検索キーワード： ノワール

La prima indagine del famoso detective burbero e misantropo protagonista dei romanzi di Colin Dexter: l’ispettore capo Morse, humour tipicamente inglese, vasta erudizione letteraria, competenze musicali fuori del comune, passione per l’enigmistica e le parole crociate, segue il caso di una ragazza scomparsa e ritrovata ore dopo uccisa in modo brutale.

When Jack Taylor awakes from a coma following an attack that left him in hospital, much of the world has changed. The Covid pandemic has devastated the lives of many in his beloved city of Galway and beyond. As Jack tries to absorb the incredible changes, a woman approaches him with a particularly distressing case. Two local nuns have been bludgeoned by a mysterious man wielding a hammer. As the police fail to act while the violence against the Sisters escalates, Jack seems like their only hope.

Red Harvest is a hardboiled classic that set the standard for gritty, no-nonsense crime fiction. Written by Dashiell Hammett, this explosive novel follows an unnamed detective—referred to only as “The Continental Op”—as he arrives in a corrupt industrial town known as “Poisonville.” Hired to clean up the city, he quickly finds himself in the middle of a brutal gang war. Betrayals, double-crosses, and brutal power plays spiral into chaos as the Op’s relentless quest for justice leads to a blood-soaked reckoning.

Secrets, suspicions, and suspense rise up thick as the Seattle fog in seventeen post-war noirs set in the Pacific Northwest. Produced and directed by Jim French, these new-time radio episodes bring back the classic radio style.

4 de agosto de 1962. Los Ángeles está que hierve, en medio de una intensa ola de calor. Una estrella de cine B ha sido secuestrada en extrañas circunstancias. Y acaban de encontrar el cuerpo sin vida de Marilyn Monroe. ¿Sobredosis, suicidio, asesinato? El jefe de policía William H. Parker pone sobre la pista a Freddy Otash, expolicía corrupto y extorsionador, que no tardará en intuir que ambos casos están relacionados. Pero, si quiere salvar su propio pellejo no puede limitarse a descubrir la verdad: deberá encontrar pruebas que alejen a los Kennedy de los rumores de asesinato.

Un thriller dal ritmo forsennato, sullo sfondo di un’estate soffocante che confonde la mente e anche gli indizi... All’interno del rimorchio di un camion abbandonato nelle campagne dell’hinterland milanese vengono ritrovati dei resti umani. La raccapricciante scoperta è in qualche modo legata al suicidio di un anonimo commercialista avvenuto nei pressi di Lambrate e alla scomparsa di un dirigente nei pressi del Monte Rosa. Toccherà al commissario Lorenzi svelare il mistero che unisce tre casi all'apparenza inconciliabili.

When the shadowy circumstances of a relative's death are brought to light, Jane and Lila are plunged into the recesses of an underground drug operation with links to a burgeoning fascist movement. The Pool sisters have gone into business together: a down-home if unequal P.I. enterprise. That is...

He picks a pocket and discovers a sinister plot. New York, 1937: The thief they call the Smoke encounters an obnoxious bully on the streets of New York. To teach him a lesson, the Smoke picks his pocket. But on opening the brute’s billfold he discovers items that arouse suspicion. A newspaper clipping, an odd blueprint, and a membership card to a secret society seem to point to a plot of unspeakable terror. Curious, the Smoke delves into the mystery and is thrust into a whirlwind of intrigue and danger.

In this riveting pulp noir thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last word, private investigator Bryson Wilde finds himself spiraling into the dangerous world of a beautiful movie star who is being blackmailed for murder.

A story about privacy and its importance for happiness and personal fulfillment.

DCI Alison McCoist is back: newly promoted and even less popular. Chuck Gardner is the proud owner of both a confidential paper-shredding business and a serious betting habit. When Chuck finds some scandalous paperwork and McCoist investigates a rat-nibbled corpse under a flyover, they are both sucked into a deadly stramash of gangland wars and police corruption.

‘Ask him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath’ St. Joseph, patron of departing souls – pray for me.’ Liverpool, 1979: new CID recruit Leigh Borrowdale is seconded to a disturbing murder inquiry: a mysterious death in a decaying building, where the remains of a young man have...

DCI 'Mac' McNeill, haunted by unresolved trauma, faces his most devious adversary yet in a case that defies logic and threatens to unravel his world. As leader of Edinburgh's Serious Crime Unit, Mac is thrust into the hunt for a cold-blooded killer who once wielded power from the peak of society. Now, orchestrating twisted games from the shadows, the killer weaves a complex web of deceit, challenging Mac's every instinct and escalating tension, distrust, and confusion both professionally and personally.

Todo Personal es una novela negra que toma lugar en El Salvador. Los asesinatos de una mamá y una niña de siete años frente a un colegio en San Salvador, llevará al esposo y padre, Darwin —un ex pandillero convertido en redentor— a formar una alianza poco común con un investigador de la policía y una periodista. ¿Quién está detrás de los asesinatos? ¿Y por qué? ¿Serán las pandillas? ¿Será un triángulo amoroso? ¿O algo personal? Esta novela de suspenso te atrapará entre lo que debería ser, la justicia salvadoreña y la justicia divina.

Când în Pratoni de Vivaro, o localitate din apropiere de Roma, o mamă dispare împreună cu fiul ei, inspectorul-șef adjunct al Unității Mobile din capitala Italiei își cheamă în ajutor asistenta cea mai de încredere, pe Colomba Caselli. Împreună...

Deputy Billy Lafitte is not unfamiliar with the law—he just prefers to enforce it, rather than abide by it. But his rule-bending and bribe-taking have gotten him kicked off the force in Gulfport, Mississippi, and he’s been given a second chance—in the desolate, Siberian wastelands of rural Minnesota. Now Billy’s only got the local girls and local booze to keep him company. Until one of the local girls—cute little Drew, bassist for a psychobilly band—asks Billy for help with her boyfriend.

Dublino, metà anni Cinquanta. Non è un bel periodo per l’anatomopatologo Quirke: una sua ex fiamma muore, un uomo che in passato stimava è in fin di vita e il rapporto con la figlia non è certo dei migliori. E quando Billy Hunt, una vecchia conoscenza del college, gli chiede un favore personale legato all'apparente suicidio della moglie Deirdre, Quirke non sa tirarsi indietro, nonostante senta che l'incontro gli porterà solo guai. Guai che non tardano ad arrivare: l'anatomopatologo si trova lentamente risucchiato in un mondo tenebroso.

For Dash Fuller, Hollywood’s underbelly is home sweet home. He’s spent years helping to disappear the film industry’s worst secrets, and it’s left him a cynical burnout who loves bourbon a little too much. But when a young woman named Madeline Ironwood comes to him with a peculiar quest, Dash sees it as a chance for redemption. Madeline is the daughter of Ken Ironwood, a notorious smuggler and murderer who disappeared 20 years ago. Ken’s skeleton was recently discovered in a barrel at the bottom of a dried-up lake, and Madeline wants to know who killed him.

Un caso único para Bevilacqua y Chamorro. Una de las sagas policiacas en español más exitosas. 2.ª EDICIÓN BEVILACQUA Y CHAMORRO: la historia más íntima y sobrecogedora que jamás han vivido. Más de 2.500.000 de lectores «Bevilacqua y Chamorro siguen en plena forma.» JUAN CARLOS...

תיק החקירה נוחת על שולחנה של ליאורה דגני, בלשית משטרה שמכורה לעבודה ולסיגריות, חובבת מגפיים שחורים ומתגעגעת קשות לסבתא שלה. ליאורה כבר פיצחה בחייה כמה תיקים מסובכים. שיטות החקירה שלה - שילוב של אינטואיציות מעולות וחיבה עיקשת לפרטים - ניצחו לא פעם. עכשיו יש לה שורה של חשודים לחקור; סודות של מתבגרים לפענח; ארוחת ערב אצל הוריה שאין דרך להבריז ממנה; וקצין חקירות ששרירי הגב הבולטים שלו עושים לה דברים. ובתוך כל אלה היום הגורלי של אַיָּה משתלט עליה ושואב אותה למערבולת שהאישי והמקצועי מסתחררים בה בלי יכולת לעצור.