In the second in the series, Kate Brannigan investigates the bizarre case of the missing conservatories (sunrooms attached to the back of a standing house), unearthing an unscrupulous lawyer (later found hanging from his balcony in flimsy women's apparel); a supersalesman with an overstuffed bank account; and a brother-sister pair who are double-crossing everyone. And this real estate fiddling ties in with a separate scam involving Kate's best buds -- and murder of the most unexpected order.
Kickback is a sweeping, global investigation into corporate bribery around the world and how backdoor financial transactions undermine democracy and the free market system by lining the pockets of some of the world's worst dictators and ...
When you're a cop on the take in Franklin City, the only question you need to ask yourself is, 'How much can I make?
First published in 1991, it's the first of bestselling author Garry Disher's nine Wyatt novels, the first four of which are part of the Untapped Collection.Garry Disher has published over 50 books: general and literary novels, crime ...
Why are Northerners offended when Southerners ask them where they go to church? Why are Southerners offended when Californians ask them what they do for exercise? Reed explores cultural differences...
Diamond Dagger Award-Winning Author: Two mysteries introducing a Thai boxing, rock-and-roll female private detective from Manchester, England.
Kick Lannigan, abducted at age six, goes into a tailspin when a second Amber Alert in a month signals the disappearance of a child in the Portland area.
When her teenage son and other kids are imprisoned for misdemeanors, a woman hires private investigator Spenser to find the truth behind a corrupt judge's unusually hard sentencing practices for minors.
Rocky, Colt and TumTum are three underaged ninjas pursued by a bumbling trio of brain-dead thieves and an army of well-trained ninjas after they follow their grandfather to Japan.
Kicking Back is also the story of one man’s search for identity: as a footballer, as a black man in England and as an outsider in the US during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
The first and second novels in Val McDermid's iconic Kate Brannigan series, starring a Thai boxing, hard-rocking female private detective