A collection of 21 crime stories by women writers, including Sara Paretsky, Amanda Cross, Liza Cody and Gillian Slovo. The stories include old favourites such as V.I. Warshawski, Jemima Shore and Kate Fansler.
A missing federal judge. A fugitive on the loose. And a deputy marshal who's already broken her own rules.On what is supposed to be a quiet long weekend in New Hampshire, Deputy U.S. Marshal Mackenzie Stewart is viciously attacked at the lakefront cottage of her friend, federal judge Bernadette Peacham. Mac fends off her attacker, but he manages to escape. Everything suggests he's a deranged drifter – until FBI special agent Andrew Rook arrives.With Rook, Mac broke her own rule not to get involved with anyone in law enforcement, but she knows he isn't up ...
Readers last saw Casey Jordan in The Letter of the Law, where she defended her law professor for the grisly murder of a student only to discover he was guilty. After, Casey left her high-powered practice and wealthy husband and opened a legal aid clinic.When an illegal Mexican immigrant is shot on a ranch outside Dallas, it makes the news, not because of the immigrant, but because of the shooter, Senator Tucker Dean. It looks like a hunting accident, and the well-loved young Senator spins the disaster artfully with his tearful press conference… until the sister in ...
Abracad?ver, mezcla de humor negro y ejemplar ejercicio de deducci?n, combina con gran habilidad la ambientaci?n de ?poca y el retrato de los personajes con una excelente intriga.En el Londres del siglo XIX, el sargento Cribb y el agente Thackeray -asiduos protagonistas de las obras de Lovesey-, investigan las siniestras y humillantes bromas de que est?n siendo objeto algunos de los m?s famosos artistas de music hall durante sus representaciones. Sin embargo, nadie r?e la noche en que una joven muere durante su n?mero de desaparici?n en un espect?culo de magia. Los polic?as de Scotland Yard se lanzan tras la pista del escurridizo asesino y deben poner a prueba su astucia en este duelo singular con una mente maligna.
The secrets of a group of childhood friends unravel in this haunting thriller by Edgar Award winner S. J. Rozan. Set in New York in the unforgettable aftermath of September 11, Absent Friends brilliantly captures a time and place unlike any other, as it winds through the wounded streets of New York and Staten Island…and into a maze of old crimes, damaged lives, and heartbreaking revelations. The result is not only an electrifying mystery and a riveting piece of storytelling but an elegiac novel that powerfully explores a world changed forever on a clear September morning.In a novel that will catch you off guard at every turn, and one that is guaranteed to become a classic, S. J. Rozan masterfully ratchets up the tension one revelation at a time as she dares you to ponder the bonds of friendship, the meaning of truth, and the stuff of heroism.
Days after failing to arrive for a secret meeting with the Federal Reserve chairman, FBI agent Michael Hennessy’s body is found at the base of a cliff. But was it suicide or murder? A call from the chairman sends Gage hunting for the truth.As a desperately ill U.S. president prepares to hand over power to his vice president—a man in the thrall of religious extremists—Gage follows a trail of deceit and terror to a conspiracy that threatens to plummet the world into chaos. But for Gage, there is even more at stake. His wife is trapped between an uprising in Central China and the ruthless Chinese government. And unless Gage exposes the greatest treachery of our age before the clock counts down, Faith will die….Array
With billions of dollars at stake, every scientist in America is fighting to discover the next Prozac, the latest "feel good" drug. Using bacterial mould first uncovered during the Salem witch trials, Edward Armstrong isolates a stunningly effective anti-depressant.
Una historia de ins?lita confianza entre desconocidos que pone al descubierto la soledad y la violencia del poder en todas sus formas.`No hay fortaleza inexpugnable ni prisi?n que no contenga un defecto.`(Mercedes Soriano, Historia de no, Alfaguara, 1989).As? piensa el hacker que se infiltra en un ordenador ajeno con la intenci?n construir una relaci?n que salve a un amigo de las redes oscuras del tr?fico de informaci?n confidencial.`No hay fortaleza inexpugnable ni prisi?n que no contenga un defecto.`As? piensa la vicepresidenta del gobierno, que ...
La novela narra el enfrentamiento entre dos j?venes de inteligencia privilegiada. Uno utiliza esta inteligencia de modo pr?ctico para adaptarse al mundo, el otro para la b?squeda de un conocimiento absoluto que le permita comprender el mundo. Esta b?squeda se ver? amenazada por la locura y el suicidio.
The most anticipated story in the blockbuster Dark-Hunter series. The never-before-revealed story of the Dark-Hunter leader, Acheron. He was made human in order to escape death, but in death he was reborn a god…Eleven thousand years ago a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron spent a lifetime of shame. However, his human death unleashed an unspeakable horror that almost destroyed the earth. Then, brought back against his will, Acheron became the sole defender of mankind.Only it was never that simple. For centuries, he has fought for our survival and hidden ...
CIA operative Mitch Rapp follows a trail of contract killers leading directly to the heart of our nation's capital in New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn's eighth explosive thriller.It's a gorgeous autumn day in Georgetown. The Democratic candidates for president and vice president of the United States are dutifully glad-handing voters and the media outside a grand estate where a national security conference has just been held, bringing together the world's greatest minds to discuss the issues that are threatening the country. It's American politicking at its best. That's when all hell breaks loose.When ...
Former FBI agent Sam Delvecchio brings the keen skills of a profiler to his new position as a Mercy Street Foundation operative-and not a moment too soon. His first assignment, the cold-case murder of a local soup kitchen volunteer, has all the telltale signs of a serial killer's work. That grim suspicion is confirmed when FBI agent Fiona Summers shares the details of two other killings with eerie similarities to Sam's case: The bodies in all three cases have been carefully posed. And when a fourth victim is discovered, the two investigators realize they're pursuing the same twisted quarry.
Adi?s a Berl?n combina la realidad con la ficci?n, y el Christopher Isherwood de la novela, aun siendo el narrador, no es necesariamente el autor. Personajes marginales, a menudo c?micos, viven vidas desordenadas, hasta torpes, como exiliados en Berl?n, bajo la amenaza del horror que se avecina.La novela perdura como un documento acerca de una ciudad harapienta y corrupta -como lo eran en los a?os treinta el estado y el pueblo alemanes-, y la claudicaci?n ante el nazismo en ciernes y el ego?smo de un generalizado s?lvese quien pueda. El consumado oficio de Isherwood convierte el documento en literatura.
Novela de ficci?n polic?aca, en la que se atreve a rellenar la trama con altas dosis de sensualidad y humor. Dos ingredientes que el autor consigue difuminar en una intriga inteligente y de r?pida lectura.Por un lado aparece Alicia, una joven ladina que en las humildes calles de Cuba practica una excelente variante de la prostituci?n mientras sue?a el encuentro del adinerado marido. Alicia se pasea en bicicleta a la caza de cualquier extranjero rico que tenga la desventura (o la suerte) de encontrarse con ella en su camino. En ese momento ...
