The first novel in the gripping Intercrime trilogy.Following a complicated but successful dismantling of a hostage situation, Detective Paul Hjelm is facing the prospect of a potentially career-ending investigation by Internal Affairs. Instead, he finds himself dropped into a new elite team of officers selected from across the country, whose mission is to find an elusive killer who has been targeting Sweden's business leaders. The killer's modus operandi: two distinctive shots straight through the head, bullets carefully pulled from the wall – a nighttime ritual enacted with Thelonius Monk's jazz classic Misterioso playing in the background.As Hjelm, his young partner Jorge Chavez, and the rest of the team follow one lead after another in a frantic search for the killer – navigating the murky world of the Russian Mafia and the secret societies of Sweden's wealthiest citizens – they must also face one of Sweden's most persistent ills: a deep-rooted xenophobia that affects both police and perpetrator.Written with great energy, penetrating candor, and dark wit, and populated with characters whose motivations are as nuanced as they are unexpected, Misterioso is an utterly absorbing novel – an arresting introduction to this acclaimed author.

Во второй книге романа «Источник счастья» продолжается история семьи профессора Свешникова и его открытия. В восемнадцатом году загадочный препарат хотят заполучить большевики. В наше время за ним охотятся адепты оккультного ордена искателей бессмертия. Для всех он остается тайной.Misterium Tremendum.Тайна, приводящая в трепет. Тайна, которая может спасти, убить, свести с ума и никогда не станет достоянием сильных мира сего.

This holiday season there'll be murder under the mistletoe at the Pennyfoot Hotel…As friends, family, and guests gather at the Pennyfoot Hotel to share the joys of the season, Cecily Sinclair Baxter and her staff are hustling and bustling more than ever. Cecily's friend Madeline arrives with her new baby and adds a kissing bough to the decorations. Cecily believes that the holiday couldn't get off to a better start…But after a footman and a new maid are seen kissing under the bough and then turn up dead afterwards, the downstairs staff is convinced a serial killer is among them…perhaps the mysterious guest known only as J. Mortimer. When Madeline's baby disappears, Cecily desperately tries to find the child. If she doesn't catch this killer in time, everyone's cheer will quickly turn to fear.

Grady and Graff, both Montana natives, masterfully curate this collection of hard-edged Western tales.

Following the success of Toronto Noir, the Noir Series explores new Canadian terrain, featuring both English and Francophone authors.

Two teenage boys befriend an escaped bank robber — an act that changes their lives forever — in Moonchasers, a powerful short novel in the tradition of Stand by Me and To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom and Barney are only fifteen years old, and content to spend the summer sharing dime novels, monster movies, and all the other innocent pleasures Somerton, Iowa, has to offer. But when they conspire to shelter a wounded criminal who reminds them of their idol, Robert Mitchum, they set in motion a chilling chain of events that will teach them about trust, brutality, and courage.

Moonchasers and Other Stories also contains several other compelling tales of suspense by Ed Gorman, including “Turn Away,” which won the Shamus Award for best detective story, and a new story that has never appeared in any previous book or collection, “Out There in the Darkness.” These and other stories make up an outstanding collection of fiction by an author who has been described by the San Diego Union as “one of the most distinctive voices in today’s crime fiction.”

Een neef van de beroemde rechercheur De Cock en zijn collega moeten de moord op een oudere cafébezoeker oplossen.

Een neef van de beroemde rechercheur De Cock probeert de moord op te lossen op een Nederlandse Wit-Rus, wiens hoofd is doorkliefd met een antieke strijdbijl.

Een neef van de beroemde rechercheur De Cock probeert de moord op te lossen op een Nederlandse Wit-Rus, wiens hoofd is doorkliefd met een antieke strijdbijl.

Een neef van de beroemde rechercheur De Cock probeert de moord op te lossen op een jonge studente wier lijk wordt gevonden op de Albert Cuyp.

"Good news for fans of the best-

selling Cat who... mysteries--

fictional columnist James

Qwilleran has finally finished his

book showcasing the colorful

stories related to him by residents of Moose County, that

famous region four hundred

miles north of everywhere."

Winter herrscht in Crozet, Virginia, und jeder scheint unter der unerbittlichen Kälte zu leiden, sogar Mary Minor>Harry

Frühling im idyllischen Crozet - nach einem harten Winter erwachen bei Mensch und Tier wieder die Lebensgeister: Mary Minor «Harry» Haristeen, die junge Posthalterin, überwindet sich zum großen Hausputz. Tigerkatze Mrs. Murphy und Corgi-Hündin Tee Tucker können sich end­lich wieder zum Herumtollen nach draußen wagen. Und einer reibt sich ganz besonders die Hände: Kimball Haynes, Archäologe und Workaholic, der unter dem Motto «Je tiefer geschürft, desto besser» für die Ausgrabungen im nahe gelegenen Monticello, dem ehemaligen Wohnsitz des Präsidenten Thomas Jefferson, verantwortlich ist. Von Harrys resoluter Freundin Miranda Ho­gendobber mit Bibelsprüchen und üppigem Proviant versorgt, beginnt Haynes mit seiner Arbeit - und macht einen grausigen Fund: ein Skelett, angetan mit den Überbleibseln einer reichbestickten Brokatweste, einen wertvollen Ring am Finger. Und einiges an dieser über hundert Jahre alten Leiche ist äußerst mysteriös: Offensichtlich starb der betuchte Mann in den ehemaligen Sklavenquartieren, und zwar dort, wo die schöne Sklavin Medley Orion lebte. Aber was hatte ein Weißer dort zu suchen? Das ist die große Frage, zumal sein zertrümmerter Schädel keinen Zweifel läßt: Es war Mord. Schlafende Hunde soll man nicht wecken, sagen die einen, beson­ders gewisse Mitglieder der Hautevolee von Crozet. «Katzenintuition!» fordern indes Mrs. Mur­phy und Tee Tucker, überzeugt davon, daß dies nicht einfach nur eine der Spukgeschichten ist, die einem als Kätzchen erzählt werden. Und tatsächlich: Kurze Zeit später wird Kimball Haynes umgebracht, und Larry Johnson, der Arzt von Crozet, in alten medizinischen Doku­menten auf einer vielversprechenden Spur, entgeht einem Anschlag nur knapp. Fintenreich machen sich die Detektivinnen, unter stützt von Kater Pewter, Simon dem Opossum und Mrs Murphys Exmann Paddy, an die Arbeit, um die Morde aufzuklären. Das blaue Band des Frühlings, lernen sie entsetzt, kann sich besonders bei verliebten Menschen in eine tödliche Schlinge verwandeln, die noch nach Generationen ihre Opfer fordert ..

Powalający jak litr czystej wypity pod trzy meduzy w lubelskiej spelunce "Wykwintna". Skuteczni jak prawy prosty boksera, zniewalający jak Rudolf Valentino i niepowstrzymani niczym szarżująca tankietka. Oto podkomisarz Zygmunt "Zyga" Maciejewski i jego ludzie. Najlepsze gliny z Wydziału Śledczego. O ile akurat nie boksują, nie piją i nie podrywają panienek… Bo dobry policjant z Lublina wygląda, jakby nie wyglądał, albo wygląda jak bandyta. Tudzież jak alfons.9 listopada 1930 r. serce Lublina pika jeszcze rytmem starego flegmatyka, gdy bestialsko oprawiony trup naczelnego "Głosu Lubelskiego" pobudza je do poziomu palpitacji. Komu podpadł znany z ciętego języka pismak? Włoskiej mafii czy komunistycznej międzynarodówce? A może to robota satanistów, którzy podobno odprawiają czarne msze w cukierni Semadeniego? A może zlecenie dał konkurencyjny "Kurier Lubelski"?– A niech to wszystko jasny szlag!!! Trup niemal w święto narodowe, jakby roboty było mało! Od dwóch dni harcerze na Placu Litewskim ryczą, że "Maszerują strzelcy…"!Tajniacy Zygi ruszają w miasto. Trop wiedzie ich przez eleganckie pokoje hotelu "Europa", meliny ferajny z Kośminka, podłe speluny i burdele na Żmigrodzie, by nieoczekiwanie runąć w wiekowe staromiejskie podziemia.Ta sprawa musiała mieć drugie dno! Ale żeby od razu trzecie i czwarte?Po lekturze Wrońskiego Lublin już nigdy nie będzie zwykłym miastem…

George Fraser is a lonely man, and a bored man. But he has exciting dreams. In his dreams, he lives in a thrilling world of gangsters, guns, fast cars and beautiful women. And of course, in his dreams, he is the toughest gangster of them all. George Fraser prefers his dream world to his real, ordinary life so he begins to boast about it, pretending that he is, in fact, a hardened and ruthless gangster. But George Fraser boasts to the wrong people and suddenly his dream world becomes all too real.

Two years after his celebrated collection The Good Old Stuff, John D. MacDonald treats us to fourteen more of his best early stories!

In short, here is one of America’s most gifted and prolific storytellers at his early best — a marvelously entertaining collection that will delight Mr. MacDonald’s hundreds of thousands of devoted readers.

Coroner is the perfect job for Dr. Martin Gänsewein, who spends his days in peace and quiet autopsying dead bodies for the city of Cologne. Shy, but scrupulous, Martin appreciates his taciturn clients—until the day one of them starts talking to him. It seems the ghost of a recently deceased (and surprisingly chatty) small-time car thief named Pascha is lingering near his lifeless body in drawer number four of Martin’s morgue. He remains for one reason: his “accidental” death was, in fact, murder. Pascha is furious his case will go unsolved—to say nothing of his body’s dissection upon Martin’s autopsy table. But since Martin is the only person Pascha can communicate with, the ghost settles in with the good pathologist, determined to bring the truth of his death to light. Now Martin’s staid life is rudely upended as he finds himself navigating Cologne’s red-light district and the dark world of German car smuggling. Unless Pascha can come up with a plan—and fast—Martin will soon be joining him in the spirit world. Witty and unexpected, Morgue Drawer Four introduces a memorable (and reluctant) detective unlike any other in fiction today.Morgue Drawer Four was shortlisted for Germany’s 2010 Friedrich Glauser Prize for best crime novel.

Moscú, hacia 1990. Un chantajista amenaza a un matrimonio con revelar que su hijo de doce años es adoptado. ¿Cómo ha salido a la luz este secreto? La investigación se centra en un juez que confiesa que le han robado varios sumarios. Anastasia Kaménskaya de la policía criminal, sospecha que ese robo múltiple oculta otro asunto mucho más turbio, que ella descubre rápidamente. Un eminente científico degüella a su mujer, pierde la memoria y el juicio, y cuando parece que es capaz de recordar algo, también pierde la vida. ¿Qué misterio se esconde tras ese drama familiar y por qué han querido taparlo?

‘Even better than Child 44’TelegraphMoskva is a brilliantly written, chilling and sophisticated début serial killer thriller set in Cold War Moscow. Makes Kolymsky Heights look like a walk in Gorky Park.* * *Red Square, 1985. The naked body of a young man is left outside the walls of the Kremlin; frozen solid – like marble to the touch – missing the little finger from his right hand.A week later, Alex Marston, the headstrong fifteen year old daughter of the British Ambassador disappears. Army Intelligence Officer Tom Fox, posted to Moscow to keep him from telling the truth to a government committee, is asked to help find her. It’s a shot at redemption.But Russia is reluctant to give up the worst of her secrets. As Fox’s investigation sees him dragged deeper towards the dark heart of a Soviet establishment determined to protect its own so his fears grow, with those of the girl’s father, for Alex’s safety.And if Fox can’t find her soon, she looks likely to become the next victim of a sadistic killer whose story is bound tight to that of his country’s terrible past…Praise for Jack Grimwood:‘Given that the definitive thriller in 1980’s Moscow already exists (Martin Cruz Smith’s Gorky Park), Jack Grimwood’s Moskva looks like a crazy gamble. But it’s one that comes off…’— Sunday Times‘Tom Fox is well drawn, the action scenes are filled with energy and tension, but the real hero of Moskva is Russia itself, bleak, corrupt, falling apart, but with an incurable humanity.’— Tom Callaghan, author of A Killing Winter‘A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist.’— Michael Marshall, author of The Straw Men‘A first-rate thriller – Moskva grips from the very first page. Heartily recommended.’— William Ryan, author of The Twelfth Department‘Like the city herself, Jack Grimwood’s Moskva is richly layered, stylish, beautifully constructed, and full of passion beneath the chills. Part political thriller, part historical novel, part a story of personal redemptions, Moskva cements Jack Grimwood as a powerful new voice in thriller writing. Not to be missed.’— Sarah Pinborough, author of The Dog-Faced Gods trilogy‘Hard to know what to praise first here: the operatic sweep of this mesmerising novel; the surefooted orchestration of tension; or the vividly realised sense of time and place; all of these factors mark Jack Grimwood’s Moskva out as **something special in the arena of international thrillers.’— Barry Forshaw, author of Brit Noir‘Memorable characters, powerful recreations of history and an unrelenting pace that will keep you breathless. A striking début in the genre.’— Maxim Jakubowski‘A sublime writer… I felt glimmers of Le Carré shining through the prose.’— CrimeSquad

‘Even better than Child 44’TelegraphMoskva is a brilliantly written, chilling and sophisticated début serial killer thriller set in Cold War Moscow. Makes Kolymsky Heights look like a walk in Gorky Park.* * *Red Square, 1985. The naked body of a young man is left outside the walls of the Kremlin; frozen solid – like marble to the touch – missing the little finger from his right hand.A week later, Alex Marston, the headstrong fifteen year old daughter of the British Ambassador disappears. Army Intelligence Officer Tom Fox, posted to Moscow to keep him from telling the truth to a government committee, is asked to help find her. It’s a shot at redemption.But Russia is reluctant to give up the worst of her secrets. As Fox’s investigation sees him dragged deeper towards the dark heart of a Soviet establishment determined to protect its own so his fears grow, with those of the girl’s father, for Alex’s safety.And if Fox can’t find her soon, she looks likely to become the next victim of a sadistic killer whose story is bound tight to that of his country’s terrible past…Praise for Jack Grimwood:‘Given that the definitive thriller in 1980’s Moscow already exists (Martin Cruz Smith’s Gorky Park), Jack Grimwood’s Moskva looks like a crazy gamble. But it’s one that comes off…’— Sunday Times‘Tom Fox is well drawn, the action scenes are filled with energy and tension, but the real hero of Moskva is Russia itself, bleak, corrupt, falling apart, but with an incurable humanity.’— Tom Callaghan, author of A Killing Winter‘A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist.’— Michael Marshall, author of The Straw Men‘A first-rate thriller – Moskva grips from the very first page. Heartily recommended.’— William Ryan, author of The Twelfth Department‘Like the city herself, Jack Grimwood’s Moskva is richly layered, stylish, beautifully constructed, and full of passion beneath the chills. Part political thriller, part historical novel, part a story of personal redemptions, Moskva cements Jack Grimwood as a powerful new voice in thriller writing. Not to be missed.’— Sarah Pinborough, author of The Dog-Faced Gods trilogy‘Hard to know what to praise first here: the operatic sweep of this mesmerising novel; the surefooted orchestration of tension; or the vividly realised sense of time and place; all of these factors mark Jack Grimwood’s Moskva out as **something special in the arena of international thrillers.’— Barry Forshaw, author of Brit Noir‘Memorable characters, powerful recreations of history and an unrelenting pace that will keep you breathless. A striking début in the genre.’— Maxim Jakubowski‘A sublime writer… I felt glimmers of Le Carré shining through the prose.’— CrimeSquad