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England in 1468 is a nervous kingdom. King Edward IV has fallen out with his chief ally during the Wars of the Roses, the powerful Earl of Warwick.

Harry Fox now finds himself allied with the very people who tried to lock him away. An uneasy alliance with authorities who combat artifacts trafficking gives Harry a chance to seek the one answer that has eluded him: the truth behind his murdered father's mysterious amulet.

Ever since he took the vows of the samurai, Robert Sand has been ready to die. But now, for the first time in his life, he has a reason to live. Her name is Ann, and he sits beside her, awaiting takeoff for Geneva, when terrorists seize the plane. Holding guns on the passengers and crew, they douse the cabin in liquor and light a fire that will burn until it reaches the gas tanks. The terrorists flee as smoke fills the plane, but one lingers—a Japanese killer with a vendetta against the black samurai.

Hace mucho tiempo, Maddie era una niña que jugaba a las muñecas en su habitación y vio algo que no tendría que haber visto... Y ahora intenta recordar aquel momento traumático creando unas esculturas inquietantes.

Detrás de esta escabechina se hallan Pilar, que sólo quiere vivir su vida sin permiso de nadie, y Stephen, consumado experto en huidas hacia adelante. Y los hermanos Hall, también yanquis, con buenas ideas para el Jazz y otras, pésimas, para convertirse en grandes traficantes de jaco. Y Nancy, que está enganchadísima a la aguja. Y Joan, que venía a divertirse y se quedó aquí por amor. Y el Cambados y su pandilla, que creen tener un buen plan para levantarse una buena guita. Y el Patata, el último hijo de perra con el que nadie querría endeudarse. Y el Titi, su feroz lugarteniente.

Standing quietly at the elevator door to the North Tower of the Ultimo Hotel in Las Vegas, JW watches the numbers go down as the elevator descends to him. He thinks—sixty-five floors? There is a serial killer up there! If the mission is a success, it means a second career chasing serial criminals with a special FBI task force. If not, the Lieutenant will be going home defeated and outsmarted by a warped criminal mind. JW needs this to work; he needs another chance at the man who shot him. The elevator doors open, and the team steps aboard.

King Ludwig II of Bavaria was an enigmatic figure who was deposed in 1886, mysteriously drowning three days later. Eccentric to the point of madness, history tells us that in the years before he died Ludwig engaged in a worldwide search for a new kingdom, one separate, apart, and in lieu of Bavaria. A place he could retreat into and rule as he wished. But a question remains: did he succeed? Enter Cotton Malone.

When a young woman washes ashore on a Fort Lauderdale beach, Sloan McPherson of the Underwater Investigation Unit is called in to consult. Sloan’s instinct says murder, but even then, there are too many questions. For answers she reaches out to Gwen Wylder. The Miami homicide detective is notorious for being manipulative, bitter, a tyrant to her peers, and wicked smart. And she demands something in return from Sloan: fresh insight into seemingly unrelated cold-case murders and disappearances—and a possible serial killer trolling the Florida coast.

Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this “Poison Ivy League” college—its location unknown to even those who study there—is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate.

The String Diaries opens with Hannah frantically driving through the night - her daughter asleep in the back, her husband bleeding out in the seat beside her. In the trunk of the car rests a cache of diaries dating back 200 years, tied and retied with strings through generations. The diaries carry the rules for survival that have been handed down from mother to daughter since the 19th century. But how can Hannah escape an enemy with the ability to look and sound like the people she loves?

In September of 1864, a gang of Confederate irregulars stormed a Union train and made off with half a ton of gold which they buried somewhere in Asheville, North Carolina. Late in the winter of that year, Corporal James Donaldson Walker, one of the few surviving robbers, was captured by Union soldiers and was sent to Ship Island, a prisoner of war camp about 12 miles off the coast of Mississippi.

James Brickman is an investigator for the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department. When his personal life collides with his work life, he finds himself racing to save a young girl held captive by human traffickers. With the cooperation of several law enforcement teams and a little help from his new romantic interest, James embarks on a journey to bring justice to the sinister deviants behind the criminal network.

Katastrophe beim traditionellen Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco. Ein tragischer Trainingsunfall überschattet das Rennwochenende Ende Mai 1974. Schon kurz darauf kommt der Verdacht auf, dass die Bremsen eines Boliden manipuliert wurden. Commissaire Lucie Girard wird von ihrem ehemaligen Au-pair zum Circuit gerufen. Dort liefert sie sich mit ihrem Kollegen Commissaire Franc Sarasin einen Wettstreit um die Lösung des Falles.

Londres, 1930. Maisie Dobbs tiene su propia agencia de detectives en Londres y no le faltan los clientes. Por una parte, Scotland Yard le pide su colaboración para la resolución de un asesinato del que acusan a una joven campesina, y sir Cecil Lawton, un afamado abogado que acaba de enviudar, le encomienda a Maisie una delicada misión: confirmar la muerte de su hijo, desaparecido durante la Gran Guerra. Una nueva entrega del mejor cozy crime internacional.

Priceless artifacts looted from Chicago museums with no evidence left behind except a unique calling card that Caroline Collins recognizes. Tupper Jones fears a confrontation with his partner—can he convince her to take the string of robberies seriously, or will the FBI force him to choose between his lucrative contract and his irreverent partner?

Il terzo avvincente episodio della serie di Ralph Core. Ralph Core e Solène possono finalmente godersi un periodo di vacanza sulla costa australiana. Ma il loro riposo è destinato a durare poco: Wali, potente attivista sikh del Kashmir, furibondo per l'uscita dell'ultimo libro-denuncia di Core, ha infatti lanciato una sorta di fatwa contro Ralph e incaricato un sicario di eliminarlo.

Blue and I sit in the cockpit of a sailboat. My eyes scan the open ocean while female Peshmerga fighters sleep all around me—below deck, across benches on the bow, and one curled up on the stern.

Le bus de Taulignan arrive en gare de Chamaret avec, à son bord, un seul passager. Quand celui-ci ne débarque pas au Terminus, le chauffeur, pensant qu'il dort, s'en va le réveiller, mais l'homme est dans son ultime sommeil... un songe éternel ! Une balle a mis fin à sa vie... Les gendarmes appelés sur les lieux ne trouvent aucun papier sur le défunt, mais parviennent à déterminer qu'il est probablement d'origine américaine... Très vite, il est établi que son dernier acte avant de prendre l'autocar fut de rendre visite à un semblant d'ermite vivant à l'écart du bourg.

Edouard MONTEL, jeune trentenaire revenu d'Afrique après un exil forcé consécutif à des soucis avec la justice, revient en France où il retombe rapidement dans ses travers. Ruiné aux jeux, sans famille, sans amis, il décide d'en finir avec la vie et se rend dans le vieux château délabré, unique témoignage de la grandeur passée de ses ancêtres, pour se suicider. Le canon de son browning contre la tempe, prêt à appuyer sur la détente !

Un detective busca a una mujer desaparecida. Un hombre busca el rastro de un fantasma. Modiano deslumbra con su nueva exploración de la memoria. Un aprendiz de detective llamado Jean Eyben recibe el encargo de la agencia Hutte, para la que trabaja, de seguir el rastro de una mujer. La mujer se llama Noëlle Lefebvre, y el joven investigador la persigue infructuosamente. Treinta años después, retoma por su cuenta ese caso y continúa las pesquisas.