Hell To Pay

Hell To Pay

George Pelecanos

Crime / Thriller / Fiction

Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right as Rain, are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who’s run away from home and is now working as a prostitute in some dangerous neighborhoods. The two ex-cops think they know the dangers, but nothing in their experience has prepared them for Worldwide Wilson, the pimp whose territory they are intruding upon. The situation is compounded when one of the young stars of a community pee-wee football team – which Strange and Quinn spend their evenings coaching – is killed by a drug dealer while riding in a car with his uncle. Tracking down his killers becomes a point of honor for Strange and Quinn, and their off-the-Books investigation leads them back to Wilson. Soon, the two detectives are forced to sort through the pieces of evidence to put together the puzzle and solve the crime. Combining inimitable neighborhood flavor, action scenes that rank among the best in fiction, and a clear-eyed view of morality in a world with few rules, Hell to Pay is another Pelecanos masterpiece to be savored.
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Flowering Death

Flowering Death

Angus MacVicar

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Crime / Memoir

**January 1936. A strange tropical disease is terrorising the streets of London.** Nobody in mainstream medicine knows of a cure for the condition, but one man, through his evil experiments, has learnt a lot about it and knows that a potential disaster has arrived in London. When Dr. Abraham McIntee is murdered at Arundel House, he is found covered in flowers and New Scotland Yard are quickly sent to investigate. It’s not long before a criminal underworld comes to light – a dangerous one of blackmail, revenge and ancient maladies. Inspector McGonagle and Sergeant Spring are facing their most challenging case yet. The chase is on to find the killer before he strikes again, but with an endless list of suspects to be eliminated from the enquiry, will they run out of time? The cadaverous butler Searle and the maid, Mary Daw, from Arundel House all appear entirely innocent. But could the obsequious Dr. Fayne be involved? What of his companion Mervyn Lancaster, the suave Shakespearian actor? Exotic Nancy Sanders tries to help but it quickly becomes apparent that someone wants to stop her speaking... Can a lonely Indian Prince help the doctors working on the case before an anonymous criminal claims another victim? Assistant Commissioner Sir Percival Merridew is under pressure to get results and his Detectives must follow a dangerous trail to discover the identity of the mysterious killer. Angus MacVicar is a Scottish writer specialising in crime thrillers, young adult and autobiography. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now. **
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The Only Victor

The Only Victor

Alexander Kent

Nonfiction / Crime / True Crime

February 1806: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid British ground forces in any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. Impatient to be home, Bolitho decides yet again that the boldest measures are best, and proves to the army that brave men do not die in vain.
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Red Mist ks-19

Red Mist ks-19

Patricia Cornwell

Mystery / Crime

Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. The murder of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on death row, and the inexplicable deaths of homeless people as far away as California seem unrelated. But Scarpetta discovers connections that compel her to conclude that what she thought ended with Fielding's death and an attempt on her own life is only the beginning of something far more destructive: a terrifying terrain of conspiracy and potential terrorism on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it.
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[Tom Reed and Walt Sydowski 01.0] If Angels Fall

[Tom Reed and Walt Sydowski 01.0] If Angels Fall

Rick Mofina

Thrillers & Suspense / Crime / Mystery

This book was a finalist for the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for BEST FIRST NOVEL presented by the Crime Writers of Canada. Tom Reed is a crime reporter with The San Francisco Star, whose superb journalistic skills earned him a Pulitzer nomination. But years later Reed’s life is coming apart. His editor wants him fired. His wife has left him to wrestle with his demons. Alone, Reed is tormented by the fear he may have caused the suicide of an innocent man suspected of murdering a two-year-old girl. Reed’s friend on the case is legendary San Francisco Homicide Inspector, Walt Sydowski, who has one of California’s highest clearance rates. He is also a lonely widower haunted by the fact he cannot solve the girl's heartbreaking death. Both men grapple with the past while they race the clock to learn the truth behind a several new abductions that have anguished the Bay Area, in this acclaimed thriller set in the late 1990s. IF ANGELS FALL, is the first book of the five-book Tom Reed - Walt Sydowski series. It is followed by COLD FEAR, BLOOD OF OTHERS, NO WAY BACK and BE MINE. About the author: Rick Mofina is a former crime reporter and the award-winning author of several acclaimed thrillers. The International Thriller Writers, The Private Eye Writers of America and The Crime Writers of Canada have listed Rick Mofina's books as being among the best in the world. His titles have been published in some 20 countries and have been praised by James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, Sandra Brown, James Rollins, Brad Thor, Nick Stone, David Morrell, Allison Brennan, Heather Graham, Linwood Barclay, Peter Robinson, Håkan Nesser and Kay Hooper. **Review "Compelling!" -- Point Reyes Light "Guaranteed to keep readers flipping the pages." -- Toronto Sun "If you buy it for the flight, you'll be reading it on the escalator." -- National Post About the Author If Angels Fall was nominated for BEST FIRST NOVEL, Arthur Ellis Awards. 
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A Song for the Brokenhearted

A Song for the Brokenhearted

William Shaw

Crime / Mystery / Historical Fiction

The earthshaking year of 1968 comes to sweeping and dangerous close, as William Shaw's detective duo battle the most powerful members of London society.After being wounded in the line of duty, Detective Sergeant Breen recuperates on the family farm of his former partner, Helen Tozer. To fill the long and empty hours, he reviews the open case file for a murder that has haunted Helen for years: that of her younger sister. Breen discovers that the teenage victim had been having a secret affair with James Fletchet, the son of an affluent local landowner, celebrated for his service in Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising.Breen and Tozer return to London's Criminal Investigation Division, where their questions about Fletchet's past are met with resistance and suspicion. The deeper they probe, the more people they implicate in their investigation. New Scotland Yard doesn't look kindly upon breaking rank, and it's only a matter of time before Breen and Tozer make themselves a target.Shaw's stirring, heartfelt and diabolically plotted mystery series is everything a reader looks for: enveloping, invigorating, and wonderfully entertaining.
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