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The Bucket List starts when undercover FBI Agent John Adderley wakes up in a hospital bed in Baltimore with extensive gunshot wounds. He knows he’s lucky to be alive. And just a few beds away is the man who 24 hours ago pointed a gun to his head. Soon, a high-profile cold-case file is sent to Agent Adderley, now living in Sweden (where he’s not lived since he was a boy) in witness protection, hiding until he can testify against the drug cartel he infiltrated back in the States. Adderley is determined to solve the case, even with a price on his head....

Das Audible Original Hörspiel "Wenn der Mordmann kommt" ist ein ruhiger und dennoch packender Crime Noir von Krimi-Koryphäe Friedrich Ani. Zu später Stunde wird die La Luna Bar in München Schauplatz smarter Dialoge, intensiver Monologe und undurchsichtiger Erzählungen eines gegensätzlichen Gespanns: dem mysteriösen und zugleich charismatischen Kommissar Jon Andersen (Peter Kurth), dem klugen und kritischen Barkeeper Hendrik Efeu (Ken Duken) sowie der einsamen Nachtwandlerin und Zuhörerin Ines Morgenroth (Frauke Poolman).

Brought to you by Penguin. Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force, and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But then...

Following the success of Paris Noir, the Akashic Noir Series has expanded to include the famously diverse and sometimes controversial suburbs of this legendary city.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHESTNUT MAN IS BACK WITH A BLOCKBUSTER NEW THRILLER, SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX ADAPTATION Count to one, count to two… A strange voice from inside the woods, repeating a child’s counting rhyme. Count to four, count to...

Former investigator, Thomas Ravnsholdt—known as Ravn—drifts like wreckage along Copenhagen's harbour, numbed by cheap liquor and old wounds. But his peace is shattered when a desperate young woman shows up, pleading for help: her brother has vanished after stealing millions. The trail leads Ravn from the windy docks of Copenhagen to Berlin, where ghosts of the Cold War still linger: Stasi files, double agents, and brutality that never truly came to an end. Ravn soon realises that the missing is not merely lost, but ensnared in a deadly web.

Protagonista è Slim Callaghan, un investigatore privato affascinante, astuto e privo di scrupoli, che si muove con disinvoltura tra locali eleganti, uffici fumosi e quartieri malfamati, alla ricerca della verità dietro un caso pieno di inganni e pericoli. Con dialoghi brillanti, colpi di scena inaspettati e una prosa vivida, Cheyney costruisce un mondo dove la moralità è ambigua e la giustizia segue regole tutte sue.

Cuatro cadáveres. Un sospechoso. Ninguna pista … Primera novela de la serie de misterio del detective Roy Grace, un hombre atormentado por el recuerdo de su mujer muerta. A Michael Harrison pretenden gastarle una broma inolvidable en su despedida de soltero; algo que jamás pueda olvidar: enterrarlo vivo durante unas horas. Todo se complicará cuando sus amigos, que son los únicos que conocen el verdadero paradero de Michael, mueran esa misma noche en un accidente de tráfico.

Alicia Bjelke has always been the "other sister," the foil to her beautiful sister Stella—people turn their backs when they see Alicia's disfigured face. So she created a life in the background, becoming a coding genius and founding a groundbreaking dating app company. With Stella as the face of the company, Alicia has found success. Until one day, when Stella is found dead and Alicia’s life takes the wrong turn. Soon, she realizes that she is the next target.

SAN FRANCISCO, 1958. World War 2 veteran, Katsuhiro, “Kats” Takemoto is a Nisei, second generation Japanese American and the private detective for those who don’t get noticed by the police or get the attention of traditional private eyes. The city is exploding with population growth and creative expression. When a young Beat poet enlists Kats to keep his family from being pushed out of the Bayview Heights neighborhood by a shady developer, Kats learns that the conspiracy to take over the land around Hunters Point runs deep into Cold War fears and politics.

San Francisco Noir lashes out with hard-biting tales exploring the shadowy nether regions of scenic "Baghdad by the Bay". In this superb collection, virtuosos of the genre meet up with the best of SF’s literary fiction community to chart a unique psycho-geography for a dark landscape. From inner city boroughs to the outlands, each contributor offers an original story based in a distinct neighborhood.

Michele Marconi erwacht ohne Gedächtnis im Krankenhaus. Er weiß nicht, wie er dorthin gekommen ist und was vor seinem Erwachen geschehen ist. Als der undurchsichtige Gianfranco D'Amato in sein Leben tritt, beginnen sich die Nebel zu lichten. D'Amato behauptet, dass Michele für ihn als Auftragsmörder gearbeitet haben soll, seinen Auftrag allerdings nicht zu Ende gebracht und das Opfer, seine Schwester Claudia, stattdessen irgendwo versteckt haben soll, um mehr Geld für den Mord erpressen zu können.

Alles sieht zunächst nach einem Routinefall aus, als Privatdetektiv Clyde Briggs den Auftrag erhält, die verschwundene Ausreißerin Shawna Donovan zu finden und sie zu ihrer Schwester nach Hause zu bringen. Briggs findet schon bald Spuren, die auf einen gestohlenen Wagen hinweisen. Allem Anschein nach ist Shawna nicht allein unterwegs. In den Bergen außerhalb von Los Angeles stößt der Detektiv auf ein einsames Haus, das sich jedoch als tödliche Falle entpuppt. Briggs wird gezwungen, in einen dunklen Abgrund zu blicken, in dem Täter zu Opfern werden - und umgekehrt.

Deep in the backwoods of South Georgia, eighteen-year-old Maya narrowly escapes a savage end. The victim of a vast human-trafficking operation managed out of Mexico, she had the misfortune to discover the dark plans of a high-ranking client. Her fate seemed sealed, until Leonard Moye, a lonely eccentric who doesn't suffer fools or tolerate trespassers, takes the young woman under his protection. Both bearing the scars from personal tragedies, they soon develop a bond that makes them, as a pair, a formidable foe, even for hardened criminals and professional scumbags.

For years, Donna ignored the guns in her husband's safe, his long hours, and all the cash he couldn't possibly have made as an "efficiency expert." But finally she was forced to admit that Peter Macklin is a killer for hire. Donna wants a divorce, and she wants to take her husband for all he's worth. But she won't get a penny if he's dead.

Nairobi Noir is an act of excavation, rediscovering the city's ossified past and infusing life to preserve it for future generations. It is also an act of celebration, reminding listeners of the brilliance of the best-known writers to emerge from this part of the world, and heralding the birth of new writers whose gifts, we can safely predict, will shine brightly in the years ahead.

Thirteen bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors are contained in this first of volume of a must-listen collection. 

Aspiring actress Elizabeth Smart lands her centre stage role: her mutilated body is found dumped in North London’s red light district. Clasped in her hand is a piece of human hair belonging to an unidentified body of a woman murdered two weeks ago. Aspiring actress Elizabeth Smart lands her...

This second volume of a must-listen collection contains 15 bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors.

Der Höllenhund ist zurück: In drei neuen Kurzromanen und zahlreichen Stories und Artikeln richtet Ellroy sein Mega-Spotlight vor allem auf L.A. und erzählt bissig und schonungslos über dunkelste Obsessionen, korrupte Bullen, ungelöste Mordfälle und seinen eigenen Werdegang. Er berichtet über seinen Vater, die Todesstrafe, die Justiz und die Opfer von vierzig Jahre zurückliegenden Verbrechen. Wir begegnen einem verrückten Detective, der von einer Schauspielerin aus Hollywood besessen ist, und auch Danny Getchell läuft uns über den Weg.