Crime Fiction
epub |eng | | Author:Giles Ekins [Ekins, Giles]

CHAPTER FORTY SCRIBBLING YELLOW LINES ACROSS THE STICK MAN Paul Birchall was interviewed by Balderstone and Edgely whilst in an adjacent room, Denise played happily with some crayons, watched over ...
( Category: Kidnapping September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-08-14 | Author:Anita. D. Hunt [Hunt, Anita. D.]

He guided me down a corridor and through a door that said ’staff only’. I held back as he opened the door wider and gestured me inside. ‘But that’s for ...
( Category: Vigilante Justice September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2021-10-02 | Author:Andrew James Greig [Greig, Andrew James]

Chapter 25 Cognitive Dissonance The Royal Hotel was a cherished institution in the town, cherished in the same way a maiden aunt, smelling of lavender with an undernote of urine, ...
( Category: Noir September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2022-07-30 | Author:K.L. Barstow [Barstow, K.L.]

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: REAPER For the rest of the ride, I think of how Ashlyn defended me to that cunt who suggested she date a white boy. Being black means I’m ...
( Category: Kidnapping September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-06-14 | Author:Stella Marie Alden [Alden, Stella Marie]

Chapter 19 A wolf doesn’t turn around when a dog barks. ~African Proverb Gwen “Duck under the dash.” Axel tosses my suitcase in the back seat, jumps behind the wheel, ...
( Category: Murder September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-08-13 | Author:Mary Stone [Stone, Mary]

18 A tension headache crawled up the back of Imogen’s neck. She’d tried to drink the stress away, hoping it would make dealing with all those snobby bastards easier, but ...
( Category: Serial Killers September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-08-13 | Author:Charlie Bravo [Bravo, Charlie]

Chapter 20 Wednesday Memories flooded Kyle’s mind as he fiddled with the Keurig. Something bitter to drink would help. His life had indeed changed dramatically after the events Rachel wanted ...
( Category: Vigilante Justice September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-01 | Author:Indriðason, Arnaldur [Indriðason, Arnaldur]

Some time later Erlendur stood on the pavement by a high wooden fence, looking into a playground and watching people coming to collect their children. Grandmothers in overcoats and headscarves, ...
( Category: Noir September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-07-30 | Author:Andrew Raymond [Raymond, Andrew]

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Lomond didn’t wait for the others when they reached 109 Gartland Avenue. He wasn’t about to sit around in a matter of threat-to-life. There were sirens somewhere nearby ...
( Category: Serial Killers September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-07-30 | Author:LIZ FIELDING [FIELDING, LIZ]

Chapter Nineteen The sun had slipped beyond the distant hills leaving the sky golden and Abby was lying back in a deckchair replete with a perfectly battered fish and rather ...
( Category: Noir September 20,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-12-15 | Author:Hopkins, Karen Ann [Hopkins, Karen Ann]

16 The rain had finally stopped, but the barnyard was riddled with puddles and thick, soupy muck. Since the Mast’s house was dark and there were lights on in the ...
( Category: Murder September 19,2024 )
epub |eng | 2022-02-27 | Author:K.L. Barstow [Barstow, K.L.]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: CHAOS The elevator door opens to reveal two men grappling in the hall. One’s wearing a suit, the other a kutte. But I know the enemy when I ...
( Category: Kidnapping September 19,2024 )
epub |eng | 2015-01-06 | Author:Hopkins, Karen Ann [Hopkins, Karen Ann]

16 By the time we slid to a stop alongside the barn that was on fire, I had already called 911. The backside of the barn was engulfed in flames ...
( Category: Murder September 19,2024 )
epub |eng | 1969-01-01 | Author:Simenon, Georges & Moir, Lyn [Simenon, Georges & Moir, Lyn]

* * * 5 JUST TO MAKE SURE, Maigret had young Lapointe go with him. They both stood in the crowd, on the embankment side of the street, not opposite ...
( Category: Murder September 19,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-03-18 | Author:C. L. Janet [Janet, C. L.]

20 Chrissy breathed a sigh of relief as they emerged into the corridor, glad to leave behind the suffocating ambience of the interview room. Soft, overhead lights cast a gentle ...
( Category: Noir September 19,2024 )