Ka?dy mo?e zosta? Bogiem, wystarczy tylko pozna? odpowiedni kod.Maj 1929 roku. Lw?w. Komisarz Edward Popielski wylecia? z policji za niesubordynacj?. Wreszcie ma czas na rozwi?zywanie zagadek matematycznych i… na mi?o??. Nam?wiony przez pi?kn? Renat? podejmuje si? ryzykownego zlecenia i szybko wpada w k?opoty. A we Lwowie zn?w wrze. Brutalne morderstwa wstrz?saj? miastem. I tylko policja wie, co kryje w sobie tajemniczy list od mordercy.W Liczbach Charona Popielski ma szans? zmieni? swoje ?ycie – wr?ci? do policji i za?o?y? rodzin? z ukochan? kobiet?. Ale mi?o?? jest ?lepa, podobnie jak sprawiedliwo??…
Una historia de secretos y mentiras que atraviesa cuatro generaciones.Tras los atentados del 11 de septiembre, la detective V.I. Warshawski acepta un extra?o encargo de uno de sus clientes m?s importantes: debe vigilar la antigua mansi?n de su madre, pues la anciana est? segura de ver luces en ella.En medio de la noche, la investigadora encuentra en los jardines de la casa el cad?ver de un periodista negro. Al ver que la polic?a est? m?s que dispuesta a dar carpetazo al asunto, la familia del difunto contrata los servicios ...
A murder-free spell in Minneapolis is shattered when two elderly men are found murdered in one night – both self-sufficient, utterly innocent, and beloved. As the victim toll mounts, homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth struggle to find a connection between victims in a demographic group rarely targeted by serial killers, and find elusive threads that uncover a series of horrendous secrets, some buried within the heart of the police department itself, blurring the lines between heroes and villains. Grace MacBride's cold-case-solving software may find the missing link – but at a terrible price.
Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. Since the late-night attack occurred at her agency's offices, the natural conclusion was that it was connected to one of the firm's cases. As Sharon lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to break out of her body's prison and discover her attacker's identity, all the members of her agency fan out to find the reason why she was assaulted. Meanwhile, Sharon becomes a locked-in detective, evaluating the clues from her staff's separate investigations and discovering unsettling truths that could put her life in jeopardy again.As the case draws to a surprising and even shocking conclusion, Sharon's husband, Hy, must decide whether or not to surrender to his own violent past and exact fatal vengeance when the person responsible is identified.
An anthology of storiesThe city is at the centre of all good crime writing: Los Angeles has Raymond Chandler, Chicago has Sara Paretsky and Mexico City has Paco Taibo. London has the contributors to London Noir who explore the dark underbelly of London and celebrate the triple by-passed heart of England's capital city. They reveal London to be a city of mayhem and depravity not to be recommended to tourists from Miami!
"Long Gone should come with a warning. It's a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless." – Karin SlaughterAfter a layoff and months of struggling, Alice Humphrey finally lands her dream job managing a new art gallery in Manhattan's trendy Meatpacking District.According to Drew Campbell, the well-suited corporate representative who hires her, the gallery is a passion project for its anonymous, wealthy, and eccentric owner. Drew assures Alice that the owner will be hands off, allowing her to run the gallery on her own. Her friends think it sounds too good to ...
"Tony Black is my favourite British crime writer." – Irvine WelshGus Dury is back on the drink. While in hospital after a hit-and-run accident, his best friend, Hod, asks him to investigate the ritual, on-campus hanging of an Edinburgh University student. The murder victim's mother is a high-profile actress, who has promised a big-money reward. Gus, desperate for money, goes undercover at the university, taking a janitor's job, and soon uncovers a similar ritualistic hanging which took place in the 70s. Few of the students are prepared to talk about it – until another one of their group turns up dead by the same method. But Gus now moves into very dangerous waters as he begins to discover what and who is really behind it all – and he becomes the next target for the executioner.
En el verano de 1893 una explosi?n hace arder varios edificios. Thomas Pitt participa en la persecuci?n de varios hombres que se refugian en una casa de Long Spoon Lane. Tras un intercambio de disparos la polic?a entra en el lugar y se encuentra con que uno de los anarquistas tiene un tiro en la cabeza, sus compa?eros culpan a la polic?a y se trata de un miembro de la aristocracia.Para resolver el caso, Pitt se ver? obligado a aliarse con un viejo enemigo y ex miembro del C?rculo Interior, Sir Charles Voisey.
Hace poco termin? Navidad. Sumida en plena crisis econ?mica, Barcelona es ahora una ciudad m?s fr?a y lluviosa. La desaparici?n de Ruth, su ex mujer, obsesiona a H?ctor Salgado y quiz? el caso que le acaban de asignar puede hacerle olvidar por momentos su ca?da en desgracia.El director financiero de una compa??a de cosm?ticos mata a su esposa y luego se suicida. Lo que paree un caso de violencia dom?stica llevado al extremo se revela como algo mucho m?s complejo al hallarse indicios que lo relacionan con otra muerte. En el mundo de la empresa, las mentiras son s?lo la fachada de un mal mayor.Mientras, encerrada en casa por una prematura baja m?dica, Leire Castro, la pareja de investigaci?n de H?ctor, sigue la pista perdida de Ruth y no sospecha que puede destapar peligros que nadie hab?a imaginado.
A finales de los a?os noventa, la polic?a encuentra, en una casa de veraneo en el norte de Dinamarca, a dos hermanos adolescentes brutalmente asesinados. Han sido golpeados, torturados y violados sin compasi?n. La investigaci?n policial apunta a que los culpables pueden hallarse entre un grupo de j?venes de buena familia, hijos de padres exitosos, ricos, cultos. Sin embargo, el caso se cierra muy pronto por falta de pruebas concluyentes hasta que, pocos a?os m?s tarde, uno de los sospechosos se entrega sin raz?n aparente y confiesa el crimen. Supuestamente, el misterio se ha resuelto. Pero entonces ?por qu? los archivos del caso aparecen veinte a?os despu?s en el despacho del inspector Carl M?rck, jefe del Departamento Q? Al principio M?rck piensa que el caso est? ah? por error, pero pronto se da cuenta de que en la investigaci?n original se cometieron muchas irregularidades…
La noche de fin de a?o, Peter Wimsey sufre un accidente de coche y se ve obligado a pernoctar en Fenchurch St. Paul, donde el p?rroco de la aldea le ofrece alojamiento. Muchos de los aldeanos han enfermado a causa de una fuerte gripe, entre ellos el campanero, de modo que Wimsey se ofrece a cubrir su puesto esa noche.Meses despu?s, fallece el marido de una de las v?ctimas de la epidemia. Durante el entierro, descubren un cad?ver sin identificar y Wimsey se ver? implicado en la investigaci?n de este desconcertante ...
En Los nuevos centuriones Joseph Wambaugh nos presenta los cinco a?os de complejo aprendizaje de tres polic?as de Los ?ngeles durante la d?cada de los sesenta. En este tiempo, investigan robos y persiguen a prostitutas, sofocan guerras entre bandas y apaciguan ri?as familiares. Pero tambi?n descubren que, a pesar de coincidir en una base autoritaria, sus puntos de vista divergen en la necesidad de cada uno de rozar el mal y el desorden. Con un ritmo vertiginoso, en esta historia de casos urgentes y frustraciones cada semana implica nuevos peligros y nuevas rutinas, largas ...
Una joven prostituta aparece asesinada en un apartamento de Greenwich Village. El principal sospechoso acaba de suicidarse en la c?rcel. La polic?a de Nueva York ha cerrado el caso, pero el padre de la v?ctima quiere reabrirlo. Y nadie mejor que Matthew Scudder para buscar respuestas en un entorno s?rdido de perversi?n y placeres… Un mundo donde los hijos se ven abocados a morir para expiar los pecados m?s secretos de sus padres.La novela negra norteamericana tiene tres grandes autores: los cl?sicos son Dashiell Hammett y Raymond Chandler. El tercero se llama Lawrence Block.
Cuando Harriet Vane regresa a la Universidad de Oxford, encuentra a los profesores y alumnos de su college nerviosos por los extra?os mensajes de un lun?tico. Con la ayuda de lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet empieza una investigaci?n para desenmascarar al autor de las amenazas.Una novela de misterio, e incluso de terror, Los secretos de Oxford es tambi?n una obra sobre el papel de las mujeres en la sociedad contempor?nea, una reflexi?n sobre la educaci?n y una historia de amor entre dos mentes privilegiadas.Una de las mejores novelas de misterio del siglo XX y la obra maestra de Sayers, precursora de Patricia Highsmith, Iris Murdoch o A.S. Byatt.
A run-down Victorian to renovate, a past to leave behind--who has time for romance...or murder? Patricia Amble, Tish to her friends, has gotten her life together. She's renovating an old, rambling Victorian house in a small town outside of Detroit, and the fixer-upper should net her a big profit when she resells. Romance is right next door, with two attractive neighbors vying for her affection. But even their persistent attentions can't dispel the sense of unease Tish feels. Voices whisper out of nowhere . . . and something odd is going on in the basement. Soon, Tish begins to question her decision to buy the old house. When a dead body turns up her own dark secrets make her a prime suspect in the current chaos. And is either of her attractive neighbors really who he says he is? What is going on just under the surface of this sleepy small town?
WHO DO YOU LOVE?One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter?AND HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO…As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break through the blue wall of ...
Charlie D is the host of a successful late-night radio call-in show. His listeners have a particularly intimate relationship with him and often reveal much about themselves, confident that he will honor their trust and that he can save them. In their minds, he is perfect: one of life's winners. But Charlie feels he's something of a fake. His easy confidence on-air belies the reality for a man born with a wine-colored birthmark that covers half his face.Love You to Death covers one hour on "The World According to Charlie D" – an hour during which he must both discover the long-time listener who is killing the people who trust him and attempt to come to terms with the man behind the birthmark.
“Lovely in Her Bones is a parable of modern Appalachia, disguised as a mystery.” – LIA MATERA“Sharyn McCrumb’s first novel, Sick of Shadows, is one of the best and funniest comic mysteries anyone’s ever written. Lovely in Her Bones is equally recommendable.” – Roanoke Times World-News“Lovely in Her Bones is a lighthearted romp of a murder mystery leavened with hearty helpings of backwoods medicine, Indian lore, and anthropology… A fun read.” – AARON ELKINS“Like The Name of the Rose-offers unexpected rewards and cerebral nourishment… Sharyn McCrumb writes with style and humor. Lovely in Her ...
It’s the story of Ben Grace, a small-time chiseler in the rackets – not crooked, not straight, just in between – who, full of grievances, makes the most of his inside information as Sol Caspar’s chauffeur to aid and abet the opposing party’s upcoming mayoral election campaign. His ally (and soon-to-be lover) in the enemy camp is a very good-looking girl named June Lyons, who is also very dedicated to justice.It sounds predictable, but it Cain’s hands, it’s anything but. It may seem strange to say, but works of fiction are usually less complicated than the real world, as who would believe the twists and turns that real life can have? But when you think the story’s going one way, Cain heads it off in another. Or, perhaps, he lets it go off in another, on its own, as if he set the characters up, and then he let them find their own destiny, their own fate. Which, of course, they do.
"Sterling Brooks no ha tenido una vida ejemplar. Por ello lleva esperando m?s de cincuenta a?os en la antesala del cielo. Unos d?as antes de Navidad, el consejo celestial decide proponerle un trato: entrar? en el cielo si antes consigue hacer una buena obra en la tierra. Se trata de su ?ltima oportunidad. No le especifican cu?l es su misi?n, y de pronto se ven en pleno Rockefeller Center, en medio de una multitud de patinadores, en busca de alguien que necesite un ?ngel. As? encuentra a Marissa, una ni?a de siete a?os, apenada por la desaparici?n de su padre y su abuela, que se han visto obligados a…"
Peter Alan Nelsen is a super successful movie director who is used to getting what he wants. And what he wants is to find the wife and infant child he dumped on the road to fame. It's the kind of case that Cole could handle in his sleep, except that when Cole actually finds Nelsen's ex wife, everything takes on nightmarish proportions a nightmare which involves Cole with a nasty New York mob family and a psychokiller who is the son of the godfather. When the unpredictable Nelsen charges in, an explosive situation blows sky high.
Dick Francis "Lunte", originaltitel" Decider".Seit dem Tod Lord Strattons herrschen hinter den altehrw?rdigen Mauern des Familiensitzes Ha?, Habgier, Intrigen und t?dliche Gefahr. Das einzige, was die zerstrittenen Erben verbindet, ist ein uns?gliches Geheimnis, dessen Preisgabe sie mit allen Mitteln zu verhindern suchen.Die Familie kann eine wunderbare und eine t?dliche Institution sein. Dies erf?hrt Lee Morris, 35, Architekt, Ingenieur und Kleinunternehmer in Dick Francis’ 32. Roman, am eigenen Leibe. Er ist ungl?cklich verheiratet mit einer Frau, die ihn nicht mehr, und Vater einer sechsk?pfigen Kinderschar, die ihn abg?ttisch liebt. Doch ...
Powie?? kryminalna osadzona w egipskich realiach, nale??ca do bardzo popularnego cyklu ksi??kowego. Bohaterk? jest nieustraszona Amelia Peabody – posta? w stylu Indiany Jonesa. Wraz z m??em Radcliffem Emersonem, archeologiem prowadz?cym wykopaliska w kraju faraon?w, pi?kn? Nefret, ich przybran? c?rk?, i synem Ramzesem rozwi?zuje skomplikowane zagadki kryminalne. Egipt, rok 1907. Emerson rozpoczyna prac? w Dolinie Kr?l?w. Najm?odsi uczestnicy ekspedycji kupuj? w Kairze papirus ze s?awn? "Ksi?g? Zmar?ych", zbiorem magicznych zakl?? i modlitw zawieraj?cym scen? wa?enia dusz zmar?ych na s?dzie bog?w – i ?ci?gaj? na wypraw? niebezpiecze?stwo. Z Nilu zostaje wy?owione cia?o z?odzieja, od kt?rego kupili papirus, a wkr?tce p??niej zw?oki m?odej kobiety…
