The past comes back to haunt, in the new novel featuring Kathleen Mallory – “the strongest new detective of the decade” (Kirkus Reviews).Carol O’Connell’s novels continue to draw extraordinary praise for her “unforgettable protagonist” (The Miami Herald), “thoroughly original characters” (People), “gifted storytelling” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), and “prose so stunning it takes your breath away” (Mostly Murder), all combining to produce some of the “most stylishly innovative and witty mysteries in years” (San Francisco Chronicle).At their heart is NYPD sergeant Kathleen Mallory, a wild child turned policewoman possessed of a ferocious intelligence and a unique inner compass of right and wrong – which has drawn her now to a place far from home.In a small town in Louisiana, Mallory steps off a train. Within an hour, one man has been assaulted, another has had a heart attack, a third has been murdered, and Mallory is in jail, although she has had nothing to do with any of these events. She is there for an entirely different purpose.Seventeen years ago, Mallory’s mother died in this town, stoned to death by a mob, and the six-year-old Mallory vanished, to reappear later on the streets of New York. Now she has returned to find out who killed her mother, and what happened to the body, vanished as well, its only trace a winged angel in the local cemetery. Her search will take her through a dark and murky past, and into the company of people who have much to warn her about and even more to hide, but for Mallory there is no stopping – even if what she discovers is something better left buried in the grave.Filled with the rich prose, resonant characters, and knife-edge suspense that have won her so many admirers, Stone Angel is Carol O’Connell’s most remarkable novel yet.Carol O’Connell is also the author of Mallory’s Oracle, The Man Who Cast Two Shadows, and Killing Critics. She lives in New York City.

When private eye Sal Kilkenny is asked to discover the whereabouts of Jennifer Pickering, disinherited by her family twenty years ago, it seems that Jennifer does not want to be found. Despite her initial reservations, as the events of the past gradually unfold, single-mum Sal finds that she is becoming engrossed in the case. There are dark secrets waiting to be uncovered but can Sal break the conspiracy of silence that surrounds this mystery? As she spends her days tracing Jennifer, Sal's nights become shattered by an emotional and often dangerous assignment with the Neighbour Nuisance Unit on one of Manchester's toughest housing estates. In this highly charged atmosphere of racial tension it is not surprising when tempers flare. As properties start to burn, Sal's two cases spiral out of control and events, past and present, collide with deadly intensity…

Matt Stromsoe has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an explosion meant for him. Wounded severely in both body and spirit, Stromsoe gave up the last thing that held any meaning for him — his job on the police force — and proceeded to hit rock bottom, hard.That was a lifetime ago, and finally the spiral of personal destruction and despair seems to have come to an end. The man responsible for the murders — Stromsoe’s best friend from childhood and his wife’s old lover — is behind bars and Stromsoe has put the past behind him, rescued from the abyss by a former colleague who offers him a job at his private security firm. Stromsoe’s first assignment is to protect local television personality Frankie Hatfield from a stalker. But the further Stromsoe is drawn into this case, the more he finds that the net of intrigue is wide and ultimately leads back to the man who killed his family. As events conspire against him, Stromsoe learns that prison is no safeguard against revenge.

In his stunning twenty-eighth novel, Dick Francis again proves he has no equal.As Derek Franklin, an injured steeplechase jockey, nears the end of his career, he is thrust into trouble and mayhem by the accidental death of his older brother, Greville: “I inherited my brother’s desk, his business, his gadgets, his enemies, his horses and his mistress,” Derek says. “I inherited my brother’s life, and it nearly killed me.”With danger besetting him from unknown directions, Derek discovers that honesty can be a deadly virtue and courage the provocation of escalating evil. His only hope of survival is to identify the enemy, but Greville, whose life had as many facets as the gemstones he imported, has left behind more philosophizing than useful clues. “The had scorn the good,” Greville wrote, “and the crooked despise the straight.”On British racecourses the homestretch is called the finishing straight — the straight run to the winning post — and it is here that a race is finally won or lost. Derek Franklin must call on all his stamina and endurance just to complete the final furlong.The Washington Post hailed Francis as “better than anybody else in the race... He is a consistent winner.” Straight shows once again that Dick Francis gives a very good ride.

The chilling new Inspector Banks novel from the bestselling author of Playing With Fire. When he receives a mysterious and disturbing telephone call from his brother Roy, Banks heads off to London to search him out. Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a murder scene on a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale. A young woman has been found dead in her car… With Banks’s name and address written on a slip of paper in the back pocket of her jeans. While Banks stays in his brother’s luxurious, empty house, digging into his life and uncovering more and more surprises about the brother he didn’t really know and didn’t particularly like, Annie tracks down the female victim’s friends and colleagues. It seems that both trails are leading towards horrific conclusions and when the cases look likely to intersect, the consequences for Banks and Annie become terrifying…

Ross Macdonald (1915–1983) was, according to The New York Times, the author of "the finest detective novels ever written by an American." His detective, Lew Archer, investigates character and place and the tensions and conflicts that form America. In Ross Macdonald's hands, Lew Archer's home turf, southern California, becomes symbolic and (perhaps more important) emblematic of the human struggle to make things right, to make sense of who we are.In an important literary discovery, Macdonald biographer, Tom Nolan, unearthed three previously unpublished private-eye stories by Ross Macdonald. "Death by Water," written in 1945, features Macdonald's first detective Joe Rogers, and two novelettes from 1950 and 1955, "Strangers in Town" and "The Angry Man," are detailed cases of Lew Archer.These 'lost' stories help the reader to understand why The New York Times also said that "classify him how you will, Ross Macdonald is one of the best American novelists now operating."

Strictly for Cash is the story of how Johnny Farrar made his roll of money. He thought in terms of five thousand and ended up with a quarter of million, but he didn’t get it legitimately nor did he keep out trouble.From the moment the reins of the richest casino on the Florida coast fell into his hands, he was sucked into a whirlpool of suspense, intrigue, murder and ruthless ambush from which there was no escape.

Lord Peter Wimsey becomes fascinated when bohemian Harriet Vane is accused of murdering her lover. He investigates further and finds himself falling in love with her as he visits her in prison and watches her in court. But can he save her from the gallows?

Ocho años antes de los dramáticos sucesos de Dinamita…La reportera novata Annika Bengtzon acaba de empezar unas prácticas de verano en un importante periódico de Estocolmo, el Kvällspressen. Allí se encarga de la aburrida tarea de atender la línea telefónica de los chivatazos. Pero antes de que haya tenido la menor oportunidad de adentrarse en el frenético mundo del periodismo, aparece el cadáver desnudo de una chica joven en un cementerio. Una stripper que trabajaba en el club Studio Sex ha sido violada y estrangulada, y el principal sospechoso es un secretario del Gobierno. Annika rápidamente se da cuenta de que este caso puede ser la oportunidad para escribir su primer gran artículo y catapultarse a la fama. Aunque a medida que descubre el oscuro infierno de los clubes de alterne, se va internando peligrosamente en un mundo de sexo y violencia.

The discovery of a woman's body in a cemetery leads neophyte reporter Annika Bengtzon deep into the investigation of the rape and murder case, which seems to reach into the halls of power in Sweden.

Eleven stories from Shamus Award-winning crime novelist Ed Gorman that demonstrate both his range and his storytelling versatility.The collection opens with “All These Condemned,” the story of two brothers and one shocking secret, and “A Girl Like You,” an almost mystical story about a young man coming to grips with the meaning of love. “The Way It Used to Be” features a small-town teenage bigot, while a famous 1920s mobster is the lead in the somewhat whimsical “The New Man.” The chiller “Judgment” is about a Catholic priest, and a very unlucky stick-up artist plies his trade in “Ghosts.”One of Gorman’s favorite themes — lost love and its consequences — surfaces in “That Day at Eagle’s Point,” and a tabloid TV news piece provides the basis for the shocking title story.In “Aftermath” a woman struggles to recover after being raped by a policeman, while the woman in “Eye of the Beholder” struggles with the effects of her own beauty. The final story, “Angie,” is a stunning, Hitchcockian take on a small-town good-time girl who isn’t quite what she seems.

On the floor of a church in northern Sweden, the body of a man lies mutilated and defiled – and in the night sky, the aurora borealis dances as the snow begins to fall…So begins Ã…sa Larsson's spellbinding thriller, winner of Sweden's Best First Crime Novel Award and an international literary sensation.Rebecka Martinsson is heading home to Kiruna, the town she'd left in disgrace years before. A Stockholm attorney, Rebecka has a good reason to return: her friend Sanna, whose brother has been horrifically murdered in the revivalist church his charisma helped create. Beautiful and fragile, Sanna needs someone like Rebecka to remove the shadow of guilt that is engulfing her, to forestall an ambitious prosecutor and a dogged policewoman. But to help her friend, and to find the real killer of a man she once adored and is now not sure she ever knew, Rebecka must relive the darkness she left behind in Kiruna, delve into a sordid conspiracy of deceit, and confront a killer whose motives are dark, wrenching, and impossible to guess…

A taut collection of razor-sharp stories of men at society's edge.

Although best known as an author of westerns and espionage fiction, Brian Garfield is at heart an observer of human behavior. While traveling, he sometimes writes short fiction, usually setting the story in whatever city or country he just left.

The eight stories in this slim volume are fine examples of Garfield's keen eye. Mostly tales of crime and criminals, they star men like Deke Allen, a long-haired building contractor arrested after a rat-shoot for driving with his father's shotgun on the seat. There are women like Vicky, a desperate con artist who engineers one of history's most outlandish scams. But running throughout these suspenseful stories is the sensibility of a writer fascinated by the characters behind the crimes.

Ambitious, brilliant, and beautiful, Alex Sondheim is the undisputed star of Wall Street—and she knows it. So it comes as no surprise when Levy Manhattan Investments taps her to take their prestigious firm to the next level. She can name her price, but can she live up to their expectations? Because behind the glittering facade of luxury offices, five-star dinners, and million-dollar investments hides the firm’s true power player: a deadly criminal cartel. Caught up in a steamy relationship with handsome real-estate mogul Sergio Vitali, Alex is blind to the danger—until an assassination attempt against the city’s crusading mayor claims the lives of three innocent people. To protect the city’s people and save herself, she’ll have to put everything on the line: her job, her reputation… and her life. A sleek Wall Street thriller pitting a brilliant young executive against a lethal underground, Swimming with Sharks breathes dangerous life into the cutthroat legacy of corporate banking.

Saga o Fjällbace #6

We Fjällbace w tajemniczych okolicznościach ginie mężczyzna. Cztery miesiące później przypadkowy spacerowicz natrafia na jego zwłoki w skutym lodem jeziorze. Sprawa komplikuje się jeszcze bardziej, kiedy znajomy zmarłego, pisarz Christian Thydell, zaczyna dostawać anonimowe pogróżki. Zaniepokojony zwierza się Erice Falck, a ona pokazuje jeden z listów Patrikowi. Patrik jest przekonany, że Christianowi grozi niebezpieczeństwo. Ktoś szczerze go nienawidzi i nie zawaha się spełnić groźby. Kiedy znalezione zostają zwłoki kolejnego mężczyzny, policja doszukuje się wspólnego wątku, a trop prowadzi w przeszłość...

Saga kryminalna Camilli Läckberg osiągnęła światowy sukces czytelniczy. To nie tylko mroczne thrillery, ale również doskonałe powieści obyczajowe, znakomicie oddające klimat współczesnej szwedzkiej prowincji. Od lat zajmują czołowe miejsca na europejskich listach bestsellerów. Książki Läckberg przetłumaczono na ponad 35 języków. Jesienią 2011 roku rozpoczęły się zdjęcia do międzynarodowej produkcji filmowej „Morderstwa we Fjällbace”, osnutej na kanwie jej powieści.

Camilla Läckberg, jedna z najciekawszych szwedzkich pisarek, uznawana za mistrzynię skandynawskiego kryminału. Jest także autorką książeczki dla dzieci i dwóch książek kulinarnych.

После неудачного студенческого романа она закрыла для себя тему романтики и дружбы, живя в режиме "работа-дом-работа". Неожиданно на вечере встречи выпускников ей удается подружиться с теми, кто раньше не обращал на нее внимания. Жизнь начинает играть новыми красками, но ненадолго: ее новую подругу находят мертвой, и теперь ей придется вернуться в свое одиночество или найти убийцу. Она выбирает второе – и внезапно люди из прошлого начинают заполнять настоящее и приводят с собой незнакомцев. Вдруг выясняется, что у многих была причина для убийства. Смерть второй подруги приводит ее к пониманию, что она затеяла опасную игру с кем-то, для кого убийство – лишь удобное средство достижения цели.

Spring has sprung in Crozet, Virginia—a time for old friends to gather and bid farewell to the doldrums of winter. Harry and her husband, Fair, are enjoying a cozy dinner with some of the town’s leading citizens, including beloved University of Virginia history professor Greg “Ginger” McConnell and several members of UVA’s celebrated 1959 football team. But beneath the cloak of conviviality lurks a sinister specter from the distant past that threatens to put all their lives in jeopardy.

When Professor McConnell is found murdered on the golf course the next day—gunned down in broad daylight by an unseen killer—no one can fathom a motive, let alone find a suspect. Just as Harry and her furry cohorts begin nosing into the case, however, a homeless UVA alum confesses to the crime. Trouble is, no one believes that the besotted former All-American could have done the foul deed—especially after Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker make another gruesome discovery.

As the questions surrounding Ginger’s death pile up, Harry’s search for answers takes her down the fascinating byways of Virginia’s Revolutionary past. The professor was something of a sleuth himself, it seems, and the centuries-old mystery he was unraveling may well have put a target on his back. As Harry edges closer to identifying an elusive killer, her animal companions sense danger—and rally to find a way to keep Harry from disappearing into history.

In the bookmobile, librarian

Minnie Hamilton and her rescue

cat, Eddie, roll out great summer

reads to folks all over the lake

town of Chilson, Michigan. And

when real-life drama turns deadly, Minnie makes sure

justice is never overdue.

The bookmobile is making its

usual rounds when Minnie and

Eddie are flagged down by a

woman in distress. The woman’s husband, a famous

artist, needs emergency medical

care. After getting him into the

bookmobile, Minnie races the

man to the hospital in time…but

his bad luck has only just begun. After disappearing from the

hospital, the artist is discovered

slumped over the body of a

murdered woman. Minnie

knows that her new friend

didn’t commit the crime, but the evidence paints an

unflattering picture. Now this

librarian and her furry friend

have to put the investigation in

high gear and catch the real

killer before someone else checks out.

Also published as “Jar City”.When a lone septuagenarian is murdered in his apartment in the Nordurmyri district of Reykjavik, detective inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is called in, along with partner Sigurdur Oli and female colleague Elínborg. Everyone is related to everyone else in Iceland and refer to one another by first name, even formally. Erlendur is about 50, long divorced, with two kids in varying degrees of drug addiction. The victim, a man called Holberg, turns out to have been a nasty piece of work, and Erlendur is disgusted by the series of rapes Holberg apparently committed. The rapes and the deaths of a number of young women may be connected, and the search brings Erlendur to the forensic lab, whose old “jar city,” since disbanded, held research organs. Meanwhile, Erlendur’s daughter, Eva Lind, is pregnant and still using; she flits in and out of his life angrily, but may be crying out for help. Reykjavik’s physicality, and the fact that crimes are relatively rare in Iceland, gives things a defamiliarizing cast.Won Glass Key award in 2002 (Nordic crime fiction award).Caution — British spelling.

CHINATOWN... A place of mystery and intrigue, where Tong wars rage and sinister Oriental criminals plot world domination! Sax Rohmer, creator of legendary super-villain Fu Manchu, takes the reader on nine trips into the seedy underbelly of Chinatown with this fascinating collection of stories: "The Daughter of Huang Chow," "Kerry's Kid," "The Pigtail of Hi Wing Ho," "The House of Golden Joss," "The White Hat," "Tcheriapin," "The Dance of the Veils," "The Hand of the Mandarin Quong," "The Key of the Temple of Heaven."