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Het nieuwe zomerhuis op Sandhamn van de ondernemer Carsten Jonsson is een doorn in het oog van de locals. Maar dan wordt er tussen de ruïnes een lijk gevonden dat niet meer te identificeren is. Inspecteur Thomas Andreasson twijfelt, terwijl Nora Linde vooral erg begaan is met de kwetsbaar-ogende vrouw van Carsten Jonsson, Celia.

Por la noche, las apacibles montañas que rodean Sainte-Agathe quedan ocultas bajo un manto de niebla que se disipa al amanecer. Sin embargo, hoy la luz del sol ha revelado un macabro suceso. Mientras conduce hacia un pequeño pueblo del País Vasco francés, Zaida no puede dejar de pensar en lo que la espera allí. André, su novio, que se encontraba visitando a la familia, se ha despeñado desde uno de los picos cercanos. Al llegar a su destino, los peores presagios se confirman al tiempo que surgen muchas dudas sobre el accidente y sobre la personalidad de su pareja.

What’s the worst way to be found dead? How about in an apparent auto-asphyxiation accident, complete with latex gear and gimp mask… When Gabe’s friend Ben is discovered in such a situation, the author goes on a drug-fueled adventure to prove that the death was no accident. Set in the world of deviant sexuality and consensual torture, what Gabe uncovers is nearly beyond comprehension. Will he catch a killer or lose himself while wading through the most miserable filth this planet can offer?

Ed Exley, Bud White e Jack Vincennes sono tre anime in pena in quella bolgia che è il Dipartimento di polizia di L.A. all'inizio degli anni '50. Il caso di un pestaggio a sangue in cella, opera di agenti ubriachi, svelerà gli sporchi segreti su cui si fondano le loro carriere di detective, trascinandoci in una spirale di morte, potere e corruzione. Un gorgo da incubo in cui nessuno, vittime e aguzzini, può dirsi pulito e dal quale nessuno è sicuro di poter uscire vivo.

Samantha Moore, una universitaria de Queens, de camino a Canadá con su novio para empezar una nueva vida cuando desaparece sin dejar rastro en un pequeño motel de Vermont. Su desaparición no es más que el último de una serie de extraños sucesos que han ocurrido durante décadas en los solitarios bosques de Vermont. Tras un macabro hallazgo relacionado con el caso, la agente del FBI Jill McDade es enviada a Vermont, donde su camino vuelve a cruzarse con el del veterano periodista Ray Wyatt, encargado de investigar el misterio en torno a la joven desaparecida.

Si la mienne a été parfaitement heureuse, elle n'a pas été normale. J'ai grandi, sans le savoir, mais en le pressentant, à l'ombre d'une menace, d'une histoire d'épouvante que personne n'a jamais voulu me raconter. Ce livre est la réponse.

Joseph can't live with the fact that he's responsible for his daughter's death. He checks into The Gate as his final destination, but after the disappearance of a guest everything begins to unravel. Days go missing, people are acting strange, and nothing is what it should be. At every turn, he's reminded of this most painful mistake. Joseph disappears down a rabbit hole of mysterious events, all the while keeping up the battle against his own inner demons. Now he is trapped inside a haunted hotel trying to find a guest that may not even exist.

Nun soll er die Frau eines Bekannten beschatten. Der sorgt sich: Madeleine leidet an Melancholie. Tatsächlich rettet Flavières sie bei einem Selbstmordversuch aus der Seine – und verliebt sich. Um dann hilflos zusehen zu müssen, wie sie sich von einem Turm stürzt. Jahre später sieht er eine Frau, die Madeleine frappierend ähnelt. Ist diese Reneé in Wirklichkeit Madeleine, die er vom Turm stürzen sah.

Hier haben die Studenten Brandon und Granillo gerade den vermeintlich perfekten Mord verübt. Das Opfer, ihren Kommilitonen Ronald, verstauen sie in einer Truhe im Wohnzimmer. Ronald hatte ihnen nie etwas getan. Es gibt kein Motiv – außer zu "beweisen", dass unentdeckter Mord möglich ist und herauszufinden, wie morden sich anfühlt.

Mr. Saltz—known only as The Undertaker—runs a funeral parlor with secrets hidden beneath every floorboard. Emotionless, tasteless, and cold by nature, Saltz disposes of bodies for the city's most powerful crime boss, Manford Van Johnson. But when a relentless detective begins to connect the dots, and rival families move in to clean house, the quiet shadows start to stir.

Roddy Stallone was supposed to be dead—erased by betrayal, rewritten by protocol, and buried beneath a dozen aliases. But legends don’t die. They disappear, reshape, and return when the world forgets the cost of silence. Five years after dismantling a crime empire and fleeing the shadows, Roddy lives as Thomas Vale, a husband, gardener, and ghost. But when paranoia blooms and a stranger named Joe arrives bearing quiet smiles and deadly intent, Roddy is thrust back into a world of hidden agendas and engineered memories.

Nel tranquillo borgo di Petraura, il ritrovamento di un corpo murato nella sacrestia della Chiesa di San Giovanni riporta a galla segreti sepolti da venticinque anni. Jack Del Giudice, ex poliziotto e investigatore privato, insieme alla sua eccentrica famiglia, si immerge in un'indagine che collega la vittima a un oscuro passato di droga, scomparse e poteri occulti. Mentre il maresciallo Giannetti cerca di tenere la verità sotto controllo, vecchi fantasmi tornano a tormentare il paese. Ma chi ha voluto seppellire il passato e perché?

An Mord glaubt auch Hal Jeffries, der wegen eines eingegipsten Beines zu Bewegungsunfähigkeit und Langeweile verdammt in seinem brütend heißen Hinterhof-Apartment festsitzt. In Ermangelung anderer Unterhaltung – Bücher sind nicht seine Sache – verlegt er sich aufs Beobachten. Jeff "geht" der Sache auf den Grund. Schon bald erweist sich ausgerechnet eine Büste von Rousseau (oder war es Montesquieu?) aus dem Besitz seines belesenen Vormieters als lebensrettend.

Инспектор Валентина Редондо готовится к долгожданному отпуску, когда в заброшенном саду старинной усадьбы Кинта-дель-Амо обнаруживают тело садовника. Дом пустовал долгие годы, пока его не унаследовал американский писатель Карлос Грин. Вернувшись в поисках вдохновения в особняк, где он провел несколько счастливых месяцев детства и юности, он оказывается втянут в мистический кошмар. Странные события начинают происходить сразу после обнаружения тела. Карлос уверен: в произошедшем замешаны потусторонние силы.

Sloane Caraway est une menteuse. Rien de bien méchant : ses petits mensonges sont inoffensifs, destinés à embellir sa vie tristement banale, comme elle dit. Alors, quand Sloane aperçoit une fillette en larmes dans un parc, elle ne peut pas s'en empêcher : elle dit au (très séduisant) père de l'enfant qu'elle est infirmière et l'aide à retirer un dard d'abeille du pied de sa fille. Grâce à cette rencontre fortuite, Sloane devient la nounou des riches et privilégiés Jay et Violet Lockhart.

A New York Times Bestseller A New York Times, Washington Post, and Associated Press Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by The Los Angeles Times, Vulture, TIME, The Guardian, The New Republic, and LitHub The new novel from Thomas Pynchon, author of Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of...

Brought to you by Penguin. A private eye is catapulted on to a continent-hopping journey that proves difficult to escape – from the bestselling, award-winning author of Gravity’s Rainbow. Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al...

César e Rebeca vivono sul filo. Lui fornisce droga e intrattenimento ai clienti di un hotel di lusso. Lei ha un talento spietato: rintraccia parenti di defunti senza testamento per incassare una parte dell'eredità. Sono giovani, innamorati, complici. Finché tutto si rompe. Rebeca viene trovata sul divano, immobile, con lo sguardo bloccato dal terrore. È viva, ma non parla. Ha due costole rotte e segni di violenza. Nessuna traccia di chi le abbia fatto del male. Nessuna spiegazione. César vuole capire. Ma seguire il filo lo conduce lontano.

After being summoned to a crime scene late one Friday afternoon, Detective Mark Turpin arrives to find the body of a man, his face obscured by a plastic sheet wrapped around his head. When the victim’s final moments are traced to a rented property in the Oxfordshire countryside, Mark discovers another body, one that has been brutally cut to pieces and left to rot.

One of Ian Rankin's top ten books of 2021. 'One of the thrillers of the year' Scottish Sun When you have a problem that can't be solved, you call John Tyler. Nine people are trapped on an anthrax-infested, government-controlled island off the west coast of Scotland when the door to their...