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When a corpse turns up at his favorite tavern, Crispin Guest-disgraced knight turned detective - begins an inquiry, but the dead man turns out to be a Templar knight, an order thought to be extinct for 75 years, charged with protecting a certain religious relic which is now missing. Before he can begin to investigate, Crispin is abducted by shadowy men who are said to be minions of the French anti-pope.

Aubrey had initially dreaded the move to the coast with the Goodmans, but now he loves it. All those rock pools to muck about in, caves to explore, and endless food opportunities from the beach huts means life is good. And he's especially pleased that his best friend, Vincent, has joined the household. But the sun slips behind a cloud when a body is found near Lilac Tree Lodge, the home for the elderly in which Molly Goodman works.

Jeremy Goodman has been taking a class in local history taught by Margaret, a retired journalist. She's just dug up some intriguing new information in a forty-year-old unsolved triple homicide known as the Golf Course Murders—and now she's been attacked and left for dead. Jeremy is teaming up with an ex-cop classmate to look into Margaret's assault—and their fellow students, as well. Could one of them have a connection to the cold case?

“Open any of his novels—from the outset, the magic operates: from the first paragraph you are caught in the jaws of a trap that will not release you until the full-stop at the end of the last page, and even then with the book closed, you remain dizzy and panting as you try to regain your...

A washed-up PI bent on redeeming his career is sent for a ride when a mysterious note is delivered to his office. With reports of missing people, Dalton sets out following clues in a city covered in neon lights. Little does he know that a bigger crime awaits as he is watched from the shadows by curious eyes. Will he solve it in time or die trying?

In una Bari sonnolenta e distratta, dove i tanti scandali scuotono il perbenismo della città, un bambino scompare, e qualche giorno dopo viene ritrovato senza vita nel giardino della villa di famiglia. Le indagini di polizia si rivelano subito piuttosto complesse. Tra i sospettati c'è la mamma del bimbo, una donna molto bella e inquieta, meglio conosciuta con il soprannome di Uva 'gnura, Uva nera. Separata dal marito, un farmacista assai noto e rispettato, la donna risulta essere invischiata in affari loschi e frequentazioni malavitose.

LOOSE LIPS COST LIVES. It's 1986, and Adam Cave, lead singer of the pop sensation Loose Lips, is struggling to stay in the closet, especially as his group is going through a messy split, and media speculation about the reasons behind the break up are high. Joe Stone has been assigned to Adam as...

This rock ‘n roll noir novel follows music exec James Dual as he battles ghosts of his past in watering holes from Hollywood to Nashville to Mexico. James finds himself quickly drawn into a web of blackmail, violence, and murder after he receives a cassette tape from a neo-noir femme fatale implicating him in a tragedy from 20 years ago. The story pulses with mythic songs and stories from when music defined reality and meant everything to those who gave their lives over to it.

Das Ehepaar Bennet ist glücklich verheiratet. Jedoch ist die Idylle trügerisch. Mit Schrecken muss Roger miterleben, wie seine Frau sich zunehmend radikalisiert. Als dann sein Chef ermordet aufgefunden wird, hegt Bennet einen schrecklichen Verdacht.

When private investigator Thomas Kaine takes on what should’ve been a routine case, he finds himself drawn into something far stranger—a tangle of secrets, shadows, whispers that stretch back farther than he imagined, and danger lurking in every shadow. With Lana Drexler at his side and danger rising from every direction, Kaine begins to suspect the truth isn’t just hidden… it was designed to stay that way.

In the shadowed city of Dunsmore, where secrets bleed through the cracks of old theaters and the spotlight hides more than it reveals, private investigator Thomas Kaine thought he’d seen the worst the stage could offer. But when a cursed revival of Dracula draws blood from its cast and whispers of a forgotten fire resurface, Kaine and his sharp-witted partner Lana Drexler are pulled into a world where the line between performance and ritual blurs.

Holmes erwacht in der Drachenhöhle von Chiu Chung. Im Wahn taumelt er umher. Er weiß nicht, wie er hierhergekommen ist. Als Lestrade mit seinen Leuten zur Tür hereinstürmt, sieht er den Meisterdetektiv mit einer Waffe in der Hand neben einer Leiche stehen. Noch ahnt keiner der beiden Ermittler, dass sie Teil eines perfiden Spiels sind.

Der Straßenjunge Pedro träumt davon, Fotograf zu werden. Aber gerade, wo sein Geschäft anläuft, kommen ihm die Maler einer Factory in die Quere. Da sie den Jungen als Konkurrenten fürchten, wollen sie ihm eine Lektion erteilen. Doch endet das Ganze tödlich.

Die legendäre Pilzkopfbande aus Liverpool will die Kronjuwelen der Königin stehlen. Ihr Partner in Crime ist der abgehalfterte Hofnarr Frederic Flanery. Durch ihn erhoffen sich die Pilzköpfe, an den Schlüssel der Schatzkammer zu gelangen. Allerdings läuft das Unternehmen anders als geplant.

It's 1988. A mild summer after a turbulent political year for LGBT rights. While working as an assistant to a successful Theatre Director, Joe Stone finds himself unwittingly embroiled in another murder investigation. Lexi Goode, a young, up and coming actress has her bright future cut short...

When wealthy heiress Victoria Glass vanishes without a trace, seasoned detective Miles Harper expects another ordinary missing-person case. But the deeper he digs, the more the city itself seems to watch him.

Jack Manson is missing, but then again, so is the city's biggest crime boss. Roger York and others search, but no one can seem to figure out who is behind the disappearances. But there is one man - a private eye in the gritty fifties. His name is Dillon Sheppard, and he is on the case. Also, girls are being abducted and murdered. Vinnie Van Johnson and Lips Malone are running the streets.

It’s a slow, steamy summer in New Orleans’ French Quarter, but Franki Amato is busy planning her bridal shower—that is, until a hit-and-run outside a coffee shop gets her PI senses percolating. The victim is linked to crimes at a fancy society wedding in a haunted hotel where Franki’s fiancé’s family is staying. As for the java joint, it’s straight out of a hardboiled detective movie, and there’s something hinky about its walnut liqueur coffee.

Ray Kerze hasn't been having the best time of it. His closest friends are the guys in line with him at the liquor store before breakfast. He lives in his office in the decaying heart of Detroit, and that's only because the building is so far gone, no one shows up to collect rent. An ex-cop turned private investigator, he's not so much investigating as drowning himself in whiskey and helping out other struggling denizens of downtown in his sober moments. His life becomes a bit more interesting—and, some might say, worth living—when a young woman shows up at his office.

Sherlock Holmes bekommt einen sonderbaren Brief. Der Name des Absenders ist Daniel Drake. Er bittet Holmes um Hilfe. Jedoch geht aus dem wirren Schreiben nicht hervor, in welcher Angelegenheit. Wie Holmes herausfindet, ist Drake der Autor eines Schauerromans. Die Geschichte spielt in dem Ort, in dem der Brief abgestempelt wurde. Es geht um einen Schriftsteller, der aufgrund von Einsamkeit den Verstand verliert. Holmes entschließt sich, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen.