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The Living Portrait (Judy Bolton Mysteries #18)
by Margaret SuttonThe thirty-eight volume Judy Bolton series was written during the thirty-five years from 1932-1967. It is one of the most successful and enduring girls' series ever published. The Judy Bolton books are noted not only for their fine plots and thrilling stories, but also for their realism and their social commentary. Unlike most other series characters, Judy and her friends age and mature in the series and often deal with important social issues. To many, Judy is a feminist in the best light-smart, capable, courageous, nurturing, and always unwavering in her true beliefs; a perfect role model.
A cor de um Fantasma (O livro secreto de colorir para adultos - Séries confortáveis de mistério)
by Delia DobbsAnita Johnston pode ter a alma de um artista, mas está determinada a estabelecer-se como investigadora criminal mesmo após ser expulsa do departamento de policia de Nova York. Quando foi contratada para encontrar um assassino em série que fugiu da justiça por quarenta anos, sabe que se vai envolver mais que a maioria dos detetives novatos, mas ela está determinada a arriscar tudo para mostrar o seu valor. Samuel Watkins sabe da verdade sobre onde se esconde o assassino. Sem nada a perder a não ser uma velha quinta e alguns animais leais, não pode ser forçado a falar. Ou pode? Um agente da CIA mafioso. Uma terra que não fala. Um touro premiado temperamental que não faz prisioneiros. É um desafio. Mas Anita fará tudo para resolver o caso… mesmo que tenha de colorir fora das linhas para o conseguir.
Cospirazione Virale
by Juan GarcíaGiacomo Aldobrandi, un rinomato ricercatore, scopre la formula per curare l’HIV. Si sente immensamente felice: la sua scoperta contribuirà a salvare milioni di vite in tutto il mondo. Per lui significherà, quasi sicuramente, ricevere il Premio Nobel per la medicina, qualcosa che ha sempre sognato ma che non aveva mai creduto di poter ottenere. Ma prima che possa rendere pubblico il suo lavoro, qualcuno cerca di ucciderlo. Giacomo è vittima di una cospirazione su larga scala organizzata dalla Corporazione Ambra Nera, che rappresenta gli interessi dell’industria farmaceutica e che non è affatto disposta a rinunciare agli ingenti guadagni garantiti dalla vendita dei medicinali per le terapie croniche per l'HIV. PREMIO ESCRIDUENDE AL MIGLIOR ROMANZO THRILLER 2015, FIERA DEL LIBRO DI MADRID. PREMIO INFINITO AL MIGLIOR ROMANZO THRILLER 2016. "Il romanzo del giovane Martín García rivela una maestria narrativa poco comune all’età dell’autore." José Menéndez - ex Magistrato del Tribunale Supremo. "Ci troviamo di fronte a un romanzo che non demerita affatto rispetto agli ultimi lavori di autori rinomati quali Stephen King o Dan Brown". Gabriel Neila - professore dell'Università di Thammasat (Tailandia). "Cospirazione Virale è un’avventura dinamica, divertente e scritta con uno stile leggero." Vicente Baratas - scrittore.
Cover of Darkness
by Rory WestgarthIt is hot and dry--the middle of a heat wave. One man polices the outback. Another man wreaks havoc and leaves behind a trail of destruction and carnage. In the middle stands an innocent child.
The Tin Man (Patrick McLanahan Series #7)
by Dale BrownThe master of military adventure creates the ultimate one-man army....New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown pits men and technology against impossible odds, in vividly realized stories. Now, in his eleventh novel, he brings aerial combat hero Patrick McLanahan out of retirement and plunges him into the most personal war he's ever fought.His old enemy Gregory Townsend has come to America to ignite a reign of terror that will sweep across the nation. The police and the government seem powerless to stop him. And one of the first casualties in this war is a rookie cop--McLanahan's brother.McLanahan has plenty of experience in war. And so does arms expert Jon Masters. Using Masters's deadliest weapon yet, McLanahan becomes a one-man army, known on the streets as the Tin Man. But this time, technology is a double-edged sword--and his war of revenge may destroy McLanahan himself... and everything he stands for.From the Paperback edition.
The Plotters: A Novel
by Un-Su KimMost Anticipated Crime Books of 2019--CrimeReadsMost Anticipated Books of 2019--Lit HubThis Winter's Best Thrillers--Chicago Review of Books"A work of literary genius; a quirky, compelling, intelligent, darkly funny, highly original and thought-provoking thriller like nothing I've read."-- Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King's DaughterFrom the novelist dubbed "the Korean Henning Mankell" (The Guardian) comes a fantastical crime novel set in an alternate Seoul where assassination guilds compete for market dominance. Behind every assassination, there is an anonymous mastermind--a plotter--working in the shadows. Plotters quietly dictate the moves of the city's most dangerous criminals, but their existence is little more than legend. Just who are the plotters? And more important, what do they want? Reseng is an assassin. Raised by a cantankerous killer named Old Raccoon in the crime headquarters "The Library," Reseng never questioned anything: where to go, who to kill, or why his home was filled with books that no one ever read. But one day, Reseng steps out of line on a job, toppling a set of carefully calibrated plans. And when he uncovers an extraordinary scheme set into motion by an eccentric trio of young women--a convenience store clerk, her wheelchair-bound sister, and a cross-eyed librarian--Reseng will have to decide if he will remain a pawn or finally take control of the plot. Crackling with action and filled with unforgettable characters, The Plotters is a deeply entertaining thriller that soars with the soul, wit, and lyricism of real literary craft.
Masks: Rise of Heroes (Yolks on You #1)
by Hayden ThorneStrange things are happening in Vintage City, and sixteen-year-old Eric seems to be right in the middle of them. There’s a new villain in town, one with super powers, and he’s wreaking havoc everywhere and on Eric’s life. The new superhero who springs up to defend Vintage City is almost as bad, making Eric all hot and bothered, enough so that he almost misses the love that’s right under his nose.Peter is Eric’s best friend, and even if he does seem to be hiding something most of the time, he finds a way to show Eric how he feels in between attacks on trains, banks, and malls. The two boys decide to start dating, much to the chagrin of their other best buddy, Althea, who has a terrible crush on Peter and a secret or two of her own to keep.As the fight between the Devil’s Trill and Magnifiman picks up, Eric’s relationship with Peter almost ends before it begins when Eric finds out about Peter’s special talents, which might just rank Peter as a superhero in his own right. When the Trill takes an interest in Eric, Peter and Althea, along with Magnifiman and Eric’s normal, middle-class family, all have to work together to keep Eric and their city safe.
Dylan's Dilemma (C21 Ser. #1)
by Edward KendrickWhen Dylan Russell unintentionally kills his ex-lover, Tommy, he knows he's in trouble. Then he meets a man named Mars Marsden who offers him a solution -- join the covert organization C21. An outfit made up of good men and women who ended up on the wrong side of the law, C21 now gives these people a chance to track and punish those criminals to whom the law doesn't seem to apply. Dylan should fit right in.After meeting Mars' handler, Dylan learns Tommy was an arms trafficker. Somewhat reluctantly, he agrees to go undercover to help bring down the rest of Tommy's gang. After this dangerous induction into his new life, Dylan is sent for training.But Dylan is a marked man. Not only are the police looking for him, but when one of Tommy's old colleagues discovers where Dylan is being trained, things get interesting. Can he and Mars survive the jobs they're sent on? And, more importantly, can their purely sexual relationship deepen into something more before the work they do tears them apart?
Deal with the Deviled Eggs (Yolks On You Ser. #3)
by Jessica PayseurAfter a chaos-filled summer, Kiko and Dom are ready to ease into a more laidback autumn and really put in some quality time together. Allowing Dom's ex roommate to crash with them, however, turns out to be a mistake when the guy won't leave.Dom struggles to cope as Travis dredges up things from his past he'd rather not remember and slowly casts doubts on his relationship with Kiko. Just when the tension seems to be too much, a murder after a Halloween party reignites the spark between Kiko and Dom.But when the body count begins to rise, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary killer. With few leads and no end to places the murderer could strike, this could either be a Halloween for Kiko and Dom to remember, or their very last.
The Runaway and the Enforcer (New Amsterdam #1)
by Edward KendrickBeau, thirty-five, is a gangland enforcer who has gone into hiding rather than following the orders of his boss, Mercer, to harm a rival's kid. Now, all Beau wants to do is eliminate Mercer before getting out of town.When Rick, an eighteen-year-old denizen of the streets, witnesses Beau killing one of Mercer's men who has found him, Beau takes Rick under his wing instead of killing him, as well. He offers Rick a place to stay while he figures out how to put his plan to take Mercer out into action -- without ending up dead himself.Befriending Rick is an act Beau may come to regret. Rick convinces Beau to take him along when he leaves town -- thus working his way into Beau's dangerous life on the run -- and perhaps, into his heart, if Beau can come to grips with the fact that Rick is half his age.Note: This story contains scenes of graphic violence.
Dead End Street
by Rick R. ReedThe old house at the end of a dead end street was more of a dead end than any of them realized ...They were five misfit kids who banded together in their small Ohio River town. Over the years, they had organized various clubs, and now they form the Halloween Horror Club. The premise is simple: each week, each teen would spin a horrifying tale, and at the end of five weeks, the scariest story wins a prize.The twist: the stories have to be told in the infamous and abandoned Tuttle house where, fifteen years earlier, an entire family was murdered in their beds.The idea seems like a good one at first, until the kids realize they may not be alone in the house. Is someone -- or something -- watching them? Maybe it’s Paul Tuttle, the teenage son who survived the murders only to disappear the night his parents and sister were killed. Or is it someone even more sinister?With each story, the tension mounts ... and so does the anger of the house’s mysterious inhabitant. He’s enraged at having his space violated. And his rage could mean a real dead end for those who dare to invade his home ...
You Die Today (Duncan Maclain Mystery #7)
by Baynard KendrickWhen a blinded veteran shoots up lower Broadway, that's news. It's not only news, but a one-way ticket to Bellevue. And when he shoots up Broadway with his own gun, last seen two years ago just before a General in the U. S. Army was shot, it is much more likely he'll be booked for murder... That's what happened to a young hero from the war in Korea, despite his protestations of innocence, and his account of what happened. And that's when Duncan Maclain stepped into the picture... Maclain not only believed the soldier's story, but followed leads to Hardesty's Health Farm, rich man's cure-all on the Hudson, where, it seemed, you diet today, you die tomorrow!
Blind Man's Bluff (Duncan Maclain Mystery #4)
by Baynard KendrickThe New York Police were sure Captain Duncan Maclain, the keen, blind detective, was wrong in forestalling the arrest of Seth Hadfield for murder of his estranged father, Blake. Even Maclain was forced to admit the balance of evidence against his client. Father and son had gone together to a deserted downtown office, and it was there that the older man plunged to his death over a stair rail. The case against Seth seemed to be even more damning when it was discovered that he had recently quarreled bitterly with his father concerning a family matter. The further Maclain went in his investigation, the more muddled the picture of crime became. Where there had been no evidence, except against Seth, there was suddenly too much evidence. And too many "accidents." Then Maclain finds a lovely assistant. Without her help, Maclain would never have seen the pattern of murder. Even with everything pointing to the guilty one, it is not until he goes to the extreme of placing himself in the dead man's own danger that the killer's bluff is called. Maclain finds the clever, ruthless murderer--and puts his assistant on a permanent basis.
El Rey (Colomba y Dante #Volumen 3)
by Sandrone DazieriLa última y esperadísima entrega del gran autor del spaghetti crime: Sandrone Dazieri. Una estrella de la novela negra europea junto a Lemaitre y Dicker. Después de una terrible tormenta de nieve, la ex subcomisaria Colomba Caselli encuentra en un su trastero a Tommy, un chico autista muerto de frío y en estado de shock, embadurnado de sangre, pero sin ninguna herida. Hace ya un año y medio que Colomba ha dejado la Policía y pasa las horas intentando recuperarse del día en el que el hombre sin nombre estuvo a punto de matarla y del secuestro de Dante Torre, algo así como su alma gemela. Pronto descubre que Tommy es el único superviviente del asesinato de sus padres, y también el principal sospechoso y, sin embargo, reconoce en su comportamiento las huellas de «el Padre». Mientras tanto, ¿dónde está Dante? ¿Sigue vivo? Y, ¿quién es el Rey de Oros? Colomba no tiene otra alternativa que regresar en el que quizá sea su último y más arriesgado caso. El maestro del thriller italiano se supera a sí mismo en esta extraordinaria entrega que cierra la serie protagonizada por la mejor pareja de investigadores de la novela negra actual. La crítica ha dicho...«Dazieri ha declarado la muerte de la novela negra y el renacimiento del thriller como género.»Zenda «Un thriller prodigioso, con un ritmo intenso y una trama soberbia llena de giros que no te dejan tiempo ni para tomar aire.»Il Foglio «Una trama vertiginosa, extrema y explosiva. [...] Dazieri juega con el imaginario de la ficción literaria contemporánea: desde Asimov a Doc Savage, pasando por El Club de la Lucha y el doctor House.»Severino Colombo, La Lettura (Corriere della Sera) «Rebosa adrenalina y terror.»Fabrizio D'Esposito, Il Fatto Quotidiano «El esperadísimo acto final de la trilogía de Dazieri. [...] Una última e inquietante jugada en la partida de cartas que los protagonistas juegan contra el Mal.»Raffaella Silipo, La Stampa «Un thriller a contracorriente.»Stefania Angelini, La Gazzetta dello Sport «Un castillo de espejos y engaños, una matrioska de efectos sorpresa que se desencadenan página tras página hasta llegar a un final de lo más inquietante.»Stefano Fabi, Corriere Adriatico Sobre El Ángel:«Dazieri vuelve con la espectacularidad de una obertura de ópera trágica y de una escalofriante realidad.»Lilian Neuman, Cultura/s de La Vanguardia «El personaje de Dante, acompañado de Colomba Caselli, es el resultado de mezclar ingeniosamente a Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson con esos nuevos y atípicos investigadores, golpeados y resentidos, que representan Lisbeth Salander y los putrefactosasesinos de las novelas de John Connolly y Maurizio de Giovanni.»Lluís Fernández, La Razón «La novela de intriga más original que ha caído en mis manos en las últimas semanas. Un thriller bastante oscuro y muy anfetamínico. [...] Una novela absorbente.»Manuel Rodríguez Rivero, Babelia «Dante y Colomba, una versión extrema de Sherlock y Watson del siglo XXI... Su libro es una representación del spaghetti crime, esa nueva novela negra italiana que se acerca más al thriller norteamericano y al lenguaje televisivo que a las viejas esencias mediterráneas de Camilleri.»Berna González Harbour, Elemental (blog de El País) Sobre No está solo:«Un gozoso descubrimiento. (...) Un vértigo de lo real, sin duda, memorable, con un ritmo frenético que absorbe (o abduce) al lector en un viaje desenfrenado a través de sus inquietantes páginas. (...) Los golpes de efecto son constantes.(..
Sandstorm (Sigma Force Series #1)
by James RollinsAn unexpected explosion hits the antiques section of a London museum. That collection was very important to Lady Kara Kensington, so she teams up with the museum's curator to discover the cause of the tragedy. They soon learn that the explosion may be linked to Ubar, a lost city beneath the Arabian desert. The two women join forces with a desert guide and an American ex navy SEAL to discover the mystery surrounding this city and an ancient power that lives and breathes. Meanwhile, people are dying because various agencies wish to harness this secret power and use it as their own.
Under a Dark Sky: A Novel
by Lori Rader-DayFrom the critically-acclaimed author of The Day I Died comes a terrifying twist on a locked-room mystery that will keep readers guessing until the last pageOnly in the dark can she find the truth . . .Since her husband died, Eden Wallace's life has diminished down to a tiny pinprick, like a far-off star in the night sky. She doesn't work, has given up on her love of photography, and is so plagued by night terrors that she can't sleep without the lights on. Everyone, including her family, has grown weary of her grief. So when she finds paperwork in her husband's effects indicating that he reserved a week at a dark sky park, she goes. She's ready to shed her fear and return to the living, even if it means facing her paralyzing phobia of the dark. But when she arrives at the park, the guest suite she thought was a private retreat is teeming with a group of twenty-somethings, all stuck in the orbit of their old college friendships. Horrified that her get-away has been taken over, Eden decides to head home the next day. But then a scream wakes the house in the middle of the night. One of the friends has been murdered. Now everyone—including Eden—is a suspect. Everyone is keeping secrets, but only one is a murderer. As mishaps continue to befall the group, Eden must make sense of the chaos and lies to evade a ruthless killer—and she'll have to do it before dark falls…
The Demons of Cranchurch
by H R JamesWhen the body of a respected member of the fictional village of Cranchurch is found abandoned in the boot of his own car, Detective Inspector Mike Strand calls upon his best friend and colleague, Dr Richard Stonefield, to assist with the murder investigation. Dr Richard Stonefield is a highly regarded forensic psychiatrist who lives and works in the village of Cranchurch and he is often called upon to assist the local police force with high-profile cases on a consultancy basis. As more murder scenes emerge and news of them spreads around the local area, fear begins to take hold as the race to capture the psychopathic serial killer becomes the sole goal of a new police taskforce. Armed only with grainy CCTV images of the person believed to be the serial killer, Mike and Richard must apply all of their skills and experience to steer the taskforce towards a successful result.
La gallera
by Ramón PalomarNarcos, polis corruptos y peleas de gallos. La nueva novela del autor de Sesenta kilos, una explosiva mezcla de violencia y venganza. ¿Te atreves a leerla? Año 2000. Alrededores de Vigo. Un vendedor de coches anónimo recibe una paliza que le destroza la vida. A partir de ese momento su hijo solo pensará en vengarse. Se llama Santiago Esquemas y se convertirá en un policía corrupto y violento. Ventura Borrás, sargento de la Legión afincado en Ceuta, ha creado un sólido entramado de actividades ilegales muy lucrativas con la colaboración de tipos como Gus, un matón que arrastra grabado en la piel el dolor que ha causado y que un día se volverá en su contra. Willy Ramos, un traficante que ha decidido retirarse escoge a su sucesor y le da un único consejo: «Sé discreto.Sé siempre discreto y no hagas alarde de tu dinero». Al joven heredero le llaman el Rubio, es listo y ambicioso pero pronto olvidará las sabias palabras de su mentor. Hasta que un segundón con muchas ganas de establecerse por su cuenta, el Chino, entrará en escena, cometerá un error... y casi todos saldrán perdiendo. Con el desconocido mundo de las peleas de gallos como telón de fondo, La gallera es un soplo de aire fresco para amantes de la novela negra en estado puro. Reseñas:«Una novela desgarradora y brutal como la violenta realidad que describe. Palomar es el James Ellroy español.»Santiago Posteguillo «En la novela negra española va a reinar Ramón Palomar.»Santiago Posteguillo «En esta novela oscura, violenta y con pátina lumpen, los únicos personajes honestos, de los que uno se fiaría, son los gallos de pelea que combaten en las galleras.»Paco Roca «El regreso de Ramón Palomar es la mejor noticia del año para el noir español.»César Pérez Gellida «Si Jim Thompson y James Ellroy se ponen a escribir tras un fin de semana de after, saldría esta novela.»Antonio Sales, Mon «Siempre con una agilidad endiablada que consigue mantener al lector pegado a las páginas y enganchado sin remedio a un hilo argumental del que el escritor tira a su antojo.» El diario montañés Sobre Sesenta kilos:«Que aprenda Tarantino. Brillante debut novelístico.»La Razón «Novela negra española que derrite los gélidos relatos escandinavos. Ramón Palomar ha escrito una historia que deja sin aliento.»Santiago Posteguillo «Sesenta kilos engancha, enamora, sacude, emociona. [...] Una espléndida muestra de noir hispano.»El Norte de Castilla «Venganza, ambición, violencia, sexo, corrupción, dinero, pero también amor y amistad, todo ello narrado con el ritmo trepidante de una road movie.»Trabalibros «Si te gusta la novela negra, si crees que todo ya está inventado en ella, tienes que leer sí o sí Sesenta kilos de Ramón Palomar. ¡¡¡Bienvenido a la novela negra cañí!!!»El Búho entre Libros
Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes Illustrierte Fassung (Classics To Go)
by Arthur DoyleDie Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes (Originaltitel: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) sind eine Sammlung von zwölf Kurzgeschichten von Arthur Conan Doyle. Die Geschichten wurden ursprünglich von Juli 1891 bis Juni 1892 im Strand Magazine veröffentlicht, der Sammelband mit Illustrationen von Sidney Paget erschien am 14. Oktober 1892 in Großbritannien und am 15. Oktober 1892 in den USA. Im Zentrum der Handlung stehen Sherlock Holmes und Dr. John Watson, die seltsame Verbrechen aufklären. Dabei bedient sich Holmes seiner Methode von Deduktion, die ihn so gut wie immer an das gewünschte Ziel bringt. (Wikipedia)
Die Spur des Dschingis-Khan (Classics To Go)
by Hans DominikIn seinem Roman Die Spur des Dschingis-Khan aus den Jahren 1922/23 plädiert die Hauptperson für eine „Rückführung“ schwarzer Bürger der USA auf den afrikanischen Kontinent. Figuren in Dominiks Romanen postulieren jedoch nicht die Unabänderlichkeit einer „Überlegenheit“ der „weißen Rasse“, sondern eine Art Verantwortung, „die Welt zu regieren, und dass in Zukunft eine andere Rasse (schwarz, gelb) käme, die die Bürde der Verantwortung von den Schultern nehmen werde“. (Wikipedia)
Waiting for Nothing
by Tom KromerWaiting for Nothing, first published in 1935, is a sobering, first-hand account of the author's life as a homeless man during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The book, a classic portrayal of the brutality and inhumaness of the time, was written while author Tom Kromer (1906-1969) was working at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in California, and was his only completed novel. Waiting for Nothing describes Kromer's travels on the rails, his encounters with small-time cooks, prostitutes and homosexuals, and the endless search for enough food to eat and a warm place to sleep. Throughout the book, Kromer describes the plight of a vast army of unemployed workers, left to fend for themselves in a largely uncaring society.
The Cluny Problem: A Chief Inspector Pointer Mystery
by A. E. FieldingThe Cluny Problem, first published in 1929, is a classic British 'golden-age' murder mystery. The book, authored by A. E. Fielding (whose real identity remains itself somewhat of a mystery), features Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Pointer, called in by French authorities to assist them in solving a pair of murders.From the dustjacket: Just as the Villa Porte Bonheur at Cluny, France, is recovering from a daring jewel theft, Mr. Brownlow and Sir Anthony Cross are found dead in one of its rooms. The obvious conclusion is that their sudden deaths are the result of a duel over the former’s beautiful and dangerous wife, but for good and sufficient reasons the French police have to reject this solution. A. confession from Brownlow is found which seems to unravel the mystery, but Sir Anthony Cross's fiancée has a different theory. Her views are shared by the indomitable Inspector Pointer of Scotland Yard and, in the end, prove to be correct.
Mystery at the Rectory
by A. E. FieldingMystery at the Rectory, first published in 1937, is a classic British 'golden-age' murder mystery.The Rev. John Avery, rector of the village church, was famous for the eloquence and scholarly nature of his sermons. No one in attendance at the Sunday service was surprised then, when the rector, having evidently exchanged his notes for some other document, after a moment’s hesitation, delivered one of his most moving sermons extempore. They were, however, much surprised, when the rector was found dead the next morning the victim of an apparent accidental poisoning. Coming on the heels of the death of one of the leading young men of the village by a shooting, also ruled an accident, it seemed to all an unfortunate coincidence. To all, that is, except for Chief Inspector Pointer, who, by a much more fortunate coincidence, happened to be visiting the County Chief Constable for a spot of fishing. It falls to the Scotland Yard detective to unravel the web of secrets that form the...Mystery at the Rectory!
The Eames-Erskine Case: A Chief Inspector Pointer Mystery
by A. E. FieldingThe Eames-Erskine Case, first published in 1925, is a classic British 'golden-age' murder mystery, and introduces the character of Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Pointer, the first of two dozen novels featuring the Chief Inspector. From the dustjacket: “The publication of this first novel by A. Fielding marks the advent of a new star in the field of mystery-story writing. From the discovery of the strangled, still-warm body of Reginald Eames in a hotel wardrobe, until all of the multitudinous mysteries in connection with the case are finally unraveled in one of the most startling denouements in modern fiction, the author displays the touch of the born writer of mystery stories.”
Scarecrow: A Chief Inspector Pointer Mystery
by A. E. FieldingScarecrow, first published in 1937, is a classic British 'golden-age' murder mystery.Chief Inspector Pointer has a problem. More specifically, he has a body and two women claiming it as their husband. The body, the apparent victim of robbery with violence, was discovered on the beach at Dover dressed in old clothes. The competing claims of the women are soon dismissed as those of women looking for a “convenient” body, the one to collect on an insurance policy, the other to remarry. That leaves Pointer with the question of the identity of the dead man and how did he come to be lying in a beach shelter with his head bashed in. His investigation leads him to the sunny fields of the south of France and entanglements with another, more sensational, murder case that had long been thought solved.