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This killer wants a baby. And they’ll do anything to get one. DI Phil Brennan of Colchester Major Crime has seen his share of horrors. But this crime scene will haunt him forever. Heavily pregnant Claire Fielding lies dead on her bed, brutally butchered in her own flat. Her stomach gapes open...

In einer Kleinstadt in Louisiana ereignet sich eine furchtbare Tragödie: Der Vater von Odette Scarbough wird beim Mord eines Kindes ertappt, tötet sich anschließend selbst und hinterlässt einen Abschiedsbrief, in dem er den Mord an vier weiteren kleinen Kindern zugibt, die er auf dem Dachboden seines Hauses im Wald vergiftete und später in den Sümpfen ertränkte. Wochen später kehrt Odette mit ihrem Sohn Joseph in ihr einstiges Elternhaus zurück und versucht, sich an ein neues Leben zu gewöhnen.

Due balordi rapinano il "Liguria Market" di Savona, nel quartiere della Villetta. Durante la fuga in moto perdono per strada una sacca contenente ossa umane e strani mazzetti di fiori. Si apre così lo scenario inquietante della nuova indagine che vede coinvolti il Sostituto Ludovica Sperinelli e il suo storico collaboratore Francesco Mancini. Pian piano emergerà una realtà penosa: un giro di prostituzione minorile e ricatti sessuali, orchestrati con perversa maestria da un oscuro Stregone.

This epic crime novel tells a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge—and a single shattering incident that threatens to bring it all crashing down. Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein's monster of crimes and lurid dreams sewn...

Out of the Shadows From the blood-soaked back alleys of Detroit to the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New York, one name has echoed through the underworld like a whispered curse: Perh Cushing. A ghost in a world of shadows. A puppeteer behind global crime, charity, and terror alike. No one knows who he is—until now. In this explosive conclusion to the Noir saga, the answers are finally revealed. Jack Manson—the haunted detective with a gun in one hand and a death wish in the other. Ellis Davis—a smiling psychopath with wild eyes and no loyalty.

Former investigator, Thomas Ravnsholdt—known as Ravn—drifts like wreckage along Copenhagen's harbour, numbed by cheap liquor and old wounds. But his peace is shattered when a desperate young woman shows up, pleading for help: her brother has vanished after stealing millions. The trail leads Ravn from the windy docks of Copenhagen to Berlin, where ghosts of the Cold War still linger: Stasi files, double agents, and brutality that never truly came to an end. Ravn soon realises that the missing is not merely lost, but ensnared in a deadly web.

When a powerful tidal surge churns up a set of bones deep in the marshes of South Essex, DS Tomek Bowen’s hopes for a quiet winter are quickly washed away. Forensic examination reveals the remains belonged to a young child who died more than thirty years before. Who was the victim? Why was he killed? And why does his death bear such striking resemblance to Tomek’s brother’s? This Christmas, Tomek could get one or two more presents than he bargained for. Death’s Past is the enthralling tenth book in the DS Tomek Bowen Essex Murder Mystery series by Jack Probyn.

La chiesa di San Giacomo è stata finalmente restaurata e restituita alla città di Savona, dopo secoli di abbandono. Ma nel corso dei lavori si scopre un raccapricciante segreto: i cadaveri di una donna e di un neonato. Solo una medaglietta al collo della poveretta e il suo orologio da polso potranno consentire agli inquirenti, grazie all’aiuto dei cittadini, di ricostruire la vicenda e dare un nome alle misteriose mummie.

Cagliari, współczesna Sardynia: piękna i słoneczna, a jednocześnie naznaczona cieniem pradawnych kultów. W policyjnym archiwum powstaje sekcja spraw nierozwiązanych, do której trafiają niepokorna śledcza Mara Rais oraz Eva Croce, przeniesiona z Mediolanu specjalistka od zbrodni rytualnych. Stare akta ożywają, a trop prowadzi do przedchrześcijańskich wierzeń i sekty, która nigdy nie przestała istnieć. W miarę jak śledztwo pogłębia się, obie inspektorki odkrywają, że największe zagrożenie nie kryje się w legendach, lecz w ludziach–i w demonach, które każda z nich nosi w sobie.

Al alba del 9 de enero de 2017, Jacob Fisher, un asesor financiero de San Francisco, encuentra en la cocina el cadáver de su esposa Natalie cosido a puñaladas y con varias mantis religiosas encima. El asesinato coincide con la desaparición de Sharon, la hija adolescente del matrimonio. Al tomar el mando de la investigación, el inspector William Parker se da cuenta de que el modus operandi del homicida es el mismo que el de Victor Black, un asesino en serie que cumple su condena en el corredor de la muerte de la Prisión Estatal de San Quintín.

When a violent man is framed, mercy is not an option. Joe Hope makes his living hurting people. If you borrow money in Edinburgh and don’t pay it back, Joe is the problem you can’t avoid. Then his teenage daughter is found dead. The police call it suicide. Joe knows better. And before he can even bury her, he’s arrested for her murder. For the first time in his life, Joe Hope is innocent. Which means he has nothing left to lose. Cut loose by the law, he turns to the only people he can trust: Scotland’s hardest men, and one woman who’s just as dangerous.

La notte prima di ferragosto è davvero movimentata, a Savona. Si è nel pieno della stagione balneare e in tutta la città la gente balla e si diverte; in mare galleggiano migliaia di "lumetti" messi in acqua dalla gente e portati al largo dalle correnti. Ma il magistrato Ludovica Sperinelli non può godere fino in fondo il giorno di festa: poco dopo il ritrovamento del cadavere di un uomo forse annegato, un rocambolesco incidente d'auto e la scoperta di uno sconosciuto assassinato a colpi di pistola sconvolge la "movida" che anima la Darsena.

¿Y si el crimen perfecto no fuera solo una fantasía literaria? Una mente brillante. Una cadena de muertes imposibles. Y una cuenta atrás envenenada. Cuando varios asesinatos desconcertantes sacuden el centro de Madrid, dos de los mejores investigadores del país —el teniente de la UCO Pablo Roncero y el inspector de policía Francisco Bermejo— se enfrentan a un caso tan meticuloso como inquietante. Cada crimen parece un guiño retorcido a los grandes clásicos del género policíaco y en cada escena se encuentran con una provocación diferente.

Ich bin Daphne Wood, die Buchhändlerin von Castle Combe. Mein Leben war beschaulich, bis der Bestsellerautor Jill Holland in den Ort zog. Er kaufte das Haus gleich neben meinem, das der verstorbenen Bettie, und wurde mein neuer Nachbar. Die Mädels vom Lesekreis beneideten mich um mein Glück. Auch ich dachte zunächst, ich hätte Glück, doch bald begann ich, äußerst beunruhigende Dinge zu sehen. Sie kannten Jill Holland nicht so wie ich.

Sous les franges jaunes et rouges d’une tente de toile, la grande danseuse a fini de danser. La nuit tiède venue du sud les fait frissonner; des autos noires, de luxe, silencieuses et souples, s’arrêtent au bord du trottoir: l’or ou l’argent d’un soulier de bal, puis, derrière la vitre, un visage de femme, un peu las sous les fards, mais fier, heureux d’avoir été vu trois heures durant au fond d’une loge.

Anwalt Valentino Bruio ist am Arsch. Die Anwaltskammer droht ihm mit Ausschluss, er ist pleite und hat gerade einen schwarzen Immigranten abgewiesen, der von seinem Kind in Not erzählte. Als er aber erfährt, dass der Mann getötet wurde, gerät Bruio in eine moralische Krise. Mit Freunden aus der schwarzen Community Roms beginnt er eine Untersuchung. Sie führt ihn in die Villa der mächtigen Familie Alga-Croce. Die Konfrontation mit dem rätselhaften Patriarchen Noè öffnet ihm den Blick auf Machtgier und grenzenlose Amoralität der Oberschicht.

A new series from the New York Times bestselling author of the J. J. Graves Mystery Series... Mabel McCoy, a young and widowed tea shop owner in the quaint coastal town of Grimm Island, South Carolina, finds her life as calm as a perfectly steeped cup of tea. The highlight of her month is hosting the Silver Sleuths Murder Society at her charming shop—a group of spirited seniors with a penchant for mysteries. She loves the tranquility and wouldn’t have it any other way. But when a dashing new sheriff arrives in town with a backlog of baffling cold cases, Mabel's peaceful existence is upended.

Brought to you by Penguin. When several children from the same village start succumbing to a mysterious illness, the quest to discover the cause has devastating and extraordinary consequences. It is late June in Ballylack. Hannah Adger anticipates eight long weeks' reprieve from school, but when...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters, a magically surreal novel about history, identity and redemption It’s summer 2017 and the last few residents of the Lough Neagh Archipelago are facing imminent eviction. The flood planned to combat...

C’è grande attesa per la mostra di brillanti organizzata nel Palazzo dell’Anziania, a Savona, dove si potranno ammirare alcune tra le pietre più preziose radunate per l’occasione dagli esperti del settore. I gioielli, dal valore incalcolabile, sono custoditi al sicuro nel caveau della gioielleria Modigliani, nel cuore della città. Una donna misteriosa tenta l’impossibile: rubare l’intera collezione. È determinata, ha preparato ogni mossa con cura, ma le cose non vanno come previsto e deve fuggire precipitosamente, lasciandosi dietro un cadavere e mille interrogativi.