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Talbot Farber, a popular and successful Albuquerque businessman, lost his beloved wife thirteen years ago. There was a fire aboard the ship during their fifth-anniversary cruise. Several people went overboard in the melee; Jenna Farber was the only one whose body was never recovered. Years passed, she was declared legally dead, and Talbot went ahead with his life, raising their young daughter on his own. Now, he tells Charlie and Ron, he has spotted Jenna alive and well in the Denver airport. He begs them to find her, his excitement palpable as he believes he didn't lose her after all. But what's really going on? The deeper they dig, the more complicated the story becomes. Is Talbot's sighting merely wishful thinking or is Jenna Farber actually still alive? And, if so, why didn't she return home during all this time? Praise for this USA Today bestselling series: "Charlie is just what readers want." -Booklist "Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes." -The Midwest Book Review "A page turner!" - K. Coonce, 5 star review (for Escapes Can Be Murder) "I always love Charlie's escapades. She keeps me glued to the story, unable to put it down. Love the mixture of humor and suspense. Can't wait for the next adventure!" - Meg, 5 stars online review "Memorable details ... and an edgy, paranoid atmosphere." -Booklist "... superbly crafted story ..." - Gothic Journal "Each book in the series just keeps getting better and better." - Vine Voice reviewer "Charlie is a fabulous amateur sleuth!" - Midwest Book Review

Abducted teens. The cops don't care. Can a grandma solve the crime?Seventeen-year-old hip-hop drummer Trace Gowan is abducted from a street corner after a drug deal goes bad. His friend Glyn Jones, and the rest of the band work the underground to find Trace but they soon discover there is way more going on than they ever guessed.The band is afraid to go to the police, so they turn to Glyn's Grandma Willie who teaches report writing at the Police Academy and the prisoners at the federal prison. She knows which cops can be trusted to help them.Things get worse when two girls, including Glyn's sister are stolen from a bus enroute to college. Unlikely sources reveal a connection to a secret child trafficking ring under the guise of a respected transportation corporation, who will stop at nothing to protect their multi-million dollar business. When the traffickers realize that Glyn knows too much, the danger for everyone heats up. Without Trace brings together two often-discounted groups of people: youth and seniors who find power in unity. Can Grandma Willie convince the cops to follow the trail that her prison students have suggested, save the kids and bust the ring?

It's a typical farmhouse kitchen. A large table fills the space, and in one of the chairs is the lifeless body of Doctor Magnusson.

In 21st century San Francisco many things have stayed the same; old money, old-boys clubs, old grievances. But some are changing; relationships, legacies, and secrets. Kestral Jonas is perfectly situated to observe the old and the new and is happy to disclose it all on her anonymous blog, SFUndertheRug.com.The suspicious death of socialite Greta Gardner puts one of Kestrel's dear friends in danger and Kestrel gets sucked into the drama. A number of people benefit from Greta's death, but which one of them actually pulled the plug?

Latina sleuth and culinary master Miriam Quiñones-Smith is cooking up a storm in the fourth installment of the Caribbean Kitchen mystery series. It’s been three years since food anthropologist and cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith had her last brush with death. Her Spanglish culinary show, Abuela Approved, is topping the charts. Her parents are back in Miami and living with her in Coral Shores. And her kids are great. But when bones start popping up in unexpected places, Miriam’s idyllic life is threatened.Her husband Robert’s much-delayed hotel project screeches to a halt when human bones are unearthed. Tribal representatives, forensic archaeologists, and a pompous professor rain down on the possibly ancient site. Then a fake skeleton with the name "Smith" etched into it is found floating in the bay with an ominous note. Is it a threat to Miriam’s husband or her inlaws? And when Miriam’s boss Delvis is seen going off on a tour guide who marched through the crew-only area on set and is later found dead, Delvis is declared the main suspect.To protect her family and friends, Miriam must dig up the truth that has been hiding in plain sight.

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Over nine million series page reads on Amazon!

Over nine million series page reads on Amazon!

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Over nine million series page reads on Amazon!

Over nine million series page reads on Amazon!

The first in the Alphabet Soup Mysteries and opening night is here!One recipe is included in each book!Opening night of Chef Jessica Vasquez's new restaurant: The Crock Pot. With the media spotlighting the opening on the evening news and food bloggers featuring the restaurant online, the pressure is on.At the end of the night, The Crock Pot is a smashing success and Jessica is beaming with pride. That is until she realizes her Sous Chef, Earl, is missing. After a short search, she finds him by the dumpsters, shot to death.Suspicion is cast on Jess. She doesn't want to be compared to her father, so that thrusts her into the role of sleuth to clear her name and save her business. As she digs into the murder, her business is vandalized, and she's harassed by an unknown source.Along with her two besties, Sawyer and Vee, they find the murderer may be closer than they thought.

Summertime, 1986. A stripper is found dead on Woodland Beach and Crystal doubts that the crime is burning a hole in some detective's desk over at the local precinct. She knew the victim and because of it, Crystal is determined to find out who killed her.As news of the murdered woman sweeps through town, an entire Christian congregation is shaken. Hadn't the victim just started attending their Sunday services? And why is one of their youngest members, a boy named Seth, the only person in their small seaside town who the police have been questioning?Seth can't stand the other teenagers from the Kids for Christ program his uncle has been forcing him to go to. At home, he doesn't get along with his executioner uncle, though he thinks it's cool Robert kills people for a living. It's even cooler when Seth sees a man walk straight out of the sea and introduce himself as Thomas. Why the police have gotten it in their heads that Thomas is the prime suspect is laughable.Having no faith in the police, Crystal steps her investigation up into high gear. Even when it means getting close to the boy's uncle, who happens to be one of her regulars at the club. Even when it means infiltrating the church to find out if the killer is there. And even when it means that Crystal herself could be the next to die. ¿THOMAS FROM THE SEA is a stand-alone novel filled with dark wit, clashing cultures, and unsuspecting tenderness. If you enjoy mystery novels, clean language, and happy endings with a twist of magical realism throughout, you will likely love this novel for its levity, sharp voice, and powerful, spiritual message.

Som dreng blev den forældreløse Kim overladt til en sadistisk psykiater, der udsatte ham for sin helt særlige behandling under nærmest torturlignende former. Nu er rollerne byttet om. Kim Ribbing har kidnappet sin gamle psykiater og holder ham indespærret i kælderen under den tidligere haitianske ambassade. Kim har lagt en genial udtænkt plan og sløret samtlige spor af bortførelsen, men så sker der noget, der bringer hele operationen i fare. Sammen med Julia Malmros og den fjortenårige Astrid Helander - eneste overlevende fra det, medierne døbte ’Midsommermassakren’ – tvinges Kim helt ud til kanten af sin formåen for at lægge nye, falske spor ud.Sagen lander på kriminalkommissær Johnny Munthers bord, og han har længe haft et horn i siden på Kim. Sammen med sine kolleger Carmen Sanchés og Christof Adler indleder han en desperat jagt i Kims labyrint af spor og vildspor.

En Islande et en Afrique du Sud, des scientifiques disparaissent coup sur coup dans des circonstances troublantes.A Bangalore, en Inde, deux jeunes hackers sont contactés par un mystérieux commanditaire leur demandant de corrompre un système informatique de surveillance des données personnelles. En pénétrant dans les serveurs, ils découvrent alors l'existence d'un complot mondial classé secret défense...Quand Charleen Brown, agent de la NSA dans l'équipe de Simon Baker, reçoit un message d'appel à l'aide de la femme d'un des scientifiques disparus, elle se lance alors dans une quête de la vérité, enfouie au coeur des dossiers secrets de l'Agence. Mais tapi dans l'ombre, un homme prénommé Adam en a décidé autrement...Pourquoi des scientifiques ont-ils été visés ? Qui est le commanditaire de cette attaque informatique ? Pourquoi la NSA fait-elle tout pour étouffer l'affaire ? Qui se cache derrière le masque d'Adam ?

1989. Verden er på randen af en revolution, og journalisten Allie Burns er tilbage. Ældre og måske lidt klogere, leder hun nu nyhedsafdelingen på The Sunday Globe i Glasgow. Hun er ikke længere graverjournalist, men nyhedsredaktør og stadig skrækslagen for at ende i rendestenen sammen med de brutale britiske tabloidmedier. Og hun får travlt. Året begynder med en mindegudstjeneste for ofrene fra Lockerbie-bombningen, og Allie har knap nok leveret den historie, før hun falder over en chokerende historie om aids-patienter. Den avisverden hun opererer i er under stærk forandring, og den kolde krig præger tiden. Da et mord sker, bliver Allie tvunget til at sætte spørgsmålstegn ved flere af sine gamle overbevisninger.1989 er anden bog i en planlagt serie på fem bind om Allie Burns. Vi følger hende fra 1979 og frem gennem fem årtier, på rejsen fra ung journalist til garvet ekspert, gennem mordsager og op- og nedture i karrieren, med Storbritanniens historie som medrivende bagtæppe. Allie Burns er baseret på Val McDermids egne erfaringer som ung journalist i 1970’ernes Glasgow.

Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, have taken on a house - sitting assignment in the charming Cotswold village of Temple Guiting. But as always, an idyllic village can harbour a disquieting number of secrets and when a skeleton is discovered at the roots of an old beech tree, Thea is grateful for the presence of her partner DS Phil Hollis. There is no concrete evidence as to who the bones belonged to although it isn't long before theories and rumours abound. Thea soon finds herself drawn into a murder investigation - perhaps the countryside isn't that quiet after all.

Politiet finder liget af en mand der er tævet til ukendelighed. Et ægtepar holdes fanget i bure og overlades til et langsomt endeligt. To mænd forgiftes og lider en pinefuld død. Fælles for dem alle er, at de har pint og plaget dyr. Står det danske politi med en seriemorder, eller er det tilfældighedernes spil?Den unge advokat Amalie Holme Rasmussen rodes ind i sagen med de mange drab og frygter at blive seriemorderens næste offer. Kriminalkommissær Flemming Stender og hans kollega Siri Guldbrandtsen kæmper med sporløse gerningssteder og chefer der ikke forstår, at det kun er et spørgsmål om tid, inden det næste offer bliver fundet. Mens de blodige detaljer udpensles i mainstreammedierne, stiger drabsmandens popularitet på gaden og på de sociale medier. Politikerne kræver resultater, men det er ikke nemt at fange et spøgelse. Amalie og hendes bror Eon lever i efterdønningerne fra coronanedlukningen, krigen i Ukraine eskalerer mens menneskedræberen trækker et blodigt spor efter sig. Helt eller skurk? Mordene og motivet deler landet i to.Danskerne lever med frygten og forude lurer en endnu større menneskedræber, men hvem er vi selv, når vi bifalder det ene drab fremfor det andet? Menneskedræber tager afsæt i virkeligheden, men udvikler sig mod en verden vi ikke kender. En krimithriller med fuld fart fra første til sidste side, bedrag og overraskelser. Bogen er forfatteren Jørn Jønke Nielsens sjette roman.

Talitha Robinson is well on her way to completing renovations for her new bookstore, Beach Bound Books and Beans, in Lantern Beach, North Carolina. But when she hosts a friendly meet-and-greet with bookstore owners from nearby islands, the progress she's making comes to a deadly end.Someone is backstabbed-literally-right under Tali's nose. To make matters worse, Tali's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon and a neighbor claims to have seen Tali commit the crime.Mac MacArthur knows Tali isn't the type to hurt anyone, but it doesn't take a former police chief to figure out things don't look good for her. The two work together to read between the lines and decipher the truth before Tali gets locked away for crimes she didn't commit.As more evidence stacks up, it becomes clear that someone wants to take Tali out of the story. For good.

New York City is a violent place. When an out-of-town woman is kidnapped and brutally murdered in what seems like an isolated attack, the story quickly disappears off the front pages of local newspapers. A few days later, nobody remembers the poor victim. Except for John Levy.John is an aspiring author, and for the past few years, he's been trying to finish his debut novel about a serial killer, Luca, whose quest is to become Lucifer himself. Luca believes that twelve demons possess the bodies of ordinary people and, by collecting them all, he can ascend to the throne of the fallen angel.To John's horror, he finds a connection between the story of the fictional Luca and the actual murders in the City That Never Sleeps. And if the woman whose picture John saw on the news is the same as in his manuscript, the actual killer is just getting started.Too terrified and confused to go to the police, John hires a private investigator, Alexandra (Alex) Watts. Together, they race to stop the killer before he strikes again and before John or the entire world around him descends into the abyss.

Ein rätselhafter Pfarrer unter Verdacht und eine Leiche zu viel … Die beliebte Cosy Crime-Reihe um Totengräberin Thea Shaw geht spannend weiterTotengräberin Alethea Shaw hat kurz vor dem ersten Schnee alle Hände voll zu tun. Als sie ein Grab umsetzen soll, entdeckt sie durch Zufall, dass gleich zwei Körper darin liegen. Wollte hier jemand eine Leiche unauffällig verschwinden lassen? Inspector Myrna Evans schaltet sich ein und ermittelt im direkten Umfeld der Kirche, so auch gegen Reverend Hughing. Die Schlinge um seinen Hals zieht sich zu, als klar wird, dass es sich bei der Toten um keine Geringere als die vor einem Jahr spurlos verschwundene Susan Mcanally handelt. Sie wollte die St. Benet's Church am liebsten schließen und stattdessen ein Begegnungszentrum bauen lassen. Thea will nicht wahrhaben, dass der Pfarrer, der zu ihrem engen Vertrauten geworden ist, jemanden ermordet hat, und stellt eigene Ermittlungen an …Weitere Titel dieser ReiheDie Tote vom Pendle Hill (ISBN: 9783987783487)Mord beim Krimidinner (ISBN: 9783987783494)Ein Mord auf der Speisekarte (ISBN: 9783987786860)Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Eine Totengräberin, ein Pfarrer und eine mysteriöse Leiche sind die Ausgangslage des packenden Kleinstadt-Krimis von Marlene Menzel." „Whodunnit mit Twist: Die Verwandlung von der Totengräberin zur Hobby-Ermittlerin habe ich gerne miterlebt."„Eine äußerst gelungene Fortsetzung dieser fesselnden Cosy Crime-Reihe!"„Geheimnisvoll, kurzweilig und spannend."

She moves her flashlight around the dark, empty ward. How could her friends have left her alone in a place like this? But she isn't really alone. Someone is watching. And he won't let her leave this place alive...

His heart pounding, the man scribbles the words in his notebook as fast as he can: "Woman dead in Highgate. Man in caped coat. Milky way and red streaks. I'm being followed."

A series of threatening letters, a forgotten figure from the past, and a killer out to settle scores...

I'd learned pretty quickly that the only person you can depend on is yourself. But when I awake alone, in a city enveloped in mist, I find myself frantically searching for anyone who can help. Desperate to escape my new reality, I'm forced to overcome challenges I never could have imagined. As I struggle to stop a murderer from a place beyond the physical world, I slowly learn the value of letting the right people into your life. With the help of a selfless twelve-year-old and an amateur sleuth I can't seem to tear myself away from, I only hope that I can do what needs to be done before it's too late. The Pale: Diary of the dead is J.McDonald's debut novel. Leveraging a unique writing style developed over shorter works and Master's thesis piece, this author's works explore the concept of what matters most about a person while sending readers on a thrilling ride.