Krimi & Thriller

THE DARK CORNERKathleen Conley is the perfect secretary. And she knows a tail when she sees one. The guy in the white suit has been following her detective boss, Bradford Galt, all evening. So Galt braces the guy and takes him to his office for a little talk, and has Kathleen follow him after he leaves. Turns out the man in the white suit is working for Jardine, his ex-partner, the man who set him up a few years back to take a homicide rap-the very man he'd love to get his hands on. But with Kathleen to back him up, Galt discovers there is more here than a crooked ex-partner. This time someone is setting him up for a murder rap!SLEEP, MY LOVEAlison Cordeley wakes up in a train headed for Boston. But she has no idea where she is, or how she got here. She lives in New York City. A kindly old lady who had seen her get on the train tries to help. But it's a shattering experience. How did she end up on a train to Boston without any memory of being at the train station? When she returns, her husband, Dick, is terribly concerned. Alison has been sleepwalking, but nothing like this. He hires a psychiatrist named Dr. Rinehart, but he only frightens Alison out of her wits. Is she losing her mind? A man she meets on the train, Bruce Elcott, thinks otherwise, but are suspicions enough to save Alison from herself?

FREAKSHOWBat Fidler has always been a loner, never able to fit in with other people. Then he lands a wrestling job at a carnival sideshow. That's where he meets Emmy, a scrappy stripper, and Fish Boy, the belligerent guy in charge-and his lovely wife, Fish Girl, one of the stars of the freakshow. Bat as usual finds himself the misfit among the other performers. They all annoy him. He even finds himself arguing with Emmy. It's not long before Bat realizes that, in spite of her deformity, it's Fish Girl he wants. And that's when his life at the carnival turns to violence, and all their lives are changed.

An Unforgettable collection from Mia Dalia, the author of Estate Sale. In the woods and in the basement, out in the open and hiding in the dark, the nightmares await. Go on. Turn the page. I dare you.This is a collection of tales of horror, thriller, and psychological suspense.

THE BUTLER DIED IN BROOKLYNShepard had been a loyal family butler, but when Marianne finds him that evening, he is a very dead butler. Someone had staged his exit as a suicide. However, police detective Gridley Nelson realizes that this is a case of murder. A murder with too many suspects. There are the twins, Hale and Clement, Marianne's brothers; their Grandmother, Beulah, the matriarch of the family, currently married to hapless husband number four, Leonard Roberts; Marianne's boyfriend, Dwight, who has just come into a tidy bit of cash; Cromwell Proctor, who Beulah would prefer to be Marianne's boyfriend; and Beulah's guest, Dr. Silk, a prominent dentist with a sideline in astrology. An interesting group... but which one of them could possibly want to kill the kindly old butler? MURDER RUNS A FEVERIt's wartime in the U.S. and Kyrie Martens has gone undercover for the FBI. But her cover is blown so she decides to stay with her cousin Louise Cotter. Louise is anxiously awaiting the return of her husband Charles on leave from the army. The night that he returns he falls sick, and that same night Louise's unwanted guest, Captain Shay, is found murdered in their apartment. And then Kyrie goes missing. Detective Sergeant Gridley Nelson is old friends with Louise and Kyrie, and even though they seem logical suspects in the death of Shay, he is convinced otherwise. Still, there is something here that doesn't add up here. What is this mysterious sickness that has struck down Charles? How is his loyal cook Sammy involved? And what has happened to Kyrie Martens?

POWER is the third book in the Martin Dougherty series, continuing the lives of the familiar characters. Readers will recognize Tony's Coffee, and fear the appearance of a familiar killer, all intertwined with Arizona history and many Southern Arizona landmarks. Tucson and the surrounding desert, find widower Martin, and widow Teri Wilson seeking to define their relationship as their sons, Ken and Trever start their own lives only to be interrupted by powerful oligarchs attempting to disrupt the upcoming election, using a restless Native American who ignores the warnings of his grandfather, an O'odham shaman, who sees parallels to the 1871 Camp Grant massacre. The Dougherty's are then drawn into a web of events including a mass shooting, and divisive gun law protests and legislation.POWER is a mystery thriller that explores the personal relationships of its characters. It is the third novel by Dirk Dieters. Find out more on his website. www.ddietersauthor.com

SINISTER HOUSEGail Hollister has been sent to Casa de Ayer to organize Colonel Conniston's antique collection. Her first surprise occurs when she is stopped along the way by an unsuccessful highway robbery, particularly since she recognizes the would-be thief-Kerry O'Neil. Later that evening, having finally arrived at the Colonel's old California estate, she is shown the intaglio gems that Kerry had been trying to steal. And still later, she is shocked to discover Conniston's dead body on the library floor!Police detective Bartlett is convinced that Gail had something to do with the death, that she helped her friend Kerry break into the tightly-locked house. Bartlett knows about the failed robbery, but Gail knows that Kerry couldn't have committed murder. And now it's up to Gail to figure out who did kill Conniston. Could it have been his trusted aide, Dimity, who always seems to be lurking behind doorways? Or Norman Stark, the Colonel's son, whom she has a really bad feeling about? All she knows is that she had better move fast, or both she and Kerry are likely to end up in prison.

THE FLOODS OF FEARSpring is late, and the warm rains of June create a flood that threatens all the small towns and farms in its path. The dikes need to be shored up, and the situation is so desperate that prison inmates are added to the work gangs. Then the dike brakes and everyone is swept in a deluge downstream. One of those men is Donavan, the murderer, and an expert swimmer; another is Peebles, the thief, who probably would have drowned if Donavan hadn't saved him.In their path is Elizabeth, a rich man's daughter stranded by the flood, who is about to learn a lot more about life than she could have ever imagined. In the next 24 hours she will have to fend off the unsavory advances of Peebles while putting faith in a man found guilty of killing another human being. Each of them is caught up in something bigger-and now they are being tested as they have never been before.

THE BODY IN THE BEDBarr Breed doesn't want to take the case at first. When Mr. Gibbs comes to him with a story about finding his mistress strangled in her bed, and not wanting to go the cops about it, Breed turns him right down. He doesn't want to get involved in murder. But Gibbs persuades him to take a look at the murder scene and keep the cops away for 24 hours. Convinced of Gibbs' innocence, Breed begins to cover his client's tracks. Then someone tries to push him into traffic. And not long after, Gibbs himself is gunned down. Breed is the thick of it now. And between the thug who's shadowing him and the cops who're after him, this case could just be his last.THE BODY BEAUTIFULWhen Barr Breed is introduced to showgirl Coffee Stearns, it's lust at first sight. But she plays hard to get. In fact, just as Breed is figuring that she doesn't like men at all, she changes her tune. That night he decides to catch her show. Coffee she is one of the nearly nude golden girls that swing from cages above the actors below. But as soon as the cages begin to rise, there is a flash of light and Coffee falls forward out of her cage and into the orchestra pit-with a knife in her back! Breed immediately goes into action, but there's nothing he can do for her. So he sets out to find out who murdered her-and why-and takes on the most dangerous case of his career.

SHE WORE CHANEL FIT FOR REVENGE.Kat Waters, former socialite turned morgue employee, finds herself up to her Jimmy Choos in family drama when the Italian mob dumps a freezer housing a naked sombrero-clad corpse in her apartment. The mob's head honcho believes this frosty stiff is the key to uncovering a rat in his family. He wants Kat to investigate the murder, and in return, he'll share information that could spring Kat's father from prison.HE WORE A KILLER SMILE.Kat knows that unraveling a murder is much trickier than choosing the perfect eyeliner shade. So she enlists some reinforcements: her pot-growing drama-queen BFF, a razor-sharp reporter who's also on the hunt for romance, and a security mastermind backed by a crew of quirky misfits. THE CORPSE WORE A SOMBRERO.As theories pile up like last season's runway rejects, everyone is pointing fingers. And just as Kat thinks she's getting a grip, the Russian mob crashes the party, demanding her assistance with a peculiar storage problem. In a whirlwind of family feuds, mobster mayhem, and fatal encounters, one thing is clear: the only hope she has of ever seeing her stylist again lies in cracking the case, saving her family, and out-strutting a killer with a vendetta.

In 1990, Katherine Kenny described the book as the most successful of Sayers' early fiction, coupling a slick detective plot with vivid details of post-war English life. "The book is a tightly constructed little drama based upon the old joke about an Englishman's club so stuffy that its dead members cannot be differentiated from the living-a pertinent comment upon the society so described.".In 1973, the novel was the subject of a BBC TV mini-series starring Ian Carmichael as Wimsey.Born in Oxford, Sayers was raised in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first-class honors in medieval French. She worked as an advertising copywriter between 1922 and 1929 before success as an author brought her financial independence. Her first novel, Whose Body?, was published in 1923. Between then and 1939, she wrote ten more novels featuring the upper-class amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. In 1930, in Strong Poison, she introduced a leading female character, Harriet Vane, the object of Wimsey's love. Harriet appears sporadically in future novels, resisting Lord Peter's marriage proposals until Gaudy Night in 1935, six novels later.

This book is the first collection of short stories about Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers. All of them were included in later complete collections.The Abominable History of the Man with Copper FingersThe Entertaining Episode of the Article in QuestionThe Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's WillThe Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the BagThe Unprincipled Affair of the Practical JokerThe Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of ContentionThe Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That RanThe Bibulous Business of a Matter of TasteThe Learned Adventure of the Dragon's HeadThe Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen StomachThe Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No FaceThe Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali BabaNOTES TO THE SOLUTIONBorn in Oxford, Sayers was raised in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first-class honors in medieval French. She worked as an advertising copywriter between 1922 and 1929 before success as an author brought her financial independence. Her first novel Whose Body? was published in 1923. Between then and 1939, she wrote ten more novels featuring the upper-class amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. In 1930, in Strong Poison, she introduced a leading female character, Harriet Vane, the object of Wimsey's love. Harriet appears sporadically in future novels, resisting Lord Peter's marriage proposals until Gaudy Night in 1935, six novels later.

Before its publication, Siegfried Sassoon's reputation rested entirely on his poetry, primarily written during and about World War I. Only ten years after the war ended, after some experience in journalism, did he feel ready to branch out into prose. So uncertain was he of the wisdom of this move that he anonymously published Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. It depicts his early years as an autobiographical novel, with false names given to the central characters, including Sassoon himself, who appears as "George Sherston.". Sassoon was motivated to write the work by a war incident when a fox was loose in the trenches, and one of his friends shot and killed it. However, the book draws heavily on his pre-war life, with riding and hunting among his favorite pastimes.Much of the material for the novel came from Sassoon's diary. He said he was inspired by the work of Marcel Proust, saying, "A few pages of Proust have made me wonder whether insignificant episodes aren't the most significant.". In particular, his relationship with "Aunt Evelyn," a fictionalized representation of his mother, Theresa, is revealed as a significant influence in his upbringing.

Allan Chappel enrolled in seminary to change the world, but people lied and people died, and he turned in his clerical collar for an office cubicle. Now, years later, the ghosts of his past are back to haunt him, and they're uglier and more powerful than ever. When an old college friend invites him to apply for a job with a new medical think tank called Inc.Ubator and the office is destroyed in a fiery blast, Allan finds himself the target of an international manhunt as an Eric Rudolf-style domestic terrorist and abortion clinic bomber. Forced into hiding, he sets out to find those responsible and clear his name. But his quest for answers only leads to more questions. What were the researchers at Inc.Ubator hiding? Who was willing to spill blood to keep their work a secret? Allan must stay alive long enough to uncover the truth. Unfortunately, the forces opposing him will stop at nothing to prevent the release of The 3rd Option.

"A librarian with a knack for solving murders soon realizes there is something supernatural afoot in her little town in this cozy fantasy mystery. Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle keeps finding bodies - and solving murders. But she's concerned by just how many killers she's had to track down in her quaint village. None of her neighbors seem surprised by the rising body count...but Sherry is becoming convinced that whatever has been causing these deaths is unnatural. But when someone Sherry was close to ends up dead, and her cat, Lord Thomas Crowell, is possessed by what seems to be an ancient demon, Sherry realizes she is going to need an exorcist more than a detective. With the help of her town's new priest and an assortment of friends who dub themselves the "Demon Hunting Society," Sherry needs to solve the murder and get rid of the demon. This riotous mix of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Murder, She Wrote is a lesson for demons and murderers alike: Never mess with a librarian"--

After three years, her missing husband has returned-but can she ever trust him again? A bereavement, I called it. A death without a body, a coffin, a note, or a reason. But what do I call it now, now that you've come back? When Kate marries Marc, a wild, sexy Frenchman she meets on holiday, everyone is stunned. But Marc proves to be an adoring and attentive husband-until the morning he goes out and doesn't come back. After three years searching for him, Kate tries to start again without the man she just can't stop loving. Then one day, she wakes up with Marc asleep in her bed. He asks for seven days to prove his love-at the end of it, Kate must make a choice. Can she ever forget, forgive and, most of all, love again?

In the heart of the city, where hope clashes with betrayal, A young girl's life is shattered in a fateful night of brutality. The wheels of justice turned, but they seemed to grind ever so slowly as the perpetrator, a man of influence and power, slipped through the cracks of the legal system. In the wake of this injustice, those who had sworn to protect her paid the ultimate price, leaving Elisa to navigate the dark, labyrinthine corridors of grief and despair alone. Justice prevailed, but scars ran deep. Seeking solace, Elisa took a bold stand against the city. With resilience as her guide, she crafted a future free from shadows. In a quiet embrace of a new chapter, Elisa found unexpected love, a beacon of warmth in the face of adversity. This is a tale of betrayal, love, and the enduring spirit that rises from the ashes of loss. The tale of Elisa is one of unfathomable betrayal, unwavering love, and the enduring spirit that rises from the ashes of loss.

Sleigh bells ringing send a deadly warning. Christmas shopping becomes a matter of life and death. Can Macleod's team find the festive killer before the streets empty of Yuletide revellers?The Christmas season becomes a season of dread and panic as a killer stalks the Inverness downtown shoppers during the busiest time of year for beleaguered local commerce. As the town prepares for a winter extravaganza Macleod must wheedle out the brutal murderer before the town is locked down and Christmas is cancelled.Can you hear what I hear....?

When a body turns up at a glamorous séance, Mabel Canning's sleuthing skills are put to the test. Because it appears the victim died twice... London, 1921: As a winter wind blows through the streets of London, Mabel Canning is hired by the Useful Women's Agency to attend a séance at the home of famous medium Madame Pushkana. But when Mabel hears a choking noise and a loud thud, she quickly turns on the lights to find herself at the scene of a murder. The victim is none other than Stamford Plomley, whose widow arranged the séance after he died in a fire eight months ago. How did he come back from the dead without a scorch mark on him? And could one of their assembled party of gentlewomen have killed him... again? When Scotland Yard arrive, the police try to stop Mabel from interfering. But having just formed the London Ladies' Murder Club, Mabel isn't going anywhere. And with the help of former detective Park Winstone, she begins to piece together what really happened at the ghostly gathering. But when Mabel receives a threatening letter warning her to stay away from the case, she realises the murderer may have another victim in mind. With time running out, will she hit a dead end? Or can she keep herself from becoming the next one to be sent to an early grave? A totally gripping, witty and warm Golden Age cozy murder mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman, Verity Bright and T.E. Kinsey. What readers are saying about Marty Wingate: 'VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! GO! BUY! READ!' Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I absolutely had a ball reading this... filled with charming characters and plenty of spine-tingling twists to keep readers on the edges of their seats!' Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Loved this!... laugh-out-loud moments and lots of twists and turns... I was torn between wanting to race to the end and prolong my time with the characters... Perfect!' Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I read it in a day... Couldn't put it down!' Mystereity Reviews

" Le sujet principal de cet ouvrage paraissant étranger, jusqüàun certain point, aux questions de physiquegénérale, dontje m¿occupe depuis plus de trente ans ; je crois devoir faire connaître au public les motifs qui m¿ont engagé à l¿étudier avec tout le soin qüexige son importance. L¿année dernière quelques amis eurent l¿idée de me présenter comme candidat à la place laissée vacante , dans le sein de la Société nationale et centrale d¿agriculture , par le décès de M. Dutrochet; la Société ayant daigné m¿admettre au nombre de ses membres titulaires je cherchai à m¿occuper d¿une question physi¿chimique se rattachant à l¿agriculture, dans le but de lui en témoigner ma reconnaissance. Mon choix ne se fit pas longtemps attendre..."

"L'ouvrage "La Franc-Maçonnerie et la Révolution" coécrit par Claudio Jannet et Louis d'Estampes est un texte qui explore les liens historiques et les influences réciproques entre la franc-maçonnerie et les mouvements révolutionnaires, en particulier la Révolution française. Ce livre s'inscrit dans le cadre des études historiques et sociologiques sur les sociétés secrètes et leur rôle dans les grands événements politiques.Dans cet ouvrage, les auteurs examinent l'histoire de la franc-maçonnerie, son organisation, ses idéaux, et comment elle a interagi avec, influencé, ou a été influencée par la Révolution française. Ils abordent des questions telles que le degré d'implication des francs-maçons dans les mouvements révolutionnaires, ainsi que l'impact des idéaux maçonniques sur les idées révolutionnaires.Le livre traite également des théories du complot et des controverses entourant le rôle de la franc-maçonnerie dans la Révolution, offrant une perspective critique ou défendant une certaine vision des événements historiques.Ce type d'ouvrage est important pour ceux qui s'intéressent à l'histoire de la franc-maçonnerie, à son influence sur les mouvements politiques et sociaux, et plus largement, à l'étude des liens entre les sociétés secrètes et les transformations historiques majeures. "La Franc-Maçonnerie et la Révolution" offre ainsi un aperçu de la manière dont les groupes et idées occultes ou discrets peuvent jouer un rôle dans les moments clés de l'histoire mondiale.Extrait : "A près que, par la jalousie du démon, le genre humain s¿il est misérablement séparé de Dieu, auquel il était redevable de son existence et des dons surnaturels il s¿est partagé en deux camps ennemis lesquels ne cessent pas de combattre, l¿un pour la vérité et pour la vertu, l¿autre pour tout ce qui est contraire à la vertu et à la vérité. Le premier est le royaume de Dieu sur la terre, à savoir la véritable Église de Jésus-Christ dont les membres s¿ils veulent lui appartenir du fond du c¿ur et de manière à opérer leur salut, doivent nécessairement servir Dieu et son Fils unique de toute leur âme, de toute leur volonté. Le second est le royaume de Satan. Sous son empire et en sa puissance se trouvent tous ceux qui, suivant les funestes exemples de leur chef et de nos premiers parents, refusent d¿obéir à la loi divine et multiplient leurs efforts, ici pour se passer de Dieu, là pour agir directement contre Dieu."

" La production théorique de Jean Epstein, publiée ou inédite, est immense et globalement méconnue. Son rapport aux sciences notamment n¿a été que peu traité et mérite une attention particulière car, en plus d¿être prégnant dans l¿ensemble de ses textes et lectures, il est étroitement lié à sa conception du cinéma. La lyrosophie est une notion qui permet à Epstein d¿interroger son époque par le biais des relations entre arts, sciences, techniques et différents courants philosophiques. C¿est surtout un livre fondateur de sa pensée théorique. Mais la lyrosophie est davantage une hypothèse qüun concept. Pouvant être perçue comme une forme de « cosmogonie », un ensemble de mythes et de pensées reliées visant à la création d¿un monde (dont la Kabbale) elle porte l¿idée de la création d¿un monde nouveau, déjà là et encore à construire."

" L¿Affaire du Canada c¿est le procès qüon fit subir devant le Châtelet de Paris, en 1763, aux profiteurs de la guerre de Sept Ans. Tous les inculpés étaient Canadiens ou avaient eu des postes civils ou militaires dans la Nouvelle-France. L¿Affaire du Canada créa une grande sensation en France et l¿opinion publique s¿en occupa pendant quelques mois ; mais elle passa presque inaperçue au Canada. C¿est qüaucun Journal ne paraissait encore dans notre pays. La Gazette de Québec, en effet, ne devait faire son apparition que l¿année suivante. Les relations avec notre ancienne mère patrie étaient pour ainsi dire interrompues. Les lettres qui nous venaient de France arrivaient ici plusieurs mois après leur envoi quand leurs destinataires étaient assez heureux de les recevoir. Ce n¿est que le 22 septembre 1766, soit plus de trois ans après le Jugement du Châtelet, que la Gazette de Québec risqua une timide allusion au procès des profiteurs..."

Berlin, 1932/33. Reichspräsident Hindenburg plant verfassungswidrige Experimente, Reichskanzler Papen regiert gegen das Volk, in einem Streik kämpfen Kommunisten und Nationalsozialisten Seite an Seite. Ein Bürgerkrieg scheint nicht ausgeschlossen. In dieser explosiven Situation fällt der Sohn eines ostelbischen Junkers einem Nitroglyzerinanschlag zum Opfer. Kommissar Gregor Lilienthal, sein Bruder Hendrik und seine Frau Diana untersuchen den Fall und finden heraus, dass die Junkerfamilie berüchtigt war für ihren brutalen Umgang mit Untergebenen. Außerdem scheint sich ein verbissener Kampf der Kinder um das Erbe herauszukristallisieren. Während ein kaltblütiger Mörder mit gnadenloser Präzision ein Familienmitglied nach dem anderen ermordet, ebnen Geheimgespräche Hitler den Weg zur Macht, und in den dramatischen Wochen des Januar 1933 entscheidet sich das Schicksal Deutschlands.