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Angela Savino, agente immobiliare di Locorotondo che con il bandito Mazzacani sta trattando la compravendita di un castelletto nelle campagne, assolda il bandito e il suo secondo, Luigi Mascione, per scoprire la verità sulla morte del fratello Riccardo, bancario irreprensibile e dalla reputazione limpida. Nel tentativo di venire a capo di un suicidio a dir poco sospetto in una zona ad alto tasso criminale, Carlo Mazzacani e Luigi Mascione cominciano a cercare negli ambienti della Sacra Corona Unita e in quelli della mala barese.

Dominic Salvatore leads the Saints, a secret team of elite operatives, in a final push to purge the city of its demons. After sending their families into hiding, the Saints know that the stakes have never been higher—they will succeed decisively or perish. Broken by the death of his wife, Don Antonio Moretti seeks revenge against her killers. He embarks on a body-strewn campaign to crush his last rivals and secure the crown of Los Angeles. Nephew Vinny Moretti tires of the killings and wonders whether his uncle is going too far.

Una vez cada cierto tiempo, la luna llena aparece dos veces en un mismo mes. Ese evento astronómico poco habitual se conoce como "luna azul". Jack Reacher está en un autobús, ocupándose de sus propios asuntos sin ningún lugar en particular al que ir y con todo el tiempo del mundo para...

Lo que se viene es Los bailarines del fin del mundo, una novela negra de aventuras, si cabe. De aventuras más o menos fantásticas o por venir. Algo así, saludablemente inclasificable. Hay que dejarse ir, tomarse el buque imaginario y empezar a andar por arriba y por debajo de la Buenos Aires...

It is London in the early 1960s and Teddy Bean is making a name for himself as a private detective. However, his personal problems are taking over, with his brother, John, only slowly recovering from a heart attack and his wife, Pearl, dying in a car accident. Added to this, he takes on a difficult case involving a woman presumably drowned at sea by her husband. Teddy needs help while his brother is incapacitated and finds it in his friend, ex-Detective Inspector Tony Halliday. With the added support of their secretary Muriel, the Bean Detective Agency is open for business once more!

¿Quién querría asesinar a Stewart Match? ¿Es posible que se suicidase? La muerte en extrañas circunstancias de un joven de dieciséis años en su propio domicilio hace que los detectives Liz Cromwell y Jeremy Pruner se personen en el lugar del suceso. A pesar de que las evidencias conducen...

"Germán, un eterno perejil, sale de la cárcel con un encargo: el asalto a un camión blindado. Una sucesión de enredos le depara la ayuda de Úrsula López, mujer con la que estuvo involucrado en el secuestro que lo llevó a prisión. Pero esta mujer, a la que la muerte y la gula no le son...

Un homicidio en el campo. Ha caído un líder comunal por defender la laguna del pueblo de las manos de una empresa transnacional que solo quiere utilizar el agua para su beneficio. Una periodista se interna en esta situación para entender la materia del conflicto. Si hay un trasfondo mortuorio...

Jayden Sullivan padece hipermnesia. Jayden Sullivan puede "regresar" a cualquier evento del pasado. Un asesino en serie secuestra y ejecuta a mujeres inocentes. Jayden Sullivan deberá exprimir su don al máximo. ¿Conseguirá detener al asesino empeñado en destruir su carrera o sucumbirá a su...

Moriré en dos minutos, ella lo hará en cinco. Si soy su asesino o no es irrelevante. Busque entre estas palabras y ayúdeme" Vidas sometidas. Vidas rotas. Vidas sin justicia. ¿Puede existir reparación? ¿Puede el destello de la serendipidad, a través de un crimen ajeno, reconfortar caminos?...

Lange Zeit glaubte Ralf Becker, seine Vergangenheit – als Killer im Staatsdienst – hinter sich gelassen zu haben. Doch sein altes Leben holt ihn auf brutalste Weise ein: Beckers Tochter wurde entführt. Auf der Jagd nach den Verantwortlichen wird schnell klar, dass die weit mehr als nur ein millionenschweres Lösegeld erwarten. Für seinen letzten Job muss Becker sämtliche Register ziehen, denn ansonsten lächelt nur der Tod.

Neapolis, 22 a.C. Dalla vasca delle murene di una lussuosa villa situata nella meravigliosa località di Pausilypon affiora una carcassa umana. È del ricco e spregevole eques romano Lucio Popilio Lepido, ospite del proprietario della villa, il cavaliere Publio Vedio Pollione, più feroce del morto. Pollione e Lepido non sono gli unici equites di Pausilypon: altri cinque loro sodali, con cui hanno sancito un patto segreto, si sono dati appuntamento nella dimora per un simposio. A pochi giorni – non è un caso – dall'arrivo in città dell'imperatore Augusto. Accanto al corpo di Lepido, un messaggio oscuro.

Der Lügner kennt zumindest die Wahrheit ... Hauptkommissarin Bente Brodersen ermittelt mit friesischer Sturheit auf Deutschlands nördlichster Insel. Auf der Lister Fähre bricht ein Mann zusammen und ruft mit letzter Kraft: Es war Mord! Die Kripo identifiziert ihn als den Staatssekretär des Wirtschaftsministeriums in Kiel. Sehr schnell schaltet sich daraufhin der Staatsschutz ein und Hauptmann Clausen vom BND übernimmt den Fall. Eine zweite Leiche, die in einem Fischernetz gefunden wird, verwickelt Bente und ihr Team in eine komplizierte Ermittlung, die sie an die Grenzen ihrer Zuständigkeit bringen.

Starting in New York City, The Plan quickly moves to the Mississippi Delta and winds up in Ecuador. Based on a true story of two murdered civil rights lawyers, Susan Klopfer’s intriguing work weaves factual history through alternative or paranormal fiction themes.

Jesse McDermitt is back, just as he promised. This time, he is thrust into the heart of the Florida Panhandle's Tate's Hell State Forest, where the tranquil surroundings belie a dangerous secret—a network of clandestine meth labs hidden against the backdrop of the Forgotten Coast’s natural beauty. Jesse, a retired Marine turned charter boat captain, has brought his family to Apalachicola “for the oysters.” But being who he is, the leisurely cruise soon spins into a gripping quest to unravel the truth behind the illicit operations threatening the region.

Ralph Core, non più direttore del Worldwide Chronicle ma finalmente scrittore a tempo pieno, presenta a Londra la sua ultima opera, Vite giocate, che tratta della tragica spedizione inglese del 1924 per la conquista dell’Everest, in cui persero la vita il capo degli scalatori George Mallory e il compagno di cordata Andrew Irvine.Il suo libro, che esplora il dramma umano dei protagonisti di quella tragedia, suscita presto l’interesse di due importanti produttori che intendono trarne un film e chiedono a Core di partecipare alla sceneggiatura.

Hochsommer auf Usedom: Sonne. Meer. Tod! Vor der Ostseeinsel Usedom wird im Fangnetz eines Kutters ein Toter gefunden. Zunächst sieht es so aus, als sei der Fischer ins Wasser gestürzt und in die Schiffsschraube geraten, doch schnell stellt sich heraus, dass er ermordet wurde.

I was well on my way to the top as one of Nevada's fastest-rising defense attorneys. That is, until I caught a high-profile case with a client known for . . . neutralizing his enemies. My firm asked me to do the impossible, a task I was sure to fail from the beginning. But that misstep would lead to deadly consequences. I somehow managed to escape my client's clutches, but only to end up with an unlikely savior; a sexy biker with the city's most lethal motorcycle club. A dangerous man who lets no one stand in his way.

Mystery woman, Morrigan Doyle, is in prison. Finn Doyle, her son, has ties to the Irish mob in New York. He became acquainted with Harry Starke when Harry was investigating his mother’s billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. But Finn has an agenda of his own and wants to hire Harry to “find a friend,” Matteo Rossi. Rossi, a low-level thug, a soldier in the Irish mob, is missing and Finn is worried, thinking someone has “offed him,” and he wants to know who. Initially, Harry turns Finn down.

When the patriarch of the Savage family dies suddenly, his three daughters, Carly, Jane and Rose are heartbroken. But you can’t keep a Savage sister down for long, and Jane and her gang The Unbeatable Bitches, along with their uncle Eddie, and cousins Dean and Harry are determined to fight to keep the Savage family on top. But Carly isn’t so sure. Perhaps her father’s death is the opportunity she’s been waiting for – to finally get away from the life of crime and violence in Glasgow’s Haghill. Exhausted by the jockeying for power, she pictures a quiet place where no one knows who she is.