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Le capitaine Daniel Magne enquête sur la mort de l'épouse d'un entrepreneur de BTP, torturée et sauvagement assassinée dans une villa cossue de la banlieue parisienne. Alors que ses investigations tournent court, il établit un lien avec la victime d'un deuxième crime, dans le nord de la France. Ces deux affaires l'amènent à remonter dans le temps jusqu'en 1944.

When Daryl Brackstone approaches private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda "Birdie" Bird about her mother's decades-old murder, she's hoping to finally uncover the truth. Her father died in prison for the crime, but Daryl has never believed in his guilt. As Seb and Birdie dig deeper, they discover Helen Brackstone wasn't just a suburban housewife—she was part of a secretive activist group investigating high-level corruption.

Tony Prosdocimi lives in the bustling Metropolis of San Ventura – a city gripped in fear, a city under siege by the hooded supervillain, The Cowl. When Tony develops super-powers and acts to take down The Cowl, however, he finds that the local superhero team Seven Wonders aren’t as grateful as he assumed they’d be….

Séptima parte de la Saga "El guardián de las flores". Un pueblo tranquilo. La mano de un cadáver aparece junto a un naipe y una carta de amor, ocultos bajo las raíces de un eucalipto. Tres niñas desaparecidas veinticinco años atrás. Una maldición. Bañobre es el epicentro de esta...

Henry Rohmers New York Detective Reihe vereint spannende Kriminalfälle mit dem authentischen Bild der Großstadt New York. Rasant erzählt und immer am Puls der Zeit, taucht der Privatdetektiv Bount Reininger tief in die Unterwelten der Metropole ein, auf der Spur von Kleinkriminellen, Terroristen und Serienmördern.

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” ( Booklist).

Un mystérieux imprécateur menace, dans un mail délirant, d'abattre un policier par jour tant que le meurtrier de la belle avocate d'affaires Hanneke Sloet n'aura pas été arrêté. Et s'empresse de joindre le geste à la parole. La police du Cap, prise de panique, charge Benny Griessel, déjà rencontré dans "Le pic du Diable" et "13 Heures", de rouvrir l'enquête, au repos depuis plus d'un mois. Pas d'indices, pas de mobile, pas de témoins, juste quelques photos où la victime posait nue, une forte pression venue du sommet de la hiérarchie, et un sniper insaisissable manifestement décidé à poursuivre sa mission.

The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hit man into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one—why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead? And why in hell does he care?

Retired Cambridge professor Donald Aitcheson loves scouring antiquarian bookshops for secondhand treasures - as much as he loathes the scribbled marginalia from their previous owners. But when he comes upon an inscription in a volume of Robert Browning's poetry, he's less irritated than disturbed. This wasn't a gift to an unwitting woman. It was a threat - insidious, suggestively sick, and terribly intriguing.

L’ormai famosa agenzia Strike ed Ellacott ha risolto molti casi inestricabili. Quello che rimane non risolto è il rapporto trai due soci, segnato da un’amicizia profonda e inquieta, tra slanci imprevedibili e sotterranee gelosie. Quando l’anziano Sir Colin Edensor chiede il loro aiuto per tirar fuori il figlio Will da una setta che lo ha plagiato, i due accettano senza esitare. In nome della lotta per un mondo migliore, la Universal Humanitarian Church allontana i suoi membri dai loro affetti e li induce a elargire enormi donazioni, diventando sempre più potente.

Hard-boiled detectives. Tough. Cynical. But they always get the job done no matter who - or what - gets in their way. Richard Rogue was one of those hard-boiled detectives. He had a way with one liners, a way with the ladies and a way of solving crimes that is probably unique on the airwaves. Every time he got took a fist to the jaw and got knocked out his subconscious took the clues and gave him the answer.

DI Joe Faraday is called to the scene of a brutal death: the remains of a body have been chained to the railway line at Buriton tunnel, just north of Havant. Faraday has no name and no obvious leads to follow. DC Paul Winter is ordered to trawl through the missing persons list and comes across a missing man he suspects has fallen victim to foul play. Two men, one dead, one missing. Two detectives looking for them. Two stories entangled in the most bizarre and compelling ways.

Een man verbrandt levend in een auto. Hij is het slachtoffer van professionele huurmoordenaars. De aanwijzingen die worden gevonden maken de vrouw van de vermoorde man, Donna Langford, verdacht. Ze lijkt de moordenaars te hebben ingehuurd en wordt schuldig bevonden aan samenzwering tot moord. Een decennium gaat voorbij. Vlak voor haar vrijlating krijgt Donna een recente foto toegestuurd van haar vermoorde man. Is hij wel dood? En als dat niet zo is, van wie was dan het verkoolde lichaam dat werd gevonden in de uitgebrande Jaguar?

Berlin, Spätsommer 1935. In der Familie Rath geht jeder seiner Wege. Pflegesohn Fritz marschiert mit der HJ zum Nürnberger Reichsparteitag, Charly schlägt sich als Anwaltsgehilfin und Privatdetektivin durch, während sich Gereon Rath, mittlerweile zum Oberkommissar befördert, mit den Todesfällen befassen muss, die sonst niemand haben will. Ein tödlicher Verkehrsunfall weckt seinen Jagdinstinkt, obwohl seine Vorgesetzten ihm den Fall entziehen und ihn in eine andere Abteilung versetzen. Es geht um Hermann Göring, der erpresst werden soll, um geheime Akten, Morphium und schmutzige Politik.

Traumatisé par le suicide d'un collègue, Benny Griessel replonge dans l'alcool. Sa supérieure hiérarchique le protège en confiant à son adjoint Cupido l'enquête sur le meurtre d'Ernst Richter, créateur d'un site qui fournit en toute discrétion de faux alibis aux conjoints adultères. Richter faisait chanter ses clients. Est-ce là une piste ? L'analyse des relevés d'appels de son portable, l'épluchage des comptes de sa start-up, les interrogatoires de ses employés, les perquisitions ne donnent rien.

Es sollte ein harmloses Rollenspiel unter Jugendlichen werden, am 21. Juni 1996, ein Verkleidungsritual in der mythenumrankten Mittsommernacht...

En mand omkommer i skovene ved Silkeborg, og tilsyneladende er det en ulykke. Men det står hurtigt klart, at han ikke var den, han udgav sig for. Under afhøringen af den dræbtes forældre finder Anita Hvid og Thor Belling en serie foruroligende malerier, som den dræbte malede, før han søgte tilflugt i skovene. Hvad var ofret bange for? Blev han myrdet?

Seventh story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season James Kirkhill thinks he has the best job in the world: coaching the girls’ swimming team. But he’s about to get into some very deep...

A 25-year-old cold case of art theft and murder is re-examined when Matthew Scudder and his wife, Elaine, encounter the main suspect in Florence, Italy. Throughout the trip, Scudder comes to realize the killer’s motive and takes the steps towards proving the suspect’s guilt.