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La segretaria di un broker viene trovata agonizzante in ufficio dal suo capo. La testa fracassata. Morirà pochi minuti dopo. Quella mattina era andata al lavoro più presto del solito. Il commissario della polizia di Genova ha appena dato le dimissioni dopo la fine amara dell'indagine sul mondo del calcio, ed è travolto dalle tristi vicende della sua vita privata. L'indagine tocca dunque al suo vice. I possibili sospetti sono molti, a cominciare dal broker, che nasconde sicuramente affari loschi e vanta importanti protezioni, ma il movente è poco chiaro, e l'arma del delitto non si trova.

H is a boxer past his prime. Haunted by the memory of the fight that should have made him great, he is chasing his dream through the seedier side of the London boxing circuit, losing fights against his untalented opponents, his wife and, ultimately, himself. When a gunfight at an illegal gambling shebeen drags him down into a multicultural underworld of violence and extortion, H finds himself in debt to the sinister sociopath, White Alan.

Kenzie y Gennaro asumen una tarea en apariencia simple: descubrir el paradero de Jenna Angeline, una mujer de la limpieza negra que, según parece, ha sustraído documentos confidenciales. Pero la pareja se entera de que Jenna no posee documentos. Tiene un hijo y un esposo que lideran pandillas callejeras, una hermana enojada y una foto de un político con su esposo en una habitación de hotel.

A ruthless serial killer stalks the streets of Mumbai, leaving behind a gruesome trail of tortured victims. As the city reels in terror, the authorities grapple with a vital question: what links these seemingly random targets?

Jack Kerouac tells the story of Jack Duluoz, a French-Canadian boy growing up in Kerouac’s own birthplace, the dingy factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. There, Doctor Sax, with his flowing cape, slouched hat, and insinuating leer, is chief among the many ghosts and demons that populate Jack’s fantasy world.

Jack Kerouac tells the story of Jack Duluoz, a French-Canadian boy growing up in Kerouac’s own birthplace, the dingy factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. There, Doctor Sax, with his flowing cape, slouched hat, and insinuating leer, is chief among the many ghosts and demons that populate Jack’s fantasy world. Deftly mingling memory and dream, Kerouac captures the accents and textures of his boyhood in Lowell in this novel of a cryptic, apocalyptic hipster phantom.

È la fine di un’altra dura giornata di lavoro per l’anatomopatologa Maura Isles, quando un rumore improvviso nella cella frigorifera attira la sua attenzione. Uno scherzo della stanchezza o tra i corpi in attesa di essere sottoposti ad autopsia qualcosa si è mosso? Si sa, la realtà è quasi sempre peggiore dell’incubo: una giovane e bellissima donna, il cui cadavere era stato ritrovato in mare non lontano da uno yacht club, ha ripreso a respirare.

Morir al sur, escrita con un lenguaje preciso y eficaz, transporta al lector, de una historia de crimen común, hacia una de crímenes de Estado que nos interna en el universo de la corrupción política y militar, y que debido a la región del país que le sirve de escenario, se inserta en un contexto social de gran impacto para México.

¿Podrán Cara y Carlo hallar al culpable antes de que la oscuridad los devore por completo? ANTES: Hace veinte años, en la ciudad más hermosa a orillas del Danubio, la guerra comenzó a gestarse. Las sombras del pasado resucitaron y dos hermanas dieron a luz a sus hijos solo para que se los arrebataran. Este es el origen del horror, donde todo empezó. AHORA: En un presente desolado, Cara y Carlo deambulan por una Budapest en ruinas, una ciudad donde la luz del sol ya no llega. Los hermanos, hambrientos de venganza y respuestas, buscan al hombre responsable de desatar el mal que destruyó sus vidas y su mundo.

"En tiempos de la Guerra Fría existieron solamente como un grupo de operarios clandestinos vinculados a La Cuadrilla una agencia-fantasma del Gobierno norteamericano dedicada a eliminar los grandes saboteadores de la oposición. Con el colapso de la Unión Soviética, Washington decide desbandarla, hasta que se logra demostrar a los "nuevos dioses" del Potomac que mantener operante a una unidad como esta, en tiempos de paz, es un mal necesario cuando se trata de salvaguardar la seguridad nacional..."

Neapolis, 22 a.C. Dalla vasca delle murene di una lussuosa villa situata nella meravigliosa località di Pausilypon affiora una carcassa umana. È del ricco e spregevole eques romano Lucio Popilio Lepido, ospite del proprietario della villa, il cavaliere Publio Vedio Pollione, più feroce del morto. Pollione e Lepido non sono gli unici equites di Pausilypon: altri cinque loro sodali, con cui hanno sancito un patto segreto, si sono dati appuntamento nella dimora per un simposio. A pochi giorni – non è un caso – dall'arrivo in città dell'imperatore Augusto. Accanto al corpo di Lepido, un messaggio oscuro.

It's been a while since Sadie Fuller has lived a normal life. Her obsessive compulsions make even daily life a constant struggle. Living in New Los Angeles doesn't help either. A haven for Descendants, gods and goddesses that suddenly woke up in mortal bodies, the city is ripe with the mysterious and macabre. But now Sadie is witness to a Descendant murder and thrown into an investigation that will test her in ways she could never have imagined. Soon, she herself becomes the hunted. Who is serially killing the Descendants and why do they want to kill her?

As criminal gangs rampage unchecked across London, a secretive elite squad begins a campaign of action, delivering the guilty to the cops – along with all the evidence they need for a conviction. But when innocent people are shot after the vigilante crew blunders into a major police operation – Detective Rick Turner among the unintended victims – it’s clear they must be stopped. Rick’s brother Sam might be able to help, but he’s a fugitive from the law himself, on nobody’s side but his own.

Hiding from the world in her little white cottage on the shores of a loch, Annie Jackson is fighting to come to terms with the world of the murmurs, a curse that has haunted female members of her family for centuries. While she is within the ancient, heavy stone of the old dwelling, the voices merely buzz, but the moment she steps outside the door they clamour to torment her all over again, bringing with them shocking visions of imminent deaths. Into this oasis comes her adoptive mother, Mandy McEvoy, begging for Annie's help. Mandy's nephew Damien has gone missing.

In Bodenheim bei Mainz wird ein uraltes Hexengrab gefunden. Durch ein Unwetter freigespült, zeichnen die Leichen einer verbrannten Frau und eines verstümmelten Kindes ein Bild des Grauens. Plötzlich versetzen nächtliche Bannzeichen, Opferrituale und ein grausamer Mord die Menschen in Angst und Schrecken. Ist der "Fluch der Hexe" neu erwacht? Einzig die Historikerin Tinne ahnt, dass die Knochen im Grab ein anderes, sehr viel schlimmeres Geheimnis hüten. Als sie endlich die Verbindung zwischen der Vergangenheit und der Gegenwart findet, ist ihre eigene Hinrichtung eine längst beschlossene Sache.

Barbara ci ha provato, a ricominciare, a tagliare i ponti con il passato, a fuggire da se stessa. Un nuovo luogo dove vivere, la piccola isola sperduta nel Mediterraneo che la gente del posto chiama “il Faro”. Un nuovo lavoro come maestra elementare. Perfino un nuovo nome, Alice. Ma il destino sembra avere altri piani. Un giorno la direttrice della scuola annuncia che nella sua classe arriverà una nuova alunna, Anna, una bambina complicata, con un serio problema di aggressività e accessi di rabbia.

Avec sa voix si singulière, son style ciselé, Michaël Mention signe un roman radical tout en rythme et en émotions pour conter le plus insoutenable des deuils, la plus viscérale des vengeances, et peindre le portrait d'un homme et d'un monde qui vacillent.

Joe Flood is the professional assassin known as “the Slugger.” He’s made a career out of murder for hire, but only those who deserve it. Then a routine physical turns into a reckoning. Joe has cancer, his doctor tells him, with maybe six months to live. Joe decides to take fate into his own hands. Accessing the underground network of fellow hit men, he puts out a contract on himself: six million dollars from a Swiss bank account to the professional who will end his suffering quickly.

Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland, as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau’s daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live with Beau and his wife Mel as he finishes out the school year. Meanwhile, a friend from his past asks for Beau’s help in looking into what appears to be an accidental death.

When Polly signs up to an art retreat in the Lake District, it's an escape from the stress of recent months, when a stalker preyed on her and her friend. It's also an opportunity to find out more about her family history: Polly believes her biological mother once lived here, at Lakeside House. But things quickly turn sinister. The previous owners supposedly took their own lives here, years before – and the glamorous new owners are now receiving disturbing threats. Someone is sabotaging Polly's artwork. The five other guests on the retreat all seem to be hiding something.