China Detective

New York Times bestselling author China Miéville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other–real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for...

"Moreira displays his many years of dramatic training and extensive theatrical experience as he animates characters as diverse as low-life thugs, the upper-class Bainbridge women, and even Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Tim Campbell and Suzanne Toren ably narrate the court deposition sequences. This...

The first anniversary of their wedding was a cause for celebration for Lord and Lady Sinclair and a ball was being held at the family manse in Scotland at Loch Eden. What should have been a happy celebration of their first year became a nightmare when a masked intruder entered the ballroom and shot James, Lord Sinclair, leaving him badly wounded. As he lay recuperating his wife Danni and his PI partner Jim Ashton and their friend DCI Andrews took up the investigation. Danni, a dancer, now became a detective for the first time.

When local real estate shark Edgar Coleman is murdered and "good riddance" is the response from every Pecan Spring resident, China Bayles quickly learns that Coleman was no stranger to adultery and blackmail. China's fiancé, the interim police chief, is immersed in the investigation, and the suspect list grows steadily longer. China puts her honeymoon plans aside and starts hunting for the killer. As her investigation gets underway, she digs up dirt and secrets on people she knows.

“See paints a fascinating portrait of a complex and enigmatic society, in which nothing is ever quite as it appears, and of the people, peasant and aristocrat alike, who are bound by its subtle strictures.”—San Diego Union-Tribune While David Stark is asked to open a law office in Beijing...

Something swooped down and killed him. Slit his throat, leaving deep claw marks. A second man is struck down the same way. Witnesses claim a dragon slew the man. Detective Dee does not believe in dragons. He takes the case and finds himself in pursuit of a mythological beast that can't possibly exist. But just might! Another exciting tale of mystery, intrigue and suspense in the mythology of ancient China, set in the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes. Get your copy today.

It’s Victorian London. China Town A crisis is about to explode. Ghosts are marauding the merchants. Merchants are being murdered in ghastly ways. But only certain items are being stolen. Why? And what need to ghosts have of physical Things? None of it makes sense. Detective Dee is asked to help solve this growing Puzzle and trend of violence. But how do you stop marauders who Are not ghosts, and yet can materialize And vanish like one?

From New York Times bestselling author Liliana Hart comes an out-of-print book that has been revised and updated, with never before read scenes. “Hart has taken world building to a glorious new level...Rena Drake is a great character." (Booked and Loaded) Since the Banishment, Rena has become the Drakan Enforcer, cleaning up the messes her dragon brethren make in order to keep their presence in the human world hidden. When a group of rogue Drakan begins killing dragons who refuse to join the army of the Destroyer—the dragon they believe will become their true king—Rena has no choice ...

Discover this captivating and deeply moving mystery series that will take you around the world and keep you up all night. Hackers are poised ...to take over the Internet.When young FBI special agent Jake Maguire is called to investigate a brutal murder on a Virginia bike path, he never expects the case to take him on a wild ride across the globe. But as he delves deeper into the crime, he realizes it's not just a simple murder - it's an international case of cyber crime, with a trail leading all the way to China. To help him navigate the complexities of the case, Jake teams up with an ...

Una novela de misterio, aventura y giros inesperados. ¿Estás listo para descubrir los secretos más oscuros de China? Francisco Valiente Polillas, un detective peculiar y con una personalidad única, se ve arrastrado a un misterio ancestral en "Amarillo – El misterio del pato pekinés". Cuando una serie de eventos misteriosos lo lleva a Pekín, se encuentra atrapado en un juego peligroso que desafiará tanto su intelecto como su valentía. Acompañado por un elenco de personajes fascinantes, incluyendo al astuto Ahmed Al Fasala, Francisco se adentrará en un enigma relacionado con un ...

En el corazón de Tasmania, donde los bosques ancestrales susurran secretos y las sombras bailan con el viento, se desarrolla un misterio escalofriante que deja a la comunidad isleña sumida en el miedo y la incertidumbre. Cuando tres jóvenes desaparecen sin dejar rastro de la aparentemente tranquila ciudad de Hobart, las vidas de los habitantes de la isla cambian para siempre. Entra en escena el detective Harry Chin, un investigador experimentado de rostro inescrutable y ojos que han presenciado las profundidades más oscuras de la naturaleza humana. Harry ha pasado su vida navegando por ...

African American families are being brutally murdered. City of Jackson detective, Rick Holmes, is on the trail of the killers. Who is he searching for? The Klan, an occultist cult, or is something far more sinister going on?

Kitchen Chinese, Ann Mah’s funny and poignant first novel about a young Chinese-American woman who travels to Beijing to discover food, family, and herself is a delight—complete with mouth-watering descriptions of Asian culinary delicacies, from Peking duck and Mongolian hot pot to the...

Penelope was to spend the first Christmas after her marriage at the country home of her great aunt Hermione, where she had lived as a child after the death of her parents. She looked forward to the traditionally peaceful holiday that she had known all her life. Before they left London, Vincent, her husband, gave her a present which was to prove a dominant factor in the events, tragic and terrifying, that followed. It was a small china doll.

Bajo la opulencia bañada por el sol del consulado francés de Cairns, donde los chismes burbujean como el champán y los secretos nadan más profundo que el Gran Mar de Coral, se desarrolla un cuadro impactante. Madame Monet, la cautivadora Cónsul Honoraria, yace estrangulada en su dormitorio envuelto en seda, con un par de medias de Givenchy enroscadas alrededor de su elegante cuello. Canberra despacha a sus mejores galas: los inspectores, Harry Chin, un torbellino de sastrería de Savile Row y deducciones agudas, y a su lado se encuentra Ash Friday, un rastreador aborigen cuyos ojos ...

Looking into the "suicide" of his lover's ex-husband sounds like a hairball to a private investigator. But he never imagined it could get him killed! Alton Rhode travels to San Francisco to investigate an alleged suicide and winds up ensnared in a web of cryptocurrency-fueled murder and international intrigue! The private eye knows a lot about murder and almost nothing about bitcoins. But he soon gets educated about the latter with the help of an unorthodox but brilliant young woman. And his own expertise comes in very handy when he runs into a bunch of Russians and Chinese whose motives ...

El senador Barnes, pilar de la pulida fachada de Canberra, encontró su última emoción en el club nocturno más de moda de Sydney, Lady Chatterley's. Mientras le hacían un baile erótico, el senador cayó muerto de repente. Para empeorar las cosas, el director del club pensó que el senador había sufrido un ataque cardíaco y mandó llamar a una ambulancia. No fue hasta que lo llevaron a urgencias que se dieron cuenta de que no se trataba de causas naturales. Pero para entonces, la habitación privada que el senador había estado usando ya estaba desinfectada y no quedaban pruebas ...

En Darwin, Australia, en los Territorios del Noroeste, los cocodrilos no son los únicos depredadores que acechan. El inspector Harry Chin y su compañero, Ash Friday, un fiero detective aborigen de ojos oscuros y melancólicos, son enviados desde Canberra para investigar el asesinato de un oficial de la Policía Federal Australiana, Peter Riggs. Riggs había estado trabajando de forma encubierta en una red internacional de heroína que parece estar llegando a través del puerto de Darwin. El oficial había sido encontrado muerto en su coche por una sobredosis de heroína, la misma droga ...

El honorable Drake Hayward está metido hasta el cuello en el problema más complejo con el que se ha topado en su vida y lo único que puede hacer para resolverlo es ponerse en manos de sus buenos amigos, los Wainhouse, que se encargarán de descifrar cómo fue que terminó convertido en el principal sospechoso de un macabro asesinato. En el camino para probar su inocencia, él no solo se convertirá en un investigador más, sino que también se verá obligado a trabajar codo a codo con la señorita Lucinda Hatley, una joven secretaria de Scotland Yard con quien mantiene una relación ...

China Doll, another comical and exciting adventure, ripped straight from the files of Honolulu’s most incorrigible and languid, soft-boiled private eye, Richard Bishop.People come to Richard Bishop’s shabby Hotel Street office for professional help when trouble raises its ugly head because trouble is his business. But when the private investigator accepts an assignment from Nikki Kwan, a stunning and curvaceous China doll, to protect her and to deliver a sealed envelope to her ex-boyfriend, Rick soon has plenty of trouble all his own. He finds himself squarely in the crosshairs of rival...