Mystery
epub |eng | 2001-12-18 | Author:Perry, Thomas [Perry, Thomas]

21 The sign above the building had tiny white lights arranged in elaborate italic script, so the letters sparkled: Rowland’s Fine Jewelry. The painted motto underneath said, “Make her happy ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-03-15 | Author:Swanson, Peter [Swanson, Peter]

8 Tuesday, September 20, 1:03 p.m. Fischer, driving north along Route 1, reached the outskirts of Rockland, Maine, and turned his Equinox around in the parking lot of a fish ...
( Category: Women Sleuths August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Gardiner, Meg [Gardiner, Meg]

15 The CCTV camera bolted above the entrance to Strider, Baines & Moore, stockbrokers, captured the footage. It shows Jesse coming through the door at 12:32 p.m. on October twenty-first. ...
( Category: Private Investigators August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 1991-04-30 | Author:Braun, Lilian Jackson [Braun, Lilian Jackson]

"We'll talk about it another time. Perhaps we could have dinner some evening," he suggested. "If we arrange it for a Sunday or Monday," she said, adopting her usual businesslike ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuth August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-07-29 | Author:Ware, Ruth [Ware, Ruth]

It was May who saw them first. I woke in the predawn, and she was not beside me. When I turned, I saw her standing at the window, looking out ...
( Category: Anthologies August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-02 | Author:Spiegelman, Peter [Spiegelman, Peter]

I smiled encouragingly. “And you’re bound to know plenty of things that I don’t.” Werner shrugged and I pressed on. “Did you stay in the theater after the Gimlets broke ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-31 | Author:Cleeves, Ann [Cleeves, Ann]

Chapter Twenty-Four Perez drove Willow Reeves to her hotel before going home. He still sensed the awkwardness between them and felt an undefined guilt, the idea that somehow he had ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-11 | Author:Braun, Lilian Jackson [Braun, Lilian Jackson]

CHAPTER 10 Beechum had been right again. It rained all night, charging in like a herd of elephants, battering the trees, beating on the roof, soaking the earth. By Tuesday ...
( Category: Animals August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 1994-11-30 | Author:Todd, Charles [Todd, Charles]

The machine gunner was still there, and the main assault was set for dawn. He had to be stopped before then. Rutledge sent his men across again, calling to them ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Cook, Robin [Cook, Robin]

29. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW YORK CITY MARCH 24, 2011, 6:30 A.M. Pia staggered down Fort Washington Avenue like a drunk, clutching her stomach. Thinking she was about to ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-03-15 | Author:Coben, Harlan [Coben, Harlan]

Jessica wants to walk home alone. I don’t insist otherwise. In fact, even though the car is waiting for me, I choose to do the same. She heads south. I ...
( Category: Private Investigators August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-07 | Author:Pryor, Mark [Pryor, Mark]

Chapter Twenty-three The Scarab raged. Fists clenched, he stalked the inside of his small apartment, shins banging into furniture as he muttered under his breath. He pressed his fists to ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 1989-06-05 | Author:Cook, Glen [Cook, Glen]

* * * 23 Saucerhead said, “That old boy didn’t look good, Garrett. What’s he got?” “I don’t know. You’re going to help me find out.” “Say what?” “Dellwood, the ...
( Category: Vampires August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2007-03-06 | Author:Cook, Glen [Cook, Glen]

It was too nice a morning just to head for the inn to pick up Morley so we could visit the civil city hall again. It seemed a day made ...
( Category: Vampires August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 1991-09-16 | Author:Cook, Glen [Cook, Glen]

* * * * * * 30 “Another thousand marks if I wrap it permanently?” So the man promised. He delivered before. The Dead Man was pleased with himself for ...
( Category: Vampires August 20,2022 )