Mystery
epub |eng | 2018-11-01 | Author:Hannah Dennison [Dennison, Hannah]

Chapter Twenty I was woken abruptly by the sound of someone hammering and shouting outside. ‘Kat!’ yelled Piers. ‘Open the damn door!’ I lay there, furious. It wasn’t even half ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuth July 14,2023 )
mobi |eng | 2014-04-01 | Author:Nevada Barr [Barr, Nevada]

THIRTY Greens and browns gave way to sodden gray and black. At the edge of the living forest, Anna and Wily stopped. There was little to tell between the wet ...
( Category: Mystery July 14,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-15 | Author:Rob Ashman [Ashman, Rob]

Chapter 33 T here’s something wrong with Millie. I mean, other than the fact she’s had three of her fingers cut off, been starved of food, is dehydrated to the ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled July 14,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-11-14 | Author:Benedict Brown [Brown, Benedict]

Chapter Eighteen Miss Viner left that pretty room just as she’d entered it; with her nerves racked and on the point of tears. At least she had a nice breakfast ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-19 | Author:George Bellairs [Bellairs, George]

10 Enter a Gangster About nine o’clock next morning, Nankivell resumed work. He felt bleary-eyed from last night’s late sitting and his mouth was like dry blotting-paper from overmuch smoking. ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:C.K. Harewood [Harewood, C. K.]

* * * Matthew was still fuming when the police car pulled up outside the home of Eric Hailes. He could now understand why Yates had spoken about The Five ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-05-01 | Author:Benedict Brown [Brown, Benedict]

Chapter Sixteen “Thanks for coming, Gaz.” I motioned to D.I. Irons to leave us alone as, the last time I’d spent any time with Ramesh’s schoolfriend, he’d called me a ...
( Category: Cozy July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-04-02 | Author:Thomas Fincham [Fincham, Thomas]

FIFTY-THREE They got out of the car. This time, Jo didn’t hesitate to unfurl the umbrella over her head. They walked slowly toward the broken branches and flattened ferns. “Forensics ...
( Category: Collections & Anthologies July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-18 | Author:Tace Baker

My aunt was a woman who took spring cleaning seriously. The late afternoon sun shone through the large windows of Louise and George’s sunroom. No dust or rain splatters blocked ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-07-15 | Author:Yukito Ayatsuji

After his second glass he rose on tipsy feet, switched off the lights in his room and was about to make his way to bed. But just as he was ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2016-05-30 | Author:George Bellairs [Bellairs, George]

10 FRIENDS FALL OUT Before he left Siseley, Littlejohn entered the telephone box near the village green and put through a call to the Wiston police. Out of the corner ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-03-02 | Author:L.C. Tyler

Will does not allow us to enter the chamber until we have removed and handed him our outer clothes. ‘That was a perfectly good coat,’ he mutters. ‘I’ve no idea ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-04-26 | Author:G.K. Parks [Parks, G.K.]

Twenty-two Despite Petrocelli’s warning, I found myself parked outside the Stapletons’ house in a brand new rental car. This one was a shiny blue, two door. It’d be great for ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-11-18 | Author:Benedict Brown [Brown, Benedict]

Chapter Twenty-One The old detective’s words had served their purpose and struck fear in the hearts of men - and women, for that matter, though I can’t say what effect ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-08-02 | Author:George Bellairs [Bellairs, George]

12 Grande Chartreuse After lunch, Dorange, energetic and impulsive suggested that he and the Archdeacon might make the journey to the Grande Chartreuse to see Father Laurent right away. ‘It’s ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 8,2023 )