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Человек просыпается неизвестно где — возможно, в больничной палате, но это неточно — и не помнит о себе вообще ничего. "Зовите меня Измаил", — предлагает он врачам, которых, за неимением других версий, нарекает Юрием Живаго и мадам Бовари. Человек мучительно вспоминает, что с ним произошло (какая-то авария? и, кажется, у него была любовь? и вправду ли его следует звать Измаилом?). Он описывает круги подле разгадки, подбираясь к ней все ближе и ближе, — ночным мотыльком, что кружит во тьме и обречен погибнуть в пламени.

When the body of an Australian backpacker is found in Spain, an online group of amateur true crime sleuths springs up around the world, attempting to solve the mystery of her death. Foremost on the message boards is Astria, a young Norwegian woman whose feverish pursuit takes her closer than anyone to solving the case. But just as she makes her claim of unravelling the mystery, she goes offline.

Il commissario Mariani ha un omicidio ufficiale di cui occuparsi: un senegalese è stato accoltellato poco lontano da Raibetta, la piccola piazza di Genova. Forse è stato uno spacciatore, forse no. Segue anche un caso non ufficiale, ancor più coinvolgente: l’uomo che anni prima gli aveva attribuito il soprannome Celtique, e che attualmente è latitante, gli chiede aiuto per dimostrare l’innocenza della sua donna. Nelle giornate di Mariani si intrecciano due indagini in cui nulla, forse, è come appare. Due indagini che lo costringono a fare un bilancio delle proprie scelte.

Matt Connell, a formerly successful literary agent who’s been in prison for four years for a crime of passion—homicide by strangulation after learning his wife slept with a friend—receives an early release from Sing Sing to join an FBI undercover investigation of multiple murders in Manhattan. Killings continue to mount as Matt does his best to calm his “Ferrari brain”—a condition in which his mind accelerates wildly into negative thoughts and worst-case scenarios—even as he falls in love with a suspect, then discovers disturbing truths about his past and hers.

Marcus Kemp is a beat cop living a normal life in San Diego, California—until the day he makes a shocking discovery: a dead body in the trunk of a stolen car. Worse, the victim turns out to be the man who abused him as a child. Marcus instinctively wants to help the killer get away with murder and, disregarding his police oath, will stop at nothing to make it happen. With both his job and freedom in jeopardy, Marcus’s investigation leads him to an unexpected suspect, and he is soon faced with an impossible decision.

They left him for dead. They made a mistake. On sabbatical from the force after a personal loss, DCI Harry McNeil spends his days renovating an old cottage he bought, and his nights down at the local bar. He's living in a small town where nothing much happens. Until it does. Harry meets a young woman who is searching for her brother who went missing in the area two years ago. He is special needs and she's convinced he wouldn't just run off.

Island, am abgelegenen Fjord Hvalfjörður: An einem Winterabend klopft ein Nachbar am Haus der Familie Hvarf, die seit einer Woche nicht mehr gesehen wurde. Als niemand ihm öffnet, dringt er durch die Hintertür ins Haus ein, wo sich ihm ein grauenvoll blutiger Anblick bietet, Mutter und Töchter wurden mit einer Axt erschlagen. Polizist Týr, seine Kollegin Karó und die Gerichtsmedizinerin Iðunn werden an diesen Tatort gerufen, um das Verbrechen zu untersuchen.

When a farmer and his son go missing whilst chasing rustlers, DCI Evan Warlow and his team are called in to investigate. Everything points to a botched raid by heartless thieves, but with no bodies, and little or no clues, the team quickly start chasing their tails. The close-knit community reels from the shock, but not everyone the team comes across is being entirely honest, and it quickly transpires that, under their prim and proper facades, some have secrets they are desperate to keep.

Das Nationale Zentrum für Cyberkriminalität von Dänemark macht eine grausame Entdeckung: ein lokaler Pädophilenhandel, der im Dark Web Kinder auf die schlimmste Weise ausbeutet, die man sich denken kann. Mordkommissar Mason Teilmann ermittelt und schlägt sich durch den Dschungel fürchterlicher Details und Hinweise. Alle Wege scheinen zu dem Serienmörder Gayson Lopez zu führen, besser bekannt als "Der Wolf“ – ein Name, der Mason seit seiner Zeit bei der Polizei von New Orleans verfolgt.

Paris, 1938. Two women meet: Mielle, a shy pacifist and shunned Mennonite who struggles to fit in with the elite cohort of foreign correspondents stationed around the city; the other, Jane, a brash American journalist, who is soon to become a fascist propagandist. When World War II makes landfall in the City of Lights, Mielle falls under Jane’s spell, growing ever more intoxicated by her glamour, self-possession, and reckless confidence. But as this recklessness devolves into militarism and an utter lack of humanity, Mielle is seized by a series of visions that show her an inescapable truth.

Hot on the heels of Best Cases of the Continental Op comes Honest Gain: Dicey Cases of the Continental Op, another original compilation from Skyboat Media. The Continental Op is back on the case, tracking down thieves and murderers from the steep streets of San Francisco to the rough and tumble Wild West in Arizona. These six stories featuring the Continental Op show that this private eye is not afraid to get his hands dirty in order to get the job done right, or get himself hurt in the process.

Harald Uteng, ein pensionierter Kripos-Beamter, arbeitet an einem Podcast über den Mord an der 17-jährigen Malin, die 1991 in der norwegischen Kleinstadt Aremark grausam getötet wurde. Doch kurz bevor der Podcast veröffentlicht wird, wird Uteng ertrunken aufgefunden. Anton Brekke nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Hängt Utengs Tod mit dem alten Fall zusammen? Wurde damals gar der Falsche für den Mord an Malin verurteilt? Ist der wahre Mörder von damals wieder aktiv? Während Brekke den alten Fall aufrollt, fühlt sich in Aremark die junge Emily von jemandem beobachtet.

Gli anni di piombo sono una pagina di storia ormai relegata al passato. Ma i protagonisti di quella stagione politica custodiscono ancora la memoria e i traumi di un’epoca che sembra sempre rivelarsi attuale... Pavia si appresta a festeggiare l’ennesimo Natale. Tutto sembra scorrere come di consueto, anche se, in un appartamento a pochi passi dall’agenzia investigativa di Borgo Ticino, un uomo riflette sugli anni trascorsi. Il suo nome è Sandro Bontempi, e la Pavia che lui ricorda è ben diversa da quella di oggi: lui c'era, negli anni Settanta, quando gli anni di piombo imperversavano.

Per non turbare la tregua con la moglie Francesca, il commissario Antonio Mariani si sforza di rispettare orari “da impiegato”. Inoltre deve partecipare alle prove della figlia Manu, che si prepara per una recita scolastica. Così mette da parte ogni incertezza riguardo alla morte di una donna caduta dal terrazzo di una clinica: poco gli importa che sia stato un incidente o un suicidio.

In a red brick house on a tree-lined street, DC homicide detective Alex Blum stares at the bullet-pocked body of Chris Doyle. As he roots around for evidence, he finds an old polaroid: the decedent, arm in arm with Arthur Holland, Blum's informant from years ago when he worked at the Narcotics branch. But Arthur has been missing for days. Blum’s only source: Arthur’s girl, Celeste—beautiful, seductive, and tragic—whom he can’t get out of his head. Blum is drawn to her and feels compelled to save her from Arthur’s underworld.

Ny serie av författaren till Roland Benito-böckerna! Efter ett bråk med sin storebror går sjuåriga Lilly Danielsen ut med familjens hund. Men hennes mamma blir orolig när hon inte kommer hem som hon lovat. Håller hon sig borta för att hon är arg och ledsen, eller har det hänt någonting? Amerikanska polisinspektören Mason Teilmann har ett betydligt lugnare jobb på polisstationen i Västjylland än när han utredde mord i sin hemstad New Orleans. Men han hemsöks av sitt förflutna, trots att hans danska fru hjälper honom så gott hon kan.

Ein grausiger Leichenfund schreckt das beschauliche Jütland im Süden Dänemarks auf. In die Brust des Toten, der aus dem Leichenschauhaus entwendet wurde, ist "Grandberg" eingeritzt, der Name der mächtigsten Familie im Dorf – und des örtlichen Polizeichefs. Und neben der Leiche steckt eine Schaufel im Boden, die ein mörderisches Geheimnis enthüllt: das Massengrab eines Serienkillers, der seine jungen Opfer mit kochender Milch verbrühte.

Una historia sobre el amor y la amistad. Pero, sobre todo, de los límites que estamos dispuestos a cruzar y de aquellos que sería conveniente no cruzar jamás. Sobre la mesa de la cocina hay un manuscrito. Cuando Martín llegue a casa tras salir del trabajo y lo vea allí, deberá decidir si hace caso al epígrafe que aparece en la primera de esas páginas a modo de indicación: LÉEME. Él todavía no lo sabe, pero si lo hace, encontrará en esas líneas las respuestas a un montón de preguntas que se ha hecho o que se está haciendo, a las que se hará y las que hubiese preferido no hacerse.

Noviembre de 1942, el mundo arde en llamas y España, aún arrasada y en plena represión, es un nido de espías. Carlos Lombardi, de nuevo en Madrid, sobrevive como puede con su precaria agencia de detectives. No puede permitirse el lujo de rechazar ningún trabajo por lo que tiene que investigar y seguir a un misterioso viajante de comercio alemán. Nada puede apetecerle menos que volver a meter sus narices en los asuntos del Tercer Reich, pero...

When the body of an elderly woman is discovered propped against her bedroom door clutching her heart, locals are saddened but not surprised. But when the body of a man is discovered in the house, it falls to Freya Bloom and her team to investigate the suspicious deaths. However, piecing together the life of a woman who neighbours refer to as Mad Alice will not be an easy job, and if Freya is to solve the mystery she must question her own sense of reality.