Immediately on her arrival at Ladies’ House, Ione Muir realizes that all is not right with her newly married sister, Allegra. The town of Bleake is charming, but the medieval manor house itself-known by a sinister local legend as Ladies’ Bane-is full of gloomy depths and twisting staircases. Her brother-in-law, Geoffrey Trent, intends to purchase the expensive property, with which he is clearly infatuated, although his wife seems frightened by it. But it is soon obvious that Allegra is under the constant influence of narcotics. Miss Silver, hired by Allegra’s godmother to investigate Geoffrey’s finances, is the first to suspect foul play when his mischevious young ward, Margot, dies in a mysterious accident. Her keen intellect and uncanny understanding of human nature help Miss Silver to reveal the ominous forces that are at work in this strange household.

West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria’s best-known authors.

Laguna...Where every day the sun makes a promise the nighttime breaks, while the super-rich live out expensive fantasies in posh beach houses and drown their memories in Cuervo Gold margaritas...Laguna...Where trouble has swept in like a Santa Ana wind, blowing the cover off a world of torture, murder and blood-red secretsLaguna...Where a crazed killer has turned paradise into a Disneyland of depraved violance — with a fiery vengeance — and where homicide cop Tom Shephard unravels a grisly mystery that reaches back across forty years of sordid sex, blackmail, and suicide into the dark corners of his own past, and sweats out a deadly truth in the sweltering..Laguna Heat

HIDDEN RELICS. SUBMERGED SECRETS. BURIED EVIDENCE…American pathologist Nora Gavin has come to the Irish midlands to examine a body unearthed by peat workers at a desolate spot known as the Lake of Sorrows. As with all the artifacts culled from its prehistoric depths, the bog has effectively preserved the dead man’s remains, and his multiple wounds suggest he was the victim of the ancient pagan sacrifice known as the triple death. But signs of a more recent slaying emerge when a second body, bearing a similar wound pattern, is found — this one sporting a wristwatch.Someone has come to this quagmire to sink their dreadful handiwork — and Nora soon realizes that she is being pulled deeper into the land and all it holds: the secrets to a cache of missing gold, a tumultuous love affair with archeologist Cormac Maguire, the dark mysteries and desires of the workers at the site, and a determined killer fixated on the gruesome notion of triple death.Hailed for her multiple award-winning debut novel Haunted Ground, Erin Hart melds Irish history, archeology, and modern forensics in her eloquent, suspense-charged thrillers.

HIDDEN RELICS. SUBMERGED SECRETS. BURIED EVIDENCE…American pathologist Nora Gavin has come to the Irish midlands to examine a body unearthed by peat workers at a desolate spot known as the Lake of Sorrows. As with all the artifacts culled from its prehistoric depths, the bog has effectively preserved the dead man’s remains, and his multiple wounds suggest he was the victim of the ancient pagan sacrifice known as the triple death. But signs of a more recent slaying emerge when a second body, bearing a similar wound pattern, is found — this one sporting a wristwatch.Someone has come to this quagmire to sink their dreadful handiwork — and Nora soon realizes that she is being pulled deeper into the land and all it holds: the secrets to a cache of missing gold, a tumultuous love affair with archeologist Cormac Maguire, the dark mysteries and desires of the workers at the site, and a determined killer fixated on the gruesome notion of triple death.Hailed for her multiple award-winning debut novel Haunted Ground, Erin Hart melds Irish history, archeology, and modern forensics in her eloquent, suspense-charged thrillers.

Working the weekend shift, Caroline Mabry is confronted with a confession of murder from a charming derelict. At first sceptical, when she realizes he is the former politician Charles Mason, Caroline finds herself scrambling to investigate his long and progressively darker tale.

Strömbad, 1923. La joven y bella Agnes, hija de un rico empresario, se encapricha de Anders, uno de los trabajadores de su padre, y se queda embarazada, lo que da lugar a una serie de acontecimientos terribles y dramáticos cuyas consecuencias se arrastran hasta el presente.Fjällbacka, época actual. La escritora Erica Falck y su pareja, el detective Patrik Hedström, acaban de tener una hija, pero a pesar de la alegría que trae la pequeña al hogar, la pareja debe hacer frente a toda una serie de nuevas preocupaciones. La niña llora mucho, su madre sufre una depresión posparto y Patrik está constantemente cansado. Afortunadamente, Erica encuentra mucho apoyo en Charlotte, madre de Sara, una niña de siete años, pero entonces se produce un terrible drama: un pescador halla el cadáver de la pequeña en el mar.Al principio, todo apunta a que se trata de un accidente, sin embargo la autopsia revela que la niña fue ahogada en una bañera antes de ser arrojada al mar… La abuela de la víctima acusa inmediatamente a Kaj, un vecino malhumorado con el que la familia mantiene un grave enfrentamiento desde hace años.Cuando a los pocos días otro niño es atacado, el pánico cunde en la pequeña población de Fjällbacka y Patrik, muy afectado por este caso que parece complicarse por momentos, llega incluso a temer por la seguridad de su propia hija.Tan sólo gracias a su gran constancia, el infatigable detective Patrik logra finalmente establecer los lazos entre esa trágica historia de conflictos familiares del pasado y el crimen ocurrido en la actualidad.

La novelista norteamericana Martha Grimes es una verdadera revelación. Ha sido aclamada por la crítica por su habilidad para recrear en sus novelas el clima inglés con que supieron deleitar a sus lectores Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham o Ngaio Marsh.En las típicas posadas de un lejano pueblo ocurren dos crímenes difíciles de entender, con autor o autores más difíciles de descubrir. Los sospechosos abundan, sin embargo. El vicario, un conde y su ridícula tía americana, un funcionario retirado o su aburrida esposa, un escritor de misterio de dudosa reputación, y su sensual "secretaria", el pulcro propietario de una de las posadas, un anticuario, una encantadora poetisa… El inspector Richard Jury, afable y pragmático, logra develar el misterio de las dos muertes pero no puede evitar una tercera. Las posadas malditas es una verdadera obra maestra de ingenio y de suspenso.

In this chilling portrait of America’s Sin City, lady luck is just as likely to dispense cold hard cash as a cold-hearted killing.Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Brand-new stories by: John O’Brien, David Corbett, Scott Phillips, Nora Pierce, Tod Goldberg, Bliss Esposito, Felicia Campbell, Jaq Greenspon, José Skinner, Pablo Medina, Christine McKellar, Lori Kozlowski, Vu Tran, Celeste Starr, Preston L. Allen, and Janet Berliner.

Sniffing out a murderer…When Sunny Coolidge’s curmudgeonly boss, Oliver Barnstable, lands in rehab after breaking his leg, Sunny is stuck shuttling between their offices in Kittery Harbor, Maine, and the facility where Ollie is recuperating. And if putting up with temper tantrums from her boss wasn’t enough, his rehab roommate, Gardner Scatterwell, is a shameless flirt.But when Scatterwell dies unexpectedly in the night, Ollie is convinced it wasn’t from natural causes. He gives Sunny a new assignment—find out who killed the old tomcat.And speaking of cats, Shadow, Sunny’s feline partner in crime, takes a peculiar interest in the rehab’s resident angel of death—a calico cat called Portia, with an uncanny talent for cozying up to patients right before they pass away. Together, Sunny and Shadow will have to nose out clues to discover if Portia’s jinx had anything to do with Gardner’s passing—or if all his catting around finally got him fixed.

"Dark, deep and icy as an Icelandic fjord; this is a rich and rewarding debut novel of ancient mysteries and very modern murder." – Mark BillinghamThe spellbinding debut and international sensation being published in thirty countries featuring Thóra Gudmundsdóttir, a smart, sexy lawyer and investigator whose hunt for a modern murderer points to a very odd-and evil-chapter in Iceland's past.After the body of a young German student-with his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest-is discovered at a university in Reykjavík, the police waste no time in making an arrest. The victim's family isn't convinced they have the right man, however, so they ask Thóra Gudmundsdóttir, attorney and single mother of two, to investigate. The fee is considerable-more than enough to make things a bit easier for the struggling lawyer and her children.It's not long before Thóra and Matthew Reich, her new associate, discover something unusual about the deceased student: He had been obsessed with the country's grisly history of torture, execution, and witch hunts-a topic made all the more peculiar by the fact that unlike witch hunts in other countries, those in Iceland had targeted men… not women.As Thóra and Matthew dig deeper, they make the connection between long-bygone customs and the student's murder. But the shadow of dark traditions conceals secrets in both the past and the present, and the investigators soon realize that nothing is as it seems… and that no one can be trusted.

When one of her baristas unwittingly serves a poisonous latte to a prominent figure on the fashion scene, Clare Cosi must uncover some jolting secrets to save her shop.

Things had never been quite the same at Latter End since Lois had taken over. Suddenly life seemed to be an endless succession of bitter family rows, which Lois invariably won. But when Lois Latter is murdered, it's shocking to discover just how many people might have wished her dead.

Only the lawless will survive…It is 1975 and Ruby Darke is struggling to deal with the brutal murder of her lover, Michael Ward.As her children, Daisy and Kit, battle their own demons, her retail empire starts to crumble.Meanwhile, after the revenge killing of Tito Danieri, Kit is the lowest he's ever been. But soon doubt is thrown over whether Kit killed the right person, and now the Danieris are out for his blood and the blood of the entire Darke family.As the bodies pile up, the chase is on – can the Darkes resolve their own family conflicts and find Michael Ward's true killer before the vengeful Danieris kill them? Or will they take the law into their own hands…Lawless is the heart-racing sequel to Nameless, from bestselling author Jessie Keane.

A thrilling plot that involves a wayward heiress, an antagonistic police official, numerous shady characters and at least three murders…

Deux braconniers, le père et le fils, trouvent Berthe de Trémorel sauvagement assassinée dans le parc du chateau du comte de Trémorel, son époux, ce dernier restant introuvable. Ils sont vite accusés, avec un domestique du chateau au comportement suspect et sans alibi, du meurtre de ces deux notables très appréciés de leurs concitoyens d'Orcival. Les trois suspects, défavorablement connus des services de la police, s'enferment dans un mutisme révélateur. À peine arrivé, l'inspecteur Lecoq, constate que l'enquête a été baclée et la reprend à zéro. Il propose rapidement un début d'explication qui va à l'encontre de celle du juge d'instruction, ce dernier restant persuadé de la justesse de son analyse de la situation…

Un vol important vient d'être commis rue de Provence à Paris, au préjudice de la banque Fauvel. Or, deux personnes seulement connaissaient la combinaison du coffre duquel 300000 francs ont été soustraits… Après une enquête sommaire, la police arrête Prosper Bertomy, le caissier principal. Mais une seconde enquête commence, menée par l'inspecteur Fanferlot, surnommé l'Écureuil, qui découvre l'existence de Nina Gipsy, une mystérieuse jeune femme entretenue par le caissier… Fanferlot fait alors appel au redoutable policier Lecoq. Aux côtés de celui-ci, il remonte la piste d'une affaire beaucoup plus complexe. Et nous voilà transportés des années en arrière, sous la Restauration, tandis que l'auteur nous dévoile une mystification d'envergure, historique, tout autant que criminelle.

Dopo essere rimasto ferito nel corso di una sparatoria, il commissario Vincenzo Collura, detto “Cecè”, decide di trascorrere un periodo di convalescenza su una nave da crociera. Ma non fa in tempo a godersi il riposo che anche in vacanza si trova a indagare su una serie di piccoli e divertenti gialli, aiutato da un fedele collaboratore, il triestino Scipio Premuda. Tra finti cantanti, fantasmi che appaiono misteriosamente in cabina, scambi di gemelle, cadaveri sconosciuti, bische clandestine e furti di preziosi gioielli, Cecè Collura si trova ancora una volta a dover fare affidamento sul suo prezioso fiuto, dote che ha in comune con la piu celebre creatura di Camilleri, quel Salvo Montalbano che gli è illustre collega.Andrea Camilleri nasce a Porto Empedocle nel 1925. Esordisce come romanziere nel 1978 con Il corso delle cose (ristampato da Sellerio nel 1999). Con Garzanti pubblica il secondo romanzo, Un filo di fumo (1980; ristampato da Sellerio nel 1997). Della sua ricchissima produzione ricordiamo, nelle edizioni Sellerio: La strage dimenticata, Il gioco della mosca, La forma dell’acqua, Il cane di terracotta, Il ladro di merendine, La voce del violino, La stagione della caccia, Il birraio di Preston, La concessione del telefono, La bolla di componenda, La gita a Tindari, Il re di Girgenti, Il giro di boa, La presa di Macallè, La pazienza del ragno, Privo di titolo e La luna di carta. Da Rizzoli sono usciti La mossa del cavallo e Biografia del figlio cambiato; da Donzelli Il diavolo. Tentatore. Innamorato (con un racconto di Jacques Cazotte); da Mondadori Un mese con Montalbano, Gli arancini di Montalbano, La scomparsa di Patò, La paura di Montalbano, La prima indagine di Montalbano, Il medaglione, La Pensione Eva e Il colore del sole. Nella co llezione I Meridiani sono usciti i due volumi delle opere di Camilleri, Storie di Montalbano e Romanzi storici e civili.

Dopo essere rimasto ferito nel corso di una sparatoria, il commissario Vincenzo Collura, detto “Cecè”, decide di trascorrere un periodo di convalescenza su una nave da crociera. Ma non fa in tempo a godersi il riposo che anche in vacanza si trova a indagare su una serie di piccoli e divertenti gialli, aiutato da un fedele collaboratore, il triestino Scipio Premuda. Tra finti cantanti, fantasmi che appaiono misteriosamente in cabina, scambi di gemelle, cadaveri sconosciuti, bische clandestine e furti di preziosi gioielli, Cecè Collura si trova ancora una volta a dover fare affidamento sul suo prezioso fiuto, dote che ha in comune con la piu celebre creatura di Camilleri, quel Salvo Montalbano che gli è illustre collega.Andrea Camilleri nasce a Porto Empedocle nel 1925. Esordisce come romanziere nel 1978 con Il corso delle cose (ristampato da Sellerio nel 1999). Con Garzanti pubblica il secondo romanzo, Un filo di fumo (1980; ristampato da Sellerio nel 1997). Della sua ricchissima produzione ricordiamo, nelle edizioni Sellerio: La strage dimenticata, Il gioco della mosca, La forma dell’acqua, Il cane di terracotta, Il ladro di merendine, La voce del violino, La stagione della caccia, Il birraio di Preston, La concessione del telefono, La bolla di componenda, La gita a Tindari, Il re di Girgenti, Il giro di boa, La presa di Macallè, La pazienza del ragno, Privo di titolo e La luna di carta. Da Rizzoli sono usciti La mossa del cavallo e Biografia del figlio cambiato; da Donzelli Il diavolo. Tentatore. Innamorato (con un racconto di Jacques Cazotte); da Mondadori Un mese con Montalbano, Gli arancini di Montalbano, La scomparsa di Patò, La paura di Montalbano, La prima indagine di Montalbano, Il medaglione, La Pensione Eva e Il colore del sole. Nella co llezione I Meridiani sono usciti i due volumi delle opere di Camilleri, Storie di Montalbano e Romanzi storici e civili.

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