though he wrestles fiercely with his own unique demons. When Hyde finds himself at the scene of a heinous...
3137) Skiptrace
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Follow detective Benny Chan, in this action-packed comedy, as he tries to avenge the death of his late partner. Freewheeling American gambler Connor has the evidence Benny needs in order to get justice. Benny and Connor must survive the fight of their lives!
3138) Raising Arizona
Language
English
Formats
Description
An ex-convict with a taste for convenience store robberies and a police officer decide to get married and start a family. To their dismay, they discover that they can neither have, nor adopt children. Desperate, they resort to kidnapping one of the newborn quintuplets of the wealthy Arizona family. However, their attempt at family life is complicated by co-workers, two fugitives, and a mysterious bounty hunter.
3139) Points of danger
Author
Series
Publisher
Allison & Busby Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
1861, East Anglia. Alone in a first-class carriage, the Swarbricks are robbed at gunpoint, but when the universally-admired Swarbrick fights back, the train robber takes more than money and jewellery, killing the man working to unify East Anglia's tangle of railway networks. Inspector Colbeck is brought in from London, as the only detective in Britain with enough expertise for the job. But as Swarbrick's glowing reputation begins to crumble, the line...
3140) Orders to kill
Author
Series
Home front detective mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"December 1917. Ada Hobbes has cleaned for Dr Tindall for many years and begins this frosty morning like any other day. But it turns out the house is not empty after all. The blood-covered George Tindall is sprawled across the floor. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy arrive to a horrific scene. Someone enjoyed killing Tindall, without a doubt. Their investigation takes them out of London and on the trail of three different...
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