Sorted on book title (not in series order)
Early one September three friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin by Dead Water Lake. With only a pale moon to light their way, they row across the water in the middle of the night. But only two of them return, and they make a pact not to call for help until the following morning....Read more
When an old friend from the newly independent Caribbean nation of Tampica turns up in London afraid for her life, claiming the island has become a haven for the traffic of cocaine - "white girl" in island parlance - Henry and Emmy Tibbett agree to help to get the goods on the Mafia-...Read more
'I will never divorce you, though that is not to say that I might not be constrained some day to dispose of you.'Emily Salter returned to the sleepy seaside resort of Skinburness where she had spent her childhood holidays to come to terms with the break-up of her marriage to the enigmatic,...Read more
Crime is a collection of stories told by one of Germany’s most prominent defence lawyers. Some of the cases are strange, some bewildering and others heartbreaking, but all are told with genuine concern for those who have slipped through the protective nets of society.
* What...Read more
Sir John Appleby, retired Chief Commissioner, thinks Martyn Ashmore is suffering from senile delusions. Ashmore has accused Sir John of wanting to kill him. However after a large stone block falls from a roof and the two men narrowly escape death, Sir John decides to investigate.Read more
Police sergeant Harry Brent, working in Queenstown, New Zealand is accidentally shot by a hunter. While still on light duties he is posted to the Christchurch office to work on cold cases.
What does the difference between the shadows mean? Who is the body in the trench at...Read more
Dead girlfriend…check
Alcohol problem…check
Gambling debt…check
Looming death…check
Jack Andrelli is a private eye. He’s also a booze-sodden, big-mouthed, gambling addict with a death wish.
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An elderly sex-pest is at large in DI Purbright’s home town.
Leaping out from behind bushes at unsuspecting females, making lewd suggestions and, when challenged, scuttling away with odd off-balance leaps, he soon earns the nickname of the ‘Flaxborough crab’....Read more
An elusive serial sniper is loose in the dark, rain-swept streets of Vancouver, Canada. Detective Jack Willows and his new partner, the beautiful Claire Parker, are assigned the case which takes on an unexpected dangerous twistRead more
Who is setting fire to the old cypress hedges? Anna Simpson insists that her best friend Zach Santisi help her find the culprits. However, Zach must also care for his numerous pets and cope with his dad threatening to sell them if his next report card isn’t better. Just about everyone these...Read more
A dead man alive at Melbourne's Festival Hall; a merino-shaped lake; a stolen copy of Thoreau's Walden; ASIO's wall of silence; Sandy Carmichael can pick up the pieces, but to fit the jigsaw together, he needs to risk his life. Ligny's Lake, is a thriller that weirdly echoes the...Read more
Kylie Kendall is hired for a routine security detail to prevent an academic rival from disrupting Dr. Oscar Braithwaite’s keynote address at UCLA’s Global Marsupial Symposium. Sounds easy enough to be downright dull, but then Dr. Braithwaite is murdered, and his sister, the sexually...Read more
What was Lucy hiding? Why has she no family or friends? As the number of suspects mounts up, Archie begins to conclude that the real answer lies in Lucy’s dark and mysterious past, and that the murderer may be just a little too close for comfort....Read more
“We talk about the tyranny of distance a lot in this country.
That distance will not save us.”
With governments denying climate science, scientists from affected countries and organizations are forced to traffic data to ensure the...Read more
In the height of an English summer, Grandfather is found dead in the little Grecian lodge among the rose gardens of his estate. Inspector Cockrill has reason to believe that Sir Richard met with an untimely death, and that the evildoer is among the genteel family gathered at the rural manor...Read more
