Mystery
epub |eng | 2019-02-01 | Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]

12 Waking up was like having been thrown unexpectedly into ice cold water, and then breaking through the surface, mouth open, eyes watering, flailing for a life raft and gasping ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2010-08-15 | Author:Cleo Coyle [Cleo Coyle]

TWENTY-TWO IT was the longest drive of my life—with the possible exception of that predawn cab ride to the ICU all those years ago, when my young, stupid husband had ...
( Category: Women Sleuths May 20,2022 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2019-06-14 | Author:Nola Robertson

Chapter Twelve I couldn’t remember which of my friends had suggested that a visit to Jessica’s crime scene after closing hours was the best way to find the clues we ...
( Category: Ghosts May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-04 | Author:B. B. Haywood [Haywood, B. B.]

TWENTY-NINE A commotion woke her—and the feeling that she was slowly being suffocated. She tried to move her legs but couldn’t. It felt as if a bear had her pinned ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Larry Kent

Home. A little before seven p.m. I’d just shaved and showered and was getting into fresh clothes when the phone jangled. I put the receiver to my ear. “Larry Kent ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2015-01-21 | Author:Death Takes a Bow [Bow, Death Takes a]

VIII THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 7:30 P.M. TO 8:45 P.M. Mrs. North dialed and waited. The telephone buzzed properly and then clicked and spluttered. Absently, Mrs. North reached out and removed ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-12-25 | Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]

10 “I am terribly sorry, gentlemen, but my brother and I must be on our way,” I said, realizing there was nothing at all I could say that would now ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-01-18 | Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]

9 “So, where are we headed?” Eugene asked. The next morning had dawned bright and clear, with the trilling of birds and brilliantly white, puffy clouds as tall as mountains. ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-08-21 | Author:L. A. Nisula [Nisula, L. A.]

Chapter 13 MRS. DRUMMOND WAS IN the Roman parlor again on the first floor. I wondered if she spent a good bit of time in there normally or if she’d ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-10-13 | Author:Patricia Highsmith

May 5, 1950 A letter from Kathryn. A good one. Very good. She liked my post cards, letters, congratulates me on the movie. “You are neither an irrit[ation] or a ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-19 | Author:Wendy Hewlett [Hewlett, Wendy]

CHAPTER ELEVEN TAYLOR AND CHRIS went back to Raine’s neighbourhood armed with photographs of Siobhan Silva. No one on her street recognized Silva, so they continued on, heading towards Les ...
( Category: Police Procedurals May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-02-20 | Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]

8 My stomach dropped to the floor, and my head whipped around. I found Felix staring at me, mirroring my own expression of dread. It couldn’t be. But how many ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives May 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-11 | Author:Deep Fear (epub)

Chapter 32 As Kelly walked to the other interview room to check progress with DC Phillips, she was handed a piece of paper. On it was a note to call ...
( Category: Police Procedurals May 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-08-09 | Author:Wendy Corsi Staub [Staub, Wendy Corsi]

EIGHT As Bella dries the last of the breakfast pans, her phone, lying face up on the counter, lights up with a text. Leaning in, she smiles when she sees ...
( Category: Witches & Wizards May 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2016-04-04 | Author:M.L. Hamilton [Hamilton, M.L.]

* * * Tate worked in the store until Logan came in around noon. They didn’t speak much, but Tate let the boy work the register while he ate lunch ...
( Category: Culinary May 19,2022 )