Holy communion spells death for Fr. Miguel Flores, a popular Catholic priest in New York City's Spanish Harlem, after he swallows wine laced with cyanide during a funeral in bestseller Robb's unusually introspective 27th crime thriller to feature Lt. Eve Dallas (after Strangers in Death). The ensuing homicide investigation suggests that Flores could actually be Lino Martinez, a former member of a disbanded gang, the Soldados, suspected of two bombings before he disappeared. The death by cyanide of another religious figure, Jimmy Jay Jenkins, founder of the Church of Eternal Light, complicates matters. Are the two murders connected? Sussing out the answer to that question involves some serious digging. Dallas 's husband, Roarke, and fun sidekick, Det. Delia Peabody, lend support. Robb offers a multilayered solution to several crimes that serves as yet another reminder that wolves sometimes hide in sheep's (or priest's) clothing, but justice, like faith, has no expiration date.
W obliczu nadchodz?cego koszmaru Catherine Gagnon zdana jest tylko na siebie…Snajper policji stanowej Massachusetts Bobby Dodge obserwuje przez lunet? tragiczne wydarzenia w pobliskim domu. Uzbrojony m??czyzna zabarykadowa? si? w nim z ?on? i dzieckiem. Mierzy do nich z broni, powoli zaciskaj? palec na spu?cie. Bobby ma tylko u?amek sekundy na decyzj?… kt?rej mo?e ?a?owa? do ko?ca ?ycia. Dla kobiety, pr?buj?cej chroni? dziecko przed ogarni?tym sza?em m??em, to nie pierwszy koszmar. Pi?kna, niedost?pna i niebezpiecznie seksowna Catherine Gagnon ma za sob? bolesne wspomnienia. Dwadzie?cia pi?? lat wcze?niej zosta?a porwana i uwi?ziona przez szale?ca, kt?ry uczyni? z niej swoj? seks niewolnic?. Czy znajdzie w sobie si?? i odwag?, by obroni? w?asne dziecko? Mroczny, niepokoj?cy thriller, kt?ry przyprawia o solidne dreszcze.
Connaissez-vous Stinginess Castle ?Au fin fond des Highlands, en Ecosse, ce ch?teau se dresse sur une colline dans les brumes britanniques.Un nouveau fant?me le hante depuis quelques temps. Et un fant?me de poids ! Il a pour nom BERURIER !Et si vous saviez ce que le Gros et votre valeureux San-Antonio magouillent dans ce ch?teau de cauchemar, vous en auriez la chair de poule. Un renseignement : si vous entendez un craquement dans la pi?ce d'? c?t? pendant que vous lisez ce chef-d'?uvre, ne cherchez pas, c'est le fant?me de quelque Mac !
Brand new stories by: Domenic Stansberry, Barry Gifford, Eddie Muller, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, David Corbett, Alejandro Murgu?a, Sin Soracco, Alvin Lu, Jon Longhi, Will Christopher Baer, Jim Nesbit, and David Henry Sterry.San Francisco Noir lashes out with hard-biting, all-original tales exploring the shadowy nether regions of scenic "Baghdad by the Bay." Virtuosos of the genre meet up with the best of S.F.'s literary fiction community to chart a unique psycho-geography for a dark landscape.From inner city boroughs to the outlands, each contributor offers an original story based in a distinct neighborhood. At times brutal, darkly humorous, and revelatory-the stories speak of a hidden San Francisco, a town where the fog is but a prelude to darker realities lingering beneath.
In the comfortable suburbs of Los Angeles an affluent Jewish family disappears. The father's trade is diamonds, a risky international business. Sergeant Pete Decker senses danger – a danger that stems from a network of ruthless international politics that threatens to spill on his own doorstep.
Es verano en Suecia, cuando brilla el sol de medianoche y el largo invierno ha sido olvidado. En este tiempo m?gico, una pastora protestante, Mildred, es hallada muerta con signos de tortura en la ciudad de Kiruna. Mildred era una feminista, una luchadora amada y odiada por igual. Est? claro que no todos aceptan a una mujer en la Iglesia.Rebecka Martinsson vuelve a Kiruna, el lugar donde creci?, y pronto se ve envuelta en este misterioso caso: s?lo ella es capaz de desenmascarar a los habitantes de esta g?lida ciudad.· «Una brillante novela ...
Un thriller sobrecogedor que comienza en la guerra de crimea y culmina en medio de la belleza letal de la Ant?rtida, donde duerme una verdad: la necesidad nos convierte en monstruos.En 1856 un barco se pierde en los confines del mundo, en las estribaciones de la Ant?rtida: a bordo, una pareja con una extra?a enfermedad que aterroriza a la tripulaci?n.En nuestros d?as, Michael Wilde, un fot?grafo de naturaleza, atormentado por el accidente que hizo que su prometida quedara en coma irreversible, acepta participar en una misi?n cient?fica al ...
«Для молодого человека существуют тысячи способов, как заработать стартовый капитал. Самые популярные методы известны с давних времен. Если отбросить банальное получение кредита под бизнес-план, список выглядит следующим образом: изобрести что-то стоящее и озолотиться – самый утопический. Держит первое место во всех учебниках по предпринимательству, но, так же как и коммунизм, практически не выходит за рамки теории…»Аналитики ФСБ вычисляют, что разные юридические лица, принадлежащие одному владельцу, скупили протяженный участок земель в Подмосковье. Для предупреждения крупнейшей со времен МММ аферы в головную структуру преступного синдиката внедряется лучший оперативник – майор Заречная.
New York Times bestseller Stuart Woods returns with a fast-paced thriller, starring Ed Eagle, the take-no-prisoners attorney from Santa Fe Rules and Short Straw.When last we encountered Ed Eagle, he had been the target of a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his wife, Barbara, the ultimate black widow. But when Barbara escapes from police custody, Ed knows that not only will his life be in danger but also the life of his new girlfriend, and, of course, of any rich man unlucky enough to be lured into Barbara's web. To add to his troubles, Ed has taken on a new client, Don Wells, who may or may not have murdered his own wife and son.From the posh resorts of southern California to the New Mexico desert and the seedy hotels of Tijuana, Ed Eagle will follow every lead – and hope that he doesn't wind up Santa Fe Dead.
Ed Eagle, the six-feet-six, take-no-prisoners Santa Fe attorney has recovered from his encounters with Mexican organized crime and-more treacherously-his ex-wife, Barbara. Now a mysterious new client has come his way, one who may shed light into some dark corners of Ed's past…and put him in danger once more.
T?h?ran, 1965, les responsables locaux de la CIA seraient en train de fomenter une r?volution dans le dessein d’assassiner le shah et de le remplacer par un homme ? eux.Le tout, sans en avoir averti au pr?alable leurs autorit?s hi?rarchiques.Le Pr?sident des ?tats-Unis en a ?t? averti… par les Russes qui en ont profit? pour indiquer que, si une telle r?volution se produisait, ils consid?reraient cela comme un acte d’agression, en cons?quence de quoi ils envahiraient l’Iran en faisant porter la responsabilit? aux ?tats-Unis.
В рассветных лучах по воде медленно скользила рыбацкая лодка, выдолбленная из ствола кокосовой пальмы. Двое негров лениво, не спеша, работали веслами. Солнце только что взошло. Как это всегда бывает в тропиках, оно зажглось стремительно, словно электрическая лампа, мгновенно разогнало темноту. Вблизи пироги уже прыгали, выискивая поживу, ярко окрашенные летучие рыбы. ...
В рассветных лучах по воде медленно скользила рыбацкая лодка, выдолбленная из ствола кокосовой пальмы. Двое негров лениво, не спеша, работали веслами. Солнце только что взошло. Как это всегда бывает в тропиках, оно зажглось стремительно, словно электрическая лампа, мгновенно разогнало темноту. Вблизи пироги уже прыгали, выискивая поживу, ярко окрашенные летучие рыбы. ...
Trevanian's Shibumi was a landmark bestseller, one of the classic international bestselling thrillers of the twentieth century. Now, chosen by Trevanian's heirs, the hugely admired writer Don Winslow returns with an irresistible "prequel": Satori.It is the fall of 1951 and the Korean War is raging. Twenty-six-year-old Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement at the hands of the Americans. Hel is a master of hodo korosu or "naked kill," and fluent in over six languages. Genius and mystic, he has honed extraordinary "proximity sense" – an extra-awareness of the presence of danger – and has the ...
Saturday brings Yom Kippur to Barnard's Crossing and Rabbi Small is preparing as usual. But his prayers and fasting are interrupted when a member of his congregation is found dead in his car. The police call it accidental. The insurance company calls it suicide. Only Rabbi Small's pregnant wife, Miriam, thinks it's murder. Now it's up to him to prove her right…***“Harry Kemelman has come through as a winner again… A good tale well told.” – The New York Times“Another Sholem Aleichem… An excellent storyteller… Here is detective work at its best.” – Detroit Press“Detailed with humor and intelligence. Top quality!” – Bestsellers“Wise and witty.” – Saturday Review
Cal Innes is fresh out of prison and ducking a past muddied with ties to local gang lord «Uncle» Morris Tiernan. But when Tiernan finds out Innes is working as an unlicensed PI and calls in a favor Innes doesn't owe, Innes is thrust into a cat-and-mouse game with Tiernan's psychotic son, Mo. Ordered to track down a rogue casino dealer who's absconded with a hefty chunk of cash, Innes finds that the case points north to Newcastle. With Tiernan's son on his tail and a Manchester cop determined to put Innes back in jail, Saturday's child has to work hard to keep living.
