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Quando i quattro partner di un importante studio legale rimangono uccisi in un misterioso incidente aereo, le loro vedove devono unirsi per scoprire la verità in questo romanzo esplosivo che vi terrà con il fiato sospeso.

A house that has been closed for many years is now a scene of crime; people are being killed. How will Asia’s wisest fool solve this case?

One of the guests staying at the house of an honorable man is an international blackmailer, but how will Imran recognize him?

Lorsque Quentin Duval, l'animateur adoré du grand public, lui propose de participer à une émission de faits divers, Alice est aux anges. Jusqu'à ce que Duval soit retrouvé mort chez lui. Jalousie, vengeance ou simple malchance ? Tante Alice, animée par son flair de criminologue, plonge dans une affaire où les apparences sont aussi trompeuses qu'un sourire de présentateur télé.

Sixteen delightful holiday short stories by some of your favorite Soho crime authors! This captivating collection of short mysteries and crime capers - which features New York Times best-selling authors, Crime Writers Association Gold and Diamond Dagger winners, and Edgar Award nominees - contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season.

Dopo essere stato lasciato a un giorno dalla vigilia di Natale, Alberto, pittore poco più che quarantenne, decide di riprendere in mano la sua vita e passare le feste lontano da quella Roma deserta che urla il nome di Marina da ogni vicolo.Un giro di mappamondo lo porta sugli altopiani dei Tatra, in una località esclusiva della Slovacchia dove potrà schiarirsi le idee immortalando panorami mozzafiato nei suoi inseparabili album.

C'è un filo conduttore che, superando lo Stretto dalla Calabria alla Sicilia, unisce una serie di cinque omicidi: un prete, giovani ragazze ritrovate con indosso delle maschere mortuarie, vittime mummificate. E se si vuole prestare l'orecchio alle dicerie, c'è anche una profezia che viene dalle strade di Roma, dove un mendicante avrebbe predetto esattamente le morti, l'ordine, e le dinamiche.

New Year's Eve, Loloma Island, Fiji. At one of the most exclusive island resorts in the Pacific ocean, the champagne is poured, the fireworks are ready, and the countdown to new year is just beginning. It's set to be a night that no one will forget. Especially when a body washes up on the shore... But it's impossible to find answers when everyone here has a motive.

One night, the body of a young woman is found, naked but for a necklace, tied to a statue outside a block of luxury flats. There should be an outcry. But the police rule it a suicide, and move on. Private investigators Lee and Jo, owners of No Stone Unturned detective agency in Leeds, are tasked with looking into the case. Who was the woman? Did she really kill herself? As they investigate, Lee and Jo uncover shocking secrets. And when they see links between this case and another they are working on, they are forced to question – is any woman ever truly safe in this world?

Maggie is a husband watcher. A snooper, a marriage doctor, a destroyer of dreams, a killer of happy ever afters. She runs her own private detective agency specialising in catching those who cheat. Helene is a husband catcher. A beautiful wife, a doting stepmother, a perfect homemaker and a dazzling presence at parties. She has landed herself with one of the most eligible bachelors in town - handsome property developer Gabe Moreau. Alice is just a teenager. A perfect daughter to Gabe, a kind stepchild to Helene, a tragic girl to a dead mother.

Marriage is a prison for Kelly. Her controlling and manipulative husband, Christos, videos her in the house, has her followed and tracks her every move. She may be desperate to leave, but she's not stupid. If she runs, he'll make sure she never sees her children again. Christos has a mistress, Sylvie, keen to pander to his every whim and even keener to step into Kelly's shoes, should she ever vacate them.

Emma e Kate sulle tracce di una ragazza svanita nel nulla. La giovane Alice Consoli è scomparsa nel nulla. Ma quando l’investigatrice Emma Castelli accetta di affrontare il caso, la soluzione sembra quasi scontata. Una studentessa dell’Accademia di Belle Arti, tanto dotata quanto fragile e insicura, con una famiglia ricchissima ma spaccata dall’odio, lascia una straziante lettera d’addio e svanisce. Eppure sia il padre di Alice, sia soprattutto Jasmine, l’amica del cuore, sono certi che la ragazza non avrebbe avuto motivi per andarsene.

From New York Times bestselling author J. A. JANCE comes an all-new novella, in which Sheriff Joanna Brady and investigator Ali Reynolds join forces to solve a crime thathas hit dangerously close to home. Sheriff Joanna Brady has a lot on her plate—she is up for re-election as sheriff...

Napoli, 1935. È un afoso pomeriggio estivo quando la piccola Paola Marotta precipita dalla finestra della sua cameretta. Il commissario Francesco Ambrosino viene incaricato di svolgere le indagini per accertare le cause della morte della bambina. Un paio di giorni prima, è stato rapito dalla culla il figlio di Aniello Bellucci, segretario del fascio rionale. Le due storie si intrecciano sullo sfondo di una città piegata dalla povertà, in una narrazione in cui passato e presente si fondono rivelando la tormentata personalità del protagonista.

Struggling with long-buried family secrets and her own recent heartbreak, artist and pet portraitist Susie Mahl hopes her brief sojourn as an art tutor at a Scottish country house will prove a distraction. But Susie soon realises she has bigger problems than teaching her eclectic mix of students to draw a Highland cow. Beneath the beautiful landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and the grandeur of the Auchen Laggan Tosh estate lie hidden secrets. Can Susie work out what exactly is going on before it’s too late? And can anyone be trusted?

Flirtatious American blonde Miss Hailey Duke should never have accepted a summer weekend invitation to Fontaburn Hall. But when the Honourable Archibald Cooke Wellingham’s house party are woken, in the early hours of Sunday morning, it’s too late: Miss Duke’s blood is on their hands. With the aid of Detective Chief Inspector Reynolds, Sergeant Ayari and loyal friend Dr Toby Cropper, Susie Mahl, on a timely commission drawing six racehorses nearby, seizes the opportunity to play detective for a second time.

In the village of Spire, murder is afoot. Wealthy landowner Alexander, Earl of Greengrass, is caught with his trousers down in the village graveyard before meeting a gruesome end. Luckily Susie Mahl happens to be on hand. With her artist’s eye for detail and her curious nature, she is soon on the scent of the murderer....

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first novel, an explosive return to the...

Tall, good-looking, and arrogant, Tracy Kane is the top male model for a hip-hop clothing line by designer Christian Elijah. When Tracy punches an African bootlegger in the face for pirating the clothing line he models, he’s arrested and his life takes a turn for the worse. For while Christian, who bails him out of jail, claims to have Tracy’s best interests at heart, all he’s really interested in is making more money. Soon, the designer is playing a dangerous game that could leave both of their lives at risk.

Valmont-sur-Loing, à la lisière de la forêt de Fontainebleau, a tout de la bourgade paisible... en apparence du moins. Aux côtés de Tante Alice, laissez-vous embarquer dans une exquise enquête.