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The Zero is a groundbreaking novel, a darkly comic snapshot of our times that is already being compared to the works of Franz Kafka and Joseph Heller. From its opening scene—when hero cop Brian Remy wakes up to find he's shot himself in the head—novelist Jess Walter takes us on a harrowing...

A zero tolerance policy results in the death penalty for all crimes, no matter how minor. When a judge is kidnapped, and a ransom note demands the release of all prisoners awaiting execution, kleptomaniac Detective Inspector Kate Swanson is put on the case. But soon her boss also disappears. Under increasing pressure from her superiors, and the growing social unrest, Swanson must race to find a man whose murdered wife and daughter link the missing men. Can she find him before it's too late?

When a teenager is shot dead after chasing a criminal in the street, investigating journalist Cynthia Bonsant is led to the popular social media platform Freemee, a competitor to Facebook whose lifestyle app claims to give you everything you need to succeed in life. But there is someone who warns against its evils: Zero, the world’s most-wanted activist, known for exposing the toxic truths behind social media giants and their pursuit of total control.

Lady Tresselian invites several guests to stay at her seaside house at Gull’s Point. Against her better judgment she has allowed her late husband’s ward, handsome tennis ace Neville Strange, and his wife Kay to come at the same time as Neville’s ex-wife Audrey. Other guests include Mary...

Now Streaming Exclusively on BritBox! When a gathering at a clifftop estate leads to murder troubled detective James Leach and Superintendent Battle must unravel a web of secrets and jealousy—before another victim falls. What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful...

The Peach Blond Bomber introduces Zackary Nixon Johnson, private investigator, his sidekick Harv, artificial intelligence and the world and setting where the Nuclear Bombshell Series takes place.

Berlin. May 1945. A city without institutions in a continent that has become a wasteland. Thousands of former Nazis have been killed in Allied purges, and many more incarcerated in the very concentration camps they themselves established. But the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has a problem. One of those former Nazis is actually a British spy, Edward Kayne, who has intercepted a top-secret document that Churchill insists is vital to settling the peace.

For American radiologist Peter Ross, it sounded like the perfect vacation: deliver one study in Spain and then spend the rest of his time on a Mediterranean beach. But he wasn't planning on meeting Angela Locke, a dark-haired beauty with a big problem—she's on the run from two warring gangs, each dead set on finding a mysterious artifact, and they'll kill anyone who stands in their way. It's a desperate fight for survival across the European continent as Peter and Angela race to uncover a centuries-old secret before they become its next victim.

On one of the coldest nights in Minnesota history, the difference between life and death is literally the blink of an eye for Phil Broker, until recently St. Paul's most successful undercover cop. That blink will convey the urgent warning of a comatose man who knows the dark truth binding Broker...

ما العلاقة بين محاولة انتحار فاشلة واتهام طالبة بالسرقة خطأوالحياة العاطفية للاعب تنس شهير ؟ الملاحظ العادي بالطبع لن يجد هناك أية علاقة لكن عندما تجتمع شخصيات الرواية بجالز بوينت المنزل الواقع على البحر والذي تملكه الأرملة العجوز ستتبادر الى ذهن القارىء كل هذه الأحداث حيث سيكتشف المفتش باثل أنها وثيقة الصلة بالخطة التي وضعت لمنتهى الدقة وبجريمة القتل.

残忍な殺人は平穏な海辺の館で起こった。殺されたのは金持ちの老婦人。金目的の犯行かと思われたが、それは恐るべき殺人計画の序章にすぎなかった――人の命を奪う魔の瞬間”ゼロ時間”に向け、着々と進行する綿密で周到な計画とは？

夫には、妻も知らない、もう一つの名があった──。戦争の傷がまだ塞がっていない頃の物語。清張ミステリーの最高傑作！

Jacintha (Jack) Cross und ihr Ehemann Gabe werden von großen Unternehmen engagiert, um deren Sicherheitssysteme zu unterlaufen und so deren Schwachstellen zu finden. Und die beiden sind verdammt gut in ihrem Job! Doch eines abends geht etwas schief und Jack wird verhaftet. Als sie Stunden später entlassen wird, findet sie ihren Mann Gabe mit durchschnittener Kehle am Schreibtisch. Verzweifelt und fassungslos bricht sie zusammen.

阪神大震災が起きたその朝、700キロ離れたN県警で幹部の一人、警務課長の不破義仁が失踪した。人望も厚い筆頭課長がなぜ？　組織を大きく揺るがしかねない事態に、本部長以下幹部らはそれぞれに手がかりとなりそうな情報を調べるが、保身や対抗意識から駆け引きや情報戦の応酬に陥ってしまう。不破の安否はおろか、蒸発か事件かも判らぬまま時間が過ぎ――。組織と個人の本質を鋭くえぐる本格警察サスペンス。

In seinem Ur-Maigret, dem 0. Fall der Maigret-Reihe, der erst 2020 erstmals ins Deutsche übertragen wurde, fühlt man sich sogleich in die typische Szenerie eines Maigret-Romans versetzt: ein Pfeife rauchender Kommissar, diesige Pariser Nächte und seltsame Gestalten auf den Straßen. Es ist spät geworden, die Büros am Quai des Orfèvres sind verwaist. Nur bei Kommissar Maigret bullert noch der Kanonenofen. Da bekommt er überraschend Besuch: Eine junge Frau bekennt sich eines Mordes für schuldig. Nachdem Maigret kurz abgelenkt wird, ist sie verschwunden.

「こんな謎も解けないなら、交番勤務からやり直せ」あの鬼教官が、殺人現場に臨場！

Es wird behauptet, im Leben eines Menschen gäbe es einige wenige Tage, die sein Leben grundlegend verändern können. Einen solchen erlebt der irische Schriftsteller Oscar Wilde im Frühjahr 1895. Anstelle neuer Ausschweifungen und Ruhm als Autor drohen eine Gefängnisstrafe und der persönliche Ruin. Doch plötzlich tritt ein Fremder an Wilde heran und bietet ihm einen möglichen Ausweg aus seiner schwierigen Situation.

Nella splendida villa sulla costa della Cornovaglia di Lady Tressilian si ritrovano alcune persone legate da vincoli di parentela e di amicizia: Nevile Strange - nipote ed erede della padrona di casa - con la moglie attuale e quella precedente, un vecchio e famoso avvocato, un play-boy, una giovane donna sola e infelice e uno scontroso piantatore della Malesia. Ma uno degli ospiti ha ideato un piano perfetto. E il sovrintendente Battle dovrà scandagliare nel passato di tutti per poter sciogliere l'enigma di un delitto che solo apparentemente è stato commesso per un'eredità.

Stockholm is under siege. A bomb has gone off, several high-profile people have been kidnapped, and the city is on lockdown. Unfortunately for Special Agent Ingrid Skyberg, everything is kicking off the day she arrives to complete a dangerous undercover assignment. Her mission is so secret, and so illegal, neither the FBI nor the US government know about it. Her instructions are simple: no ID, no credit cards, no trace. If Ingrid ends up in jail, or floating face-down in the harbor, there can be no way of identifying her.

A Roma, una soffiata porta il commissario Gianni Giunti e l’assistente Flavio Fiore a irrompere in uno stabile fatiscente nel quartiere San Lorenzo, dove trovano tre tossicodipendenti in stato confusionale e il cadavere di una ragazza violentata. Il caso sembra risolto in partenza, ma niente è come appare: lo stupro è avvenuto post mortem e la ragazza è deceduta in un luogo diverso dall’edificio in cui è stata ritrovata, mentre era in compagnia di una persona appartenente all’élite della Roma bene, un uomo che una consorteria criminale ha l’incarico di proteggere.