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Over his acclaimed career, Cook’s novels have haunted, riveted, and spellbound audiences across the world, and his short stories are equally acclaimed. They range from the intensely focused world of "Fatherhood", the Herodotus prize-winning title story, to the Edgar nominated "Rain", a dark, kaleidoscopic tale of Manhattan on a single, rain-swept night. "The Fix", the story of a famous boxing fix that was, well, not a fix at all, was selected for inclusion in Best Mystery Stories of the Year. "What She Offered", the gripping tale of a one-night stand, was included in The Best Noir Stories of the Century.

Sir Lawrence Linwood is dead. More accurately, he was murdered—savagely beaten to death in his own study with a mediaeval mace. The murder calls home his three adopted children: Alan, an archeologist; Roger, an engineer; and Caroline, a journalist. But his heirs soon find that his last testament contains a strange proviso—that his estate shall go to the heir who solves his murder.

This year's London Marathon is my last chance to win the final place on the Olympic team. The months of rehabilitation after my injury will feel worth it to cross that line. But I wasn't expecting the man who's been making my life a living hell to be there. Last I knew, my stalker was behind bars, but he says he's going to be at the race watching. I have 26 miles to figure out whether it's him, and what he wants, or I could lose more than just the race.

Two detectives. Two identical women. One dead body—rapidly becoming two, then three, then four. All knotted up in Japan’s underground BDSM scene and kinbaku, a form of rope bondage which bears a complex cultural history of spirituality, torture, cleansing, and sacrifice. As Togashi, a junior member of the police force, investigates the murder of a kinbaku instructor, he finds himself unable to resist his own private transgressive desires. In contrast, Togashi’s colleague Hayama is morally upright to a fault, with a stalwart commitment to the truth.

For fans of Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford comes Negative Girl: an evocative, moody, neo-noir thriller that explores obsession and people dying across America's forgotten spaces.

Irish newsreader Isolde Malone has a face many would recognise; in fact, she can’t walk through the streets of Dublin without bumping into a hoard of fans, all of whom want their picture taken with the darling of broadcast journalism. She’s living a dream life and has never been happier. Until the night everything changes.

It is the present day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking, and Happy Meals. Save for one thing: The Civil War never occurred. A gifted young black man calling himself Victor has struck a bargain with federal law enforcement, working as a bounty hunter for the US Marshal Service. He's got plenty of work. In this version of America, slavery continues in four states called "the Hard Four". On the trail of a runaway known as Jackdaw, Victor arrives in Indianapolis knowing that something isn't right—with the case file, with his work, and with the country itself.

Добро пожаловать в Завораш — город, где плетется паутина заговоров. Жестокие убийства здесь не редкость, а на улицах правит белый тлен — новая чума, от которой гибнут сотни горожан. В этом городе пересекаются судьбы нескольких героев: человека, находящегося в подчинении у загадочных алхимиков крови, священника, наемного убийцы, бездомного наркомана и смертельно опасного маньяка — хирургически модифицированного бывшего солдата, испытывающего непреодолимую тягу к убийствам. В безумном мире, где каждый сам за себя, герои вынуждены бороться со своими внутренними демонами.

Enrico Ferrari é o subchefe da Cosa Nostra. Um homem que traçou o seu destino optando pela vida solitária com mulheres em sua cama sem precisar assumir um compromisso. Pietra Vacchiano, a princesinha da máfia, filha do chefe da Cosa Nostra, sempre nutriu um amor platônico, que ela escondia de todos, pelo subchefe.

Il prequel delle indagini del commissario Mariani. Subito dopo la nomina il giovane Mariani viene assegnato alla questura di Genova. Qui, nel quartiere di Sampierdarena, a ridosso della linea ferroviaria, viene ritrovato il cadavere di un uomo anziano. È senza documenti ma il commissario Mariani lo riconosce subito, è un vecchio amico di famiglia, un ex partigiano che aveva come nome di battaglia Primo.

Winner of six Lambda Literary awards, the Henry Rios mystery series is iconic and Michael Nava has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of our best" crime writers. Upon its original publication, the Los Angeles Times said of Howtown and its author: "Nava's mysteries are faithful to the conventions of the genre, but they are set apart by their insight, compassion, and sense of social justice.... Howtown is Nava's bravest and most ambitious novel to date."

Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard.

Aaron Poochigian’s Mr. Either/Or is an ingenious debut, a verse novel melding American mythology, noir thriller, and classical epic into gritty rhythms, foreboding overtones, and groovy jams surrounding the listener in a surreal atmosphere. Imagine Byron’s Don Juan on a high-stakes romp through a Raymond Chandler novel. Think Hamlet in Manhattan with a license to kill.

Welcome to Beaumont Cove, a slowly decaying tourist town at the edge of the world, and the place where Maggie James’s worst fears for her estranged twin sister, Lilly, have come true. Lilly is dead, and Maggie has arrived to identify her body. Lilly’s husband, Mike, is in custody for her murder. With the help of the local sheriff, a retired private investigator, and a strange but friendly carnival psychic, Maggie begins to uncover the truth about what really happened to her sister. But the truth comes at a price....

It is the week before Christmas, and the cathedral city of St Albans is blanketed by snow. But beneath the festive lights, darkness is stirring. The frozen body of a young girl is discovered by the ice-covered lake. The police scramble for clues. A local woman, Jenny, has had visions of what happened the night of the murder. But Jenny is an exhausted new mother whose midnight wanderings pull her ever closer to the lake. Then another girl goes missing, and the community unravels. Neighbour turns against neighbour, and Jenny has no idea who to believe. 

Come sit on the veranda and pour yourself a glass of sweet tea, fortified with a slug of bourbon. Put your feet up and enjoy these stories set in Atlanta, a city sewn from the ashes, where everything that grows is both fertilized and corrupted by the past.

Avec sa voix si singulière, son style ciselé, Michaël Mention signe un roman radical tout en rythme et en émotions pour conter le plus insoutenable des deuils, la plus viscérale des vengeances, et peindre le portrait d'un homme et d'un monde qui vacillent.

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asada en hechos reales que escandalizaron a México hace menos de un lustro, 41 cuenta dos historias paralelas que solo el lector podrá unir a medida que avance en la enigmática intriga. Por un lado, la vida de El Japonés, pequeño habitante de un mundo sórdido donde drogas, violencia intrafamiliar, incesto y pedofilia serán siempre un lugar común. Por el otro, la investigación policial que los ya conocidos judiciales Sabino y Román realizan sobre los misteriosos crímenes perpetrados en contra de homosexuales, entre quienes se encontrará el hermano de un político importante.

Genova, 1990. Maria Viani, sta eseguendo le analisi necessarie per il trapianto degli organi di Massimo Ghini, entrato in coma per un colpo di arma da fuoco. Le forze dell'ordine hanno stabilito che si è trattato di suicidio. Ma è davvero così? Sia l'ex moglie dell'uomo, scarcerato da poco dopo aver scontato una pena per appartenenza a bande armate, che il suo datore di lavoro e amico, non sembrano convinti di questa tesi. Anche Maria Viani, compilando un rapporto per il Ministero della Sanità, si imbatte in una strana coincidenza che la fa dubitare di questa presunta verità.