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Dead Embers by Matt Brolly
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn explosive fire. A double murder. And that’s just the start…When DCI Michael Lambert is called out to an apparent house fire, he knows it can’t be routine. Instead he finds the remains of a burnt house, a traumatised child and two corpses - one of whom is a senior police officer.Lambert’s got other problems. Anti-corruption are onto his boss. His relationships is on the rocks... -
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Silent Trigger by B.J. Bourg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDays after Police Sniper London Carter resolves a hostage situation at a local business, Detective Sergeant Dawn Luke calls upon him to assist her with a mysterious death investigation. They end up facing numerous roadblocks in their quest for the truth, including an unidentified body, uncooperative witnesses, and a killer tornado... -
![Bury Them Deep: Inspector McLean Book 10 by James Oswald]()
Bury Them Deep: Inspector McLean Book 10 by James Oswald
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe tenth book in the Sunday Times-bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers When a member of the Police Scotland team fails to clock-in for work, concern for her whereabouts is immediate... and the discovery of her burnt-out car in remote woodland to the south of Edinburgh sets off a desperate search for the missing woman... -
![Dead and Buried: A Scottish Detective Mystery by John Carson]()
Dead and Buried: A Scottish Detective Mystery by John Carson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, the past is better left behind...Detective Chief Inspector Harry McNeil had found himself back in CID after a leave of absence saw his team disbanded. Now he's been temporarily assigned to an existing Major Investigation team, working alongside his old friend, Detective Inspector Frank Miller, after Miller's DCI dies suddenly.A body is found in the city centre, torn to pieces... -
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Silent Witness by Tom Watts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA thrilling debut novel from a real life forensic scientist. SILENT WITNESS. A shocking crime sends the Seattle Police Department searching for answers. Jack Peterson, a decorated Detective, has been shot and is clinging to life. His wife has been murdered. There seems to be more questions than answers as the department struggles to deal with the loss of one of their own... -
![Bună seara, Melania! by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu]()
Bună seara, Melania! by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRodica Ojog-Braşoveanu a publicat romane poliţiste, istorice şi alte povestiri. Maestră in arta suspansului, Rodica Ojog-Brasoveanu se arată o fină cunoscătoare a maștilor dincolo de care se ascund întotdeauna oamenii și în literatura, și în viata. Această carte o dovedește din plin.Despre "Ciclul Melaniei": Melania este cheia întregii serii, prin unicitatea ei... -
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![Career of Evil: by Robert Galbraith | Summary & Analysis by Key Point Breakdowns]()
Career of Evil: by Robert Galbraith | Summary & Analysis by Key Point Breakdowns
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLimited Time $2.99Regularly $3.99Having solved two high profile homicide investigations with the assistance of his sidekick Robin Ellacott, private investigator Cormoran Strike is recovering from his newfound popularity. He and Robin have finally managed to re-establish their usual work routine, when they receive an extremely unusual one that contains a severed leg from a female... -
![Jo Nesbø Collection 3 Books Set: The Redbreast, Nemesis, The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø]()
Jo Nesbø Collection 3 Books Set: The Redbreast, Nemesis, The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTitle In This SetThe SnowmanThe RedbreastThe Devil's StarThe SnowmanThe night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother's pink scarf... -
![Le ossa parlano by Antonio Manzini]()
Le ossa parlano by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMentre Rocco Schiavone affronta a Roma i suoi fantasmi con la sensazione che a quella città non abbia più niente da dire, ad Aosta nei boschi vicino Saint-Nicolas, vengono rinvenute alcune minuscole ossa umane. Sono di Mirko Sensini, un bimbo di 8 anni strangolato dopo aver subito violenza sessuale. Rocco stavolta dovrà scavare nel terreno più torbido della psicopatologia la pedofilia... -
![Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini]()
Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRocco Schiavone indaga sull’omicidio di una professoressa in pensione. E intanto l’ombra del passato si fa pressante: la pena per Sebastiano, l’amico fraterno che non ha mai smesso di dare la caccia a Enzo Baiocchi, che gli ha assassinato la moglie, lo rende inquieto e gli ruba il sonno... -
![Kill Alex Cross - Free Preview: The First 27 Chapters by James Patterson]()
Kill Alex Cross - Free Preview: The First 27 Chapters by James Patterson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDetective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the biggest case he's ever been part of. The President's son and daughter have been abducted from their school - an impossible crime, but somehow the kidnapper has done it. Alex does everything he can but is shunted to the fringes of the investigation. Someone powerful doesn't want Cross too close... -
![L'ultimo traghetto by Domingo Villar, Federico Zanandrea]()
L'ultimo traghetto by Domingo Villar, Federico Zanandrea
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMónica Andrade è sparita da qualche giorno, e il caso non meriterebbe particolari attenzioni se non si trattasse della figlia di un celebre cardiochirurgo con cui mezza città (incluso il commissario Soto, diretto superiore dell'ispettore Leo Caldas) pare sentirsi in debito... -
![The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko]()
The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the top American diplomat in Tokyo, Bernard Mattson, is killed, he leaves more than a lifetime of successful Japan-American negotiations. He leaves a missing manuscript, boxes of research, a lost keynote speech and a tangled web of relations... -
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![Murder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C. Murders / Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie]()
Murder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C. Murders / Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie
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![The Latch Man by John Dean]()
The Latch Man by John Dean
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNo one sees him come or go, but they all know he’s been...Doris Hornsby, the bed-bound matriarch of a notorious criminal family, calls in the police after she sees an intruder in her room. DCI Blizzard attends in person, bemused that a woman who has spent her life evading the law, now seeks its protection.Meeting the tough old bird, he senses a genuine fear... -
![The Secret Fear by Solomon Carter]()
The Secret Fear by Solomon Carter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDETECTIVE JOE HOGARTH IS CALLED TO A BRUTAL MURDER AT A TURKISH TAKEAWAY. THE TELL-TALE MARK OF A ONCE NOTORIOUS LONDON CRIME FAMILY IS FOUND ON THE VICTIM’S BODY. HOGARTH FEARS THE NEW CASE COULD OPEN A PANDORA'S BOX. BUT HE HAS NO CHOICE.HOGARTH MUST FIND THE KILLER AND TAKE ON THE DEADLIEST RISKSMurdered kebab shop owner Baba Sen was beloved by his clientele... -
![320 de pisici negre by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu]()
320 de pisici negre by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAl treilea roman din seria MELANIA LUPUEnglezul Ned Morton, parte dintr-o asociație a celor mai mari infractori europeni, vrea să-și facă ieșirea din scenă în glorie odată cu găsirea Fecioarei din Insula Grotelor, statuie din aur, în mărime naturală a Madonei. Pentru asta trebuie să ajungă la București și să scoată din închisoare o doamnă, singura lui pistă... -
![The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s by Otto Penzler]()
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s by Otto Penzler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled. Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train—a bullet couldn’t pass through it... -
![A Wild and Lonely Place by Marcia Muller]()
A Wild and Lonely Place by Marcia Muller
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA number of diplomats have been the target of a vicious bombing campaign. Sharon McCone agrees to help a security firm protect their client. Behind a wall of diplomatic immunity, McCone discovers a web of intrigue, corruption and murder... -
![Missing in Malmö by Torquil MacLeod]()
Missing in Malmö by Torquil MacLeod
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a British heir hunter fails to return home after a trip to Malmö, Inspector Anita Sundström doesn’t want to get entangled in a simple missing persons case. She shows a similar reluctance when her ex-husband begs her to find his girlfriend, who seems to have disappeared... -
![Dies irae by César Pérez Gellida]()
Dies irae by César Pérez Gellida
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDespués de Memento mori... ha llegado el día de la ira.La acción de este thriller implacable arranca en la peculiar ciudad italiana de Trieste, frontera entre dos mundos. Augusto Ledesma elige el que fuera hogar de James Joyce como primer escenario para continuar su siniestra obra, que alimenta del aliento de sus víctimas y de la humillación de sus perseguidores... -
![Hər təmas iz buraxır by Emrah Serbes]()
Hər təmas iz buraxır by Emrah Serbes
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsƏmrah Sərbəstin yazdığı bu detektiv romanın əsas obrazı baş komissar Behzat Ç.-dir. Musiqi dinləməyən, amma polis ratsiyası ilə danışan, kitab oxumayan, lakin qəzeti oxumağa futbol səhifəsindən başlayan bu insan “yeni nizam”a heç cür uyğunlaşa bilmir... -
![Terminus by Pete Brassett]()
Terminus by Pete Brassett
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDetective Munro is on the back foot when a dangerous killer always seems to be one step ahead. Having been the victim of a hit and run accident, and despite being black and blue, DI Munro wastes no time in trying to find out the identity of the perpetrator... -
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![Death on a Galician Shore by Domingo Villar]()
Death on a Galician Shore by Domingo Villar
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne misty autumn dawn in a quiet fishing port in northwest Spain, the body of a sailor washes up in the harbour. Detective Inspector Leo Caldas is called in from police headquarters in the nearby city of Vigo to sign off on what appears to be a suicide. But details soon come to light that turn this routine matter into a complex murder investigation... -
![Sort morgen by Cilla Börjlind]()
Sort morgen by Cilla Börjlind
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSverige står foran et supervalgår, fremmedfjendtlige grupperinger vinder frem og vold med racistiske fortegn finder sted i hele landet. Olivia har efter et sabbatår valgt at gå tilbage til politiet og har slået sig ned i den skånske by Höganas. Sammen med Tom Stilton stilles hun over for en makaber mordsag, der viser sig at have tråde tilbage i tiden... -
![Hard Fall by P.T. Reade]()
Hard Fall by P.T. Reade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEx-New York detective Thomas Blume hunts the streets of London for the killers that tore his family apart. For justice, for closure, for revenge.But when Blume stumbles across a case that baffled local police, he unwittingly joins a world of criminals, corruption, and cops that will do anything to stop him... -
![On the Street Where You Die by Al Stevens]()
On the Street Where You Die by Al Stevens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStanley Bentworth is not all that tough. Previously a homicide cop, he drank his way out of a job and now runs a one-man private eye agency finding people who don’t want to be found... -
![No Happy Ending: A Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II]()
No Happy Ending: A Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third English language case for Mexico City independent detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne, No Happy Ending, is Paco Ignacio Taibo II at his subversive, darkly comic best. First, Hector discovers the body of a dead actor, dressed like a Roman in full breastplate and regalia, propped up on the toilet in his office... -
![Dear Crossing by Marjorie Swift Doering]()
Dear Crossing by Marjorie Swift Doering
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter arriving from Chicago, Ray Schiller is put in charge of a gruesome murder investigation. The investigation threatens to reveal the widower’s carefully guarded personal life and his bid for the presidency of his father-in-law's company. As the suspects turn on each other, Ray has an incident that could end his marriage and career, and learns he may have been led down the wrong road... -
![Najwyższa sprawiedliwość by Michael Hjorth, Hans Rosenfeldt]()
Najwyższa sprawiedliwość by Michael Hjorth, Hans Rosenfeldt
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNajwyższa sprawiedliwość to szósta część bestsellerowego cyklu z Sebastianem Bergmanem, policyjnym psychologiem i ekspertem od seryjnych morderstw.Vanja prowadzi w Uppsali śledztwo w sprawie serii brutalnych gwałtów. Gdy jedna z ofiar ginie, na miejsce wezwana zostaje Krajowa Policja Kryminalna, a wkrótce – również Sebastian Bergman... -
![Un mese con Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri]()
Un mese con Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUn mese con Montalbano è una raccolta di trenta racconti di Andrea Camilleri, pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1998 dalla Mondadori Editore; nel 2018 il libro viene ripubblicato da Sellerio Editore di Palermo.Il titolo si collega al numero di racconti, che coinvolgerebbero il lettore per un mese esatto, leggendo un racconto ogni giorno, come afferma lo stesso autore nella nota conclusiva... -
![Un mese con Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri]()
Un mese con Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUn mese con Montalbano è una raccolta di trenta racconti di Andrea Camilleri, pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1998 dalla Mondadori Editore; nel 2018 il libro viene ripubblicato da Sellerio Editore di Palermo.Il titolo si collega al numero di racconti, che coinvolgerebbero il lettore per un mese esatto, leggendo un racconto ogni giorno, come afferma lo stesso autore nella nota conclusiva... -
![Gli arancini di Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri]()
Gli arancini di Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Quando Montalbano incornava su una cosa, non c'erano santi." Il narratore che da anni ci racconta le storie del commissario di Vigàta, lo sa bene. Una parola stonata, un gesto incontrollato, un dettaglio incongruo bastano a mettere in moto la macchina delle sue indagini... -
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![The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell]()
The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Man Who Smiled begins with Inspector Kurt Wallander deep in a personal and professional crisis after killing a man in the line of duty; eventually, he vows to quit the Ystad police force for good. Just then, however, a friend who had asked Wallander to look into the death of his father winds up dead himself, shot three times... -
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![King of Swords by Nick Stone]()
King of Swords by Nick Stone
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSuch was the acclaim that greeted Nick Stone's amazing debut novel, Mr Clarinet, that a curious syndrome soon developed: if you hadn't read the novel (and claimed to have any interest in the crime genre), you had to say (to all who would listen) 'I really must read Mr Clarinet -- I've heard so much about it!' (preferably said with a pronounced guilty note in the voice)... -
![La estrategia del pequinés by Alexis Ravelo]()
La estrategia del pequinés by Alexis Ravelo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll our books are brand new... -
![The Overnight Kidnapper by Andrea Camilleri]()
The Overnight Kidnapper by Andrea Camilleri
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe day gets off to a bad start for Montalbano: while trying to break up a fight on Marinella beach, he hits the wrong man and is stopped by the Carabinieri. When he finally gets to the office, the inspector learns about a strange abduction: a woman was abducted, drugged, and then released unharmed a few hours later... -
![Temporary Perfections by Gianrico Carofiglio]()
Temporary Perfections by Gianrico Carofiglio
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe electrifying best-selling crime thriller from Italy, available for the first time in English. An instant sensation and number-one best seller since its publication, Temporary Perfections is the fourth crime novel by former Italian prosecutor Gianrico Carofiglio to feature Guido Guerrieri... -
![Beggars Banquet by Ian Rankin]()
Beggars Banquet by Ian Rankin
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOver the years, Ian Rankin has amassed an incredible portfolio of short stories. Published in crime magazines, composed for events, broadcast on radio, they all share the best qualities of his phenomenally popular Rebus novels... -
![Night Market by Daniel Pembrey]()
Night Market by Daniel Pembrey
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratings'The Henning Mankell of Amsterdam' - Bill Rogers, author of The Pick, The Spade and The CrowWhen Henk van der Pol is asked by the Justice Minister to infiltrate a team investigating an online child exploitation network, he can hardly say no - he's at the mercy of prominent government figures in The Hague. But he soon realises the case is far more complex than he was led to believe.. -
![Το μίσος by Vagelis Giannisis, Βαγγέλης Γιαννίσης]()
Το μίσος by Vagelis Giannisis, Βαγγέλης Γιαννίσης
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsΈνας επιθεωρητής ελληνικής καταγωγής της σουηδικής αστυνομίας αναλαμβάνει να εξιχνιάσει μια σειρά τελετουργικών φόνων.“Ο επιθεωρητής Άντερς Οικονομίδης αισθάνθηκε την κούραση να επιστρέφει ξανά και να καταβάλλει το σώμα του. Ξάπλωσε στο πάτωμα και έκλεισε τα μάτια του. Τρεις γυναίκες δολοφονήθηκαν από έναν άγνωστο, μια σκιά... -
![The Unbearable Lightness Of Being In Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce]()
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being In Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis new novel in the 'Louie Knight' series is3 the most dark and disturbing adventure yet... -
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![Gideon's Day by J.J. Marric, John Creasey]()
Gideon's Day by J.J. Marric, John Creasey
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGideon's day is a busy one. He balances family commitments with solving a series of seemingly unrelated crimes from which a plot nonetheless evolves and a mystery is solved.One of the most senior officers within Scotland Yard, George Gideon's crime solving abilities are in the finest traditions of London's world famous police headquarters... -
![Maigret in Montmartre by Daphne Woodward, Georges Simenon]()
Maigret in Montmartre by Daphne Woodward, Georges Simenon
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo brutal stranglings and a beautiful corpse lead Inspector Maigret into an underworld of striptease artists and morphine addicts as he tries to uncover the past of a shadowy countess.Cover artist: A... -
![Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain]()
Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt is Christmas in the city, but it isn't the giving season. A retired Gulf War pilot, a careless second-story man, a pair of angry Mexicans, and an equally shady pair of Secret Service agents are in town after a large stash of money, and no one is interested in sharing. The detectives at the 87th are already busy for the holidays... -
![Ukradziony Sen by Alexandra Marinina]()
Ukradziony Sen by Alexandra Marinina
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing an officer of Moscow milice Anastazja Kamieńska, attractive and delicate woman, is unreplaceable in investigation where intuition and nonconventional methods are needed... -
![Śmierć i trochę miłości by Alexandra Marinina, Alexandra Marinina]()
Śmierć i trochę miłości by Alexandra Marinina, Alexandra Marinina
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsśmierć i trochę miłości, kolejna powieść Aleksandry Marininej o przygodach błyskotliwej major Anastazji Kamieńskiej, rozpoczyna się w momencie dla bohaterki wyjątkowym: w przeddzień jej ślubu. Podczas gorączkowych przygotowań Anastazja otrzymuje anonimowy list: Nie rób tego. Pożałujesz... -
![Southwesterly Wind by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza]()
Southwesterly Wind by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young man predicts a murder and identifies the perpetrator—himself—in this third entry in the critically acclaimed Brazilian crime seriesWhen a terrified young man arrives at the station with a bizarre story, Chief Espinosa of the Copacabana precinct is more than happy to set aside his paperwork...
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