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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.

A body underground. An ancient ritual. A killer in the shadows. The real game is just beginning... When a body is found in the depths of Mary King’s Close, DCI 'Mac' McNeill is thrust into a case involving the burden of sins and an old ritual tied to absolution. With each clue, he is drawn...

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.

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. Winner of the 1948 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, this gripping murder mystery is a much-loved classic. In 1940s Chicago, a man is killed in the midst of a night-long bender, caught between barrooms in what appears to be a mugging gone awry. The police aren’t...

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 . . .

Automne 1925. Jeanne Duluc, jeune journaliste socialiste et féministe, s'est fait embaucher au Central Gutenberg afin d'enquêter sur les difficiles conditions de travail des demoiselles du téléphone. C'est alors que l'une d'entre elles, Tatiana, est sauvagement assassinée. Sur son visage défiguré : un masque. Signature qui n'est pas sans rappeler celle du « tueur des Halles », terrorisant les femmes de la capitale depuis plusieurs mois. L'enquête est confiée à Paul Varenne, inspecteur dépendant à la cocaïne et à l'opium à la suite de ses blessures de guerre.

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...

Monsters aren’t born. They’re refined. The Rose Killer has perfected her work. Thirteen victims. Thirteen flawless scenes. Each one precise. Controlled. Beautiful. A white paper rose left behind like a signature no one else can read. She does not kill in chaos. She waits. She plans. She folds herself into normality and lets the world forget she exists. Until someone touches the pattern.

In the fog-choked alleys of Victorian London, fear has a new face. When a string of brutal murders strikes the heart of Whitechapel, Inspector John Maywills—a detective haunted by his own past—descends into the city’s darkest corners to uncover the truth.

Robin Greaves is having a very bad day. When compromising photographs surface, revenge is on his mind, but the robbery meant to fix everything goes catastrophically wrong. Now he’s on the run. The police are closing in. Two private detectives are circling for their own grubby reasons. And somewhere in the chaos, a ruthless killer has decided Robin needs to die.

Jack Bardlow was once a legend—until a failed hit left him scarred, hunted, and marked for death. Now he’s a ghost in Las Vegas, surviving on instinct while a secret gambling syndicate closes in to erase him for good. Solitaire doesn’t deal cards for luck. Every suit commands power, every draw seals a fate, and every debt is paid in blood. As enforcers, rivals, and federal agents collide, Jack discovers the cards he inherited hide more than money—they point to a conspiracy born in war and fed by greed.

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.

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 ?

Ancien sportif reconverti dans les relations publiques, Myron tombe des nues quand il reçoit l'appel de Terese, dont il est sans nouvelles depuis sept ans. À peine arrivé à Paris, le cauchemar commence... Qui en veut à la vie de Terese ? Quels secrets lui a-t-elle cachés ? Pourquoi le Mossad, Interpol et la CIA les traquent-ils sans relâche ?

1901. Pour fuir la violence de sa famille mafieuse, Nando Russo choisit l'exil. Il devient mineur en Lorraine et apprend à arracher le fer à la montagne comme nombre de ses compatriotes italiens. Mais son passé le rattrape et le replonge dans une spirale meurtrière irrépressible. 1913. Antonio Russo arrive à son tour dans la vallée de la Chiers. Huit ans plus tôt, sa mère et lui ont brutalement perdu tout contact avec Nando. Antonio découvre le destin tragique qui a frappé son père et les crimes qu'on lui a imputés.

Brought to you by Penguin. Three rival mages race for power, vengeance, and the fate of Atherin in the epic second instalment of the Silvercloak Saga, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates. After the disastrous events in the Havenwood, Saffron Killoran’s revenge has...

La principal misión de Verónica Cuevas es salvar a las víctimas. Después de resolver su primer caso importante en la Brigada de Homicidios y Desaparecidos del Cuerpo Nacional de Policía, una nueva desaparición en la ciudad de León la enfrentará a su mayor reto. La posible relación con un crimen cometido semanas atrás, desatará una serie de acontecimientos que la llevarán a perseguir a un peligroso depredador, en una lucha contra el reloj antes de que vuelva a asesinar.

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.