Boating Mysteries

Jerome, George and Harris are three hypochondriacal friends who like to spend time comparing their illnesses, although none of them is ill. One day they decide to go on a vacation by sailing down the Thames river towards Oxford. The three friends prepare a long list of things they will need and even take the dog Montmorency with them. During the journey they visit many different places and fall into various and interesting situations.

INTRIGUING "STAND-ALONE" STORY OF A CYBERSECURITY INTRUSTION & POLITICAL DECEIT Steve's curiosity about a tragic accident, a cybersecurity intrusion and a mysterious blonde leads him into a complex web of unanswered questions. Join Steve as he investigates an international money laundering scheme. Steve's plan to move his boat from Palm Beach to Chesapeake Bay for the summer places him closer to the answers and to dangerous political intrigue.

When Pete and his friends set sail on a private yacht in the Balearics to celebrate Fergus’ upcoming wedding, they’re all looking forward to sun, sea and copious quantities of alcohol. But there’s a reason they are still entwined in each other’s lives a decade after leaving university. A terrible event they’ve all been trying their hardest to forget.

In the captivating world of "Magic Mirror," an enthralling literary work penned by the talented author D.M. Sorlie, a seemingly innocent charity auction takes an unexpected turn. Annually held at the prestigious Crystal Bay Club, this event promises to raise substantial funds for a noble cause. The highlight of the auction? A set of rare French art books, highly sought after by art enthusiasts and collectors alike. Initially, the members of the club were elated by the attention their charity auction garnered, envisioning the impressive sum that these extraordinary books could fetch. However...

John Thornton, a self-made wealthy young entrepreneur, inherits his ancient family shipyard in the harbor town of River Sunday, Maryland. To carry out a childhood promise he intends to find the local traitor who, decades ago in 1941, betrayed his grandfather’s ship, War Boat, to a U-Boat ambush and mass murder.

In this fourth episode of The Wire Family series, meet Ambrose, the little brother, who discovers a small paper boat in the middle of a puddle in the school playground. How strange!

Danger Zone is an action-adventure book where the set takes you from NH, to Florida and Jamaica to the Bolivian Jungles. It is loosely based on the authors cases while he was working for the state of NH as an undercover drug operative and operation Snow Cap initiated by the DEA.

Mirabelle Daws travelled all the way from Australia to Sheridan Square to visit her sister - only to die in the middle of a locked garden. All the residents of Sheridan Square have a key to the garden - but no-one seemed to know that Mirabelle was planning to arrive. So the question facing Mrs. Jeffries and Inspector Witherspoon is: who wanted to make sure that Mirabelle's visit was very, very short-lived?

Vlado Petric, former detective in war-torn Sarajevo, has left his beloved homeland to join his wife and daughter in Germany, where he scratches a meagre living in the building sites of the new Berlin.When Petric returns to work one evening, he finds an enigmatic American investigator waiting for him in the small apartment he and his wife share. The investigator (Pine) works for the International War Crimes Tribunal, and he tells Petric that they want him to return to Croatia

كانت والدة المغامرون الثلاثة تعدُّ لهم مفاجأة ، فقد حضَّرت تذاكر سفر لرحلةٍ بحرية من القاهرة حتى الأقصر حيث ستتاح لهم الفرصة أخيرًا لركوب باخرةٍ فاخرة تنساب بهم على مياه النيل الخالد ويشاهدون خلالها مدن الصعيد ومعالمه الأثرية من القاهرة حتى الأقصر وهناك سيستمتعون بأجمل شتاءٍ على وجه الأرض...

The Cut Bait Murders is the second in the fishing-themed Jim Story series of St. James City mysteries. A retired couple’s life in the quaint Florida fishing village is disturbed by a series of unexplained disappearances. Then the island’s tranquility is shattered when two tarpon fishermen reel in a mutilated corpse- an obvious victim of murder. The police suspect the crime is linked to a recently uncovered drug ring, but the island’s residents are not convinced. When another beloved island resident disappears a colorful cast of tropical characters decide to take matters into their own...

Kim faces two cases in this gripping instalment. An escaped felon and a strange request from an olive-skinned beauty. She must wrestle simultaneously with both conundrums, and track down the convict while resolving the mystery of what exactly is inside the booty in the boathouse - and who put it there and why? There are the usual splashes of humour as Kim gets to grips with her tasks.

Duchess is about to set sail from Scotland to St. Lucia. But before she even leaves port, an argument erupts. It's only the first in a series of unsettling events that will beset Helen, the skipper, her best friend, and the remaining crew. During a port of call in the Canary Islands, tensions mount further when an unexpected guest joins the crew. Then, a near-fatal allergic reaction raises the pressure level-and finally, during a fierce storm, someone goes overboard . . . Is this a run of bad luck or is one person at the heart of the turmoil and violence?

Hidden Charm Mystery writer JT has hidden away from the world on his private island since he published his first novel. Many fans believe it’s because he’s strange or eccentric, but the truth is much darker than everyone knows. After Emma’s very public, very nasty breakup with one of Hollywood’s hottest actors, she needs a friend to lean on. After hitting it off with JT while filming his movie, she takes him up on his offer to let her stay at his secluded place to recover. She hadn’t planned on her troubles following her there, or on being completely charmed by the man. A Silver ...

- A GLOBE-TROTTING MYSTERY SERIES - THE CASE OF THE BUNGLING BOAT (Mystery 1)A river ride on a barge should be as safe as a ride on a carousel… shouldn’t it? Of course, it might depend on what was swimming in the water. There might be something worse than a hungry crocodile. THE CASE OF THE STOLEN SISTER (Mystery 2)Who would think a sister could be swiped right out of her hotel and carried off at breakfast time, or how much trouble it would cause? Who could have guessed what her brothers would be asked to go through to get her back? ABOUT THE AUTHORMs. Klusmeyer is a prolific author ...

Amateur consulting detective Kim solves three baffling cases. This collection includes The Lake Garda Mysteries Volume 12: The Body in a Boat at Brenzone, The Lake Garda Mysteries Volume 13: The Skeleton in the Shallows of Salo, and Volume 14 of the Lake Garda Mysteries: The Deceased Dentist of Desenzano.

1912, Henley-on-Thames. Twenty-Four-year-old Marianne Lefevre is alone in the world: her parents both dead and her brother in faraway India. She is pleased to be taken on as governess in the affluent Matlowe household and hopes the position will become permanent. But as Marianne grows closer to the young twin girls and to the rest of the staff, she becomes increasingly concerned. Why are the children forbidden to go near the boat house at the end of the garden?

Dans cette aventure, Kim reçoit un appel de la police d’État de Vénétie pour venir les aider dans une nouvelle affaire qui les laisse perplexes. Bien qu’ils aient identifié le corps dans le bateau, trouvé dans le port de la jolie petite ville juste au sud de Malcesine, il y a certaines anomalies qu’ils ont découvertes dans la propre maison du défunt.

Their summer vacation started out like every other for the 17-year-old boys: long, fun days of baseball, fishing, and working on an abandoned houseboat discovered on the riverbank...and then kids started coming up missing.

Part diary, part scientific journal, part detective story, part love story: The Case of Emily V is thoroughly post-modern in its deliberate blurring of the distinction between fact and fiction, its cavalier blending of literary genres. But Oatley's first novel also resembles old 19th-century literature. His characters are dynamic, his storylines complex and suspenseful, his social commentary broad and integral to the plot.