Italian Thriller

Rick Montoya has just moved from Santa Fe to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He's beginning to settle in to la dolce vita when school friend Beppo, now senior in the Italian Art Squad, recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role. Armed with a list of galleries, suspects, and an expense account, Rick arrives in Tuscany posing as a buyer for a Santa Fe gallery to flush out traffickers in priceless burial urns. However, before sunset on his first day in Volterra, the challenge intensifies. Rick has one quick conversation with a gallery employee who dies minutes later in a brutal fall from a high cliff.

Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories is a brilliant collection of short stories, personally chosen by Andrea Camilleri, following Inspector Montalbano from his very first case in Vigàta, in which he stumbles upon a young girl lurking outside a courthouse with a pistol in her handbag. When she is taken in for questioning and won't utter a single word, Montalbano must find another way to learn whom she is trying to kill and why.

A year after she was nearly killed by a terrorist group over her job at Genesis Biotech, Revital Shilon can once again breathe without feeling danger creeping behind her. Getting caught by 'The Viper' and being used as a bargaining chip in his machinations shook her to the very core. However, it also taught her one lesson she will never forget: If you plan to step into the lion’s den, you better come prepared. On their anniversary, Jonathan Moore is in New York, tangled up in a kidnapping gone wrong. When the daughter of his close family friends is abducted by the Italian mob, Jonathan ...

La libreria Les Chats Noirs di Marzio Montecristo è stata scelta come “libreria galleggiante” per un evento esclusivo: il celebre giallista Aristide Galeazzo, uno degli autori più amati e discussi del panorama italiano, scriverà i capitoli finali del suo nuovo romanzo Maestrale di sangue proprio a bordo di una nave da crociera. La casa editrice Polpicella ha organizzato un tour che circumnavigherà la Sardegna, facendo tappa nei principali porti. A ogni sosta, i lettori saliranno a bordo per assistere a presentazioni sotto le stelle e tornare a terra con una copia autografata.

Pineta, estate; sulla spiaggia viene ritrovato il cadavere di una ragazza. Il corpo è stato alcuni giorni in mare e viene riconosciuto da un piccolo malavitoso locale di nome Marino come Olga, la badante ucraina della propria madre. Al BarLume fervono dei lavori di rifacimento e i vecchietti sono costretti a spostarsi nel parco pubblico. Ma anche da lì trovano il modo per aiutare la commissaria nell’indagine.

Dante Villani is every bit his name…a raging, blazing inferno who consumes everything in his path. He’s dark, dangerous, and delicious….a sexy as hell contract killer for the powerful and ruthless Villani family. And the man I was sent to destroy. Not that I knew it when he had me pinned up against the wall of that nightclub with his sinful body and electric touch. A second chance encounter with my forbidden target has me obsessed…and hungry for more of his devious tongue and savage hands.

In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-60s, her rank and expertise hard-won from decades of battling for respect in the male-dominated Italian police force. Soon she finds that buried deep in these mountains are whispers of a dark and dangerous history, possibly tied to a group of eight-year-old children.

Morris Duckworth can't get over Massimina, or Mimi, as he likes to refer to her. But then, he should have thought of that before he kidnapped and killed her. Only now, living in Verona and married to Mimi's sister, does he appreciate how much he misses her and how blindly he has stumbled into a trap of fate. Struggling to adjust to his good fortune, with a lavish house and cushy job, our unsavory hero finds that his new success is rife with tribulation: not least his pushy bride's staggering sexual appetite.

When a renowned wine critic is poisoned at the annual Riley’s Harbour Wine Festival, Anya, the talented chef at La Cucina, suddenly finds herself embroiled in a chilling mystery. Anya is no stranger to pairing wine with gourmet Italian dishes. But when a notorious critic drops dead in front of her tasting booth, she’s haunted by the dizzying tale of secrets and murder. She’s a chef, not a sleuth, but when the charming detective, Ethan, asks her to use her wine expertise to assist in this chilling case, Anya can’t help but dive in deep. Afterall, murder spoils their idyllic Italian ...

What could be more normal than celebrating a successful exam? I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. A chance to make a fresh start. I've compartmentalized my past behind multiple fortified barriers. Painful secrets that have no place here with the only two friends I have. I'm going on vacation for the first time in my life. Las Vegas, city of light and sin. I want to see it all and make wonderful memories. My name is Paige. A future is opening up for me. I know the worst is finally behind me. And I intend to make the most of it. But fate can be devious, can't it? And ...

Cosa lega un blog le cui illustrazioni nascondono una scena spaventosa, lo scarabocchio di un bambino che contiene un oscuro messaggio e uno schizzo fatto dalla vittima di un omicidio nei suoi ultimi istanti di vita? Un romanzo con una trama inquietante, unica, dove solo una serie di immagini, da comporre e interpretare, permette di scoprire l'identità di un assassino.

Franco Bordelli è in pensione da poco più di un mese. Non ha appuntamenti, non ha impegni, non ci sono ladri o assassini da catturare. Il suo lavoro gli manca molto: risolvere un caso intricato, frugare tra le pieghe dell’animo umano, mettere insieme intuizioni e riflessioni per rendere giustizia a chi ha subito un’ingiustizia. Non riesce a rinunciare alla sua passione. Può fare affidamento solo sul giovane vice commissario Piras, suo braccio destro quando era in servizio, che lo coinvolge nelle indagini a rischio di essere scoperto… ma se lo trasferissero?

Rick's fourth investigation should not have involved crime. It begins when Rick is asked by his uncle to go to Orvieto to talk some sense into his cousin Fabrizio, whose fling with a married woman is embarrassing the family. Rick agrees to give it a try and plans a short but romantic weekend in Orvieto with Betta Innocenti, the woman he met in Bassano. What could go wrong? Less than a day after their arrival, his language skills draw him into the brutal murder of an American visitor.

Derbyshire, dicembre 1924. È un freddo Natale ad Alconbury Hall, la residenza di campagna della nobile famiglia Lennox. Così freddo che nemmeno generose dosi di sherry riescono a riscaldare la mente e il cuore di Lady Millicent Carmichael, mentre detta le sue scandalose memorie alla nuova segretaria. Beatrice però ancora non riesce a cogliere il sottobosco di ten­sioni che attraversa quella conturbante atmosfera natalizia.

A routine drug bust in Little Italy goes horribly wrong when two squads of plainclothes cops start shooting at each other. When the dust clears, one of Detective Erin O’Reilly’s friends in the Street Narcotics unit is dead. Internal Affairs takes control of the investigation, shoving Erin and her comrades to the sidelines. But Erin, her K-9 Rolf, Vic Neshenko, and the SNEU survivors refuse to be benched. They have questions—questions the NYPD doesn’t want to address. Anything Erin and her friends do will have to be unofficial, but they’re not about to let that stop them.

"Uno studio in rosso", il primo romanzo scritto da Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sulle indagini del detective Sherlock Holmes...

Edna Silvera, sessant'anni di misantropia e una carriera da brillante storica dell'arte e restauratrice, è intenzionata a godersi al meglio il suo anno sabbatico: nella sua casa in mezzo al verde delle colline liguri, circondata solo da antichi dipinti, buffe galline dai nomi altisonanti e dal suo gatto Cagliostro. A scombinarle i piani piomba l'invito della sua vecchia amica Antonia che la prega di raggiungerla a Napoli per aiutarla in un seminario all'università.

A second chance… Lorenzo Romano wants a second chance. Despite all he's put her through, Emma knows she needs to give him a second chance. The intense desire she feels every time she looks at him won't let her do otherwise. And after another night of incredibly hot passion, she is sure that everything is falling into place. Until her world crashes to the ground once more and she is left alone to nurse her heart. But one last surprise might change everything… This is Volume 3 of a 5 volume serial. Volume 1 (Seduced) and Volume 2 (Undone) are now available and should be read first. Volume...

Alla vigilia di Natale, una visita scolastica allo zoo si trasforma in una catastrofe. Cosa è successo esattamente? I genitori di Josephine, la bambina che aveva preso parte alla gita, e che sembra saperne molte cose, sono decisi a scoprirlo. Ma una catastrofe non arriva mai da sola, le apparenze ingannano e la storia prenderà una piega che nessuno avrebbe potuto immaginare... La catastrofica visita allo zoo tiene con il fiato sospeso fino alla fine, è un romanzo divertente e a tratti commovente.

“Il Coccodrillo” lo chiamano i giornali: perché, come il coccodrillo quando divora i propri figli, piange. E come il coccodrillo è una perfetta macchina di morte: si apposta, osserva, aspetta. E colpisce. Tre giovani, di età e provenienza sociale diverse, vengono trovati morti in tre differenti quartieri, freddati dal colpo di un’unica pistola. L’ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono è l’unico che non si ferma alle apparenze, e riuscirà a trovare il collegamento, apparentemente inesistente, tra i delitti.