Private Detective Fiction

The victim’s profession might make it hard to find someone to talk. Laura Mallinder left home for work on Sunday, June 12, 2011. She walked to Gentle Touch, a massage parlor in Broadgreen, Swindon. Her boss, Maggie Monk, discovered her body later that evening. Laura, twenty-seven-years-old, sustained fatal stab wounds to her back.

One night, the body of a young woman is found, naked but for a necklace, tied to a statue outside a block of luxury flats. There should be an outcry. But the police rule it a suicide, and move on. Private investigators Lee and Jo, owners of No Stone Unturned detective agency in Leeds, are tasked with looking into the case. Who was the woman? Did she really kill herself? As they investigate, Lee and Jo uncover shocking secrets. And when they see links between this case and another they are working on, they are forced to question – is any woman ever truly safe in this world?

Sister Eve Divine recently discovered she’s got a gift: turns out she’s a natural at private detective work. But is it a temptation or a calling? As Eve wrestles with this question, she’s taking a leave of absence from the convent, investigating a case with her PI father. But something else troubles Eve. It’s been weeks since Eve heard from her sister, Dorisanne. And Eve’s gut tells her that something sinister has happened to her difficult sibling. There’s only one place Eve can find the answers she’s looking for: in Dorisanne’s world, under the lights of Sin City.

Sister Eve, a motorcycle-riding nun with a natural (or is it supernatural?) gift for solving murders returns to the enclave she once called home and quickly finds herself confronting yet another mysterious death. Someone has poisoned Dr. Kelly Middlesworth—a researcher on the life and ministry of 17th-century’s revered “Blue Nun” - and a set of irreplaceable historic documents have disappeared before they could even be examined.

Under a starless winter night in rural Cornwall, four killers dressed in bizarre folkloric garb brutally invade the home of the wealthy West family. They destroy the posh house and kill the terrified family. All but one: Traumatized 17-year-old Simon manages to escape, fleeing through snowy woods. Later, fears that he’s an active target of madmen or criminals lead the police to once more come knocking on Tom Killgannon’s door: Will he watch over Simon until a more secure place is found for the boy?

Der Hund von Baskerville (Originaltitel: The Hound of the Baskervilles, in neueren Übersetzungen auch Der Hund der Baskervilles) ist der dritte Roman mit Sherlock Holmes und eine der bekanntesten Detektivgeschichten Arthur Conan Doyles. Der Roman spielt im England des späten 19. Jahrhunderts in der Region Dartmoor. Auf der Familie Baskerville lastet ein dämonischer Fluch, wie aus einem Familiendokument aus dem Jahre 1742 hervorgeht.

The friendly man shocks the bar by paying for everybody's drinks with a silver quarter. His ruthless killing in the street outside surprises nobody. When private detective Crain Dalton seeks out the beautiful widow, he uncovers a plot to buy local elections with the only kind of money worth anything anymore - silver and gold, once again illegal to own. Down the mean streets of the near-future, a man must go...

A cryptic message from an old friend leads Joe Grabarz to an abandoned farmhouse in the middle of the South Downs. But Joe is too late, someone else has got there first: his friend is dead, and all the evidence points to him. Ten years ago the farmhouse was the scene of three infamous murders when a young boy killed his mother, father, and little sister. Now an adult, he was released from prison with a new identity.

On his death bed, Lord Pembroke took great care to try to ensure the future of his beautiful, unconventional niece, Lady Jane. Her debutante ball featured the most eligible bachelors of London society. But when the night of the dance arrives, things do not go as planned.

Stephen Fox may be a moron, but he may also be America's next president. The dimwitted legislator is just smart enough to know when to smile for the camera. But two women stand in the way of his campaign: his mistress and his wife, who has never recovered from the death of their daughter, a pain she manages by devoting herself to fundraising for children with Down syndrome.

A young woman is dead, and another is missing. Two cases worlds apart. When an old friend throws Cutter a case involving the disappearance of a young woman from Detroit’s most prominent family, he sees an opportunity to make some quick cash to keep the bookies off his back. But he soon realizes his client’s problems are a lot more sinister than he thought and finds himself in too deep.

Two-year-old Abigail is fast asleep in the back of the car, clutching her little red lion. Tony, her father, steps out onto the pavement. The man he’s meeting punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Before it all goes black, Tony sees his car speed away—with his little girl inside. When he finally gets home after the worst day of his life, the house is empty. His wife is gone too. The place is ransacked and the kitchen is streaked with blood.

Die Abenteuer des alten Sherlock Holmes 1: London 1930. Sherlock Holmes, inzwischen 76 Jahre alt, lebt vereinsamt in der Bakerstreet. Vieles in seinem Leben hat sich verändert. Die gute, alte Mrs. Hudson ist leider längst verstorben. Ihre Nachfolgerin wird ihre Nichte Alice Miller. Zusammen mit ihrem Mann Eddy versäumt sie es jedoch nicht, ein Auge auf Holmes zu haben und unterstützt ihn in jeglichem Belang. So liegt es fast auf der Hand, dass Alice Miller sogar in das eine oder andere Abenteuer mit hineingezogen wird, und mit ihrer kühnen aber herzlichen Art, ist sie am Ende am Erfolg des Geschehens nicht ganz unbeteiligt.

Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes (Originaltitel: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) sind eine Sammlung von zwölf Kurzgeschichten von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Die Geschichten wurden ursprünglich von Juli 1891 bis Juni 1892 im Strand Magazine veröffentlicht, der Sammelband mit Illustrationen von Sidney Paget erschien am 14. Oktober 1892 in Großbritannien und am 15. Oktober 1892 in den USA. Im Zentrum der Handlung stehen Sherlock Holmes und Dr. John Watson, die seltsame Verbrechen aufklären.

I många år trodde man att världen hade sett det sista av den berömda detektiven Sherlock Holmes, men tre år efter hans påstådda dödsdag dyker en mystisk man upp i London som utger sig för att vara den kusligt begåvade brottsbekämparen. Det visar sig snart stämma att den mystiska mannen faktiskt är Holmes – och hans plötsliga uppenbarelse kommer just i rättan tid. Ett hemskt, och tillsynes olösbart, mord har begåtts i London.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is the second published collection of short stories featuring the famous consulting detective and his friend and colleague Dr. Watson.

Are you ready for twists, turns, thrills, and chills? This complete set offers Joe C. Ellis's popular Weston Wolf OBX Detective novels: Roanoke Island Murders, The Singer in the Sound, and Kitty Hawk Confidential.

Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes ist der wohl berühmteste Detektiv der gesamten Kriminalliteratur. Er ist ein nahezu perfekter Analytiker und Taktiker, versiert in den Wissenschaften und unendlich kreativ im Lösen der schwierigsten Probleme. Er ist ein gefährlicher Gegner im Nahkampf und ein Meister der Verkleidung und Täuschung. Er ist Violinist, Komponist und Urheber bedeutender Sachbücher. Er ist ein kompromissloser Humanist und praktizierender Rechts- und Moralphilosoph.

Esta impactante novela, ganadora del premio a Novela Negra de Valencia en 2014, nos trae la aproximación de Juan Ramón Biedma al canon sherlockiano, pasado por su visión demoledora y su prosa aserrada. El secuestro de las hijas de una alto mandatario inglés involucrará tanto a Sherlock Holmes como a su némesis, James Moriarty, en una maraña negra en la que se cruzarán todo tipo de secretos.

Questa ultima, mirabolante avventura di Arsenio Lupin, proprio il fuoco d'artificio finale che mette fine alla sua carriera di ladro gentiluomo, all'inizio, e poi ricco benefattore che si diverte a sciogliere enigmi e aiutare persone in difficolta senza sdegnare di mettere in ridicolo la polizia, ma agendo sempre in qualita di agente segreto per favorire le fortune della Francia.