fb2The death of her beloved neighbor finds Sheriff Joanna Brady investigating a possible murder right over the picket fence.
From the critically acclaimed, award-nominated author comes a new noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history.
Critics called Ace Atkins's Wicked City 'gripping, superb' (Library Journal), 'stunning' (The Tampa Tribune), 'terrific' (Associated Press), 'riveting' (Kirkus Reviews), 'wicked good' (Fort Worth Star-Telegram), and 'Atkins' best novel' (The Washington Post). But Devil's Garden is something else again.
San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel: girls, jazz, bootleg hooch… and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe. The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed her – crushing her under his weight – and brings him up on manslaughter charges. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict. But what really happened? Why do so many people at the party seem to have stories that conflict? Why is the prosecution hiding witnesses? Why are there body parts missing from the autopsied corpse? Why is Hearst so determined to see Fatty Arbuckle convicted?
In desperation, Arbuckle's defense team hires a Pinkerton agent to do an investigation of his own and, they hope, discover the truth. The agent's name is Dashiell Hammett, and he's the book's narrator. What he discovers will change American legal history – and his own life – forever.
'The historical accuracy isn't what elevates Atkins' prose to greatness,' said The Tampa Tribune. 'It's his ability to let these characters breathe in a way that few authors could ever imagine. He doesn't so much write them as unleash them upon the page.' You will not soon forget the extraordinary characters and events in Devil's Garden.
There's Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself…And Billi SanGreal.
As the youngest and only female member of the Knights Templar, Bilquis SanGreal grew up knowing she wasn't normal. Instead of hanging out at the mall or going on dates, she spends her time training as a soldier in her order's ancient battle against the Unholy.
Billi's cloistered life is blasted apart when her childhood friend, Kay, returns from Jerusalem, gorgeous and with a dangerous chip on his shoulder. He's ready to reclaim his place in Billi's life, but she's met someone new: amber-eyed Michael, who seems to understand her like no one else, effortlessly claiming a stake in her heart.
But the Templars are called to duty before Billi can enjoy the pleasant new twist to her life. One of the order's ancient enemies has resurfaced, searching for a treasure that the Templars have protected for hundreds of years – a cursed mirror powerful enough to kill all of London 's firstborn. To save her city from catastrophe, Billi will have to put her heart aside and make sacrifices greater than any of the Templars could have imagined.
When Neal Maven and a crew of fellow Iraq War veterans begin ripping off Boston-area drug dealers for profit, their lives are quickly put into jeopardy. As Maven’s involvement deepens, two worrisome things happen: he begins to suspect that their leader has a sinister ulterior motive, and he lusts after the leader’s girl — a tough former model with a drug problem. As the rip-off jobs get riskier, Maven and his crew are soon pursued by both a smart federal DEA agent and by a pair of psychopathic Jamaican hit men on a drug lords’ payroll. When everything goes bad — and it goes very bad — Maven embarks on a one-man crusade to right the wrongs in which he unwittingly participated. Not everyone will survive his crusade, and Maven himself may not live to see the final outcome...
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z is back with “the Bigfoot thriller you didn’t know you needed in your life, and one of the greatest horror novels I’ve ever read” (Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and Recursion).
As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined… until now. The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and, inevitably, of savagery and death.
Yet it is also far more than that.
Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us—and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity.
Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it—and like none you’ve ever read before.
Being a blood spatter analyst who hates the sight of blood has always made Dexter's work for the Miami PD tough. But it means he's very neat when it comes to his out-of-hours hobby: murder. Of course, the fact Dexter only kills bad people helps too.
Now Dex is facing a disturbing situation. He's used to blood at work, and blood when he's out with the dark passenger (the voice that guides him on his deadly outings). But he's not sure what to make of the man who says blood is art. Using bodies as his canvas, someone is out there expressing themselves in the most lethal and painful of ways. If Dexter's to escape the scalpel and avoid becoming the latest exhibit, he needs somewhere to run...and he might just have found the perfect place. With his wedding looming, completing his nice-guy disguise, Dexter's honeymoon might just save his skin.
From the most original voice in crime fiction, DEXTER BY DESIGN is an enthralling, macabre and gruesomely entertaining thriller.
Il ne fait pas bon être un touriste à Miami. Un tueur particulièrement inspiré s’est mis en tête de transformer les saisonniers en paniers garnis, prenant bien soin de mettre les tripes de côté. Excellente remise en jambe pour Dexter. Les choses se corsent lorsque Deborah apprend le péché mignon de son frère avant d’être poignardée et qu’une vidéo sur You Tube menace de révéler la véritable nature de Dexter…
Il ne fait pas bon être un touriste à Miami. Un tueur particulièrement inspiré s’est mis en tête de transformer les saisonniers en paniers garnis, prenant bien soin de mettre les tripes de côté. Excellente remise en jambe pour Dexter. Les choses se corsent lorsque Deborah apprend le péché mignon de son frère avant d’être poignardée et qu’une vidéo sur You Tube menace de révéler la véritable nature de Dexter…
Dexter Morgan no soporta la sangre. Curiosa mania para un forense del Departamento de Policia de Miami. Mas teniendo en cuenta que Dexter aprovecha las noches de luna llena para cortar en pedacitos a otros como el, asesinos en serie que han escapado a la accion de la justicia. Pero es posible que a partir de ahora su vida de un giro decisivo. Es que Dexter le ha dado el si a Rita y esta a punto de convertirse en un marido respetable, la figura paterna a la que imitaran Ashtor y Cody, los hijos de su pareja. Y, en caso de que la vida matrimonial no resultara amenaza suficiente para sus correrias nocturnas, una sucesion de asesinatos rituales podria llevarlo a reconsiderar su propia adiccion al homicidio.
Dexter diventa papà di una bimba, la piccola Lily Anne, e qualcosa in lui cambia radicalmente: per la prima volta prova un vero sentimento d’amore, emozioni e affetto; e soprattutto non sente più la voce dentro di sé che lo obbligava a uccidere. Decide così di non dedicarsi più al suo “hobby” notturno. Ma concentrarsi sulle gioie della vita familiare non è così facile per lui, soprattutto quando sua sorella Debbie lo coinvolge nelle indagini su un caso di rapimento che presto apre uno squarcio su una terrificante vicenda di cannibalismo…
Is evil alive…? Dr Jerry Halpern is trying to find out, studying for his PhD on the subject. Dexter Morgan, meanwhile, has a few wicked things of his own to contend with – not least, planning his wedding to Rita to complete his nice-guy disguise. But when a student of Halpern's is found burnt, molested and headless – seemingly sacrificed to an ancient god – and Dex is brought in as forensic analyst to help investigate, he realises he could be dealing with someone a whole lot more sinister than he is. Soon it seems the dark passenger in Dexter's head has gone into hiding. And when something creeps out your friendly neighbourhood serial killer, you know it's serious… As Halpern and Dexter are stalked by death, it looks like it's getting personal – especially as Dex now has a family to protect. Gradually, Dexter realises his stepchildren might share his extra-curricular interest in death. Could he help them target their bloodlust, just as he steers his own? But to do that, Dex must cope with a certain mutilated sergeant from his past, and more importantly…stay alive…
Psicópata desde la infancia, Dexter Morgan fue instruido por su padre en el arte del camuflaje: el forense diurno de la policía de Miami deja paso, cuando cae la noche, al asesino en serie de aquellos criminales que han escapado a la acción de la justicia. Pero haber conseguido el disfraz perfecto le va a servir de poco.
Al regreso de su luna de miel parisina, Dexter debe investigar la aparición de una serie de cadáveres dispuestos como obscenas obras de arte. Y, cuando su hermana es salvajemente atacada por el asesino, nuestro lunático favorito se verá luchando por salvar aquello que tanto le había complicado la vida: su propia familia.
En el cuarto episodio de su entrañable personaje, Jeff Lindsay vuelve a mostrarse tan sangriento como ingenioso. Y los fans de la serie televisiva disfrutarán aún más, ya que estas aventuras siguen caminos paralelos pero diferentes a los de la pequeña pantalla.
Overdag werkt Dexter als analist voor de politie, s avonds geeft hij toe aan zijn onverzadigbare honger om mensen te doden. Als een Robin Hood onder de seriemoordenaars vermoordt hij alleen die mensen die wat hem betreft de dood verdienen. Op de campus van de universiteit van Miami zijn twee studenten gevonden, verbrand en onthoofd, met op de plaats van hun hoofd een sculptuur van een stierenkop. Hoewel deze gruwelijke aanblik Dexter koud laat, is er toch iets wat Dexters innerlijke stem, de Zwarte Ruiter, naar de achtergrond doet verdwijnen. Dexter staat er voor het eerst in zijn leven helemaal alleen voor. Naast de beproevingen op zijn werk, krijgt Dexter ook privé te maken met nieuwe uitdagingen. Zijn twee stiefkinderen Cody en Astor lijken ook moordlustige neigingen te ontwikkelen. Wie is er een beter voorbeeld dan Dexter om hen op te voeden en te leren hun aandrang tot moord te kanaliseren?
Overdag werkt Dexter als bloedanalist voor de politie, ’s avonds geeft hij toe aan zijn onverzadigbare honger naar geweld en zijn grote verlangen mensen te doden. Als een Robin Hood onder de seriemoordenaars vermoordt hij alleen die mensen die de dood verdienen.
In dit tweede deel stuit de politie van Miami op een moordenaar die, terwijl het slachtoffer nog leeft, alles wegsnijdt: neus, ogen, oren, ledematen — echt alles. Daarmee vergeleken is Dexters gesnij maar kinderspel. Dexter ziet groen van jaloezie. Wie is deze kunstenaar?
Overdag werkt Dexter als bloedanalist. ’s Nachts geeft hij toe aan zijn onverzadigbare verlangen mensen te doden. Maar als seriemoordenaar met een moreel besef, vermoordt hij alleen de mensen die de dood verdienen.
Na zijn huwelijksreis is Dexter zo goed als menselijk. Het huwelijksleven schijnt hem goed te doen en zijn moorddadige hobby lijkt onder controle. Maar oude liefde roest niet. Als er in Miami een nieuwe seriemoordenaar opduikt, is Dexter’s buitengewone gevoel voor rechtvaardigheid terug van weggeweest.
A la inspectora Petra Delicado y al subinspector Fermín Garzón les cae un caso aparentemente poco brillante: se ha encontrado malherido, a consecuencia de una paliza, a un individuo a todas luces marginal. El único ser que le conoce es un perro con tan poco pedigrí como su amo. El hombre muere sin recobrar la conciencia. Para la pareja de detectives comienza una búsqueda en la que la única pista es el perro. Con un capital tan menguado los dos policías se adentran en un mundo sórdido y cruel, un torrente subterráneo de sangre que sólo fluye para satisfacer las pasiones más infames.
Día de perros es la segunda entrega de los casos de la inspectora Petra Delicado —uno de los hallazgos más felices de la novela española de intriga— tras el éxito de la primera, Ritos de muerte, recientemente traducida al alemán. Y como ésta última, gracias al ingenio de la trama, la habilidad y verosimilitud de su desarrollo y la humanidad de sus protagonistas, destinada a convertirse en un nuevo jalón de la aún tan escasa bibliografía española del género.
«Quería un personaje que fuera mujer y que tuviera protagonismo. Porque la mujer en la novela negra o es la víctima, que aparece muerta en la primera página, o es la ayudante de alguien» Alicia Giménez Bartlett.
Las novelas de la serie “Petra Delicado” han recibido el premio «Women Fiction Festival de Matera Award (Italia)» el año 2006.
Rok 1982. W obliczu klęski głodu Rosjanie liczą na pomoc Amerykanów i dostawy zboża z USA. Po obu stronach Atlantyku są jednak tacy, którzy chcą wykorzystać tę sytuację do spowodowania światowego konfliktu nuklearnego. Tylko para kochanków, obywateli obu supermocarstw, może uratować świat przed zagładą.