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Crime reporter Will Finch and private investigator Eve Noon are out of time. A villain from the ashes of the Soviet Union has cast a shadow over San Francisco, threatening not only their lives, but also their enigmatic ally, Sochi. But the real danger is still unseen—an even deadlier force pulling the strings from the dark.

Abismo es un dios cruel, de cuyo capricho dependen la vida o la muerte, y Misericordia Dagger, verdugo metódico e inflexible, trabaja incondicionalmente bajo sus órdenes. Pero su obediencia se ve puesta a prueba cuando se enamora de la nieta de su próxima víctima. Esta novela es una extraordinaria parodia de los fieros tiempos actuales, marcados por el delirio de gobernantes autoritarios, irracionales y criminales. Tragicomedia universal, teatraliza cíclicas épocas de terror que anuncian el caos definitivo, o tal vez presagian un mundo nuevo.

Il decesso dell'anziana e ricca vedova del notaio, mentre nel villaggio una donna partorisce due gemelli, altera l'immobilità numerica della comunità, e il medico locale nota qualcosa di strano in quella morte, e chiede aiuto a un vecchio compagno di studi, il celebre medico-imbalsamatore Efisio Marini. Attraverso l'autopsia, lo scienziato non solo svela un omicidio, ma scopre anche l'incredibile arma del delitto.

Quando la sua amante moldava viene rapita, l'incarico di consegnare il riscatto è affidato a Marco Buratti, investigatore senza licenza, e ai suoi soci Max la Memoria e Beniamino Rossini. Ma qualcosa va storto e la donna, nonostante il pagamento di un milione di euro, non viene liberata. L'Alligatore inizia cosí un'indagine non autorizzata per impedire che una vittima rimanga senza giustizia, a dispetto di chi vorrebbe mettere tutto a tacere.

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: private investigator Philip Marlowe. He is willing to help a man down on his luck, but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe is drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?

Duchess Day Radley is a 13-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Rules are for other people. She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother, Robin, and the parent to her mother, Star, a single mom incapable of taking care of herself, let alone her two kids. Walk has never left the coastal California town where he and Star grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. And he's in overdrive protecting Duchess and her brother.

Kayleigh Morris is just trying to survive her first year at St. Kellum’s University. Freshers’ Week is a blur of social anxiety, parties, and the weight of trying to fit in. But when Kayleigh’s panic attack becomes the talk of the campus, she retreats into herself, shutting herself away in her room. Everything changes when she’s selected for a mysterious new module, led by Professor Lady Marian, who introduces her and a group of misfits to a psychedelic drug believed to cure anxiety and promote productivity.

In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith's perilous world - where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder.

England, 1914. Die Welt ist von Konflikten gezeichnet. Der verletzte Captain Hastings wird ins Anwesen Styles Court eingeladen, um sich von seinen körperlichen und seelischen Wunden zu erholen. Styles ist ein prachtvolles Landhaus und Heimat seines Kindheitsfreundes. Für Hastings ein Ort der Ruhe … glaubt er. Doch an den heißen Sommertagen braut sich etwas Finsteres zusammen.

In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her 60s, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. She is reclusive, preferring the company of animals to people; she’s unconventional, believing in the stars; and she is fond of the poetry of William Blake, from whose work the title of the book is taken. When members of a local hunting club are found murdered, Duszejko becomes involved in the investigation.

In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, whom he divorced and remarried and who ends up dead. And now Lennox is on the lam, and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.

"Milano. Una piccola città, tutto sommato, con dentro il male. Un male pulsante, crudele, così viscerale che l'ha perfino costretta a mutare colore. Il nero del carbone, il grigio dei palazzi ormai è diventato rosso. Di luci, di fari nella notte, di lampeggianti d'autoambulanze, di bandiere nelle piazze, di sangue sui marciapiedi. Città rossa." Anche Milano ha avuto i suoi eroi criminali. Erano gli anni del boom economico, dell'uomo sulla Luna, delle grandi passioni politiche e loro rapinavano le banche.

There has never been a woman as beautiful as top model Delora Deanne. But Delora Deanne doesn’t really exist. Unknown to the panting public, Delora is a composite of many women. Her face is played by Gertrude Bragg. Torso and legs by Eula Stolz. Hands, Eva Lou Strauss. Brains, Hazel Swackhammer. But now, Delora is coming apart. Hazel Swackhammer receives the first in what is to be a series of beautifully wrapped presents. Inside, she is surprised to find a pair of pale lavender gloves...containing the hands of Delora Deanne.

Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard.

A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires thugs to kidnap his son. Then the mother hires Spenser to get the boy back. But as soon as Spenser senses the lay of the land, he decides to do some kidnapping of his own.

It’s Los Angeles in the new year of 1950. The Communist Scare is heating up. Gangsters vie for control of the town. The Hollywood studios are feuding with the unions. Then a dead body with its eyes gouged out turns up.

It has been three years since Detective Jonathan Stanton solved the most brutal murder in San Diego's history, and as a result found himself in the middle of the worst police corruption scandal in memory. Choosing a less high-profile position, Stanton is nevertheless reluctantly dragged into the violent world of The Sandman. The Sandman is clever, ruthless, and cautious. He leaves no evidence in his wake and takes a morbid interest in those that chase him. Believing Stanton to be his parallel, he finds an affinity for the detective. One that Stanton may not survive.

Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law when an unexpected acquaintance offers him the chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success, and the good life and he's willing to kill for it. When his newfound happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking.

A story about privacy and its importance for happiness and personal fulfillment.

Estamos en Santa Rita, un antiguo balneario, que luego fue sanatorio y ahora es la casa de una escritora anciana, Sofía, (que escribe novelas de misterio con un pseudónimo y novela rosa con otro), donde viven unas cuarenta personas de todas las edades apoyándose unos a otros y trabajando juntos, en un concepto de "comunidad cordial" transgeneracional. La protagonista, Greta, sobrina y traductora de Sofía, llega para quedarse una temporada y, a través de ella, vamos conociendo a los personajes de la historia.