Island Crime

Alex Méndez has spent more than a decade carrying out exclusive contracts. He’s the most valued Latin American hitman for governments, cartels and mafias. Now Alex accepts his last contract for twenty million dollars. The mission: to assassinate an ex-general of Saddam Hussein’s defeated government, who is hiding in Cuba, along with the Cuban colonel in charge of his protection. As with every contract, Alex prepares plans B, C and D. Although for this one, the recruitment of a Cuban dancer and prostitute who works on Cayo Santa María will be the key to his success . . . or his failure.

A harrowing insight into New York City's most notorious detention complex, Rikers Island. The narrative plays through multiple characters who possess a particular position of control and power within the jail, along with the inmates and civilians who witness the violence, drugs, sex, and corruption that occurs every day inside.

For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, drugs...even contract killings. The vice was controlled by a small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumoured to be members of the Dixie Mafia.

La vengeance, le pouvoir et le progrès scientifique sont les thèmes de ces cinq nouvelles noires, très belles et glaçantes, situées dans un futur étrange et indéterminé. Rat Island, la plus longue, imagine un avenir possible pour nos sociétés occidentales : des membres fortunés de l’élite attendent en haut d’un gratte-ciel l’arrivée d’un hélicoptère qui va les transporter dans un havre de paix et de sécurité, tandis que, à leurs pieds, les masses affamées et sans abri luttent pour survivre dans des rues dévastées et sillonnées par des gangs à moto.

Beneath a sky of limpid sapphire blue, the research ship Gorgon rolls gently on the scintillating waters of the Caribbean Sea. Below, two men in a bathysphere, lowered more than a 150 fathoms into the crushing depths. But when the sphere is raised, there is only one man inside … and he has a knife in his back! Now Sexton Blake must answer an impossible question: How did the killer escape?

Maria is in over her head with Oscar, a guy she recorded a couple of sexy videos for when she needed the cash. Now he's demanding she make more, and he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants. Oscar's dangerous, an ex-loan shark turned digital pimp in the island's organised crime network. He's in deep too, and if he can't get Maria to record more videos he could wake up to find his testicles in a food blender.

New England is best known for its covered bridges, immaculate town greens, and Revolutionary War history. Yet an evil presence has hidden behind the 17th-century stone walls and clap-boarded homes of CT, Mass., and Rhode Island for centuries. New York Times best-selling author M. William Phelps takes a look at some of the most terrifyingly true stories in New England history.

For fans of Hallmark Christmas movies - a light hearted holiday story to get you in the spirit of the season. Jenny King is trying hard to raise enough money for the local children's home. When a confused old man arrives on her doorstep, she welcomes him with open arms. Is Jenny's guest a trickster like her boyfriend suspects, or is he just a lost soul, looking for a warm haven? Curl up with this short cozy read this season and share it with your family and friends. **Candy Canes and Christmas is a light hearted short story set in the town of Pelican Cove. This is a bonus read for fans of ...

Berufliche Niederlagen, persönliche Nackenschläge - Kriminalhauptkommissar Henning Leander steckt in einer tiefen Krise. Dann erfährt er von einem bislang totgeschwiegenen Großvater auf der Insel Föhr. Die erste Begegnung mit Hinnerk konfrontiert den Kieler Kommissar mit völlig neuen Aspekten der Familiengeschichte. Welches Geheimnis konnte so schwer wiegen, dass der Kontakt zwischen Vater und Großvater abbrach?

Es lo último que le apetece a Georges Dupin esa mañana: tener que salir corriendo, sin haber podido tomar su segundo café, meterse en una bamboleante patrullera de la policía, atender al perfecto que le atosiga a llamadas porque un amigo suyo ha desaparecido y no disponer de la menor pista sobre la identidad de los tres cadáveres que han aparecido en una playa de las islas Glénan. ¿Quiénes eran esos tres hombres? ¿Víctimas del violento temporal que azotó el archipiélago la noche anterior? Todo apunta a que murieron ahogados, hasta que algo despierta las dudas del comisario.

For fans of The Vampire Diaries, Twilight and The Hunger Games! From the world of Vampire Love Story that has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide! More than 1,200 worldwide 5-star reviews! The epic saga of vampires and werewolves - and a love unlike any other. Book #2 in the bestselling "Vampire Hero" series! Vampire leader Josiah Reign is a lover and a fighter—and a devoted husband and father. While he’s content with his marriage and family, being the Chosen One has become boring—his days lack the previous excitement of paranormal wars and are devoid of the fulfillment that comes from...

Aja narrowly escaped dying, being incarcerated as a traitor, and suffering a catastrophic rift in her relationship with Marsha. All just to have the Black Widow avoid capture, pivot, and sell her trafficking operation to some unknown U.S. billionaire. Complicating matters, three U.S. Senators who tried to eliminate SHIELD through budget cuts are missing. Fueling rumors that they may somehow be involved in the billionaire’s nefarious operation. And then there’s the not-so-little matter of Aja’s former paramour joining the team to work on the SPIDA project.

Orla and Kate have been best friends forever. Together they’ve faced it all—be it Orla’s struggles as a new mother or Kate’s messy divorce. And whatever else happens in their lives, they can always look forward to their annual weekend away. This year, they’re off to Lisbon: the perfect flat, the perfect view, the perfect itinerary. And what better way to kick things off in style than with the perfect night out? But when Orla wakes up the next morning, Kate is gone.

On Candle Island there’s always a storm brewing. Gwen McPhail moves to the island, ready for a life change … but is she ready for murder? When her ne’er-do-well nephew, Nate, is accused of scuttling a lobster boat to kill his boss, the captain, so he can shack up with the merry widow, Gwen gets into tiger-aunt mode. With no body and no boat, and Nate in the hospital from exposure, there’s no evidence to go on. But Gwen’s a digger. She discovers a marriage on the rocks, a conniving wife, a jealous best friend, and a little girl and her grandmother suffocating in the scuffle. The ...

Une île sauvage du Sud de l'Alaska, accessible uniquement par bateau ou par hydravion, toute en forêts humides et montagnes escarpées. C'est dans ce décor que Jim décide d'emmener son fils de treize ans pour y vivre dans une cabane isolée, une année durant. Après une succession d'échecs personnels, il voit là l'occasion de prendre un nouveau départ et de renouer avec ce garçon qu'il connaît mal.

As dawn breaks on the Canary Islands, a fisherman discovers a woman lying dead on the rocks nearby, her body arranged like a piece of art. To solve the case, Chief Inspector Diego Quintana gets unexpected help from Swedish journalist Sara Moberg, who runs the Scandinavian newspaper on the island, as well as from handsome former investigator Kristian Wede. But not even that can stop the killer from striking again.

They’d prepared for this moment all their lives without believing anything would ever come of it...they were wrong. Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She’d always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly. It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true fear. She did now and knew that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun was pointed at her brother...

Jennifer Whitmore is the last person Kyle Parker expects to see in his counterterrorism seminar. Fifteen years ago she was the love of his life. Now a respected member of Miami's K-9 search and rescue unit, Jennifer is working undercover on an antiterrorism task force. She's crazy about her partner, Sadie, a droopy-eyed bloodhound. She's also engaged to another man. But when Jennifer and Kyle join forces to rescue a missing child, their passion reignites.

The Florida Keys are experiencing something never seen before; a serial killer. After every clue has been exhausted, Key West police and Monroe County sheriffs are no closer to solving this mystery than when they found the first victim, so they call in Florida Division of Law Enforcement detective Charley Thomas to help. After weeks of investigation, Charley hasn’t come up with a single clue. The sheriffs are starting to wonder if it’s an inside job.

Larús, Aushilfe im Altenheim und Taugenichts, trifft auf Grímur, einen ehemaligen Fischer. Der eine hat das Leben noch vor sich, beim anderen geht es zu Ende. "Der Schlächter" wird Grímur genannt, man raunt sich zu, er soll einen Mord begangen haben. Und während Larús seine Drogendealerei immer mehr aus der Hand gleitet, entwickelt sich eine unwahrscheinliche Freundschaft zwischen dem Alten und dem Jungen – die beide ihre Geheimnisse mit sich tragen.