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At the height of World War II, the famous writer Ernest Hemingway sought permission from the U.S. government to operate a spy ring out of his house in the Cuban countryside. This much is true... It is the summer of ’42 and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of J. Edgar Hoover to keep an eye on Hemingway. The great writer has assembled a ragtag spy ring that he calls the “Crook Factory” to play a dangerous game of amateur espionage. But then Lucas and Hemingway, against all the odds, uncover a critical piece of intelligence - and the game turns deadly.

Bonus feature includes an original afterword by James Ellroy, titled "Hillikers," read by Stephen Hoye. On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia–and so begins the greatest manhunt in...

When Michael Rowland saves his younger brother Joshua from the clutches of his stepfather, he runs for his life with his brother in his arms. From his hiding place he sees the man who has made their lives a misery taken away in the trunk of a stranger's car, never to be seen again. Doctor Dani Novak has been keeping soccer coach Diesel Kennedy at arm's length to protect him from her dark secrets. When they are brought together by the two young brothers who desperately need their help, it seems they might finally be able to leave their damaged pasts behind them.  

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.

Südkorea, 1993: In der Hafenstadt Busan ist das Verbrechen allgegenwärtig. Um in dem heruntergekommenen Stadtteil Guam zu überleben, ist den Gangstern jedes Mittel recht. Auch Huisu ist mit allen Wassern gewaschen. Als rechte Hand von Old Son, dem Kopf von Guams Unterwelt, erledigt er seit zwanzig Jahren routiniert die Drecksarbeit. Egal ob Bestechung, Schmuggelei oder Auftragsmord - es gibt nichts, wovor Huisu zurückschreckt. Doch seine Loyalität zahlt sich nicht aus, und so fristet er ein trostloses Dasein im Schatten des übermächtigen Old Son.

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.

What drives someone to murder? Logan McRae's personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for Professional Standards he's policing his fellow officers. When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in the drivers seat of a crashed car, it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago. They buried him. Or they thought they did. As an investigation is launched into Bell's stabbing, Logan digs into his past. Where has he been all this time? Why did he disappear? And what's so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead?

A novel set in the underbelly of upstate New York that's as hardboiled and punchy as a swift right hook to the jaw, a classic noir for fans of James Ellroy and John D. Macdonald. Isaiah Coleridge is a mob enforcer in Alaska--he's tough, seen a lot, and dished out more. But when he forcibly ends...

Als Kathy Horne in das Büro von Privatdetektiv Carmady hereinspaziert und von gestohlenen Perlen und einer hohen Belohnung spricht, hält er das für Gefasel...

C'è più ombra che luce a Milano nel mese di novembre. Non sono giorni facili per le donne e gli uomini della UACV, l'Unità di Analisi del Crimine Violento, che saranno travolti da otto incredibili giornate intrise di sangue e crudeltà. Cosa lega i cadaveri, orribilmente seviziati, di due noti collezionisti d'arte, alla sparizione di un libro esoterico che custodisce un antico segreto?

Brought to you by Penguin. Gripping, terrifying, an unputdownable read. Discover Graham Greene's most iconic novel. A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is...

Nina - a career girl living alone in Manhattan - offers Travis McGee companionship and the first loose thread in the elaborate fabric of a gigantic swindle. Now, she's leading McGee on a wild and tortuous chase into the decadent world of high society, the ruthless world of big money, and the weird world of hallucinatory drugs.

Winner of the 2020 Dashiell Hammett Award for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing Acclaimed author and "remarkably gifted storyteller" (The Charlotte Observer) David Joy returns with a fierce and tender tale of a father, an addict, a lawman, and the explosive events that come to unite them...

Vier Freunde auf einer entlegenen Insel, aber nur drei kehren zurück - Teil 2 der spannenden Thriller-Trilogie um Kommissarin Hulda. Hulda Hermannsdóttir, Kommissarin bei der Polizei Reykjavík, ist auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere und wird zu einer abgelegenen Insel geschickt. Was ist dort in dem Haus geschehen, das von der Bevölkerung als das isolierteste Haus Islands bezeichnet wird? Huldas Ermittlungen kreuzen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart - und plötzlich ist sie einem Mörder auf der Spur, der möglicherweise nicht nur ein Leben auf dem Gewissen hat.

New Orleans, 1919. As a dark serial killer - The Axeman - stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask him. As Michael, Luca and Ida each draw closer to discovering the killer's identity, the Axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of New Orleans: play jazz or risk becoming the next victim. And as the case builds to its crescendo, the sky will darken and a great storm will loom over the city.

As a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smith’s home is falling into the sea. The trouble is: that’s where he’s been hiding the bodies. It’s too dangerous to go near the place, so there’s no way of knowing how many people he’s murdered. Or how many more he’ll kill before he’s caught. As more horrors are discovered, ex-detective Ash Henderson is done playing nice. He’s got a killer to catch, and God help anyone who gets in his way. 

Angst. Schuld. Schweigen. Karla lebt gefangen – in ihrer Wohnung, in ihrem Körper, in sich selbst. Ihr Leben besteht aus gescheiterten Diäten, einsamen Nächten vor dem Fernseher und der ständigen Frage, warum sie nichts ändert. Sie will abnehmen, wirklich, doch ihr Wille bricht immer wieder an der Macht der Gewohnheit. Draußen fühlt sie sich beobachtet, fehl am Platz. Nur zum Einkaufen zwingt sie sich noch vor die Tür – schwer gestützt auf den Griff ihres Einkaufswagens.

He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.

From the National Book Award–winning, bestselling author of Tree of Smoke comes a provocative thriller set in the American West. Nobody Move, which first appeared in the pages of Playboy, is the story of an assortment of lowlifes in Bakersfield, California, and their cat-and-mouse game over $2...

Tras la muerte de su marido (el magnate Matías Wagner, con quien se casó a los quince años embarazada), Val Valdés se presenta a Sobreviviendo, el primer reality show que se emite en España, y pone patas arriba la televisión nacional. Después de enamorar al país entero y de salir vencedora del concurso, funda un imperio empresarial y se retira de la escena pública hasta que, varios años después, se entrega a la policía como culpable del asesinato de Dani Leis, un antiguo compañero de colegio en Santiago de Compostela.