Dark Wanton - format ePub

In the first of the Lemmy Caution series, a group of organised gangsters are operating a 'snatch' racket, laying a plan - worked out in the minutest detail - to kidnap the daughter of an American millionaire...

Proceed with caution ... to Mexico ... ... or at least Mexico as Lemmy Caution sees it: 'It's hot as hell. Away down the dirt road some guy's playin' one of them wailin' Mexican fandangles which give...

No one asked Slim Callaghan to investigate - he just did it - and they had to like it. A £40,000 insurance claim, two beautiful women and possibly a fake suicide were at stake. Slim Callaghan, private...

Agent Michael Kells is in pursuit of Nazi spies in London, who have been tasked with the job of pinpointing the actual landing places of V1 bombs to improve their accuracy.Through the strange byways of...

Blood's runnin' down my face from where this guy's just bust me, my nose feels like it's split in half. Then this dame gets up an' strolls over to me - I reckon I am not lookin' quite so good.She says:...

It's wartime London. Inspector Gringall of the Yard, long-time friendly rival of private detective Slim Callaghan, sends Slim on a mission to meet Doria Varette, a torch singer at Ferdie's Place.Callaghan...

Fourteen miles off the tail-end of Andros Island in the West Indies lies Dark Bahama. Many people have discovered they can find their heart's desires there; many have found, too, that even in paradise...

Slim Callaghan is called to Devonshire to investigate a burglary at Margraud Manor, where valuable jewels - heirlooms of the Vendayne family insured for £100,000 - have disappeared.With his assistant,...

Quayle, the master of a British spy ring in World War II, is faced with the task of dealing with a man who has come from Morocco with what he says is important information about German troops there. But...

Three dazzling sisters are suspects in the killing of their own mother. If only Viola could have predicted the potential for danger when she drafted the will that prevents any of her daughters from being...

In the second Lemmy Caution novel, the FBI man is sent by his bosses to Casablanca to investigate the disappearance of two million dollars, which have seemingly vanished into thin air. There he meets...

In his tenth and final adventure, set just after the end of the Second World War, Lemmy Caution is in Paris investigating the theft of secret State Department documents. In the opinion of his chief, however,...

Cara, Gayda, Pearl: sizzling dames. Travis, Clemensky, Clansing: desperate men. A set of secret papers. Bring in FBI man Lemmy Caution to recover the papers, and we have all the ingredients for a fast-moving...

In his seventh adventure 'G' man Lemmy Caution is sent to investigate the murder of a female agent and the disappearance of a prominent scientist. His search leads Lemmy to notorious gangster Enrico Pranzetti,...

'Some wise guy - Confucius or somebody - said there was nothin' like the truth, which is a thing that I believe in - sometimes. Anyhow, I am goin' to try this nothin' but the truth stuff on this dame...

Der eilige Henker ("The Urgent Hangman") ist ein spannender Kriminalroman des englischen Autors Peter Cheyney. In dem Buch geht es um den Detektiv Slim Callaghan, der in einen Fall von Erpressung und...

In "Gefährliche Kurven" taucht der Leser ein in die Welt der Unterwelt und des Verbrechens. Peter Cheyney entführt uns in eine düstere, aber dennoch faszinierende Welt voller Intrigen, Gewalt und Verrat....

"Peter Cheyney's "Sie können das Wechselgeld nicht behalten" nimmt die Leser mit auf eine aufregende Reise durch die zwielichtige Unterwelt des Nachkriegs-Londons. Lernen Sie Slim Callaghan kennen, einen...

In "Der skrupellose Mr. Callaghan" stellt uns Peter Cheyney seinen knallharten, redseligen Privatdetektiv Slim Callaghan vor. Als Callaghan von Inspektor Gringall von Scotland Yard gebeten wird, sich...

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Welt des Londoner Privatdetektivs Slim Callaghan in Peter Cheyneys packendem Thriller "Ich bedaure, dass Sie Probleme haben". Als Callaghan auf eine verdächtige Selbstmordserie...

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Welt des Londoner Privatdetektivs Slim Callaghan und begleiten Sie ihn bei seinem neuesten Fall in "Sie sagen nie, wann" von Peter Cheyney. Als die geheimnisvolle Mrs. Paula...

Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt des legendären Privatdetektivs Slim Callaghan! In Peter Cheyneys spannendem Krimi "Unbehagliche Bedingungen" ermittelt Callaghan in einem kleinen Dorf in der Nähe von Alfriston....

"Frauen ist das egal" von Peter Cheyney ist ein Hard-Boiled-Krimi der besonderen Art. Special Agent Lemmy Caution erzählt die Geschichte in seinem unvergleichlichen Slang und bringt den Leser in ein Abenteuer...

The sinister business of counter-espionage is played out by an array of magnificent characters. Quayle, compounded of wisdom, administrative genius and the ability to live without sleep, wine or women;...

The Second World War has just ended and the Secret Service has 'mislaid' two lists of German war criminals. Peter Everard Quayle is the head of the Department concerned and he was responsible for the...

A dame has to have more than beauty and breeding to stop Slim Callaghan doing things his way. Mrs Riverton has plenty of both, but when she begins to interfere in Slim's search for her stepson, things...

Rene Burg, one-time Chicago gunman, finds himself mixed up in the Norwegian underground movement during the war. As well as gunning for the German Army in general, Burg is out to get one person in particular:...

Slim Callaghan, private detective, is drawn into a particularly dubious case - even for him. A Mrs Paula Denys says she paid a man to steal the priceless Denys Coronet from her husband's safe. Now the...

Shaun Aloysius O'Mara, intelligence agent for the British 'second bureau', has been ordered by his superiors to go to Paris to obtain information that will lead to the capture of the lone survivor of...

Slim Callaghan had been hired by beautiful Cynthis Meraulton to stop her cousins getting her step-father's money. But when the old man is murdered, the only suspect with no alibi and a giant motive is...

The three books in the Nightshade series are now available in one collection.The Nightshade corporation deals in unusual specimens: Monsters of legend thought only to exist in the imagination.The horror...

"James Acton: A little bit of Jack Bauer and Indiana Jones!"FROM USA TODAY & MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY A LONG-LOST TREASURE.A RUTHLESS ENEMY. A DEADLY RACE AGAINST TIME. A...

As semi-retired private detective Sloane Monroe unwinds at a luxurious spa retreat in North Carolina, a jarring phone call shatters her peaceful getaway …A friend has been found dead.What seems like a...

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era....

Special Agent Eric Jones is undercover investigating Russian mob boss, Nikolai Spotnik, as a security guard in Newport Beach California. Shane Grey's unconventional hilarious approach to an action mystery...

Some loves never die. Some souls never let go.After surviving a near-death experience, trauma nurse Lina Rivers begins to dream of a man she's never met—a man who whispers her name with heartbreaking...

This ebook contains Rudyard Kipling's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the...

Escape to Cornwall and unravel captivating mysteries! Immerse yourself in the first four atmospheric Loveday novels, set amidst secret coves and charming fishing villages. Meet unforgettable characters...

In a future Singapore transformed by cybernetics and surveillance, Mira Flannery makes a living repairing cybernetic enhancements for those working on The Project — the ambitious International Railgun...

When the Jewish community reaches out for Drummond's help, he is brought into a dark tale of love, loss, and twisted magic. Just another day for an investigator of the bizarre.Welcome to the Marshall...

Jordan's relationship with Devon seems to be falling part, as he discovers that the kingdom order has a major enemy.  Jordan and Marie form a seemingly inseparable bond, while Devon and Jade find romance...

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...

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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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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...

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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...

'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...

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A woman wakes up confused in Malkangiri District Hospital in Odisha. When a nurse wants to know her name, she blacks out in terror at the realization that she has no idea who she is. The next time she...

Why risk stepping into a world of bizarre violence, twisted justice, and cryptic revelations? You might lose sleep over the haunting twists, question the nature of truth, and find yourself unable to look...

Wanda Jefferson, vampire/werewolf hybrid and (very) reluctant temporary PTA president, reporting for duty!Yes, yes, yes. I'm a PTA member. Don't be so shocked. I'd do anything for my two precious babies,...

White Death plunges readers into the chilling and treacherous world of the Great Plains in 1888, where a deceptively warm winter day quickly turns into a fight for survival. As a deadly blizzard descends...

"One Man Daily"Aria's life is consumed by one desperate need — to have a man by her side every day, at any cost. Each fleeting connection, from the casual to the intense, offers a temporary escape from...