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When acclaimed mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers first began compiling anthologies of the best crime stories in the 1920s and ’30s, the genre was in the flush of its first golden age. While it is hard to imagine today - after every possible mystery plot has been told, retold, subverted, and played straight again by hundreds of writers over nearly a century - in Sayers’s day there were still twists that had never been seen, and machinations of crime that would shock even jaded Jazz Age fans.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In Hong Kong Noir, 14 of the city’s finest authors explore the dark heart of the Pearl of the Orient in haunting stories of depravity and despair.

Do not go gentle into that good night, wrote Dylan Thomas, and Canadas notorious Ladies Killing Circle has taken his advice to heart. In Going Out with a Bang, the dangerous dames have brought together an explosive mix of authors from across the country. Whether its the boom of drums, the cacophony of a train wreck, or the thud of a body crashing down the stairs, no one goes out without a fight. Twenty authors, along with poet Joy Hewitt Mann, will chill you, entertain you or plain blow you away in this eclectic fictional brew.

A city at once ancient and modern, Istanbul is the quintessentially postcard-perfect metropolis. But don’t let the alluring vistas fool you. For beneath its veneer as the meeting place of cultures, religions, and ethnicities lies a heart of darkness, seething with suppressed desire, boiling with frustration, and burning with a fervor for vengeance.

For over three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror listeners crave. Now, with the eighth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the audio of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman; Kelley Armstrong; Stephen King; Linda Nagata; Laird Barron; Margo Lanagan; and many others.

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.

Best-selling authors Jeffery Deaver and Anne Perry join rising stars like Dana Chamblee Carpenter and Paul Gail Benson in a collection that proves Music City is a deadly place to be when your song gets called. Featuring stories by Donald Bain, Robert Dugoni, Jefferson Bass, Mary Burton, Jonathan Stone, Steven James, Maggie Toussaint, Clay Stafford, Heywood Gould, Jaden Terrell, and more....

忍者はあなたのすぐそばに　明治維新でお役御免となったはずの忍者。しかし実は今もひっそり日本の平和を守っていた！　働く現代の忍びたちを描く、新・忍法帖。

With two entirely new Harpur and Iles stories, three more never-before-published together, plus a spicy little interlude with some crooks from the series and a fistful of other tales from the seamier side of life, this anthology is a must-read for fans of Bill James's dark, gritty thrillers.

Nikki is a flirtatious six-time divorcee. Geraldine is her quirky grandmother. Mix in a bunch of gun-toting grannies, an outrageous retirement home, and unsolved mysteries, and there's definitely going to be some excitement. Follow along as Nikki and the cast of retirement home vigilantes work to solve the mystery before everything goes up in smoke.

After a rocky start to cruise season, the Caribbean Honey is looking to return to normal. When a new excursion offered to guests goes horribly wrong, Hope finds herself in the middle of another mystery. Then she gets stranded on a deserted island with a murderer on the loose. And finally, someone turns up dead after a lover’s quarrel. Can she keep her head and find these killers, or is she destined to be lost at sea?

When FBI Agent Leo Xanthus invites the beautiful and beguiling Polly Benson to his family home in New Orleans, he does so knowing an introduction to his concealed life could change hers forever. As his plans to sweep her off her feet unfold, Leo learns every family has secrets - some more deadly than others. With ties to a high-profile mafia family and the FBI, Leo and Polly’s worlds collide in and out of the bedroom, and their insatiable need for one another will blur the lines between what is right, what is wrong, and what is impossible to resist.

Protagonista il vicequestore Rocco Schiavone, un personaggio fuori dagli schemi: scontroso, irritabile, trasgressivo al limite del lecito, ma con un senso della giustizia tutto suo. Una rilettura della tradizione del giallo all'italiana, capace di coniugare lo sguardo dolente del neorealismo e la risata sfrontata di una commedia di avanspettacolo.

La quarta raccolta degli audiolibri di Linda Castillo con protagonista Kate Burkholder riunisce i seguenti titoli: "Inganno", "Tra i malvagi", "Solo per pochi" ed "Una strada oscura".

La seconda raccolta degli audiolibri di Linda Castillo con protagonista Kate Burkholder riunisce i seguenti titoli: "Scomparsa", "Persa nel tempo" e "Il suo ultimo respiro".

La seconda raccolta degli audiolibri della serie "Factory" di Derek Raymond riunisce i seguenti titoli: "Il mio nome era Dora Suarez", "Il museo dell'inferno" e "Quando cala la nebbia rossa".

La prima raccolta degli audiolibri della serie "Factory" di Derek Raymond riunisce i seguenti titoli: "E morì a occhi aperti", "Aprile è il più crudele dei mesi" e "Come vivono i morti".

Per la prima volta insieme questi racconti, già apparsi in varie antologie a tema, ci restituiscono un ritratto del vicequestore Rocco Schiavone. Sono cinque tessere che contribuiscono a definire il personaggio per chi già lo conosce e servono come una presentazione per chi non l’ha mai letto: un poliziotto scontroso, trasgressivo, ruvido, spesso ai limiti della brutalità, conosce però il cuore degli uomini e sa sempre da che parte stare.

Jonas Pickett, solicitor and commissioner of oaths, leaves London to set up a practice in a genteel Sussex resort. This collection of nine inter-linked stories tell the stories of his clients: from a retired Admiral to the queen of the gypsies.

La prima raccolta degli audiolibri di Linda Castillo con protagonista Kate Burkholder riunisce i seguenti titoli: "Costretta al silenzio", "La lunga notte" e "In un vicolo cieco".