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Hardboiled writer Gary Phillips gathers his most thrilling, outlandish, and madcap pulp fiction in a 17-story collection that straddles the line between bizarro, Sci-Fi, noir, and Marvel Comics.

Segunda parte de la trilogía "Refranes, canciones y restos de sangre". Una trilogía que podrás complementar con "Khimera" y "Konets", audiolibros también disponibles en Storytel. Asistiremos a la persecución de los miembros de la Congregación de los Hombres Puros, una organización criminal sobre la que no será sencillo alcanzar su cúspide.

Al igual que la primera novela de la saga, la historia está ambientada en el Buenos Aires de principios de la Década Infame, durante el final de la segunda presidencia de Yrigoyen. En esta ocasión, Gustavo Germán González se verá involucrado en la investigación de dos casos que, a primera vista, no están relacionados: la resolución feliz del secuestro de Alfredo Etcheverry, el hijo de un abogado famoso liberado sin la necesidad del pago de rescate, gracias a la labor policial; y el asesinato de Antonio Rossi, militante anarquista siciliano, en una famosa tienda del centro porteño.

Pelirrojo. Pendenciero. Afirma ser "feo, pero de buen cuerpo". Es el detective Malasuerte, que regresa en la edición definitiva de las aventuras que dibujaron, con tinta indeleble, su delirante y psicodélica Tijuana: Malasuerte en Tijuana, La mujer de los hermanos Reyna y Juan Tres Dieciséis. Entre personajes carnavalescos como el comisario Nicolás Reyna, el Boticario Jarocho Nazi, un psicópata apodado el Duende y la hermosa alcaldesa de la ciudad, destaca el detective más rudo de la frontera, quien le planta cara a poderosos capitalistas, políticos sin escrúpulos, peligrosos criminales.

Sesenta años después del accidente biológico que erradicó al treinta por ciento de la población en Nueva Iberia, la muerte se ha convertido en un lucrativo negocio. Los difuntos ya no son enterrados ni incinerados, sino sublimados y liberados a la atmósfera en forma de un gas inocuo.

La segretaria di un broker viene trovata agonizzante in ufficio dal suo capo. La testa fracassata. Morirà pochi minuti dopo. Quella mattina era andata al lavoro più presto del solito. Il commissario della polizia di Genova ha appena dato le dimissioni dopo la fine amara dell'indagine sul mondo del calcio, ed è travolto dalle tristi vicende della sua vita privata. L'indagine tocca dunque al suo vice. I possibili sospetti sono molti, a cominciare dal broker, che nasconde sicuramente affari loschi e vanta importanti protezioni, ma il movente è poco chiaro, e l'arma del delitto non si trova.

A ruthless serial killer stalks the streets of Mumbai, leaving behind a gruesome trail of tortured victims. As the city reels in terror, the authorities grapple with a vital question: what links these seemingly random targets?

La mattina del 21 settembre 1953 Genova si sveglia sommersa da acqua e fango... Il torrente Bisagno è uscito dagli argini, e, impigliati tra i detriti, due cadaveri stanno per essere recuperati dai vigili del fuoco. Le operazioni di recupero vengono sospese e viene chiamato sul posto il commissario Marino De Luca, che chiede l’aiuto del collega e amico Damiano Flexi Gerardi (meglio conosciuto con il soprannome di "Becchino"). Si apre così l’indagine più delicata e difficile della loro carriera.

When the dismembered body of a headmaster is found on the derelict site of a former school in Sheffield, DI Diana Walker finds herself chasing shadows. Faced with missing teachers, unreported crimes and silent witnesses, Diana is running out of leads. Her colleagues insist this is just another instance of gang violence, but Diana knows there’s something more. Something everyone’s too scared to talk about. With her reputation on the line, Diana is determined to find the truth.

It's been a while since Sadie Fuller has lived a normal life. Her obsessive compulsions make even daily life a constant struggle. Living in New Los Angeles doesn't help either. A haven for Descendants, gods and goddesses that suddenly woke up in mortal bodies, the city is ripe with the mysterious and macabre. But now Sadie is witness to a Descendant murder and thrown into an investigation that will test her in ways she could never have imagined. Soon, she herself becomes the hunted. Who is serially killing the Descendants and why do they want to kill her?

Batallas sangrientas, bandas callejeras, asesinatos, racismo, prostitución y corrupción en Boston: así es la ópera prima del gran maestro del noir estadounidense. Kenzie y Gennaro asumen una tarea en apariencia simple: descubrir el paradero de Jenna Angeline, una mujer de la limpieza negra que, según parece, ha sustraído documentos confidenciales. Pero la pareja se entera de que Jenna no posee documentos. Tiene un hijo y un esposo que lideran pandillas callejeras, una hermana enojada y una foto de un político con su esposo en una habitación de hotel.

Kate and her husband are expecting their first child. Even though it was a surprise, Kate is thrilled and so is her mother, Helen. Kate just needs Helen’s anxieties to ease and for Dan to be on board. Dan is struggling – he loves Kate, but he is not ready to be a father. With relations between them feeling hostile, the attractive lead singer in Dan’s band offers him a tantalizing escape.

Adam Zantz is still driving for Lyft, struggling to make ends meet, when his beloved former piano teacher makes a deathbed request: He wants Zantz to prove his son’s innocence in a decades-earlier murder case. There doesn’t seem to be much hope of solving such a cold case—until Zantz stumbles onto a test pressing of a never-released vinyl LP. The recording is of a high school garage band lost to the tides of the Paisley Underground, the acid-fueled early ’80s music scene that spawned the Bangles and the Three O'Clock. Down the psychedelic rabbit hole Adam falls.

A struggling songwriter and Lyft driver, Adam Zantz’s life changes when he accepts a ride request in Malibu and 1970s music icon Annie Linden enters his dented VW Jetta. Bonding during that initial ride, the two quickly go off app— over the next three years, Adam becomes her exclusive driver and Annie listens to his music, encouraging Adam even as he finds himself driving more often than songwriting. Then, Annie disappears, and her body washes up under a pier.

In the unremarkable French town of Saint-Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to do away with her; a prominent manufacturer drops dead. Between visits to the town’s hostelries, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders the connections, if any, between these events, while all the time grappling with his own domestic and existential demons.

For fans of Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford comes Negative Girl: an evocative, moody, neo-noir thriller that explores obsession and people dying across America's forgotten spaces.

Irish newsreader Isolde Malone has a face many would recognise; in fact, she can’t walk through the streets of Dublin without bumping into a hoard of fans, all of whom want their picture taken with the darling of broadcast journalism. She’s living a dream life and has never been happier. Until the night everything changes.

Maria Viani, biologa in pensione e detective per passione, rispolvera una serie di efferati crimini compiuti 500 anni prima. I colpi di scena si susseguono in quella che si rivelerà la sua indagine più pericolosa. Maria Viani trascorre l'inverno frequentando la biblioteca civica alla ricerca di documenti sulla storia della Repubblica di Genova. In maniera del tutto fortuita le capita tra le mani il verbale di un processo per duplice omicidio, avvenuto nel centro storico nel 1550. Protagonista un ricco artigiano della seta genovese, condannato a morte.

Добро пожаловать в Завораш — город, где плетется паутина заговоров. Жестокие убийства здесь не редкость, а на улицах правит белый тлен — новая чума, от которой гибнут сотни горожан. В этом городе пересекаются судьбы нескольких героев: человека, находящегося в подчинении у загадочных алхимиков крови, священника, наемного убийцы, бездомного наркомана и смертельно опасного маньяка — хирургически модифицированного бывшего солдата, испытывающего непреодолимую тягу к убийствам. В безумном мире, где каждый сам за себя, герои вынуждены бороться со своими внутренними демонами.

Barbara ci ha provato, a ricominciare, a tagliare i ponti con il passato, a fuggire da se stessa. Un nuovo luogo dove vivere, la piccola isola sperduta nel Mediterraneo che la gente del posto chiama “il Faro”. Un nuovo lavoro come maestra elementare. Perfino un nuovo nome, Alice. Ma il destino sembra avere altri piani. Un giorno la direttrice della scuola annuncia che nella sua classe arriverà una nuova alunna, Anna, una bambina complicata, con un serio problema di aggressività e accessi di rabbia.