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"Wenn man den Pfad der Vergeltung beschreitet, soll man zwei Gräber ausheben."(Konfuzius) Jules Lefèvre ist Lehrer an der Public École im normannischen Lion-sur-Mer. Jules und seine Frau Malin genießen das Familienglück mit der kleinen Tochter Lilou. Doch dann zwingt ein Burn-out Jules, sich zu Hause einzuigeln. Die Genesung verläuft schwierig, denn seine Wahrnehmung ist getrübt. Er ist psychisch instabil und paranoid.Auch als ihm Paul Moreau, der Rektor seiner Schule, einen Besuch abstattet, misstraut Jules dessen Freundlichkeit und Hilfsbereitschaft.

Alto, corpulento, con barba y melena, sombrero de ala ancha y botas de vaquero, el texano Roy Cady lleva unos años ejerciendo de matón profesional en Nueva Orleans. Roy es un tipo tranquilo, comprensivo, capaz de ver el lado filosófico de las cosas, lo cual no le impide ser implacable cuando la ocasión lo requiere. Pero su vida da un giro radical el día que le diagnostican un cáncer avanzado. De pronto, sus puntos de referencia se trastocan, y el relieve de la realidad cobra una nueva dimensión.

A las tierras más al norte de Noruega, donde nunca se pone el sol, ha llegado un sicario rebelde. Huye de su pasado y es un hombre sin futuro. Pongamos que se llama Jon y acaba de traicionar a uno de los reyes del crimen organizado de Oslo, El Pescador. En esta aldea remota de Finnmark viven los integrantes de una secta cristiana y Jon traba amistad con Lea, la hija del líder local. Ella le proporciona un lugar en el que esconderse, una cabaña de cazadores, y un rifle, además de alimentos.

A decade after leaving prison, Shea Stevens has put her criminal past in her rearview. But when someone abducts her eight-year-old niece, the tough-as-nails ex-con doesn't trust the police to find her. Instead, Shea forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged family’s drug-dealing biker gang to locate the missing girl and rain hell on those who took her. But the motorcycle club's violence and treachery only puts Shea and her niece in further danger.

Rachel thought she could outrun her past. But when her sister Imogen returns home after years abroad, the walls Rachel built around her begin to crumble. Imogen wants what she believes is hers—no matter the cost. Twenty years after the tragic drowning of their baby brother, Rachel has constructed a life that appears perfect on the surface. A successful career, a loving daughter, and a claim on her parents’ beautiful family home, The Old Rectory. But the cracks are starting to show.

Seit Jahrzehnten hat Paul Schwartzmüller Rumänien, das Land seiner Kindheit, nicht mehr besucht. Nun macht sich der Investigativjournalist auf den Weg nach Siebenbürgen, um das Erbe seiner kürzlich verstorbenen Tante anzutreten. Doch als er in Siebenbürgen ankommt, schlägt ihm zunächst wenig Begeisterung entgegen. Nur Sorin, Pauls Freund aus Kindheitstagen, empfängt ihn herzlich. Als man auf dem sagenumwobenen Dracula-Schloss Bran einen Touristen tot auffindet, wird ausgerechnet Sorin zum Hauptverdächtigen – und Paul stellt selbst Ermittlungen an.

Loïc le sait : un ogre habite ses pensées. Attiré par les enfants, le jeune homme de vingt ans pense savoir contenir la bête qui vit en lui. Mais ce lundi de Pentecôte 1974, la bête s'échappe. Une petite fille passe dans son champ de vision. Huit ans, robe blanche au motif cerise. Son corps sera retrouvé deux jours plus tard. Loïc risque la peine de mort.

Una sera, dopo aver partecipato a una festa d'addio ai piani alti dell'ospedale, l'anatomopatologo Quirke scende a cercare un po' di quiete nel proprio studio, dove scopre suo cognato, un famoso neonatologo, intento a compilare una cartella clinica. E nota, con altrettanta sorpresa, la presenza di un cadavere di cui non sapeva niente: si tratta di una giovane donna, il suo nome è Christine Falls. Quirke ancora non lo sa, ma da quel momento niente sarà più come prima. Siamo nella Dublino cattolica e perbenista degli anni Cinquanta, piena di pub dove annegare profonde solitudini.

In the glamorous yet gritty world of 1940's Hollywood, PI Nicky Forenza returns in Tinseltown, the thrilling second installment of the Fame and Flames series. She and her dragon partner, Errol, must navigate the underbelly of the movie industry, where secrets and lies are as common as neon on Hollywood Blvd.

Dans Le Bayou Tèche, les marais forment un enchevêtrement où il est facile de disparaître. Elise, une Française, s’y est réfugiée pour fuir quelque chose de sombre, d’indicible, qu’elle a laissé en France. Elle est partie du jour au lendemain, abandonnant tout derrière elle. L’indicible est un personnage trouble et difficile à cerner : son mari. Ce roman croise les histoires respectives du laissé-pour-compte en Dordogne, et de la fugitive en Louisiane.

Israel, 1974-2008. Zwei Polizisten führen uns durch fast vier Jahrzehnte israelischer Geschichte. Cohen, der Strippenzieher im Hintergrund, und Avi Sagi, der den korrumpierenden Versuchungen seines Jobs nicht widerstehen kann. Diese Geschichte ist die dunkle Geschichte Israels. Der Patriot Cohen kennt nur eine Aufgabe – seinen Staat zu beschützen, auch wenn er dafür die bittersten Realitäten akzeptieren muss und gnadenlos danach handelt.

Thaddeus Cutter's life is on the mend. His detective business is growing, he's dating a sim-coder named Sakura, and he still has a roof over his head. If the dark, neon world of Kapamentis wasn't suffering its worst storm in decades, he'd say he had it pretty good. When a woman shows up at his door asking him to investigate her abusive husband and his shady business partner, Thaddeus assumes he's got an easy case on his hands. But when somebody close to the investigation is murdered, Thaddeus becomes the prime suspect, and he soon falls foul of both the law and the lawless.

जयंतनगर में छोटे-छोटे बच्चों का क़त्ल हो रहा है, पर क़ातिल का कोई सुराग़ नहीं मिल रहा। पुलिस को लगता है कि ये एंटी-नैशनल लोगों का काम है, जो हिंदू-मुस्लिम एकता को तोड़ना चाह रहे हैं, जिससे जयंतनगर में लॉ एंड ऑर्डर की समस्या खड़ी हो जाए। शहर में NRC और CAA का विरोध हो रहा है। पुलिस को लगता है कि कोई ऐसा आदमी इस सिचुएशन का फ़ायदा उठना चाह रहा है, जिसकी पकड़ हिंदू और मुस्लिम दोनों ग्रूप में है। इधर सुगंधा की शादी को काफ़ी साल हो गए हैं पर उसे अभी तक बच्चा नहीं हुआ, इसलिए वह बच्चा पाने के लिए किसी भी हद तक जाने को तैयार है।

Eighty-one-year-old Maggie Burkhardt has left it all behind. After the death of her husband and the tragic loss of her daughter Julia, she fled her native Wisconsin and has spent the last five years ping-ponging between the world’s luxury hotels. Now she has finally come to rest somewhere she can imagine staying forever: the Royal Karnak Hotel in Luxor, Egypt. Maggie is no sweet old lady. She has a nasty, nosy little habit: she spies on her fellow guests and manipulates situations to 'liberate' them from what she sees as unhappy relationships.

Comienza la década de los setenta y la ciudad de Nueva York parece más sucia y peligrosa que nunca. Mientras en las calles de Harlem estalla una guerra abierta entre el Ejército Negro de Liberación y la policía estatal, Ray Carney, al frente de su próspera tienda de muebles, intenta mantenerse alejado de los negocios turbios y ser un honrado padre de familia.

Peut-on jamais vraiment connaître les personnes qui partagent notre vie ? Un thriller psychologique impossible à lâcher.

Con una narrativa zigzagueante en su cronología nos acercamos a esa segunda persona a la que Alberto Forcada le habla: con su voz le revive sus andanzas en la escuela, en el barrio, las mudanzas y los amoríos no concretados, la virginidad a medio perder, las escenas en las que atestigua una...

BRUTAL NORDIC NOIR FROM ONE OF DENMARK'S BEST CRIME WRITERS. Klara Larsen is one of Denmark's most skilled fire experts. One day she is called out to a case in a small Jutland town. It is the remains of a family's home, and their grief is great. The local police are at a standstill. It turns...

Un uomo di mezz’età si presenta nell’ufficio di Bacci Pagano. Si esprime in un italiano ricco, con marcato accento genovese. È timido e cortese, ma un fatto sconcerta il navigato detective: Mario Canepa è un uomo di colore…Figlio adottivo dei Canepa, Mario è ora titolare della ditta di famiglia, che importa caffè dal Corno d’Africa. "Ritrovi mio figlio dottor Pagano. Si chiama Giovanni, ha vent'anni e non vuole parlare con me!”. Inizia così per Bacci un'inchiesta velata di malinconia, nella quale il suo senso di giustizia, lo spinge ad andare con determinazione oltre il proprio mandato.

Written years before Jordan Harper’s breakout success, Everybody Knows, this stirring and brutal bildungsroman tells the story of young Luke Crosswhite, who after years apart from his criminal family returns to their flock deep in the California desert. Luke’s father is serving time for a brutal murder that Luke himself witnessed; now, his uncle vies for power and rival biker gangs encroach on the family’s various criminal enterprises.