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The man known as Dewey Decimal works in a near-future Manhattan decimated by terrorism and plague, running dirty operations for the crooked Senator Howard - though he’d prefer to spend his time among the stacks at his beloved New York Public Library. When Dewey is tasked with disrupting unrest from a growing group of outcast civilians, and simultaneously given the assignment of protecting a pair of Saudi royals, he is forced to look within and make some impossible choices - and it will put him at odds with his benefactor and the powers that be....

Nicknamed Dewey Decimal for his obsessive attempts to bring order to the New York Public Library in the wake of disastrous events in the city, the hero of this series earns his keep as a bagman and enforcer for unscrupulous politicians and underworld figures. Now, he’s stumbled upon information concerning the gruesome murder of a prostitute that involves a prominent US senator - and finds himself chasing ghosts and fighting for his life, pursued by private military contractors and the ever-present specter of his own past....

Unha casa, unha nena morta e só seis sospeitosos. Xiana Alén, unha nena de quince anos aparece morta na súa casa nunha luxosa urbanización das aforas de Santiago de Compostela. Os seus pais, a súa tía, unha parella de veciños e a súa tía avoa son as únicas persoas que puideron matala. Con esa hipótese de partida, Ana Barroso e Santi Abad, policías da comisaría de Santiago mergúllanse de cheo na vida da familia Alén Somoza para descubrir que pasou esa noite.

The Black Mass of Brother Springer tells the story of Sam Springer, a drifter novelist who meets Jack Dover, the retiring Abbot of the Church of God's Flock. Dover's final official act is to ordain Springer and send him off to serve as pastor of an all-Black church in Jacksonville, Florida. Springer soon becomes entangled in the city's growing civil rights movement...and with the church deacon's earthy young wife, Merita.

En el amanecer de un día tórrido de agosto de 2016, en uno de los descampados de la ciudad de Málaga, aparece el cuerpo de un hombre moribundo cubierto de hormigas. Este hecho marginal de la crónica de sucesos da origen a la narración del día de una ciudad y su abigarrada realidad: policías y delincuentes, adolescentes y jubilados, sacerdotes y músicos ambulantes, médicos y reporteros, escritores y asesinos, drogadictos y chamarileros, místicos y supervivientes, camareros y constructores, vivos y muertos.

'Maigret had never been comfortable in certain circles, among the wealthy bourgeoisie where he felt clumsy and awkward.... Built like a labourer, Oscar Chabut had hauled himself up into this little world through sheer hard work and, to convince himself that he was accepted, he felt the need to sleep with most of the women.' When a wealthy wine merchant is shot in a Paris street, Maigret must investigate a long list of the ruthless businessman's enemies before he can get to the sad truth of the affair.

Grotesk, dunkel und bizarr. Definitiv ein Leckerbissen für Noir-Fans. Stanton Carlisle lernt die schmutzigen Tricks der Jahrmärkte und wird zum skrupellosen Gauner. Er gibt sich als spiritueller Guru aus, um die Reichen und Schwachen auszunehmen. Doch sein Spiel der Täuschungen und Lügen treibt ihn geradewegs in die Albtraumgasse... Mit effektiver Atmosphäre und außergewöhnlicher Prosa geschrieben, ist "Nightmare Alley" mehr als ein großes Drama: Stantons entschlossener Aufstieg und der unvermeidliche Sturz ins Verderben ist die röntgenscharfe Durchleuchtung des "american dream".

Stockholm, 1940: Das Schicksal führt Signe, Elisabeth und Iris zusammen. Sie alle wagen einen Neuanfang, während die Bedrohung durch die Nazis immer größer wird. Die drei werden aufgrund ihrer mathematischen Begabung aus-gewählt, die Funknachrichten der Nazis zu entschlüsseln und nach geheimen Botschaften zu durchsuchen. Doch jede der drei Frauen birgt ein Geheimnis - und eines Tages werden sie von ihrer Vergangenheit eingeholt.

Dans la lignée de La Vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert, un premier roman noir d'une grande finesse psychologique ; une réflexion grinçante sur la bonne société puritaine américaine, qui, sous la perfection de ses apparences, cache une obsession névrotique pour l'innocence de la jeunesse.

Früher waren sie das Traumpaar der Jugend-Clique: der beliebte Magnus und die schillernd-faszinierende Milla. Und Svenja, die beste Freundin von beiden, als dritte im Bunde. Bis Milla bei einer nächtlichen Party im Freizeitbad auf mysteriöse Weise ums Leben kommt. Magnus gilt schnell als der Schuldige, wird ohne handfeste Beweise aus seiner norddeutschen Heimatstadt vertrieben. Neunzehn Jahre später kehrt er als erfolgreicher Anwalt zurück, um endlich die Wahrheit herauszufinden. Svenja fiebert dem Wiedersehen entgegen und hat gleichzeitig Angst: Was hat Magnus vor?

Tragiquement connue pour son histoire violente et chaotique ainsi que pour la catastrophe qui l’a frappé en 2010, Haïti est le pays le plus pauvre des Amériques - et l’un des plus riches sur le plan littéraire. Cette anthologie de dix-huit nouvelles, projet lancé avant le tremblement de terre, réaffirme le talent des auteurs contemporains haïtiens, aussi bien francophones qu’anglophones, qu’ils vivent sur place ou qu’ils soient issus de la diaspora, sur un terrain où ils ne sont pas forcément attendus : le genre noir.

Kate Marshall’s fledgling PI agency takes off when she and her partner, Tristan Harper, are hired for their first big case. It’s a cold one. Twelve years before, journalist Joanna Duncan disappeared after exposing a political scandal. Most people have moved on. Joanna’s mother refuses to let go. When Kate and Tristan gain access to the original case files, they revisit the same suspects and follow the same leads - but not to the same dead ends. Among Joanna’s personal effects, Kate discovers the names of two young men who also vanished without a trace.

Strange lesions found in the brain of a dead man have forensic pathologist Broussard stumped. Even more baffling are the corpse’s fingerprints. They belong to Ronald Cicero, a lifer at Angola State Prison - an inmate the warden insists is still there. Broussard sends psychologist Kit Franklyn to find out who is locked up in Cicero's cell. But an astonishing discovery at the jail and an attempt on her life almost has Kit sleeping with the crawfish in a bayou swamp.

When the beautiful Kit goes to meet an anonymous stranger - who's been sending her roses - the man drops dead at her feet before she even could even get his name. Game on. Andy Broussard soon learns that the man carried a lethal pathogen similar to the deadly Ebola virus. Soon, another body turns up with the same bug. Panic is imminent as the threat of pandemic is more real than ever before.

New Orleans Requiem is written in Donaldson's unique style: A hard-hitting, punchy, action-packed prose that’s dripping with a folksy, decidedly southern, sense of irony. Add in Donaldson's brilliant first-hand knowledge of forensics and the sultry flavor of New Orleans, and the result is first class forensic procedural within an irresistibly delectable mystery.

He has no money, no reputation and no famous ancestors.' The love story of the Emperor Vespasian, who brought peace to Rome after years of strife, and his mistress, the freed slave woman Caenis, this book recreates Ancient Rome's most turbulent period - the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero and Vespasian's rise to power. As their forbidden romance blossoms, Caenis is embroiled in political intrigue, while Vespasian embarks on a glorious career.

Violet Rue Kerrigan ha 12 anni ed è la più giovane di una numerosa famiglia proletaria di origini irlandesi che vive a South Niagara, una piccola e tranquilla cittadina nello stato di New York. È la preferita del padre, Jerome, un uomo duro che governa la famiglia con pugno di ferro. Una sera i due fratelli maggiori, Jerome Jr. e Lionel, investono ubriachi un diciassettenne afroamericano, lo colpiscono con una mazza da baseball e lo lasciano agonizzante sul ciglio della strada. Violet sa quello che hanno fatto, ma tutti, persino il prete, le intimano di tacere.

Protagonista d'eccezione è Orson Welles, giunto in Italia nel 1947 per girare "Cagliostro", capostipite delle produzioni americane a Cinecittà che avrebbero inaugurato la Dolce Vita. Dopo il divorzio da Rita Hayworth, Welles si ritrova coinvolto come testimone nella morte di una comparsa e decide di assumere un investigatore italiano per svelare la verità. Frattanto, si innamora di Lea Padovani e intorno a lui l'Italia del dopoguerra si prepara alle elezioni del 18 aprile 1948, tra scandali e manifestazioni di piazza.

Milano di notte cambia faccia: manie di grandezza, dipendenza dalle droghe e uno smodato appetito sessuale sono solo alcuni dei vizi che affliggono le vite di Danny, Braccino e Steve. I tre ragazzi si trovano a gestire il Thai Surprise, il locale più cool della città, ma i conti non tornano. A colpi di narcos messicani, camorristi e poliziotti corrotti, Danny cercherà di salvare il locale e quel che resta di recuperabile dalla sua vita. Sullo sfondo la movida di Milano, che per l'occasione si trasforma in un enorme frullatore

Il 4 giugno 2014 è una data cruciale per il nord-est d'Italia: all'alba l'unico rumore, assordante, sono le manette che scattano ai polsi di politici e imprenditori. Il MOSE si è rivelato nel suo lato più buio. Il malaffare e il crimine organizzato si sono infiltrati in una terra senza padroni, con risorse e difficoltà, con una grave crisi alle spalle e un futuro imprevedibile. Una terra in cui il passaggio generazionale non si riferisce soltanto alle grandi famiglie di imprenditori, ma anche alla politica e al crimine.