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"È una brutta storia. E proprio perciò la voglio raccontare." Così si apre il sipario su una vicenda che ha la più magica delle cornici, un teatro celebre in tutto il mondo, e il più brutale degli inizi, l’assassinio di una giovane donna. Siamo nell’ottobre del 1979 e alla Fenice di Venezia va in scena – o meglio dovrebbe andare in scena – Il misantropo di Molière, ma Marcellina Feltre, l’attrice che interpreta Celimene, viene trovata strangolata nel suo camerino. A indagare, assieme al suo braccio destro Bartolomeo Cadorna, è il commissario di origini siciliane Eriberto Passalacqua.

Staten Island, 1981. La bicicleta de Daniel Miller aparece abandonada en las inmediaciones de su casa. No hay rastro del pequeño. Treinta años después, en 2011, la periodista de investigación del Manhattan Press Miren Triggs sigue una pista que la conduce hasta el terrible hallazgo de un cadáver con los labios sellados.

In McFalls County, local crime boss Gareth Burroughs runs everything on the mountain. And Nelson “Nails” McKenna has been his enforcer since he was a teenager, though his heart's not really in the dirty work. Then one night in a local roadhouse, Nails goes too far, defending a woman, and even Burroughs’s reach can’t get him out of this one. With a dead body and countless witnesses, Nails and the woman become fugitives on the run, and unlikely partners.

A series of grave robberies in the 1920s go unsolved until reporter Michael Jacobs follows a new thread. His investigation leads him to a small town in the suburbs of Chicago named Elk Hills. While there, he finds out more haunting information than the police ever discovered. But with each interview bringing him closer to the truth, he finds himself becoming a part of the story he was looking to write.

Since our divorce, my ex-husband has become one of the most powerful crime bosses on the eastern seaboard. He's not someone you want to cross, and I did a good job of avoiding him for five long years. But then I lied to him. When he caught me in that lie, I admitted it. Finally told him the truth. And he immediately made me his prisoner.

Charlotte has it all: the successful career, the loving family. But, secretly, she is dangerously bored of her rigid and structured life. Bianka is a free spirit, always the life and soul. When she and Charlotte meet, it feels like fate – Bianka is exactly the person that Charlotte needs. When they escape to Ibiza for a girls’ trip, home is soon forgotten. Charlotte dives head first into a life that is looser, wilder. But the holiday soon spirals out of control with fatal consequences – someone doesn’t return home.

Questa è una storia fatta di chili: la storia di Palma, che cresce in una normalissima famiglia disfunzionale, tra una madre volubile, un padre lontano e una sorella fin troppo perfetta. Palma mangia, e nel suo turbolento percorso di formazione, in cui scorrono trent’anni di Roma e d’Italia, trova in un videogioco la via d’uscita dall’incubo delle relazioni, del giudizio, del peso. Attraverso il gioco scopre le chatroom: lì conosce Angelo, un ragazzo con la passione per le donne grasse, con cui inizia una storia vera e al quale ha il coraggio e la gioia di mostrarsi per come è.

Twin sisters Lily and Daisy Kennedy live a life ruled by their controlling father, Des. Desperate to salvage his own shattered dreams, he forces his girls to perform in seedy London club, Eden's, in the hopes they will finally hit the big time. Their double act instantly pulls in the punters, but in the shadow of the spotlights, danger lurks. Lily, the golden girl, is stressed out by their new life, but rebellious Daisy relishes the freedom and excitement it brings.

Mi nombre es Patrick Coonan aunque, en la profesión, se me conoce como el agente Delta. Por muchos años fui un eliminador al servicio del coronel Berkowitz, un agente secreto con licencia para matar y ha llegado la hora de que conozcan mi historia. Mi espíritu inquieto y hasta cierto punto aventurero me inclinó por otros derroteros que muy poco o nada tenían que ver con los estudios académicos, los negocios, la industria y la tecnología.

L’inspecteur Mortka, dit le Kub, a été envoyé à Krotowice, petite ville perdue dans les montagnes. Officiellement, il est là pour un échange de compétences avec la police locale. Officieusement, il y est pour se mettre au vert après une sale affaire. S’il pense être tranquille et avoir le temps de réfléchir à l’état de sa vie personnelle, il se trompe lourdement. Quand Marta, onze ans, disparaît, un pédophile est rapidement arrêté, qui reconnaît le viol et le meurtre de la petite.

Tra i palazzoni della periferia di Cagliari gli anni passano lenti e la prospettiva migliore è riuscire a rimanere a galla cercando di non pestare i piedi alle persone sbagliate. Nanni, Bebbo e Ricky, tre amici molto diversi tra loro, lo hanno imparato a proprie spese. Ci provano, a tirarsi fuori dalle sabbie mobili in cui sono immersi fin da ragazzini, ad affrancarsi da quella criminalità che costringe a rubare, prostituirsi, camminare a testa bassa.

In the follow-up to One-Shot Harry, fearless crime photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram finds himself in the LAPD’s crosshairs after capturing damning evidence of police brutality. An atmospheric dive into a city on the brink that’s brimming with remarkable historical detail, Ash Dark as Night is perfect for fans of Walter Mosley and James Ellroy. Los Angeles, August 1965. Anger and pent-up frustrations boil over in the Watts neighborhood after a traffic stop of two Black motorists.

NOME: Gigi COGNOME: Berté CAPIGLIATURA: già brizzolata TAGLIA: (troppo) large PENSIERO: sottile INTELLIGENZA: spessa PIANTA PREFERITA: paulonia PUNTUALITÀ: lombarda GELOSIA: calabra VIZIO CHE NON HA PIÙ: fumo VIZIO CHE HA SEMPRE: mangiare molto INSOFFERENZA 1: locali affollati INSOFFERENZA 2: andare per negozi STILE (secondo la Patty): antiquato STILE (secondo la Marzia): classico Se credeva di trovarsi in una sorta di prepensionamento, si sbagliava di grosso: da quando è stato esiliato a Lungariva, «ridente» paesino ligure, il commissario Berté ha dovuto affrontare una serie di casi che lo hanno fatto lavorare più di quando era a Milano.

Duncan Stone is one of the country's most eligible bachelors, and he wants to take me, Callie Parker, on a date. At first I am surprised and flattered, the envy of my friends. Then when our whirlwind romance escalates and he asks me to move in with him, it's like a dream come true. But as I get to really know my new boyfriend, my fairytale turns into a nightmare. Duncan is no Prince Charming. He is the Devil.

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.

I stopped to get my shoes shined and disaster followed. The guy getting his shoes shined next to me is an ex-con, a street rat, and overall despicable human being. Yet he had plans for the perfect heist. Mastermind? Hardly. But the idea was sound. A bank is scheduled to be demolished. Inside is a long-forgotten secret—a lucrative secret. Empty bank, no guards, no alarms. What can go wrong?

This year's London Marathon is my last chance to win the final place on the Olympic team. The months of rehabilitation after my injury will feel worth it to cross that line. But I wasn't expecting the man who's been making my life a living hell to be there. Last I knew, my stalker was behind bars, but he says he's going to be at the race watching. I have 26 miles to figure out whether it's him, and what he wants, or I could lose more than just the race.

Polly y Adam se conocen en un bar de Belleville, una pequeña población de Delaware. Ella viaja hacia el oeste y él dice estar de paso. Aun así, ella se queda y él también, atraído por esa pelirroja misteriosa cuyo cuerpo voluptuoso contrasta con su actitud glacial. Un potente impulso carnal imanta a los dos protagonistas y dura un verano más intenso que cualquier presente, porque quizá sea el último. En Belleville, donde tantas mujeres han intentado embarcarse para escapar de la estrechez doméstica, una heroína decide tomar las riendas de su propio destino.

When Harriet White rebuffs the advances of her boss at the Baker Street building society where she works, she finds herself demoted to a new position… a very unusual position. Deep in the postal department beneath the bank, she is tasked with working her way through a mountain of correspondence addressed to Baker Street’s most famous resident: Mr Sherlock Holmes.

San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel-girls, jazz, bootleg hooch...and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe. The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed her—crushed her under his weight—and brings him up on manslaughter charges. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict.