Private Detective

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.

Sometimes Treasure Wants to Remain Hidden, Especially if It's Cursed As the mysterious death of a treasure hunter is hastily deemed an accident, Ivy and Everett are summoned to delve deeper into the enigmatic circumstances surrounding his demise. Was the victim's fate sealed by a cursed treasure he was never meant to uncover? Could someone have deliberately concealed the accursed treasure, aware of the peril it posed? Or, perhaps, was the man ensnared in a more familiar trap, betrayed by someone he once trusted? In a captivating tale of intrigue, deception, and the allure of hidden riches, ...

Jack Sommers was just an ordinary accountant from Chicago - that is until his wife passed away, his young daughter was kidnapped, and he became the main suspect in an $88 million embezzlement case. Now Jack is on the run, hoping to avoid the feds long enough to rescue his daughter, Sophie, from her maternal grandfather, a suspected terrorist in Palestine.

The final story of the Gemini & Flowers mysteries. Ego quoque in tempore vitae meae. It is three years since we last visited Rilton Castle and “times they are a changing”. Lady Greta Hollander has died and Mike Ash has become the seventeenth Duke of Bloxworth. He and Tom are moving to Hollander Hall, leaving the village in the safe hands of Finn and Fade, now a happy couple. Patrick is going to join the police and is starting work as a trainee Special Constable with Regina Muga’s team before going to Hendon Police College.However, this is Rilton Castle after all, so things are never ...

He's no TV star. He just gets illegal labor traffickers to obey the law. Just don't expect him to obey the law! Any sales will be donated. This story is fictional. Any resemblance to fictional or actual persons or events is purely coincidental.

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 ...

January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent. When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel’s innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating it as an open-and-shut case of arson, Lady Hardcastle faces a barrage of resistance as she tries to dig out the truth.

If you like kick-ass, gritty action, colorful characters, and needle-sharp wit, then you’ll love Jamie Renwick’s newly published series. Vancouver socialite Kathryn Swain is dead, her death ruled a suicide by police. But not everyone believes the official report. Reluctantly brought into the investigation, a private investigator and retrievals expert, Theresa Maddux, uncovers a trail of extortion, espionage and murder spanning three decades. Discovering the true scope of the crime, Maddux must track down the killer before he eludes the law and escapes to freedom. Placing herself ...

If you like kick-ass, gritty action, colorful characters, and needle-sharp wit, then you’ll love Jamie Renwick’s newly published series. When the law fails you, and trust is at a premium, Maddux will always have your back… Margaux Piper has been swindled out of her inheritance. All of it. With her mother languishing in hospital, Margaux’s unscrupulous husband has taken the opportunity to funnel the family fortune offshore and vanish; his Gaugin-like fascination with young and pretty tropical women blamed for clouding his judgement. From the temperate rainforests of Vancouver to the ...

When a killer strikes, single mom and PI, Tracy Belden puts game nights on hold to solve a puzzling case of murder. I’m Tracy Belden and I’m getting out of town. A quick meeting with a client in Las Vegas will pay for a weekend getaway for me and my guy. But our perfect plan derails when my client is found dead. Now the police and the perps both accuse me of having a priceless artifact. The only way to prove my innocence–and finish my crossword puzzle– is to find the missing object and track down the killer. If you like fast-paced, humorous cozies, dive into the Crossword Puzzle ...

Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard.

Appearances can be deceptive. A charming English village mystery. Simon is asked to protect the eldest daughter of a local property developer during a family celebration. The family have received a series of disturbing threats, but the developer doesn't want to involve the police. The celebration goes well, but Simon makes a decision with fatal consequences. When the younger daughter asks for his help, there are many reasons why he should stay away from the family. But Simon wants to redeem himself. A friend's future depends on him getting it right this time. But will he?

He saw a horrible sight yet again. The girl was dead, holding a bouquet of Lavender flowers. The clothes were worn backside front. Ava decided to help Ryan to control his ability through intense training. As they spend time together, Ava is discovering Ryan’s sad and hurtful past. Ryan was getting curious about Ava’s history as well. Things were going steady until they found a series of murders around the school. Four beautiful and popular girls died in every four days. The horror had been spread in the school. Ava, Ryan, and their team found the cunning and sad truth about the girls’...

Even though Agatha Raisin loathes amateur dramatics, her friend Mrs. Bloxby, the vicar's wife, has persuaded her to support the local pantomime. Stifling a yawn at the production of Babes in the Woods, Agatha watches as the baker, playing an ogre, struts and threatens on the stage. Then a trapdoor opens… followed by a scream and then silence. Surely, this isn't the way the scene was rehearsed?

Based on an astonishing true story. Have you ever wondered about being a Detective, or seeing how they operate? This book will take you on a journey of discovery from the eyes of a real Private eye. Find out about identity theft of deceased babies, fraud, and international investigations by an investigator determined to see justice served and innocence restored. Fraud investigator Andrew Stone is chasing an international serial identity thief. This mystery of deceit and theft unfolds as Andrew traces the steps of the conman, with multiple crimes uncovered on the way. This is a true-life ...

Stockholm: From one day to the next, 16-year old Hanna just vanishes without a trace. Her worried parents hire detectives Lars and Elin to find their daughter. The two of them do just that and very quickly. However, Hanna’s problems are far from over – she is trapped in the clutches of a “loverboy”. Just a couple of months later, the two private detectives are asked to help once again, because Hanna has been arrested for a serious crime. In order to prove her innocence, Lars and Elin have to dive into the dangerous underworld of prostitution, drugs and murder. This difficult ...

The biggest lie in history is about to be shattered. UFOs are real. In late June of 1947, three extraterrestrial craft were downed outside Roswell Air Force Base. Many more followed, revealing dozens of ET species and a Rosetta Stone to a new physics, an energy generation and propulsion system responsible for interstellar space travel. This new system could have easily replaced oil, gas, coal, and nuclear plants - and with them, the entire geopolitical and economic order on our planet. But a cabal of bankers, the military-industrial complex, and Big Oil stopped it.

A Haunted Fixer Upper Claims a Victim The Home Channel's latest sensation, "Flipping Haunted Houses," promises to unveil the hidden secrets of long-forgotten dwellings. However, when one house takes exception to its mysteries being laid bare, a young woman's lifeless body is discovered on the premises. Despite the police ruling her death as natural causes, the circumstances surrounding her sudden heart attack raise suspicions of a more sinister origin, possibly the result of sheer terror. As Ivy and Everette are called in to investigate, they soon find themselves targeted by a menacing ...

After ten long years as a private detective, Stockton native Jake Carter is finally closing his LA agency. In just a few days he’ll put the missing teens and cheating spouses behind him and join the city's corporate world full of cushy jobs and hefty paychecks. But when his former partner is found dead in a Stockton homeless camp, murdered by a ruthless serial killer who’s targeting the city’s most vulnerable population, Carter will put his dreams on hold and return to his hometown to find the madman responsible before he strikes again. But solving this case won’t be so easy. ...

Minnie Polson is dead. Burned to a crisp in a fire so big and bad it had to be deliberate. The only thing worse is that Hap and Leonard could have prevented it. Maybe. Minnie had a feeling she was being targeted, shaken down by some shadowy force. However, when she’d solicited Hap & Leonard, all it took was one off color joke to turn her sour and she’d called them off the investigation. Wracked with a guilty conscience, the two PIs—along with Hap’s fleet-footed wife, Brett—tuck in to the case.