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 is...

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 ...

After a disastrous accident derails Tempest Raj’s career, and life, she heads back to her childhood home in California to comfort herself with her grandfather’s Indian home-cooked meals. Though she resists, every day brings her closer to the inevitable: working for her father’s company. Secret Staircase Construction specializes in bringing the magic of childhood to all by transforming clients’ homes with sliding bookcases, intricate locks, backyard treehouses, and hidden reading nooks.

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 — ...

“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...

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...

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...

Harrow’s Bend was ready to celebrate its future—until a construction project became an exhumation. The discovery of multiple female remains turns a long-promised civic development into a crime scene and exposes a twenty-year pattern of disappearances no one wanted to track. When true-crime podcaster Kara Ellison digs into what the town buried, the past resurfaces with lethal consequences—and the old roadhouse where she records feels a little too attentive. In Harrow’s Bend, the dead don’t stay buried—and asking the wrong questions can get you killed.

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 ...

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.

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.

This book provides a detailed, step-by-step account of how fraud can be committed in the construction industry, narrated through the experiences of Robert, a former project manager who orchestrated a sophisticated scheme to siphon funds using a fake vendor. Combining his personal story with actionable insights, Robert reveals the vulnerabilities that allow fraud to thrive, the devastating consequences of unethical behavior, and the strategies businesses can adopt to protect themselves.