Maison d'édition: Wildside Press
An academy degree—or handcuffs? This was the extraordinary alternative facing a client of Duff, the psychological detective. A Classic mystery story first published in 1925.
Listen now to get the key ideas from Harlan Coben's Nobody's Fool. In the second installment of the Sami Kierce series, bestselling novelist Harlan Coben plunges a former cop, haunted by a traumatic past, into a labyrinth of deception and murder. In Nobody's Fool (2025), Sami has spent decades running from a nightmare that began after college. On a backpacking trip in Spain, he awoke bloodied, a knife in his hand, with his girlfriend, Anna, seemingly murdered. He fled and never stopped wondering what really happened. Twenty-two years later, Sam is a struggling private investigator, scraping by with surveillance work and teaching amateur sleuths at night school. Then he sees Anna in his classroom. When she vanishes, Sami is forced to confront the mystery he buried long ago. Chasing the truth drags him through buried secrets and dangerous lies, proving that he is nobody’s fool.Voir livre
All she wanted was an apartment Amanda Jackson was used to toxic men. Its all she'd ever known. And this gorgeous blonde property manager, Connor Brooks, was a walking red flag. But she needed a place to stay, and this unit sounded amazing. She'd be crazy not to look at it. For Connor, finding a mark was easy. A simple ad in the classifieds. Once they were inside, it was too late to escape. They had no way out. One look at their frightened eyes on the monitor, that's when the housebreaking could begin. The second Connor closed the door, Amanda understood her situation. She was trapped and defenseless. Or was she? She has one card to play: make her captor fall for her before it was too late. All she wanted was an apartment. What she got was The Cage. The Cage is the first book in a dark series by Danielle Bannister, author of Girl on Fire. Because The Cage is told in dual POVs, you might be torn over if this book is a horror or a romance. Please be sure to listen with care and check for tropes on the author's website.Voir livre
Ryan Kaine is on the attack . . . When Angela Shafer's stalker threatens to kill her, she is forced to call upon the services of The 83 Trust. Ryan Kaine vows to deliver justice in the only way he knows how. After reaching Angela's home too late to prevent a terrible atrocity, Kaine calls in reinforcements in the form of his most trusted men; Danny Pinkerton and William Rollason. But in order for Angela and her daughter to be truly safe, Kaine and his team need to dismantle an entire criminal organization. As an underworld kingpin and his brutal thugs close in, Kaine will need all the help he can get . . . If you like Lee Child, Mark Dawson, and Robert Ludlum, you're going to find the Ryan Kaine series compulsively addictive.Voir livre
In this game, trust is a losing hand. They took him to a room where the walls were white and the questions were sharp. Carl, a man with a past he'd rather forget, found himself shackled and beaten, caught in a game he didn't understand. They wanted information. They wanted a card. And they wanted to know who he worked for. But Carl knew the rules of the underworld: trust no one, reveal nothing. He was a pawn in a high-stakes game, and the players were far more dangerous than he imagined. A beautiful, chilling woman named Nancy held the strings, her voice like glass, her words laced with menace. She offered friendship, but Carl knew better. In this city of shadows and secrets, friendship was just another way to bleed you dry. "The Seven of Diamonds" plunges Carl into a world of hidden agendas and deadly alliances. He's caught between Solitaire, the organization he works for, and a shadowy power that makes them look like small fry. Can Carl play his cards right, or will he become just another casualty in a game where everyone's bluffing? In a world where loyalty is a lie and survival is a gamble, Carl learns that some secrets are worth dying for. And some women are best left alone.Voir livre
Would you lie to protect the person you love most? Alex has always had an idyllic life. Living and working on her best friend Cynthia's sprawling family farm, raising their children side by side. Until one night, when Cynthia's eighteen-year-old-daughter Hannah disappears without trace. Soon Alex's life is spiralling out of control as she questions everything she thought she knew and everyone she trusted. When local detective, Stefani Warner, starts investigating Hannah's disappearance, one person is quickly singled out: Daniel, Alex's nineteen-year-old son.In a panic, Alex lies to protect Daniel. But as her lies begin to multiply, Alex is becoming trapped.Did Alex do the right thing for her child? Or has she instead put all of them in terrible danger...Voir livre
The world has been taken over by zombies. Small pockets of humanity remain. Cities lay in ruins. But none of this can stop Jake Trundle from solving the biggest case of his career because Jake Trundle is also a zombie. And somewhere deep within the recesses of his long dead brain flicker the embers of the last case he was working before the world turned to hell. And now he is compelled to solve it for all eternity, or at least until New Orleans falls down around his ears. He doesn't know why, he doesn't know how and he doesn't know much of anything when the smell of fresh meat is on the wind. But he's going to solve this case anyway. Even if it kills him all over again. Jake Trundle is a zombie. But he was a detective first. And nothing can take that away from him. Not even death. »One of the few writers to make me laugh out loud.« – David Baddiel, Comedian »One of Britain's best kept literary secrets.« – The Big Issue in the NorthVoir livre
