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Il commissario Mariani riceve una telefonata dalla commissaria Nicoli che gli chiede informazioni sul suicidio di Biagio Ferrero, un caro amico di suo marito Luca. Mariani non ne sa molto perché aveva delegato tutto all'ispettore Lorenza Petri, ma comincia a raccogliere informazioni: Ferrero si era “tuffato”, come ha riferito una testimone, in una voragine causata dalle piogge dei mesi precedenti, voragine in cui era precipitata una donna.

Il detective Bacci Pagano deve sventare un potenziale attentato ai danni del Presidente del Consiglio. Genova è in fermento per l’imminente visita del Primo Ministro italiano. Il misterioso furto di una vecchia carabina mette in allerta le forze dell’ordine: fonti certe sostengono che quell’arma desueta sarà usata contro il Premier. Toccherà a Bacci Pagano scandagliare ogni singolo carruggio della città vecchia per scovare l'attentatore in una corsa contro il tempo.

Tomas O'Malley simply wanted to enjoy his 55th birthday with his kids, and maybe a tall McNaughton's. Little did he know a dead body in the shadow of White Sox stadium and a dead CFO in North Chicago would both tie back to Dr. Alan Grove, Chicago's Chief Medical Examiner's husband and President of Manufacturing at one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the country.

Para atrapar a un asesino, puede que tengas que convertirte en uno... La vida del sheriff Cohen se está desmoronando: su padre ha quemado por accidente la residencia de ancianos donde vivía, su mujer se ha mudado porque no soporta tener a su suegro en casa y su hijo está haciendo bullying a otros chicos. Cuando secuestran al adolescente Lucas Connor en el instituto, Cohen ve una oportunidad para hacerse con el dinero de la recompensa ofrecida por la captura del secuestrador y así volver a encauzar su vida y recuperar a su mujer.

Jack finds solace in renewing a dangerous relationship with the artist Adam Bolder. They meet in Portobello market, in a shop selling frames. As he settles back into the old regime at the station, a new female DCI is a force to be reckoned with. One weekend visiting Portobella market again, going to purchase some photo frames for pictures of his new son, the street is cordoned off by police crime scene officers. Ambulances and patrol cars blocking all traffic. A body has been found in the framer's shop.

Jimmy’s relationship with Diana has never been better, but then she gets control of the Southside Endowment. Jimmy starts to feel like just another possession, until a seeming ghost from the past gives him something to investigate. Possession may be nine-tenths of the law, but exactly what kind of possession are we talking about here? “Possession" is a soft-boiled detective novella with some sci-fi and fantasy elements, sort of a The Rockford Files meets The Avengers (the old BBC series, not the superheroes.) It’s eighth in the Detective Jimmy Delaney series.

Detective Griffin Knight was supposed to be at home recovering from the events of his recent investigation in Seattle, but his captain and police colleagues needed his help to find out what happened to the two missing women. In New York City, there could be any number of explanations.

When a bird flu pandemic reaches the picturesque yet uncanny island Gotland, panic spreads among the inhabitants who are frantic for an elusive cure. As the community becomes more desperate, the hunt for scapegoats begins. Extremist and anti-immigrant groups gain ground while nurse Sandra Hägg makes a gruesome discovery at the health clinic where she works — a discovery that will cost her life. Soon Detective Inspector Maria Wern is handpicked to investigate the case.

Siete víctimas, tres asesinos y el secreto que los une. Tres meses después de encontrar los restos de sietes mujeres en una granja remota en lo que los medios han bautizado como el Campo de Huesos, las víctimas siguen sin ser identificadas. Un testigo que puede ser clave ha desaparecido. El agente Ray Mason y la detective privada Tina Boyd deben encontrarlo antes de que lo hagan los asesinos. En una carrera a contrarreloj repleta de cadáveres y traiciones a cada paso, Ray está dispuesto a arriesgarlo todo para dar caza a los culpables. Pero a veces el precio a pagar es demasiado alto…

Plagued by the unsolvable murder that ruined his glowing career, a burnt-out detective is cruising through his final weeks until retirement. Until he is hand-picked to be part of a taskforce investigating old, unsolved murders. Hand-picked because the very killer he failed to catch is still out there. Can he finally get the closure he deserves?

Jimmy’s relationship with the police seems to have taken a turn for the worse, but it’s not just him. Some of his associates have had strange confrontations with law enforcement. Could someone be manipulating their AugMonitor feeds?

Franco Bordelli è in pensione da poco più di un mese. Non ha appuntamenti, non ha impegni, non ci sono ladri o assassini da catturare. Il suo lavoro gli manca molto: risolvere un caso intricato, frugare tra le pieghe dell’animo umano, mettere insieme intuizioni e riflessioni per rendere giustizia a chi ha subito un’ingiustizia. Non riesce a rinunciare alla sua passione. Può fare affidamento solo sul giovane vice commissario Piras, suo braccio destro quando era in servizio, che lo coinvolge nelle indagini a rischio di essere scoperto… ma se lo trasferissero?

Erpressung oder Verzweiflungstat? Der neueste Fall für Privatermittler Nik Pohl von #1-Bestsellerautor Alexander Hartung. München hält den Atem an: Eine bewaffnete Frau dringt in die Staatsanwaltschaft ein und droht, sich in die Luft zu sprengen, sollte ein längst ad acta gelegter Fall nicht wieder aufgerollt werden. Während die Polizei fieberhaft versucht, die Situation zu entschärfen, beginnt Nik Pohl im Hintergrund zu ermitteln. Doch bevor die Behörden auf die Forderung eingehen können, erschüttert eine gewaltige Explosion das Gebäude.

The Chicago Tribune has dubbed Elmore Leonard, “the coolest, hottest writer in America.” In the same league as the legendary great ones—John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain—Leonard demonstrates his remarkable mastery with Get Shorty, one of the most adored of his forty-plus novels. The basis of the hit movie starring John Travolta and Danny DeVito, Get Shorty chronicles the over-the-top, sometimes violent Hollywood misadventures of a Florida mob loan shark who chases a deadbeat client all the way to Tinseltown and decides to stick around and make movies.

惨殺死体。被害者が残した謎の言葉〈カメダ〉。犯人と被害者を結ぶものは何か？東京・蒲田駅の操車場で男の扼殺死体が発見された。

When Arsène Lupin and two of his criminal associates try to rob the villa of Deputy Daubrecq, things do not go according to plan and Lupin’s two partners are arrested and sentenced to death, leaving him to try and save them from the guillotine. To achieve this, Lupin must not only evade Daubrecq but also outwit a ruthless blackmailer who holds incriminating evidence in a crystal stopper.

From the dark mind behind the DCI Matilda Darke series, comes the next novel in a pulse-pounding new series. Dr Olivia Winter is back. And she’s got a brand new case to solve. Are you ready to join Olivia Winter as she delves in the minds of the world’s most prolific serial killers…

El cambio transformará su vida... O supondrá su muerte. Cuando Jamie Mills, un chico de diecinueve años, aparece colgado de un árbol en un parque local, se determina que su muerte ha sido un suicidio. Tras un caso desgarrador que dejó su cuerpo y mente destrozados, la inspectora Kim Stone debería reincorporarse al trabajo de manera gradual, pero siente que algo en este caso no encaja, y cuando descubre que los padres de Jamie lo enviaron a una clínica para "curar" su homosexualidad, rápidamente toma las riendas de su equipo.

When Jack Taylor awakes from a coma following an attack that left him in hospital, much of the world has changed. The Covid pandemic has devastated the lives of many in his beloved city of Galway and beyond. As Jack tries to absorb the incredible changes, a woman approaches him with a particularly distressing case. Two local nuns have been bludgeoned by a mysterious man wielding a hammer. As the police fail to act while the violence against the Sisters escalates, Jack seems like their only hope.

Lorraine would say afterwards that she was smitten straight off with Paddy Farrell. You could tell that he was occupying the room in a different way, he found the spaces that fitted him. She was the kind of girl the papers called vivacious, always a bit of dazzle to her. Could she not see there was death about him? Could he not see there was death about her?