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Lorenzo Ligas è, o meglio era, uno degli avvocati penalisti più quotati di Milano. Ma l'alcol in eccesso e qualche errore professionale di troppo hanno macchiato la sua reputazione. Il suo ultimo Tinder date è stato trovato accoltellato a pochi minuti dalla fine del loro appuntamento e, come c'era da aspettarsi, gli inquirenti la considerano la colpevole perfetta. La credibilità di Vanessa, però, è sempre più compromessa, perché a distanza di poco tempo si trova coinvolta anche in un secondo assassinio.

SOME MURDERS ARE MORE PERSONAL THAN OTHERS When a young woman is found bludgeoned to death in Central Park, police immediately link the crime to a string of unsolved homicides one year prior. But they must tread carefully, for the prime suspect -- then and now -- is the son of a powerful mobster...

Veinticinco años después de la desaparición sin resolver de sus hermanas pequeñas, Rosa y Björk, Hildur sigue viviendo en Ísafjörður, una remota localidad en los fiordos occidentales de Islandia. Allí trabaja como inspectora de policía, tratando de sobrellevar el trauma de su pasado, mientras su única vía de escape es el surf en las frías aguas del Atlántico Norte. Tras varios años en la unidad de niños desaparecidos en Reikiavik, Hildur ha regresado a la pequeña comisaría de su pueblo natal.

There’s nowhere to hide… When a series of vicious attacks leaves the local running community in shock and fear, newly qualified detective Kay Hunter is thrust into the middle of a fraught investigation. Determined to make an impression on her first assignment with the murder team, and...

Christmas time can be murder… A suburban housewife is found dead in her garden. There is no weapon, no witnesses, and the only set of footprints belong to her cat. Probationary detective Kay Hunter and her colleagues are convinced it’s murder – but how can they find a killer when there are...

When a fire deliberately destroys a boat, nearly killing the occupant, Kay Hunter and her colleagues suspect a serial arsonist is targeting a small community of river dwellers. With another man dead and people fearing for their lives, Kay is desperate to catch a killer who shows no sign of...

In the second, prizewinning installment of the Duca Quartet from the godfather of Italian noir, doctor-turned-investigator Duca Lamberti uncovers a complex web of murder, betrayal, and revenge in Milan’s criminal underworld. On a quiet night at the edge of Milan, a car rolls into a canal; its...

Human private detective Anna Caill isn’t keen on the prohibition of magic enacted by the 18th Amendment, but she won’t deny it’s good for business. The coppers couldn’t care less about the witches’ problems, giving her any number of clients to choose from. When mysterious witch Jesse Hunt saunters into her office, he and his case will test her limits. While a killer stalks the magical underworld, Anna is hired to find Jesse’s friend, the high priest of an ancient coven.

Un cadavere orrendamente mutilato emerge dalle acque di un bucolico canale che costeggia la periferia di Oxford. Si tratta di un corpo privo della testa, delle mani, delle gambe. Scoprire l’identità della vittima, prima ancora di quella dell’assassino: sarà questa la sfida fondamentale per l’ispettore Morse e il sergente Lewis. E le tracce, un biglietto nella tasca del morto, portano inequivocabilmente all’Università.

Mi chiamo Rachel Klein e fino a pochi minuti fa ero una madre qualunque, una donna qualunque. Ma adesso sono una vittima. Una criminale. Una rapitrice. È bastato un attimo: una telefonata, un numero occultato, poche parole. Abbiamo rapito tua figlia Kylie. Segui le istruzioni. E non spezzare la Catena, oppure tua figlia morirà. La voce di questa donna che non conosco mi dice che Kylie è sulla sua macchina, legata e imbavagliata, e per riaverla non sarà sufficiente pagare un riscatto. Non è così che funziona la Catena. Devo anche trovare un altro bambino da rapire.

Una vida construida sobre mentiras. Una verdad que podría ser letal. Han pasado seis años desde que Jake Fisher vio como Natalie, el amor de su vida, se casaba con otro hombre. Seis años sin saber nada de Natalie, porque así se lo prometió a ella. Seis solitarios años como profesor de universidad, imaginándola feliz con su marido... Para descubrir de pronto que todo ha sido una gran farsa y que, buscando la verdad, su vida está en peligro.

When a Hollywood-based TV series schedules filming in Boston, Spenser smells trouble. When he signs up to protect the show's star, Jill Joyce, he knows it's on its way. First, there's Jill herself. She's spoiled, arrogant, drugged out -- made worse by fear. Someone is out to get her -- does she...

New Orleans, 1919. As a dark serial killer - The Axeman - stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask him. As Michael, Luca and Ida each draw closer to discovering the killer's identity, the Axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of New Orleans: play jazz or risk becoming...

Sunny Randall is hired to investigate the disappearance of an energy drink company’s CEO, Dylan. As she gets closer to finding Dylan, she learns not only of his bad behaviour toward numerous women, but of his bad behaviour within the business world – and his energy drink that, despite its...

Meet Tommy Bruce—he's washed-up already, marooned in a ramshackle hotel inherited from dead parents in the armpit of Perthshire, that's just too far off the main tourist trail to be viable. He's too young to be middle-aged, but too old to be what you could call young (and too lazy to care about it, really). Saddled with debt, grotty premises that are falling down around him and a crippling loneliness, Tommy is slowly but determinedly drinking himself and his business out of existence. Until one day into the lounge-bar, and out of the blue, walks Fiona McLean.

What would you do to be rich? Not just rich, but fabulously rich. Perhaps you are that unique soul that has no dreams, no aspirations, no agenda…. Well, if you are, good luck. It must be a very dreary existence. But if you’re like the rest of us, you have a fantasy, a vision of what could be, of what you could be. Maybe that dream is selfish, or maybe it’s altruistic, or maybe...it’s extremist. What if there was a family jewel, an exquisite 133-carat pink piece of perfection, a diamond that historically belonged to you, and what if that gem was stolen?

Earl Marcus thought he had left the mountains of Georgia behind forever, and with them, the painful memories of a childhood spent under the fundamentalist rule of his father RJ’s church - a church built on fear, penance, and the twisting, writhing mass of snakes. But then an ominous photo of RJ is delivered to Earl’s home. The photograph is dated long after his father’s burial, and there’s no doubt that the man in the picture is very much alive.

The world is almost ready for fiat currency to be replaced by a superior digital currency. The trouble is, which one and who will own it? The twists and turns of events keeps both sides struggling to stay ahead. In The Enigma Source, the tenth book within the award-winning Enigma Series, authors Breakfield and Burkey explore the future of world commerce, cryptocurrency, and the complications that arise from creating an all-digital monetary system.

Bretagna, una camera d’albergo d'estate, una storia di amour fou che infrange ogni regola e precipita verso il delitto. Considerato uno dei romanzi più avvincenti di Simenon, si apre con un incipit memorabile: una donna giace nuda sul letto sfatto di un albergo, dopo aver fatto l'amore in un pomeriggio d'estate. I due amanti, la sensuale Andrée e il mite emigrante italiano Tony, s'incontrano da undici mesi nella camera azzurra che dà il titolo al romanzo, dove vivono la loro travolgente passione.

When Elmore Leonard died in 2013, he left behind a 60-year legacy of crime novels that, through their trademark wit and grit, transcended genre fiction. He also left behind a treasure trove of unpublished early stories. Their razor-sharp dialogue and headlong pacing reveal a master who honed his...