Mystery

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A suspicious death. A corrupt cop. Cryer searches for the truth . . . When DS Richie Juno is killed in a hit-and-run, Superintendent Knightly suspects corruption inside the National Crime Agency. Someone on the NCA's Organized Crime Task Force is leaking information to the gangs they are meant...

England, 1758: Vor siebzehn Jahren wurde Lord Johns Vater tot mit einer Pistole in der Hand aufgefunden. Nun erwacht die Erinnerung an die Vergangenheit, als Johns Bruder von einem unbekannten Absender eine Seite aus dem Tagebuch ihres Vaters zugeschickt wird. Um herauszufinden, wer dahinter steckt, wendet Lord John sich an den einzigen Mann, dem er noch vertrauen kann: Jamie Fraser. Aber der Siebenjährige Krieg, eine verbotene Affäre und Jamies eigene Geheimnisse erschweren Lord Johns Bestrebungen, endlich die Wahrheit über den Tod seines Vaters herauszufinden.

In the 16th century, the Spanish conquistadors arrived in the Yucatan and pushed into the jungle to subdue the ancient Mayan civilisation. In present-day New York City, former Delta Force operator and heir to Frost Industries, Ethan Frost is approached by the philanthropist Benjamin Hawthorne to locate his daughter Emily, who was leading an archaeological expedition in the Yucatan until all contact with her team was suddenly lost.

AFTERBURN. When missing heiress Natalia Cruz’s body is found in the Everglades, investigative journalist Kenzie Gilmore is assigned the case. Is she the fourth victim of a sexual predator stalking women in Miami... or is her killer trying to make it look like she is? Ex-cop Reid Garrett doesn’t appreciate bodies turning up in his backyard. The Everglades is his turf... but there's been four murdered women in as many months. Determined to track down whoever is responsible, he reluctantly joins forces with Kenzie.

A homeless boy. A hunted girl. Cairo, 1917. In a city plagued by poverty and war, ten-year-old Faisal begs and steals to survive, hiding at night from the things that prowl after dark. The nimblest and most clever of the street boys, he's terrified of the unseen spirits he's convinced haunt the...

In the blink of an eye, his whole life changed. Now he's back in search of answers. But will the truth destroy him? When seventeen-year-old Christian Bekker killed a poacher, he claimed it was self-defense. But the judge disagreed. He gave Christian a choice-go to prison or leave his home in South Africa and never return. Years later, following his father's suicide, conservation director Dr. Christian Bekker uncovers a plea from the grave to find out what really happened on that fateful day more than twenty years ago.

Ilya Kromov, head lawyer at a struggling defense plant on the Volga, has spent years playing the game —giving bribes, cutting corners, keeping the raiders at bay. He’s no hero. He’s just better at the game than most. But when police ambush him at a meeting with a bank representative, Ilya realizes he’s been outplayed. The ambush was a setup. And the man pulling the strings —a corporate raider named Lazarev —has already seized the plant’s subsidiary and is now coming for the rest.

Detective Tracy Collier is called to a remote field where an elderly woman's body has been found, throat slit. The victim, Irene Roberts, lived at a care home, and her son believes she's just missing. As Tracy investigates, a second body is discovered, and disturbing signs point to her troubled sister, Lisa, being back in town.

Detective Inspector Tracy Collier thought she'd left the past behind when she took charge of the serious crimes squad—until her first case hits too close to home. A man is found brutally murdered by a stream, and tensions rise as her old friend, DI Kane Barnett, challenges her authority.

Two action-packed archaeological adventures filled with deadly secrets, relentless danger, and pulse-pounding thrills. If you love fast-paced, globetrotting romps with amazing characters, then you'll love Charlee's story! Charlee Flynn discovers that her parents aren't really antiquities experts, they're "black market acquisitions specialists." They're thieves! And now, after an old enemy forces them to flee their Costa Rican home, Charlee must become one too.

Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws are forensic geologists who investigate crimes threatening lives and the land—a job that always leads to trouble.

¿Qué motivación empuja a un asesino a actuar? ¿Qué hace que unas niñas inocentes se conviertan en las víctimas? La inspectora Carmen Prado y el subinspector César Galán de la UDEV Central, se enfrentan a uno de los casos sin resolver más aterradores que se recuerdan. Han pasado cinco...

"Fans of fast-paced thrillers will be flipping pages toward the final twist, where nothing is as it seems." -Cam Torrens, award-winning author of the Tyler Zahn mystery-suspense series The year is 2008. Americans Heather and John Ricci are about to leave Vietnam with their amazing, adopted baby boy when something unimaginable happens-the child is abducted. This, after several, grueling years of trying natural conception, multiple rounds of in vitro, and attempting to adopt from China first, then Nepal.

For fifteen years, Jack Sullivan wore the badge with pride, a rare breed of cop who believed in the law more than the politics behind it. In a city where justice is sold to the highest bidder, Jack was a stubborn relic —a man who couldn’t be bought, bribed, or bent. That made him a liability. Forced to give up his gold shield, Jack now walks the shadowed streets of Gateway City as a private investigator. The badge may be gone, but his moral compass hasn’t wavered. With a battered trench coat, his trusted .

They took his family. Now he's taking the war to them. John Sole has been running, hiding, and striking back where he can. But the cartel hasn't forgotten him and now they've unleashed their most ruthless enforcer, Alejandro Garza. Garza isn't just another soldier. His name carries whispers of...

Jean Deveaux is a French interpreter living a solitary life in Dublin - until an old associate shows up asking for a favour that pulls him into a darker, hidden world. Veo's niece, Maria, has vanished while begging on the streets. The police have done little, and Jean is the family's only hope of speaking to the detective in charge.

More action from the 509 Crime Stories! This police procedural series is set in Eastern Washington and features revolving lead characters. Each novel is a standalone tale that can be listened to in any order. You’ll get the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth books in this digital box set collection. The Path of Progress: a crime spree is blamed on a homeless camp but is it really at fault? When the Wicked Rest: a short story collection featuring murder, robbery, and other forms of mayhem – all set in Eastern Washington. The Golden Witness: a murder is witnessed from 1,700 miles away.

In Wien häufen sich mysteriöse Todesfälle, bei denen die Opfer durch Duelle mit antiken Pistolen zu Tode kommen. Inspektor Karl Öhlinger und sein Partner Djago Osram vom LKA Wien stehen vor einem Rätsel. Ihr erster Verdacht fällt auf traditionelle Burschenschaften, die noch nach einem rigiden Ehrenkodex agieren sowie auf altertümliche Monarchistenverbände. Je tiefer die Ermittler graben, desto mehr entdecken sie ein Netzwerk von Verschwörern, darunter einen dubiosen Kurator von antiken Waffen, der die Duell-Tradition grundsätzlich gutheißt.

When seventeen-year-old Emma Thomas uploads a new song to Spotify and it explodes into a viral sensation, she becomes an overnight enigma the nation can’t stop talking about. But Emma is nowhere to be found—she’s thousands of miles from home, hiking the rugged Pacific Crest Trail with family and friends, chasing solitude and inspiration. Unbeknownst to her, a lovesick admirer has followed her across the country, determined to find her on the trail. Unprepared and out of his depth, he disappears into the vast wilderness.