Showing results for "The Alchemist" in Crime Fiction

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger... Monty Bannerman's father is a leading genetic scientist, and Nobel Prize winner, whose company has just been taken over by what will soon be the world's biggest pharmaceutical giant. He had some misgivings about their company ethics - but ultimately...

After losing his knighthood, Crispin Guest has found a new calling as the Tracker, a private investigator who can locate anything—or anyone. Now famed French alchemist Nicholas Flamel needs Crispin to locate his wife, Perenelle, and his apprentice, Thomas Cornhill. But the case takes a sinister turn when Flamel's apprentice is found murdered. The kidnapper promises that Flamel's wife will be next...unless he hands over his precious Philosopher's Stone, a magical object that can turn lead into gold.

Some guys just can’t relax in a rocking chair, even if they should. Bat Poe and Fran Gomez haven’t been cops for a long time, but that’s not making their lives any safer. Bare moments away from retiring from their sunset positions in the insurance industry, Bat and Fran find themselves mired in yet another narcotics trafficking investigation.

Alice, al morir su tía asesinada, se ha convertido en propietaria por herencia de la mitad de un local llamado Half Moon. El local es un tugurio de los bajos fondos frecuentado por prostitutas y borrachos. Pero además algo nuevo está sucediendo en el Half Moon: alguien está provocando allí la muerte: parece que hay alguna razón obsesiva que a alguien le impide dejar de matar...