Oddments - format ePub

For over thirty years, Bill Pronzini has created fictional sleuths. The most famous dubbed the "Nameless Detective" appeared in twenty-five novels. But there are many others like Fergus O'Hara who, with...

Carmody, a sometimes detective who also works as a freelance bodyguard and smuggler, operates off the Mediterranean island of Majorca. There he deals with thieves, smugglers, murderers, and other desperate...

Plump, nondescript Theodore Conway works as a file clerk in a Manhattan law firm. His passion is collecting memorabilia related to the pulp-fiction heroes of his youth, especially The Shadow. Then one...

Four months after the death of his young wife, Roy Boone drifts west, alone, into the parched and barren desert of the Arizona Territory. Having sold his farm and virtually all his possessions, Roy is...

After months of a harsh Yukon winter, a man's hunger can drive him to desperation, delusion, even murder …When Corporal Zachary McQuestion veered off his icy route in the Yukon, he was eagerly anticipating...

TWO LEGENDS!Today, Bill Pronzini is famed for his private-eye stories about the "Nameless Detective" and for his Shamus-award winning short stories, and Barry N. Malzberg is one of America's premier science-fiction...

It was fifteen years ago when the big, sort-of-sloppy, brew-loving P.I. appeared on the scene, dazzling readers with keen solutions to seemingly unsolvable crimes. And just as his disheveled demeanor...

This Author's Choice collection by prolific, award-winning author Bill Pronzini was first published by Mystery Scene Press. It includes seven short stories and an introduction from the author, including...

Spanning more than 75 years of espionage writing in USA and the UK, here are gripping tales by classic writers in the field including W. Somerset Maugham, Ian Fleming, Leslie Charteris, and Erle Stanley...

Welcome to the cool side of the 1950s, where the fast cars and revved-up movie monsters peel out in the night. Where outlaw vixens and jukebox tramps square off with razorblades and lead pipes. Where...

Cette fois, le “détective sans nom” joue avec le feu, et manque de peu de subir le sort des sorcières du Moyen Âge. Cette fois-ci, sa petite copine, la belle Kerry, lui donne un sérieux coup de main.

Elle était la personne la plus triste, la plus solitaire qu’il avait jamais rencontrée : elle était la solitude incarnée, la mélancolie même… Modeste comptable dans un cabinet de San Francisco, Jim Messenger...

30 CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES GOOD TO THE LAST LINEThe McGuffin has long been a staple tool in any crime and mystery writer's arsenal. A perfectly placed last line of a short story can pull together subtle...

More Oddments features fourteen more detective stories featuring characters such as Fergus O'Hara and the "Nameless" Detective. The stories included in this collection are:Fergus O'Hara, DetectiveChipOpportunityA...

The West Coast crime cartel known as "the Organization" has been beset by a series of problems: members are being murdered and merchandise hijacked. In walks troubleshooter Flagg, whose methods are those...

This is a collection of fifty short stories by veteran mystery and crime writer Bill Pronzini, best known as fhe creator of 'The Nameless Detective' series. This collection crosses over a broad range...

Pronzini makes people and events so real that you are living those explosive days of terror. An empty train yard at midnight...a small cabin bathed in the light of a full moon...a seedy Skid Row hotel...

In this collection of 23 short stories, Bill Pronzini, prolific, award-winning west-coast mystery writer and creator of the well-known "Nameless Detective" series, the author's style and versatility truly...

A Shamus Award-winning AuthorFew characters have the loyal readership of Bill Pronzini's "Nameless Detective." The fourteen stories in this collection span his entire thirty-five-year life on the printed...

For over thirty years, Bill Pronzini has created fictional sleuths. The most famous dubbed the "Nameless Detective" appeared in twenty-five novels. But there are many others like Fergus O'Hara who, with...

In this gripping international spy thriller, Sherlock Holmes uncovers a chilling conspiracy after the mysterious killings of Sikh leaders in the UK. As Holmes and Watson dive deep into the shadows, they...

As an Everyman, John Stapleis easy to dismiss if he isn't looking for you.At 5'10" and 190 pounds he isn't particularly tall or well-built. Other than practicing Krav Maga, he doesn't work out, and he...

9 Short Stories:Tonight is Christmas, This is What You Get, Stumbrick Witches, Night Mirror, Alone on Saturday Night, The Cabin, BLUE, Burn Yourself at the Stake, Wolf & Sheep: Vendetta1 Micro Novel:...

Keys to the Locked Room: Unraveling the Truth One Twist at a Time A chilling psychological thriller where survival means unlocking deadly secrets.After escaping an abusive past, Selina and her son find...

This is a short story -- In a sleepy beach town during the off-season, a prominent businessman from the city is found stabbed to death in his bed. All the doors and windows in the house were locked from...

Cyprus, 2025. The kafeneios of Paphos still whisper stories from '74, but a new shadow spreads across the island. The Order of the Cyclamen, a secret organization hiding behind politicians and businessmen,...

A year after the terrifying events beneath Fairview's lighthouse, Ava Kendall sought refuge in the misty embrace of Oregon's Olympic Peninsula, hoping to bury the past in her haunting artwork. But the...

 Catherine is a stunning, curvy bartender working nights to pay her college fees and keep the lights on in her tiny apartment. Her world shifts when James, a powerful and irresistibly rich man, walks...

A Southern Mystery in Willow's End, sweet tea flows, secrets linger, and betrayal tastes bitter. For ten years, six close friends have gathered every Saturday night until one of them turns up dead, poisoned...

Fifteen year old Christopher is about to embark on an investigation...Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them.It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying...

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"« Un scénario dynamique qui vous saisit dès le premier chapitre et ne vous laisse plus partir. » — Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (à propos de SANS LAISSER DE TRACES) Par l’auteur de polars n°1 Blake...

Prepare to be hooked . . . A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell.* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD ** HOLLY WILLOUGHBY'S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT **A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK...

'The work of a master storyteller'Daily Telegraph'One of crime's most engaging duos'GuardianTHE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023________Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried...

That dumbshit map. I'd been seduced by it. Seduced by its possibilities. That map had brought me here ... That map had been a serious mistake'The map in question is of Australia, stumbled across in...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

The first thriller in the Mickey Bolitar series, now airing as an original series on Amazon Prime. Bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix show Fool Me Once, Harlan Coben brings us a shocking...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Let there be spaces in your togetherness,And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.’...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

He thought he understood who he was.Then the stars whispered something else.He was just trying to escape a dead-end life. But what he finds instead is a gateway—one that changes his body, blurs the lines...

Buried beneath the scars of war lies a forgotten truth, a lost revelation with the potential to end all conflicts. A philosophical soldier stumbles upon this truth during his first tour in the Vietnam...

Three sisters couldn't be more different, but they share one thing in common — a taste for crime!It's 1921, and Americans are still reeling from the effects of World War I. In Gyver, CA, on the California/Nevada...

A fake prince. A royal scam. An unbelievable true story.Anthony Gignac spent decades living a lie, posing as a Saudi prince to fund a life of luxury. From stolen credit cards and high-limit scams to conning...

In a world where feelings are data and emotions can be bought, hacked, or deleted, trust has become the most dangerous currency of all.Tess Riley is a certified empathy engineer — a designer of customized...