A guy goes to Las Vegas for a holiday. In a matter of hours he gets drunk, gets mugged, and gets dumped by his wife. Things could get worse, and do, in this new crime novel from Charlie Stella. With bravura, alternating brutality with humor and high-octane action with virtuoso tough-guy dialogue, Stella crafts his story of Charlie Pellecchia, whose unwitting entanglement with New York mobster Nicky Cuccia plops him in the path of the DEA, FBI, and Las Vegas police. Law enforcement may find Charlie awkwardly in its way, but elsewhere – in deluxe casino hotel suites, at deserted ...
A CIA agent's two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something Catherine Ling awakens to every day. Her friends, family, and colleagues tell her to let go, move on, accept that her son is never coming back. But she can't. Catherine needs to find someone as driven and obsessed as she is to help her- and that person is Eve Duncan. She knows that Eve shares her nightmare, since closure is also something that eludes Eve after the disappearance of her daughter Bonnie. Now, Eve must ...
Since the night Inspector Haritos had the brilliant idea to offer his chest as a shield in order to save Elena Kousta from a bullet fired by her stepson, his life has changed radically. Haritos' long convalescence has given his wife the opportunity to take control and, now, subdued and tamed, he witnesses a shocking suicide captured live on TV. The victim, Iason Favieros, a former revolutionary activist who had been jailed during the dictatorship of the Colonels, had built up a sprawling business empire in a surprisingly short period of time, including Olympic contracts. This tragedy is quickly followed by the suicides of a well-known Greek MP and a national journalist – at his own party. With the police and the press left groping in the dark, Inspector Haritos is under pressure to solve the mystery that is lurking behind this series of public suicides, unveiling the secrets buried in the victims' past.
In the Pathology Department it was always night. This was one of the things Quirke liked about his job…it was restful, cosy, one might almost say, down in these depths nearly two floors beneath the city's busy pavements. There was too a sense here of being part of the continuance of ancient practices, secret skills, of work too dark to be carried on up in the light. But one night, late after a party, Quirke stumbles across a body that shouldn't have been there…and his brother-in-law, eminent paediatrician Malachy Griffin – a rare sight in Quirke's gloomy domain – altering a file to cover up the corpse's cause of death. It is the first time Quirke encounters Christine Falls, but the investigation he decides to lead into the way she lived – and the reason she died – disturbs a dark secret that has been festering at the core of Dublin's high Catholic society, a secret ready to destabilize the very heart and soul of Quirke's own family…
"Nelio is dead. And however unlikely it may sound, it seemed to me that he died without once being afraid. How can that be possible?"-from Chronicler of the WindsWorld famous for his Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has been published in thirty-five countries, with more than 25 million copies of his books in print. In Chronicler of the Winds, he gives us something different: a beautifully crafted novel that is a testament to the power of storytelling itself. On the rooftop of a theater in an African port, a ten-year-old boy lies slowly dying of bullet wounds. ...
Ksi??ka wybitnego t?umacza i pisarza – Macieja S?omczy?skiego, autora poczytnych, prze?o?onych na wiele j?zyk?w, krymina??w. Ich ??czne nak?ady osi?gn??y kilka milion?w egzemplarzy i wci?? ciesz? si? powodzeniem w?r?d mi?o?nik?w kryminalnych zagadek.
Published to coincide with the BBC series, this is a powerful and realistic story featuring six long-term Parachute Regiment soldiers and their often difficult and painful readjustment to civilian life. The thrill of crime is a strong temptation for the civvies and they each succumb.
There are human bones buried in an open field, the remains of a lost teenaged boy whose disappearance devastated a community more than thirty-five years ago… and scarred a guilt-ridden friend forever. A long-hidden horror has been unearthed, dragging a tormented policeman back into a past he could never truly forget no matter how desperately he tried. A heinous crime that occurred too close to home still has its grip on Chief Inspector Alan Banks – and it’s leading him into a dark place where evil still dwells. Because the secrets that doomed young Graham Marshall back in 1965 remain alive and lethal – and disturbing them could cost Banks much more than he ever imagined.
The nude photo of a teenage runaway shows up on a pornographic website, and the girl’s father turns to Detective Chief Inspector Alan banks for help. But these are typical circumstances, for the runaway is the daughter of a man who’s determined to destroy the dedicated Yorkshire policeman’s career and good name. Still it is a case that strikes painfully home, one that Banks – a father himself – dares not ignore as he follows its squalid trail into teeming London, and into a world of drugs, sex, and crime. But murder follows soon after – gruesome, sensational, and, more than once – pulling Banks in a direction that he dearly does not wish to go: into the past and private world of his most powerful enemy, Chief Constable Jimmy Riddle.
In Comeback, seinem drei?igsten Roman, setzt Dick Francis den vielen namenlosen, unbesungenen Helden hinter den PferdesportKulissen, den Tier?rzten, ein Denkmal. Tatort ist Cheltenham, Schauplatz des j?hrlich ausgetragenen Cheltenham Gold Cup. In der Tierklinik des aufstrebenden jungen Tierarztes Ken McClure sind kurz nacheinander vier vollbl?tige Gold-Cup-verd?chtige Pferdepatienten auf unnat?rliche Weise j?mmerlich verendet.
Josie Prescotts friends thought she was nuts when she left her high-paying New York auction house job to live on the beautiful New Hampshire coast. Truth is, Josie wondered herselfnevermind that her peripheral involvement in a high profile price-fixing scandal made the idea of a new start enticing. And things are looking upthat is, until she gets mixed up in murder, and the eligible but emotionally distant local police chief pegs her as a suspect. Josie suddenly has a lot to lose, and no desire to leave her new lifeand the possibility of a little romancebehind. So she sets out to find the killer. After all, Josie is grateful for her second chance…even with a killer on the loose.
This Gourmet Girl has to take the heat-because she just can't get away from the kitchen.Chloe Carter desperately needs a job, so she takes one assisting a cookbook writer. Unfortunately it stirs up painful memories of her ex- boyfriend Josh, who left her for Hawaii. While compiling a book of recipes from Boston's top chefs, she comes in contact with one of Josh's friends, Digger. Chloe manages to stay cool until later she finds Digger's apartment charred-with Digger in it.Not believing that an expert chef would die from a grease fire, she sets about looking for Digger's killer. But things get sticky when the tragedy brings Josh back to Boston-and back into Chloe's life.
Annie and Eve are life-long best friends who have absolutely nothing in common-except a lack of skill in the kitchen. So when they sign up for a cooking class at the local gourmet shop, they figure the only things at risk are a few innocent fruits and vegetables. But on the first night, Annie and Eve see their fellow student Beyla arguing with a man-a man who later turns up dead in the parking lot. Now the friends feel bound to uncover whatever secrets she's hiding, before someone else's goose-perhaps one of their own-gets cooked.
Who are you, Malone? Just a little while ago you were a cop. That was before the two punks and their girl hit town. That was before they boosted a payroll and shot down a man and took your 9-year-old daughter as insurance to cover their getaway. Now you're just a man. Scared. Not for yourself-that would be easy. But for your child, the only thing in the world you love enough to make you play ball with the kind of scum you've hated all your life.
Nikki Sands, manager of the Malveaux Estates in Napa Valley – and girlfriend of the owner – is blissfully happy. Until a guru's devotee is killed on the famous Napa Valley Wine train and ruins her peace of mind.
En la ciudad de Oslo, una conocida presentadora de televisi?n aparece asesinada en su domicilio. El superintendente Yngvar Stub? y la que fuera profiler del FBI Inger Johanne Vik son requeridos para llevar a cabo la investigaci?n. Pareja tanto en la vida real como en la profesional, Stub? y Vik se muestran reticentes a llevar el caso ya que acaban de ser padres; sin embargo, se ven forzados a aceptarlo dada la naturaleza del mismo.Todo apunta a un asesino en serie de gusto perverso que se deleita escenificando sus cr?menes. Mientras Stub? se vuelca en el an?lisis meticuloso de los detalles que rodean cada crimen, Vik ahonda en una teor?a que coge fuerza a medida que traza el perfil del presunto asesino; la posible conexi?n entre los hechos presentes y su pasado como miembro del FBI.
On a hot August afternoon, in an East Side apartment, a woman is found hanged. Carefully placed red candles and an enormous quantity of dead flies suggest some kind of bizarre ritual.By some cruel miracle, the victim lives, but remains in a coma…Mallory does not recognise her immediately. The blue eyes are undisguised by mascara and purple shadow. The former bleached straw hair has turned a more natural shade of blond. Even the nose is different. And there are no track marks on her arms.Fifteen years have passed since Kathy Mallory lived on ...
Patrik y Erica siguen disfrutando de su idilio en el pueblo de Fj?llbacka, ahora acompa?ados por su beb?, la peque?aMaja, que ya tiene ochomeses.Mientras la joven pareja est? plenamente volcada en los preparativos de su pr?xima boda, los asuntos en la comisar?a, donde Patrik trabaja, siguen su curso rutinario. Pero el alcalde re?ne al pleno del ayuntamiento para anunciar la llegada a Tanum de un equipo de televisi?n para filmar un reality-show bastante escandaloso llamado «Fucking Tanum» que, supuestamente, deber?a reportar unos jugosos beneficios a la poblaci?n y que ...
A collection of storiesIn this Spur Award-winning story, a Pinkerton detective, a couple on the run, a wanted man, and a traveling salesman with mysterious wares all converge on the banks of Crucifixion River to take shelter from an impending storm.
Garrett's newest visitors are a pack of lovelies led by his main squeeze Tinnie Tate and her friend, Alyx Weider, the spoiled daughter of the largest brewer in town. Her father needs Garrett'shelp-his workers are being attacked by everything from giant insects to ghosts. Garrett takes the case. After all, working for the Weiders means free beer. But it also means serious danger.
Matt Scudder fue polic?a de Nueva York. Ahora es un detective sin licencia que saca las casta?as del fuego a sus amigos. Se divorci? de su mujer, y ahora vive en un modesto hotel del West Side. Pero su verdadero hogar se encuentra en cualquiera de los bares de su zona, la clientela habitual forma su familia. Corre el verano de 1975, y Matt anda comprometido con varios favores a amigos. En primer lugar, debe salvar de sospechas a Tommie Tillary, un hombre de negocios de ropas estridentes cuya mujer ha sido asesinada. Matt Scudder no dejar? de beber ni un instante, pero se mantendr? lo suficientemente l?cido como para encontrar la soluci?n, hallando la inspiraci?n en el fondo de la botella.
Tras ser abandonados por su madre, un chico y su hermano peque?o terminan en la red estatal de hogares de acogida. Sin embargo, quienes a partir de entonces ten?an que cuidar de ellos los dejan a su suerte. Y a?os despu?s…Reed Solliday tiene m?s de quince a?os de experiencia en el cuerpo de bomberos de Chicago, luchando contra los incendios y, sobre todo, investigando su origen. Pero nunca hab?a presenciado nada parecido al reciente estallido de fuegos provocados por alguien fr?o, meticuloso y cada vez m?s violento. Cuando ...
