Hard-Boiled

A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in....

The Dark Yorkshire Series - fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin. The first three full-length books in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in this great value set....

This audiobook collection contains the following works of Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary, The Murder on the...

Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption....

In The Lady in the Lake, hard-boiled crime-fiction master Raymond Chandler brings us the story of a couple of missing wives - one a rich man's and one a poor man's - who have become the objects of Philip Marlowe's investigation....

Cameron Winter is troubled in heart and mind. He's plagued by memories of his time as a government operative investigating a notorious Turkish sex trafficker. The fact that the mission was left unfinished still haunts him and threatens to tear him apart.

A string of overdoses in Colorado Springs has Detectives Joe Kenda and Lee Wilson on the lookout for a bad batch of heroin that has been cut with a drug they’ve never seen before.

New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance returns with a new pulse-pounding suspense novel featuring beloved private investigator J. P. Beaumont as his investigation of a seemingly accidental death uncovers a complex web of evil.

In the latest installment in his famous Detective Dave Robicheaux series, New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings Dave’s partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the first time as Clete and Dave attempt to stop ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new drug....

Will Graham finds himself locked in a deadly alliance with the brilliant Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the infamous mass murderer who Graham put in prison years ago....

A former Medal of Valor winner, Minnesota detective Alexander Rupert is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption....

Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation....

The case of a missing Black college student who has disappeared from her all-white sorority pulls Darren out of an early retirement....

The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn....

Detective Alex Cross is back, and he's in love. Unfortunately, a series of chilling murders in Washington intervenes....

Ex-mob enforcer Isaiah Coledrige has hung out a shingle as a private eye in New York's Hudson Valley, and in his newest case, a seemingly simple murder investigation leads him to the most terrifying enemy he has ever faced....

FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years: the one that tells her the Poet has returned....

Detective Sebastian Clifford and his partner Lucinda "Birdie" Bird are about to embark on their most challenging case yet when Lady Angelica Charing tasks them with finding the son she secretly gave away when she was only sixteen.

In her latest engrossing adventure, Jane is called upon to solve a shattering crime that may begin and end in one man's heart - or encompass the fate of an entire nation....

In the second Myron Bolitar novel from Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben, a young woman’s tragic death spirals into a shattering drama of menace, secrets, and rage. Suddenly Myron is in over his head—and playing the most dangerous game of all.

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....

Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before - but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey work from the #1 New York Times best-selling author....

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti confronts a present-day Venetian menace and the ghosts of a heroism that never was

The boy was born and raised on the Main Line, but he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets, last seen in a downtown cheater's hotel....

Reeling from a crisis that would destroy lesser families, the Bennetts escape New York for a much-needed vacation....

A string of overdoses in Colorado Springs has Detectives Joe Kenda and Lee Wilson on the lookout for a bad batch of heroin that has been cut with a drug they’ve never seen before. Meanwhile, at Springs General Hospital, Dr. Blair Moreland—the notoriously unpleasant head anesthesiologist—has found a way to feed his deepening addiction to the very same powerful new drug: fentanyl. But when Dr. Moreland starts supplying the dangerous painkiller to dealer Lula Lopez, he angers a Mexican crime syndicate and sets into motion a cycle of death and violence that threatens to engulf the entire city.

Boston homicide detective Michael Kelly is plunged into a chilling case that strikes at the heart of his old neighborhood. As he uncovers a sinister conspiracy, Kelly must navigate precarious alliances with both cops and the Irish mob. With everything on the line, he vows to bring the killer to justice, no matter the cost.

Joe Flood is the professional assassin known as “the Slugger.” He’s made a career out of murder for hire, but only those who deserve it. Then a routine physical turns into a reckoning. Joe has cancer, his doctor tells him, with maybe six months to live. Joe decides to take fate into his own hands. Accessing the underground network of fellow hit men, he puts out a contract on himself: six million dollars from a Swiss bank account to the professional who will end his suffering quickly.

Batallas sangrientas, bandas callejeras, asesinatos, racismo, prostitución y corrupción en Boston: así es la ópera prima del gran maestro del noir estadounidense. Kenzie y Gennaro asumen una tarea en apariencia simple: descubrir el paradero de Jenna Angeline, una mujer de la limpieza negra que, según parece, ha sustraído documentos confidenciales. Pero la pareja se entera de que Jenna no posee documentos. Tiene un hijo y un esposo que lideran pandillas callejeras, una hermana enojada y una foto de un político con su esposo en una habitación de hotel.

Lastrado por una última misión policial en Madrid que no acabó de la mejor manera, el policía Lucas Acevedo regresa a Galicia para poner en orden su cabeza. Cuando cree que lo ha conseguido, una noche conoce a una mujer que le hará plantearse la solitaria existencia que ha llevado hasta entonces. Sin embargo, pronto se complican sus planes. Mucha gente comienza a morir en su entorno y, en el momento en que se da cuenta de que él también está en el punto de mira, se verá obligado a librar una batalla de la que no conseguirá salir indemne.

When former Reno, Nevada, sheriff Keenan Fitzpatrick wins a free moose hunting trip to Newfoundland, Canada, he is happy to get away from his current job as a casino security officer. Shortly after arriving at the isolated hunting lodge forty miles from the nearest road, a man is shot to death. The other guests and guides immediately recruit Fitz to solve the murder. But without any technology to run background on all of the characters at the lodge, Fitz must rely only on his personal skills to uncover the killer.

Under en rutinemæssig obduktion af, hvad der ligner et offer for en flugtbilist, opdager den ledende retsmediciner på Los Angeles’ Retsmedicinske Institut, doktor Carolyn Hove, nogle mystiske uoverensstemmelser. Hun kontakter derfor kriminalassistent Robert Hunter fra LAPD‘s Ultravoldsenhed og beder om hjælp. Ikke nok med, at doktor Hove har opdaget, at døden ikke skyldtes påkørslen – hun har også fundet tegn på, at offeret blev udsat for intens tortur, inden han døde.

For at fange en morder er man måske nødt til selv at slå ihjel … Acacia Pines, USA. Sherif Cohens liv er ét stort kaos – hans far har ved et uheld brændt plejehjemmet ned, hans kone er skredet, og hans søn mobber en af de andre elever på skolen. Da teenageren Lucas Connor bliver bortført, ser Cohen en mulighed for at få sit liv tilbage på rette spor – og både få sin kone tilbage og indløse dusøren for at finde Lucas. Men efterhånden som flere og flere dør omkring ham, står det klart for Cohen, at han bliver nødt til at træffe en af den slags beslutninger, som ikke er så let at gøre om... og som vil få dødelige konsekvenser..

Just north of Lake Okeechobee in central Florida, Brad Dolan’s Ford goes bad. He pulls in for repairs, finds a sack for the night, then goes out for a drink and maybe some action with the dice... All routine enough, except that Brad Dolan is no ordinary guy, and the town is Carterville, no ordinary town. It’s back-country: jukes fronting for gambling joints, bootleg whisky, sporting houses, cockfights—everything to take a man’s mind off his own troubles. Down here, Dolan finds out, a man can be rubber-hosed for buying a drink for a blonde who’s made a pass at him.

Die Presse nennt ihn den "Metzger": Ein Serienmörder tötet seine Opfer auf geradezu bestialische Weise. Die Kölner Polizei tappt immer noch im Dunkeln, als bereits das fünfte Opfer des Killers entdeckt wird: die stark verweste Leiche eines Rechtsanwalts. Hauptkommissar Greiner braucht einen Profiler - und zwar den besten! Und keiner kann sich so gut in die Gedankenwelt von Serienmördern hineinversetzen wie Martin Abel vom Stuttgarter LKA - eine Gabe, die einsam macht. Abel glaubt, an Schrecklichem schon alles gesehen zu haben. Doch das hier - das ist eine neue Dimension.