The murder of any journalist is bound to whip the news media into a frenzy. So when ex-BBC correspondent Ed Stonax is found dead, the last thing Detective Inspector Slider needs to complicate his life is the reappearance of an old enemy issuing death threats. Trevor Bates, aka The Needle, is on the loose and trying to kill him, and with a high-profile murder to solve, he must try to find a spare moment to marry Joanna before their baby is born - and stay alive long enough to do it...The eleventh...
Back by popular demand are the two aging ex-movie stars Trixie Dolan and Evangeline Sinclair. Trixie Dolan, the high-kicking narrator of "Reel Murder", is in London sharing quarters with her friend Evangeline Sinclair. Evangeline is writing her memoirs when she discovers that an old rival is writing hers as well, and trouble begins. Because the truth is spread very thinly between them and who knows what secrets are going to be revealed? Trixie seems to be the only one who can ward off an explosi...
The Pot Thief Who Studied Escoffier (The Pot Thief Mysteries, #4) (Pot Thief)
by J. Michael Orenduff
The pot thief discovers that archaeology is not nearly as cutthroat as the restaurant business A treasure hunter, pottery dealer, and occasional manufacturer of imitation American Indian artifacts, Albuquerque's Hubie Schuze knows quite a bit about throwing clay. But ancient Native American pottery is not really intended for dining, so he is puzzled when a restaurateur comes to him asking for dinner plates. The job sounds boring, but the fee does not: $25,000 for one hundred plates for a new Au...
Gary Sinise Americana Coloring Book (Gary Sinise Coloring Books, #0)
by Aubrey Peck
'The British, once they take the gloves off - once they forget to play cricket, to be English gentlemen - they are the toughest things on earth,' says one German espionage agent to another in Dark Duet. And the trouble with Michael Kane, hero of this spy thriller, is that he never plays cricket with Nazi spies ...'Dark Duet seems to me damn good' Raymond Chandler
Heralded by an instantly memorable signature tune, the adventures of special agent Dick Barton and his friends Jock and Snowey, were essential listening for an entire generation. Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon Davies, in an exciting world of criminal masterminds, espionage and adventure, it ran on the BBC Light Programme between 1946 and 1951. Sadly very few original recordings still survive. However, in 1949 a number of early Barton tales were re-recorded for transm...
With impeccable timing Hercule Poirot, the renowned Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance on to the English crime stage. Recently, there had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, constant companion to old Mrs Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about 'a lot of sharks'. And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil. A shattered coffee...
Rough Justice (The Spider Shepherd Thrillers) (The Spider Shepherd Thri)
by Stephen Leather
Villains across London are being beaten, crippled and killed by vigilante cops. Crime rates are falling, but the powers that be want Dan 'Spider' Shepherd to bring the wave of rough justice to an end. Shepherd has always known that there are grey areas in the fight against crime. And that sometimes justice gets lost in the process. He has never been comfortable investigating cops, but working for the Serious Organised Crime Agency means that he has no choice. He has to go undercover with an elit...
James Carroll only meant to do one deal to get to film school. But it went wrong. Now he owes GBP30,000 to drug-dealer Roger Oates. Just a year away from retiring to Honolulu, Roger knows this is no time to let things slip. If James can't pay, his parents must. But Francis Carroll has put everything he has into a project that will finally bring him the success he craves. He simply cannot afford to help his son. And it's no good asking his ambitious new wife Rachel. She wants a baby -- while his...
L'acronimo V.I.T.R.I.O.L. al quale a volte si aggiungevano le due lettere V.M.. Le iniziali suddette stanno per: Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem (Veram Medicinam), vuol dire "Visita l'interno della terra, e rettificando (con successive purificazioni) troverai la pietra nascosta (che e la vera medicina)".
