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When fifteen-year-old Ashley Brock disappears, the clock begins ticking. In a small town, law enforcement is bound by red tape, unable to act swiftly as the girl’s abduction takes a turn toward human trafficking. For Mike Wolly and Sasha, waiting is not an option. Fueled by their own brand of justice and a determination to save Ashley, Mike and Sasha launch into a race against time. As they navigate a dangerous underworld filled with predators, every move they make puts them closer to both the girl they aim to rescue and the criminals who will stop at nothing to keep their operation hidden.

Elizabeth Bell runs a quiet household, with no family and no more than the usual number of servants. She passes her time thinking about crime and working on her biography of a relative. When a young cousin comes to stay, life in the house becomes uncharacteristically lively. First, cousin Judy burns a hole in Miss Bell's desk. Next, they spy a burglar on the staircase—a shadowy figure who vanishes without a trace. And finally, Sarah, the nurse, takes the dogs for a walk and never returns. She is found savagely murdered, and she will not be the last to die.

After a disappearance at the pier, five regular people who all have one thing in common, mysteries, decide to investigate. They start off solo but realise working as a team is better. They become The Ravenwood Detectives.

Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a...

Real murderers need a Heart of Stone: Meet Maggie and Mike Hartstone—parents of twin boys, entrepreneurs, and now empty-nesters. Mike is retired—not by choice—from his position as chief of police in the picturesque resort town of Hamilton. And now his wife, Maggie, and her shop the Cozy Crystal, are their only source of income. When a mysterious killing interrupts Hamilton's famous Springfield Park Rockshow, the townsfolk, the Cozy Crystal, and their lives are rocked to the core.

A crime reporter investigates the case of the deadly do-gooder! While Mike Lanson, reporter for the Gazette, was checking up on Clarence Proost, director of the Anti-Vice League, Proost was slain. There was a strip-tease dancer named Luzy who thought that "maybe" she murdered him. The police thought so too, but Mike didn't so he helped her hide out, hoping for the bigger story to break. All the gangsters in town didn't care who killed whom, all they wanted were the blackmail files Luzy had in hiding with her.

IT-Administrator Sven Olsen wird unterhalb der Münsterplattform in Bern tot aufgefunden. Sein Freund, der Journalist Mike Honegger, glaubt nicht an einen Selbstmord und beginnt zu recherchieren. Bald darauf erhält er eine anonyme Drohung, sein Computer wird offensichtlich überwacht und seine Daten verschwinden aus der Cloud. Wer jagt Mike und seine Freundin Nina? Ein bedrohliches Rennen um die Wahrheit beginnt, in dem nichts ist, wie es scheint, und das beide in Lebensgefahr bringt.

Mike Lanson was the ace crime reporter for the Gazette, so it was natural that he heard about the kookie wino who had reported eavesdropping on two men plotting a murder. So, it was also natural that he got on the case after one of the two plotters was found dead. Mike, like all reporters, was looking for an answer. But when he filled in the five W's on the next victim, he came up with this: Who: Mike Lanson. What: His own murder. When: As soon as that fire reached the explosives. Where: In a deserted storehouse. Why: Because he knew too much.