Science Fiction Detective

The horror of the Rainbow Opera riot is the talk of the country. Dreamhunter Grace Tiebold's reputation is in tatters and Laura is in hiding. But the nightmare has only just begun. Rumours about the government's torture of prisoners have been suppressed and corrupt minister Cas Doran is free to take his plans to shocking heights.

Chicago är inte platsen för Anna. Efter ett våldtäktsförsök av husets elaka son tar hon tåget till Nebraska där en bekant bor med familj. Den lilla staden är väldigt annorlunda från det stora, brusande Chicago. Men det finns också mycket här som Anna gillar. Flera hus verkar komma direkt från Sverige och folket är väldigt trevligt. Hon trivs också tillsammans med sin nya värdfamilj. Hon tänker fortfarande ofta på Nils, mannen som hon träffade på båten och som hon tappade bort vid landstigningen. Vad gör han nu? Lever han fortfarande? Hon känner att det värker i hjärtat av att tänka på honom.

Bernal Fitzhugh hade många strängar på sin lyra. Han var inte bara skeppsläkare hos amiral Sir Francis Drake utan även spion för drottning Elizabeth av England. Något som ledde honom från Oxfords stilla kloster till det rullande däcket på ett piratskepp, från plundringen av Cartagena till den spanska inkvisitionens fängelsehålor. Bernal Fitzhugh var en äventyrare och ett råskinn, men även en skicklig läkare och en sökare på jakt efter kärleken. Frank G. Slaughter (1908-2001) var en amerikansk författare vars böcker har sålt i cirka 60 miljoner exemplar över hela världen.

From acclaimed author Phoebe North comes a riveting, unexpected, and beautiful contemporary novel about a girl whose brother mysteriously disappears, the family and friends he leaves behind, and the stories - real and imagined - that they tell themselves to fill the empty space.

Half Irish, half Comanche, and all American, Jim Anthony confronts modern descendants of two ancient Greek cults bent on world domination. All too soon, he's caught in the middle of their war while solving the mystery of several mysterious suicides by New York's leading businessmen.

When Supernatural Investigation Bureau agent Bluebell Kildare (a.k.a. Blue) arrives at the scene of the crime, it's obvious the grotesquely damaged body of the deceased teenage boy was caused by far more than a simple hit and run; and she vows to catch the killer. Using her innate sixth sense, Blue uncovers a powerful magical artifact nearby. She soon discovers it acts as a key to an ancient Grimoire that was instrumental in the creation of the Vampire breed and still holds the power to unravel the boundaries between Earth and the Plane of Fire.

Once, this world was dominated by the fallen, but humanity cast off their tyrannical rule and created a mighty empire with colonies spread out across the globe. The power of the metropolis is stronger than ever before, but its past is dark and its future cloudy. Old secrets are capable of destroying in one moment what took years to create. After all, nothing can save it from treason, not armadas of battleships nor bomb-laden dirigibles.

I gasped in horror. Would it be my friend's dreadful fate to perish in the swirling torrent below? "Take care! Take care!" I shouted. But my worst fears were realized. Ratigan went over the edge, dragging the detective with him!

Sid Jones and her best friend, Zen, like to play in their local graveyard—but they never expected their ghostly games to suddenly turn real. When Sid accidentally frees the spirit of Ezekiel “Bones” Kittow, a pirate who died nearly three hundred years prior, he asks her to help him find his long-lost treasure so his soul can finally be at rest. The only problem? He can’t remember where, or even what, the treasure is.

All is not well at Lotus Hall, the home of the Dukes of Bennington, powerful mages who sit at the highest levels of power in the British Empire. Consulting detective Gregor Sherringford, youngest brother of the current duke, is summoned home by his mother, the Dowager Duchess, after the mysterious arrival of a family member long presumed dead. Joan Krieger, Gregor’s investigative partner and lover, accompanies him, though the summons is badly timed.

In a Victorian London where magic fuels steam technology. Joan Krieger dreams of revolutionizing fashion for this modernized new world but a hidden enemy stalks her family's clothing business, turning her dream into a nightmare. When Joan is a witness to a client being murdered by magic, she turns to the only man who can help: Gregor Sherringford, consulting detective. Together, they become a formidable team but their investigation pulls aside a curtain of sorrow and secrets that threaten everything in Joan's life.

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.

The intrepid Sexton Blake enters the roaring '60s - and it's all happening. Psychics and aliens clash on a secret volcanic base as the fate of the world lies in peril, the hunters become the hunted as a series of horrific murders strike a peaceful village, a scientist uses new techniques to bring ancient creatures to life and a brilliantly planned heist gets double-crossed - and triple-crossed!

Tokito - Stadt aus Blut und Schatten. In der Megastadt Tokito herrscht das Gesetz der Clans. Nur wer für einen der sechs Clanfürsten arbeitet, hat die Chance zu überleben. Die rebellische Erin hat ihren Job beim Lotusclan verloren und ist nun schutzlos. Als sie auf der Straße verschleppt wird, lässt sie sich auf einen Deal mit einem Dämon ein, um ihr Leben zu retten. Der Dämon verleiht ihr übernatürliche Kraft, versucht aber auch, die Kontrolle über Erin zu erlangen.

Chicagoland can't get much weirder than this: Raf, Megan, and Bradley have been abducted by aliens from the planet Fnarf III! And not just your ordinary, everyday aliens, either. These extraterrestrials are intelligent canines as smart as Bradley, who come from a world where dogs rule and humans drool. And they have a case Bradley can really sink his teeth into: The Fnarfian princess has gone missing, and the space-dogs need help from planet Earth's home team - the Chicagoland Detective Agency - to track her down.

When the Wilder Agency gets a lead on the theft of the fabled jewel that is the basis of the planet's financial structure, it's up to the alien Gel to plan the retrieval of the gem and engineer a presumably dazzling reward. There are, unfortunately, a few tiny flaws in this plan. Such as Gel, the three huli maidens, and the happy-go-lucky yogurt delivery-tiger who comes along for the ride.

Someone is bumping off rock’s wrinkled royalty. After the death of the third aging rock star, lead singer Freddie Finger, astrologer-detective David Lowell takes on the case, scrutinizing suspects’ charts for any clues in the stars that could point to a killer.

Rafael Jones' love of adventure took him into police work, military service, and finally a career as a private eye. But when his first couple of cases combine to drop him into deep trouble, can his sense of adventure survive? For that matter, can he? A practical man with a kind heart, he never expected to encounter supernatural evil threatening the people he cares about.

This novella is a tale of violence, with a touch of the supernatural set in La Crosse Wisconsin. Jess Thornton and his friend Alexander rescue a young girl from an abuser, and end up antagonizing a whole "cell" of illegal invaders. Even Jess's family becomes involved, and Jess and Alexander have their work cut out for them! In fact, they would fail, were it not for a bit of the supernatural.

My name is Mike Raven. I hunt nightmares. Demons murdered my parents when I was eight. Turns out my folks were paranormal investigators, and hell always settles its scores. Naturally I decided to join the family business. For two decades, I've studied the occult and traveled the world fighting monsters. But my biggest challenge lay ahead. From the moment Celeste stepped into my office, I knew she was in trouble. Her father had promised her soul to a powerful demon on the day she was born. Now, 21 years later, the forces of darkness were gathering to collect their long-awaited prize.