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They call him el Carnicero—the Butcher. He is the most powerful drug lord on the planet, and when the city of New York incurs his wrath, he utters a single word: “¡Venganza!” With military precision, he strafes Central Park with 4,000 pounds of cocaine, killing hundreds of innocent people enjoying a summer afternoon.

Charming, wealthy Randle Kennedy has a secret: he's British Columbia’s most prolific producer of boutique marijuana. He’s developed strains of B.C. Bud to please the most sophisticated palates and produce any desired effect, from a light contemplative buzz to the most mind-warping stone. His medical varieties offer relief for conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's disease. Come legalization, he'll be the first on the market with marijuana's answer to single-malt Scotch.

NYPD detective Paul Donner and his wife Elise were killed in a hold-up gone wrong. Fifty years later, Donner is back: revived courtesy of the Shift. Supposedly the unintended side-effect of a botched biological terrorist attack and carried by a ubiquitous retrovirus, the Shift jump-starts dead DNA and throws the life cycle into reverse, so reborns like Donner must cope with the fact that they are not only slowly youthing toward a new childhood, but have become New York's most hated minority.

A girl involves Hameed in a practical joke not knowing a Pandora's box of mysteries and blood is going to open soon. This story will compel you to question the way we think and understand the world around us.

When the heirs to Cosmo Mornington’s enormous fortune are nowhere to be found, Don Luis Perenna, a friend of the deceased and executor of his will, sets out to track them down. If he fails to do so, he will himself inherit a quarter of his friend’s fortune. It is not long before one of the heirs turns up dead and the search for the missing beneficiaries quickly becomes a murder investigation.

Six entertaining thrillers featuring slovenly sleuth Chief Inspector Dover, Scotland Yard's most unwanted man Cantankerous and dishevelled, Chief Inspector Dover is no-one's idea of a model detective - but he does have an uncanny knack for solving crimes. In these radio dramas, set in the 1960s...

I forbindelse med en nynazistisk demonstration i det centrale Göteborg havner journalisten Kent Mortlands datter, Paula, på skadestuen med en flænge i panden. Sammen sætter far og datter sig for at undersøge miljøet. Det samme gør kriminalinspektør Elof Jönsson, der får øje på en sammenhæng mellem en række dødsfald, der egentlig var blevet afskrevet som selvmord. Snart går jagten på en lejemorder, der er villig til at gøre alt for at nå sit mål. Hvid sorg er den anden af fem kriminalromaner om journalisten Kent Mortland.

När en gängledare skjuts i sin bil utanför McDonalds i Barkarby får den rutinerade utredaren Jill Eriksson fallet på sitt bord. Polisassistent Kristian Arve har inte tid att hjälpa en utredare från polisens högkvarter. Hans familj har på kort tid utsatts för ett antal skrämmande och alltmer hotfulla händelser. För att skydda dem tvingas Kristian in i en ljusskygg verksamhet som opererar i blåljusets periferi. Snart är Kristian indragen i ett brinnande gängkrig om kokainhandeln i Stockholms förorter.

Ellie can't stop having nightmares. It's been the same ever since she saw the car accident, where a man lost his life. Awaiting the trial of the dangerous driver, where she's the primary witness, she finds herself befriending Samantha, the widow of the man who died. And – as their children also become friends – their lives become intrinsically entangled. But then Ellie starts thinking she's being followed. She wants to believe it's paranoia.

Un asesino en serie que lleva años matando a sus anchas. Una caza contra el tiempo antes de que se cobre su próxima víctima. ¿La única pista? Siempre deja una inscripción en la piel de sus víctimas: Tic-Tac. Álex Cortés se enfrenta a un temible y silencioso villano que tiene en vilo a una ciudad entera. ¿Podrán Álex y su equipo encarcelarlo antes de que vuelva a matar?

Daniel Owen is coming to terms with not being a cop. He's happy to find a bunch of like-minded people at the town allotments—until one of them is brutally murdered. Mal Kent is settling into his new job as the man-in-charge of Melin Tywyll CID. The fly in the ointment is bigoted, lazy DI Carey, Daniel's replacement. Carey wants to blame Daniel's new friends for the murder, and with Daniel as their only alibi, accusations fly.

Legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel about detective Sam Spade: The Maltese Falcon, the most famous private eye story ever told. But the case was never really solved—the priceless golden, bejeweled bird that men and women had been dying to possess turned out to be a fake.

Ein Leben für ein Leben. Jeder kennt den Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse. Doch was passiert, wenn dieser Kampf in ein und derselben Person tobt? Sie hatte sich ihrer Dunkelheit verschrieben und akzeptiert, dass ihr Leben niemals wieder so werden würde, wie es einmal war. Dem Motorradclub, der sie aufgefangen hatte und mittlerweile zu ihrer Familie geworden war, verdankte sie ihr Leben. Doch ihre eigene Dunkelheit hielt sie fest im Griff. Ihre Seele wurde zerfetzt. Ihr Herz hörte auf zu schlagen und Liebe? Liebe war nur noch ein Wort, ohne Bedeutung für sie geworden. Sie hasste. Sie jagte.

Jan Rose är rentvådd efter de ödesdigra händelserna med Satans dotter. Efter frigivningen från Nyborgs statsfängelse väcker han liv i sin gamla advokatverksamhet. Men friheten visar sig vara en illusion när en rad makabra filmer skickas till hans gamle vän, polischefen Flemming Jørgensen. En okänd figur med demonmask har filmat rituella mord som verkar ha en koppling till Flemmings förflutna. När Flemming försvinner spårlöst dras Jan åter in i mörkret. Har han blivit offer för ett värre svek än någonsin tidigare?

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.

'The Branded pulls you straight into the story, snares you, and won't let you escape until you turn the last page' Patricia Gibney During an unprecedented heatwave, the body of a young girl is found in a submerged suitcase in Loch Acorrymore on Achill Island. DS Lucy Golden is tasked with...

The Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Survivor Song and The Cabin at the End of the World “slices, dices, and spins the neo-noir in his own strange way” in his “fast, smart, and completely satisfying”* debut novel featuring a narcoleptic detective from Southie. *Stewart O’Nan The...

The unexpected killing of Dallas drug king-pin Ricardo Salazar sets everyone on edge. A New York crime family is up in arms about the loss of a major narcotics supplier. The Dallas Police dread the ensuing gang war, but Detectives Rob Soliz and Frank Pierce were on the scene at the time of the shooting. Frank saw a mysterious red-haired woman enter Ricardo’s just moments before the shooting, but she was never seen leaving. Instead, all they found inside the house was a dead man and a voodoo doll at his feet.

Sterben – oder weiterleben? Schuld – oder Gerechtigkeit? Wie entscheidest du dich? Als die Tochter des CEO von Vendorff Richter einem bestialischen Mord zum Opfer fällt, wird Ex-Elitesoldat Lukas Keller zurück in eine Welt der Gewalt katapultiert, die er eigentlich hinter sich lassen wollte. Wider Willen taucht Keller in das geheime Doppelleben der Toten ein. Dabei kommt er fragwürdigen Machenschaften der Konzernspitze auf die Spur. Business ist Krieg – und nichts, wie es zuerst scheint. Zu spät erkennt Keller, dass er zum Spielball in einem schmutzigen Spiel erklärt wurde.

Shortlisted for the VN Thriller of the Year 2022 Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger 2021 'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES 'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE 'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON 'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' DAVID MARK LONGLISTED...