Modern Detectives

Convalescing after his recent injuries, Albert Smith is taking it easy … until a face from his past appears on his TV screen and everything changes. There’s an old score to settle and this time his quest for justice will take him from his quiet English home to the foot of the Alps. With Rex...

From bestselling, award-winning author James Ellroy, "the neo-noir eminence of L.A. crime fiction" (The New Yorker)—a gritty, fast-paced historical crime thriller set in 1962 Los Angeles during the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis "The Freddy Otash novels will be mentioned . . . as some...

In the 26th novel in the New York Times bestselling series, Brunetti’s retreat to a quiet island in the laguna is interrupted by a case of guilt and grief. Donna Leon’s bestselling mystery novels set in Venice have won a multitude of fans for their insider’s portrayal of La Serenissima...

Red Harvest is the first full novel by Dashiell Hammett, the author universally regarded as the father of "hard boiled" detective fiction. An enormous hit upon its publication, it has since become a classic of the detective genre. Time Magazine included Red Harvest in its 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

Forty years ago, on a sweltering summer evening in southern Ohio, seven-year-old Michael Adkins vanished into thin air. Two years later, in the dead of winter, his case long gone cold, Michael's remains were found in a well-searched area, just one hundred yards from where he disappeared. The discovery provided no answers, only more questions. Last week, Michael's now elderly mother walked into Detective Jake Cashen's office with a tantalizing clue that just arrived on her doorstep. A handwritten letter filled with chilling details only someone close to the decades-old crime could know.

In the twenty-fifth novel in Donna Leon’s celebrated and bestselling series, Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti finds himself caught up in a tragedy that befell a girl fifteen years earlier. In Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti series, the Venetian inspector has been called on to...

From the New York Times–bestselling author of the Dexter novels: "A game of cat and mouse that builds to an utterly terrifying climax on the high seas" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Ex–cop Billy Knight wants to ride out Key West's slow season with the occasional fishing charter and...

A Friend in Need, a Daring Heist, and a Ruthless Robbery Crew That’s not Going Back to Prison. Lo Walsh had given up the PI life after the Bobby Lee Kinsey case. But his notoriety draws the attention of an old mentor. But the simple background check soon takes a sinister turn and Lo finds himself mired in a twisted web of deception and revenge that brings him face-to-face with his new profession’s dark side. Now Lo must reevaluate his commitment to this case. Can he provide the help his old friend wants without exposing a murky past? How does he walk away with so much at stake?

A sadistic serial killer targets women attorneys, leaving body parts scattered across town. Will local detectives working alongside a FBI agent and an odd FBI profiler track down the killer before he or she strikes again? Or, will the killer sow destruction across teo communities, forcing neighbors to suspect neighbors. What hideous creature hides behind small town smiles?

Une attaque sanglante. Une enfant disparue. Un tueur prêt à tout. L’inspectrice Louise Blackwell peine encore à se remettre du meurtre de son frère Paul lorsqu’elle est rappelée de force en service. Sa nouvelle affaire semble d’abord étrange : des moutons retrouvés massacrés dans...

War doesn’t always start with a gunshot… sometimes it starts with betrayal. In Southside Kings II: The Outside War, the pressure is heavier, the moves are deadlier, and the cost of loyalty is higher than ever. What once felt controlled is now spiraling, and every decision carries consequences that can’t be undone.

The killer is on death row. So why are women still disappearing? Five years ago, Kara Ellison vanished without a trace. Her car was found on a remote stretch of highway. No body was ever recovered. A local man, Carter Lyle, was convicted. In two weeks, he'll be executed. Now another young woman has disappeared the same way. Her car left behind, no sign of her. Weeks later, her body is found in the Adirondack woods. She's wearing a jacket that doesn't belong to her. In the pocket is Kara Ellison's university ID. An object that should no longer exist.

By the time the night staff realizes what's happening, the witness is already on the floor and the blood is spreading beneath the chairs. Inside a locked psychiatric hospital in Tacoma, a buried federal witness is nearly beaten to death by a patient who should never have been able to reach her. It looks like random madness. Gavin Marks knows better.

By the time the police arrive, the rain is already working on the blood. It disappears into the cracks like the ground is trying to swallow what happened. Outside South Barrow High, two boys lie under silver emergency blankets while sirens cut through the dark. A third boy is missing. On the pavement: a chalk warning, a black velvet pouch, and the first ugly hint that this wasn't random violence.

Youths disappearing from the streets. Smashed bodies ejected into the River Aire. And CSI Eddie Collins is about to find out how they died. Abandoned by a malicious wife and tormented by a hateful boss, the only thing keeping CSI Eddie Collins sane is his job. When a dead youth is found on a...

Die schockierende Wahrheit über ihre Vergangenheit erschüttert Anna Greenwoods Welt in ihren Grundfesten und stellt alles in Frage, was sie über ihr Leben zu wissen glaubte. Die Informationen, die sie entdeckt, veranlassen sie dazu, einen Mann in einer einflussreichen Position, der durch seinen Status geschützt zu sein scheint, zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Annas Bemühungen scheinen jedoch vergeblich zu sein – bis Hilfe von unerwarteter Seite kommt. Annas Reise bringt sie an den Rand einer Tragödie und führt letztendlich beinahe zu ihrem Tod – und dem Tod einer anderen unschuldigen Frau.

They took his family. Now he's taking the war to them. John Sole has been running, hiding, and striking back where he can. But the cartel hasn't forgotten him and now they've unleashed their most ruthless enforcer, Alejandro Garza. Garza isn't just another soldier. His name carries whispers of...

Chiara Santiagani est la fille d'un des plus grands mafieux du pays et ferait n'importe quoi pour sa sœur Carmen. À l'origine d'un drame survenu pendant son enfance qui a brisé le cœur de cette dernière, elle est prête à tout pour recouvrer l'amour et la confiance de son aînée. Aussi lorsque Carmen la met au défi de se rendre au Démon's, afin de se mettre un peu en danger, Chiara accepte sans savoir ce qui l'attend. Elle va bientôt se retrouver entre les mains de Vennie Verratti, le tueur à gages officiel du clan Bullare.

In Berlin wird Hauptkommissar Paul Kalkbrenner zu einem Tatort gerufen. Auf einem Fabrikgelände wurde der verstümmelte Leichnam einer jungen Frau entdeckt. Unweit davon befinden sich stinkende Kloakebecken. Fassungslos müssen Kalkbrenner und seine Kollegin Sera Muth ansehen, wie eine Leiche nach der anderen aus den Gruben geholt wird. Ist unter ihnen auch die verschwundene Merle, die von ihrer Pflegemutter Juliane Kluge verzweifelt gesucht wird? Ein verschwundenes Mädchen. Eine verzweifelte Mutter. Eine grauenhafte Entdeckung.

DESCUBRE A YRSA, PREMIO BEST NOVEL VLNEGRA 2025. «La reina islandesa de la novela negra.» The Guardian MÁS DE 5.000.000 DE LECTORES. En 2006, un grupo de niños entierra una cápsula del tiempo en una escuela islandesa. Diez años después, esa cápsula es desenterrada, junto con una carta...

Le substitut Dominique Vasseur va se rendre en Provence pour témoigner contre Cesare Di Caro, la dernière figure du milieu marseillais, qui a dépêché des hommes de main sur Quimper. Paul Capitaine doit assurer la protection de son amie, mais sa mission s'avère impossible car ils se brouillent. Et voilà qu'à la consternation générale, on apprend l'assassinat de la magistrate. S'engage alors une lutte acharnée entre les sbires du caïd et les représentants de la loi.

Vuelve Anders de la Motte, el autor de novela negra que arrasa en Europa con la serie de la Unidad de Casos Perdidos. La inspectora Leonore Asker, al mando de la peculiar Unidad de Casos Perdidos, recibe una llamada del todo inesperada: su padre, con quien no tiene contacto desde hace más de...

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Tsunojima, au large des côtes japonaises. Un an après le quadruple meurtre qui a ensanglanté l’île, c’est l’endroit parfait pour la retraite annuelle du Club des amateurs de roman policier ! Ses membres vont pouvoir se consacrer à la rédaction du prochain numéro de leur revue et...

What if the dead could sit for their portrait? London, 1889. When Mrs. Viola Marston brings three seemingly ordinary photographs to 221B Baker Street, she presents Sherlock Holmes with a case like no other. In each portrait—taken weeks apart, in different rooms, by a reputable studio—a veiled woman in mourning dress stands at the edge of the frame. No one present recalls seeing her. No one can explain how she appeared on the glass plates. And when Mrs. Marston’s brother, Felix Dane, recognises the spectral figure and whispers a name he has not spoken in years, he vanishes into the London fog.