Sie blickte ihn an, als er den Kaffee bestellte. Hinter seiner verbindlichen Art war deutliche Nervosität zu spüren. Er trommelte auf das Tischtuch, und kicherte kurz und abgehackt, statt tief und melodisch zu lachen, wie er durchaus imstande war. Selbst zu der Zeit, als sie noch bis über beide Ohren in ihn verliebt gewesen war, hätte sie diese nervöse Unruhe an ihm erschreckt.Es war falsch, zu dieser Verabredung zu kommen. Sie war doch entschlossen, ihn nie wiederzusehen. Sie war ...

Der Nordsturm rüttelte an den großen Fenstern der alten Villa am Ufer des Hudson und fegte wirbelnd über den verschneiten Rasen. Im Zimmer war es gemütlich warm. Die brennenden Birkenscheite im Kamin ließen rote Reflexe über die schmiedeeisernen Beschläge huschen. Die Hitze hatte die dänische Dogge in die Ecke neben der Terrassentür vertrieben. Dort hatte sie sich ausgestreckt, den Kopf auf die Vorderläufe gelegt, wachsam mit den Augen blinzelnd.Trotz der Wärme überlief es John Mai...

Sibyl stellte die drei kleinen Flakons auf Dons Schreibtisch. Drei fünfeckige Kristallpyramiden mit goldenen Stöpseln und schwarz-rotem Etikett. »So - und deshalb muss also bei ihr ein Exempel statuiert werden!«»Er wollte sie sogar der Polizei übergeben«, erwiderte Don verbittert. »Ich habe ihm gesagt, dass wir mit der Anklage nicht durchkommen würden.«»Aber die Geschichte nun durch die Werbeabteilung ausschlachten und in die Morgenzeitungen bringen zu lassen!« Sibyl starrt...

Wealthy restaurateur Peter Baskoulos' refusal to pay his wife's department store bill is just the first salvo in a mystery case. Soon comes the deluge: A disappearing stock boy, a mysterious blonde woman described as 'dark,' a strange group of fortunetellers -- and finally murder!

The Second Mystery Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more classic mysteries (published between 1941 and 1959) by top mystery writers of the era...more than 650 pages of classic whodunits. Dig in and enjoy! Included are:SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, by Elisabeth Sanxay HoldingTHE MERCHANT OF MURDER, by Spencer DeanTHE FIFTH KEY, by George Harmon CoxeBONES DON'T LIE, by Curtiss T. GardnerIf you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search your favorit...

QUATTRO OMICIDI. QUATTRO EPOCHE. UNA CONNESSIONE IMPOSSIBILE. È il 1890, e in un vicolo londinese viene ritrovato il cadavere di un uomo. Un ispettore con un terribile segreto dovrà lottare contro complotti e pregiudizi per portare avanti le indagini. È il 1940, e lo stesso cadavere viene trovato nello stesso posto da un poliziotto corrotto dal passato burrascoso durante un blitz tedesco su Londra. È il 2014 e il cadavere fa la sua terza apparizione nello stesso identico vicolo, stavolta i...

Black Cat Weekly #18 is another great lineup of novels and short stories this time, so without further ado—on to the stories!Mysteries / Suspense“Rediscovery,” by James Holding [short story]“Staying Cool,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“The Ghost Who Read the Newspaper,” by Vicki Weisfeld [Barb Goffman Presents short story]“Mr. Clackworthy and the Auto Rim,” by Christopher B. Booth [short story]“Kane and Aver...

In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and thoughtful reflections, featuring the editors and writers of the celebrated n+1, as well as some of the world's leading radical thinkers, such as S...

The deadly May 31, 2010 Gaza flotilla incident has been misunderstood. This book explores the incident in more detail than mainstream media coverage has allowed-explaining the background, key players, and the incident itself-enriched by the authors having had unique access to senior Israeli officials in the immediate aftermath of the event. The incident is a microcosm of the struggle between terrorism and democratic societies, and raises a number of legal, ethical, and strategic political ...

In this thrilling new mystery paperback, by International Mystery Crime Author, Oliver Dean Spencer — a collection of 5 hard-boiled, short, mystery fictions appear in print for the first time.Whether Cartwright is trying to stop an innocent man from execution in Tell Me That You Love Me. Or keeping his wits about him as he interviews a stripper in The Polka Dot Affair. Or searches for a missing girl that's stolen a cursed artifact in The Spanish Curse.

This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environmental ethics, science and the environmental movement, Ea...

Series: James Cartwright PI Mysteries (Book 3)Cartwright’s latest case starts off simple enough. Miss Stonewall, from the Mutual Trust Insurance Agency, wants him to track down a missing orangutan. The thing is, as Cartwright explains, he doesn’t do orangutans. But when Stonewall offers him a large wad of cash for the job, Cartwright’s suspicions are piqued.Cartwright stumbles across a rare green diamond, setting off a chain of events that lands him in a tangled we...