Construction Crime

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist comes a captivating and brilliantly realized story of two young women—a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London, and a bohemian woman in 1930s Spain—and the powerful mystery that ties them together. England, 1967. Odelle Bastien...

Known for her wonderfully addictive characters, multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian introduces her newest heroine in this heartfelt series debut. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries that will leave...

“No one working in the crime genre is better.” —Baltimore Sun L.A.P.D. Homicide Detective Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus are back on a case in Hangman—an electrifying new novel of suspense from Faye Kellerman, New York Times bestselling author of Blindman’s Bluff, The Mercedes...

Get ready for a tail-wagging adventure in this RV cozy mystery. Sara and Sam Mitchell and their mini dachshunds, Oscar and Lucky, soon discover their RV trip to visit Aunt Tabitha isn’t quite as laid-back and relaxing as they’d hoped. The small Nebraska farming town of Kornville is in an uproar when a big city construction company begins building street after street of cookie-cutter houses. Strange things start happening days after Tabitha refuses the construction company's low-ball offer to buy her farm. Her new well suddenly runs dry, then the freshly harvested corn starts ...

"Nankani executes a lovely Scottish lilt and makes each voice easily distinguishable in conversation" —AudioFile on Under Lock and Skeleton Key In heroine Tempest Raj, modern-day queen of the locked room mystery Gigi Pandian has created a brilliant homage to the greats of classic detective...

This program includes three recipes. Multiple award–winning author Gigi Pandian is one of the best locked room mystery writers working today. Her newest heroine, Tempest Raj, returns in The Raven Thief, where sliding bookcases, trick tables, and hidden reading nooks hide something much more...

For over a century, the legend of Jack the Ripper has rested on a powerful assumption: that one man committed the five canonical Whitechapel murders of 1888. This book challenges that foundation with a fresh, evidence-based approach. Rather than inheriting the single-offender narrative, it systematically tests alternative hypotheses using the Suspect Viability & Vulnerability Rubric (SVVR)—a transparent, 10-variable framework designed to evaluate suspects and crime clusters with consistency. Building on the author’s previous volume, which scored twelve suspects under the traditional ...

The Shadows of Hope— Modern Slavery in the Land of the Free You Believe Slavery Ended in 1865. The Hidden Economy That Built Your Life Proves You Are Wrong. The Shadows of Hope is an uncompromising, forensic investigation that shatters the myth of American freedom, revealing a trillion-dollar system of Modern Slavery operating in plain sight, subsidized by your tax dollars, and built into the cost of everyday goods. This book meticulously traces the anatomy of coercion, from the digital recruitment of victims to the legislative loopholes that sustain their bondage. Part I: The ...

Before he met them, he was conservative, quiet, a loner. He did one-offs. He’d been an undercover cop for all of his career. Exposed in the media, he’d lost that job. So now he works for himself, and after many years of being alone, he met . . . them, his trio. Plus him now. They’re a quad . . . today and forever. Once he’s completely fallen, what’s left? Uncertainty. Missing being a cop. General lack of purpose. Regaining his feet. Helping and caring for others. Being afraid for them. Learning a lot of new tricks. Saving them. Lack of drive sometimes . . . except when it comes to...

A Dark Psychological Thriller Short Story About a Psychopathic Killer What if love was not salvation… but the origin of evil? Gabriel Silvas Rivero was never meant to be ordinary. Raised under a suffocating, obsessive love that blurred the line between protection and control, his childhood planted the seed of something far darker. Something irreversible. From an early age, Gabriel discovers that he does not feel like others. Pain fascinates him. Fear empowers him. And the world around him begins to look less like a place to belong… and more like something to dominate. As he grows, so ...

Longlisted for the Reading the West Book Award In this riveting new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Shotgun Lovesongs, three troubled construction workers get entangled in a dangerous plan against an impossible deadline. Why is it being built here, and why so quickly? These...

A construction site collapse kills four workers. The investigation calls it an accident. It wasn't. Bartholomew Aldridge — ex-MI6, now running a small corporate investigation firm in Boston — takes the case expecting fraud. He finds fraud. He also finds four dead construction workers, substandard concrete, falsified safety records, a network of front companies employing illegal labour, and a system of corruption so deeply entrenched that the police who investigated the deaths are part of it. When the investigation threatens to expose the truth, the people behind the system respond — ...

Unveiling a new, captivating exploration into the world of true crime, "Shadows and Truth" is a must-read for all enthusiasts of the genre. This book provides an enlightening look into the murky waters of true crime storytelling, offering an examination of the anatomy and the evolution surrounding this nail-biting genre. Invest in "Shadows and Truth" to learn about the art of captivating storytelling, the structural integrity of narratives, and the necessity of thorough investigation and documentation in true crime storytelling. Readers will be engaged and provoked, fostering an ...

Lo más importante de La Casa Gris es que descubre y resume un modo de operar y de gobernar. Las irregularidades en torno a la mansión de Houston son prácticamente las mismas que se han documentado en otros escándalos de Morena y el círculo íntimo del presidente: conflictos de interés, recursos de procedencia inexplicable, influyentismo, uso político de las instituciones, amiguismo, descalificación sistemática, nepotismo, opacidad… Este libro lo demuestra.

I’m used to getting my hands dirty. During the day it’s mud and grime on the construction site. At night...it’s the blood I spill. A drug lord’s enforcer does what needs to be done. It’s my obedience, my loyalty to the boss that keeps my family alive. I know I’m teetering on the edge. I’m losing my humanity, I can feel it. It’s changing me, and it’s only a matter of time before the darkness takes over. Then, I meet her. Liv. The only person who sees past my busted knuckles and brutal exterior. She sees...me. But being with me will get her killed.