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»Ein Rotschopf war sie. So süß wie sonst was. Wir wollten gerade heiraten, als sie mich aus dem Verkehr gezogen haben.« Bei Velma Valento, Nachtclubsängerin in Los Angeles, werden auch die toughsten Männer schwach. Zum Beispiel Moose Malloy. Doch als Moose aus dem Gefängnis kommt, ist Velma verschwunden. Er sucht nach ihr – und schon ist er selbst auf der Flucht. Schöne Frauen, harte Männer und lasche Gesetzeshüter: ›Lebwohl, mein Liebling‹ ist ein explosiver Cocktail aus Liebe und Verbrechen.

Although Tina Alvarez escaped a trafficking ring, her newborn daughter wasn’t so lucky. Sold on the black market, the baby vanished without a trace. Most people would’ve given up, but Tina never stopped searching. When Ari Wilburn offers to help, it sounds easy enough: Find the child. It should be simple. It isn’t. Because the deeper Ari digs, the more twisted the threat becomes. People connected to the case are turning up dead. And the clues point to one disturbing truth: This isn’t just about a missing child—it’s about Ari. Her past. Her secrets. And a killer who is watching. Waiting.

Beauregard Montage a décidé de se ranger. Père et mari aimant, il veut mettre derrière lui ses années de prison, son passé de chauffeur pour les petites frappes locales, et offrir aux siens la stabilité qu'il n'a jamais connue. Mais à Red Hill, petite ville rurale de Virginie, la vie d'un Afro-Américain ressemble encore souvent à un couteau planté sous la gorge. Et quand la pression financière se fait trop forte, Beau sait qu'il n'a plus le choix : il doit reprendre du service.

È una Genova invasa dall'acqua, quella che fa da sfondo alla fuga di Olmo Vivera, un vecchio rapinatore che si trova improvvisamente e ingiustamente accusato di aver rubato una valigetta misteriosa, fregando il suo capo banda e la mafia russa. Il povero Olmo si trova così ad affrontare una caccia all'uomo spietata, aiutato solo da Mara, una cantante jazz di poca fortuna, e dall'amico d'infanzia Carlo, suo complice d'un tempo. E proprio insieme a Carlo, Olmo cercherà di organizzare un colpo molto ambizioso provando a chiudere la questione una volta per tutte...

'Breathtakingly powerful' Guardian 'This startling, absorbing book will leave you fizzing with anger and possibility' Noreen Masud In the blue dusk of a spring evening, a man is drawn to a lonely, beautiful stranger across a station platform. She follows him home, and over one heady night of...

A Recommended Read from: Alta * Bustle * Electric Literature * Forbes * LitHub * Los Angeles Times * Kirkus * New York Times * People * Vulture An exuberant, brutally hilarious novel about a young woman’s insatiable quest to carve her own path—even if she needs to step over a few dead bodies...

È giugno, le figlie del commissario Mariani e sua madre Emma sono in vacanza, mentre lui è a Genova al lavoro come la moglie Francesca. Forse l'essere soltanto in due migliorerà l'umore della sua Fran che da febbraio sente nervosa e spesso assente. Ma un caso di omicidio in un B&B vicino al Ponte Monumentale lo costringe ad affrontare momenti difficili e inaspettati, non solo dal punto di vista professionale, ma perché la vittima aveva avuto ripetuti scambi di messaggi e telefonate con Francesca.

Saint-Étienne, mai 1944. Dans une ville qui étouffe sous la botte allemande, Lucien Bornier, dit « l'Embaumé », mène la belle vie. Alors que le bombardement allié du 26 mai réduit le quartier de Tardy en cendres, Lucien commet l'irréparable. Des décennies plus tard, l'ombre du passé ressurgit dans le quotidien d'Ernest Cafuron. Ernest est un habitué du Café de la Paix. Ce Stéphanois pur jus va se retrouver mêlé à une histoire qui le dépasse.

In a small village in England a mysterious death is just the beginning of the horror.

Milano, Cimitero Maggiore, all’improvviso tra le tombe iniziano a passeggiare personaggi che dovrebbero risiedere nei loculi. Zombie? Niente affatto, e ci vuole poco ad Anita Valli per capire che gatta ci cova. Forse l’agenzia di pompe funebri Legno di Pero ne sa qualcosa? Come è possibile che persone morte e sepolte vadano a zonzo così? E chi c’è nella tomba al posto loro? Insieme all'inseparabile amica Mirella, Anita avvia una nuova indagine strampalata che porta le due squinzie di via Gallarate ad occuparsi di clochard invisibili, sepolture sospette e baristi troppo gentili.

In a city where every movement is tracked and every decision optimized, Detective Miles Corbin still trusts paper, coffee, and instinct. When a powerful tech executive vanishes without a trace, Corbin uncovers a hidden layer beneath the city’s systems—places where surveillance fails and human choice still matters. As corporations close ranks and the city’s algorithms tighten their grip, Corbin must decide how much truth can survive in a world designed to erase it.

Richard Rockdale lernt Elisabeth Bedford auf einem Ball kennen. Die Veranstalterin ist die beste Freundin seiner Zukünftigen und Richards nächstes Opfer.

Un accident sur la rocade bordelaise. Un chauffeur poids lourd. Un corps de femme. Tout commence par un jour de fête. Avant que ne surgisse et ne se répande l'horreur. Et qu'un tourbillon vous plonge à tout jamais au cœur de la folie, de l'abject. Oui, comment survivre, prisonniers de mondes obscurs ? Ceux d'un chauffeur poids lourd. Ceux d'Olympe, jeune femme troublée et troublante. Sans oublier Clovis, son meilleur ami. Qui est le vrai coupable ? La société ? Le destin ? Un concours de circonstances ? L'imaginaire ?

Jusqu'à quel point connaît-on son enfant ? Mike et Tia ne cessent de se poser la question : leur fils Adam, seize ans, a changé. Réfugié dans sa chambre, il ne quitte plus son ordinateur. Malgré leurs réticences, ils se décident à installer un logiciel de contrôle. Un jour, un mail inquiétant. Et Adam disparaît. Sans un mot...

For generations, Hollywood has attracted all sorts of dreamers… and slowly crushed their aspirations. Screenwriter Elliott Gross moved to LA with hopes of fame and fortune. He ended up writing for an adult magazine and living in a garage. When Elliott is sent to write a profile on the magazine’s newest star and discovers she has vanished, he digs into the mystery... and is promptly fired by the magazine's unscrupulous owner. Under suspicion himself, Elliott drifts around before ending up at a celebrity-anchored New Age wellness brand... and discovers a world even darker and...

From the brothels of Covent Garden to the oppressive society of the eighteenth century, discover the enthralling historical masterpiece from Louise Hare. ‘The sharp-witted, courageous heroine is the perfect narrator of the atmospheric, enthralling story that Hare has woven … a fantastic...

Joseph Wright, a young, alcoholic, mixed-race man, lives alone in a Peckham council flat earning a living by solving problems for people in his community. A chance phone call leads him on a tense trail from the poverty of London housing estates to gold mines in Ghana, and from the sinister underbelly of London’s global service sector to the gaudy riches of Mayfair. As Joseph struggles to make sense of his own story, he takes the listener on a dangerous journey of discovery towards a truth that should be as unpalatable as it is unacceptable for those who still want to believe in democracy.

SOMETHING UGLY’S WAITIN’ FOR YOU - Honey’s working weekends down at the Six Mile, trying to figure her life out. Her boyfriend’s about to leave the country, her college advisor hates her guts, her momma ain’t listening, and she’s got this cop breathing down her neck just about all the time. She finds a friend in her new colleague Lisa, but when one of their regular customers turns up dead, everything goes sideways faster than a greased hog at the county fair . . .

La noche nunca es tan oscura como los secretos que guarda. Juan es un curtido portero en la noche madrileña que navega por una realidad cruda y sin filtros. Cada madrugada debe enfrentarse a personajes de diferente calaña, situaciones límite y la decadencia de una sociedad que solo revela su...

Strane lettere anonime con istruzioni per una caccia al tesoro stuzzicano la curiosità di Montalbano. Il gioco però si fa tenebroso e «sprofonda in abissi cupi e sordidi». Una storia inquietante, cruenta, con un commissario più incline alla riflessione e che questa volta rischia davvero grosso.