Showing results for "I" in Modern Detectives

When a bloody corpse is discovered in a North London park, Detective Inspector Daniel Graves is the man tasked with finding the killer. However, with no clues and no suspects, the case seems like a dead end. Then another body turns up—and this time, it looks like it could be Graves’s fault. Has his investigation caused the murderer to strike again? As the case gets ever more complicated, a report comes in of another suspicious death—but this is nothing like any other Graves has dealt with. All involved are convinced that something supernatural is to blame: a demon.

Here's Mickey Spillane and Mike Hammer in their roughest and readiest—a double-strength shot of sex, violence, and action that is vintage Spillane all the way. It's a tough-guy mystery to please even the most bloodthirsty of fans!...

One of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction, Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski is a strong, smart, independent heroine in a male-dominated world. She tracks down corrupt businessmen, ruthless blackmailers and cold-blooded murderers - while trying not to get killed herself. Included in this collection are the first four best-selling V.I. Warshawski novels from Sara Paretsky - plus a short story featuring the hard-boiled PI, read by Buffy Davis.

When Professor Francombe and her team of archaeologists find the remains of three women on a remote Kintyre hillside - a site rumoured to have been the base of Viking warlord Somerled - their delight soon turns to horror when they realise the women tragically met their end little more than two decades ago. It soon becomes clear that these are the three missing victims of the ‘Midweek Murderer’, a serial killer who was at work in Glasgow in the early 1990s. DCI Jim Daley now has the chance to put things right.

Dashiell Hammett is universally regarded as one of the finest American writers of "hard boiled" detective fiction and his short stories and novels have been hailed as some of the best mystery stories ever written. Hammett would doubtless have gone down in literary history simply for his creation of the detective Sam Spade ("The Maltese Falcon") as well as Nick and Nora Charles ("The Thin Man" series), but he is also the creator of another of the most popular detectives in the genre: the nameless private investigator known as the Continental Op, who appears in dozens of his stories.

Jonathan Roper is a key player in the elite Special Investigations Unit. His autism, and a relentless drive, have given him an extraordinary range of skills which make him a formidable detective. His reputation has grown to the point where he has been invited to join the digital fight against terror - but that's not working out as it means losing contact with his boss, Chief Inspector Brian Hooley. The pair formed a powerful bond while bringing down a gang of ruthless mercenaries running riot in London, and now events are throwing them back together.

Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2016. From the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, comes Every Night I Dream of Hell, a dark and thrilling Glaswegian crime drama. Nate Colgan: a violent man; 'smart muscle' for the Jamieson organization. Someone to be...

If letters addressed to you were being left at the crime scenes of a notorious serial killer, what would you do? Rory is a killer on a mission. They will stop at nothing to find the killer of their precious 'El'. They don’t care what or who they have to take out to get answers. If that means taking out a few unfavourable people along the way and making sure to leave Detective Stone a little love note at every scene, then so be it. Detective Stone has been in the detective business for over ten years. Nothing fazes him anymore, well, until Rory shows up that is.

"Manden i søen" er fjerde bind i serien fra sagaøen med kriminalinspektør Erlendur og hans team. Vandet synker i den islandske sø, Kleifarvatn. På søens bund finder man et skelet, der tilsyneladende har ligget der længe. Det har et stort hul i kraniet, og omkring dets hals er der omviklet radioudstyr af russisk fabrikat. Alt peger på en forbrydelse begået under den kolde krig. Mens Erlendur og hans Reykjavik-team efterforsker en række halvt udviskede spor fra en svunden tid, fortælles en anden historie.

Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2016. From the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, comes Every Night I Dream of Hell, a dark and thrilling Glaswegian crime drama. Nate Colgan: a violent man; 'smart muscle' for the Jamieson organization. Someone to be...

When Morley Shine, a fellow PI, dies from a heart attack, Kinsey Millhone takes over the seemingly simple task of gathering evidence for Lonnie Kingman, a local attorney immersed in a civil suit. Stakes are high. David Birney, acquitted of his wealthy wife's murder five years ago, got his hands...

Alex Southerland is back, along with Smokey and Badass. Our hardboiled private dick and elementalist is searching the mean streets of the city for the secret behind a deadly curse. It all starts during a rare Yerba City heat wave when a witch with strange snake tats winding up her gams walks into his office to report that she has committed a murder. Thing is, the murdered man isn't dead, and, well, it's complicated.

Pappy tries to break out of the game before the head of his crew, Black, gets them all killed. Against his better judgment Pappy agrees to do one last job, but only because it’s the price of his freedom. He knows Black can’t be trusted. He knows his “brother” would rather see him dead than let him walk away. Yet he still agrees to do the job because Black isn’t the only one who can’t be trusted. Sometimes you have to kill for what you want. Further developing the stark realism and uncompromising streetwise narratives of his lyrics, H.N.I.C. cements Prodigy’s position as one of the foremost chroniclers of contemporary urban life.

Donatella Berzaghi ha ventotto anni e un corpo avvenente, ma dalla nascita è costretta nella mente di una bambina. Soffre anche di una forma di ninfomania che obbliga il padre Amanzio a tenerla chiusa in casa. Nonostante le attenzioni del padre, però, Donatella improvvisamente scompare. Duca Lamberti dovrà così immergersi in una Milano noir e spietata, dove sfruttatori e vittime vivono fianco a fianco, in stanze d’albergo che hanno le porte sempre aperte per il prossimo cliente. Una nuova indagine di Duca Lamberti.

Björn Nilsson ligger brutalt misshandlad i Kongos djungel 1961. Sextio år senare mördas gamla FN-veteraner en efter en i Sverige. Kriminalinspektör Esther Ndembe och ex-elitsoldaten Klas Berg jagar en sanning som sträcker sig från Kongos djungler till Kremls korridorer. Men när de äntligen närmar sig svaret upptäcker de att någon är beredd att döda för att hemligheten ska förbli begravd. Vem kan de lita på när fienden kan vara vem som helst?

Imagine radio noir in the grand tradition - the mystery, excitement, and adventure of the medium's Golden Age. Now imagine that this has been combined with all of the technical polish that 21st century audio theatre techniques have to offer. That's The Adventures of Harry Nile. Produced by modern-radio legend Jim French, this collection features cases set in the 1940s. A hard-boiled but gentle-souled private investigator takes to the rain-swept streets of the Pacific Northwest.

Matteo De Foresta, giornalista genovese e investigatore amatoriale, affronta la sua prova più difficile. Braccato sia dalla Polizia sia dalla Mafia, deve comprendere in fretta ciò che Bob gli ha detto prima di morire. Per salvare sé stesso, ma anche per scagionare il suo amico vicequestore Guido Rocchetti, ormai latitante e accusato di essere il contatto del clan mafioso dei Lo Nardo.

Dopo una carriera in polizia interrotta contro la sua volontà, Mariano Greco si è reinventato investigatore privato nella Milano sempre più proiettata nel futuro. Il politico e armatore Ranieri Averardi, latitante a Dubai dopo una condanna per collusione mafiosa, è sospettato dal fratello di aver ucciso la madre per impossessarsi dell'eredità familiare. Tra Milano, Dubai e Roma, Greco e Arminia dovranno addentrarsi in un intreccio di relazioni ambigue, giochi di potere e fiumi di denaro sporco dal quale sarà difficile uscire puliti.

When defense attorney Jackson Taylor takes on the case of a lifetime, he's prepared to fight for justice. His childhood friend—the son of a powerful senator—has been accused of a brutal murder. Jackson is certain the man he grew up with couldn't be a killer. But when shocking evidence links his own father, a former small-town sheriff, to the crime, Jackson's unshakable trust in the truth is pushed to the breaking point. Jackson remains steadfast in his quest for justice.

Un Giappone sconosciuto e oscuro, corroso da antichissime e spietate tradizioni. Questo il teatro in cui l'ispettore nippoamericano Nishida si trova ad affrontare un caso impossibile da risolvere. Takaji Mihara, un uomo d'affari ormai in pensione, è stato ucciso nella sua casa, trafitto da un colpo di spada. La polizia è convinta di aver trovato il responsabile del delitto, un sospettato che avrebbe avuto sia il movente che l'opportunità.