Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Mystery

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A thrilling historical mystery about a young woman searching for her father, a young man trying to solve an impossible problem, and the quest for the power to transcend time. “From Vienna to San Francisco, I was swept away by this fascinating search for family...

Rose Gold is two colors, one woman, and a big headache. In this new mystery set in the Patty Hearst era of radical black nationalism and political abductions, a black ex-boxer self-named Uhuru Nolica, the leader of a revolutionary cell called Scorched Earth, has kidnapped Rosemary Goldsmith, the...

Hildur Rúnarsdóttir dachte, in ihr Leben als Kriminalpolizistin in den Westfjorden von Island wäre endlich Ruhe eingekehrt. Da werden auf dem elterlichen Anwesen am Meer vier Menschenskelette entdeckt. Hildur forscht nach, obwohl sie gerade eigentlich in einem Misshandlungsfall auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff ermittelt. Im Sommer strömen Scharen von Touristen auf die Insel im hohen Norden. Und je mehr Hildur herausfindet, desto mehr muss sie feststellen, dass die Gier mancher Menschen tödlich sein kann.

Sunny Randall, the Boston P.I. with a personal life as tangled as that of her clients, is hired on as a bodyguard to an up-and-coming starlet, and discovers some ugly truths behind her glossy façade. Buddy Bollen is a C-list movie mogul who made his fortune producing films of questionable...

The most dangerous man to cross is one who isn't afraid to die. But the most deadly is one who doesn't want to live. And Spenser has just lost the woman who made life his #1 priority. So when a religious sect kidnaps a pretty young dancer, no death threat can make Spenser cut and run. Now a hit...

Nice girls don't. But blond, beautiful April Kyle does. She's a hooker hooked on the wrong guy -- and she's on her way to trouble. So is Spenser. Looking out for April has landed him in the crud of Times Square. It's not a long way to big-business boardrooms where blood money get laundered into...

Spenser's girlfriend Susan goes away with another man, Jerry Costigan, the son of a very rich and dangerous criminal. Spenser and his friend, Hawk, go to find Susan. Soon they are in the world of the CIA, guns and murder...

Drei, zwei, eins - wenn der Countdown-Mörder zählt, fließt Blut ... Der Auftakt einer neuen Thrillerreihe aus Norwegen. An dem Tag, als die Autorin Sonja Nordstrøm verschwindet, sollte sie zur Premiere ihres Buches "Ewige Erste" erscheinen. Promi-Reporterin Emma Ramm beschließt Nordstrøm zu Hause aufzusuchen. Die imposante Villa ist leer, doch eine am Fernseher angebrachte Zahl weckt Emmas Neugierde: die Nummer Eins.

Spenser smells corruption in a college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. All manner of sleaze -- from corrupt academics to hoods with graduate degrees -- have their fingers in the pot. Spenser's search takes him from lecture halls to blue collar...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this riveting mystery from Susan Elia MacNeal, England’s most daring spy, Maggie Hope, travels across the pond to America, where a looming scandal poses a grave threat to the White House and the Allied cause. December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl...

Kathleen Paulson enjoys her life as a small-town librarian with two extraordinary cats, Owen and Hercules, who provide companionship during the quiet times and have a remarkable talent for sleuthing when murder disturbs the peace.... The local businesses of Mayville Heights hope to convince...

With The Innocent, Taylor Stevens, the bestselling author of The Informationist, returns with another blockbuster thriller featuring the fearless Vanessa Michael Munroe. Eight years ago, a man walked five-year-old Hannah out the front doors of her school and spirited her over the Mexican...

Boston PI Spenser takes on a new case in this installment in Robert B. Parker's iconic New York Times bestselling series. Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young congresswoman...

In her twelfth caper of this alphabet series, Kinsey Millhone, P.I., our cheeky heroine, helps a neighbor find out why the government has denied an elderly relative's veteran benefits. Sounds like a real yawner for Kinsey. But it's not when this seemingly mundane mystery leads to a stash of...

It's a mission that only Striker - the military arm of Op-Center - can handle: capture an Islamic cleric who is stirring up a rebellion against the Indian government. But when the border between India and Pakistan erupts, the Striker team gets caught in the crossfire. Now America's most...

The meeting place was carefully chosen: an abandoned church in rural Ireland just after dark. For Jonathan Quinn—a freelance operative and professional “cleaner”—the job was only to observe. If his cleanup skills were needed, it would mean things had gone horribly wrong. But an assassin...

The gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary bestselling author, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve of war. A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became...

When an extra $5000 shows up in her bank account, Kinsey Millhone puts it down to a clerical error. But suddenly the deposit makes sense. It's not a mistake, it's a setup. Kinsey now has a new client: herself/ As she unravels the frame, she finds her future tied to one family's secret, hidden...

Nicola Fischer ist die Tochter des berüchtigten Ellicott Creek Ripper – und für alle in ihrem Heimatort genauso schuldig wie ihr Vater. Freunde, Job, Ruf: Nach und nach verliert sie alles. Nur Greer Woods scheint sie zu verstehen. Sie ist erfolgreiche Anwältin, gefeierte True-Crime-TV-Ikone – und selbst die Tochter eines Serienkillers. Doch ihre Freundschaft endet, als Greers TV-Show andeutet, Nicola könnte ihrem Vater geholfen haben.

Nicht einmal der Schnee verwischt alle Spuren... Kate Linville ist einem eiskalten Mörder auf der Spur – der neue hoch spannende Pageturner von Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Link. Mitten in den einsamen North York Moors fährt eine junge Frau allein in ihrem Wagen durch eine schneekalte Dezembernacht. Am nächsten Morgen findet man ihre Leiche, ihr Auto eingeschneit auf einem kleinen Feldweg abgestellt. Es gibt eine Zeugin, die beobachtet hat, dass ein Mann unterwegs bei ihr einstieg.