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Marcello Scott thought he left his murderous vigilante ways behind him six years ago when he left Louisiana. Scott relocated to Hawaii with his family and hoped to live out his life under the radar. Scott promised his young bride that he wouldn’t use his gift ever again, out of fear that it was slowly killing him each time he activated it. Scott would soon be ripped out of his passive lifestyle when crooked cops and drug dealers crosses his path. Scott tries to suppress his urges to balance the playing field, but finds the struggle of sheep versus wolf too hard to ignore.

As the First world War rapidly approaches, we arrive in a sleepy south coast town where Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective, is soon investigating the sudden death of the local museum curator. All is not as it seems, as our blind hero finds himself on the cliff top in a duel to the death with the ruthless German spymaster who is the one who knows The Secret of Headlam Height.

In Blonde for Danger, our handsome desperado, Norman Conquest, aka 1066, has to pit his wits against the evil crook Bosworth Field. But who is the beautiful blonde he finds lying in the middle of the road and who is she hiding from? And where exactly does J.J. Pace, the famous racing car designer fit into this?

Meet Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective who can read a newspaper headline with the touch of his fingers and shoot a villain by aiming at the sound of his beating heart. In The Eyes of Max Carrados, our hero discovers a story of murder, suicide and a desperate daughter’s quest to clear her father’s name.

Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford-upon-Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome, Max and his trusty servant Parkinson must solve the riddle of the missing body of William Shakespeare.

In The Eyes of Max Carrados, our blind hero, who can read a newspaper headline with the touch of his fingers and shoot a villain by aiming at the sound of his beating heart, discovers a story of murder, suicide and a desperate daughter’s quest to clear her father’s name. As the First World War rapidly approaches, we arrive in a sleepy south coast town where Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective, is soon investigating the sudden death of the local museum curator. All is not as it seems, as our blind hero finds himself on the cliff top in a duel to the death.

Un tempo alto ufficiale dei Carabinieri, Alessandro Pinna ha deciso di congedarsi volontariamente dall'Arma dopo quello che è accaduto a sua figlia Giulia. Nel presente, Pinna è un investigatore privato che cerca di convivere con i rimorsi e sbarcare il lunario. Ed ecco che tre omicidi capitano sulla sua strada, tre casi da risolvere: un primario ospedaliero che viene trovato morto dopo un gioco erotico, un caso di pedofilia e una cinese senza nome dentro ad un container nel porto di Genova.

Norman Conquest is off to the theatre, when our fast-talking, hard-hitting adventurer finds himself accused of assaulting a pretty young lady on the underground. It’s only when our hero '1066' discovers that the young lady is the victim of a mysterious blackmailer known as 'The Voice' that he marches into yet another hell-for-leather action packed adventure in search of the baddies.

In Miss Dynamite, our gentleman adventurer, having met a beautiful young lady in the middle of the night soon finds himself on the trail of a gang of jewel thieves. Is the pretty girl as innocent as she seems? Are diamonds really a girl’s best friend? Can ‘1066’ solve the mystery of Miss Dynamite? A nail-biting, edge of your seat, roller-coaster thriller.

Une explosion souffle l'ancien presbytère du village. Des décombres, on retire sept victimes, qui fêtaient ce soir-là leur quarantième anniversaire. C'est la consternation, la presse locale s'interroge, la télévision nationale interroge. Attentat, suicide, assassinats, accident les thèses s'affrontent.

Mario Zona, owner of the Silver Ring night club, was frightened. He thought he was going to be killed, so he called Rufus Gaunt, a private investigator. Meralda Grey, the beautiful nightclub singer; her fiancé, Michel Lorimer; Zona's secretary, Wolfe Lanel; and the pretty cigarette girl Geraldine are all involved in this vintage Peter Cheyney story of murder in London's West End.

Raoul Sforza, conosciuto come "il banchiere nero" per i suoi trascorsi eversivi, è uno dei personaggi più ambigui ed enigmatici del panorama finanziario meneghino. Presidente della storica banca Sforza Mayer, nel corso degli anni è stato al centro di svariati processi e di indagini. Cinico ed eccentrico, amante del lusso e dell’arte, Sforza abita in un’antica dimora patrizia del quartiere di Brera, conducendo una vita lontano dai riflettori. In una sera d’inverno, i fantasmi del passato tornano a bussare alla sua porta.

En exil volontaire à Paris, Zagan ne s'intéresse plus aux affaires infernales. Mais quand il apprend que ses amis sont en danger, il se décide à intervenir. L'ennemi a mis la main sur l'arme ultime ? Zagan va la voler. Ce roman contient également : des démons, des anges, une secrétaire un peu trop à l'aise avec les poisons, quelques divinités égyptiennes et un train pas comme les autres.

Ning Somprasong, detta Devil, è una prostituta thailandese che lavora nelle stanze d'albergo di Kuala Lumpur; quella sera ha un appuntamento al Grand Hotel con il suo cliente più violento e perverso, l'Arabo. Terry Fernandez è un musicista fallito alla vigilia di un matrimonio d'interesse; quella sera Terry festeggia, per così dire, al Grand Hotel con gli amici e con un classico addio al celibato con prostituta. Quella sera, al Grand Hotel, nessuno dei due ha motivo di essere particolarmente felice, ma non sanno che il peggio deve ancora cominciare.

Monitor lizard, Horace Avraham, has always steered his best friend and boss in the right direction. Only this time, the pit bull is ignoring his advice. Victor Lenox is a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspires to something better: the daughter of Senator Jared Wilson Vale, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebred Dalmatians. Does he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Lenox is innocent, which of his dozens of enemies is doing an awfully good job of framing him? Can Avraham solve the puzzle in time, or will the next stop be the gas chamber?

Friar and Tuck - two hard-boiled and mismatched Brooklyn PD detectives - are tasked with finding missing people who would otherwise be forgotten. The case of missing street kid, Kevin Murphy, begins as a straight-forward abduction, but with multiple homicides and an underground organization that preys on the vulnerable, they soon find themselves struggling to find the clues to lead them to the boy. A graphic and gritty novel that introduces the listener to two detectives who, against all the odds, will go to any lengths to solve their cases.

Nora Feller har brutit helt med Sektion M och Charlotte Victorin. I Malmö hoppas hon få en nystart, såväl privat som i jobbet. Hon blir tilldelad ett uppmärksammat mordfall, där offret tillhör den innersta, rika kretsen i en välbärgad ort söder om stan. Men det är något med fallet som inte stämmer, Nora får en kuslig känsla av att en mäktig hand styr allt. Och snart får hon veta att Sektion M ska ta över utredningen. Mot chefens uttryckliga order börjar hon göra egna efterforskningar. Men Charlotte kommer knappast tyst se på när Nora sabbar för henne.

Having jeopardized their careers in an unauthorized investigation that threatened to reveal the corruption in South Africa's halls of power, Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido have been demoted from the elite Hawks police unit. While waiting to be transferred from Cape Town to seemingly mundane duty in Stellenbosch, Griessel receives a disturbing, anonymous letter: "I can only trust you and Captain Cupido. There is an adder in our bosom. Be careful of phone calls."

Private detective Dean Diamond and his partner, Simon Mills, are hired by the beautiful Mrs. Lavender to track down her sister’s brutish boyfriend, Lenny King. Diamond is dubious, but the pair take the case, and when both Mills and King wind up in body bags within 24 hours, Diamond realizes that there is far more to this case than Lavender had let on.

Tom Kendall había estado en la comisaría 32 del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York durante poco menos de diez años. Pero ahora quería un cambio. Ahora quería montar su propia Agencia de Detectives Privados. Tenía grandes ideas. No estaba interesado en cualquier caso antiguo. Oh no, él solo manejaría los grandes casos, los costosos. Él sería capaz de elegir, el los que él quería, donde había mucho en juego y también lo eran las recompensas. Sabía exactamente el tipo de caso que quería. Cualquier otra cosa no funcionaría, y simplemente sería rechazada de plano.