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Ana Bacon, a beautiful young wife and mother, tumbled off a cruise ship into dark and deadly waters. Ana is gone—leaving behind her wealthy husband and adorable daughter—but not everything about her disappearance adds up. What secrets did she leave behind? Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten-million-dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident. But the husband has a substantial alibi and a number of witnesses claim to have seen Ana fall, and the official ruling seems to hold up.

Defense attorney Brad Madison is barely Facebook literate. He doesn't understand Instagram. He couldn't name a YouTube channel to save his life. To him, social media is a remote, irrelevant universe. But that's about to change. It's set to crash through his life like a runaway freight train. When a young YouTube star is shot dead and seventeen-year-old Demarco Torrell is accused, Madison feels obliged to take the case. Demarco is the son of a Marine buddy who was killed in action, and Madison will do whatever it takes to keep "Tank" Torrell's boy alive.

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late.

After the sudden death of her husband, Christine Harvey would do anything to give her precious children Molly and Ryan a fresh start. The huge clifftop house she’s hastily purchased has the most breath-taking ocean view she’s ever seen. Surely here they can someday be happy again? But Christine had no idea that her family’s new dream house is right next door to where a child was abducted and murdered. And nobody told her that the father – who was the main suspect in the police investigation before it collapsed – still lives there.

Anthony Award-winning author William Kent Krueger crafts this riveting tale about a small Minnesota town’s ex-sheriff who is having trouble retiring his badge. Cork O’Connor loses his job after being blamed for a tragedy on the local Anishinaabe Indian reservation. But he must set aside his personal demons when a young boy goes missing on the same day a judge commits suicide—and no one but O’Connor suspects foul play.

Dans l'univers hostile du Grand Nord, personne ne vous entend crier. Détective et criminologue à Lyon, Teddy Schaffran apprend que le corps de sa fille a été découvert dans une ville minière très isolée du Grand Nord québécois, Norferville. Morgane a été sauvagement mutilée, abandonnée dans la neige non loin d'une réserve autochtone. Sans réfléchir, Teddy plaque tout pour se rendre sur place, bien décidé à comprendre ce qui s'est passé.

With River Valley Hospital in the midst of negotiations to avert a nurses' strike, a wealthy benefactor is set to give a large donation in honor of the Chief of Emergency Medicine: Dr. Elliott Chin, the brother of private investigator Lydia Chin.

Beginnend mit den 1880er Jahren und in das 20. Jahrhundert hineinragend, stellte Holmes seinen Status als brillantester und erfolgreichster Detektiv der Welt immer wieder unter Beweis. Viele dieser Berichte wurden veröffentlicht und sind einer breiten Leserschaft hinlänglich bekannt. Doch bei manchen Fällen sah Watson zeitlebens davon ab, seine Aufzeichnungen zu publizieren.

A "Blue Carbuncle" is stolen from a hotel suite, and a former felon is soon arrested. However, an acquaintance of Holmes discovers the carbuncle in the throat of a Christmas goose. Holmes traces the owner of the goose, but soon determines that he was not the thief by offering him a replacement goose. The detective continues his search, first to an inn and then a dealer in Covent Garden. The dealer refuses to provide Holmes with information about the source of the goose, but Holmes observes another man trying to find the same information, and confronts him.

This bundle edition collects the first three books in the Pearl Sands Beach Resort cozy series: Poison in Paradise, Clues in the Clay, and Theft in the Theater.

La tribu Malaussène et ses proches ont le regret de vous annoncer le mariage de Thérèse Malaussène avec le comte Marie-Colbert de Roberval, conseiller référendaire de première classe. Cet avis tient lieu d’invitation.Daniel Pennac interprète avec jubilation cette intrigue policière loufoque, où se croisent tous les personnages de la saga Malaussène.

Après avoir fait libérer un homme de prison, l’avocat Mickey Haller est inondé de demandes de détenus clamant leur innocence. Pour étudier leurs dossiers, il embauche son demi-frère, l’ex-inspecteur du LAPD Harry Bosch. Un seul cas retient l’attention de ce dernier : une mère accusée d’avoir tué son ex-mari, adjoint des services du shérif, lesquels se sont montrés pressés de "rendre justice" à l’un des leurs. Haller exige que l’affaire soit immédiatement rejugée. Tandis que Bosch se lance sur les traces du véritable assassin, l’avocat à la Lincoln lutte contre l’impitoyable machine judiciaire de l’État de Californie.

Das Zeichen der Vier ist der zweite Sherlock-Holmes-Roman von Arthur Conan Doyle. Er erschien zuerst 1890 in der Februar-Ausgabe von Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine unter dem Titel The Sign of the Four und wurde noch im selben Jahr von Spencer Blackett unter dem Titel The Sign of Four als Buch veröffentlicht. Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von Miss Mary Morstan beauftragt, bei der Suche nach ihrem verschollenen Vater zu helfen. Dieser war Offizier in Indien und verschwand vor zehn Jahren bei seiner Rückkehr nach England.

An einem windigen, regnerischen Samstagabend entdecken Exkommissar Max Raintaler und sein Freund Franz Wurmdobler die Leiche des erfolgreichen Filmproduzenten Waldemar Brachtinger. Offensichtlich wurde er in seinem Büro in der Filmstadt vor den Toren Münchens im Nobelvorort Grünwald ermordet. Die Spur führt zunächst in die Kreise der oft neidischen und emotional aufgeladenen Filmbranche, aber auch nach München hinein. Als dann auch noch Max‘ langjährige Lebensgefährtin entführt wird, gerät der Exkommissar unter Druck.

"A Study in Scarlet" is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet".

"The Adventure of the Dancing Men", a Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle published as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" in 1905. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" third in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Five Orange Pips", part of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The original title was "The Dancing Men," when it was published as a short story in The Strand Magazine in December 1903.

A "Blue Carbuncle" is stolen from a hotel suite, and a former felon is soon arrested. However, an acquaintance of Holmes discovers the carbuncle in the throat of a Christmas goose. Holmes traces the owner of the goose, but soon determines that he was not the thief by offering him a replacement goose. The detective continues his search, first to an inn and then a dealer in Covent Garden. The dealer refuses to provide Holmes with information about the source of the goose, but Holmes observes another man trying to find the same information, and confronts him.

Que se passe-t-il dans la cité de Glenfrome en cet après-midi de canicule qui précède le drame ? Cody Swift retourne "à la maison" pour interroger sa propre mère, Julie Swift, qui se souvient de ce terrible dimanche : les cagettes de fraises qu'il faut transformer en confiture, son fils et ses amis, le trio infernal... Quand les trois garçons rentrent pour le goûter, Julie Swift remarque le T-shirt déchiré de son fils et lui interdit de ressortir avec ses amis pour le punir. Scott et Charlie repartent, c'est la dernière fois que Cody les voit.

Si Charlie, Scott et Cody étaient inséparables, la relation entre leurs mères était plus compliquée. Dans cet épisode, Cody Swift nous permet de comprendre un peu mieux qui étaient les mères de Scott et Charlie : Annette Ashby, chaleureuse, raisonnable et entièrement dévouée à son fils Scott ; et Jessy Paige, mère-enfant, qui déteste qu'on l'appelle "Madame" ou "maman", qui raconte des blagues osées, rit fort et s'évade tous les soirs en boite de nuit, laissant son fils Charlie seul à la maison.

Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Beginning in the 1880s and into the 20th century, Holmes consistently held his status as the world's most brilliant and successful detective. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson's accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.