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Angel Dare went into Witness Protection to escape her past - not as a porn star, but as a killer who took down the sex slavery ring that destroyed her life. But sometimes the past won't stay buried. When a former co-star is gunned down, it's up to Angel to get his son, a hotheaded MMA fighter, safely through the Arizona desert, shady Mexican bordertowns, and the neon mirage of Las Vegas...Christa Faust is a successful horror and crime writer. Her most recent novel Money Shot for Hard Case Crime won the Crimespree Award

An accidental collision on a Bangkok sidewalk goes very wrong when the man who ran into Rafferty dies in his arms, but not before saying three words: "Helen Eckersley. Cheyenne." Seconds later, the police arrive, denying that the man was shot. That night, Rafferty is interrogated by Thai secret agents who demand to know what the dead man said, but Rafferty can't remember. When he's finally released, Rafferty arrives home to find that his apartment has been ransacked. He realizes he's under surveillance.

Nothing seemed to stop the little monsters. I shot a second time, wounding or killing another, and then dropped the gun to the ground. I pulled a slender blade from under my belt, and whipped it at the little men. Another couple of strikes against my legs brought me level with the filthy floor of the alley, my fine clothes being soiled by the trash of the Big City-and although I sliced and diced deeply into the bodies of several of my attackers, I knew that I was doomed to lose this particular battle in the end. There were just too many of them: they would either kill or severely injure me.

Cloudland is a stunning literary thriller set in rural Vermont from the much-praised author of Nightswimmer and Clara's Heart. Once a major reporter for a national newspaper, Catherine Winslow has retreated to the Upper Valley of Vermont to write a household hints column. While out walking during an early spring thaw, Catherine discovers the body of a woman leaning against an apple tree near her house. From the corpse’s pink parka, Winslow recognizes her as the latest victim of a serial killer.

The Dark Streets takes private investigator Jack Liffey to LA's glitzy, exotic Koreatown, where a young film student, Soon-Lin Kim, has apparently gone missing. Early in his search for her, Jack learns that Soon-Lin has been tangling with a giant Korean conglomerate. Again, as in all the Liffey mysteries, the superbly-crafted action that makes John Shannon one of the most exciting detective-fiction writers on the California scene envelops Jack, and ultimately he finds himself under torturously intense interrogation at the secret compound of a private security agency - and for a climax as explosive as the violent lightning storm in the desert sky.

"Deve essere difficile per il vero colpevole sfuggire alle vostre investigazioni. Può non aver lasciato alcuna traccia materiale, ma voi cercate invece quelle morali e finite per trovarlo". Di Scerbanenco colpisce, soprattutto nei cinque gialli della serie con Arthur Jelling, il miscuglio di realismo e fantastico, di logica investigativa e psicologia. Un insieme che, ben amalgamato, dà ai suoi polizieschi una vaga atmosfera da cruda fiaba. L'effetto fiabesco è marcato dalla singolarità del timidissimo investigatore, dotato di una profondità psicologica da veggente.

Per contagiare l'ascoltatore, a Scerbanenco bastano pochi tratti. Già la presentazione iniziale, secca e lapidaria, degli Steve, i "filosofi", e del loro "antro", è sufficiente a rendere inevitabile il crimine. Il giallo si preannuncia subito come il dramma del fanatismo e delle sue conseguenze fatali.Sono quattro gli Steve, cultori teorici e pratici di scienze morali, vivono monacalmente in una squallida villetta di periferia, l'antro dei filosofi.

Kimberly è bella, bionda e famme fatale. È la donna di Mirko Sladek, uomo di fiducia del boss La Cocca, che controlla lo spaccio sulla costa Ovest degli Stati Uniti. Durante una compravendita di droga, la ragazza scompare con una valigia piena di eroina. Da chi e perché scappa Kimberly? Dal suo amante? Dalla vita criminale che conduceva?Tra tradimenti e morti ammazzati, Kimberly fuggirà da Los Angeles a Cremona, inseguita dai sicari della malavita americana e dalla polizia italiana. Alla fine, la sua fuga sarà stata solo un azzardo?

Inspired by 50 years of Cuban literary noir, from Cold Tales by Virgilio Piera to Reinaldo Arenas' Before Night Falls, Robert Arellano's Havana Lunar intertwines an insider testimony on the collapse of socialist Cuba with a psychological mystery.

Conway Sax is a man seeking redemption. A man with a deeply checkered past currently paying for his sins by helping Gus Biletnikov stay sober. Wise-ass Gus, son of a wealthy investment banker, drives Conway nuts. But he also reminds him of his own estranged son, and so Conway finds himself deeply invested in his well-being. When a brutal triple-murder takes place in Gus's halfway house, Conway suspects Gus was the intended victim, and resolves to find the killer in his usual full-tilt, no-holds-barred fashion.

Laura and Sam are obsessed with film noir. In their sun-drenched apartment in Miami, they watch 1940's black and white movies, whose characters move in shadows and narrow slats of light. They're fascinated by a Hollywood genre without happy endings, where everyone is corrupt, where lovers betray one another, where the war might be over and the boys might be home, but where nothing is going back to the way it was.

The eyes of the world are gazing at India - the world's largest democracy. But the books you read about this Asian giant only show part of the picture. Delhi Noir offers bone-chilling, mesmerizing takes on the country's chaotic capital, a city where opulence and poverty are constantly clashing, where old-world values and the information age wage a constant battle. Delhi Noir's 15 original stories are written by the best Indian writers alive today - the ones you haven't yet heard of but should have.

With the gruesome discovery of a young girl's body, and the abduction of another girl, DCI Henry Christie finds himself heading a high-profile, nationally scrutinized investigation which stretches his reputation and credibility to breaking point.

Jack Taggart, an undercover Mountie, lives in a world where the good guys and the bad guys change places in a heartbeat. Taggart is very good at what he does. Too good to be playing by the rules. The brass decide to assign a new partner to spy on him.Taggart's new partner discovers a society dependent upon unwritten rules. To break these rules is to lose respect. To lose respect is to lose one's life. Loose Ends is terrifying. It is a tale of violence, corruption, and retribution, but it is also a story of honour and respect.

Sharon MacDonald has a problem. It’s not being under house arrest. It’s not the Iranian guy who just fell from the twenty-fifth floor of her apartment building. It’s not even the police surveillance that’s preventing her from getting to her marijuana grow rooms. Sharon’s problem is a stranger named Ray: He’s too good looking, and his business proposal sounds too good to be true.Detective Gord Bergeron has problems, too.

Bremen, Dezember 2023: In der Hansestadt geht ein Serienmörder um. Insgesamt vier Frauen wurden bereits furchtbar zugerichtet aufgefunden. Als eine weitere Frauenleiche entdeckt wird, werden Sophie Kaiser und ihr Team hinzugezogen. Die ambitionierte Profilerin des BKA, die durch ihren Autismus Zusammenhänge anders bewertet als andere, ist gerade erst ein paar Tage in der Stadt, da gibt es bereits das nächste Opfer. Dieses Mal wendet der Mörder selbst sich zeitgleich an die Medien und beschreibt detailliert seine grausamen Taten.

Perché l'indagine che lì si era aperta non si è ancora conclusa. C'è poi il fatto più grave, l'assassinio di Adele, una cara amica del vicequestore, uccisa da un killer mentre dormiva nel letto di Rocco. Costretto a scavare nel proprio passato il vicequestore cercherà di chiudere il cerchio una volta per tutte.

すべての始まりは何だったのか。結末はいったいどこにあるのか――。「魔法の鼻を持つ犬」とともに教え子の秘密を探る理科教師。「死んでくれない？」鳥がしゃべった言葉の謎を解く高校生。

Valdés ha sufrido un duro golpe: durante una reunión con otros líderes del narcotráfico para acordar una tregua que tranquilice al Estado, han asesinado a su amante. Ahora busca venganza. Mendieta acepta ayudarla, sin imaginar la maraña de sospechosos que lo llevará a espacios de poder que ni siquiera había soñado.

亡き夫の理想を継いで、卓越した腕で助産と日常の医療を手掛ける女医、お信。

ある日、宮田という大物産医が不在だったため、容体が急変した大店の妻の出産に代理で携わることに。無事出産を終え、胸を撫でおろしたものの、その数日後、宮田が殺されてしまい、嫌疑がお信にかけられてしまう……。

お信が巻き込まれる陰謀、そして産医として直面する生と死のドラマを描く時代医療ミステリー。