Tato autorka se ponořila do psaní detektivních románů, kde zkoumá složité motivace postav a napínavé zápletky. Její díla se vyznačují bystrým postřehem lidské povahy a pečlivým budováním atmosféry, které čtenáře vtahují do napínavého světa zločinu a tajemství. Prostřednictvím svých příběhů autorka často otevírá otázky spravedlnosti a morálky, čímž dodává svým vyprávěním hloubku a nadčasovost.
A young family friend requests Alex Quick's help to discover which of his friends stole a pair of valuable items following a dinner party he'd held at his uncle's grand Venetian apartment. But when one of the dinner party guests is murdered, the case spirals into something darker and deeper.
Alex Quick is exposed to the most brutally violent crime she's seen. A mutilated corpse is found castrated, the word 'cheat' carved into his chest. The victim was a close family friend, and his sister has asked Alex to find out who killed him. But people are reluctant to talk, keeping things back from her. Is she prepared for the shocking truth?
When her business partner, Dr Helena Drummond, disappears, Alexandra Quick, a former police detective, is determined to use her finely-honed investigative skills to find out what happened to her. Yet she soon learns there was a great deal she didn't know about her friend and colleague. Now Alex must decide: is Helena a victim - or is she a killer?
A compelling tale of childhood trauma and sinister discoveries - Alice and her brother Orlando lived a quiet life growing up in post WWII Britain; that is until the arrival of the precocious, manipulative and sexually aware Nicola. But on Alice’s 12th birthday, Nicola disappears, only to be found days later, battered, bruised and dead. Twenty years go by until Alice becomes determined to dig up the past and solve the mystery of Nicola’s death. But will the truth be too much to handle when she starts to suspect her own quiet and bookish brother Orlando?
Flora Treffyn nimmt sich ihrer kleinen Nichte Matty an, solange deren Mutter Georgie als Sängerin auf Tournee ist. Als diese brutal ermordet wird, versucht Flora, den Täter ausfindig zu machen.
A great Christmas gift for mystery lovers, this book brings together a lethal collection of 13 original mysteries by P.D. James, Simon Brett, Susan Moody and others. "A cozy collection of yule-tidings gone wrong."--"Publishers Weekly." Contents: Mugs / Margaret Yorke -- And broke his crown / David Williams -- Bearing gifts / Nicole Swengley -- Season of goodwill / Mike Seabrook -- More than flesh & blood / Susan Moody -- The proof of the pudding / Peter Lovesey -- Charades, anybody? / H.R.F. Keating -- The mistletoe murder / P.D. James -- Operation Christmas / Tim Heald -- A card or a kitten / Liza Cody -- Political corrections / Simon Brett -- Boxing unclever / Robert Barnard -- Gold, frankincense and murder / Catherine Aird.
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Roman in Sonderausgabe, übersetzt aus dem Amerikanischen von Ingrid Rothmann, umfasst 447 Seiten.
