Novedades

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.

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.

A spaceman's head is blown off as he repairs the outer hull of the spaceship. A beautiful dame suspects foul play, and hires a detective. Can our hero track down the murderer before getting his lights punched out? 11 full color illustrations. Old school pulp fiction meets hard science fiction. A review from Royal Road: Overall 5 stars Space noir! Reviewed at: In the dens of dragonsby Tim Craire11/18/2024, 10:25 PM Very nice so far, after just two installments. A film-noir-style private eye tries to solve a murder on a spaceship, surrounded by dames and wiseguys, etc. etc. The prose style is...

In the summer of 2004, while Chicago slept, a dark cloud crept over the city. A dark and dangerous mist slept under the locked doors and through the windows of single black women on the south side of Chicago. When it left, it took the hearts and souls of innocent families with it: by taking the lives of single black women who lived alone. The doors and windows were locked from the inside: yet a murderer got inside and killed two single black women while they sept peacefully in their beds. Their throats were cut. Like a mist, death was unseen. The media sensationalized the murders and panic ...

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Suppose your wife leaves work but never arrives home; you call, only to find nobody there has heard of her. If she doesn’t work there, where has she been going? Matthew Gibbons thought he had it all – a house in a leafy Boston suburb, his wife Ruth and a beautiful son. But when one evening, after texting him ‘leaving now’, she doesn’t arrive home, and the staff at her office say they have no Ruth Gibbons working there, he sees his whole life collapse around him. What could have made Ruth walk away from her home and her family? When Matt tries to piece together his wife’s life, ...

In quello che appare un banale palazzo popolare, troppe morti sospette si sono susseguite negli ultimi anni, tutte archiviate come incidenti. Ma una donna, decisa a non farsi schiacciare dal silenzio, chiede a Stella di indagare. Stella indaga, sbaglia, soffre, cade e si rialza, in quel suo modo unico, cinico e disperatamente onesto. Fino a trovare, nel cuore del grigio, una verità tanto inaspettata quanto necessaria.

Perché l'indagine che lì si era aperta non si è ancora conclusa. C'è poi il fatto più grave, l'assassinio di Adele, una cara amica del vicequestore, uccisa da un killer mentre dormiva nel letto di Rocco. Costretto a scavare nel proprio passato il vicequestore cercherà di chiudere il cerchio una volta per tutte.

“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 ...

“‘You looking for the Angel? Be careful,’ he whispered.” Hard-nosed investigative reporter Jack Richardson, whom we first met in Don’t Go Out in the Dark, is assigned to a story involving sleaze and a prominent Member of Parliament. During the investigation, Jack receives a call relating to an old case, one involving the murder of a twenty-year-old girl, suggesting that this case might not be as closed as everybody thinks. Torn between his assigned story, and one where there might have been a terrible miscarriage of justice, Jack must make a choice. His decision leads him into a ...

Un calendario de Adviento es un almanaque simbólico que recrea los veinticuatro días que anteceden a la Navidad. Es un calendario de "cuenta atrás" desde el 1 de diciembre hasta el 24 de diciembre (Nochebuena). La tradición, de origen alemán, consiste en abrir una casilla cada día para descubrir una sorpresa o regalo. Pero, no te confundas: este que aquí encontrarás es un calendario atípico que encierra un misterio. ¿Te atreves a descubrirlo? La Navidad es un acontecimiento anual, esperado por todos; tiempo de alegría, fraternidad e ilusión. Pero… a veces, en esos días, ...

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...

Nach ihrer Scheidung ist die fünfundvierzigjährige Ruth dankbar, einen Job gefunden zu haben. Auf der Privatinsel Edward Lensingtons, einem Milliardär, der durch die Folgen eines Schlaganfalls eingeschränkt ist, hofft sie, als dessen Pflegekraft neu anfangen zu können. Doch die vorerst glückliche Idylle verliert schnell ihren Glanz, als Ruth in einer stürmischen Nacht selbst mysteriöse Lichter in der Nähe des stillgelegten Leuchtturmes erblickt und Schreie vernimmt.