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An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one, grisly solution -- a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve. First published in 1934 and banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism...

It's 1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an outward bound centre. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories of the tight-knit group of friends who took that fateful trip and the flimsy testimony of those living nearby.

When a brutal attack on two mountain bikers in the vast solitude of the Brechfa forest leaves one dead and the other badly injured, the hunt is on for the killer. And though the evidence points firmly in one direction, an open and shut case soon becomes murky and unclear.

When the body of a man is found dead in his remote, isolated home, DI Tom Janssen and his team struggle to understand what motive there could be to murder such an inoffensive, seemingly placid local character. The man lived alone and was well known in the community, but kept his distance from others, leading a haphazard way of life almost entirely off the grid. What secrets did he hide in his private life that might be worth killing for? As the team are about to understand, even the most nondescript of people can exist in a world darker than most of us will ever see....

Name's Kane, Kate Kane. I'm a paranormal private investigator, which is like a normal private investigator except - and stop me if you're having trouble following this - more paranormal. This business comes with a few basic rules: don't start drinking before noon, don't get your partner killed, don't sleep with the woman who killed him. Last year I broke all of them.

Walter Gage soll das Perlencollier von Mrs. Penruddocks wiederbeschaffen, ohne die Polizei einzuschalten. Dass es sich dabei um ein wertloses Imitat handelt, macht die Suche umso dringlicher - schließlich soll die Öffentlichkeit nichts davon erfahren. Mit dem Hauptverdächtigen teilt Gage eine Leidenschaft: den Whiskey. Eine gefährliche Kombination.

Max and Angela are going down. When we last saw Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos, Max was being arrested by the NYPD for drug trafficking, and Angela was fleeing the country in the wake of a brutal murder. Now both are headed for eye-opening encounters with the law - Max in the cell blocks of Attica, Angela in a quaint little prison on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Mard Audran has risen from hustling on the streets of the decadent Budayeen ghetto to being the right-hand man of one of the Maghreb's most feared men. As an enforcer for the powerful Friedlander Bey, Mard is just beginning to enjoy his newfound wealth and privilege, when he and Bey are betrayed by a rival and accused of murder.

6 spannende Folgen der Krimonalhörspielserie Richard Diamond Privatdetektiv, gesprochen von Tobias Kluckert, Detlef Bierstedt, Ranja Bonalana und vielen anderen...

New Orleans: Lew Griffin hat seine Vergangenheit als Privatdetektiv hinter sich gelassen. Er ist jetzt Schriftsteller und verbringt seine Tage in einem alten Haus im respektablen Garden District - immer darum bemüht, den heiklen Verführungen der Straße zu entfliehen. Doch als seine ehemalige Freundin LaVerne stirbt und ihre Tochter Alouette verschwindet, sieht er sich gezwungen, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen. Lew Griffin taucht hinab in die schwülen Nächte der pulsierenden Stadt.

Davide Spelletti ha assistito impotente al declino assoluto della propria vita. Rimasto disoccupato e cacciato di casa dalla moglie Lucia, vive ora nella sua auto, rimuginando su quanto gli manchi la figlia Elena, sulla ludopatia del padre e su quanto la periferia di Mirabello, in cui vive, sia degradata. Popolata di prostitute, oscura, tetra, la città sembra il riflesso dei pensieri del suo stesso osservatore. Con uno stile martellante e disperatamente noir, Mirko Giacchetti ci trascina con sé in un mondo apparentemente senza speranza, dominato dall’inadeguatezza.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In Hong Kong Noir, 14 of the city’s finest authors explore the dark heart of the Pearl of the Orient in haunting stories of depravity and despair.

Twelve years. Twelve dead girls. Thirteen will be unlucky for some. The Number One bestselling crime thriller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. A bloody, brilliant and brutal story of murder, kidnap and revenge. Detective Constable Ash Henderson has a dark secret… Five years ago his...

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late.

Verheiratet mit einer Fremden. Ein Mann steht vor den Trümmern seiner Existenz. Hôtel Gardénia in der Nähe der Champs-Élyséess: In Zimmer 44 liegt eine Frau tot im Bett, sie trägt ein weißes Seidenkleid, in den Händen hält sie einen Strauß verwelkter Rosen, auf einem kleinen Tisch steht eine leere Champagnerflasche. Jeanne hat sich mit Schlaftabletten das Leben genommen. Und ihr Mann Bernard versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Was hat seine Frau in diesem Hotel gemacht, woher hatte sie das teuere Kleid?

Una giornata d'inverno, un paesino isolato dalla neve, in mezzo alla desolazione della brughiera vicino a Dartmoor e alla sua famigerata prigione. A Sittaford House la signora Willett, che dal Sudafrica è venuta a passare la stagione invernale in questa remota località del Devon insieme alla figlia Violet, tiene salotto, come sempre. Per passare il pomeriggio, gli ospiti decidono di fare una seduta spiritica. Ma quello che doveva essere un gioco si trasforma in un incubo.

Newly indebted to the Russian mafia, Henry “Hank” Thompson travels back to New York, where long-buried secrets threaten to come to light—the fast-paced sequel to Six Bad Things and Caught Stealing “Huston writes dialogue so combustible it could fuel a bus and characters crazy enough to...

When single-mother Devon Connor hires Elvis Cole, it’s because her troubled teenage son Tyson is flashing cash and she’s afraid he’s dealing drugs. But the truth is devastatingly different. With two others, he’s been responsible for a string of high-end burglaries, a crime spree that takes a deadly turn when one of them is murdered and Tyson and his girlfriend disappear. They stole the wrong thing from the wrong man, and, determined to get it back, he has hired two men who are smart and brutal and the best at what they do.

Großbritannien wird von einer Serie brutaler Morde erschüttert. Innerhalb kürzester Zeit werden vier junge Menschen regelrecht hingerichtet. Verzweifelt sucht die Polizei nach dem Zusammenhang, der die Opfer miteinander verbindet. Den scheint es jedoch nicht zu geben. Ebenso wenig ein Motiv. Die Schauplätze der Verbrechen sind über ganz England verteilt. Und auch die Zahlen und blutigen Buchstaben, die der Täter bei den Opfern hinterlässt, bringen Scotland Yard anfangs nicht weiter...

I juli 1932 står politiet i Berlin over for en gåde: En mand bliver fundet død i en vareelevator i "Haus Vaterland", det legendariske forlystelsessted på Potsdamer Platz, og alt tyder på, at han er druknet i etablissementets svømmepøl. Men han er åbenbart ikke den eneste, der er omkommet på den måde... For at opklare sagen Vaterland må kriminalassistent Gereon Rath ud p en usædvanlig efterforskningsrejse, som blandt andet bringer ham helt til Østpreussen - og Rath når grænsen for, hvad han kan klare.