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In the waning days of the Russian Empire, the Czar inked a secret treaty with Japan that was stolen en route by one of the workmen on the Trans-Siberian Railway. More than 100 years later, the Soviet Union has gone the way of the Czardom, and police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is trying to find his way in the Russia of Vladimir Putin. 

The Danube Express was once the most famous train on the continent. Linking east and west, it was the fastest route from the Alps to the Black Sea, until airplanes and automobiles made it obsolete. When a group of savvy investors revived it in the 1970s, it became an express only in name. But when a Hungarian actress disappears from the train, it turns out to be more than a publicity stunt. Soon it is clear that a killer lurks on the Danube Express, and plans on taking it all the way to the end of the line. 

'Quirky and colourful' Times Crime Club 'An absolute delight' L C Tyler 'This intriguing but charming murder mystery is packed with psychological depth and wonderfully-drawn characters' Eleanor Ray Welcome to Roslazny - a sleepy Russian town where intrigue and murder combine to disturb the icy...

'Quirky and colourful' Times Crime Club 'The village life, the (mostly awful) food, the appalling hooch and, above all, the loveable eccentricity of Olga, make this a novel to treasure' A. N. Wilson 'This intriguing but charming murder mystery is packed with psychological depth and...

From “Japan's Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times): A secluded bay. An apparent lovers’ suicide. And a pair of detectives with a nagging suspicion that the pieces don’t add up. Can you solve one of the most astonishing literary puzzles ever written? “An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a...

Juin 2022. Le soleil ne se couche plus sur le Grand Nord. En Norvège, l'express côtier termine sa croisière après une longue traversée des fjords, entre...

Triora, die weltberühmte Hauptstadt der Hexen. Commissario Gallo wird in das idyllische Hinterland der lebhaften Küstenstadt Sanremo gerufen. In einer Schlucht in den malerischen Hügeln über der Riviera dei Fiori ist eine Leiche gefunden worden. Safranplantagen, Olivenhaine und Kräuterpfade säumen den Tatort. Gallo erkennt bald, dass es eine Verbindung zwischen dem Toten und einer vermissten Naturforscherin gibt. Hatte sie gehofft, die alten Geheimnisse der unzähligen Kräuter, Gewürze und Heilpflanzen von Triora zu entdecken, für die im 16. 

Jack Kiley, a professional soccer player turned private investigator, is hired to track down a soldier who has gone missing while on leave from Iraq. The soldier's mind is disturbed by what he has seen and done in the war, and he is armed. There are fears both for the man himself and for the safety of his estranged wife and two young children. Kiley's search leads him to Nottingham, where he teams up with D. I. Charlie Resnick.