Police Action

Scrimple gets involved in the Hong Kong democracy protests. Back in Yorkshire, former Hong Kong Police Inspector Scrimple is at a loose end after his mother’s funeral and having recently lost his job in Thailand. A mysterious meeting results in a job offer to go back to Hong Kong and to work for a wealthy American who is financing the democracy protesters. But when Scrimple arrives in Hong Kong it is not long before he bumps into his old nemesis, the Triad boss William. Very soon Scrimple is in the middle of death and violence and he is running for cover. Will his old mates from the ...

The shocking suicide of Beth Daniels' father - a prominent surgeon - has thrown the FBI agent into a tailspin. But when Beth heads to Saint Augustine, Florida, for the funeral, she'll need more than the emotional support of her boyfriend, retired detective Jon Lancaster. She'll need his gut instinct for solving a mystery. No sooner do they arrive than suspicions are aroused. There's the pair of Russians who seem to be watching every move the family makes

THE MAUS TRAP A quiet winter vacation in the Alps. A romantic and secluded hotel. Only nine guests. A famous crime novelist who is being stalked. Three shots, one dead body—a new case for Penny Küfer. Each book in the series features a complete, standalone mystery—perfect to enjoy in any order.

Lieutenant Bradley Heap has gone AWOL and taken along his wife and son. They’re managing to cope just fine until an encounter with a gang of drug dealers turns their world upside down. Detective John Locke of Police Scotland joins forces with the Navy police in the search for Heap on a trail that will take them from the middle of Scotland to the edge of England’s Lake District. The Shallows explores the limits of human endurance and examines how far people will go to protect the ones they love.

International Politics with a dirty politician The action begins with a terrorist attack and is quickly followed by an assassination attempt, a pretty girl, a supermarket bombing, a train hijacking and Jack finding himself being circled by a hungry shark. Jack Hamma, ex SAS Commando has to cope with it all and in the end, much like in the beginning Jack finds himself in the drink and swimming for his life. 'A cracking little book, this is definitely one for the fans of Jack Hamma’ ‘Looking forward to Jacks next adventure.' ‘Thorogood just gets better with these larger than life action...

After 12 years away from his coastal Florida home, Detective Dillon Storm is only now getting his sea legs back. When he pulls the body of a woman from the gulf while on an impromptu fishing trip with his nephew, Dillon thinks things couldn't get stranger. When that body is identified as a woman who was pronounced dead three years ago, he realizes how wrong he is. Now, with little more to go on than a gut feeling and the years' old files from a case that couldn't be colder, Dillon will put his skills to the test.

A year has passed since DI James Walker cracked his biggest case yet, and he’s hoping for peace and quiet this festive season. But across the fells, a local farmer returns home on Christmas Eve to find footsteps in the fresh snow that lead down to his unused basement - and no footsteps leading away. Days later, his body is found, alongside those of his wife and daughter. Without a neighbour for miles, there are no witnesses and little evidence. And the crime scene has strange echoes of another terrible murder committed at the farmhouse, 20 years earlier.

When two patrolmen shoot and kill a woman in the shadows of Seattle's industrial district, the question isn't who did it but why? It's a question that private investigator Shane McPhearson unwittingly begins to unravel after discovering an abandoned 8-year-old named Jacob in Lincoln Park. What begins as a simple attempt to find Jacob's guardian reveals a wide-spread web of lies, cover-ups and deception woven throughout Seattle's Eighth Precinct with ties to organized crime — and Jacob knowing the secret that threatens them all. Not knowing who to trust or where to turn in order to keep ...

Ryan Wallace is an introverted city detective in a hostile environment. After taking down a serial killer he faces powerful enemies on both sides of the law. He is haunted by incomprehensible dreams, has a struggling marriage, and becomes the target of a notorious criminal organization. His greatest enemy however, comes from an unexpected source. After a series of shocking twists and revelations he battles a fierce, methodical, and unexpected foe who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal. The action adventure intensifies in the race for retribution and redemption. Prepare for a heart-...

When a woman in Bel Air dies of a rattlesnake bite, the case doesn’t seem to fit the usual purview of LAPD’s Special Cases Unit. But Carrie Holder was no ordinary LA woman. She was a member of the city's latest cult, the Church of the Gate, which counts Hollywood's movers and shakers among its devotees. Investigating the cult's secrets takes Detective Michael Gideon, his German shepherd K-9 partner, Sirius, and pit bull rescue Emily across Los Angeles's canyons, neighborhoods, and movie studio lots - but all the while, an even darker threat looms closer.

A brilliant detective faces off against an intelligent killer. This killer murders his victims on certain days and dates of the year. Detective Ryker Bartley, with his newly acquired smarts, spots the pattern. Then the chase across Texas begins. Murders continue as Ryker and his team follow leads, trying to beat the killer at his own game. When the police get close, the killer goes after those who are on his trail. Ryker suffered one death during the investigation. Can he survive losing another?

A orillas de la represa del Sisga se ha producido un hecho atroz: el empalamiento de un hombre de unos cincuenta y cinco años de edad.

A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless. The police are at a loss; her parents are beyond grief. Their daughter is lost forever, perhaps dead, perhaps enslaved. But the biggest mystery is yet to come: one week after she was abducted, their daughter is returned. She has no memory of where she has been. And this, for her mother, is just the beginning of the nightmare.

One man wants her behind bars. The other needs her dead. Jax Duncan lives in a world of privilege. But no amount of money can compensate for a distant alcoholic mother and a stepfather with wandering hands. Desperate for freedom, she leaves home only to witness a high-profile mob murder and make herself the next target. Fleeing both the hitman and the FBI agent who thinks she pulled the trigger, Jax moves from city to city in search of safety. But when they track her down, a bloody confrontation seriously wounds the federal cop, forcing her to care for the man who’s sworn to put her away....

In this John Grisham-style mystery, Matt Royal, the retired lawyer turned beach bum is called back into the courtroom to defend his girlfriend J. D. Duncan's Aunt Esther, who lives in the sprawling North Central Florida retirement community of The Villages. A best-selling author has been murdered after a book signing, and Aunt Esther has been arrested. Matt has a history with the local sheriff - one which may not bode well for his client.

Danny Acuff, an insanely-talented detective and prior Force Recon Marine, returns to the hunt in Gravel Road. Danny's moved up in the world, working at the TBI (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation). He's paid a lot more, but the stakes are higher. MUCH higher. He's also been assigned a new partner. She’s -- quite frankly -- a bombshell. But she’s got sharp elbows. And she doesn't like Danny. Worse still, there’s a case that's either dangerous as hell; or completely non-existent. Yeah, one of those cases. It's the kind of case that either ends your career because you can't solve it, or ...

In this edgy romantic suspense, journalist Grace Winslow is starting over in Black Pointe, Florida after losing her job, husband and reputation in D.C. She thought she left her stalker behind but no—he’s found her again. And this time, he isn’t content with just ruining her life—he wants her dead. Does Grace have the courage to stop a madman, recover her reputation, get justice for herself and find love? Detective Luke McBride is used to liars and doesn’t trust women. Especially after his ex-fiancée and partner ran off leaving him at the altar. Luke values truth and justice above...

Matt Royal never has to look far for excitement. Excitement - and sometimes trouble - has a way of finding him first. But for this fun-loving lawyer turned beach bum, things are about to get serious. Dead serious. When his ex-wife asks for help in tracking down her stepdaughter, last seen in Matt's hometown of Longboat Key, Matt agrees to do a little searching. But what looks like the case of one missing girl turns out to be something much bigger-and much more dangerous.

A vicious serial killer is holding the country to ransom, publicly - and gruesomely - murdering his victims. When a man is burnt alive on a bonfire, it seems like a tragic Guy Fawkes Night accident. But with the discovery of a young couple on Valentine’s Day - each with an arrow through the heart - something more sinister becomes clear. A "calendar killer" is on the loose. Detective Mark "Heck" Heckenburg is up against it. With a rising body count and the public’s eyes on him, Heck must find the killer before he executes more victims....

In this exciting prequel to the critically acclaimed Dane Curse, a pair of black capes are found dead on the floor of Wentorf Hall, mere inches away from the world’s largest diamond. Of course the cops think the pair killed each other over the heist. After all, everyone knows that the Vandenberg Coconut is a one size fits all motivation for murder. Everyone, that is, except for Dane Curse. But when the former villain turned PI takes the case he’ll discover that the truth has more sides than a diamond has facets. And in order to get to it Dane will follow a trail that leads through an ...