Books like 'The Best American Crime Reporting 2008'
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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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The Girl in the Mist by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s something strange about the mist... After a night of a scary movie marathon, a cold thick fog rolls over Sherwood, bringing with it the promise of fall. And when FBI Agent Emma Griffin wakes up the next morning, she can't help but shake the feeling that something is off... -
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Proving Grounds by B.J. Bourg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the sniper-style murder of an alligator poacher puts two rival families on edge, Police Sniper London Carter and Detective Sergeant Dawn Luke join forces to solve the case. But they'll have their work cut out for them as the two families recruit small armies to fight each other... -
![Death in Dexter by Blake Banner]()
Death in Dexter by Blake Banner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere hadn’t been a crime in Dexter, upstate New York, since 1865. It was a long time coming, but when it came, on the 21st September, 2012, it was ugly. It was murder.It was the murder of a seventeen year-old girl, beaten, raped and strangled, then stabbed in the heart with a hunting knife... -
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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... -
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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... -
![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... -
![An Alex Cross Omnibus: Cat and Mouse & Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson]()
An Alex Cross Omnibus: Cat and Mouse & Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo classic Alex Cross novels in one fantastic package.In CAT AND MOUSE, Alex Cross is called to Union Station train terminal a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers. Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![De Engelenmoord by Bjorn Van den Eynde]()
De Engelenmoord by Bjorn Van den Eynde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEen wervelende zoektocht door België met een Vlaams-Waals duo.De achttienjarige Julie Dumoulin wordt de keel afgesneden met een stuk vinylplaat van Angèle. Niet veel later wordt ook haar vriend dood teruggevonden, zijn handen afgezaagd en zijn mond volgepropt met rubber... -
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Below Zero by Eva Hudson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fifth adventure in Eva Hudson's enormously popular Ingrid Skyberg Thriller seriesStockholm is under siege. A bomb has gone off, several high-profile people have been kidnapped, and the city is on lockdown. Unfortunately for Special Agent Ingrid Skyberg, everything is kicking off the day she arrives to complete a dangerous undercover assignment... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Palm Beach Piranha by Tom Turner]()
Palm Beach Piranha by Tom Turner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharlie Crawford’s ex-wife, Jill, is the target of her abusive husband’s cruel rage and would love to have Charlie back.Meanwhile, a very rich man is being held captive in his own home and unless he comes up with twenty million dollars quick, he’s a very rich very dead man.For fans of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, John Sanford and Stuart Woods... -
![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... -
![The Caretaker by Paul Doiron]()
The Caretaker by Paul Doiron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this new original short story from bestselling author Paul Doiron, Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch tracks down a sinister prowler turning a couple's dream vacation home into a nightmare.New owners of a dream cottage on a remote Maine lake find themselves taunted, then menaced by an unknown figure... -
![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... -
![Offer by Toni Coppers]()
Offer by Toni Coppers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVier meisjes verdwijnen in het woud. Het dorp zwijgt. Dan worden ze gevondenÉ Alex Berger, ex-flik en een wat bijzondere privŽdetective, is op retraite in de Italiaanse Alpen. Ver weg van zijn job waar hij zwaar over twijfelt, op zoek naar zichzelf en Ð om de lokale natuurvereniging blij te maken Ð ook op zoek naar een wolf... -
![Banking on Death by Emma Lathen]()
Banking on Death by Emma Lathen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis universally acclaimed debut by Lathen (a pseudonym for the writing team of Mary J. Latsis and Martha Henissart) introduced mystery fans to amateur sleuth/Wall Street banker John Putnam Thatcher. Newsweek describes Lathen as "a master plotter, an elegant stylist, a comic genius and a purist who never sacrifices logic for surprise effect... -
![マスカレード・ホテル [Masquerade Hotel] by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾]()
マスカレード・ホテル [Masquerade Hotel] by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA series of murders occur in the five star Tokyo hotel of Cortesia... -
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![The Rainy City by Earl Emerson]()
The Rainy City by Earl Emerson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the first Thomas Black mystery. Black is a private eye working in Seattle. The Rainy City was nominated for a Shamus award from the Private Eye writers of America... -
![假面飯店: 前夜 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾]()
假面飯店: 前夜 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratings<용의자 X의 헌신>, <나미야 잡화점의 기적>, <백야행> 등 내놓는 작품마다 폭발적인 화제를 불러 모으면서 오늘날 일본 미스터리계를 대표하는 거장으로 군림하고 있는 작가 히가시노 게이고의 장편소설. 2011년 히가시노 게이고가 자신의 작가 생활 25주년을 기념하며 펴낸 <매스커레이드 호텔>(2012)의 과거 이야기로, 시리즈를 좀처럼 내지 않는 작가가 '유가와 교수', '가가 형사'를 잇는 새로운 캐릭터 '닛타 고스케 형사'가 등장하는 세 번째 시리즈의 첫 권을 냈다는 점에서도 큰 기대를 모은 바 있다... -
![假面飯店：假面之夜 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾]()
假面飯店：假面之夜 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratings「警視廳的各位：我要提供一個情報。在霓歐魯姆練馬犯下殺人案的兇手，會在以下的時間地點出現。請逮捕他。12月31日晚上11點東京柯迪希亞飯店，跨年晚會會場告密者敬上」... -
![Killer On The Moors by Priscilla Masters]()
Killer On The Moors by Priscilla Masters
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA missing nurse who no one seemed to like.It’s Detective Joanna Piercy’s first day back at work after her promotion. You could cut the tension with a knife. The rest of the team are more than a little bit jealous.But there’s a missing persons case to get on with.DI Piercy arrives at the missing nurse’s house. But it’s too late.Marilyn Smith is dead... -
![Експрес до Ґаліції by Богдан Коломійчук, Тетяна Омельченко]()
Експрес до Ґаліції by Богдан Коломійчук, Тетяна Омельченко
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings«Експрес до Ґаліції» — новий детективний роман Богдана Коломійчука, в якому на читача чекають заплутані справи та небезпечні розслідування. Весна 1906 року. Під час відпустки у Швейцарії комісар львівської поліції Адам Вістович несподівано втягується у небезпечну шпигунську гру, в якій на карту поставлено не лише людські життя, але й долі імперій... -
![Down to the Wire by David Rosenfelt]()
Down to the Wire by David Rosenfelt
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA reporter for the Bergen News, Chris Turley could never measure up to his father. Edward Turley, a combination of Bob Woodward and Ernie Pyle, was one of the last great investigative reporters and a difficult man to impress. While stuck covering press conferences and town hall meetings, Chris, his father's legend in mind, has always dreamed of his own Pulitzer, however unlikely it seems... -
![La estrategia del agua by Lorenzo Silva]()
La estrategia del agua by Lorenzo Silva
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBevilacqua y Chamorro vuelven tras casi cinco años con un caso de violencia familiar. Tras una decepcionante experiencia con el sistema judicial, que ha puesto en libertad a un asesino al que había detenido después de una larga investigación, el brigada Bevilacqua, alias Vila, se halla desencantado y más escéptico de lo que acostumbra... -
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Prime Cut by Alan Carter
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world is in economic meltdown, but a mining town on the edge of nowhere is booming. With the town’s population exploding, it’s easy enough to hide a crime—or even a dirty past... -
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Red Hook by Gabriel Cohen
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's not the dead body--Jack Leightner has seen hundred of bodies in his tour with the NYPD. It's not the dank setting--the narrow banks along Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal... -
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![Đau thương đến chết : tiểu thuyết. T.1 by Quỷ Cổ Nữ, rần Hữu Nùng]()
Đau thương đến chết : tiểu thuyết. T.1 by Quỷ Cổ Nữ, rần Hữu Nùng
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMột nhóm thanh niên đi du lịch đến thắng cảnh Tân Thường Cóc, nơi có hang Thập Tịch đặt những cỗ quan tài treo huyền bí. Trước khi vào hang, họ đã được nghe lời tiên tri rùng rợn của một nhân vật bí hiểm. Nhưng họ vẫn khăng khăng phải vào tham quan hang này. Bi kịch đã xảy ra, lời tiên tri chẳng khác gì một lời nguyền, những cái chết lần lượt đến với họ... -
![True Crime Ultimate Collection: The Stories of Real Murders & Mysteries: Must-Read Mystery Accounts - Real Life Stories: The Secret of the Moat Farm, The ... England Frauds, The Trial of the Seddons… by Edgar Wallace]()
True Crime Ultimate Collection: The Stories of Real Murders & Mysteries: Must-Read Mystery Accounts - Real Life Stories: The Secret of the Moat Farm, The ... England Frauds, The Trial of the Seddons… by Edgar Wallace
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis carefully crafted "True Crime Ultimate The Stories of Real Murders & Mysteries" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer. As well as journalism, Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone... -
![Pas op voor de buren by Hilde Vandermeeren]()
Pas op voor de buren by Hilde Vandermeeren
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEen straat met vier huizen.En vijf geheimen.Ruth is een thrillerauteur die onder pseudoniem schrijft. Dat is echter niet haar enige geheim. Ze verzwijgt een gruwelijke gebeurtenis uit haar verleden zowel voor haar vriend Matthew als voor haar omgeving. Haar moeder heeft haar geleerd dat je de buren nooit mag vertrouwen... -
![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... -
![Bangkok Bob And The Missing Mormon by Stephen Leather]()
Bangkok Bob And The Missing Mormon by Stephen Leather
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIntroducing Bob Turtledove - Bangkok antiques dealer and part-time private eye - in a case that brings him up against Russian gangsters, hired killers and kickboxing thugs while looking for a lost Mormon in the heart of Thailand. This is the first book in a new series by bestselling author Stephen Leather... -
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![再一個謊言 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾]()
再一個謊言 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings謊言交織而成的人生，是從哪一刻走上岔路？只要有勇氣再說一個謊言，「他」便能替你掘出埋葬心底的真相。失格父親／單親媽媽／寂寞主婦／過氣芭蕾明星／多年好友堅守謊言的嫌犯V.S... -
![拉普拉斯的魔女 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾]()
拉普拉斯的魔女 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratings在這個世界上，沒有一個個體能夠獨自存在，而不具備任何意義──因傷退休的前警官武尾，受託擔任年輕少女羽原圓華的保鏢，隨行期間，少女不時展露出能夠預測未來等不可思議的神奇能力。某日，在報上出現一則發生於溫泉區的硫化氫中毒致死的意外事件後，少女就此消失蹤影。該起中毒致死意外，在地球化學教授青江判定不可能是人為事件的情況下，以意外落幕。然而重重的疑點、現場出現的神祕少女，不斷牽引出更多的謎題……此時，相隔甚遠的另一個溫泉區，相同的中毒致死事件竟然再度上演，為了追查真相而前往第二起意外現場的青江，再度遇見同一名少女──羽原圓華……【拉普拉斯之魔】Démon de... -
![Aşkımız Eski Bir Roman by Ahmet Ümit]()
Aşkımız Eski Bir Roman by Ahmet Ümit
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsİstanbul’da bir kanun adamı, sokaklarda bir suç bilgesi. Başkomiser Nevzat, karmaşık cinayetleri çözerken insan ruhunun derinliklerinde gezinmeye devam ediyor...Edebiyat bazen çok tehlikeli olabilir. Anna Karenina, Madam Bovary, Esmeralda ve daha birçok kadın roman kahramanı... Bu muhteşem kadınlara ulaşmaya çabalarken, önce doğru düşünme yeteneğini, sonra da yaşamını yitiren bir adam.. -
![Murder in Paradise by James Patterson]()
Murder in Paradise by James Patterson
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratings3 pulse-pounding stories from the world's #1 bestselling writer in one book!THE LAWYER LIFEGUARD with Doug Allyn: Are you the lawyer who got blown up with his girlfriend? Defense lawyer Brian Lord survived the car bomb that killed his fiancée. Out of work and out of his mind, he takes on a lifeguard job at the beach. But there's one wave he'll never see coming.. -
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![Murder on the Thirty-first Floor by Per Wahlöö]()
Murder on the Thirty-first Floor by Per Wahlöö
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the nation's sole publishing conglomerate receives a mysterious bomb threat, Chief Inspector Jensen is ordered to find a culprit within a week--or else. As his investigation begins to reveal the unsavory secrets of a growing list of suspects, Jensen realizes that he has uncovered a tragic story of betrayal and death in which he will play the central role... -
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Antika Titanik by Murat Menteş
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsParmağını tetikten çek.Namluyu ağzından çıkar.Azrail’in işini, Azrail’e bırak.Derin bir nefes al.Gözlerime bak.Kulaklarını dört aç.Ve beni iyi dinle:Titanik’tesin.Yıl, 2019…Dünyanın en lüks felaketinde başroldesin.Şimdi…1] Senin katilini enseleyeceğiz.2] Seni dirilteni bulacağız.3] Sen kimsin ahbap, onu anlayacağız... -
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