This book begins with a history of the detective genre, coextensive with the novel itself, identifying the attitudes and institutions needed for the genre to emerge in its mature form around 1880.
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.
Most people believe Jimmy Antonelli is bad to the bone New York detective and an old friend of the family Bill Smith is one of the few people who has ever been willing to give Jimmy a second chance.
INSTANT BESTSELLER The next installment in the nationally bestselling The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder series finds antique hunter Freya Lockwood and Aunt Carole one again embarking on a journey to recover priceless antiquesthis time on a Red Sea cruise.
"e;Brooklyn Noir came first in 2004, and now, 15 years later, Houston Noir--14 stories of intrigue, betrayal and death set from Tanglewood to Third Ward penned by current or former Houston authors--goes on sale.
Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the seventh volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteriesOFF WITH HIS HEADWhen the pesky Anna Bunz arrives at Mardian to investigate local folk-dancing, she quickly antagonizes the villagers.
What begins as a trio of seemingly unrelated deaths in England soon propels Superintendent Richard Jury into an international mystery that leads him far from hometo the sun-drenched American Southwest.
A long-buried family secret and a chance encounter with an estranged sibling force police detective Jimmy Vega to confront his deepest fears in this gripping new mystery by award-winning author Suzanne Chazin .
"e;A first-rate whodunnit set in the 1960s New York art world, a time and place Helen Harrison has recreated with a page-turning mix of history, gossip, and fun!
Der frühere Martial-Arts-Kämpfer Daniel hat den Sport aufgrund von Verletzungen und Sorgen um seine Frau Sarah und seine junge Tochter Madelyn aufgegeben.
Filled with Victorian-era intrigue for readers of Rhys Bowen, Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, and Julia Seales, Dianne Freeman's Agatha Award-winning series takes a delightful jaunt to the City of Light as Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, encounters a murder scene at the Paris Exposition.
Ein Mord – zwölf Verdächtige – vierundzwanzig Stunden Dunkelheit: »The Dark« ist ein ebenso faszinierender wie beklemmender Antarktis-Thriller mit grandiosem Locked-Room-Setting und einer starken Protagonistin.
Nominated for the Brooklyn Public Library's Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize for Fiction"e;This is a fine mystery and [protagonist] D Hunter is as world weary, yet steadfast, as Philip Marloew, Spenser, Dave Robicheaux, or Easy Rawlins.
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