The body of a woman from respectable, conservative Glendale is found stashed under a ramshackle house in the middle of the inner city. Detective Luis Mendoza marks the rising heat by the crime and violence raging through the sun-baked streets of Los Angeles - and it's...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-12-14
Collection : A Lieutenant Luis Mendoza Mystery
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Lieutenant Luis Mendoza of the Los Angeles Police Department was vacationing in Bermuda with his wife when the call came. His friend Sergeant Art Hackett had been forced over the edge of a mountain road in a murderous automobile attack.Rushing back to LA to take charge...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-12-14
Collection : A Lieutenant Luis Mendoza Mystery
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A child in danger, an isolated house - and a killer on the loose...'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book ReviewSnow-covered fields and moors stretch away on all sides of Herondale House. Despite rumours...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-12-14
Collection : Murder Room
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Dark family secrets can be murder . . .'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book ReviewMarried to an ambitious but feckless architect and living in the pretentious show home they can ill afford, Jane is...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-12-14
Collection : Murder Room
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'Waiting for her, he was on edge with expectation. He had never planned a murder before ... Only sheer necessity was making him do it now ...'Coincidence couldn't explain the three accidental deaths. It had to be something more - something sinister? One old lady had...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-12-14
Collection : Murder Room
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An inheritance comes with its own sinister dangers...'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book ReviewAnnette, an increasingly amnesiac magazine editor who has inherited an unexpected fortune, leaves London...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-12-14
Collection : Murder Room
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Wickedly funny, this is the third novel in the elusive Dan Kavanagh's London-based crime series featuring bisexual private detective Duffy.Things are hotting up in the Third Division and it seems someone's nobbling players. Following the loss of one of his best...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2014-12-11

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An atmospheric and gripping mystery from Lady Antonia Fraser's Jemima Shore series.How well do we ever know our friends? When Jemima Shore offers to flat-sit for her friend Chloe, the last thing she is expecting is threatening anonymous phone calls on her very first...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2014-12-11
Collection : Jemima Shore
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An atmospheric and gripping mystery from Lady Antonia Fraser's Jemima Shore series.'Was that what you thought - that you would come back, come back here to beautiful Lark, and get away with it, did you expect that? I can hardly believe it, even of you...'A series of...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2014-12-11
Collection : Jemima Shore
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'Full of twists and turns. This book will keep you turning the pages well into the wee small hours.' ***** Reader ReviewBabes in the wood, babes in the wood, who will be next to be covered in blood? For generations, the children of Rowandale have recited these words,...

Editeur : Headline Accent
Parution : 2014-12-08
Collection : The Eden House Mysteries
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WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'This ambitious account of a sudden coming of age reminded me strongly of To Kill a Mockingbird - and is every bit as moving and satisfying' Daily TelegraphIn the long hot summer of 1972, three events shattered the serenity of...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2014-12-04

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As Christmas approaches a terrifying killer must be stopped . . .As the snow starts to fall, the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered on a construction site. Then the demolition of the old Chase Asylum reveals further human remains. It starts to become clear...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2014-12-04

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An exclusive enovella from Jason Dean, author of THE WRONG MAN, BACKTRACK and his new novel THE HUNTER'S OATH, and the eshorts ONE GOOD TURN and THE LAST QUARTER. Includes an exclusive extract from the highly anticipated upcoming James Bishop novel, THE OUTSIDER. James...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2014-12-01

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Do you have an idea for a gripping crime novel?Would you like to know how to plot your book flawlessly?Do you want to create beautifully crafted characters and nail biting twists?This book is designed for anyone who wants to write an unputdownable crime novel. Whatever...

Editeur : Teach Yourself
Parution : 2014-11-28

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A powerful and passionate story of forbidden love set in Medieval England...Immersed in the colours and drama of medieval life, Paul Doherty's richly evocative novel, The Love Knot, combines fact and fiction to tell one of history's greatest but most secret love...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2014-11-27

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Hot on the heels of ACCUSED, BETRAYED is the second legal thriller in New York Times bestseller Lisa Scottoline's electrifying Rosato & Di Nunzio series.Judy Carrier has always been a champion of the underdog. When her Aunt's beloved friend Iris Juarez is found...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2014-11-25
Collection : Rosato & DiNunzio
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'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald TribuneNew York in the days preceding the American Revolution was a dangerous place to be. Just ask sixteen-year-old James Bethune, who seems to be constantly followed by trouble. Offered a job at a newspaper, James...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-11-21
Collection : Murder Room
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When American journalist Jon Harkness is reassigned to his paper's London office, he quickly becomes embroiled in a bizarre tale involving an ancient family curse. Whilst out for a drive, his car is surrounded by an eerie fog and he finds himself on the wild Cornish...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-11-21
Collection : Murder Room
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Lawyer Jesse Falkenstein thought his secretary Miss Williams was a remarkably efficient typist, but he felt she had drawbacks as a legal secretary. She had an earnest face, unfashionable tight curls and she irritated him very much. Jesse wished he could fire her.But...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-11-21
Collection : Jesse Falkenstein
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'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald TribuneFamous LAPD husband and wife sleuths Sergeant Ivor and Detective Sue Maddox return again, this time juggling half a dozen investigations at once. Balancing solving the cases of an enterprising team of daytime...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-11-21
Collection : An Ivor Maddox Mystery
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