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From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD comes the short novel: 22 DEAD LITTLE BODIES, plus two short stories: STRAMASH and DI STEEL'S BAD HEIR DAY, and a novella: THE 45% HANGOVER, all featuring his most popular characters – DS Logan McRae and DCI Roberta Steel. They say...

Even the enigmatic hit man called Quarry had to start somewhere. And for him, that was the day he returned stateside from Nam to find his young wife cheating. He'd killed plenty overseas, so killing her lover was no big deal. And when he was recruited to use his skills as a contract killer, that transition was easy, too. He survived in this jungle as he had in that other one - by expecting trouble. What he didn't expect was ever running into his ex again....

There was a time when being a “made man” meant something. Angelo Cipriani was a member of the inner circle of the powerful Fortunato Crime Family, which controlled the Upper Ohio Valley. Of course, Angelo would never admit that such an organization existed, let alone to all of the bodies he dropped for his boss. Angelo was a loyal soldier, even after a rival family strafed him with bullets and put him in a coma for three weeks.

A tortured body is found in a basement. Drug dealing and people smuggling is on the rise. Then police start going missing! There seems to be no connection between the crimes, but Detective Caelan Small senses something isn’t right. Plunged into a new investigation, lives are on the line. And...

Carter ist bereits seit Jahren tätig und weiß, dass man nicht zu viele Fragen stellt – vorausgesetzt der Preis stimmt. Der Auftrag scheint keineswegs außergewöhnlich zu sein, er ist einer von vielen. Doch bald schon merkt Carter, dass es um mehr geht als um die Aufklärung eines Bankraubs, der laut Aussage des Auftraggebers für die Polizei eine Nummer zu groß sei.

With Alex Silva facing time behind bars, his family are in freefall. Wife Maggie doesn't know how she's going to cope without her beloved Alex. How will they survive? But survival is in the Silva blood and Alex has taught his children well. And this new generation is going to cause more trouble than anyone can handle...Will the Silvas survive or will trouble follow them...

Frank Bosman führt mit seinem Team vom LKA einen ziemlich hoffnungslosen Kampf gegen Arslan Aziz, den Kopf einer libanesischen Großfamilie, die das Drogengeschäft in Berlin weitgehend kontrolliert. Als die albanische Mafia aggressiv auf den Markt drängt und Arslans Bruder Tarik einen Konkurrenten ermordet, sieht Bosman die Chance, den ganzen Clan zur Strecke zu bringen. Doch die Festnahme endet blutig, und Bosman kommt schwer unter die Räder.

Cuando todo se derrumba, solo queda actuar. Incluso si equivocarse es lo único que uno puede hacer. Crimen, secretos y venganza De sus novelas has dicho: «Un auténtico titán de la novela negra. Si disfrutáis leyendo policial, esta novela es de lo mejor. A mí me atravesó como un rayo.»...

Un día, los vecinos de un inmueble cercano, hartos de pedir ayuda a la Policía, recurren al Perla para ver si él puede desalojar a los camellos de un narcopiso que han montado en su comunidad. El Perla, que sabe que contará con la ayuda del Araña, pedirá ayuda al Pirri, que intentará tomar una decisión consensuada con el Tijeras. A partir de aquí, la historia tomará un camino desconocido para todos.

Sinántropos es la historia de un fracaso. De un regreso. De una venganza. Pero es, sobre todo, la historia de una amistad rota tejida entre calles sucias e ilusiones imposibles. Y es, por encima de todo, la voz de Corto, un protagonista empeñado en volar por encima de sus posibilidades.