All of Habba Galli, Shivajinagar, is disturbed when eccentric Dondi Pais empties her double-barrelled shotgun to scatter a pack of noisy mongrels on Karwa Chauth night. But their distress turns to shock the next morning when it is discovered that one stray bullet has ploughed into the skull of a sour, spiteful jeweller, leaving him […]
From its first arrival in Britain with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror, violence and revenge are the cursed swords constant companions. From an election-rigging scandal in 13th century Venice to the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356, as the Sword of Shame passes from owner to owner in this compelling collection of interlinked mysteries, […]
Smoke and Ashes is Abir Mukherjees best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil ?? beautifully crafted?? C.J. Sansom India, 1921. Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force. But Wyndham finds himself in […]
A riveting new anthology series??a year??s worth of the most powerful, the most startling, the most astute and smartest, in short, the best crime journalism. Included in this first volume are Mark Singer??s ??The Chicken Warriors? from The New Yorker: an up-close look at the tawdry, wildly popular, illegal world of cock-fighting; E. Jean Carrol??s […]
It happened in the night, when no one was around to see it. A Pittsburgh doctor, who dedicated himself to helping others, was shot through the heart. Now days have passed, and Dan Ross??s wife, Elizabeth, has entered a twilight zone of grief, flooded with memories, voices, and regrets. And while a determined police investigator […]
In Duluth, Minnesota, a young woman, Rachel Stoner, has gone missing. Cop Jonathan Stride, a sharply focused detective despite the stresses of his troubled personal life, is quick to suspect her stepfather of murder. And yet, he has his doubts. Even for a man accustomed to power, the accused seems remarkably convinced hell go free. […]
This Perry Mason mystery is a tantalizing triple-decker. One threesome comprises three glamorous ladies – all long-legged models with ambitions that range from keeping the home fires burning to putting the home fires out. Another trio is a far-from-pleasant collection of small metal objects called guns. Finally, the favorite triumvirate of mystery readers all around […]
Four cops, from four precincts, all shot dead. A chaotic wave is erupting through the American police force in Paula Gosling??s second Jack Stryker novel, Backlash. When a federal investigator appears on the killer??s hit list, the simple answers seem to be disappearing way too fast and time is running out. Are these homicides linked? […]
Steeped in its own problems, Glasgows mushrooming underclass is simmering with resentment and the sudden flow of Kosovan refugess into the city; and one by one, refugees are disappearing. The authorities assume the refugees have vanished into the black economy, until the mutilated body of an Albanian man is fished out of the River Clyde. […]
Kate Delafield is at war. With LAPD??s Department of Internal Affairs which is challenging her conduct during an arrest gone disastrously wrong. With the police psychologist who holds in her hands the power to keep Kate off the job??and is exercising it. With her police partner who has gone AWOL in Kate??s hour of need. […]
Nine exciting stories of real life crime and detection featuring serial killers, art forgers, kidnappers, robbers, runaways and forensic scientists. Gripping and engaging for readers who prefer real life to fiction.
They invited the finest collection of forensic minds ever assembled, drawn from five continents, to bring the coldest killers in the world to account. Named after the first detective – Eugene Francois Vidocq – the Vidocq Society meets monthly to solve a cold case. The Murder Room paints a chilling picture as the three partners […]