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When Kalu drops Aima at Lagos Airport, it marks the end of their four-year relationship. Shattered and broken open, he thinks that's the last he will see of his girlfriend. But Aima is drawn back into the city - to the scandalous, decadent nightlife of her best friend. As Kalu grieves, his friend offers him an exclusive invitation to one of his sordid, global parties - a way for Kalu to escape, if only for a night. Kalu knows it will offer every possible indulgence and something even more precious: time with the man he loves, but whose actions will plunge them all into a whirling descent.

Ich bin der erstgeborene Sohn des Mafiakönigs. Der Liebling. Ich bin dazu bestimmt zu regieren. Das macht mich zu einem gefährlichen Mann, einem skrupellosen. Aber in meiner Welt muss man das sein. Dann stolpert Natalie in mein Leben. Falscher Ort. Falsche Zeit. Zweimal hat das Schicksal bestimmt, dass sich unsere Wege kreuzen. Zweimal hat das Schicksal das unschuldige Lamm dem Monster schutzlos ausgeliefert.

In this first case in the new Hugo Sandoval Eco-Mystery series, an old-school San Francisco building inspector must reluctantly venture outside his beloved city and find his sea legs before he can solve the mystery of how a ninety-ton blue whale became stranded, twice, in a remote inlet off the North Coast.

Fresh from maternity leave, Detective Elma finds herself confronted with a complex case, when a man is found murdered in a holiday cottage in the depths of the Icelandic countryside - the victim of a frenzied knife attack, with a shocking message scrawled on the wall above him.

Adiós, muñeca (1940), considerada por muchos la mejor obra de Raymond Chandler, es su segunda novela. El detective Philip Marlowe emprende la búsqueda apasionada de una cantante pelirroja, se ve envuelto en la escena de un crimen y debe desenredar un turbio asunto de deudas de juego. No tardará en descubrir que la costumbre de quienes lo rodean es disparar primero y preguntar después.

"Anche i lunedì speciali, quelli capaci di cambiare il corso di un'intera esistenza, iniziano come un giorno qualsiasi." Lo sta per imparare a proprie spese il potente broker svizzero Rufus Blom, quando durante la solita corsa all'alba tra le colline delle Langhe si imbatte nel cadavere di una ragazza. Sulla schiena l'assassino le ha tracciato col sangue una svastica e un cognome, il suo: Blom.

Screenwriter Blake Deco' s life is upended when his Hollywood movie-star wife, Goldie Saint Helen, comes out of a coma after a car accident with a makeshift identity. Her lawyers see her condition as an opportunity to swindle her.

Montale, il protagonista della trilogia noir di Jean-Claude Izzo, ha lasciato la polizia e cerca di vivere secondo un’antica filosofia del suo paese, seguendo il ritmo lento del mare, andando a pesca, sedendo al bar con gli amici. Fino a quando non viene risucchiato in un’indagine (non più in divisa) che parte dall’omicidio di un suo cugino adolescente e lo porta dritto dritto negli interessi mafiosi sul porto della città, negli ambienti razzisti del Fronte nazionale, nei traffici d’armi degli integralisti islamici.

Tutto si aspettava, il commissario Marco Luciani, tranne che gli affidassero quell'indagine. Forse perché il nuovo questore ha idee tutte sue e lo vuole più "mediatico" di quanto non sia mai stato. Questa volta, infatti, gli tocca proteggere un personaggio televisivo, Dario Dolci, critico gastronomico reso celebre da un programma tv, Stelle in cucina. Un uomo sopra le righe, esagerato, politicamente scorretto, ma molto amato dal pubblico e venerato dagli aspiranti cuochi.

Private detectives Luke, Lyle, and Debbie have seen the worst of the worst, but nothing will prepare them for the new danger they must face. After uncovering the corruption of former State Governor, Marva DeLonghi, and sending her to prison, the trio thought their work was done. But when Marva escapes and powerful crime lord Philipe Ruskov demands a favor, they are thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Ever since being adopted as babies, twins Sinead and Orla have been the only family they've ever known. Orla’s got the big house in Glasgow, the supportive husband and teenage daughter, Molly Rose, while Sinead's struggles have taken her to some very dark places. But all of that changes when Sinead receives a call. Their mother, Janey, is back in their lives. But she's far from what they expected and when the siblings discover their mum is the head of a dangerous gangland firm, their lives are turned upside down.

Janey Hallahan was born into the criminal life. After the death of her father, she became head of the family business - every day making dark decisions that make her family firm richer, no matter how dangerous. While Janey rules gangland with an iron fist, she always sticks to her own code of honour, and the innocent never get hurt. One of her workers, Danny McInroy runs an exclusive club in Glasgow - the kind of place where the ultra-wealthy can fulfil their darkest desires, for a hefty cost.

In Il rosario di madreperla, Valerio Molinaro dipinge il ritratto affascinante e nel contempo inquietante di Riccardo Gaston, un investigatore privato solitario e cinico, che soffre di dipendenza da alcol. Affronta la vita con la rassegnazione di chi ha perso tutto e durante una “notte bianca” a Roma, mentre è all’Ikea per regalare alla moglie una libreria, si imbatte in una situazione pericolosa: una rapina nel negozio. Tutto avviene all’improvviso e Gaston si scopre suo malgrado l'antieroe per eccellenza, riuscendo a salvare Elisa, una giovane donna tenuta in ostaggio dai criminali.

Mason Mackay is at peace with his lust, but this newfound sanguinity is a deadly thing. With the aid of a charming mentor, Mason's discovered a class of victim that can be targeted, hunted, and eliminated with ease. With a new love and a new taste for boozy treats, Mason is enjoying a life of sweet indulgence.

Bullied as a child for being overweight and an orphan, the serial killer in I Disappeared Them hides in plain sight. By day, he is an affable family man with a disarming smile, surrounded by his children and loving wife. At night, he punches the clock as a hardworking pizza man. After work, he roams Miami’s nighttime streets as the Periwinkle Killer, a sociopath passing judgment on the wicked according to a twisted moral code.

The novel from Number 1 bestselling Richard & Judy author Louise Douglas. As wild fires creep a devastating path towards the idyllic town of Morranez, a vulnerable girl goes missing. But was she taken - or was she escaping... The summer is the hottest yet in the Brittany coastal town of Morranez...

A young black girl disappears from Cincinnati’s West End. No witnesses, no leads. Two days later, a white girl the same age is snatched from Hyde Park Square. Cincinnati’s mayor receives a letter brutally stating: “Find the black girl and we’ll return the white girl.” The fuse lit, two female detectives race to uncover the kidnappers. Hope dwindles as time accumulates, and passes, without resolution. Cincinnati PD and the FBI form an uneasy alliance while battling the city’s racial stereotypes and stigmas.

The woman falls. Her body begins to shake. Her brown eyes turn upwards, showing a mix of panic and desperate hope. She takes a deep breath and says one word: Blake. Then her eyes close, her face pales, and she goes still forever The victim: Shannon, a woman who went out of her way to help the...

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In una Milano apocalittica, invasa dai carri armati, un uomo decide di liquidare la propria esistenza. Si licenzia, vende la casa in cui abita e mette tutti i soldi che ricava in mano a un'amica, Beatrice, una donna dalle relazioni potenti e pericolose. L'intesa è che Beatrice gli prepari un crescendo di piaceri che durerà dieci giorni. Seguito da un misterioso persecutore e tormentato da telefonate mute, l'uomo si immerge in questo viaggio conturbante, punteggiato da incontri imprevisti e avventure inaspettate, percorrendo fino all'estremo l'immaginario erotico maschile. Ma proprio quando crede di essere arrivato alla fine.