Durante una noche de lluvia, Theo Shirley, un chico de diecisiete años, dispara al coche de una mujer cumpliendo así con la ceremonia de iniciación para formar parte de una banda. Ella no muere, pero su coche se estrella contra una parada de autobuses, matando a un policía.La novia de éste, también policía, no acepta que su muerte haya sido un accidente. En su deseo por descubrir la verdad, llevará a cabo su propia investigación e irá descubriendo oscuros secretos que nos conducirán a un sorprendente giro final de la historia.

The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear… ‘I’m at the scene of what appears to be a murder-suicide. I’d like you to come and take a look. Bring your sidekick with you, if she’s available…’Retired Detective Bill Hodges now runs a two-person firm called Finders Keepers with his partner Holly Gibney. They met in the wake of the ‘Mercedes Massacre’ when a queue of people was run down by the diabolical killer Brady Hartsfield.Brady is now confined to Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, in an unresponsive state. But all is not what it seems: the evidence suggests that Brady is somehow awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room.When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill’s heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.The clock is ticking in unexpected ways…Both a stand-alone novel of heart-pounding suspense and a sublimely terrifying final episode in the Hodges trilogy, End of Watch takes the series into a powerful new dimension.The extract above is abridged from End of Watch.Amazon.com ReviewAn Amazon Best Book of June 2016: It has been seven years since the Mercedes Killer, Brady Hartsfield, was knocked on the head and put into a catatonic state. But now he’s awake, even if people haven’t quite been clued into that fact, and he’s got a score to settle. His ultimate quarry is the detective Bill Hodges, and as Brady gains his faculties—as well as some new paranormal skills (telekinesis anyone?)—people start committing suicide at a mysterious and alarming rate. King hits his sweet spot in this final episode of the Bill Hodges Trilogy, introducing his talent for horror into a storyline that already has featured some great detective writing. The result is a book that mixes revenge, crime, and otherworldly powers, bringing the trilogy to a thrilling, satisfying close.— Chris Schluep, The Amazon Book ReviewReviewTHE BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR… recommended to crime buffs and King fans alike.— Sunday Express on MR MERCEDESI challenge you not to read this book in one breathless sitting.— Guardian on MR MERCEDESKing continues to tweak the hard-boiled genre in spectacular ways.— USA Today on FINDERS KEEPERSA classic cat-and-mouse tale, this is King at his rip-roaring best.— Mail on Sunday on FINDERS KEEPERSFantastic… In part a love letter to literature, this is vintage King… Roll on the last in the trilogy.— Sunday Mirror on FINDERS KEEPERS

Роман Агаты Кристи, которая предстает перед читателем тонким знатоком психологии человека, рассказывает о любви, которая окрыляет молодого небогатого парня и приводит его в проклятое поместье «Цыганское подворье».

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Захватывающий шпионский детектив Р. Харриса, автора уже переведенного на русский язык и завоевавшего популярность у массового читателя романа «Фатерланд».Напряженная и драматическая борьба за обладание секретом немецкой шифровальной суперсистемы «Энигма», от которого зависит успех военных операций в Северной Атлантике, сопряжена со сложными политическими интригами, яркими любовными страстями и запутанными шпионскими манипуляциями.Для всех любителей современной остросюжетной прозы.

Захватывающий шпионский детектив Р. Харриса, автора уже переведенного на русский язык и завоевавшего популярность у массового читателя романа «Фатерланд».Напряженная и драматическая борьба за обладание секретом немецкой шифровальной суперсистемы «Энигма», от которого зависит успех военных операций в Северной Атлантике, сопряжена со сложными политическими интригами, яркими любовными страстями и запутанными шпионскими манипуляциями.Для всех любителей современной остросюжетной прозы.

Захватывающий шпионский детектив Р. Харриса, автора уже переведенного на русский язык и завоевавшего популярность у массового читателя романа «Фатерланд».Напряженная и драматическая борьба за обладание секретом немецкой шифровальной суперсистемы «Энигма», от которого зависит успех военных операций в Северной Атлантике, сопряжена со сложными политическими интригами, яркими любовными страстями и запутанными шпионскими манипуляциями.Для всех любителей современной остросюжетной прозы.

Lawrence Block's novels win awards, grace bestseller lists, and get made into films. His short fiction is every bit as outstanding, and this complete collection of his short stories establishes the extraordinary skill, power, and versatility of this contemporary Grand Master.Block's beloved series characters are on hand, including ex-cop Matt Scudder, bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, and the disarming duo of Chip Harrison and Leo Haig. Here, too, are Keller, the wistful hit man, and the natty attorney Martin Ehrengraf, who takes criminal cases on a contingency basis and whose clients always turn out to be innocent.Keeping them company are dozens of other refugees from Block's dazzling imagination — all caught up in more ingenious plots than you can shake a blunt instrument at.Half a dozen of Block's stories have been shortlisted for the Edgar Award, and three have won it outright. Other stories have been read aloud on BBC Radio, dramatized on American and British television, and adapted for the stage and screen. All the tales in Block's three previous collections are here, along with two dozen new stories. Some will keep you on the edge of the chair. Others will make you roll on the floor laughing. And more than a few of them will give you something to think about. Enough Rope is an essential volume for Lawrence Block fans, and a dazzling introduction for others to the wonderful world of... Block magic!

To a jockey, losing his licence is the equivalent of being struck off, or disbarred, or cashiered. When steeplechase rider Kelly Hughes lost his licence, his first feelings were of bewilderment and disbelief, for he was not guilty of the charges. Nor, to the best of his belief, was the trainer he had ridden for, who lost his livelihood as well.When his first stunned state of shock subsided, Kelly began to wonder why he had been framed, and who had done it, and how it had been achieved. Being fit of body and tough of mind, and seething with disgust at the injustice, he did more than wonder. He began to search.The nearer he came to a solution the fiercer grew the retaliation. But Kelly had been left with nothing much to lose — the only serious strategic mistake his enemy had made.Significant in the background of the story is the private trial system common among professional organisations. Without any of the safeguards of the law, a professional trial is perilously vulnerable to malice, misrepresentation, intimidation and prejudice. The administrators of justice depend too much on good faith from everyone. Suppose they don’t get it? Suppose someone realises that the very weaknesses of the system offer a perfect destructive weapon...?In a racing enquiry the judges are also the prosecutors and the jury, the accused is allowed no legal defendant, the sentences are often of no fixed duration, and there is no appeal. Sometimes it matters very much indeed.The new Dick Francis is everything his world-wide readers will confidently expect. Like FORFEIT, NERVE and his other best-sellers, it is a first-rate story of men in the racing game; to some of whom both men and horses are expendable when a stupendous gamble is on.