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In una zona malfamata di Montelusa, la mànnara, due munnizzari trovano in un'auto il cadavere di un uomo con gli abiti discinti. E non è un uomo qualunque, ma un prominente uomo politico locale: l'ingegner Lupariello. Camilleri mette in campo per la prima volta il commissario Salvo Montalbano, poliziotto dalle straordinarie doti umane e investigative, che faranno del suo personaggio il più grande successo letterario italiano degli ultimi vent'anni.

Mike Nash is away on compassionate leave, but that doesn't mean the criminals are going to take a break. Detective Clara Mironova and the Helmsdale team face a sudden increase in crime. Minor offences ranging from theft, shoplifting, and poaching, pale into insignificance when a violent turf war breaks out between rival drugs gangs.

Detective Evan Bolton is gutted by his latest investigation. His friend and mentor, retired detective Rod McLeod, has been murdered, his body left in the trunk of a junkyard car. When McLeod’s daughter and grandson abruptly vanish, Evan knows it’s not a coincidence. Search and rescue canine specialist Rowan Wolff agrees as she and her dog, Thor, track the missing family.

The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle published as The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1905.Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Dancing Men third in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Five Orange Pips", part of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

As winter settles over Yorkshire, DCI Emma Gardner is hoping that work will calm down for everyone. Distracted by the continued disappearance of DI Paul Riddick Emma can’t seem to get her head back in the game. But when a human skull is discovered in a local pub, Emma knows it’s time to get a grip. With no one local reported missing, and with no body to be found, the team have their work cut out and no obvious clues to follow. Who could the skull belong to and what message is the killer trying to leave them? And then the first body is found…

En un tranquilo pueblo de montaña, la viuda Cheryl Coleman mira ansiosamente por la ventana de la cocina mientras afuera arrecia una tormenta. Cuando llaman a la puerta, mira a sus hijas antes de abrirla con manos temblorosas... Nueve horas después, la detective Kay Sharp llega a casa de Cheryl, que ha sido brutalmente asesinada delante de sus tres hijas. La más pequeña, Erin, de tres años, yace a escasos centímetros del cadáver, con la cara cubierta de lágrimas. Heather, de ocho años, se encuentra escondida debajo de su cama. Julie, de dieciséis años, no aparece por ninguna parte.

Молния не ударяет в одно место дважды. Члены семьи Макайя не сомневались в этом, пока на них не обрушилась очередная трагедия. Накануне свадьбы похищена и убита Сусана Макайя. Убита тем же изощренным способом, что и ее старшая сестра Лара. Макайи принадлежат к цыганскому клану, который проворачивает в Мадриде темные дела, так что у полиции нет недостатка в зацепках и подозреваемых. Отец Сусаны клялся приструнить девушку, которая вела себя слишком независимо. Члены клана Макайя ненавидели мать Сусаны за то, что она не воспитала дочерей в цыганских традициях.

Kay Sharp casi no ha tenido tiempo de acostumbrarse a su nuevo trabajo como detective en Mount Chester cuando aparece un cadáver en el río Blackwater. La víctima, una chica de diecisiete años, flota en el agua, con un medallón tallado a mano alrededor del cuello. Indagando en casos sin resolver, Kay descubre que Rose Harrelson, una niña de tres años, lo llevaba puesto cuando desapareció de su habitación hace catorce años. Pero la adolescente que han encontrado lleva muerta solo unas horas.

Detective Tracy Crosswhite isn’t one to lose her cool. Until her interrogation of the taunting and malicious Erik Schmidt, a suspect in two cold case killings. Schmidt also has unnerving ties to the monster who murdered Tracy’s sister, stirring memories of the crime that shaped Tracy’s life. After a critical mistake during a shooting exercise, Tracy breaks.

En un fresco día de otoño en la pequeña ciudad de Mount Chester, la detective Kay Sharp se encuentra cara a cara con el pasado del que lleva huyendo la última década. Su exmarido, Brian, ha sido acusado de matar a Rachel, la ex mejor amiga de Kay, la mujer con la que Brian le fue infiel y a quien dejó embarazada. Dos días antes, Kay recibió un mensaje suplicante de Rachel diciendo: "Espero que me perdones. Sé que no tengo derecho, pero te necesito".

When Nigel Baxter, a middle-aged married banker with an unremarkable past, is found dead in the bath of a plush hotel suite, his wrists slit, it looks as if he's taken his own life. At first. But when Detective Inspector Daniel Riley is assigned to the case, he soon realises all isn't as it first appears to be. When a postmortem shows Baxter was poisoned, Riley suspects foul play. And then there's the odd addition of a teddy bear left at the crime scene....

Inside the walls of Indiana’s elite Westmont Preparatory High School, expectations run high and rules are strictly enforced. But in the woods beyond the manicured campus and playing fields sits an abandoned boarding house that is infamous among Westmont’s students as a late-night hangout. Here, only one rule applies: don’t let your candle go out - unless you want the Man in the Mirror to find you....

When fire crews are called to a blaze at the home of a Kilwinnoch GP they make a grisly discovery: the charred remains of the doctor and his entire family. But is this a tragic accident or an horrific, calculated murder? DCI Duncan Bone's worst fears are confirmed when a cryptic message is found at the scene hinting at a grudge against the medical profession.

“Layered, human, suspenseful and surprising - this guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure.” —Lee Child, # 1 New York Times bestselling author “Fans of Broadchurch are going to LOVE Death at the White Hart! With its compelling pair of detectives and tense, creepy atmosphere, once...

Brought to you by Penguin. The sequel to the Times Thriller of the Year bestseller, This is the Night They Come for You. The past is coming for Chief Inspector Taleb. He may not know it but he will soon enough. And the past in Algeria is venomous, vengeful and relentlessful, designed to consume...

When a senior Metropolitan Police officer and High Court judge die in quick succession, criminal profiler Doctor Alex Gregory is convinced their deaths are linked to the most shameful case of his career: the notorious wrongful conviction of Carl Deere, an innocent man found guilty of a series of heinous murders perpetrated by the ‘Soho Killer'. Four years later, released from prison and with his record wiped clean, Deere is an invisible spectre with a new name and a new face.

An eighty-year-old man is found murdered in his home. His age and standing in the community makes finding his killer difficult–why would anyone harm an elderly man? What threat could he possibly be to anyone? With no apparent motive, DS George Cross canvases the community for potential suspects but the man was known as generous, charitable, community-minded. Each interview about who the man is muddies the picture further. So Cross decides to look for who he was–revealing a past that is far less honourable than his present . . .

Carmen Sanchez is a tough Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules. But when her sister is attacked, revealing a connection to a series of murders across Southern California, she realizes a conventional investigation will not be enough to stop the ruthless perpetrator. With nowhere else to turn, Sanchez enlists the aid of Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert who, unlike Sanchez, believes rules are merely suggestions. The two have a troubled past, but he owes her a favor and she’s cashing in.

A gripping mystery perfect for fans of Amy Tintera following one man's investigation into the death of his sister years earlier, forcing him to confront old faces, a strong-willed detective, and a string of new murders in his remote small town. Welcome to Meander, where truths are best left...

Small town cop DI Daniel Owen spends most of his days keeping the office running in his own quiet way. But when an acquaintance of his boss is found dead in a mine shaft, Daniel sets it all aside to help with the case. Too bad the attractive DCI, Mal Kent, can't seem to stand him, and the collapsed mines are enough to make Daniel think of booking it back home.

Struggling to balance her personal and professional life, young DS Becca Vincent has landed the biggest case of her career–and she knows that it will make or break her. But how can she identify one face in a sea of thousands? With the help of Police Super Recogniser Joe Russell, she strives to catch a glimpse of the elusive murderer, but he’s watching her every move.

Cuatro cadáveres. Un sospechoso. Ninguna pista … Primera novela de la serie de misterio del detective Roy Grace, un hombre atormentado por el recuerdo de su mujer muerta. A Michael Harrison pretenden gastarle una broma inolvidable en su despedida de soltero; algo que jamás pueda olvidar: enterrarlo vivo durante unas horas. Todo se complicará cuando sus amigos, que son los únicos que conocen el verdadero paradero de Michael, mueran esa misma noche en un accidente de tráfico.

For thirty years the truth has remained hidden, but the murder inquiry he deliberately sabotaged has been reopened and DS Heaton knows his partner is bright enough to figure things out. It's all or nothing now. To evade justice he must find a way to protect his secrets, but he already knows that might mean taking a life. When his web of lies begins to fall apart, does he have what it takes to stay one step ahead, or will the world learn why Bruce Denton had to die?

In this #1 New York Times bestseller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson go deep behind military lines to confront a team of assassins known as the Four Blind Mice. The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross. Detective Alex Cross is on his...

William Kent Krueger is a New York Times best-selling author whose popular Cork O’Connor mysteries display an "intimate knowledge of Minnesota’s northern reaches and respect for Native American life" ( Publishers Weekly). In Tamarack County, former sheriff Cork O'Connor investigates the disappearance of a retired judge’s wife - and discovers the bloody aftermath of a 20-year-old crime.

La notte prima di ferragosto è davvero movimentata, a Savona. Si è nel pieno della stagione balneare e in tutta la città la gente balla e si diverte; in mare galleggiano migliaia di "lumetti" messi in acqua dalla gente e portati al largo dalle correnti. Ma il magistrato Ludovica Sperinelli non può godere fino in fondo il giorno di festa: poco dopo il ritrovamento del cadavere di un uomo forse annegato, un rocambolesco incidente d'auto e la scoperta di uno sconosciuto assassinato a colpi di pistola sconvolge la "movida" che anima la Darsena.

Angela Wood, una auténtica maestra del carterismo, acaba de terminar su jornada: 687 dólares. Mientras celebra con un cóctel lo rentable que ha sido su día, es testigo de cómo uno de los clientes del bar está siendo borde con un hombre mayor, y decide darle una lección robándole su elegante bolso de cuero. En su interior no hay portátil… ni dinero… ni nada que tenga valor. Al menos para Angela. Solo hay un libro negro, encuadernado en piel y sorprendentemente pesado.

As a favor to their friend Sasha, Daniel and Mal are looking for the husband she fled so she can get a divorce and marry again. Instead of a husband, they find a mystery that could see Daniel charged with murder. It turns out the husband wasn't who he said he was, and anyway he's dead. So who is living in the former marital home, and why is Daniel attacked after they visit? Then one of the people they've talked to is murdered, and the body is dumped on Daniel's doorstep. Daniel is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the local police have him in the frame for the killing.

In the city of Atlanta, young women are dying—at the hands of a killer who signs his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Leaving behind enough evidence to fuel a frenzied police hunt, this cunning madman is bringing together dozens of lives, crossing the boundaries of wealth and...

In the fourth gripping installment of the Bridgette Cash Mystery Thriller series, a man’s body is found in a lake, dead for no more than a week. However, police records reveal he was killed ten years ago. As Detective Cash investigates, she discovers a web of secrets that shakes her resolve and questions the conviction of the individual wrongfully imprisoned for the crime.

Am Strand von Friedhörn wird gebaut, als plötzlich die Leiche einer Frau entdeckt wird. Hinnerk Hansen muss den Fall an den unsympathischen Kommissar Köhn abgeben. Als Köhn bald darauf ankündigt, den Mord wegen eines bestehenden Zeugenschutzprogramms nicht länger zu verfolgen,. kann das Hansen nicht akzeptieren. Unautorisiert beginnt er mit eigenen Ermittlungen und riskiert dabei seine Karriere. Sein Eigenwille bleibt nicht lange unentdeckt und er muss sich verantworten. Nur wenn er den Fall rechtzeitig aufklärt, könnte er seinen Hals noch einmal aus der Schlinge ziehen.

Haunted by his mother's brutal murder, Detective Inspector Jake Sawyer returns to his rural hometown to investigate a series of gruesome killings. As the body count rises and the killer's twisted methods come to light, Sawyer must confront his own demons while racing against time to unravel the shocking truth behind the murders.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Oprah Daily, Today, BookPage, Goodreads, and more From the iconic crime writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent”...

Former homicide detective and recently widowed Sean Tanner has settled into Spartina Island's private retirement community, hoping to find solace after his wife's death in their chosen paradise. He soon finds himself drawn into the Mudflats Murder Club, an enthusiastic group of retired detectives, prosecutors, and forensic experts who are engrossed in solving the 38-year-old unsolved murder of Theresa Goldberg.

A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new in the next thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. "Narrator Susan Ericksen masterfully conveys Eve’s emotions...And Ericksen’s adept handling of the cast of characters...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEXT GRIPPING MYSTERY FROM 'NEXT-GEN NORDIC STAR' (LA TIMES) AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, RAGNAR JONASSON As snow blankets Reykjavík and Christmas approaches, young detective Helgi is looking forward to a quiet holiday - until those plans are torn away in...

Nach ihrem ersten Fall in Husum hofft Kriminalkommissarin Sabine Kühn auf ein paar ruhige Tage in der Schweiz – und auf die Nähe zu dem italienischen Inspektor Daniele Molinari. Zurück in Nordfriesland gerät Sabine in Ermittlungen, die sich schnell als schwierig erweisen. Spuren verlaufen im Nichts, im Revier wird gemauert, Zeugen werden zum Schweigen gebracht – und je näher sie der Wahrheit kommt, desto gefährlicher wird es für sie und alle, die ihr etwas bedeuten.

Pre-order the eighth DCI James Walker thriller now! Readers can't put down Alex Pine's winter crime: 'You know winter is coming when the latest Alex Pine novel drops' Netgalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This is my favourite book in the series' Netgalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What a fantastic...

The Florida summer turns even hotter for criminal investigator Larry Macklin when he narrowly escapes an explosion that takes the life of a colleague. The assumed target of the bomb is Larry’s cross-dressing confidential informant and the key witness in a major drug trial, Eddie Thompson, who’s now on the run.

Kyle Payne came to Alaska looking for peace. And found himself in the middle of a war. Former CIA operative Kyle Payne came to Alaska's vast wilderness seeking peace and solitude. Instead, he finds himself in the crosshairs of a lethal conspiracy. When four campers are brutally murdered, Payne...

Three targets. Four days. Zero margin for error. Kansas City. When a kind-hearted mechanic is attacked by mob enforcers, Kyle Payne steps in—inadvertently killing the son-in-law of crime boss Avi Russo. Captured and fitted with a neural kill-chip that can be activated remotely, Payne is forced...