They’re both in way over their heads…Pregnant heiress Andi Matheson is being targeted by two killers. She also possesses evidence that Officer Simon Woolridge needs to make an arrest. Through a ferocious blizzard, the pair go on the run, reigniting a passion the agent never saw coming…
A full-length Hercule Poirot novel, adapted from Agatha Christie’s stage play by Charles OsborneSir Claud Amory’s revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have to u…
The very first collection of superb short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings…First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond… then came the ‘suicide’ that was murder… the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat… a suspicious death in a locked gun-room… a million dollar bond robbery… the curse of a pharoah’s tomb… a jewel robbery by the sea… the abduction of a Prime Minis…
За полвека писательской деятельности британский автор детективов Рене Брабазон Реймонд (1906–1985) опубликовал около девяноста криминальных романов и сменил несколько творческих псевдонимов. Самый прославленный из них – Джеймс Хэдли Чейз. «Я, как ищейка, беру след и чую, чего хочет читатель. И что он купит» – так мэтр объяснял успех своих романов, охотно раскрывая золотоносный секрет: читателей пр…
Не оглядываясь на прошлое, до сих пор преследующее Гвен Проктор, она пытается двигаться вперед. Теперь Гвен – частный детектив, занимающийся тем, что у нее получается лучше всего, – решением чужих проблем. Но вот ей поручают дело, к которому она поначалу не знает, как подступиться. Три года назад в Теннесси бесследно исчез молодой человек. Зацепок почти не осталось. За исключением одной, почти без…
One soldier's long-lost secret is alive and wellWhen a security snafu turns his world upside down, Major Matt Riley reunites with his long-lost son.And fourteen years later, the military man is still captivated by his ex, Bethany Trent. Matt must convince her that their new family bond is for keeps – but first, he must keep them alive…
No, please don’t.Three little words, innocuous in their definitions. No great allegories, no ethical dilemmas. No, please don’t.The words echoed through his brain as he sawed, their rhythm spurring his own. When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson finds herself pursuing the vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his wa…
A wounded soldier battles for total recall.But can he trust his elusive memories?Amnesia has robbed Asher Knight of his memories of a fatal mission. Now he doesn’t recognize Paige Sterling, the woman who claims to be his fiancée. Does the Delta Force lieutenant have PTSD—or something more sinister? On the run, he must rely on Paige to dodge unknown assassins and help him regain his memory…but is t…
A soldier out for justice finds an unlikely ally Delta Force captain Joe McVie is faced with a mission unlike any other. One that involves socialite do-gooder Hailey Duvall, who isn't all that she seems…which is why someone wants her dead.And why Joe will do anything to keep this innocent beauty safe….
A terrified little witnessWhen army ranger Gabe Decker is asked to protect an orphan and her psychologist, Trina Marr, he doesn’t hesitate. Hidden in a remote cabin, Gabe experiences a taste of family life… And when bullets start flying, Gabe puts vows to do whatever it takes to protect them.
He’s her best chance to save her childAfter her baby girl is kidnapped, Dr Mila Manchester turns to Brayden Hawk for help. The sexy lawyer is determined to save Mila’s daughter, but could the explosive secret Mila’s keeping destroy the growing bond between him and the single mum?
An elderly spinster has been poisoned in her country home…Everyone blamed Emily’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.On April 17th she wrote her suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. Mysteriously he didn’t receive the letter until June 28th… b…
A slasher movie turns real when two young actors are brutally murdered on a remote island film set. Their severed heads and arms are posed in macabre homage to a nineteenth-century pirate massacre. Two years later, survivor Vanessa Loren is drawn back to South Bimini by a documentary being made about the storied region.Filmmaker Sean O'Hara aches to see how the unsolved crime haunts her…and Sean k…
‘One of the modern masters of the police procedural’ Sunday TelegraphPeter Pascoe is in shock. A weekend in the country with old friends turns into a nightmare when he finds three of them dead and the missing fourth a prime suspect in the eyes of the local police.They want his cooperation, but Superintendent Dalziel needs him back in Yorkshire where a string of unsolved burglaries looks like turni…
Перри Мейсон – король перекрестного допроса, кумир журналистов и присяжных, гений превращения судебного процесса в драматический спектакль. А за королем следует его верная свита, всегда готовая помочь, – секретарша Делла Стрит и частный детектив Пол Дрейк. Перри Мейсон почитаем так же, как Эркюль Пуаро, мисс Марпл и Ниро Вулф, поэтому неудивительно, что обаятельный адвокат стал героем фильмов и мн…