Novedades

Sharp Shots bring three of T.S. O'Rourke's hardboiled noir novelettes together in one ebook:* The ClubAn elderly rich couple employ the services of P.I. Jimmy O'Hanlon in a desperate search for their daughter who went missing after a high society sex party held by an exclusive private club. But is everything what it seems to be?* Sunset StripA travelling businessman meets a beautiful young Latina from the wrong side of the tracks. But everything starts to go wrong.On waking he finds his life turned upside down and all reason gone from his world. Caught in an impossible situation and running...

Prepare for a thrilling journey into the gritty underworld of crime and redemption with "Adrift from Paradise," hailed as an excellent gangster story by Brian Lee. Tommy Gallagher thought he could escape his past by hiding out on a tropical island, enjoying the spoils of his criminal activities. But his peaceful existence is shattered when his girlfriend is kidnapped right before his eyes. Suddenly, Tommy finds himself face-to-face with the notorious boss of the New York Irish mob, presenting him with a risky proposition. Joined by his loyal crime partner, Liam, Tommy goes on the run, ...

Experience a gripping tale of family, deception, and a web of long-buried secrets in "The Parting Glass," a must-read novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Fifteen years ago, Johnny Shannon was forced to leave behind his loved ones and the life he knew. But when a fateful phone call from his brother shatters his world, Johnny reluctantly returns home for his father's funeral. Little does he know, stepping foot back into his hometown will unravel a web of shocking revelations. Nothing is as it seems. Powerful forces are at play, and Johnny soon finds himself entangled in a dark ...

PALABRAS ASESINAS Thriller psicológico con enfoque femenino ambientado en una prisión de Barcelona En la cárcel de Wad-Ras, las muertes nunca parecen del todo naturales. Carmen Soto, interna en proceso de recuperación, aparece muerta una madrugada. No hay signos de violencia. Tampoco hay testigos. Solo silencio. Silencio… y palabras. Cuando la psicóloga forense Mercedes Hurtado es llamada para evaluar a Amaia Laredo —una reclusa brillante, carismática y peligrosamente persuasiva—, se encuentra atrapada en un juego mental donde la víctima y el verdugo intercambian roles con una ...

Introducing "Possible Twenty," a thrilling novel that will take you on a wild ride through the gritty streets of New York City in the 1980s. Tommy Gallagher is just an ordinary guy trying to make a living in the big city, but when he opens an "Outlaw Night Club" in Tribeca, he unwittingly stumbles upon the first wave of the Ecstasy craze. With the help of his crew, Tommy begins moving volume and making money, and his life seems to take a turn for the better. But when he catches the eye of powerful gangsters who want to sponsor him, he's pulled into a dangerous game where the stakes keep ...

Tra le torbide acque del Tevere, ai piedi della basilica di San Paolo, viene ritrovato il cadavere di una donna, in posa come se fosse vittima di un misterioso rito. Quando posa lo sguardo sulla scena del crimine, Nemo Sperati sprofonda nella Stanza delle Ombre, il teatro mentale dove è in grado di vedere l'invisibile, riconoscere la firma dell'autore e attribuire l'opera. Per scagarsi, Nemo dovrà scendere negli abissi del proprio passato, separare il vero dal falso e far luce sul mistero che ammanta la vita e la morte di Rufo Speranza.

Quando il cadavere di un uomo viene ripescato nel fiume, Nico è certo di sapere di chi si tratta. Per una ragione molto semplice: è stato lui a ucciderlo. O almeno cosí crede. Nel tentativo di ricostruire i fatti, per assolversi o condannarsi, si ritrova a scavare nelle bugie della sua famiglia e a cercare l'origine della loro infelicità, che come una malattia si è propagata e ha infettato ogni cosa. Persino i desideri.

The first in an exciting new series of Scandi Noir thrillers featuring Detective Frida Skardet from the author of the Cold Secrets series, Tom Quiller. Pre-book the first in the NORSE KRIMOLOGI strand now. THE MURDER OF INFANTS SEEMS TO BE CHILDSPLAY FOR THIS KILLER When a child dies during its baptism, it is the first move in a deadly game of cat and mouse for Detective Frida Skardet, newly arrived in Trondheim with a limp from an encounter with Russian agents (picked up in the Sam Tilson espionage thriller, Heaven's First Law), her teenage son, and a lot of mental baggage. What people are...

FAME. FORTUNE. MURDER.Highly acclaimed crime series featuring the inimitable DCI Jim Tyler and DS Danny Mills. Detectives Tyler & Mills uncover the dark underbelly of the music scene when a singer goes missing and a band member is murdered. Johnny and the Swamp Seeds are on the cusp of success when singer Johnny Richards goes missing. The body of a young man is found in the local canal. But the dead man is not Johnny Richards. DCI Jim Tyler leads the investigation into the brutal murder of Adam Lane, ex band member and friend of Richards since schooldays. Is the disappearance related? Is ...

He escaped the city of nightmares once. And now he must return. William Twist is on the brink of collapse. But even with his detective agency failing, he’s wary when Beth Hilary, an attractive and wealthy widow walks into his office. Yet Twist is in no position to refuse when she makes him a generous offer to look into the suspicious suicide of her son, a philosophy student at Twist's old university. Following the case back to a city holding dark and disturbing secrets he’s spent twenty years trying to escape, he soon regrets his decision. But people are depending on him, and Twist is ...

Hero of a best-selling mystery series ... and his author wants him dead. Frank Miller, hero of the best-selling mystery novels written by The Man Upstairs, works the weird streets of Chapeltown as a private detective. During the legendary case of the Black Widow everything changed, Frank becoming aware of his fictional existence. Proclaimed at the time as a work of genius, Frank believes it was the first sign The Man Upstairs was sick. This latest case, involving the death of a care worker, and coinciding with the appointment of Chapeltown’s first elected mayor, has Frank baffled. The Man...

Il nuovo romanzo di Antonio Manzini, l'Italia più nera e cattiva, il male come unica possibilità di riscatto. Colle San Martino è una frazione arroccata sull'Appennino a due passi da Rieti soggiogata dalla Chiesa di Don Graziano e dal Castello di Cicci Bellè che possiede tutto, case e terreni, soldi da prestare e su tutti domina. Attorno a questo microcosmo si muovono i personaggi, che appaiono tra le quinte di quello che è un vero e proprio teatro, di volta in volta chiamati sulla scena a sostenere la loro parte.

After narrowly escaping with his life at the hands of a murderous Hollywood pimp, detective Happy Doll, bullet-ridden but healing, has landed on a remote Mexican beach. In a humble shack and with his dog for company, Doll settles into a peaceful idyll of Buddhist study. But then trouble, as it always does, comes to paradise. Doll is the witness to a murder for which he is framed, and now, with an expired passport and the Mexican authorities on his tail, he must sneak across the border back to L.A. by any means necessary, with the goal of bringing the true murderer to justice.

Мелкий бизнесмен Юрий Колокольцев, попавший в криминальную историю, соглашается обменяться документами с приятелем-милиционером, и под его именем пойти работать клерком в МВД. Самого же приятеля не прельщает подобного рода стезя, он разочаровался в профессии и мечтает уехать в Америку, хотя протекцию в аппарат министерства ему составил дядя – вице-премьер правительства. Юрию же некуда деваться: он разбил чужую машину, ранил человека, и теперь ему грозит тюремный срок.

In the sleepy village of Fickleton, there is but one obsession, a young Venus named Evelyn Sands, adored, loved, cherished. But then, one day...

Serial murders, riots, and gang warfare: howling with pleasure, the manhunter Daniel Acosta Berg has chased his prey deep into the rotten core of the projects in the outskirts of the ever-expanding Oslo-arcology, only to have his hunt thwarted at the very last minute. Nothing lasts forever.Now, the Crows in KRIPOS and the Ravens in the PST are starting to circle like vultures around Taskforce Charlie's biggest murder case ever. Personal ambitions and careers are at stake as secret agendas come into play way above their paygrade. Daniel wants to howl his displeasure at the careless heavens ...

Tauro Pigro, ridente località termale punteggiata di palme. Un hotel dall'eleganza sfiorita - tappeti polverosi, mobilio di mogano tarlato - accoglie dieci ospiti che arrivano alla spicciolata, ognuno col proprio carico di solitudine e aspettative. C'è la socialite d'altri tempi ossessionata dall'età, la bibliotecaria con la testa fra le nuvole, lo storico dell'arte che si ostina a non andare in pensione, la coppia sposata da decenni, lo scrittore incompreso. E poi l'architetto seduttore seriale, il parrucchiere rapato a zero, la capa che tiranneggia la sottoposta senza pietà.

It's 1941 in the quaint Village of Worthington, Ohio. Life is changing at the end of the Great Depression. Elizabeth Russo, 23, teaches elementary school but feels uncertain about her future. Her Sicilian immigrant father ran The Red and White, a popular village general store.