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Red Harvest is the first full novel by Dashiell Hammett, the author universally regarded as the father of "hard boiled" detective fiction. An enormous hit upon its publication, it has since become a classic of the detective genre. Time Magazine included Red Harvest in its 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

A sadistic serial killer targets women attorneys, leaving body parts scattered across town. Will local detectives working alongside a FBI agent and an odd FBI profiler track down the killer before he or she strikes again? Or, will the killer sow destruction across teo communities, forcing neighbors to suspect neighbors. What hideous creature hides behind small town smiles?

Death is stalking the streets of Newcastle. An anonymous killer is offering the terminally ill a dignified escape. Mercy to some. Murder to others. DCI Jack Parker doesn't want the case. He has a secret of his own – an early-onset dementia diagnosis he's desperate to conceal. But the signs are becoming impossible to ignore. As his mind begins to betray him, the city faces its own moral reckoning.

Das erste Mal hat Yrsa nicht die Absicht zu töten. Aber der Cambridge-Professor, der ihr gegenübersitzt, hat die Forschungsergebnisse ihrer Freundin gestohlen. Als sie die Biene in seine Sanpellegrino-Flasche schnippt, denkt sie, dass er einen schmerzhaften Stich abbekommen wird. Dann ist er...

Premio Primavera de Novela 2024. Ácido. Moderno. Único. Larga vida al nuevo rey de la novela negra. Dos asesinatos, una investigación a ritmo frenético y un final que no olvidarás. «Axel, creo que he matado a alguien». Con este enigmático whatsapp de su compañera Loor Galván comienza...

Youths disappearing from the streets. Smashed bodies ejected into the River Aire. And CSI Eddie Collins is about to find out how they died. Abandoned by a malicious wife and tormented by a hateful boss, the only thing keeping CSI Eddie Collins sane is his job. When a dead youth is found on a...

Un'indagine che sembrava chiusa si riapre all'improvviso, costringendo il vicequestore Marco Ardini a tornare su un caso oscuro di pedofilia e traffico di organi. Per farlo, è costretto a chiedere aiuto a Teresa Maritano, ex ispettore di polizia, l'unica in grado di aiutarlo. Nel tentativo di ricostruire la verità, entrambi dovranno confrontarsi con il proprio passato professionale, riaprendo il ricordo delle indagini in cui Teresa fu determinante ma anche del momento che la portò a dare le dimissioni.

Le substitut Dominique Vasseur va se rendre en Provence pour témoigner contre Cesare Di Caro, la dernière figure du milieu marseillais, qui a dépêché des hommes de main sur Quimper. Paul Capitaine doit assurer la protection de son amie, mais sa mission s'avère impossible car ils se brouillent. Et voilà qu'à la consternation générale, on apprend l'assassinat de la magistrate. S'engage alors une lutte acharnée entre les sbires du caïd et les représentants de la loi.

A rekindled friendship. A web of deceit. A father's worst nightmare. Private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda 'Birdie' Bird are tracking a sophisticated theft ring targeting Leicestershire's wealthiest estates. Priceless, valuable antiques and collectables vanish without a trace, and...

Two murdered girls, and no motive. While skiing deep in Lake Tahoe’s backcountry, private detective Dan Reno finds the first naked body, buried under fresh snow. Reno’s contacted by the grieving father, who wants to know who murdered his daughter, and why? And how could the body end up in...

Vuelve Anders de la Motte, el autor de novela negra que arrasa en Europa con la serie de la Unidad de Casos Perdidos. La inspectora Leonore Asker, al mando de la peculiar Unidad de Casos Perdidos, recibe una llamada del todo inesperada: su padre, con quien no tiene contacto desde hace más de...

Jimmy Homestead’s glory days as a high school stud were a distant memory. His adulthood had amounted to little more than temporary jobs, petty crime, and discount whiskey. But he always felt he was special, and winning a $43 million lottery proved it. With all that money, everything is great...

Dave Robicheaux has been warned that he's on somebody's hit list, and now the homicide detective is trying to discover just who that is before he ends up dead. Meanwhile he has taken on the murder investigation of a young black girl found dead in the Bayou swamp. Robicheaux uncovers a web of...

Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. Between his recurrent nightmares, his thoughts drift from one irreconcilable memory to the next. During a murder investigation, Dave Robicheaux discovers he may have committed the homicide he's investigating, one which involved the death of the man who took the...

James Beck learned the value of loyalty the hard way. Imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, he developed a keen sense of right and wrong. So when his friend is beaten and killed on the streets of the Bronx, Beck is determined to provide him a measure of justice; a little dignity. But what...

The nineteenth novel in the highly acclaimed Dave Robicheaux series. Dave is in a recovery unit in New Orleans, where a Creole girl named Tee Jolie Melton visits him and leaves him an iPod with the country blues song 'Creole Belle' on it. Then she disappears. Dave becomes obsessed with the song...

House of the Rising Sun is an epic tale of love, loss, betrayal, vengeance, and retribution that follows Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland on his journey to reunite with his estranged son, Ishmael. After a violent encounter that leaves four Mexican soldiers dead, Hackberry escapes the country in...

Hack Holland is a product of the South, both old and new. Hard-drinking ex-POW and wealthy, progressive Democrat, he stands in the long shadow cast by his ancestors. When Holland's candidacy for a congressional seat brings him increasingly into conflict with those around him, his almost...

David Blake likes to think he’s no gangster. He's a white-collar criminal, working for gangster Bobby Mahoney, enjoying the money pouring in. Trouble is, a big chunk of that money has just gone missing along with Geordie Cartwright. Has Geordie done a runner or been killed by a rival gang? In...

Artist and young mother Sandra Gilles disappears without trace after leaving her three-year-old daughter, Charlotte, with a friend. Her lawyer husband, Naz Malik, is devastated – but he’s also the prime suspect in a murder investigation. When Naz vanishes shortly afterwards, Gemma James and...