Bird Mystery

Edge of the Flame is a twist on the tale of The Phantom of the Opera. The infamous Phantom narrates this version giving the reader a remarkable insight into the brilliant mind and tortured heart of the complex character. This engaging version keeps the integrity and chilling spirit of the original novel, but unmasks a brand new gothic love story.

Lily King has spent years behind bars. Convicted of murdering her husband, London villain Leo King, she hasn't been missed. Everyone believes she got what she deserved, but Lily knows she was fitted up. Now she's out, and she doesn't do forgiveness. In her absence things have moved on, and the old order has changed. But now she's ready to reclaim her position as head of the King family. Fuelled by vengeance, Lily King is back, and some people aren't going to know what's hit them.

Substantial Justice chronicles the 1985 misadventures of Spider Lacey, a laconic Citroen mechanic, and Siobhan Mollenkopf, a lawyer who has reappeared in Spider’s life after a ten-year hiatus. Things start well, then devolve when Spider’s best friend, a marijuana grower and controversial talk-show host, is murdered. Spider and Siobhan spiral into a world of white supremacists, political activists, lumber tycoons, motorcycle gangs, early online geeks, tree-spikers, and law enforcement. The terrain is San Francisco, Mendocino County, New York City, and Arizona.

Seit langem steht das Anwesen Old Mansion Hall im beschaulichen Örtchen Rosefield leer. Plötzlich verbreitet sich im Ort die Neuigkeit, dass der als verschollen geltende Erbe des Herrenhauses wieder dort eingezogen ist. Für die betagten Freundinnen Elisabeth und Margret eine willkommene Abwechslung in ihrem Alltag. Doch noch ehe sie dem Neuankömmling einen ersten Besuch abstatten können, geschieht ein heimtückischer Mord. Während die Polizei im Dunkeln tappt, entdeckt Margret eine Spur. Ist sie auf der richtigen Fährte? Und können sie und Elisabeth der Gefahr entgehen, die auf sie lauert?

In a futuristic Tampa Bay, Skiptracer Dhata Mays and his sidekick, Lur Diaz, are on a job investigating a cheating lowlife. But after a deadly explosion and the woman who hired them disappears, nobody is safe. Suddenly, everyone is under suspicion, and the police are no longer there "to serve and to protect". Now, it's up to Dhata to take matters into his own hands and uncover a deep-rooted plot to escalate the tension between the humans and synths. He must stop the battle before it's too late.

Fish & Wildlife investigator, Rhoda Deerwalker, stumbles on a nasty survivalist militia in Wisconsin's great north woods. The danger posed by the militia pales before the insane ambitions of their bio-terrorist masters whose deadly plot to infect the world with bird flu leads to danger, excitement and death.

WIE KANNST DU ALS ZEUGE VON UNERKLÄRLICHEN UND MYSTERIÖSEN EREIGNISSEN DIR DEINER SELBST NOCH SICHER SEIN, WENN SICH DEINE VORSTELLUNG VON DER WELT GERADE FÜR IMMER VERABSCHIEDET? Dieser Roman schlägt den Spannungsbogen von Island bis zum ehemaligen Kloster Corvey an der Weser. Das Buch verwebt Aspekte nordischer Mystik und mittelalterlicher Geschehnisse mit dem Leben eines jungen modernen Paares: Von ihren Flitterwochen auf Island zurück, wird die dreißigjährige Wissenschaftlerin Theresa plötzlich von verstörenden Visionen einer dunklen, fratzenhaften Gestalt heimgesucht.

The epic story of a senator’s rise and fall. Mark Coffin of California was barely 30 years old when he won a startling upset victory in his race for a seat in the US Senate. A bright, handsome, energetic idealist with a passion for decency in government, he thought his honesty and dedication would see him through anything.

Two years after stopping a wicked serial killer, former detective Dhata Mays is called in to investigate a kidnapping. After all, he’s the new “fixer” in town. But when Dhata discovers that there’s more at stake than a missing woman, he knows he’s up against an evil entity that might destroy everything. With help from his partners, Dhata uncovers a plot that not only involves genocide, but a brand new model of android. It's the final hour and time is running out, but can Dhata Mays pull a hat trick, and bring an end to the synth crisis?

A long-buried secret has come to light in the village of Midbury, England. A secret of betrayal and murder. The past seems long dead, but it intrudes on the present of the vicar of St. James parish and his family. Beth Granger and her grandmother, the famous mystery writer Dame Joan, join forces with the vicar, Joseph Levi, inspector Janice Sidwell, and her sergeant, Davy Collins. Together they work to solve a very old murder and a very new one. The story begins in 1960 and moves on to the present.

"Nimm eine und tue es!", steht in großen Lettern auf den Kisten, die frei zugänglich auf dem Times Square herumstehen. Sofort bekriegen sich zwei Streetgangs um den Inhalt: Waffen! Mit dieser Provokation läuten Islamisten den Straßenterror in New York ein. Es folgt ein Anschlag auf den US-Präsidenten. Auch die Vatikanstadt wird von Anschlägen heimgesucht: Der Nachfolger Osama bin Ladens will die christliche Welt zerstören. Doch damit nicht genug! Der Papst riskiert ­seinerseits, den Weltfrieden zu gefährden: Er ruft zum Heiligen Krieg gegen den Islam auf – und wird bald darauf entführt.

Native American Fish & Wildlife Investigator Rhoda Deerwalker finds more than she bargained for when a routine bird smuggling case turns deadly. Rhoda teams up with a small town sheriff as events spiral out of control. This is Book one in the Felony of Birds series. Rhoda Deerwalker is not like any female investigator you've ever encountered, she's brave, vulnerable, and all too human. You'll want to read all three thrilling tales.

Inexplicably, Cash has become troubled, depressed, irrationally angry with his friends, and worried unaccountably about the safety of his daughter and grandson. Callie suggests he see Abe Stein, the therapist who helped her son, Lew. Reluctantly, Cash agrees, and the two men begin to explore his largely forgotten past—particularly the story of his parents, who died in a car accident when he was seven.

In That Summer, Allen Drury turns from the world of international politics to the private politics of Greenmont, an exclusive vacation colony high in the California Sierras where an intense love story is played out against tribal country-club mores and tragic social pressures. Greenmont is a millionaire’s hideaway, an encampment for the privileged few, but dangerous currents run beneath its affluent exterior. Major Bill Steele arrives there as an outsider, lonely and shaken after a painful and humiliating divorce. But the people of Greenmont have their own plans for him.

刚归国的医生华唯鸿邂逅失明女孩夏初，在为其催眠治疗过程中，发现她患有多重人格分裂……剛歸國的醫生華唯鴻邂逅失明女孩夏初，在為其催眠治療過程中，發現她患有多重人格分裂……

The oyster party had the kiss of death upon it—even though there were two 'R's in the month. Miriam Birdseye—famed revue star and sleuth—could have told you that from the start. She isn't a bit surprised to learn that her fiancé's mother died in the night. But who at the seedy Sussex hotel would have poisoned the bivalves? Could it be the hotel proprietor—a handsome, drunken bankrupt? His put-upon wife? Miriam's impressively moustachioed fiancé? Or the menacing, unsavoury chef?

Miriam Birdseye, ex-revue star and now professional sleuth, is intrigued when the headmistress of Radcliff Hall arrives at her Baker Street detective agency. A series of bizarre stunts that at first seemed like pranks have taken a sinister turn, and since Mis Lipscoomb found her gym rope half sawn through, she's begun to fear not only for her school, but for her life.

Burn-scarred and already something of a legendary small-time criminal, Mike Menger was last seen at the end of David Bain's crime/horror novel Gray Lake, driving headlong out of Green River, Michigan, under cover of night, screaming in rage and despair. Now he's back, though still in hiding, doing dirty deeds his new boss, Phan, needs doing - like tonight's adventure. Seems one of Phan's other lackeys, Kundo, lost Phan's nightclub called The Nice-Nice in a game of chance.

Aus dem Todestrakt des ADX Bundesgefängnis in Florence, Colorado, werden verurteilte Killer entführt. In der Grenzregion der USA und Mexikos verschwinden Flüchtlinge, Schleuser und Gangster, die für ein ­Drogenkartell arbeiten, spurlos. Unheimliche, schwarz vermummte Gestalten verschleppen nachts Obdachlose aus dem Central Park in New York City. Wer ist für die Entführungen verantwortlich? In einem Schlafsaal, an einem unbekannten Ort, finden sich die Entführten wieder. Seltsamerweise ist der Raum unbewacht, was die verschleppten Männer zuerst verunsichert.

It may not be as grim up north as they say, but it wasn't where amateur private investigators Natasha DuVivien and Miriam Birdseye intended to spend their Christmas. When the principal boy in a production of Cinderella is murdered, and a ballerina hits the bottle a little too hard, they do the only logical thing they can do and join the cast, stranding themselves in a small industrial town for the sake of art and sleuthing. The show must go on, after all, and the detective duo must get to the bottom of things - before the final curtain falls.