An anthology of storiesHolmes and Watson in America. Original short stories. A literary gem? Elementary, of course!Sherlock Holmes makes his American debut in this fascinating and extraordinary collection of never-before-published crime and mystery stories by bestselling American writers. The world's greatest detective and his famous sidekick Watson are on their first trip across the Atlantic as they fight crime all over nineteenth-century North America. From the bustling neighborhoods of New York City and Washington, D.C., to sunny yet sinister cities like San Francisco on the West Coast, the world's best-loved British sleuth will face some of the most cunning criminals America has to offer, and meet some of America's most famous figures along the way.Each original story is written in the extraordinary tradition of Doyle's best work, yet each comes with a unique American twist that is sure to satisfy and exhilarate both Sherlock Holmes purists and those who always wished that Holmes could nab the nefarious closer to home.This is a must-read for any mystery fan and for those who have followed Holmes' illustrious career over the waterfall and back again. 12 b/w illustrations.

Dos detectives. Un mago. Y todas las legiones del Infierno. Sus caminos se han cruzado en el pasado, y volverán a cruzarse. Por un lado, Sherlock Holmes, el famoso detective, que parece haberse retirado para dedicarse a la cría de abejas. Por otro, Aleister Crowley, brujo y profeta autoproclamado como el hombre más perverso de su época. Una oscura noche tormentosa, en algún lugar de la costa de Portugal, Crowley pondrá en práctica un ritual que amenazará con derribar las barreras entre los mundos, y Holmes estará allí para impedírselo. Pero, ¿podrá Holmes soportar el dolor de la pérdida que será el precio de su triunfo? ¿Cómo seguir siendo la implacable máquina de razonar cuando la misma realidad escapa a la razón?En esta nueva pieza de su obra holmesiana, iniciada con La sabiduría de los muertos y Las huellas del poeta, Rodolfo Martínez entrelaza las ficciones de Arthur Conan Doyle y H.P. Lovecraft para crear un universo particularísimo donde tienen cabida algunos de los personajes más entrañables de la literatura popular.

Dos detectives. Un mago. Y todas las legiones del Infierno. Sus caminos se han cruzado en el pasado, y volverán a cruzarse. Por un lado, Sherlock Holmes, el famoso detective, que parece haberse retirado para dedicarse a la cría de abejas. Por otro, Aleister Crowley, brujo y profeta autoproclamado como el hombre más perverso de su época. Una oscura noche tormentosa, en algún lugar de la costa de Portugal, Crowley pondrá en práctica un ritual que amenazará con derribar las barreras entre los mundos, y Holmes estará allí para impedírselo. Pero, ¿podrá Holmes soportar el dolor de la pérdida que será el precio de su triunfo? ¿Cómo seguir siendo la implacable máquina de razonar cuando la misma realidad escapa a la razón?En esta nueva pieza de su obra holmesiana, iniciada con La sabiduría de los muertos y Las huellas del poeta, Rodolfo Martínez entrelaza las ficciones de Arthur Conan Doyle y H.P. Lovecraft para crear un universo particularísimo donde tienen cabida algunos de los personajes más entrañables de la literatura popular.

Money in the bank had always been a persuasive factor in Bertha Cool’s life — and Lamont Hawley represented a lot of it. He also represented an insurance company that smelled a rat about a traffic-accident claim. The trouble was the claimant had drifted away — a beautiful blonde who had been co-operative and level-headed. In fact, too level-headed... she sounded almost professional. Donald Lam didn’t like it. Why should a large insurance company need an outside investigator? But Bertha’s eyes see $$$ so Donald gets cracking, and within no time he is the prime suspect. For what on earth is a body doing in the trunk of Donald’s car?

A Rei Shimura Mystery – During a family reunion on the island of Oahu, Japanese-American undercover spy Rei Shimura is roped into helping the Hawaiian branch of her family regain land stolen from them during World War II. But when fire sweeps the island and her young cousin is accused of arson, Rei, with the assistance of both her boyfriend and ex-lover, must discover the truth, which turns out to be linked to the Shimura family history…

This is the story of Terry Regan, radio and T.V. salesman, who falls in love with Gilda, the wife of a hard drinking bully who spends his life in a wheel-chair. Because of Gilda’s fatal fascination, Regan decides to get rid of her husband so that he himself can marry her; and he hits on an ingenious murder plan. The murderer is to be the television set that stands in the husband’s lounge.But ingenious murder plans have habit of backfiring, and this one is no exception. Once again James Hadley Chase lives up to his reputation for sustained suspense, graphic and economical writing, and on the last page, a complete surprise.

Dirk Pitt is sent to investigate a lethal new way of speeding up diamond excavation, discovered by the head of a major diamond mining corporation. A fast-paced adventure begins in which Pitt has to dodge a volcano eruption and a sea serpent, amongst other dangers, in order to save the day.

From Peter James, #1 bestselling author of Perfect People and the Roy Grace series, comes an unforgettable collection of nine short stories. From a woman intent on revenge to a restaurant critic with a fear of the number thirteen, and from an unusual Italian aphrodisiac to a story of ghostly terror, these are darkly humorous tales of murderous lovers, duplicitous dealings and urban domesticity turned on its head. Funny, sad, but always shocking, each tale carries a twist that will haunt readers for days after they turn the final page...

In this second short story collection from number one bestseller Peter James, some of our darkest dreams and deepest fears are brought chillingly to life. From a couple plagued by medieval spectres, a philandering cad caught with his trousers around his ankles, and the author’s own deeply personal experience of a haunted house, to the first ever case of his best-loved Detective, Roy Grace, James exposes the Achilles heels of each of his characters, and makes us question how well we can trust ourselves, and each other.

Volume 1 of Ed Gorman: Short Stories contains Fictionwise.com members favorites “En Famille” and “Favor and the Princess” and more excellent short mysteries.

He had murdered the old man in his mind — and now the living corpse demanded retribution...

Two student nurses lay dead and the great hospital nursing schol was shadowed with terror.

When he was the NYPD's top homicide investigator, Dave Gurney was never comfortable with the label the press gave him: super detective. He was simply a man who, when faced with a puzzle, wanted to know. He was called to the investigative hunt by the presumptuous arrogance of murderers – by their smug belief that they could kill without leaving a trace. There was always a trace, Gurney believed.Except what if one day there wasn't?Dave Gurney, a few months past the Mellery case that pulled him out of retirement and then nearly killed him, is trying once again to adjust to his country house's bucolic rhythms when he receives a call about a case so seductively bewildering that the thought of not looking into it seems unimaginable – even if his beloved wife, Madeleine, would rather he do anything but.The facts of what has occurred are horrible: a blushing bride, newly wed to an eminent psychiatrist and just minutes from hearing her congratulatory toast, is found decapitated, her head apparently severed by a machete. Though police investigators believe that a Mexican gardener killed the young woman in a fit of jealous fury, the victim's mother – a chilly high-society beauty – is having none of it. Reluctantly drawn in, Dave is quickly buffeted by a series of revelations that transform the bizarrely monstrous into the monstrously bizarre.Underneath it all may exist one of the darkest criminal schemes imaginable. And as Gurney begins deciphering its grotesque outlines, some of his most cherished assumptions about himself are challenged, causing him to stare into an abyss so deep that it threatens to swallow not just him but Madeleine, too.Desperate to protect Madeleine and bring an end to the madness, Gurney ultimately discovers that the killer has left a trace after all. Unfortunately, the revelation may come too late to save his own life.With Shut Your Eyes Tight, John Verdon delivers on the promise of his internationally bestselling debut, Think of a Number, creating a portrait of evil let loose across generations that is as rife with moments of touching humanity as it is with spellbinding images of perversity.

Un año después de abandonar la Kripo, la Policía Criminal alemana, Bernie Gunther trabaja en el Hotel Adlon, en donde se aloja la periodista norteamericana Noreen Charalambides, que ha llegado a Berlín para investigar el creciente fervor antijudío y la sospechosa designación de la ciudad como sede de los Juegos Olímpicos de 1936. Noreen y Gunther se aliarán dentro y fuera de la cama seguirle la pista a una trama que une las altas esferas del nazismo con el crimen organizado estadounidense. Un chantaje, doble y calculado, les hará renunciar a destapar la miseria y los asesinatos, pero no al amor. Sin embargo, Noreen es obligada a volver a Estados Unidos, y Gunther ve cómo, otra vez, una mujer se pierde en las sombras. Hasta que veinte años después, ambos se reencuentran en la insurgente Habana de Batista. Pero los fantasmas nunca viajan solos.

Eccentric Eileen Chandler is all set to be married, but someone wants the vows stopped before they are started. Murder has made an uninvited appearance before the wedding and no one in the crazy wedding party is above suspicion.

An addictive, edge-of-your-seat thriller filled with the hallmark elements that made *New York Times* bestselling author Sidney Sheldon--"the master of the story-telling game" ( *People* )--an international legend: shocking twists, money, power, and betrayal involving an influential family and the beautiful and formidable woman at its center whose dark secrets can destroy them all. The conservative party's newest superstar, Alexia De Vere has worked hard to realize her political ambitions. The brilliant and ruthless wife of wealthy aristocrat Teddy De Vere, Alexia relishes her power and the control it gives her to shape and destroy lives. Yet success has also demanded sacrifice. Her daughter, Roxie, a bitter young woman confined to a wheelchair after a failed suicide attempt, blames Alexia for ruining her life. Alexia's dashing son, Michael, is risking the family's good name to jump-start his entre-preneurial dreams. Thankfully, Alexia has...

Jū NesbēSikspārnisNo norvēģu valodas tulkojis Ilmārs BriškaJū Nesbē (jo nesbo) debitēja 1997. gadā ar kriminālromānu “Sikspārnis” pirmo grāmatu sērijā par izmeklētāju Hariju Holu un par to saņēmis Rivertona balvu (gada labākais norvēģu kriminālromāns) un Glass Key balvu (labākais kriminālromāns skandināvu literatūrā).Ieklausieties aborigēnu leģendās… Šī grāmata aizsāk aizraujošo daudzsējumu vēstījumu par Hariju Holu. Harijs ierodas Sidnejā, lai palīdzētu izmeklēt jaunas norvēģietes slepkavības apstākļus. Drīz vien viņš nokļūst notikumu centrā un sastopas gan ar ielasmeitām un savedējiem, gan ar transvestītiem, klauniem un narkotiku tirgoņiem. Sikspārnis ir nāves simbols… harijs un viņa kolēģis, aborigēns Endrū Kensingtons, nojauš, ka te darbojas sērijveida slepkava. Kāds ir psihopāta motīvs? Un kāpēc viņš nonāvē gaišmates? Austrālijas pirmiedzīvotāju mīti ir savdabīgi un krāšņi, pilni apslēptu simbolu, un ziemeļniekam ir grūti tos izprast. Taču pienāk brīdis, kad Harijs zaudē visu, atlikusi tikai intuīcija…Bet mazā melnā čūskiņa ir vēl bīstamāka. Tā nemanāma sēž slēpnī, un tās kodiens ir nāvējošs un precīzs.Iepazīstiet romantisku un jauneklīgu Hariju no šī pievilcīgā puiša izaugs nepārspējamais Oslo Kriminālpolicijas izmeklētājs, sērijveida slepkavu bieds un lielākais izaicinājums. Jū Nesbē ir uzrakstījis saistošāko debijas romānu kriminālistikas žanrā, kāds vien ir lasīts.” "Aftenposten”Sērijā par Harija Hola izmeklētajām lietām iznākuši šādi darbi:•  Atriebes dieviete•  Sātana zvaigzne•  Glābējs•  Sniegavīrs•  LeopardsNoskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lvJū Nesbē ir uzrakstījis saistošāko debijas romānu kriminālistikas žanrā, kāds sen nav lasīts.Arņa Kilbloka vāka dizains© Tulkojums latviešu valodā, Ilmārs Briška, 2014Zvaigzne ABC, 2014

A human bone is discovered at a construction site near Reykjavik. Inspector Erlendur Sveinnson is on the case, but the trail, which leads back to World War II, has gone very cold indeed. Erlendur (Icelanders use first names) has a very personal reason for his abiding interest in missing persons, and that — combined with the fact that his drug-abusing daughter is in the hospital in a coma — opens the door for plenty of backstory regarding the detective’s troubled history. With a narrative that jumps between the 1940s and the present — without giving away whodunit — the novel generates a sort of emotional claustrophobia, its characters trapped in a world where the pain of the past, though often submerged, is always with us.The novel won Glass Key award (a Nordic crime fiction award) in 2003, and Gold Dagger award (an award of British Crime Writers’ Association) in 2005. Nominated for Barry Award (an American crime novel award) in 2006.Caution — British spelling.

Dagger AwardsBuilding work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Whilst Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, his case unearths many other tales of family pain. The hills have more than one tragic story to tell: tales of failed relationships and heartbreak; of anger, domestic violence and fear; of family loyalty and family shame. Few people are still alive who can tell the story, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever.

In A Town Full Of SecretsTo most people, men like Mark Cantrell are fine, upstanding pillars of the community, completely beyond reproach. But their killer knows better. They are sinners of the worst kind, and they must burn on earth before they burn in hell…Trusting The Wrong PersonEighteen months after her husband-s unsolved murder, Cathy Cantrell has returned to her Alabama home, eager to build a new life for herself and her son. But pieces of her past are everywhere-including Jackson Perdue, the town-s deputy sheriff. The spate of recent deaths-each victim burned in the same horrifying manner-leave Jack and Cathy in no doubt that a serial killer is at work, one whose rage grows more vicious each day…Can Be Fatal…Now as a twisted killer moves in for a final, brutal act of vengeance, buried crimes are coming to light once more. And this time, justice will be swift, merciless, and as silent as the grave…