Novedades

In 1939, Dr. Lotty Herschel, V. I. Warshawki’s closest friend in Chicago, escaped the Holocaust in Vienna with her childhood playmate, Kitty Saginor Binder. Though the two drifted and animosities grew between them over the years, when Kitty’s daughter finds her life in danger, she turns to Lotty for help. In turn, Lotty summons V. I. to take the case.

Identical twins Will and Billy Benson were once the beloved child-stars of a hit '90s sitcom. One abrupt cancellation, and thirty years later, they've been relegated to "Where Are They Now?" status. Will walked away from the spotlight and settled into obscurity as a security guard. Billy, unable to accept the end of his glory days, spent the intervening decades chasing a comeback, and spiraling further and further into addiction.

As a favor to her most important client, V. I. agrees to check up on an empty mansion. But instead of a mysterious intruder she discovers a dead man in the ornamental pond—a reporter for an African-American publication whom the suburban cops are quick to dismiss as a suicide. When the man’s shattered family hires V. I. to investigate, she is sucked into a Gothic tale of sex, money, and power, leading her back to McCarthy-era blacklists and forward to some of the darker aspects of the Patriot Act.

No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but she’d happily avoid tangling with Chicago political bosses. Yet that’s what she ends up doing when she responds to a plea for help from an old high school flame, Frank Guzzo. Frank’s mother Stella was convicted of killing his kid sister, but now that she’s out of prison, she’s looking for exoneration. Even though the Warshawskis and Stella never got along, V. I. agrees to make a few inquiries after she sees how hard life has been on Frank and her other childhood friends.

A young girl found stranded on a raft off the coast of Baja California is marked for death by a violent gang. Shunned by locals for fear of retribution, ex-pat Chase Grant is unable to leave the girl to her fate. But the girl isn’t the only one with secrets, and Grant’s past will be thrust into the present as it threatens to upend the second chance he was given with his family.

A conscience can weigh a PI down more than the heaviest firearm—and get her into more trouble too. It’s that nagging conscience that makes V. I. Warshawski agree to fill in as coach for the girls’ basketball team at her South Chicago alma mater—which in turn leads her to the headquarters of By-Smart, the global retail empire where V. I. hopes to get some desperately needed funds for the struggling squad. But conscience seems to be in short supply at By-Smart... with the exception of Billy Bysen, the earnest teenage grandson of the chain’s gruff, tightfisted founder.

A helicopter driving a controversial round-up of wild horses suddenly crashes and the pilot is found to have been shot. Then the person coordinating the round-up for the Bureau of Land Management is savagely murdered, buried up to her neck and then trampled to death by the very same wild horses. And there's no lack of suspects—with the wild horse advocacy group having sworn to protect the horse At Any Cost! Now the state and federal agencies are showing up looking for answers or at least a scapegoat.

When a group of Chicago tweens holds a ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse—stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. V.I. Warshawski arrives on the scene to escort the girls home—but protecting them places her at the tangled center of the investigation. And the girls include daughters of some of Chicago’s most powerful families: the grandfather of one, Chaim Salanter, is among the world’s wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is running for the United States Senate.

No one knows why the district attorney is gunning for Susan Wilson, but Clint Wolf is determined to find out—even if it’ll get him in trouble. While he works to clear Susan’s name, his crusade is sidelined when a bar manager is murdered during an apparent armed robbery. The method of operation is eerily similar to those used by the ruthless gang who killed his family, and Clint might soon have to face down the demons from his past to solve the mystery. Will Clint walk that fine line between good and evil, or will he abandon his principles to settle an old score?

Amidst the enchanting, perpetual twilight of Saint Petersburg's White Nights festival, a darker reality unfolds for Inspectors Dmitri Petrov and Manislov Illich. Their seemingly straightforward assignment--revisiting two long unsolved cold cases, soon uncovers a disturbing sequence of interconnected crimes. What began as routine soon takes a sinister turn, hinting that the truths they seek are far more perilous than they could imagine. An intricate and captivating mystery, it plunges readers into the heart of Saint Petersburg's hidden darkness. "With atmospheric prose and a sinister plot, ...

Beneath the sun and sea of South Florida, dark crimes and bone-chilling secrets are lurking. Introducing a brand-new twisty mystery series from award-winning author Elaine Viets. When the body of adult film star Sammie Lant is found buried next to the courtyard pool of the Florodora, Norah McCarthy’s apartment complex, she quickly becomes the police’s prime suspect. Norah was witnessed having an argument with Sammie six months ago, the last day Sammie was seen alive—the day she gained notoriety for a shocking public stunt with a college football player.

Introducing "Down & Out in Manhattan," a gripping financial thriller that will take you on a thrilling journey through the dark side of high finance. Jack Cole, an ambitious analyst at an investment banking firm, is about to discover that in the cutthroat world of Wall Street, the line between success and ruin is razor-thin. When a chance encounter with his firm's enigmatic owner thrusts him into the heart of a high-stakes conspiracy, Jack's life takes an unexpected turn. Witness Jack's rise from obscurity to the pinnacle of success, only to be mercilessly stripped of everything he holds ...

Jesse King is an assistant district attorney in Detroit who takes comfort in taking dangerous criminals off the streets. When Detroit's mayor, Harris Yancy, is murdered, authorities implicate his mistress, Ramona Blake. Ramona had been with Yancy before he died and, worse, fled the scene with Yancy's locked briefcase. Enter Jesse King, who becomes convinced that Ramona is innocent and, when he launches his own investigation, is accused of Yancy's murder. While hunting the real killer, Jesse goes on the run, searching for the truth in Detroit's violence-ridden streets.

When Devon and Cornwall Police begin to investigate the strangulation and skinning of a young man, they discover the remains of a missing child nearby. Having recently arrived from London, DCI Peter Moone is put in charge of the case alongside the tough talking local DS Mandy Butler. They soon find themselves sinking deep into a dark world of child abuse and murder.

Septiembre de 1954. En un islote llamado Shutter Island, frente a la costa de Boston, se alza un conjunto de edificios de aspecto siniestro: se trata de un hospital psiquiátrico cuyos internos, todos hondamente perturbados y sometidos a una vigilancia estricta, han cometido algún crimen grave. El agente federal Teddy Daniels y su ayudante, Chuck Aule, son enviados allí porque una de las reclusas, Rachel Solando, parece haberse evadido de algún modo incomprensible de una celda cerrada a cal y canto. La única pista es una hoja de papel con una serie de números y letras sin significado aparente.

The summer of 1988 is ablaze—not just with heat, but with hysteria. As Satanic Panic sweeps the nation, innocent lives hang in the balance. Private detective Peter O’Keefe never expected to be drawn into the storm, but when his daughter’s beloved teacher "Miss Ginny" is accused of unspeakable crimes, he can’t turn away.

Chicago’s Club Gouge attracts an eclectic audience, from bohemian types to Ukranian mobsters to young men just back from the war. And tonight, V.I. Warshawski is in the crowd too. The edgy stage show stars The Body Artist, who invites audience members to draw on her naked flesh. But things get a lot edgier when a woman sketches a picture on the Body Artist—and one of the veterans flies into a drunken rage. Next thing V.I. knows, she’s cradling the woman’s dying body in an alley, and a PTSD-stricken soldier is presumed guilty.

“For God’s sake, look away! Just look away!” It began on a Sunday. An ordinary Sunday, and a family trip to the mall. Will Carter takes his five-year old daughter to the bathroom, and there he is witness to a deadly assault on an innocent stranger. Over the next few days, Will tries to put the experience behind him, but when he sees one of the attackers outside his home, he becomes more and more involved, and soon passes the point of no return. Becoming drawn deeper and deeper into something he does not understand, Will feels increasingly out of his depth and is soon asking if the ...

During the middle of a storm, a local radio DJ is savagely murdered in his Essex mansion. When the clouds and rain clear the following morning, DS Tomek Bowen and his team discover a crime scene reminiscent of something from the history books. The evidence suggests this was a random killing. But as Tomek peels back the layers of the victim's life, he realises there's more to the DJ than meets the eye.

She doesn’t know who he is. Or why he’s following her. He comes into her home. Her living room. Her bedroom. Leanne knows he’s watching her. Why is he stalking her? She doesn’t know who he is or what he wants. Who is he, spying on her and her friends and family? What has she done to him to bring him into her life? She wants him gone before someone gets hurt or worse killed.