Marcus Didius Falco XII. In the long, hot Roman Summer of AD74, Marcus Didius Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, gives a reading for his family and friends. And as usual, things get out of hand. The event is taken over by Aurelius Chrysippus, a wealthy Greek banker and patron to a group of struggling writers, who offers to publish Falco's work - a golden opportunity that rapidly palls. A visit to the Chrysippus scriptorium implicates him in a gruesome literary murder so when Petronius Longus, the over-worked vigiles enquiry chief, commissions him to investigate, Falco is forced to accept.
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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... -
The last thing eleven-year-old Robin wants to hear is that his mother and her new husband are extending their honeymoon. Not that staying with Aunt Mags is so bad, but there's her boyfriend to contend with, and the members of the school gang are insisting that he do a dare before they let him join. Robin is told to kidnap Mrs. Nordling's prize-winning cat. Getting into the Nordlings' house is easy, but the scene that confronts him is terrifying...Grabbing the cat and making for the door, Robin isn't sure whether Mr. Nordling saw his face or not. He realises that to stay safe, he has to hide the unusual looking cat that he's just rescued from certain death in his aunt's small terrace house. Meanwhile, Mr. Nordling is getting desperate - he knows that if he can find his wife's unmistakable cat, he'll find the witness to his terrible crime. But his infuriating neighbour Edith Todmaster won't leave him alone - she's getting too near the truth and now he's going top have to deal with her too...A dark and atmospheric tale with a deft feline touch... -
Murder At The Lighthouse: Imagine finding a body on the beach. What would you do? Libby's sure the ageing rock star under the lighthouse was murdered, but her neighbours don't believe it. One old lady talks to Libby. Then she too dies. Libby can't rest until she finds the killer...Murder On The Levels: s it too good to be true? Libby's starting to find her feet in Exham. Her cakes sell like - well, like hot cakes - while the chocolate business goes from strength to strength. But then customers die... Libby must solve the crime fast, but who can she trust? After all, even her dead husband wasn't all he seemed. -
Mark Roman II. As the hours creep towards Friday midnight on Mark Roman's radio talk-back show, an anguished young man with a guilt secret seeks advice. And before long, Roman is once again caught up in the lives of his listeners. A few days later, Roman discovers the young man's battered body lying in a pool of blood. Convinced that the police are on the wrong track, he turns detective and launches his own investigation into the murder. -
Department Q No. 7. Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his own team members collides with a sinister unsolved murder. In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. The case bears a striking resemblance to another unsolved homicide investigation from over a decade ago, but the connection between the two victims confounds the police. Across town a group of young women are being hunted. The attacks seem random, but could these brutal acts of violence be related? Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q is charged with solving the mystery. Back at headquarters, Carl and his team are under pressure to deliver results: failure to meet his superiors’ expectations will mean the end of Department Q. Solving the case, however, is not their only concern. After an earlier breakdown, their colleague Rose is still struggling to deal with the reemergence of her past - a past in which a terrible crime may have been committed. It is up to Carl, Assad and Gordon to uncover the dark and violent truth at the heart of Rose’s childhood before it is too late. -
A mysteriously destroyed will, a shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, and old envelope..and a newly planted bed of begonias. Such were the seemingly unrelated details surrounding the murder of wealthy Mrs Inglethorp, mistress of Styles Court. Small matters to most but intriguing enough to feed the curiosity of Hercule Poirot as - with a thoroughness that would become legendary - the methodical little Belgian detective began his first investigation. -
Never Fear: Scott Frost
$9.00Alex Delillo 2. Seventeen years ago, three young women were murdered; their bodies dumped in the wasteland of the Los Angeles River. The serial killer was never found. Now, single mother and detective Lieutenant Alex Delillo, is forced to re-open the case after the brother she never knew existed, a private investigator, is found murdered. As Alex gets closer to the truth behind her brother's murder, alarming flashbacks from her childhood start to plague her and she realises that the truth may lie closer to her life than she could have ever imagined. Alex will have to reach deep into her past to uncover the truth behind the killings and will have to use all her resources if she is to find out the truth before those that want to cover it up find her.
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It's the trial - and scandal - of the decade: Greta Grahame, the beautiful young wife of Sir Peter Robinson MP, is accused of conspiring to murder her predecessor, Peter's first wife Lady Anne. The prosecution case depends heavily on one witness - Greta's stepson Thomas, who was present on the night two hitmen broke into their ancestral home. His testimony steadfastly links Greta to the killers. But the boy's motives are unclear. Is he so crazed by grief that he would frame his stepmother for murder? Or is he telling the truth - that this cunning young woman will stop at nothing in her pursuit of wealth and status? Simon Tolkien is the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien.
