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Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter has resolved to put the grief of her missing partner behind her and continue to make a life away from London in Snowdonia. When a 16-year-old girl, Rosie, mysteriously vanishes, the case brings up unresolved issues from the past for Ruth. Ruth realises that the key to Rosie’s disappearance might lie within a violent battle for control of a local prison.

Diego Ameixeiras traza un mapa certero desde las desembocaduras del río Miño en Galicia hasta las calles de Filadelfia, siguiendo el rastro de tres sombras que esconden más de un secreto. Un reptil citadino en la búsqueda de algo o de alguien, un escritor ansioso por conseguir su ópera, y Selma, una suerte de femme fatale, pero con ciertos ápices de bondad.

Den unga Lisa-Marie hittas under mystiska omständigheter död på sin bröllopsnatt. Mona Schiller, en före detta domare som flyttat hem till Vargön efter många år utomlands, dras in i polisutredningen. När hon börjar nysta i fallet växer en helt ny bild av Lisa-Marie fram, och Mona inser att det lilla samhället döljer hemligheter som är större än hon någonsin kunnat ana. Brudslöjan är den första delen i Vargönserien där vi får möta storslagen natur, gåtfulla mysterier och udda karaktärer i trakterna kring det gamla brukssamhället Vargön.

I was staring into deep space the night she crashed back into my life. A missing person. A mysterious masked man. Murder. It was all in a night's work for private investigator Jack Gemini. But when his ex-wife turns up at his door and a bomber targets his lover's bar, Jack finds himself unravelling a case that will overturn everything he thought was true.

Starting a new life in Snowdonia was always DI Ruth Hunter's dream. Until a twisted killer turned it into her worst nightmare. Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter lives with the pain of her partner’s mysterious and unsolved disappearance. About to hit 50, the veteran police officer trades in the crime-ridden streets of London for a more peaceful life in rural North Wales. But Ruth has barely settled into her new position in North Wales Police, when the body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered...with strange symbols carved into her skin.

Life's never simple for private inspector, Cybil Lewis. Her investigation for her latest client runs into a snag: dead bodies all over The District with his DNA. Is it a malfunction in the system or something far more sinister?

Eine Frau wird in ihrer Wohnung in Reykjavík ermordet aufgefunden. Auf dem Schreibtisch liegt ein Zettel mit Kommissar Konráðs Telefonnummer. Die Frau hatte offenbar kurz vor ihrem Tod noch angerufen und ihn angefleht, nach ihrem Kind zu suchen, das sie vor Jahrzehnten zur Adoption freigegeben hat. Konráð hatte abgelehnt. Dies bereut er nun zutiefst und will ihrer verzweifelten Bitte wenigstens postum nachkommen. Er macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Kind - nichtsahnend, welch tragischem Schicksal er damit auf die Spur kommt.

The seductive and relentless figure of Raymond Chandler's detective, Philip Marlowe, is vividly re-imagined in present-day Los Angeles. Here is a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality and washed-out police. Acclaimed and award-winning novelist Joe Ide imagines a Marlowe very much of our time: he's a quiet, lonely and remarkably capable and confident private detective, though he lives beneath the shadow of his father, a once-decorated LAPD homicide detective, famous throughout the city, who's given in to drink after the death of Marlowe's mother.

He will find the truth. Even if it kills him. Five months ago, DCI Robert Kett’s wife Billie was snatched from a London street. Five months of no leads, no evidence, and no suspects. Until now. When a routine police search uncovers a chamber of horrors beneath one of the city’s most expensive houses, detectives find a clue that points to Billie’s fate, and to the identity of her kidnapper - an enigmatic killer known as the Pig Man.

Quint heads to Las Vegas and starts investigating the disappearance of Emmy Peters, a gorgeous 22-year-old showgirl. There are zero suspects and a scarcity of evidence. It's as if Emmy vanished into thin air. Quint remains determined, his investigation leading to gorgeous women, gambling, big-time casinos, and other Sin City trademarks. And yet, he's making very little progress.

Distinguere il vero dal falso, in questa storia, non è così facile. Due fratelli gemelli, una ragazza, e un esperimento metafisico. La vicenda si intreccia, si complica, e sfuma in un'atmosfera cupa e crepuscolare, dove prendono forma gli amori, i delitti e gli inganni. Agli ascoltatori, in un intrigante gioco narrativo, sarà affidato il compito di decidere cosa sta succedendo veramente e cosa, invece, è solo immaginato.

Ravens in the Rain is an unconventional noir love story between a woman with a past and a man with no future where love is no fairy tale, fantasy is foreplay, and sex is had on second dates. Carney and Pru, down on luck and down on love, meet over a game of chance, and the mystery of the other's intentions, compounded by their overwhelming attraction toward each other, compels them into a game of cat and mouse. They ante up and play this game of love or survival that has you wondering who's the villain and who's the hero and how it will all play out.

Colección de relatos de Juan Ramón Biedma en la que el autor vuelve a hacer gala de su prosa descarnada y sin tapujos, su gusto por la truculencia y lo macabro y su afilada disección de los rincones más oscuros de nuestra sociedad actual. Los cuentos aquí recogidos son tan turbios como el crimen, tan negros como la literatura más peligrosa y tan afilados como unas fauces ensangrentadas.

En femtonårig pojke hittas mördad på en skolgård i Lund, mitt i sommarlovet. Gärningsmannen hittas snart, det är en kamrat till offret och han erkänner genast, men anledningen till brottet vill han inte avslöja. Poliskommissarie Sara Vallén måste nu lista ut vad som föregick scenariot där en femtonåring skaffat ett vapen, siktat det mot sin vän och tryckt av. De andra två vännerna i den tajta kompisgruppen vägrar också att säga något.

It could have happened to any of us, but it happened to a man named Flavieres. His days as a detective were over, and everyone knew he had his reasons. But when an old friend appeared out of nowhere with concerns about his withdrawn and mysterious wife, Flavieres didn't have the heart to refuse. Soon, he would be scouring the streets of Paris in search of an answer - in search of a girl who belonged to no one, not even to herself. Intrigue would be replaced by obsession, and dreams replaced by nightmares.

Elmer y Rose han creado una familia perfecta entre los enormes cactus de un remoto paisaje desértico, un hogar lleno de amor para sus cinco hijas, todas con nombres de flor: Edelweiss, Iris, Melissa, Dahlia y Daisy. Pero la inesperada llegada de Rick, un excursionista en busca de refugio, revoluciona a las hermanas.

Newlyweds Keith and Kit Collins can hardly believe their luck when the general manager of the iconic, opulent Pink Hotel invites them to come for a luxurious stay as a bid to hire Keith. Kit loves their small-town life, but Keith has always wanted more, and the glittering, lily-scented lobby makes him feel right at home. Soon after their arrival, wildfires sweep through the surrounding mountains and Los Angeles becomes a pressure cooker, with riots breaking out across the city amid rolling blackouts.

He was getting good at getting by. And hated every minute of it. So when an easy case drops in his lap, Fish Williams thinks he’s got it made. Just a simple grab and go for an insurance company. But simple ain’t easy in the underbelly of LA and Fish is up to his ears in trouble in no time. It’s gonna take more than wisecracks and a smart mouth to get out alive and this small time private eye is in big trouble unless he can find a way to make it happen.

Mick Hardin, a combat veteran now working as an Army CID agent, is home on a leave that is almost done. His wife is about to give birth, but they aren’t getting along. His sister, newly risen to sheriff, has just landed her first murder case, and local politicians are pushing for city police or the FBI to take it over. Are they convinced she can’t handle it, or is there something else at work? She calls on Mick, who, with his homicide investigation experience and familiarity with the terrain, is well-suited to staying under the radar.

Sein persönlichster Fall. Inspektor Barbarotti auf dem Abstellgleis? Als er nach einem persönlichen Schicksalsschlag zum ersten Mal wieder im Dienst erscheint, soll er zwei ungeklärte Mordfälle wieder aufnehmen. In deren Zentrum steht die mysteriöse Ellen Bjarnebo: die hat nicht nur ihren ersten Mann grausam ermordet, sondern wahrscheinlich auch ihren zweiten - der ist nämlich seit Jahren spurlos verschwunden. Doch ohne Leiche keine Mörderin.