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Despicable to many others, Darren Pickings pays for it. With his life. Who bumps him off? Challenge yourself by working to solve this whodunit mystery. Buy this book now to determine who kills Darren Pickings.
Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker, consults Holmes about a job, gained only because of his red hair, which took him away from his shop for long periods each day; the job for to simply copy the Encyclopædia Britannica. After eight weeks, he was suddenly informed that the job ended. After some investigation at Wilson's shop, Holmes contacts a police inspector and the manager of a nearby bank. With Watson, they hide in the bank vault and catch two thieves who had dug a tunnel from the shop while Wilson was at the decoy copying job.Ver livro
"The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine October 1921. Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street where the page boy Billy shows him a wax effigy of Holmes placed near a curtained window in the sitting room. The effigy produces a shadow on the curtain that, when viewed from outside, is the unmistakable profile of Sherlock Holmes. Using this visual trick, Holmes aims to give a perfect target to a would-be murderer with a rifle. Holmes names his murderer as Count Negretto Sylvius, the diamond thief he has been following in disguise. He gives the criminal's address to Watson, then sends the doctor out the back for the police. As the Count arrives, Holmes has Billy invite him inside, then takes him by surprise when he attempts an assault on the effigy. Holmes then offers the Count and his helper, boxer Sam Merton, freedom if they give up the jewel, or jail if not.Ver livro
The summer of 1966–7. Hal and his little brother have just come to live in Moorabool. They’re exploring the creek near their new home when they find the body of a dog. Not just dead, but killed. Not just killed, but horribly maimed. Constable Mick Goodenough, recently demoted from his big-city job as a detective, is also new in town—and one of his dogs has gone missing. Like other pets around the town. He knows what it means when someone tortures animals to death. They’re practising. So when Hal’s mother starts getting late-night phone calls—a man whistling, then hanging up—Goodenough, alone among the Moorabool cops, takes her seriously. But will that be enough to keep her and her young sons safe? Nostalgic yet clear-eyed, simmering with small-town menace, Greg Woodland’s wildly impressive debut populates the rural Australia of the 1960s with memorable characters and almost unbearable tension. ‘Troubling undercurrents swirl in a seductively involving story of small-town secrets and obsessions.’ GARRY DISHER ‘A haunting, tense and unforgettable debut.’ CHRISTIAN WHITEVer livro
A lethal shipment of military hardware. An international terrorist group on a mission of mass destruction. One man stands to forever change the course of history, unless David Rivers can stop him. David Rivers is an expert in the art of violence. Together with his team of CIA operatives, he's executed dozens of covert assassination—but this mission might turn out to be his deadliest yet. One man stands behind the transfer of high-level military hardware to an international terrorist syndicate. The CIA has uncovered his identity: Yuri Sidorov, a Russian arms dealer with state protection. With the arms deal only days away, David and the team are faced with an impossible challenge: to get close enough to take out their target, they must first win his trust. David and the team infiltrate a black market arms network in Serbia, negotiating a web of secret police and mafia hitmen. Each wrong turn may prove fatal, but they're determined to succeed at any cost. But Sidorov is still alive for a reason, and when the team uncovers dark forces at work in the Balkans and America, they realize that killing him is the least of their worries. By the time they learn the truth, it's too late, and now they're the ones being hunted.Ver livro
From Southampton to New York: The famous master detective Sherlock Holmes and his medical counterpart Doctor Watson have barely tended to the wounds from their last case when the next adventure already awaits them. What was actually intended as relaxation in the middle of the open Atlantic becomes a 'working trip' for Holmes and Watson with much investigative work. Two masters of criminal history on the high seas bound for America.Ver livro
Let the punishment fit the crime. No unit inside King’s Court Prison is more brutal than the newly refurbished “M” Division. Dubbed “Mayhem” by the inmates, the only ticket needed to gain entry is a life sentence, and cells are filling up fast. With death the only way out of this hell on earth, some are willing to risk everything for one final chance at freedom. After foiling an escape attempt by several prisoners, new guard Tyler White reaches out to the one man who saved him from certain death, the mysterious prisoner in Cell 9. But when Tyler begins to look into the history of his savior, he uncovers a revelation so unexpected, both men become the target of those wanting to keep their secrets safe. With the prisoners wanting retribution, and a substantial contract on the table, will King’s Court claim its latest victims, or can Tyler save them both from certain death? Brothers in Mayhem is the next heart-pounding installment in the MAX series, a raw and confronting thrill ride behind the walls of maximum-security. If you enjoy your crime fiction gritty and confrontational, then you’ll love the MAX series. Unlock the next chapter in this ongoing saga and get set to ride the MAX train again.Ver livro
