Четверо людей бесследно исчезли в свой день рождения. Четверо людей, никак не связанных между собой: женщина-военнослужащая средних лет, мужчина, готовящийся стать отцом, успешный бухгалтер – мать двоих детей и юноша-студент. Единственное, что их объединяет, – полученные ими странные открытки с надписью: «Твой подарок – это игра. Слабо сыграть?»
Полиция не торопится браться за эти дела – какое дело закону до чьих-то странных игр? Но семьи проп ...
В повести показаны особенности использования сотрудниками уголовного розыска тайных методов борьбы с криминалом. Наряду с несомненной пользой и эффективностью оперативно-розыскных мер на практике сыщики нередко нарушают установленные правила их проведения. Цель данной книги показать недопустимость отклонения от требований закона правоохранительными органами даже во имя благородной цели борьбы с преступностью.
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В Семипалатинске зарезан полицмейстер. По горячим следам преступление раскрыто, убийца застрелен при аресте. Дело сдано в архив. Однако военный разведчик Николай Лыков-Нефедьев подозревает, что следствию подсунули подставную фигуру. На самом деле полицмейстера устранили агенты британской резидентуры, которых он сильно прижал. А свалили на местных уголовников… Николай сообщил о своих подозрениях в Петербург. Он предложил открыть новое дознание вт ...
‘An awe-inspiring main character…I recommend it hugely!’ SHARON BOLTON‘I could not put it down. Totally loved it. Excellent writing, brilliant story’ ANGELA MARSONSA relentless thriller that will grip you by the throat and refuse to let go! Perfect for fans of SILENT SCREAM by Angela Marsons, and THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.You’ve never met anyone like Tuesday. She has suffered extreme cruelty at the hands of men, and so has taken it upon he ...
A short story from No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.Marianne has opened a cafe in memory of her husband: Cafe Widows. Most customers that walk through the door are middle aged women, accompannied by men whose behaviour is often quite unpleasant. Suddenly there is a policeman on the doorstep, confronting Marianne with the news that there have been several d ...
Mark Sanderson does for the 30s what Jake Arnott did for 60s London – vividly revealing its hidden underworld in this follow up to Snow HillOn a sweltering day in July 1937, reporter John Steadman is in London’s St Paul’s Cathedral waiting for his girlfriend … But romance is pushed aside when he witnesses a man falling to his death from the Whispering Gallery, killing a priest in the process. Did he jump or was he pushed?Two days later Johnny re ...
From the No. 1 bestseller and author of Richard & Judy pick The Savage Garden: an award-winning crime novel set in post-war New York for fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Jed RubenfeldIn the small town of Amagansett, perched on Long Island's windswept coast, generations have followed the same calling as their forefathers, fishing the dangerous Atlantic waters. Little has changed in the three centuries since white settlers drove the Montaukett Indian ...
Jessie Driver returns in the second of this fresh, streetwise London-based series from ‘the new Mistress of Thrillers’ Sunday ExpressThe decaying Marshall Street Baths in the heart of Soho are a den for drug-users and the homeless – the perfect hang-out for a teenage runaway. But when DI Jessie Driver goes there in search of a missing girl, she finds something quite different: the mummified body of a man, buried in the rat-infested basement. Who ...
Witty Italian art-history crime series featuring English dealer Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the best-selling literary masterpiece, 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'.Membership of the prestigious Titian Committee is normally considered a high honour. Normally, that is, until two of its members end up dead and someone seems to be taking the idea of backstabbing a little too far.Flavia de Stefano of Rome's Art Theft Squad is sent to find out ...
