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L'homme qui doit mourir dans douze heures atterrit à l'aéroport de Milan-Linate avec son Dassault Falcon 2000LXS. Son nom est Jesús Martínez, il a quarante-neuf ans. Dans sa jeunesse, il était footballeur au Paris-Saint-Germain, mais, après avoir raccroché ses crampons, il s'est consacré aux appareils de fitness et aux compléments alimentaires. La mort de Martínez est la première d'une longue série parmi les membres d'un cercle de multimillionnaires. Qui en veut aux riches ?

The wicker coffin remained upended where it had been dropped headfirst in the open grave. But it was the pale arm reaching from beneath – fingers curled around the woven edge – that froze the mourners where they stood. In the rain-soaked Scottish Highlands, Detective Inspector James...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - 30 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE Former Head of Department Q Carl Mørck has retired. That was the plan, at least. So when he comes across a disturbing audio recording, he turns it over to his former colleagues, who are struggling to keep the old Department up and...

Out of the Shadows From the blood-soaked back alleys of Detroit to the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New York, one name has echoed through the underworld like a whispered curse: Perh Cushing. A ghost in a world of shadows. A puppeteer behind global crime, charity, and terror alike. No one knows who he is—until now. In this explosive conclusion to the Noir saga, the answers are finally revealed. Jack Manson—the haunted detective with a gun in one hand and a death wish in the other. Ellis Davis—a smiling psychopath with wild eyes and no loyalty.

In einer Kleinstadt in Louisiana ereignet sich eine furchtbare Tragödie: Der Vater von Odette Scarbough wird beim Mord eines Kindes ertappt, tötet sich anschließend selbst und hinterlässt einen Abschiedsbrief, in dem er den Mord an vier weiteren kleinen Kindern zugibt, die er auf dem Dachboden seines Hauses im Wald vergiftete und später in den Sümpfen ertränkte. Wochen später kehrt Odette mit ihrem Sohn Joseph in ihr einstiges Elternhaus zurück und versucht, sich an ein neues Leben zu gewöhnen.

The second novel in the Piccadilly Noir series, this dark historical thriller sees Cockney private eye George Harley return to the streets of London's Soho, populated by gangsters, wide boys and lowlifes, to investigate a missing cabaret dancer and a child believed stole by his nemesis, the...

When a powerful tidal surge churns up a set of bones deep in the marshes of South Essex, DS Tomek Bowen’s hopes for a quiet winter are quickly washed away. Forensic examination reveals the remains belonged to a young child who died more than thirty years before. Who was the victim? Why was he killed? And why does his death bear such striking resemblance to Tomek’s brother’s? This Christmas, Tomek could get one or two more presents than he bargained for. Death’s Past is the enthralling tenth book in the DS Tomek Bowen Essex Murder Mystery series by Jack Probyn.

Dark deeds in the Peak District refuse to stay buried... When a skeleton is unearthed at a building site in the village of Meresham, the police immediately link the case to a notorious missing persons investigation. Jayne Arnold was sixteen when she disappeared in the long, hot summer of 1976...

Cagliari, współczesna Sardynia: piękna i słoneczna, a jednocześnie naznaczona cieniem pradawnych kultów. W policyjnym archiwum powstaje sekcja spraw nierozwiązanych, do której trafiają niepokorna śledcza Mara Rais oraz Eva Croce, przeniesiona z Mediolanu specjalistka od zbrodni rytualnych. Stare akta ożywają, a trop prowadzi do przedchrześcijańskich wierzeń i sekty, która nigdy nie przestała istnieć. W miarę jak śledztwo pogłębia się, obie inspektorki odkrywają, że największe zagrożenie nie kryje się w legendach, lecz w ludziach–i w demonach, które każda z nich nosi w sobie.

La suite de Lumière au bout du Charon Certains cauchemars sont plus tenaces que d’autres! La claustrophobie et l’incertitude règnent en ce début de pandémie mondiale, et un cambriolage inhumain est perpétré au musée d’archéologie de Pointe-à-Callière, à Montréal. Le sergent-détective Malcolm Villeneuve est prêt à tout pour arrêter les responsables, mais plus d’une ombre plane sur son enquête.

Saïgon, début des années 1950. Thomas Fowler, journaliste britannique usé par les conflits et les illusions perdues, observe le monde à distance, persuadé que la lucidité peut tenir lieu de morale. L’arrivée d’Alden Pyle, Américain sincère et idéaliste, va fissurer cet équilibre...

Al alba del 9 de enero de 2017, Jacob Fisher, un asesor financiero de San Francisco, encuentra en la cocina el cadáver de su esposa Natalie cosido a puñaladas y con varias mantis religiosas encima. El asesinato coincide con la desaparición de Sharon, la hija adolescente del matrimonio. Al tomar el mando de la investigación, el inspector William Parker se da cuenta de que el modus operandi del homicida es el mismo que el de Victor Black, un asesino en serie que cumple su condena en el corredor de la muerte de la Prisión Estatal de San Quintín.

¿Y si el crimen perfecto no fuera solo una fantasía literaria? Una mente brillante. Una cadena de muertes imposibles. Y una cuenta atrás envenenada. Cuando varios asesinatos desconcertantes sacuden el centro de Madrid, dos de los mejores investigadores del país —el teniente de la UCO Pablo Roncero y el inspector de policía Francisco Bermejo— se enfrentan a un caso tan meticuloso como inquietante. Cada crimen parece un guiño retorcido a los grandes clásicos del género policíaco y en cada escena se encuentran con una provocación diferente.

Ich bin Daphne Wood, die Buchhändlerin von Castle Combe. Mein Leben war beschaulich, bis der Bestsellerautor Jill Holland in den Ort zog. Er kaufte das Haus gleich neben meinem, das der verstorbenen Bettie, und wurde mein neuer Nachbar. Die Mädels vom Lesekreis beneideten mich um mein Glück. Auch ich dachte zunächst, ich hätte Glück, doch bald begann ich, äußerst beunruhigende Dinge zu sehen. Sie kannten Jill Holland nicht so wie ich.

A new series from the New York Times bestselling author of the J. J. Graves Mystery Series... Mabel McCoy, a young and widowed tea shop owner in the quaint coastal town of Grimm Island, South Carolina, finds her life as calm as a perfectly steeped cup of tea. The highlight of her month is hosting the Silver Sleuths Murder Society at her charming shop—a group of spirited seniors with a penchant for mysteries. She loves the tranquility and wouldn’t have it any other way. But when a dashing new sheriff arrives in town with a backlog of baffling cold cases, Mabel's peaceful existence is upended.

'Christian Kracht is the great German-language writer of his generation' Joshua Cohen 'Ever since his era-defining debut, Christian Kracht has enjoyed a reputation as both a cult and a canonical author ... Air is as enigmatic as its title' TLS Two men venture through strange landscapes towards...

Mack Denver—ex-Marine, reluctant private eye, and occasional vigilante—has been told by his boss, Joe Macy, to keep his head down and stick to the simple insurance gigs. But Mack’s never been good at simple. A routine case gets second billing when he stumbles onto a web of city-wide corruption, a trio of bumbling bank robbers, a mob boss with a job offer he can’t refuse, and a new relationship with the sharp, beautiful Wanda. With a crew of unlikely allies, Mack does his best to keep the wheels turning—and his conscience clean. Macy was right. He should’ve stuck to the simple stuff.

A missing child. A shattered detective. And a lie so convincing it becomes deadly. When a seven-year-old boy vanishes after school, Detective Frank Collins finally gets the kind of case that could make his career. He’s ambitious, impatient, and desperate to prove himself. But the disappearance is only the first crack in something far darker. As Collins digs deeper, it becomes clear the missing boy is being used as leverage. Someone is exploiting a grieving mother, manipulating her pain for profit. And Collins himself is being nudged, prodded, and quietly set up for a fall.

Every favour has a price. Prison collects in full. Nicholas Glass is a young prison officer already at the end of his rope. The job is grinding him down, the inmates smell weakness, and his colleagues aren’t much better. Every shift stretches longer than the last. When a group of cons reach beyond the walls to threaten his wife and daughter, Nicholas does what he thinks any husband and father would do. He agrees to a small favour. Just once. Just to make it stop. It doesn’t stop. The threats escalate. The favours multiply.

THE FIRST MURDER COMMITTED BY AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? When a late model sedan hurtles into the side of a building at high speed in Lower Manhattan, it has all the markings of an accident, or at worst a suicide. That's until the driver claims, with his dying breath, that someone is trying to...