International Mystery & Crime

It’s the opening night of The Manor, the newest and hottest luxury resort, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; the “Manor Mule” cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.

The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 118 cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election....

When CIA operative Jenny Silkwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless operatives....

An American mathematician’s assignment in Russia spirals into a high-stakes maze of shifting loyalties and intrigue in a propulsive short thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child.

Only weeks ago, former Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson, head of Joshua Bravo team at the Shepherds, helped to defeat Victor, the leader of the devil’s Dark Ones. Now, his boss, Ben Morvant, has tasked him with an even harder mission: Take a vacation.

Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden.

It’s the early 1960s, and the newly built Berlin Wall looms large. British intelligence officer Alec Leamas, caught in its shadow, feels the chill all too keenly: the preceding years have seen nearly every member of his Berlin spy network either murdered or captured.

From Mark Greaney, The New York Times best-selling author of Gunmetal Gray and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes a high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man....

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate.

From the New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire, a breakneck thriller that marries the dynastic opulence of Succession with the tense and disorienting spycraft of The Americans.

After surviving the most dangerous mission of his career, John Dempsey is back at Ember. But Ember has changed—and so has he. Meanwhile, a new adversary sees an opportunity to rise. As Dempsey and Vice President Jarvis soon discover, the world stage is about to get deadlier than ever.

In this New York Times bestselling installment of the "outrageously entertaining" Strike series (Financial Times), detective duo Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult.​

Sidney Archer has the world. Then, as a plane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes....

Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding.

The discovery of an oil field off the coast of Guyana plunges Jack Ryan, Jr into a cauldron of lies in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling series.

FBI agent Olivia Knight has faced the most peculiar cases. At times, it has left her borderline catatonic. When she and Brock move into their new apartment, it's as if the love nest of their dreams has truly become their new reality.

It’s 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That night he’s off the grid. Out of sight, out of mind. Two other men are in the classroom—an FBI agent and a CIA analyst....

This is DC Smith's third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been asked by a member of Norfolk's aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title.

Colombian drug lords, bored with Uncle Sam's hectoring, assassinate the head of the FBI. The message is clear: Bug off! At what point do these druggies threaten national security? When can a nation act against its enemies? Listen to find out more....

Amos Decker's life changed forever - twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro....

This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world.

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, a burglar, Luther Whitney, breaks into a Virginia mansion, and witnesses a brutal crime involving the president—​a man who believes he can get away with anything....

Don't miss the spine tingling suspense and tantalizing romance in this thriller about a daring pilot caught in a race against time from number one New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown....

Everything’s coming up roses for garda Siobhán and the rest of O’Sullivan family in quaint Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland—until a murder investigation blooms out of a deadly gardening competition.

FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in this breakneck thriller from number one New York Times best-selling author David Baldacci....

March 2002. While the world watches Afghanistan, Jack Noble is in Baghdad, Iraq—on loan from the Marines to the CIA. Supposed to be part of the team, he ends up just a security detail. When he and his partner Bear confront four CIA agents abusing an Iraqi family, they’re arrested within hours. Jack only wanted to finish his service, but his intervention lands him in a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of the U.S. government.

Meet Major Bricket, an infrequent resident of Highfield House in Stunston Peveril, Suffolk. In the past the Major's work assignments, frequently in foreign countries, have prevented him from spending much time there and as a result, there is an air of mystery around him while everyone in the village speculates on the nature of his occupation. But now the Major has retired and has come home for good in his open-topped little red sports car... and what a homecoming it is, for lying spreadeagled on his lawn in the summer sunshine is the corpse of a clown.

When Dr. Gul Delani receives a call in the middle of the night from the Sindh police, she thinks they may have finally found her niece, Mahnaz—a precocious, politically conscious teenage girl who went missing three years prior. Gul has been racked with grief since Mahnaz’s disappearance, and distracts herself through work: she’s a talented curator at the Museum of Heritage and History in Karachi, one of the country’s leading experts in archaeology and ancient civilizations, a hard-won position for a woman.

Tutte le famiglie attirano guai, ogni famiglia li attira a modo suo. Amy Wheeler e suo suocero Steve non fanno eccezione. Lei per i guai è una vera e propria calamita, e di certo non l’aiuta il lavoro alla Maximum Impact Solutions, agenzia specializzata nella protezione di persone famose. Stavolta Amy si trova su un’isola privata al largo della Carolina del Sud per garantire l’incolumità dell’irriverente e ricchissima scrittrice Rosie D’Antonio, minacciata da un magnate russo a cui non è piaciuto riconoscersi in un personaggio del suo ultimo romanzo.

1940: Weeks after the evacuation of Dunkirk, Germany is poised to invade a near-defenseless Britain. To safeguard the Crown Jewels from the Nazis, Winston Churchill devises a daring gamble to have them shipped overseas. The priceless artifacts will be secretly removed from the Tower of London and driven north to Scotland by two operatives posing as a young married couple, to be taken from there to Canada.

Humble layman Will Bowman lives in the countryside with his pregnant wife, when soldiers from Richard Lionheart's army tear through his home. Will is beaten unconscious, and awakes to find his wife murdered, his farm burnt down, and his life forever changed. In vengeance, Will infiltrates Richard's army to find the marauding gang, and finds himself swept along in the march of the Crusades. With the help of new allies and fuelled by his loss, Will crosses Europe with the King's army.

The first three Mason Files from the #1 bestselling author Rob Jones in a boxset: The Alchemy Code, The Inferno Sanction and The Labyrinth Key. Readers are gripped by Rob Jones: “If you like books by Ernest Dempsey or Dan Brown you should like this” Goodreads reviewer. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Similar type of adventures to Andy McDermott and Scott Mariani” Amazon reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “It keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time, wondering what will happen next” Goodreads reviewer. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Exciting ride from page one” Amazon reviewer. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Top-...

DCI Kelso Strang is led to believe that something very odd is going on around the prosperous fishing port of Tarleton on Scotland’s south-east coast. Firstly, a young Detective Inspector is traumatised after witnessing a doctor throwing herself off a cliff, and accusations of extortion have riven the local community. And when the ugly death of a young farmer sets off a murder investigation, Strang finds himself caught in a spider’s web of criminality.

Join the vivacious and inquisitive Camille and her companions, Elsie West and Cecily Nugent, with Ottilie Divine and Rose Dobbs, Camille and Elsie’s daughters, as they set out for a holiday filled with culture, laughter, and the promise of relaxation. Little do they know their picturesque getaway will take a sinister turn. As the trio immerses themselves in the vibrant atmosphere of Sicilian life, an unexpected melody of murder disrupts the harmony. An illustrious opera singer and a renowned orchestra conductor meet untimely deaths, sending shockwaves through the island.

Leo Keane never expected his latest case to spiral into a deadly game of cat and mouse. But when a high-profile British politician hires him to find a missing woman in the heart of Kathmandu, he's thrust into a world of danger, deceit, and dark secrets. As Leo delves deeper, the stakes get higher. Ruthless killers are closing in, and time is running out. Will Leo uncover the truth in time to save Allissa, or will the shadows of Kathmandu swallow them both?

Living in exile in Venice, the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city. But when he is associated with the deaths of local women, found with wounds to their throats, and then a novel called The Vampyre is published under his name, rumours begin to spread that Byron may be the murderer. . .

UN MISTERO DA MORIR DAL RIDERE. HA SEMPRE DETTO CHE SAREBBE STATA ASSASSINATA... AVEVA RAGIONE. Campagna inglese, 1965. La giovane Frances Adams sta passando ore felici a una fiera di paese con i le sue due migliori amiche. La serata, però, prende una piega decisamente inaspettata quando una cartomante le legge il futuro: a quanto pare, è scritto nel destino di Frances che morirà assassinata. Da quella funesta predizione Frances inizia a vivere nel sospetto, architettando strategie di ogni tipo per non farsi ammazzare da nessuno.

When Cockney private detective George Harley saves a young girl's life on a dark London night in 1929, he doesn't realize it marks the beginning of an investigation which will change his life forever. The incendiary novel which inspired the girl's abduction also seems to be linked to a series of grisly murders that are taking place on Harley's patch, and though he's delighted to be asked by Scotland Yard to help find the killer before they strike again, he could do without the local razor- and cosh-wielding mobsters thinking he's a police informant.

Written by a Police Detective who has been there, done that, walked the beat and has witnessed the worse of the worst! Who brutally murdered Claudine Bresson and what dark secrets were worth killing for? Detective James Pierce is determined to uncover the truth, but the closer he gets, the deadlier the game becomes. Paris is drowning in secrets. Beneath the city’s dazzling lights and historic landmarks, something sinister lurks in the shadows. When a string of brutal murders shakes the French capital, each crime is steeped in symbolism, tied to the city’s most revered cultural icons. ...

Dr. Watson’s walk home to 221B Baker Street one afternoon is abruptly delayed as he comes upon the aftermath of the collapse of a building under construction in the heart of London. Rushing in to give aid to any survivors, Watson soon finds that Sherlock Homes has likewise been drawn to the scene, after hearing the cacophonous noise of the disaster as it unfolded. What begins as a straightforward rescue mission soon unfolds into a mystery with a deep darkness at its heart, as shocking facts arise unforeseen in The Riddle of the Three Builders, the fifty-fourth tale in author C. Thorne’s...

Una novela de misterio, aventura y giros inesperados. ¿Estás listo para descubrir los secretos más oscuros de China? Francisco Valiente Polillas, un detective peculiar y con una personalidad única, se ve arrastrado a un misterio ancestral en "Amarillo – El misterio del pato pekinés". Cuando una serie de eventos misteriosos lo lleva a Pekín, se encuentra atrapado en un juego peligroso que desafiará tanto su intelecto como su valentía. Acompañado por un elenco de personajes fascinantes, incluyendo al astuto Ahmed Al Fasala, Francisco se adentrará en un enigma relacionado con un ...

Pour la première fois dans sa calamiteuse carrière de petit consul, Aurel Timescu fait l’objet d’une promotion. Le voici en Europe ou presque. Il est nommé en Albanie. Cet État voisin de la Grèce et de l’Italie n’est pas un pays comme les autres. Son territoire somptueux entre mer et montagne donne une trompeuse apparence de paix. Mais il a subi au fil des siècles bien des invasions, souffert sous des dictatures terribles. Le peuple s’est protégé en se forgeant ses propres lois.

FBI Special Agents Butnari and Hill join a task force charged with stemming human trafficking. They engage in a desperate battle with the criminals dominating the illegal trade, stalled by deceptions created by the mysterious genius who directs the well-organized syndicate, and hampered by compartmentalized intelligence within their enforcement group.

Un matrimonio de recién casados adquiere un piso de segunda mano en la localidad de Mataró (España), cuando él, policía nacional, es destinado a esta ciudad. En el trastero del piso hay pertenencias del propietario, fallecido diez años atrás, y la intermediaria de la venta (una amiga de la actual propietaria) les dice que, una vez adquieran el piso, se pueden deshacer de esos efectos.

Once again we are in the cosy, but slightly scary, world of private eye Teddy Bean. It is 1959 and into his life comes a new client, Brian Amory, who claims he is being followed. Meanwhile, in a quiet leafy street in a north London suburb a woman is brutally murdered in her hallway. Teddy becomes unofficially involved in the case when Amory’s wife finds the murder weapon in the wardrobe and another client brings him an incriminating letter.