Mystery Crime Fantasy

From acclaimed author Tom Knox, the international best-selling author of The Genesis Secret, comes this gripping tale - an exciting blend of adventure, horror, mystery, and suspense. In France, archaeologist Julia Kerrigan makes a chilling discovery - an ancient skull with a hole bored through the forehead. Soon after, her mentor is killed. In Southeast Asia, a similar find draws photographer Jake Thurby to Laos. Julia and Jake want answers, but powerful forces are stalking their every move, willing to do anything to keep these discoveries a secret.

Medium Dead is a fun urban fantasy chronicling the crime fighting adventures of Brenda - a reluctant medium - and Brian - a vigilante demon with an impish sense of humour. Think Stephanie Plum with magic and a dash of Carl Hiaasen. Brenda Steele is smart, funny and out of her depth. A Vigilante Demon called Brian wants her to find murdered spirits and help him track down their killers. But Brian doesn't just catch criminals, he likes to play with them first, and make the punishment fit the crime.

In Edward Whittemore’s masterful and surreal alternate history, a man’s search for answers about his vanished parents propels him on an odyssey from the present into the past, from a bar in the Bronx to Tokyo and Shanghai during the Second World War. Quin, born in China and raised in the Bronx, is orphaned in the closing days of the Second World War when his parents go missing and are presumed dead in Shanghai.

Rivers of Gold is the first in the More series of dystopian thrillers featuring MARSOC operator Everett "Ever" More and NYPD Detective Sixto Santiago. The series is set in the Second Great Depression. The primary locale is New York City. The economy is shattered, the government is helpless, and crime and disease run rampant. An underground party circuit has developed, wherein rival cartels use a network of taxicabs to move contraband around the city.

Helen West is coming to terms with her husband's death and trying to cope with her six-year-old son's grief. Jake suffers from nightmares, and visions of what he calls his 'other' life. He talks about a boy called Jacob and a place known only as 'the island'. Helen's journey to find the source of Jake's torment leads them to North Wales, where the university town of Bangor is in lockdown following a series of student abductions.

As Powerhouse, Dave Johnson has become a local legend in Seattle, but choruses of voices advise him that he's wasting his time defending the Emerald City. He's urged to take on more ambitious goals, like defending New York, being a full-time comic book executive, or becoming a bat-breaking evangelist. These questions are pushed into the background when Powerhouse is confronted with an unprecedented crime wave launched by the interdimensional warlord Varlock as part of his effort to help King Bel conquer the Earth.

Rumors are swirling around the dark corners of Westgate that a brutal vigilante is dealing violence and havoc in the guise of Shadowbane. Kalen and Myrin have just arrived from Luskan, in search of Kalen's former apprentice, Rhett. Though Kalen believes Rhett to be dead, Myrin won't give up hope as she in turn seeks more information about her past. And Kalen too must find his place, perhaps in the Eye of Justice - the organization that trained him - though that's the last place he wants to end up. But who are is this mysterious vigilante who wields the vaunted sword Vindicator?

Bishop has been a vampire for 700 years and though he wishes nothing more than to live his life in peace, getting humans to believe that vampires are not monsters is a difficult task, and vampire hunters like The Reaper make it even more difficult. Believing that a vampire killed her mother, Irina leads a band of vigilantes, determined to rid the world of these monsters. What no one knows is that Irina herself is half vampire. Determined to deny that side of her, Irina captures Bishop.

2029. Fentanyl, nitazene, captagon and synthetic poisons kills millions. As the body count grows frustrated value engineer Rave Maps takes direct action infiltrating Chinese drug labs and Mexican cartel strongholds. Once that effort proves futile Rave pivots, joining one of the first tourist excursions to Mars aboard a Chinese ship. The journey provides her one desperate, risky chance to destroy her own Digital Twin before game-changing AI technology falls into the wrong hands.

Experience the life of the post-apocalyptic tyrant TJ Swenson. Growing up on the streets, Swenson finds himself alone. An unlikely caretaker, Mr. Lee, takes him under his wing and allows him to clean his gym in exchange for a place to live. As time passes and their relationship grows, Swenson is not only trained to fight, he is introduced to the unlawful side of Mr. Lee's business affairs. After meeting the love of his life, Jillian, his life takes a drastic turn as the Great Quake rocks the earth.

Powiesc z pogranicza sensacji i fantastyki. Polskie i amerykanskie sluzby specjalne zawieraja porozumienie w sprawie wspólpracy polegajacej na inwigilacji ugrupowan terrorystycznych w Polsce. Do pomocy amerykanskiemu agentowi polskiego pochodzenia oddelegowany zostaje Kamil Stochard z ABW. Jednak juz wkrótce okazuje sie, ze ich celem nie sa znane grupy terrorystyczne, a pomioty Cthulhu znane jako guimony. Te przybierajace postac staruszków stwory zeruja na ludzkich emocjach wraz ze swoim mistrzem Fn’thalem. Nie maja jednak zamiaru tak latwo dac sie zniszczyc. Polowanie utrudnia fakt, ze guimony maja mozliwosc odradzania sie po smierci. Ksiazka Debskiego to gwarancja rozrywki na wysokim poziomie.

Somewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people has been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one, the masked gunman says on-screen, unless the police will admit they faked the death of the legendary superhero called the Kingfisher and helped him to give up his defense of the city 30 years ago. Retired reporter Marcus Waters made his name as a journalist covering the enigmatic superhero’s five years of cleaning up Chicago’s streets. Then the Kingfisher died, Chicago resumed its violent turmoil, and Marcus slid back into obscurity. But did the Kingfisher really die?

Avenging Serpents tells how two far-from-innocent men, who met by a freak coincidence, were inspired by an old myth to seek revenge on the perpetrators of ongoing abuses.

After decades, the Mexican civil war is all but over, but a review of captured documents reveals a secret—the now-deceased guerrilla leader of La Fuerza was, for over a decade, stealing from his own revolution. Billions of dollars are missing—enough to sustain the war effort, if discovered, or maybe even topple the struggling Mexican government. Private contractor Seamus O'Malley, leading an elite team, is tasked with locating and retrieving the cash.

Jack West und seine Freunde müssen, um den globalen Schutzmechanismus aktivieren zu können, das Rätsel um die fünf größten Krieger der Weltgeschichte lösen. Wer sind diese mysteriösen Kämpfer? Nur die Auserwählten dürfen sich der Macht des Schutzschirms bedienen – und ihn zur Rettung oder zum Schaden der Menschheit anwenden. Von Israel über Japan bis in die letzten unerforschten Winkel der Mongolei reisen Jack und sein Team, um die Welt vor dem Untergang zu bewahren.

Tej jesieni Kraków nie zazna spokoju. Jego żywiołem jest noc. To właśnie wtedy przemierza ulice Krakowa, szukając kolejnej ofiary. Potwór. Bestia. Wampir. Dziennikarze prześcigają się w nadawaniu mu pseudonimów, ale nikt nie wie, co nim kieruje. Królewskie miasto po raz kolejny musi zmierzyć się z potworem – i tym razem nie jest to smok… Bezwzględnego mordercę tropi para policjantów – doświadczona komisarz Alicja Starska i żółtodziób Paweł Czerski. Czy uda im się pokonać bestię? I jaką rolę odegrają w tej sprawie.

Being able to unravel and analyze the findings of others was a rare attribute of University Professor Craig Kennedy. He coupled this with use of various gadgets and devices that were commonplace in the early twentieth century. They seem primitive by much of today’s standard equipment but were actual forerunners to what are matter-of-fact equipment, enhanced and extended in the present day. His ability to analyze his findings resulted in the well-earned recognition of “The Scientific Detective.” He was always accompanied by young newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, who kept tabs on plot details.

When four guards are found dead in a bank basement in the early hours of Father's Day, the investigation leaves multiple families in a desperate quest for the truth. Dissatisfied with the conclusions drawn by police, Arielle Lucila is called upon to hunt down the killer. Having lost her own family to violence, the case is personal for Arielle. With the help of her partners, Felix and Selena, Arielle finds a lead. She peels back the layers and discovers the evidence points to an inside job. Proving it will take all of Arielle's investigative effort. Surviving the fallout comes at a price.

Chef est un tueur froid et narcissique, travaillant autant par nécessité pécuniaire que par goût du spectacle. Occire la vermine ne lui fait pas peur, tant que la récompense à la clé est suffisante. Les années passées à exercer son métier de chasseur de primes lui ont valu une solide réputation, ainsi qu'un sens du panache effilé. Chef est devenu plus qu'un simple assassin rémunéré : il est L'Artisan Meurtrier. Accompagné par Basile, son assistant, il rencontrera des manipulateurs retors, des crapules aux ambitions démesurées et des créatures cauchemardesques....

Wynne is intrigued but nervous about her new friend’s paranoid claims that he has ESP and a monomaniacal researcher has been pursuing him for decades. But after a brutal attempted kidnapping, she realizes that Lord’s life is as bizarre and more dangerous than she had ever imagined. The couple flee Portland, Oregon, and travel across the country in an effort to get Lord the freedom he finally deserves. They assemble a team of misfits with varying abilities before facing a life-or-death challenge with international ramifications.