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A failed actress turned grifting psychic searches for her missing doppelgänger and is plunged into a web of murder and corruption among Hollywood A-listers. "Weird and wonderfully addictive—reads like Agatha Christie on acid, or maybe Raymond Chandler adapted by the Coen Brothers." —Ernest...

En esta novela transitaremos por los caminos de la política y el tráfico de influencias, de los mercados financieros y las venas criminales que los alimentan. Entenderemos aquí que los hombres públicos arrastran y esconden pasados tortuosos, que los personeros del Estado y su aparato represivo obran en la sombra más en beneficio del lucro personal que de idearios nacionales. Y confirmaremos que buena parte de esos procesos se desarrollan más allá del escrutinio–tan relativo–que los medios y el ciudadano común realizan sobre la agitación de la vida pública.

Hundido por el abandono de la mujer a la que ha amado, y necesitado de psicoanalista, al agente Edgar «el Zurdo» Mendieta se le acumula el trabajo en cuanto se hace cargo del asesinato de Bruno Canizales, un prestigioso abogado con doble vida, hijo del ex ministro de Agricultura, al que encuentran con la cabeza perforada por una bala de plata.

Vier tote Priester in einer Kirche: ritueller Selbstmord – oder etwas viel Grausameres? In FEUER – Mord auf den Färöern, dem 2. Teil der düsteren dänischen Thriller-Reihe um die Sonderermittler der Task Force 14, wartet auf Rechtsmedizinerin Sidsel Jensen ein Alptraum, aus dem es kein Erwachen gibt. Fluchtartig hat Rechtsmedizinerin Sidsel Jensen einst ihr Heimatdorf auf den Färöer Inseln verlassen – jetzt wird sie mit ihrem exzentrischen Kollegen Lucas Stage von der Task Force 14 genau in jene 100-Seelen-Gemeinde gerufen: In der Kirche des Dörfchens hat sich eine bizarre Bluttat ereignet.

Pocos saben que, antes del asesinato del candidato a la presidencia en el norte de México hace algunos años, se efectuó otro atentado en su contra en una ciudad distinta del Pacífico. Este hecho significativo no habría sido olvidado si no es porque en ese periodo el país observó el levantamiento de la guerrilla y sufrió otra debacle económica.

Luglio. Al commissario Antonio Mariani è stato proposto un nuovo lavoro. Vorrebbe consultarsi con la moglie, ma Francesca è attualmente in Corsica, con le figlie, ospite di un cliente. E non è discorso da affrontare per telefono… Mariani dovrebbe raggiungerle, ma un omicidio lo trattiene a Genova. È stato trovato il corpo di un uomo, senza identità, non lontano da Ponte dei Mille. Pochi giorni dopo c'è un secondo omicidio: una donna è stata uccisa nella sua casa in Val Bisagno, nei dintorni di Genova. I due delitti si intrecciano e spingono Mariani a porsi molte domande su di sé.

McBride is an aging Boston private eye. Sylvia is his threatening and seductive partner. Gray hires them to find his brother before his brother finds him. The only clue is an unsourced photo of the twin in the stands at a Bruins game — or is it Gray himself? Increasingly convinced their client is either insane or playing a double game — or both — McBride and Sylvia chase dead-ends across Boston, New York, and hockey — and when Gray's doppelganger finally turns up (with the equally colorful name of Brown), Gray vanishes.

Charlie Haynes is an aging ex-detective, working unsolved cases. Obsessed with cleanliness and order, Charlie is a loner who trades on his experience of grisly crimes, and struggles to maintain a relationship with his adult daughter. When three teenagers are murdered in a public cemetery, the ritualistic killings show similarities to one of Charlie’s old investigations: a savage serial killer who targeted the members of a notorious Traveller family, the Boswells.

In the city where he lost everything, he'll stop at nothing to learn the truth. Former NYPD detective Thomas Austin has spent three long years haunted by his wife Fiona's unsolved murder. Three years searching for answers. Three years finding little. Until one lead changes everything.

X passa le sue giornate fumando marijuana e vendendo on-line sneakers rare prima di diventare un detective privato pagato per risolvere un caso. Vent’anni fa era un rapper famoso, quando ancora la musica hip hop non era in classifica, e il suo unico disco gli ha permesso di ottenere lo status di “artista di culto”, rispettato e ascoltato anche dalle nuove generazioni. Sulla copertina di quel famoso album c’era lui con una felpa col cappuccio e una “X” tatuata sul collo. Oggi quel tatuaggio appare sul collo di Aelle, il ragazzo ucciso di cui parlano tutti i giornali.

Harvard dropout and ex-Special Forces operative Joe Brody is climbing the ranks in the criminal underworld. After successfully executing multiple missions for the various crime syndicates that run New York City, he has come to earn the trust and respect of the city's most dangerous denizens. Which is why his newest task—retrieving a pet pigeon snatched from a rooftop coop in Brooklyn—has Joe puzzled ... until he learns that the bird is valued at close to a million dollars.

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.

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.

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 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.

When a local doctor is brutally murdered, Detective Constable Lana Cohen joins Strike Force Diablo on the notorious Gold Coast, where she finds herself navigating a world of chaos and corruption. As she delves deeper into the case, Lana reluctantly pairs up with Henry Loch, a detective with a tarnished reputation who sees an opportunity to redeem himself amidst the mayhem. But as Lana and Henry unravel the threads of violence and deceit, they uncover a dark side to the Gold Coast that shocks them to the core.

When Dan Armstrong is asked to provide security at a private villa on the outskirts of Pisa, he’s pretty sure it will be an easy job. Villa Gregory is remote; the gathered guests are rich – what could possibly go wrong? Inside the high walls of the palatial villa, Dan discovers the gathered guests are some of the most powerful tycoons in the media world, with plans for world domination. With so much at stake, Dan redoubles his efforts to keep everyone safe. But when one of the group is found murdered, Dan’s heart sinks – especially considering Anna’s own daughter is in the frame.

Fifteen-year-old Ámbar has never known any parent other than her father, Víctor Mondragón, nor any life other than his. When a tattooed mercenary kills Víctor’s best friend and vows that Víctor is next, father and daughter set off on a joyride across Argentina in search of bloody retribution....

In the follow-up to One-Shot Harry, fearless crime photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram finds himself in the LAPD’s crosshairs after capturing damning evidence of police brutality. An atmospheric dive into a city on the brink that’s brimming with remarkable historical detail, Ash Dark as Night is perfect for fans of Walter Mosley and James Ellroy. Los Angeles, August 1965. Anger and pent-up frustrations boil over in the Watts neighborhood after a traffic stop of two Black motorists.

In 1992, Los Angeles burned. In the aftermath of the Rodney King beating and subsequent riots, a ground-breaking ceremony at the infamous intersection of Florence and Normandie unearths the body of a Korean liquor store owner. Black private eye Ivan Monk searches for the killer—many suspect the motives for the murder were racial. But then another body turns up, and while the FBI and the Rolling Daltons, the largest gang in the city, dog Monk’s trail, Monk questions who the real perpetrators are and whether he can prevent more from dying, including himself, before he uncovers the truth.

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.

Napoli, 1962. Il Club 22 è il night più amato della città. Sarà perché il proprietario, il Cavalier Eduardo De Angelis, lo gestisce con generosità e intelligenza. Sarà perché Natalia de Gennaro, meglio conosciuta come Natascia, sa capire i clienti – e convincerli a ordinare carissime bottiglie di “finto champagne” – meglio di chiunque altro. Sarà perché Samuele Caputo, al secolo Sam, è un pianista che non fa rimpiangere il suo omonimo di Casablanca quando suona i successi americani del momento, tradotti rigorosamente in napoletano.

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.

D Hunter è un nero vestito sempre di nero. Dovrebbe essere solo un bodyguard, ma per questioni di amicizia si ritrova a fare il manager di hip hop e per questioni di famiglia il detective. Night è il nome del cantante che deve accudire; Big Danny è invece il nonno tanto amato, che è stato ucciso mentre era alla guida della sua Buick Electra 225 del 1970.

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.

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.

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.

Willkommen bei Schwedens Dezernat für die wirklich hoffnungslosen Fälle! Eigentlich steht Kriminalinspektorin Leonore Asker – Tochter eines durchgeknallten Preppers und einer Überflieger-Rechtsanwältin – kurz vor der Beförderung: Die Leitung der Abteilung für Schwerverbrechen in Malmö ist ihr so gut wie sicher. Stattdessen wird sie noch während der Ermittlungen in einem spektakulären Entführungsfall in ein Dezernat versetzt, von dem sie noch nie gehört hat: Ihre neuen Kollegen, allesamt Außenseiter und Nerds, nennen es nur "Dezernat für hoffnungslose Fälle", denn hier landet, was bei der Polizei als unlösbar gilt.

When Óttar Karlsson, a wealthy and respected government official and businessman, is found murdered, after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party, the police are at a loss. It isn't until young police officer Sigurdís finds a well-hidden safe in his impersonal luxury apartment that clues start emerging. As Óttar's shady business dealings become clear, a second unexpected line of enquiry emerges, when Sigurdís finds a US phone number in the safe, along with papers showing regular money transfers to an American account.

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...