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The Devil: A Jack Taylor Novel
ISBN: 9780312604585 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. America--the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: but not for PI Jack Taylor, who's just been refused entry. Disappointed and bitter, he thinks that an encounter with an overly friendly stranger in an airport bar is the least of his problems. Except that this stranger seems to know much more than he should about Jack. Jack thinks no more of their meeting and resumes his old life in Galway. But when he's called to investigate a student murder--connected to an elusive Mr. K--he remembers the man from the airport. Is the stranger really who he says he is?... America--the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: but not for PI Jack Taylor, who's just been refused entry. Disappointe... |
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91,47 zł |
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Limelight: A Mystery Novel
ISBN: 9781460913833 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I'm an Atlanta PI named HW Grady. I've been a soldier and a cop. I'm more than a little jaded, but when I heard the girl's voice, I was hooked. Now I've got to get to her before some very bad people do - if I can.
I'm an Atlanta PI named HW Grady. I've been a soldier and a cop. I'm more than a little jaded, but when I heard the girl's voice, I was hooked. Now I'...
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61,54 zł |
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Candy from Strangers
ISBN: 9781461046288 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Caroline Stockwell has a secret: she and her best friend Monica are "cam girls." Soliciting cash donations and gifts via Amazon.com wish lists from anonymous admirers, the young women have put up a web site featuring still photographs, video and blogs to help pay their way through art college. But when Caroline goes missing and her mother Ellen engages jazz bass-playing PI August Riordan to find her, Riordan discovers her secret and it appears to everyone that someone she met through the web site is responsible for her disappearance. Set against the real-world backdrop of Internet predators...
Caroline Stockwell has a secret: she and her best friend Monica are "cam girls." Soliciting cash donations and gifts via Amazon.com wish lists from an...
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68,59 zł |
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The Right Wrong Number: An Ed Earl Burch Novel
ISBN: 9780998329406 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the phone rings long after midnight, it spells trouble of the lethal kind for Dallas private eye Ed Earl Burch in a gritty and relentless hard-boiled thriller that races from the gleaming towers of Houston to the decadent charms of New Orleans and the stark desert mountains of the Texas Big Bend country and northern Mexico. Burch is a cashiered homicide detective with bad knees, a wounded liver and an empty bank account. He's been hired to protect an old flame after the disappearance of her husband, a high-flying Houston financier who ripped off his clients, including some deeply...
When the phone rings long after midnight, it spells trouble of the lethal kind for Dallas private eye Ed Earl Burch in a gritty and relentless hard-bo...
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73,16 zł |
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A Dance at the Slaughterhouse: A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel
ISBN: 9780380813735 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is no accolade or major mystery award that has not already been bestowed upon Lawrence Block. His acclaimed crime novels are asintelligent, provocative, and emotionally complex as they are nerve-tighteningly intense. And perhaps the most respected of his myriad works are the Matthew Scudder books -- masterworks of suspenseful invention featuring a remarkable protagonist rich in conscience and character, with all the flaws that his humanity entails. This is the detective novel as high art. A Dance At The SlaughterhouseIn Matt Scudder's mind, money, power, and... There is no accolade or major mystery award that has not already been bestowed upon Lawrence Block. His acclaimed crime novels are asintelligent, p... |
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78,39 zł |
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Strip till Dead
ISBN: 9781456456849 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Liz is Nicola. Nicola is a stripper. And a stripper is about to die." When Liz Pendle moves from the north of England to go to university in London, her life is about to change in more ways than she can imagine. Persuaded by her flatmate Zuzzi that stripping is an easy way to make money to pay off her student loan, Liz is soon taking her clothes off in some of London's seediest pubs and clubs. But when a stripper is found murdered, Liz is lured even further into this secret world. She must decide just how far she's prepared to go to help unmask the killer. "The lifestyle of strip clubs and...
"Liz is Nicola. Nicola is a stripper. And a stripper is about to die." When Liz Pendle moves from the north of England to go to university in London, ...
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41,13 zł |
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Murder at Transit
ISBN: 9781456758226 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Threat has been made. A potential Serial Killer is targeting Transit. The City is put on Alert. Special Agents Thomas Banner and Joseph Sorelo from the TaskForce, have been assigned the case. Is it a Disgruntled Employee past or present? Is he/she an Imposter? Maybe, it's a Terrorist group, or some poor sole who wants to take out their frustration, after years of anonymity? This isn't a case of who done it, rather ... It's a case of ... Who Might Do It?
A Threat has been made. A potential Serial Killer is targeting Transit. The City is put on Alert. Special Agents Thomas Banner and Joseph Sor... |
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121,97 zł |
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Murder At Transit
ISBN: 9781456758233 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Threat has been made. A potential Serial Killer is targeting Transit. The City is put on Alert. Special Agents Thomas Banner and Joseph Sorelo from the TaskForce, have been assigned the case. Is it a Disgruntled Employee past or present? Is he/she an Imposter? Maybe, it's a Terrorist group, or some poor sole who wants to take out their frustration, after years of anonymity? This isn't a case of who done it, rather ... It's a case of ... Who Might Do It?
A Threat has been made. A potential Serial Killer is targeting Transit. The City is put on Alert. Special Agents Thomas Banner and Joseph Sor... |
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78,39 zł |
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Midnight Sin
ISBN: 9781590956861 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. MIDNIGHT SIN
When a rookie cop walks on to the midnight shift, the lines between right and wrong become blurred. Every step he takes and every decision he makes has unforeseen consequences. His life will never be the same. Becoming a cop changes everything you thought you knew about life. Midnight Sin is an inside look at the dark and mysterious world behind the cop's badge. Rookie cop Gary Hollings quickly learns that wrestling street thugs and arresting drug dealers while trying to track down a serial rapist is nowhere near as tough as watching his back from his... MIDNIGHT SIN
When a rookie cop walks on to the midnight shift, the lines between right and wrong become blurred. Every step he takes and every ... |
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87,60 zł |
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Stark in the Bronx: A Detective Novel
ISBN: 9780989763707 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,07 zł |
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Runoff
ISBN: 9781461058892 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "How much does it cost to fix an election?" August Riordan-private investigator, jazz bass player, smart ass with a foolish heart-is going to find out. He's been hired by Leonora Lee, the all-powerful "Dragon Lady" of San Francisco's Chinatown, to investigate the results of the city's recent mayoral election. It seems the Dragon Lady's candidate failed to even carry the Chinese precincts, and she's convinced that someone must have rigged the outcome by hacking the city's newly installed touch-screen voting machines. A runoff between the two remaining candidates is days away, but it takes...
"How much does it cost to fix an election?" August Riordan-private investigator, jazz bass player, smart ass with a foolish heart-is going to find out...
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64,01 zł |
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Bourbon & Blood: A Crime Fiction Thriller
ISBN: 9780989767101 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A terrifying and visceral suspense thriller that thrusts a war veteran into the brutal New York City crime underworld. Bill Conlin returns home to New York City after a dangerous military tour in Afghanistan. Like many veterans haunted by war he has fallen on hard times and is looking for work. Lonely, depressed and out of money he finally meets a beautiful woman and falls in love, but an unforgettable job interview forces him into a life of crime that keeps them apart and endangers their lives. When she is suddenly kidnapped Bill must negotiate with coldhearted killers to buy back her...
A terrifying and visceral suspense thriller that thrusts a war veteran into the brutal New York City crime underworld. Bill Conlin returns home to New...
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64,01 zł |
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Red Jade
ISBN: 9780692501474 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Los Angeles, November 1926. The city's new Chief of Police has all but gutted the Vice Squad; the mayor is widely believed to be in the pocket of the local crime syndicate; and the county District Attorney is curiously reluctant to prosecute wealthy and influential criminals. War veteran Avery Shepard has been restless since the Armistice, drifting around from job to job, estranged from his wife and unable to settle down to any one thing. He arrives in L.A. to search for his sister Kit, who vanished seemingly without a trace. After his only potential clue to Kit's whereabouts slips through...
Los Angeles, November 1926. The city's new Chief of Police has all but gutted the Vice Squad; the mayor is widely believed to be in the pocket of the ...
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54,67 zł |
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The Perplexing Problem of the Porcelain Bandits
ISBN: 9780578057736 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alex Baker is underemployed and undermotivated, until a cop shows up at his door with strange news about his former housemate, Brent. This is a story of baseball cards, the Chinese Mafia, and many conversations over drinks. If John D. Macdonald and Chuck Klosterman had ever met in San Francisco and shared a few too many glasses of Plymouth, this is the novel they would have written together.
Alex Baker is underemployed and undermotivated, until a cop shows up at his door with strange news about his former housemate, Brent. This is a story ...
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64,01 zł |
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White Lies
ISBN: 9781935171027 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. White Lies is a detective thriller concerning a beautiful missing woman, a compulsive boyfriend, a mysterious monthly $5000 payoff. Michael Chambers-cool, clever private investigator-has his work cut out for him with this case that takes him far away from his native LA and what seems at first to be a simple case. Fortunately, Michael manages to stay one step and a couple quips ahead of those who are trying to trick him, trap him and kill him.
White Lies is a detective thriller concerning a beautiful missing woman, a compulsive boyfriend, a mysterious monthly $5000 payoff. Michael Chambers-c...
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72,98 zł |
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The Outragers
ISBN: 9781434412430 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When a young actress attempts to commit suicide after receiving some damning photographs that might compromise her budding Hollywood career, Mark Savage--film stunt man and private detective--is hired by the studio bosses to come to her rescue. As Savage digs deeper and deeper into the puzzle, he unknowingly becomes involved in one of the most dangerous stunts of his career. A thrilling crime novel of motion pictures, sex, and the Big Apple!
When a young actress attempts to commit suicide after receiving some damning photographs that might compromise her budding Hollywood career, Mark Sava...
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73,15 zł |
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First Feature: An Anthony Carrick Mystery
ISBN: 9781461136927 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Feature is a bitingly wry detective whodunit featuring ex-LAPD's not so celebrated detective Anthony Carrick as he juggles mafia lords, drug addled neophytes, nymphomaniacs, gay counterculture, vegan hippies and tinsel town's dark side in a quest to uncover a homicide in the midst of his own personal turmoil. Like Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and other hard boiled detectives before him, Anthony Carrick uses his guts, charm and humor to solve murders and deal with the other sordid details of people's lives. Why was one of Hollywood's premier producers bludgeoned to death with his own Oscar?...
First Feature is a bitingly wry detective whodunit featuring ex-LAPD's not so celebrated detective Anthony Carrick as he juggles mafia lords, drug add...
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77,73 zł |
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Petrified Altar
ISBN: 9781453878781 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Child kidnappers were making a good profit on their victims, and not caring that their family members were overwhelmed with grief from the child's disappearance. These bottom feeders never thought that one of their victims would eventually bring them to justice, and an end to child exploitation. Never would they hurt another child.
Child kidnappers were making a good profit on their victims, and not caring that their family members were overwhelmed with grief from the child's dis...
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45,53 zł |
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Murder on Tiki Island: A Noir Paranormal Mystery in the Florida Keys: By the author of Murder Behind the Closet Door
ISBN: 9781461130949 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Murder, Sex, Exotic Cocktails and Exotic Women. And of course, some very eerie phantoms... Volume II in the Bill Riggins Mystery Series NOTE: This murder mystery/ghost story deals with adult themes, horror, violence and language, and is not intended for children. If it were a movie it would be rated NC-17. It's a fairly long book for people who love to read, not someone looking for a "quick read." You've been warned. Immerse yourself in a different time, a different place... Set in New York City and the Florida Keys in 1956, Murder on Tiki Island is a noir-style murder mystery which follows...
Murder, Sex, Exotic Cocktails and Exotic Women. And of course, some very eerie phantoms... Volume II in the Bill Riggins Mystery Series NOTE: This mur...
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68,40 zł |
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The Big Sleep
ISBN: 9781604445183 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the book about "sleeping the big sleep." (wikipedia.org)
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about detective Philip Marlowe. The work has b...
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57,67 zł |
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