Pen Avram: 30 books

When Kroupa and Hendrych investigate the death of an Italian crime boss, the trail leads to Venice, where they dredge up deadly secrets from its murky waters. However, the hunter soon becomes the hunted, while following a lead to La Paz, in their most dangerous case yet.

An unexpected commission to cover a wedding for a community paper leads Hendrcyh and Kroupa to murder. In the depths of Jewish tradition they uncover a very unconventional menage a quatred and, as they become more and more entangled in a web of intrigue, the bloodshed begins.

When Hendrych visits India's Kashmir to attend a wedding, our intrepid duo go off the rails... literally. The train is derailed in a catastrophic accident and Kroupa and Hendrych find themselves amongst those lucky enough to have survived. Thoughts turn to terrorism, but there are too many coincidences...

When a wealthy jeweller is found battered do death, Kroupa and Hendrych find themselves in double trouble. As their investigations focus on a pair of identical twin sisters, danger comes too close to home for Kroupa's liking. This time his faithful police dog, Sara, is at the centre. With a golden...

New-age pulp-fiction for an old-fashion price. Hendrych and Kroupa check into a luxury resort, but they're there on business, not pleasure. A notorious judge is found dead in the sauna and soon everybody at the hotel either is or wants to be a suspect. With no shortage of potential murderers,...

The unthinkable happens. In the heart of the most secure building in the nation, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is shot. While she clings onto life, yet another parliamentarian is struck down. As our intrepid duo enter the world of politics, they soon realise that there's much trickery afoot.

With a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone, this old man came rolling home.' Never has a truer word been spoken. When a bone is uncovered while investigating a car accident, Kroupa's faithful police dog uncovers a body, buried by the roadside. Soon they are rolling in bodies and...

Left for dead in Zurich, is this the end for Kroupa and Benoît? The horrors of the past have come back to life and at the centre of it all is the Mona Lisa. With Hendrych left in the dark, and Kroupa nowhere to be found, it looks as though evil plans laid down over a hundred years ago may finally...

The repercussions of a 1911 art theft are still being felt today. As Kroupa and Hendrcyh find themselves at the heart of an international conspiracy that began over a century ago, even they are baffled. Is Leonardo da Vinci really laughing at them from beyond the grave?

A club owner and a pole dancer are murdered within a few blocks of each other. Are the crimes linked? It certainly seems that way, but this time the investigation threatens to drive our intrepid duo apart when Hendrych gives in to temptation. With the help of their dog, Sara, they try to uncover the truth, but their search takes them around the globe and someone is out to kill them.

Kroupa needs a holiday, so an invitation to a premiere in Bordeaux comes at just the right time. However, 'in vino veritas' and the region's vineyards soon reveal that the sins of the past still have devastating ramifications to this day. If Kroupa was hoping to avoid a murder, he's in for a disappointment, and this time the stakes are very high!

Kroupa and Hendrych go to the theatre! In their first full-length stage play, our intrepid duo go deeper than ever before while investigating a suspicious death, which leads them to the the Chinese underworld. However, while all the clues point to a gangland killing, could the real motive be far more personal?

Kroupa is convinced that a serial killer is on the loose. A series of deaths by poison cannot be a coincidence, but what links them all? A woman who doesn’t exist? Or the Sydney underworld?Or both? Kroupa and Hendrych have their work cut out for them, but when they decide to take the law into their own hands, they start down a path with fatal consequences.q

A series of deaths and accidents take Hendrych and Kroupa from the luxury of a Blue Mountains resort to the Western Suburbs of Sydney. Are these multiple murders, and could they be related? Only time will tell as our intrepid duo once again face danger while they try to find out whodunnit. However, with the court case fast approaching, will they have enough time uncover the truth?