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Maigret 41. When a man is found stabbed to death in an alley off Boulevard Saint-Martin, his identity card shows a workplace that had gone out of business three years earlier. As far as his wife knew, he still worked there, and she insists that the shoes and a tie he was wearing when he was killed “couldn’t be his.” It soon becomes evident that although he had a source of income, he spent most of his time sitting on a bench in the neighborhood, often with the same unknown man. Can Maigret find him? -
The Bear Pit: Jon Cleary
$8.00Scobie Malone XVII. Scobie Malone's job as a homicide cop is to try to keep murder at bay. His job as a father is to keep his family safe. Now, as the eyes of the world are turning toward his city, both of Malone's careers are in serious jeopardy. An important politician is murdered in high-profile public as his nation rushes toward center stage in the international arena. The assassination is clean and professional - and senseless on the surface. Malone knows, however, that violent death is sometimes politics' strangest and darkest bedfellow. And before thousands of visitors descend on his city, the dedicated detective will have to put himself in the line of fire to flush out a killer. But he won't be alone in someone's rifle sight. An ambitious young reporter will be joining Scobie Malone in harm's way: his daughter. -
Alex Cross No. XVIII. The President's son and daughter are abducted and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark. Just days later, a deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital and Cross discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced. As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes – one that may alter the fate of the entire country. -
The very wealthy Lonsdale Walsh is convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment - convicted on purely perjured evidence. He appeals and petitions with no success - what is he to do? From his prison cell Lonsdale hatches an intricate plan to stage his own retrial at a secret location. Find out if he can secure an acquittal and enjoy the further unexpected twists that are to be revealed... -
A feast of murders for Inspector Wexford to solve...From Doon With Death: There is nothing extraordinary about Margaret Parsons, a timid housewife in a quiet town - devoted to her garden, her kitchen, her husband. Except that Margaret Parsons is dead, brutally strangled, her body abandoned in the nearby woods. Who would kill someone with nothing to hide? Inspector Wexford is baffled - until he discovers Margaret's dark secret: a trove of rare books, each volume breathlessly inscribed by a passionate lover identified only as Doon. Some Lie and Some Die: In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham seemed to be going off without a hitch, until a hideously disfigured body is discovered in a nearby quarry. And soon Wexford is investigating the links between a local girl gone bad and a charismatic singer who inspires an unwholesome devotion in his follower - as well as the aloof arrogance and ego of pop stardom. Shake Hands For Ever: Angela Hathall is found strangled in her bed but, shockingly, the murder of this meek, solitary woman sparks little emotion from her husband. Called in to investigate, Wexford's curiosity only deepens when he discovers that the Hathall household has been meticulously cleaned but for a single distinctive palm print. Wexford is increasingly frustrated by the seemingly pointless murder - no motive, no weapon and no suspect. Nothing except the unidentified print. But Wexford is convinced Hathall is hiding something. So when Wexford is taken off the case he decides to take matters into his own hands... A Sleeping Life: Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life. A wallet found in her handbag leads Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary - plain Polly Flinders - provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios - and suspects - behind the Comfrey murder. -
When Dalgliesh is persuaded by an old friend to visit the Dupayne, a small private museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath, he has no idea he'll return one week later under very different circumstances. One of the family trustees has been horribly murdered and the team are called in the investigate a death which is fraught with complications. Even before the murder, the museum was in turmoil. A new lease was due to be signed and two of the trustees were determined to keep the museum open, the third equally determined on its closure. The museum is dedicated to the years 1919 - 1939 and one of the galleries, The Murder Room, displays exhibits from the most notorious cases of those inter-war years. And now a modern killer is copying the cases on display. All the trustees, staff and volunteers who work in the Dupayne have the means and opportunity. One of them has the ruthlessness to kill and kill again.
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Dana Saunders, host of Back Talk, is breaking new ground on the airwaves. But even as her guest, a 'reformed' child rapist takes his place in the hot seat, another child is being viciously assaulted. When rookie firefight Lennie Finn finds the terrified victim, memories of her own past come crashing down around her. And with a serial rapist on the loose, she's not the only one feeling scared. As the danger stalks closer to home, Lennie and Dana must nail the killer before history repeats itself. Before it's too late.
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The season had begun. Debutantes and chaperones were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. And a blackmailer was planning his strategies, stalking his next victim. But Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew that something was up. He had already planted his friend Lord Robert Gospell at the scene.But someone else got there first... This story starts with a body in a taxi! -
Marilyn Mitchell, a pretty 18 year old, disappears from her exclusive New England College - apparently without trace. Her eminent architect father offers a big reward and the only response is an anonymous letter assuring him she's visiting friends and will be back in a few days. When she fails to appear, the police begin searching for her body. Chief of Police Frank Ford doesn't buy the family's assertion that Marilyn is a nice pure girl. He believes a boy is at the bottom of the disappearance. Marilyn left behind a diary that doesn't seem to give any clues - or does it?
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