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Stone the crows—Aussie Kylie Kendall returns!Kylie’s relationship with paramour Ariana Creeling has reached a new level—until she disappears. There’s no sign of violence, no ransom demand—she simply vanishes. Kylie is distraught, not knowing whether she’s alive or dead. Convinced there’s a link to the prestigious Clarice Turner Evenstar Home, where aged show business stars fade not-so-gently away, Kylie disguises herself as a volunteer and finds herself on the trail of the culprit—but will she be too late to save the woman she loves?Claire McNab is a transplanted Aussie who has written many mysteries for both children and adults.

“We can’t help loving sleuth Kylie Kendall. . . . We’ll follow her wherever her brunette ambitions take her.”— GirlfriendsKylie may still be a private eye in training, and she may still be reeling by the secret her business partner finally revealed to her. But nothing can compare to her family’s interference, even from far-away Australia. When her mother asks Kylie to check in on “distant” relative Doug “Dingo” O’Rourke, who has landed a TV gig in Los Angeles, Kylie realizes she has no choice but to do so. Dingo, though, wants nothing to do with an interfering private investigator, despite the fact that something dreadful is worrying him.

Undercover agent Denise Cleever faces a daunting assignment - infiltrate the shadowy terrorist group who has found a unique method to produce widespread panic. How? By paying amateur contract killers a considerable bounty for every successful murder at random. The method of murder is up to the contract killer - but it's mandatory that each death be brutally violent and attract the maximum publicity. National exposure gets a substantial bonus; making the international media network doubles the original fee. As Denise follows the elusive trail, she discovers an unholy alliance between members of the media and the perpetrator of the tide of fear that is engulfing the nation. Deeply undercover, with no back-up if things go wrong, Denise faces her most challenging assignment as she realizes the fate of thousands is in her hands. This is the sixth installment of the Denise Cleever Thriller series.

Frustrated, transplanted Aussie Kylie Kendall mostly hangs out with her secretary and samples LA nightlife. Owning half a detective agency is boring when your partner won’t let you detect. But twins Alf and Chica Hartnidge, hosts of Australian hit children TV show The Oz Mob ask who smuggles opals into the U.S. inside their Kelvin Kookaburra plush toys, and murder follows.

Kylie Kendall is hired for a routine security detail to prevent an academic rival from disrupting Dr. Oscar Braithwaite’s keynote address at UCLA’s Global Marsupial Symposium. Sounds easy enough to be downright dull, but then Dr. Braithwaite is murdered, and his sister, the sexually voracious and irresistibly attractive Dr. Penelope Braithwaite, hires Kylie to investigate his death. Can Kylie keep from mixing business with oh-so-much pleasure? Can she remain true to her barely requited love for her ice-queen business partner, Arianna Creeling? Oh yes, and can she figure out who killed Oscar? All of these questions and more are answered in this latest installment of Claire McNab’s Kylie Kendall mystery series.Transplanted Australian Claire McNab is the author of two other Kylie Kendall mysteries, The Wombat Strategy and The Kookaburra Gambit. She has also written 18 best-selling mystery novels, 14 featuring the popular Detective Inspector Carol Ashton and four featuring undercover agent Denise Cleever. She has served as the president of Sisters in Crime and is a member of both the Mystery Writers of America and the Science Fiction Writers of America. She lives in Los Angeles.

Wenig Spaß hat auch Claire McNabs Serienheldin Carol Ashton mit ihrem neuesten Fall. Vor der schönen Kulisse Australiens vergnügt sich ein Millionär damit, seinen Mitmenschen böse Streiche zu spielen. Bis eines seiner Opfer den Spieß umdreht und der Spaßmacher selbst grausam zu Tode kommt. In Spaß muß sein schickt McNab das übliche Ermittlungsteam ins Rennen, viel Altbekanntes, wenig Neues, ein bisschen Herzschmerz ist auch dabei.

For most people, to know Milton Ryce is to loathe him. Now in his mid-forties, the practical joker has never outgrown the adolescent behavior that amused him so much as a teenager. Embarrassing others has been his favorite past time, and he delights in coming up with elaborate schemes for setting up his 'friends' as fall guys. Extremely generous with his money, Milton has bought influence in high places and a circle of well-connected friends and business acquaintances. When he plunges to his death while sky diving, no one seems particularly surprised to find that he was murdered. Detective Inspector Carol Ashton finds a long list of possible murderers--a list that includes family members who are positively jostling for position to be at the top of the list. Then an elaborate practical joke is played out at Milton's funeral by his son, Ted, and more evidence begins piling up against him. Carol must act quickly to find out if Ted is indeed his father's killer--or if he is simply being set up as yet another 'fall guy'... Fall Guy is the 16th book in the Carol Ashton mystery series.

Aussie dyke Kylie Kendall leaves tiny Australian outback Wollegudgerie pub when unknown dad leaves her 51% of his LA detective agency. Lovely enigmatic Arianna Creeling offers to buy her out, but Dr Deer, celebrity psychiatrist to the stars, hires them to investigate his stolen records, and apparent suicide of successful reviled film director client.

Geheimdienstagentin Denise Cleever infiltriert ein extremistisches Trainingscamp in Australien, um einen Terroranschlag zu verhindern. Als sie den Auftrag erhält, einen Politiker zu ermorden, steht sie vor der schwersten Entscheidung ihres Lebens: einen Unschuldigen töten oder ihr eigenes Leben riskieren.

Kriminalkommissarin Carol Ashton untersucht eine Serie verdächtiger Unfälle in New South Wales, die alle ein ähnliches Muster aufweisen. Trotz fehlender Zeugen und wasserdichter Alibis der Begünstigten gelingt es ihr, den Täter in einem dramatischen Showdown zu überführen.