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James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children's books -- including the Ellery Queen Jr. series -- but short stories were his true domain.)……続きを見る

"When his hand reappeared, he was holding neither cigarettes nor keys. He was holding a small black revolver that glittered evilly in the diffused light admitted by the curtains, and his hand was st……続きを見る

Todkrank wurde der Millionär McKing ins Bellevue Hospital eingeliefert. Er musste innerhalb eines Tages operiert werden, sonst gab es keine Rettung mehr für ihn. Das machten sich skrupellose Gangste……続きを見る

Host, the explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook, takes readers back to where the genre began, and the questions posed in Coma: what……続きを見る

Out to catch his cousin's murderer, Jim Cavanaugh has been observing the black widow, Candy Corbin, for a long time. She's gotten by with more suspicious deaths since then, but the lack of sufficien……続きを見る

Why steal a not-so-valuable painting? Free-spirited Zoe Andrews has settled into married life and feels she has found her ideal niche working for a company that discreetly recovers lost items for el……続きを見る

“The Spoils of War and The Achilles Heel are part of a 4-book set in which a financial crime stimulates a veteran US Military Detective to pursue a fugitive in circumstances which result in involvem……続きを見る

“The Spoils of War and The Achilles Heel are part of a 4-book set in which a financial crime stimulates a veteran US Military Detective to pursue a fugitive in circumstances which result in involvem……続きを見る

James Holding enjoys a reputation as one of the more prolific contributors to the mystery magazines of the 1960s and 1970s. (Our bibliography shows nearly 200 stories published in Alfred Hitchcock’s……続きを見る

We present for your reading pleasure a selection of 25 stories by prolific crime & mystery author James Holding. We have named this collection "Conmen & Cutthroats" because Mr. Holding had a penchan……続きを見る

With a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone, this old man came rolling home.' Never has a truer word been spoken. When a bone is uncovered while investigating a car accident, Kroupa's faithfu……続きを見る

"Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini The naked lady was very beautiful and very dead. The police found that she had circled Mac's name in her……続きを見る

"Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini In his second adventure, Mac is hired to tail a mother and her two kids on the train from Chicago to Los……続きを見る

PORTRAIT OF A PRIVATE COP... "Call me Mac... I'm just a guy. I go around and get in jams and then try to figure a way out of them. I don't make very much money and most people insult me one way or a……続きを見る

Captain Hugh North, D.C.I., arrived at Fort Espato (in English, "Fort Terror") with no thought of treasure or tragedy -- but both awaited him there. An American army port superseded the old ruin now……続きを見る

When Mr. Wallace was found neatly suspended from a hook in the bathroom ceiling, with a slender chain around his neck and the wastebasket on which he had stood carefully kicked away, there seemed li……続きを見る

"Third machine gun gangster dies!" came the newsboy's cry through the window of Judge Mackaye's stately residence in Deptford. A group of men were gathered there -- powers in the life of the city, a……続きを見る

Het vierde boek uit de Bracke reeks gaat over het Noodlot, dat niemand kan ontlopen… Kismet! In dit boek spelen de Gentse Feesten, het grootste volksfeest van Europa dat elke zomer in juli gedurende……続きを見る

In the bay of Cienfuegos, a little Cuban town, the naked body of a D.C.I. officer was found floating one night. And the next, Captain North of the Army Intelligence was on his way there -- with orde……続きを見る

Romanen Linda kan man kalla för äventyrsroman eller thriller och handlar om Klas och Elena som får ett samtal om att Klas dotter Linda är försvunnen och de kastas in i ett nytt äventyr som tar dem b……続きを見る

Im Umland von Vigàta liegt ein Toter in einem Plastiksack. In dreißig Teile zerstückelt, der Schuss in den Nacken deutet auf Rache wegen Verrats hin. Commissario Montalbano fühlt sich an eine Geschi……続きを見る

Der Sohn eines führenden Politikers wird des Mordes an seiner Verlobten angeklagt. Diese wiederum war die Tochter eines mächtigen politischen Gegners. Als die Nachricht beim Fernsehsender RAI in Pal……続きを見る

The horror, of seemingly ordinary people doing horrifying things, can take the eyes of just as seemingly ordinary people to see. Tall, soft-spoken Natsume used to work with troubled kids at a reform……続きを見る

‘One of Britain’s most consistently excellent crime novelists’ Marcel Berlins, The Times A friendship renewed; a marriage going sour; Harry Bentick heads for the Lake District not knowing if he’s go……続きを見る

Aflevering nummer vijf uit de thrillerreeks rond commissaris George Bracke, die dringend toe is aan een nieuwe uitdaging in zijn beroepsleven... Hij ruilde net zijn veilige stek in Gent in voor een ……続きを見る

A Vampire in the Vatican Luciano Martinelli is fifty-two years old and an Inspector in the Vatican City Police. It's been an easy life for him until one day he investigates five murders, all taking ……続きを見る

Een internationaal schandaal zet de Schotse whiskywereld op zijn kop. Whiskyliefhebber en Europol commissaris George Bracke is de geknipte persoon om op onderzoek te gaan. Hij neemt zijn grote baas ……続きを見る

Deep in the jungles of the Venezuelan Rainforest, a dying phytopharmacologist has begun a search that could change the fate of humanity forever. Joining depraved scientists and ruthless mercenaries,……続きを見る

A violent car crash on California's PCH. A plot to achieve world domination. A nuclear arms-seeking Iran. At the heart of this conspiracy is amnesiac Magus Crayle. Crayle becomes the subject in a cl……続きを見る

Poison, passion, pandemonium Anastasia Devlin is a genius at organizing her eccentric family and her online clients, but she seriously doesn't have time for playing detective. Then her super-geeky t……続きを見る