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In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to end of pages - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Night ShiftThe calls came regularly - a cold voice telling late-night radio announcer Cilla O'Roarke that she was going to die. The never-ending threats made her desperate - desperate enough to accept police protection.Cilla preferred to stay away from the police but something about Boyd Fletcher made him difficult to ignore. He was strong, laconic, infuriating and clearly determined to watch over her every second of the day...and night. The trouble was, the more Cilla saw of her unwanted bodyguard, the more she wanted him to share the night she loved...Night ShadowIn a city ruled by fear, a solitary figure walked the night, determined to awaken a terrified metropolis from the nightmare of crime. Nothing - no bullets or legal technicalities - could deter the man they called Nemesis from his mission.Deborah O'Roarke, an idealistic young prosecutor… Leer más

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I want them to suffer, and I want them dead . . .
Carly Chase is traumatized ten days after being in a traffic accident which kills a teenage student from Brighton University. Then she receives news that turns her entire world into a living nightmare.
The drivers of the other two vehicles involved have been found tortured and murdered. Now Dectective Superintendent Roy Grace of the Sussex police force issues a stark and urgent warning to Carly: she could be next.
The student had deadly connections; connections that stretch across the Atlantic. Someone has sworn revenge and won't rest until the final person involved in that fatal accident is dead.
The police advise Carly that her only option is to go into hiding and change her identity. The terrified woman disagrees - she knows these people have ways of hunting you down anywhere. If the police are unable to stop them, she has to find a… Leer más

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Two weeks away from giving birth, Detective Inspector Honey Laird is at a point when bending down is becoming increasingly difficult and straightening up again almost impossible, when her boss calls upon her to investigate Dr McGordon...her next door neighbour.On the outside, Dr McGordon appears to be the perfect doctor, giving services free in poor areas, providing care in underdeveloped countries, and even bringing patients to Britain (at his own expense) for special treatments. But when officers knock on his door, looking for witnesses to an accident, Dr McGordon, panicky and pale, reveals a guilty conscience about something and refuses to say anything.Aware that he's done something wrong but unsure of what, Honey - along with the help of an unsure young officer, her overprotective housekeeper, and her faithful Labrador, Pippa - dives into the case, using the computer,… Leer más

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.On May 25, 1928 over the frozen seas of the Arctic, an airship falls out of the sky. Among the survivors is a young scientist on the verge of a discovery that will redefine physics. On October 3, 1996 through the dusty industrial towns of India's Great Trunk Road, a disgraced and disfigured female detective starts tracking a criminal syndicate whose tentacles spread from forgery to smuggling to piracy. Her life has been ruined, but she will have her revenge. On December 26, 2004 a tsunami washes up a rusting container on the island of Bali. Locked within this aluminium tomb are the mummified remains of a shipping magnate missing for 29 years, and a handwritten journal of his last days. On December 13, 2011 off the coast of Sri Lanka, a tramp steamer is seized by pirates. The captain has his wife and son aboard, and their survival depends on following the pirates' every demand.… Leer más

Large Print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Heron Close is situated alongside an East Anglian estuary. Susan Swann is a teacher who shares a house with Miss Kant, a retired lecturer. Also on the Close are the elderly Whitwhams and James Cobb. Sandy Robson and David Fairburn, both freelancers, share another house. Tony Smith and his wife Lisa live next door to Susan, and Lisa works at the same school. And then there's Patrick Dawson and his next-door neighbour, the widow Eva Maitland. Susan thinks that they are a typical bunch, but then something happens to disturb the Close one summer's evening. And worse is to follow...

Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney. The entire town of Lochdubh is certain Pete is the culprit, but Hamish doesn't believe that the affable chimney sweep is capable of committing murder. Then Pete's body is found on the Scottish moors, and the mystery deepens. Once again, it's up to Hamish to discover who's responsible for the dirty deed--and this time, the murderer may be closer than he realizes.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A wealthy London suburb is no protection against crime...Gerry Frayling is desperately trying to get fit and beautiful before her wedding to fiancé, Bill Bentine, who also happens to be her literary agent. She doesn't get far when her first attempt at jogging is interrupted by a distraught young woman, Annie Scott, who has just discovered a body on Hampstead Heath in North London.Gerry befriends Annie, so when she's found dead in a cubicle in the woman's cloakroom at King's Cross railway station, Gerry is determined to uncover the secrets that surround Annie's employers' smart residence in Hampstead.Soon, the bodies pile up, actors start coming out of the woodwork, and mistaken identities multiply; and Gerry wishes she hadn't got herself quite so deeply involved.

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Home invasion - the kind of call every homicide cop dreads.Cincinnati detective Sonora Blair is called to a small house at the end of a cul-de-sac, and finds the brutal decimation of an average American family - deeply in debt.A high-profile search brings in two ex-convicts. Evidence points to a third man at the murder scene - a man called the Angel, a man who runs a collection agency that can turn debt into your worst possible nightmare.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A jilted bride weeps on an empty beach, a local doctor is attached in an isolated churchyard - trouble has come to Morfi at a bad time, just as the backwater village is making headlines with a visit from a national government minister. Fortunately, where there's trouble there's Hermes Diaktoros, the mysterious fat man whose tennis shoes are always pristine and whose investigative methods are always unorthodox.In the latest instalment of the Mysteries of the Greek Detective, Hermes must solve a brutal crime that the victim does not seem to want solving, thwart the petty machinations of the town's ex-mayor and his cronies and pour oil on the troubled waters of a sisters' relationship.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A one-time mild-mannered bookstore clerk transformed into a hard-boiled private detective thanks to a head injury, Pete Ingalls decides to open up his own detective agency, taking Raymond Chandler as his model, and finds himself on the trail of a variety of shady characters, dealing with damsels in distress, and tracking a killer, with only his delusion to sustain him.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Things aren't going so well for Brian McKechnie. His wife was attacked in their home, his cat was brutally killed and now a man with a suspiciously erratic accent is blackmailing him. When the police fail to find out who's after him, McKechie engages the services of London's most unusual private eye.Duffy is a detective like no other. A bisexual former policeman with a phobia of ticking watches and a penchant for Tupperware. But what he lacks in orthodoxy he makes up for in street-smart savvy and no-nonsense dealings. Intrigued by McKechnie's dilemma and the apparent incompetency of his ex-colleagues, Duffy heads to his old patch, the seedy underbelly of Soho, to begin inquiries of his own.Helped by some shady characters from his past, Duffy discovers that while things have changed in the years since he was working the area, the streets are still mean and the crooks walk arm… Leer más

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - fading on spine - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Anna Grayson has been a dutiful, loyal and obedient daughter her whole life but her world is transformed when she meets the lively and outspoken Mitchell sisters, employees in her father's factory, who awaken her interest in the women's suffrage movement. Anna soon abandons her unfaltering obedience to her father to join them and attend a forbidden rally.This new world of excitement and freedom comes with risks. No longer sheltered by her father's protection, Anna is forced to grow up quickly when tragedy strikes at a rally and her beloved new friend Lily Mitchell is knocked down by a motorcar and killed. Anna suspects it is no accident. Suddenly the world outside no longer seems so enticing.Convinced of foul play Anna enlists the help of young doctor, Daniel Peters. At first, he is dismissive of her claim that Lily was pushed into the road - who would want… Leer más

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Jayne Keeney is a feisty thirty-something Australian working in Bangkok as a private investigator. In this third Keeney mystery, Jayne and new business partner and boyfriend Rajiv Patel are holidaying in regional Thailand. Jayne's mind keeps straying to thoughts of the future: a successful business, perhaps even a wedding and honeymoon?
But when their tour guide's body is found, Jayne and Rajiv are pulled into a case that will threaten their fledgling relationship and lead Jayne into grave danger.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Someone is killing beautiful young women and taking extraordinary risks to carefully pose their painted bodies in public places. The first is bronze, then silver who will be gold? Detective Sergeant Stevie Hooper, young, hard-edged and newly seconded to the Serious Crime Squad, finds herself haunted by increasingly disturbing flashbacks as the bizarre case unfolds. And, as she closes in on the killer, the carefully drawn line between her professional and personal life becomes increasingly blurred, till she doesn't know who can be trusted.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear...'I'm at the scene of what appears to be a murder suicide...Come and take a look. Bring your sidekick with you.'Bill Hodges, who now runs a two person agency called Finders Keepers with partner Holly Gibney, is intrigued by the letter Z written with a marker at the scene of the crime.As similar cases mount up, Hodges is stunned to discover the evidence points to Brady Hartsfield, the notorious 'Mercedes Killer'. It should be impossible: Brady is confined to a hospital room in a seemingly unresponsive state.But Brady Hartsfield has lethal new powers. And he's planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.The clock is ticking in unexpected ways...

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Why accept the truth when there's a perfectly good lie to believe?When Gavin Penfold, a computer expert, finished work on Friday, he looked forward to enjoying a peaceful evening with his wife at home. But his journey to Alten Cobb was brutally interrupted when men hijacked his car, gagged and blindfolded him, wedged him in the back well and drove on. The driver believed himself to be a potential Grand Prix ace, a delusion which resulted in his hitting a woman and seriously injuring her. An accident that turned Penfold's life upside down...

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Jack Pagano has always felt he is different. Smart and physically talented, the normal pursuits of youth - women and sports - have always come a little too easy to him and left him unfilled. At age seventeen, Jack is eager to leave high school and begin his college career. But the schooling that lies ahead of him is of a far different variety than he could have ever imagined.Albert Anastasia, the notorious leader of Murder Inc., appears and claims Pagano as his own son. But before Jack can make heads or tails of his newfound father, Anastasia is gunned down at the Park Sheraton Hotel.Under the tutelage of his late father's associates, Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello, Jack enters a world where crime and politics, money and murder, and the American way of life are all but a hand's breadth apart and inextricably linked.At the same time, another father is grooming his son to… Leer más

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Mass graves, actual skeletons in the closet, and a host of homicides steeped in bizarre clues and buried secrets - they're all in a day's work for one detective whose job begins when life ends. As a forensic anthropogist, Robert Mann listens to the stories the dead have to tell; he is the corpse whisperer.In this revealing casebook, Mann offers a portrait of a profession which is gruesome, dangerous and compelling. Read how he finally identified Jeffrey Dahmer's first victim, despite the serial killer's efforts to conceal the truth. Follow the grim dismantling of the Poughkeepsie 'House of Horrors' and join Mann in the heartbreaking task of sifting through human remains at the Pentagon crash-site on 11 September 2001.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Private investigator Lena Padget has seen far too many women and children fall through the cracks of the legal system, and she has made it her life's work to redeem as many of them as she can. She and her lover, homicide detective Joel Mendez, have just moved into their dream cottage, signifying the beginning of a committed relationship. But Lena and Joel are soon torn by the need to balance personal trust with professional commitment when they find themselves working different ends of the same case.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Tomorrow, the sun will rise for the first time in 40 days. Thirty minutes of daylight will herald the end of the polar night in Kautokeino, a small village in northern Norway, home to the indigenous Sami people. But in the last hours of darkness, a precious artifact is stolen: an ancient Sami drum. The most important piece in the museum's collection, it was due to go on tour with a UN exhibition in a few short weeks. Hours later, a man is murdered. Mattis, one of the last Sami reindeer herders, is found dead in his gumpy. Are the two crimes connected? In a town fraught with tension--between the indigenous Samis fighting to keep their culture alive, the ultra-Lutheran Scandinavian colonists concerned with propagating their own religion, and the greedy geologists eager to mine the region's ore deposits--it falls to two local police officers to solve the crimes. Klemet Nango, an… Leer más