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While driving on an isolated stretch of road late at night, Tanja passes a horrifying accident. She hurries back to the scene only to find that the vehicle involved and the pedestrian have both vanished. After a thorough investigation, even the police can find no evidence of a hit and run. However, Sheriff Diekmann seems to recall a similar incident in one of his old cases… Things get even creepier when Tanja realizes that the man she saw run down that night is the same man who went missing years ago. His body was never found. Suddenly, the Shepherds aren’t sure whether they’re ...

Five Stars: "Once again a great storyline and amazing setting... a non-stop action adventure." -Amazon review Five Stars: "An excellent murder plot..." -Amazon review Five Stars: "I will recommend this book to mystery lovers, family and friends..." -Amazon review Synopsis: A relaxing sailboat trip to California’s Lost Coast goes haywire when a tropical storm smashes into the resort where Joe and Tanja are staying. To make matters worse, there’s no cell service, phone lines are down, and someone has been murdered. The Shepherds have their hands full with this mystery—and it looks like ...

A wine auction should be a fun, exciting time. Not when the Shepherds are around… That is, unless you consider murder exciting! The victim was a critic: A foul-tempered man loathed by everyone. The suspect is a wealthy man -a billionaire connoisseur of great wines, and a much-loved philanthropist. Tanja can’t understand what would drive a man so revered for his kindness, compassion, and generosity to commit murder. As usual, there’s more to this mystery than meets the eye. A Deadly Vintage is book 3 in the He said, she said Cozy Mystery Series.

Bill Stoner of the Atkinson Detective Agency fights to save his sister from a homicidal maniac. The Master is a thriller you will not be able to stop reading until you reach the thrilling conclusion.

Eine entführte Katze, ein skurriler Katzenbesitzer, der ein Studienfreund Holmes ist, eine verschwundene Taube und der Taubenbesitzer, der in seinem Leben mehr Leid ertragen musste, als manch anderer auszuhalten vermochte. Das sind die Fakten eines neuen Falles, der auf den ersten Blick nicht sonderlich spektakulär wirkt. Das ändert sich schlagartig, als die erste Leiche mit aufgeschlitzter Kehle aufgefunden wird. Und dieser Tote bleibt leider nicht der Letzte.

Five Stars: "...a very interesting read and I would highly recommend it." -Goodreads Review Five Stars: "Brilliant! I would love to see a sequel from this author." -Amazon Review Five Stars: "This is one of the best crime novels I have read in a long time." -Amazon Review Synopsis: Mystery, murder, and marriage make a deadly combo in this clever mystery series. Tanja Shepherd is a smart but slightly neurotic ex-FBI profiler. Her husband Joe is a rugged but somewhat broken ex-cop. Together they share the struggles of running a detective agency, maintaining a solid marriage, and raising a ...

The Twin Cities wakes up to the shocking news of the assassination of a local politician, near a lake in South Minneapolis. Private detective Tony Crow along with Don Hanson and Denise Richardson embark on a new case that finds themselves in a race against time as they attempt to find the killer and figure out the reason why the congressman and his family were killed. The more they dig and search through the available evidence, the larger the risk that they might be the next victims. Revenge of the Crow is a fast-paced story of corruption, lies, personal vendettas, and a feud between ...

Jeremy Smyth, von Smyth Industry, liegt tot in seinem Bett. Die Zimmertüre von innen verschlossen, seine rechte Hand ruht neben seinem Kopf, den Revolver noch immer haltend. Alles deutet auf Selbstmord hin. Doch Holmes hegt so seine Zweifel. Befragungen der Angehörigen bringen zu Tage, dass Mr. Smyth ein Freund des Pferderennens war und erhebliche Summen verwettet hatte. Doch haben seine Wettschulden etwas mit seinem Tode zu tun? Währenddessen verfolgen Holmes und Watson noch ihre ganz persönliche Wette, die ein unerwartetes Ende mit sich bringt.

✅ If Jack Reacher and Lisbeth Salander had a Black/Thai love child, she would be SOPHIE. ✅ Domestic abuse survivor, brilliant hacker, chronic depressive, Sophie is a complicated woman ✅Sophie’s superpower: everyone falls in love with her ✅ Likes kids and dogs better than people ✅Never, never gives up on a case. Never.Paradise is a hotbed of deadly motives. Is it wrong to steal from the rich and give to the poor? Sophie and her team delve into a new case involving missing funds from a prestigious private school with connections to Hawaii’s royalty—but the online grifter might...

Der Sohn eines reichen Schneidereimoguls ist entführt worden. Mr. Bellhouse hat das Lösegeld von einer halben Million Pfund längst bezahlt, doch auch Tage danach, ist sein Sohn Simon noch nicht wieder aufgetaucht. Verzweifelt wendet sich dieser schließlich an Holmes und Watson.

✅ If Jack Reacher and Lisbeth Salander had a Black/Thai love child, she would be SOPHIE. ✅ Domestic abuse survivor, brilliant hacker, chronic depressive, Sophie is a complicated woman ✅Sophie’s superpower: everyone falls in love with her ✅ Likes kids and dogs better than people ✅Never, never gives up on a case. Never.Paradise is drowning in lava. What would you do to survive during a volcanic eruption? Security specialists Sophie and Jake take a job to rescue a teen girl shacked up with a dangerous meth cooker on the Big Island, and their wilderness destination turns out to be ...

What is the ultimate horror for an eight-year-old girl? What happens to a family when a daughter disappears? Investigator Arlan Trahan faces the unthinkable when he takes on the cold case that almost ends his career. The April Giles story is the stuff of nightmares, spawning a legacy of tragedy, and one that might be clipped from today’s news. Snatched from a Gulf Coast beach two decades ago, all hope that she is alive is gone. But out of the twilight of lost time a ransom note arrives, and soon she will be the stuff of Detective Trahan’s dreams, both asleep and awake. His most ...

What do you do when your best friend is on the line- the end of your fishing line? Finding his murdered best friend’s body drags a soon-to-be-retiring financial executive into the ruthless world of con artists and scammers that prowl idyllic Nantucket Island for unsuspecting marks. Chief Financial Officer Harry Bartlett hasn’t made plans for his impending retirement, but he’s happy for now vacationing on Nantucket Island at the compound of his best and only friend, Ian Bradford, a wealthy wine merchant. But that abruptly changes when he fishes Ian’s body from a Nantucket Island pond...

The week before Christmas is typically a flurry of gift searching, shopping, and wrapping, but newly retired teacher, Katey Frost, did not expect to search for a missing little girl instead. She arrives in the small county of Snow Dove Hill, where the wealthiest and most spoiled members of the small town of Pine Falls reside. Because of the recent case she helped solve, Katey has been asked to assist the Chief of Police, Patrick O’Neil, a by-the-book type cop, as he meets the parents of the missing girl.

Two-year-old Abigail is fast asleep in the back of the car, clutching her little red lion. Tony, her father, steps out onto the pavement. The man he’s meeting punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Before it all goes black, Tony sees his car speed away—with his little girl inside. When he finally gets home after the worst day of his life, the house is empty. His wife is gone too. The place is ransacked and the kitchen is streaked with blood.

"The Adventure of the Abbey Grange", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Holmes wakes Doctor Watson up early one winter morning to rush to a murder scene at the Abbey Grange near Chislehurst. Sir Eustace Brackenstall has been killed, apparently by burglars. Inspector Stanley Hopkins believes that it was the infamous Randall gang who have committed several other burglaries in the neighborhood.

Set in the 1920s, "Dark Diamond" by Harper Stanwick, Sr. takes place primarily in London, England, but also involves some scenes in Egypt. Prepare to embark on a suspenseful journey into the depths of deception, where secrets lurk in the shadows and danger looms around every corner. This spellbinding tale will captivate your imagination and keep you guessing until the shocking truth is revealed. In the dark underbelly of a sprawling metropolis, "Dark Diamond" unfolds against the backdrop of a city consumed by greed and corruption. Set in a time when trust is a rare commodity, this tale is ...

When young Bentlee August is charged with the assault of his own girlfriend, Trinity Carson, the boy's grandmother turns to Dan and Red for help. She swears her grandson is a good boy, and wouldn't do such a thing. “That's what they all say,” Dan says, but decides to take the case anyway.

"The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". It was originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1904 with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge, comes to Holmes seeking his help in Godfrey Staunton's disappearance.

"The Adventure of the Second Stain", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" and the only unrecorded case mentioned passively by Watson to be written. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Second Stain" eighth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories.