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Complicity
Banks Iain

n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal act

A few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source — could be big, could be very big — in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully-paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper.

The source is pretty thin, but Cameron senses a scoop and checks out a series of bizarre deaths from a few years ago — only to find that the police are checking out a series of bizarre deaths that are happening right now. And Cameron just might know more about it than he'd care to admit…

Involvement; connection; liability — Complicity is a stunning exploration of the morality of greed, corruption and violence, venturing fearlessly into the darker recesses of human purpose.

'A remarkable novel… superbly Grafted, funny and intelligent" Times

'A stylishly executed and well produced study in fear, loathing and victimisation which moves towards doom in measured steps" Observer

'Compelling and sinister… a very good thriller" Glasgow Herald

'Fast moving… tightly plotted" Sunday Times

Compulsion
Levin Meyer

The mid 1920s introduced Americans to a new type of murder: two immensely wealthy eighteen-year-old university graduates from Chicago randomly kidnapped and murdered a little boy, attempted to obliterate the identity and sex of the body before hiding it and then tried to collect the ransom – simply as an intellectual experiment. Levin attempts to discover the psychology of the two young men, to understand how the two of them, Leopold and Loeb, one of them handsome and popular, the other quiet and scholarly, were capable of an act so far beyond rational understanding. For drama, for horror, and for the deepest kind of compassion and comprehension, COMPULSION has rarely been equaled among contemporary psychological novels.

Compulsion
Lamb Charlotte

Lissa was committed with Chris for some time. He was the owner of the hotel where she sang and they knew from a young age. Lissa not understand why he was not married until it appeared Luc Ferrier, a professional player.

Compulsion
Kellerman Jonathan

Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and the darkest side of a glittering city fuel #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman’s brilliant storytelling. And no one conducts a more harrowing and suspenseful manhunt than the modern Sherlock Holmes of the psyche, Dr. Alex Delaware.

A tipsy young woman seeking aid on a desolate highway disappears into the inky black night. A retired schoolteacher is stabbed to death in broad daylight. Two women are butchered after closing time in a small-town beauty parlor. These and other bizarre acts of cruelty and psychopathology are linked only by the killer’s use of luxury vehicles and a baffling lack of motive. The ultimate whodunits, these crimes demand the attention of LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and his collaborator on the crime beat, psychologist Alex Delaware.

What begins with a solitary bloodstain in a stolen sedan quickly spirals outward in odd and unexpected directions, leading Delaware and Sturgis from the well-heeled center of L.A. society to its desperate edges; across the paths of commodities brokers and transvestite hookers; and as far away as New York City, where the search thaws out a long-cold case and exposes a grotesque homicidal crusade. The killer proves to be a fleeting shape-shifter, defying identification, leaving behind dazed witnesses and death – and compelling Alex and Milo to confront the true face of murderous madness.

Compulsion
Ablow Keith

"Great psychological suspense." – Harlan Coben

Dr. Frank Clevenger, a brilliant forensic psychiatrist, is eager to leave the world of the criminally insane behind-until he receives a chilling phone call. Close friend and former colleague North Anderson, now the Chief of Police on the exclusive island of Nantucket, is desperate for help in solving a shocking case: One of the infant twin daughters of billionaire Darwin Bishop has been murdered in her crib at the family's estate. The suspected killer is her adopted brother Billy, and investigators believe that the fugitive teenager has targeted the surviving twin.But as Clevenger maps the Bishop family's psychological layers he uncovers some disturbing revelations that lead him to believe Billy may be innocent. The Bishops are a deeply troubled family. As charming as he is ambitious and cruel, Darwin seems determined to protect his son-but is he actually trying to railroad him? Why does Garret, Bishop's other son, despise his father so intensely? Is beautiful Julia Bishop a mother grieving for her murdered child or a manipulative seductress with a dark secret to hide'As Clevenger fights to protect the innocent and hunt down the guilty, aspects of the case begin to collide with demons from his own past. After a life-threatening attack the forensic psychiatrist knows he must penetrate the killer's psychosis in order to identify him before the Bishop family-and Clevenger himself-become the next victims. Using his mastery of psychiatry, Clevenger lays a trap to reveal the murderer in an unforgettable finale.

Con el agua al cuello
Márkaris Petros

Un caluroso domingo del verano de 2010, el comisario Jaritos asiste a la boda de su hija Katerina, esta vez por la Iglesia y con fanfarria musical. Al día siguiente, poco después de llegar a Jefatura, le informan del asesinato de Nikitas Zisimópulos, antiguo director de banco, degollado con un arma cortante.

El macabro homicidio coincide con una campaña que alguien, amparándose en el anonimato, ha emprendido contra los bancos, animando a los ciudadanos a que boicoteen a las entidades financieras y no paguen sus deudas e hipotecas. Lo cierto es que Grecia, al borde de la bancarrota, pasa por un momento muy crítico, y la población no duda en salir a la calle para quejarse de los recortes en sueldos y pensiones.

Para colmo, Stazakos, el jefe de la Brigada Antiterrorista, sostiene que el asesinato de Zisimópulos podría ser obra de terroristas. Jaritos, en desacuerdo con esa hipótesis, tendrá que apañárselas con sus dos ayudantes para enfrentarse a un asesino cuyos crímenes apenas acaban de empezar.

Con los ojos cerrados
Carofiglio Gianrico

Guido Guerrieri es un abogado muy especial. Despues de anos de defender a personajes impresentables y de tocar fondo en todos los aspectos de su vida, Guerrieri, quiza en busca de alguna modesta redencion, empieza a trabajar en casos de esos que no aportan dinero ni gloria sino tan solo nuevos enemigos. En Testigo involuntario era un inmigrante senegales acusado del brutal asesinato de un nino. En Con los ojos cerrados, Guerrieri se topa con el caso de una mujer golpeada que ha tenido el valor de denunciar el acoso de su ex pareja. Hasta ahora, ningun abogado quiere representarla por temor a los poderosos personajes implicados. Pero cuando un inspector de policia se presenta en su despacho para pedirle ayuda, y lo hace acompanado de Sor Claudia, una monja que, mas que religiosa, parece una mujer policia, Guido Guerrieri se da cuenta de que este puede ser el caso mas interesante, y mas dificil, de toda su carrera

Concerto pour quatre mains
Colize Paul

Cinq bandits de haut vol, deux femmes d’exception, un avocat mythique et… de la musique avant toute chose.

D’un côté Jean Villemont, avocat pénaliste amoureux des sommets et sa consoeur Leila Naciri. De l’autre, Franck Jammet, braqueur virtuose et sa compagne Julie Narmon, aussi discrète qu’efficace. Entre eux, un homme et une affaire. Où se trouvait Franck Jammet la nuit du 18 au 19 février 2013 ? Pourquoi Jean Villemont ne se contente-t-il pas de la version officielle ? Qui a réalisé le casse du siècle ?

Paul Colize est né en 1953 à Bruxelles. Auteur de romans noirs, il a écrit une douzaine de livres, dont Back Up, paru en 2012 à La Manufacture de livres (et en poche chez Folio, Prix Saint Maur en poche 2013) et Un long moment de silence paru en 2013 à la Manufacture de livres (également repris par Folio), qui a remporté la même année trois récompenses : Prix Landerneau Polar, Prix Boulevard de l'Imaginaire et Prix Polars Pourpres. Il entre avec Concerto pour quatre mains pour la première fois au catalogue de Fleuve Éditions, tandis que L'avocat, le nain et la princesse masquée paraît en mai 2015 chez Pocket.

Conclave
Harris Robert

Le pape est mort.

Derrière les portes closes de la chapelle Sixtine, cent dix-huit cardinaux venus des quatre continents vont participer à l'élection la plus secrète qui soit.

Ce sont tous des hommes de foi. Mais ils ont des ambitions. Et ils ont des rivaux.

En secret, les alliances se préparent.

Ce n'est plus qu'une question d'heures… L'un de ces cardinaux va devenir la figure spirituelle la plus puissante au monde. Sur la place Saint-Pierre, deux cent cinquante mille chrétiens attendent de voir la fumée blanche apparaître…

Robert Harris est né à Nottingham en 1957. Il a été journaliste à la BBC, puis à l'Observer et au Sunday Times, activité pour laquelle il a reçu, en 1992, le titre d' « éditorialiste de l'année ». Il a publié cinq essais dont deux biographies politiques, puis s'est tourné vers la fiction. Il est l'auteur des déjà célèbres Imperium, Pompéi, Archange, Enigma et Dictator. Ses romans se sont vendus à plus de dix millions d'exemplaires et ont été traduits en trente-trois langues.

Conclave
Harris Robert

The Pope is dead.

Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.

They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.

Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

Concrete Gods
Burke Kealan Patrick

What if life as you know it was a lie?

What if the world was not truly ours?

What if there were old gods dwelling in the earth beneath our feet?

And what if they came back?

From award-winning authors Kealan Patrick Burke and Harry Shannon comes a vision of the apocalypse that will make you question everything you thought you knew about the world in which we live.

Condition black
Seymour Gerald
Condor
Férey Caryl

Condor, c’est l’histoire d’une enquête menée à tombeau ouvert dans les vastes étendues chiliennes. Une investigation qui commence dans les bas-fonds de Santiago submergés par la pauvreté et la drogue pour s’achever dans le désert minéral de l’Atacama, avec comme arrière-plan l’exploitation illégale de sites protégés…

Condor, c’est une plongée dans l’histoire du Chili. De la dictature répressive des années 1970 au retour d’une démocratie plombée par l’héritage politique et économique de Pinochet. Les démons chiliens ne semblent pas près de quitter la scène…

Condor, c’est surtout une histoire d’amour entre Gabriela, jeune vidéaste mapuche habitée par la mystique de son peuple, et Esteban, avocat spécialisé dans les causes perdues, qui porte comme une croix d’être le fils d’une grande famille à la fortune controversée…

Caryl Férey vit à Paris. Après s'être aventuré en Nouvelle-Zélande avec sa « saga maorie » (Haka et Utu), en Afrique du Sud avec Zulu (récompensé entre autres par le Grand Prix de littérature policière en 2008 et adapté au cinéma en 2013) puis en Argentine avec Mapuche, il nous entraîne avec Condor dans une exploration sombre du Chili, dans une course-poursuite sanglante transfigurée par l'amour. Le nouveau roman de Caryl Férey nous fait voyager et frémir autant que réfléchir et nous rappelle, s'il le fallait, que l'auteur s'est imposé comme le maître du thriller des grands espaces et de l'ailleurs.

Congo Requiem (Les Morvan[2])
Grangé Jean-Christophe

On ne choisit pas sa famille mais le diable a choisi son clan.

Alors que Grégoire et Erwan traquent la vérité, jusqu'à Lontano, au cœur des ténèbres africaines, Loïc et Gaëlle affrontent un nouveau tueur à Florence et à Paris.

Sans le savoir, ils ont tous rendez-vous avec le même ennemi : L'Homme-Clou n'a pas dit son dernier mot. Chez les Morvan, tous les chemins mènent en enfer.

Une intrigue haletante, rebondissements incessants et imprévisibles, tension constante… Jonglant entre passé et présent, la suite survoltée et diabolique de Lontano tient mieux que ses promesses !

Congo. Romanvorlage zum Film.
Crichton Michael

In der Datenzentrale der Earth Resources Technology Services (E.R.T.S.) in Houston, Texas, wartet Dr. Karen Ross auf die routinemäßige Telekommunikation mit einem Team aus dem menschenleeren Nordosten Zaires, das dort nach speziellen, industriell noch nicht herstellbaren Diamanten sucht. Doch die Kongo-Expedition meldet sich nicht. Über Satellit bietet sich Karen Ross ein entsetzliches Bild: brennende Zelte, Leichen - und ein unheimliches schwarzes Wesen, das die Kamera zerschmettert. Dann reißt die Verbindung ab. Die nächste Expedition leitet Karen Ross selbst und macht bald eine aufsehenerregende Entdeckung: graue Gorillas, die offenbar über eine hochentwickelte Intelligenz verfügen!

"Das Nebeneinander von technischen Superwundern und ungebändigter Natur erzeugt eine grandiose Wirkung. Dieses Buch ist Seite für Seite eine Klasse für sich..." New York Times

Über den Autor

Michael Crichton wurde 1942 in Chicago geboren und studierte in Harvard Medizin. Alle seine Romane "Andromeda", "Der große Eisenbahnraub", "Jurassic Park", "Enthüllung", "Die Wiege der Sonne" und viele mehr wurden auch als Filme weltweite Erfolge. Crichton ist Autor der weltweit erfolgreichen Fernsehserie "ER Emergency Room".

Cons, Scams, and Grifts (DKA File[7])
Gores Joe

On a Hollywood studio lot a dancing bear does a little pickpocketing on the side. In Son Francisco the repo men of Daniel Kearny Associates ore on a nonstop campaign to repossess twenty-seven classic cars from twenty-seven people who will go to classic lengths to keep them. And in a fortress in the Big Sur wilderness a rich man vows to steal an ultraprecious collectors’ item. Soon the dancing bear, DKA, and the millionaire will entangle in a twisted plot of betrayal and murder.

It all starts when the dancing bear actually a full-blooded Gypsy in o fur suit — is unceremoniously killed. Now the police are searching for the bear’s beautiful Gypsy wife, Yana. At the request of the Gypsy King, whose honorable world of thievery does not tolerate murder, the men and women of DKA also look for her. But the seductive, ever-changing Yana is eluding them all, and working on a new grift of her own.

Meanwhile, the tribe raises cosh for a moss pilgrimage to the holy city of Rome — just in time for the Jubilee celebration and a feast of tourists. And while a crime wave is erupting in California, while the cops are distracted by their hunt for Yana and every head is turned in the wrong direction, a helicopter is beating its way to Big Sur, carrying the greatest scam of all.

In this sexy hilarious tale action and seduction cops, robbers, and repo men, Joe Gores takes us into a shifting subculture of ancient rituals and cutting-edge cons. With one mystery at its core and another unfolding at its end, Joe Gores latest and most entertaining novel yet should come with a warning: Enjoy the ride, but hold on to your wallet...

Conscience animale (Franck Sharko[1])
Thilliez Franck

Et si se terrait en chacun de nous une animalité sanguinaire ? Et s'il était possible par un sacrifice bien mené de la réveiller ? Et si un homme avait précisément en tête d'user de ce savoir secret pour mettre en place une gigantesque entreprise assassine ? C'est dans le tourbillon de tous ces « si » que vont être aspirés Warren, père de famille presque ordinaire, Sharko, inspecteur tenace et téméraire, Moulin, jeune recrue faisant ses premières armes, et Neil, linguiste pour le moins singulier.

Nouant leur destin dans une enquête balisée par le sang et la cruauté, ils devront affronter l'impensable pour réaliser l'impossible. Mais quel sera le coût de cet impossible ?

Consent To Kill
Flynn Vince

Fearless counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp finds himself directly in the line of fire in the latest riveting political thriller from New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn.

For years, Mitch Rapp's bold actions have saved the lives of countless Americans. His battles for peace and freedom have made him a hero to many, and an enemy to countless more. In the tangled, duplicitous world of espionage, there are those, even among America's allies, who want to see Mitch Rapp eliminated. They have decided the time has come.

Now, the powerful father of a dead terrorist demands vengeance in its simplest form – an eye for an eye, and Rapp instantly becomes the target of an international conspiracy. This time, he must use all of his vigilance and determination to save himself before he can turn his fury on those who have dared to betray him.

Consent to Kill takes listeners behind the headlines and catapults them to the front lines of the global war on terror. It sizzles "with inside information, military muscle, and CIA secrets" (Dan Brown). Vince Flynn mixes military technology with his exclusive knowledge of Washington politics to create a hero that Americans will wish existed outside the realm of fiction.

Conspiracy Game
Feehan Christine

GhostWalker Jack Norton is a genetically enhanced telepathic sniper on a mission to rescue his brother in the jungles of the Congo. Then he meets Briony, a beautiful rebel on a mission of her own-and hiding secrets that a shadowy enemy would kill to discover.

Conspiracy in Death
Robb J. D.

Amazon.com Review

Streetwise cop Eve Dallas and her trusty sidekick Peabody face a methodical killer in this latest addition to the In Death series by J.D. Robb, better known as the bestselling author Nora Roberts.

In the late 21st century, on the streets of New York City, a street sleeper is found murdered, his diseased heart removed with surgical precision. His death would typically drop to the bottom of a list of senseless and inexplicable killings, but Lieutenant Dallas, who "would stand for the dead and the living," is not about to let that happen. When her research uncovers similar crimes in several cities that were dropped under mysterious circumstances, Dallas knows she's facing a killer cruel enough to prey on the weakest in society and powerful enough to conspire an extensive coverup.

To complicate matters further, Dallas faces an equally troubling threat to her career when she's linked to the death of a fellow cop. Now she must fight to restore her good name as well as track down the killer.

In Conspiracy in Death, Roberts creates a futuristic world of evil that Eve Dallas negotiates through tough talk and brute force. While Robb crafts the crimes with great care, she assumes a familiarity with the characters that new readers will lack. But fans of the In Death series and newcomers alike will enjoy the thrill of the chase as Eve Dallas sets out to get her man.

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