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The Flower Presser
A half-mutilated torso is found in the river Spree, meanwhile tango music drifts over from Monbijou Park where people are dancing outside. The two faces of Berlin are now in stark contrast. Warren Fischer and Judith Hellwig wonder if the third corpse is the work of a serial killer and they fear for a fourth victim. The motive is still unclear, but one thing is certain: the victims are men. The only common factor is that they were found in the same quadrant of Berlin.
During their investigation, it becomes certain that the killer is honing the art of torture and one member of the team is pushed past their limit. The motive becomes clear as the team investigates past relationships. A silent witness provides the last piece of evidence, which confirms the killer, but time is running out. The question remains, what triggered the person to start the slaughter?
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The First Shadows of Morning
A young British businessman is sent to Ukraine to help formulate a strategy for a company near Kyiv which is owned by the London-based group he works for. He encounters corruption and gangs, and the effects of the civil war in the east between government forces and Russian-backed militants, as well as falling in love.
There is an explosion in the factory. He has to work out who has caused it and why, at the same time trying to save the business.
This leads to narrow escapes from death and to fear at a level he has never felt before. His experiences greatly expand the repertoire of his emotions and change the direction of his life.“In an unusual and interesting setting, Timothy Noble has penned a thoroughly satisfying and exciting read.”
— Alexander McCall Smith
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The Fire of Mars
At the latter end of 2006, a well-respected, married, church Deacon discovers the possible hiding place of a huge ruby named ‘The Fire of Mars'. He becomes obsessed by it and it drives his every thought, but when he meets and falls under the spell of the beautiful and bi-sexual Julie, his life begins to spiral to depths he never thought possible.
In November of the same year, historic researcher Naomi Wilkes and her husband Carlton, arrive in Charleston, South Carolina,
in pursuit of the same stone.
And nobody has any idea of the horrific discoveries
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The Final Footprint
Cybercriminal Tim Ridgway is on the run, having made a daring escape from HMP Dinas Bay in North Wales. Now with a new stolen identity and thousands of miles away, has he finally escaped from Midshire Police? The force, however, have enough on their plate, investigating a new spate of Ransomware attacks, which are now threatening the very existence of their own and other organisations. In the meantime, investigative agencies worldwide are watching with interest the introduction of a new Big Brother crime detection programme known as ‘Project Watchman’, which is due to be unveiled in Australia.
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The Fens
The Fens is a gripping modern crime novel which opens with the discovery of a body lying dead on top of a grave in a local churchyard. Mysteriously, it has been laid out in decorous and reverential fashion, completely at odds with the fact that the victim has been murdered!
Detective Inspector John Naylor is put in charge of the murder of local councillor and MP Malcolm Fenton. He chooses newly qualified Police Constable Cassandra Money to help him untangle the MP’s complex private life and business interests. It seems that everyone they meet had a good reason to want to get rid of Malcolm Fenton.
The investigation takes a turn when one of Fenton’s colleagues complains about Inspector Naylor’s attitude and a commissioner from Scotland Yard arrives at the rural police station to take over. Is Inspector Naylor simply annoyed because he has lost control over the investigation, or is he more involved in the case than he is letting on?
Constable Cassandra Money is torn between her loyalty to the inspector and her growing suspicion that he is keeping secrets. Can she solve the murder and save the inspector’s reputation?
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The Fears That Bind
A story which begins with the tragic killing of two eminent Swedish doctors during the final months of the Bosnian War. Their outrageous deaths somehow become connected to the brutal murder of two Liverpool teenagers twenty years later. As the police begin their quest to find the killer, a series of incredible revelations start to surface; involving another murder, hidden family secrets, drugs and corruption in the highest of places. However, it is only as events start to unfold, that they realise they have a vicious serial killer on their hands; who in a twist of revenge, finds he too has a price on his head.
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The Führer Crypt
Unbeknown to the major part of the population, a small group of people discover terrifyingly powerful secrets that threaten to turn the entire world upside down. A pool that cures dementia, makes the barren fertile and transforms imbeciles into brilliant intellectuals in a cellar. Is it a miracle? Are there secret risks associated with it and could it even turn deadly? Where did it come from? Why is a similar source of spirit energy frozen in a different place? In this world where spirits roam free and can choose when to be seen and heard, and humans can transport their spirits to a different time and place, all is not as simple as it first seems. Where there is a great source of power, there is also someone who wants it all for themselves. Could this be Adolf Hitler once again? Read this enthralling book to find out how a small number of people try to overthrow Hitler before he rises again and whether they manage to save the world as we know it.
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The Eyes of Reba Lessing
Reba’s childhood memories are full of nightmares and visions that she struggled to understand, and she is isolated and lonely. Raised by a cold, damaged mother and a grandfather with secrets of his own, she was often frightened and confused as she discovers her special ‘gift’. Reba never knew the father who disappeared before she was born, and she can only sense the secrets that surround her.
The adult Reba has to contend with visions that are not always welcome, and after one episode in which she sees a vision of a missing boy, her life gradually spirals out of control as she is pursued by a mysterious group called The Authority, whose leader is convinced she holds information that her psychic powers could lead them to a fortune in looted Nazi gold. Meanwhile, Reba has to come to terms with a family history that starts in the concentration camps of Europe and a terrible crime.
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The Expendable Sous
Camille Mercier is more than a master of French cuisine; he’s a master of manipulation. Using his culinary prowess, he draws out his patrons’ deepest desires – until he crosses paths with ‘Crave,’ setting off a tumultuous clash with his talented sous chef, Timothee Emmeric.
Power can be intoxicating, and for Camille, almost irreplaceable. Yet, how far will he descend to maintain it? In a dark world of blackmail, confinement, and unspeakable crimes, every choice Camille makes weaves him deeper into a web of his own narcissistic design. His hunger for recognition in the culinary world sets him on a collision course with Timothee, whose talent and ambition are equal to his own. As tensions rise, Camille must confront an age-old truth: sometimes, getting everything you wish for can be the most dangerous thing of all. Will he learn the value of humility, or will he lose himself entirely?
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The el Toro Problem and Other Stories
Larry Carmody, private investigator, lives in a nighttime world of 1930s crime noir, a world of bottomless cynicism, triple standards, and scathingly black humor. There is no doing good in the world of Larry Carmody. There is only the cynicism and black humor needed to stay alive in the midst of convoluted plots and the nighttime world of crime. For some, that is. The accomplished and lucky ones. The rest perish.
In the world of Larry Carmody, you have to get the low-down. And you have to find a way out. Otherwise someone will show you the foolproof way out, by means of force-feeding you lead with an equalizer.
Larry Carmody himself says: “A case can sometimes be opened and shut in no time. It doesn’t often go down that way, but when it does, you can most often exchange the word ‘shut’ for the word ‘shot’. And I am not speaking of a shot of whisky in an instance such as this. I am using the word ‘shot’ in the sense of the main player in the case having been shot to death. Usually my client.”£3.50 -
The Effects of Betrayal
In the dark world of drug trafficking, to know a secret that the mafia wants you to keep forever, is a synonym of death.
Based on the true story of an unfortunate executive, The Effects of Betrayal is a thrilling tale of one young man and a CEO, who after accepting financial help from a cocaine cartel, suffers an implacable chase.
Sotomayor’s misfortune begins at the pinnacle of his profession. His fast climb as a boss at an international company augured a bright future for him; however, in time, his life collapsed like a castle of cards. His wife and mother were involved in a car accident, which left his wife dead and his mother critically injured, falling into a vegetative state just days later. These circumstances forced Sotomayor to lose everything, including his morals.
Sotomayor, in his longing for financial security, is forced to go into the dark world of drug trafficking where he would come to know Falcão and would start to work as his accountant. That would quickly lead him to know through the accounts books, the secret relationship between Tancredo Moreira, a corrupt politician, and his boss, Falcão.
Months later, the politician in the process of sharing the money from cocaine sale, ordered his hitmen to murder Falcão and his bodyguards, an event to which Sotomayor was unfortunately a witness.
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The Dutch Institute
Survive long enough and you become the problem.
Dr. Marten Keyser has incurable cancer. With nothing to lose he survives by pursuing a drug regime of his own devising. Already unpopular with the powerbrokers in the dystopian healthcare system, he then develops a light-based therapy, but his low-cost innovation threatens the power balance and a cat-and-mouse game of survival ensues. In the face of mounting intrigue aggravated by the Coronavirus pandemic, Marten and his wife delve into high-level corruption, struggle to save their relationship, and build new alliances that might offer them a safe future.£3.50