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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.

¿Y si el crimen perfecto no fuera solo una fantasía literaria? Una mente brillante. Una cadena de muertes imposibles. Y una cuenta atrás envenenada. Cuando varios asesinatos desconcertantes sacuden el centro de Madrid, dos de los mejores investigadores del país —el teniente de la UCO Pablo Roncero y el inspector de policía Francisco Bermejo— se enfrentan a un caso tan meticuloso como inquietante. Cada crimen parece un guiño retorcido a los grandes clásicos del género policíaco y en cada escena se encuentran con una provocación diferente.

Sous les franges jaunes et rouges d’une tente de toile, la grande danseuse a fini de danser. La nuit tiède venue du sud les fait frissonner; des autos noires, de luxe, silencieuses et souples, s’arrêtent au bord du trottoir: l’or ou l’argent d’un soulier de bal, puis, derrière la vitre, un visage de femme, un peu las sous les fards, mais fier, heureux d’avoir été vu trois heures durant au fond d’une loge.

A new series from the New York Times bestselling author of the J. J. Graves Mystery Series... Mabel McCoy, a young and widowed tea shop owner in the quaint coastal town of Grimm Island, South Carolina, finds her life as calm as a perfectly steeped cup of tea. The highlight of her month is hosting the Silver Sleuths Murder Society at her charming shop—a group of spirited seniors with a penchant for mysteries. She loves the tranquility and wouldn’t have it any other way. But when a dashing new sheriff arrives in town with a backlog of baffling cold cases, Mabel's peaceful existence is upended.

Giancarlo De Cataldo - "Schwarz wie das Herz", deutsche Erstausgabe, übersetzt von Karin Fleischanderl.Ein abgehalfterter Anwalt zwischen Integrität und schönem Leben. Anwalt Valentino Bruio ist am Arsch. Die Anwaltskammer droht ihm mit Ausschluss, er ist pleite und hat gerade einen schwarzen Immigranten abgewiesen, der von seinem Kind in Not erzählte. Er hat Loser als Klientel einfach satt. Als er aber erfährt, dass der Mann getötet wurde, gerät Bruio in eine moralische Krise.

Brought to you by Penguin. From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters, a magically surreal novel about history, identity and redemption It’s summer 2017 and the last few residents of the Lough Neagh Archipelago are facing imminent eviction. The flood planned to combat...

Brought to you by Penguin. When several children from the same village start succumbing to a mysterious illness, the quest to discover the cause has devastating and extraordinary consequences. It is late June in Ballylack. Hannah Adger anticipates eight long weeks' reprieve from school, but when...

C’è grande attesa per la mostra di brillanti organizzata nel Palazzo dell’Anziania, a Savona, dove si potranno ammirare alcune tra le pietre più preziose radunate per l’occasione dagli esperti del settore. I gioielli, dal valore incalcolabile, sono custoditi al sicuro nel caveau della gioielleria Modigliani, nel cuore della città. Una donna misteriosa tenta l’impossibile: rubare l’intera collezione. È determinata, ha preparato ogni mossa con cura, ma le cose non vanno come previsto e deve fuggire precipitosamente, lasciandosi dietro un cadavere e mille interrogativi.

Mack Denver—ex-Marine, reluctant private eye, and occasional vigilante—has been told by his boss, Joe Macy, to keep his head down and stick to the simple insurance gigs. But Mack’s never been good at simple. A routine case gets second billing when he stumbles onto a web of city-wide corruption, a trio of bumbling bank robbers, a mob boss with a job offer he can’t refuse, and a new relationship with the sharp, beautiful Wanda. With a crew of unlikely allies, Mack does his best to keep the wheels turning—and his conscience clean. Macy was right. He should’ve stuck to the simple stuff.

THE FIRST MURDER COMMITTED BY AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? When a late model sedan hurtles into the side of a building at high speed in Lower Manhattan, it has all the markings of an accident, or at worst a suicide. That's until the driver claims, with his dying breath, that someone is trying to...

Doug lies near death after his wife, Kristin and her boyfriend, Todd attack him in his kitchen and leave him for dead in the woods of Longfellow Pond. Their meeting had not worked out as planned. Kristin only came to announce she is leaving the marriage, but her husband's anger and harsh words toward her sets off her boyfriend, and they get into a terrible fight. Kristin hits Doug over the head with a vase and chooses to run rather than take responsibility for her actions.

Set in London and the Scottish Highlands, The Driving Seat is a literary domestic thriller, full of blistering black humour, compulsive plotting and an electrifying final showdown...

Fuir son mari était la première étape. Survivre à ses propres démons sera la plus difficile. Une nuit d'été, Sarah s'échappe avec Nathan, son fils de six ans, laissant derrière elle une maison aux fenêtres barricadées, un mari assommé... et des années de silence imposé. Direction...

Unha cuadrilla de cazadores, urbanos e con relacións de amizade e negocios, participa nunha batida na que o obxectivo é «O Solitario», un lendario porco bravo, considerado moi perigoso, a quen se lle atribúe unha morte e ataques a participantes noutras cazarías. No escenario agreste da batida, dúas mulleres sendeiristas afrontan unha situación de risco e os cazadores acoden na súa axuda. Despois, o que comeza sendo unha conversa informativa e amábel irá derivando nunha tensa discusión, sobre a caza e outros asuntos da vida, até chegar a un punto de violencia verbal.

Los Angeles, 1985. Journalist Hallie Pitney is fighting to keep her head above water selling minor stories to gossip magazines. She still dreams of her byline on something better—something that could finally launch her career. Then a whisper reaches her: a legendary movie star may be hiding a devastating secret. For Hallie, this could be the story that changes everything. But a dark choice lurks behind Hollywood’s shuttered gates: the story of a lifetime—or everything she stands for.

Seconda avventura noir con protagonista il magistrato Ludovica Sperinelli, donna affascinante e volitiva, e del maresciallo dei Carabinieri Francesco Mancini. Sullo sfondo una Savona che si sta preparando all'annuale fiera di Santa Lucia; ma una sera, nel Teatro Chiabrera, una donna viene trovata riversa a terra nel bagno delle signore. Per pura coincidenza, si tratta della vicina di poltrona della Sperinelli, la quale si trova così coinvolta in prima persona in una vicenda dai contorni inquietanti, dove si affollano parenti insopportabili, misteriosi dirigenti e attivisti no-Tav.

Walk the dark halls and threatening streets of 1920s Asheville in this thrilling third installment of The Stephen Robbins Chronicles, as fan-favorite Robbins confronts the dangerous contrast between appearance and reality at the exclusive Grove Park Inn.

Elisabetta è avvocata in un piccolo studio associato e galleggia tra cause di separazioni, spaccio, affitti non pagati. Dalla penna di uno dei più raffinati scrittori italiani un romanzo di ritmo e suspense che racconta la discesa agli inferi di una giovane donna come tante. Un thriller che inchioda il lettore alla pagina, e insieme una lucida rappresentazione della società contemporanea, che svela la follia che si cela dietro la vita di tutti i giorni.

Buenos Aires, 1978. A dos años del golpe de Estado, miles de personas son recluidas en centros clandestinos de detención. Julio, joven hijo de un poderoso industrial, es uno de ellos, un «desaparecido» más. Madrid, 2000. Julio se llama ahora Jorge Luis. Durante una salida fortuita, se encuentra con Morales y despierta en él la voz de Julio, que exige venganza. Se introduce en la vida del exmilitar para destruirlo, y desarrolla hacia el hombre que debe matar un afecto que no tuvo por su propio padre.

A missing tenant, an irate mother–in–law, and a killer hiding in a Toronto rooming house—out–of–work PI Patrick Bird is back in business. Patrick Bird thought he was helping his mother–in–law collect back rent from a deadbeat tenant at her Ossington Avenue rooming house, not...