Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives

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Despite being attractive, intelligent and friendly, Sasha Gardner knows no man wants a phone call from her.

Two seemingly unrelated murders put Tampa homicide detective Karen Sweeney in the crosshairs.

Selbstbewusste Besitzerin eines Hotels an der Ostsee klärt in den 50er Jahren auf eigene Faust einen Mord auf.

*A Times Best Book of the Year*From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII'Ten out of ten' The Times'A grand piece of work - a triumph and one of Taylor's best' MICK HERRON'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction.

Rachel de Luca's uncanny sense of perception is the key to her success as a self-help celebrity.

For former private investigator Dana Miller, there can be no peace of mind until she finds the person who killed her husband.

There are some things only a mother can feel.

In a tragic accident, Emile Labresque's research ship went down, killing a wealthy philanthropist and four crew members.

Archaeologist Sophie Malone is still haunted a year after she was left for dead inside a remote Irish cave.

After eight idyllic months in the Mediterranean, Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband are ready to put their investigative talents to work once more.

After Moonrise, the elite detective agency, crosses into the dark side, but it can be dangerous when the living communicate with the dead.

After Moonrise, the elite detective agency, crosses into the dark side, but it can be dangerous when the living communicate with the dead.

Corruption, murder, beauty and innocence .

'An acknowledged literary landmark' [Robert Graves] from 'The dean of the school of hard-boiled fiction' [New York Times]The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey.

'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMESMiss Gabriel Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults.

At four o'clock on a misty October afternoon in London, Evelyn Cross, blonde, nineteen and fashionably dressed, vanishes into thin air.

Helen Capel takes the position of lady-help in a remote country house owned by the Warren family and, before long, learns that a murderer is on the loose.

In a gas-lit inn in the countryside a man lies dead.

THRILLERS THAT RACE FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE .

';Another grand slam for the master storyteller' DAVID BALDACCI';A modern master of crime fiction' GREGG HURWITZRobert Crais is a legend who deserveshis place alongside Chandler, Hammett & Himes as a true master of the crime and mystery genre STEVE CAVANAGHTHE CITY OF ANGELS Adele Schumacher isn't a typical worried mum.

A Narey & Winter crime fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Craig Robertson.

A Narey & Winter crime fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Craig Robertson.

She has a crisp and intelligent style, and a real way with tension MO HAYDER Calvary Gaol, standing bleak and forbidding on the Cumbrian hillside, exerts a curious hold over Georgina Gray.

Duty to the job or personal ambition?

'Rosie can write and Prudence Bulstrode is here to stay' Miriam Margolyes'Witty, warm and so enjoyable' Jo BrandThe next irresistible cosy crime novel from celebrity TV chef Rosemary Shrager!

'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphA mystery writer turns detective to protect the woman he loves.

'Dark and funny' Jackie Kabler, author of The Murder List'Deliciously dark and hilariously witty' Sunday Post'A razor-sharp revenge thriller with bite, brains and a body count' The ObserverSay hello to Sally.

Fans of Michael Connelly, Peter James and Robin Cook will love this captivating and riveting thriller from the pen of Sunday Times bestselling author Michael Palmer.

Extraordinary crimes require extraordinary detectives.

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her a shining light .

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP'The most polished crime writer on the murder beat' Daily ExpressFive footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here.

Another impeccable edge-of-your-seat thriller from bestselling author John D MacDonald that has inspired a generation of crime writers.

Let John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - take you on a ride with this high-octane, all-action thriller.

The Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - is one for fans of Lee Child, Michael Connelly and John Grisham not to miss.

The Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - is one for fans of Lee Child, Michael Connelly and John Grisham not to miss.

The Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - is one for fans of Lee Child, Michael Connelly and John Grisham not to miss.

As we've come to expect from John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - this thriller, with its vivid characterisation, masterful sense of suspense and sardonic take on life, is so gripping, you'll be hard pressed not to finish it in one sitting.

The Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - is one for fans of Lee Child, Michael Connelly and John Grisham not to miss.

Let John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - take you on a ride with this high-octane, all-action thriller.

'Fast, hard and knowing: this is an amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense.

ESCAPE THE NIGHT -a powerful novel of suspense and scandal, of surveillance and threat, of amnesia and obsession, of parents and children - and the long buried secret that links them all in a deadly chain.

Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books.

Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben, has written a thriller jam-packed withaction, tension and twists and turns.

Private is going down under.

Jamie Saintclair embarks on another action-packed historical adventure, guaranteed to have you gripped from page one!

'If you like your crime medicine strong, this will keep you gripped.

Suspense as sharp as a scalpel's edge.

It s a brutal race to the finish line .