To the California police the murder of Lilian Blake seems an open-and-shut case. In less than twenty-four hours they have arrested and charged Harry Nielsen, a mentally disabled youth. At first only Harry's mother believes his innocence, insisting he is too kind-hearted...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein ePub

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald TribuneSergeant Ivor Maddox of the Wilcox Street precinct has more crime on his hands than even he is accustomed to: murders, con-men, a dismembered corpse, runaway teenagers and a multiple rapist.To catch the rapist,...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : An Ivor Maddox Mystery ePub

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald TribuneThe Wilcox Street precinct is as busy as ever. Sergeant Maddox and his team face three tricky murder cases, with motives that turn out to be as strange and bizarre as the crimes themselves.But it is not only...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : An Ivor Maddox Mystery ePub

'The best American police procedural of the year' Anthony BoucherSergeant Ivor Maddox and the Wilcox Street precinct do not have time to rest on their laurels. Currently there is a curious wave of shoplifting among teenagers, an elderly pensioner has been shot dead from...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : An Ivor Maddox Mystery ePub

Robert Kinsolving is healthy, wealthy and forty-one, and has asked Jesse Falkenstein to draw up a will leaving everything to his sister, just in case. However, before signing, Kinsolving is found dead in an apparent suicide. Jesse is far from convinced, and discovers...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein ePub

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald TribuneTwenty years ago the five-year-old Traxler heir was kidnapped from his Hollywood home and never seen again. Now his widowed mother is overjoyed when a plausible young man claims to be her long-lost son, a claim...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein ePub

Old Vandeveer is an odd client for the famous Jesse Falkenstein; dressed head to toe in shabby clothes it seems like he can hardly afford Jesse's standard fee to draw up a will. But when he and his wife are murdered a few weeks later, Falkenstein is launched on an...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein ePub

When Nonie Johnson kidnaps her daughter from the adoptive parents, Jesse Falkenstein is brought in. Something seemed wrong from the start - Nonie just wasn't the maternal type, and then she suddenly vanished from sight.The search for Nonie Johnson yielded nothing but a...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein ePub

The brutal and baffling murder of an elderly couple in their quiet suburban home, the kidnapping of two little girls, a bank hold-up, a jewel robbery from a big store - Vic Varallo and the Glendale police force are kept more than usually busy in this complex and...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : A Vic Varallo Mystery ePub

'This is a mystery readers' mystery novel, and a beauty' Anthony BoucherWalt McLean, the proprietor of Walt's Malt Shop, had been found dead by his niece. The attack did not appear to be motivated by robbery, but who would want to murder such a harmless and popular man?...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : An Ivor Maddox Mystery ePub

Dick Tredgold has spent seven years in jail for a murder he insists he did not commit. Now eligible for parole, he refuses to apply, because he feels that by doing so he would acknowledge his guilt. His family, at their wit's end, appeal to Jesse Falkenstein for...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein ePub

As always, Jesse Falkenstein and Sergeant Clock have a score of cases on their hands, but Jesse is mainly interested in the murder of Margaret Brandon, a trance medium. He was her lawyer and liked her, and someone had gone to great efforts to make her death seem...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein ePub

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald TribuneJewel, a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl, has disappeared from her home in a squalid suburb of Los Angeles. A popular young salesman, Steven Wray, is found slumped over the wheel of his car, dead from an overdose....

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : An Ivor Maddox Mystery ePub

The Manning Company is a big business, but although it was headed by Claire Manning, the founder's widow, before her death, her son John had been running the firm for many years and was the undisputed successor. So why did Claire leave almost everything to her third...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-07-14
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein ePub

‘An important debut. Brilliant, with an authentic “desi” touch. A must read.’ – Surender Mohan Pathak ‘Flavourful as butter chicken, as unputdownable as a Patiala peg.’ – Samrat Choudhury, author of The Urban Jungle Book ‘This brilliantly crafted noir thriller gets...

Editeur : Hachette India
Parution : 2014-07-12
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Los Angeles DA Rachel Knight is brought in to the aftermath of a high-school shooting in Marcia Clark's gripping legal thriller - perfect for fans of David Baldacci and James Patterson.It's every parent's nightmare.When a high-school shooting leaves dozens dead,...

Editeur : Mulholland Books
Parution : 2014-07-03
Collection : Rachel Knight ePub

A hanged man would say anything to save his life. But what if his testimony is true? Inspector Ben Ross is determined to uncover the truth in The Testimony of the Hanged Man, the fifth thrilling Victorian crime novel in Ann Granger's historical series. The perfect read...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2014-07-03
Collection : Inspector Ben Ross ePub

Nobody likes a loan shark and the list of people who wanted Ged Salkeld dead would fill the Newcastle phone book. But who would go to the extreme of torching his house while his wife and kids were sleeping upstairs? This is the question facing DCI Theo Vos and his...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2014-07-03
Collection : The Bug House ePub

Forensic expert Professor Nick Fennimore has engineered lectures in Chicago and St Louis – a ploy to get to Detective Chief Inspector Kate Simms. She’s in the United States on sabbatical with St Louis PD, and he’s keen to see her again. Simms is working with a ‘method...

Editeur : Corsair
Parution : 2014-07-03
Collection : DI Kate Simms ePub

'One of the best thriller writers of our time' HARLAN COBEN'Abbott writes suspense classics' LEE CHILDWhen Sam Capra's best customer - and friend - is murdered outside his Miami bar, Sam decides to seek justice. Determined to figure out the connection between his...

Editeur : Sphere
Parution : 2014-07-01
Collection : Sam Capra ePub