Una semana de vacaciones en una lujosa residencia de propiedad compartida, situada en un tranquilo paraje de Yorkshire, es justo lo que le conviene al comisario de Scotland Yard, Duncan Kincaid, agotado por una sobrecarga de trabajo. No obstante, en vez de las actividades relajantes, como excursiones y lectura, que ha programado, justo al día siguiente de haber conocido a todos los huéspedes en un cóctel de presentación encuentra el, cadáver del subdirector del establecimiento flotando en la piscina. No será el único.¿Qué relación pueden tener con las víctimas del crimen la provocativa directora del centro; o las hermanas solteronas escocesas, o la bella científica, o el diputado dé éxito?A pesar de la antipatía que le demuestra el ineficaz jefe de policía del lugar, que no soporta la injerencia de Kincaid, éste, con la ayuda de su subordinada, la joven y brillante Gemma James, irá desentrañando las escondidas conexiones entre las víctimas y los sospechosos hasta colocar la última pieza del puzzle en un final sobrecogedor.

„Vaikas 44" - daugiau nei sukrečiantis romanas. Knyga nukelia į tamsiausią Rusijos istorijos laikotarpį. 1953-ieji. Ant geležinkelio bėgių randamas sužalotas berniuko lavonas. Stalininėje Tarybų Sąjungoje oficialiai jokių nusikaltimų nėra ir negali būti. Tačiau milijonai žmonių gyvena bijodami... valstybės. Mažiausias įtarimas, kad esi ideologiškai nepatikimas - ir tavęs nebėra.

La ville grésillait sous le soleil blanc, comme du lard rance dans une poêle. Les flics de la criminelle « B » glandaient. Ils attendaient les vacances.Au téléphone, l’homme avait adopté un ton étrange, monocorde et pénible. Il avait dit d’une seule traite : « Prévenez l’inspecteur Schneider. Je vais tuer une femme. Une femme, n’importe laquelle pour commencer. Je vais utiliser une carabine US M1 en calibre 30 x 30. Je vais la tuer maintenant, dans dix minutes… J’en tuerai d’autres, certainement. Avec la même arme. Prévenez Schneider, voulez-vous ? »Le gardien de permanence prévint Schneider. Qui cessa d’attendre les vacances.

*Written with the haunting emotional power of Elizabeth Strout and Barbara Kingsolver, an astonishing debut novel that explores the lingering effects of a brutal crime on the women of one small Texas oil town in the 1970s*. Mercy is hard in a place like this … It’s February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. While the town’s men embrace the coming prosperity, its women intimately know and fear the violence that always seems to follow. In the early hours of the morning after Valentine’s Day, fourteen-year-old Gloria Ramírez appears on the front porch of Mary Rose Whitehead’s ranch house, broken and barely alive. The teenager had been viciously attacked in a nearby oil field—an act of brutality that is tried in the churches and barrooms of Odessa before it can reach a court of law. When justice is evasive, the stage is set for a showdown with potentially devastating consequences. *Valentine*  is a haunting exploration of the intersections of violence and race, class and region in a story that plumbs the depths of darkness and fear, yet offers a window into beauty and hope. Told through the alternating points of view of indelible characters who burrow deep in the reader’s heart, this fierce, unflinching, and surprisingly tender novel illuminates women’s strength and vulnerability, and reminds us that it is the stories we tell ourselves that keep us alive. ( *From the publisher*.)This is the story of… [life] in a backwater oil town in the mid-1970s, which Wetmore seems to know with empathy so deep it aches…. Several of these chapters are masterful short stories in their own right, but Wetmore knits them together with increasing intensity…. Wetmore has written something thrilling and thoughtful. Don’t let the launch of this novelist’s career be drowned out. Someday book clubs will meet again, and this would be a rousing choice. Ron Charles - Washington Post

HORROR AT ITS SIDE-SPLITTING BEST!Victor Gischler is a master of the class-act literary spoof, and his work has drawn comparison to that of Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, and Thomas Pynchon. Now, Gischler turns his attention to werewolves, alchemists, ghosts, witches, and gun-toting Jesuit priests in Vampire a Go-Go, a hilarious romp of spooky, Gothic entertainment. Narrated by a ghost whose spirit is chained to a mysterious castle in Prague, Gischler's latest is full of twists and surprises that will have readers screaming – and laughing – for more.

WHEN THE STAKES ARE DEAD – OR UNDEAD!Werewolf mobsters and vampires run Vegas, but that's yesterday's news for Delilah Street, paranormal investigator. What's truly fearsome is her bloody discovery of an undead evil rooted in ancient Egypt. Now, with her lover Ric fighting for life after a grim battle, the chips are down.But Delilah is a born winner who has never let a little danger throw off her game, and she's been learning fast since she came to Sin City. Her affinity for silver is making mirror-walking a real breeze, and being forced to accept the albino rock star sorcerer Snow's Brimstone Kiss has ramped up her powers to a startling new level. With the help of her trusty uber-wolfhound Quicksilver, not to mention the orange demon parking valet Manny, Delilah is determined to solve even more paranormal secrets, and hopefully save the few innocents left in town. But can Delilah win her high-stakes gamble for life and love against ancient gods and lethal supernatural odds?

"exciting and mesmerizing crime thriller"Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli is about to give birth but she still performs her job by testifying against a man she arrested. The man goes berserk and Jane gets off the witness stand, restrains and cuffs him. Her water breaks and she goes to the hospital where her doctor sends her to Diagnostic Imaging for an ultra sound. In another part of the hospital, a Jane Doe kills a security guard and ends up in Diagnostic Imaging where she keeps Jane and five other people hostage.The Feds take over the operation citing national security reasons and before the hostage situation ends the woman and her accomplice is dead. The Feds confiscate the notes and all evidence related to the two dead people. The last thing that the woman says to Jane is "Mila knows". The woman is traced back to a house where five women were murdered, four of whom w were kept against their will in a white slavery ring. Even though Jane just gave birth she is determined to find Mila and expose the people running the ring who erase all traces of their existence when things get too hot.The Jane Doe was found in the morgue by Medical Examiner Maura Isles. The woman was declared dead when she was fished out of the ocean but revived when she warmed up. She is determined to make her story known to the American people even though people highly placed in law enforcement and government won't be stopped until she is dead. Jane is determined to find out her motivation because during the takedown of the hostages, actions were taken that didn't make sense.Tess Gerritsen writes another exciting and mesmerizing crime thriller that is frightening because it is based on fact. VANISH is the type of novel that is written only rarely, one that appeals to reads who like plenty of action and realistic characters in their novels material. The love between Jane and her husband Gabriel, an FBI agent is so strong that it adds heart and soul to a work that would otherwise have too much tension for the plot to sustain.

When an eccentric widow claims she is being stalked by her former lodger, Detective Jack Warr is the only person who believes her wild claims.

Days later, she is found brutally murdered in her home.

When the investigation uncovers an international drugs operation on the widow’s property, the case grows even more complex. And as the hunt for the widow’s lodger hits dead end after dead end, it seems that the prime suspect has vanished without a trace.

To find answers, Jack must decide how far is he willing to go — and what he is willing to risk — in his search for justice. Because if he crosses the line of the law, one wrong move could cost him everything...

A Nick Heller Novel #1

Lauren Heller and her husband Roger, a brilliant executive at a major corporation, are attacked in a Georgetown parking lot after an evening out. Knocked unconscious by the assailants, Lauren lies in a coma in the hospital while her husband has vanished without a trace.

With nowhere else to turn, Lauren’s teenage son Gabe reaches out to his uncle, Nick Heller, a high-powered investigator with a corporate intelligence firm in Washington, D.C. Having returned to town on the next available flight, Nick finds Lauren conscious, the police skeptical and his older brother Roger still missing.

Nick and Roger have been on the outs since the arrest, trial and conviction of their father, the notorious ‘fugitive financier,’ Victor Heller. Whereas Roger chose to follow in their father’s footsteps and join the corporate world, Nick instead rebelled. He enlisted in the Special Forces and later he served in a highly secretive intelligence unit in the Pentagon.

Now working for one of the most respected firms of corporate ‘fixers,’ Nick’s looking into his brother’s disappearance unexpectedly pits him against the interests of some extremely influential forces in Washington, including his own boss. With few allies and many enemies, Nick is forced to seek help where he can – including from his own despised father, still in prison in upstate New York. Nick finds himself on a collision course with one of the most powerful and secretive corporations in the world, whose minions will stop at nothing to protect the secrets that Nick Heller is determined to uncover – secrets that reach into the highest levels of the government…and may get Nick and everyone he’s trying to protect killed.

Lauren Heller and her husband Roger, a brilliant executive at a major corporation, are attacked in a Georgetown parking lot after an evening out. Knocked unconscious by the assailants, Lauren lies in a coma in the hospital while her husband has vanished without a trace.With nowhere else to turn, Lauren's teenage son Gabe reaches out to his uncle, Nick Heller, a high-powered investigator with a corporate intelligence firm in Washington, D.C. Having returned to town on the next available flight, Nick finds Lauren conscious, the police skeptical and his older brother Roger still missing.Nick and Roger have been on the outs since the arrest, trial and conviction of their father, the notorious 'fugitive financier,' Victor Heller. Whereas Roger chose to follow in their father's footsteps and join the corporate world, Nick instead rebelled. He enlisted in the Special Forces and later he served in a highly secretive intelligence unit in the Pentagon.Now working for one of the most respected firms of corporate 'fixers,' Nick's looking into his brother's disappearance unexpectedly pits him against the interests of some extremely influential forces in Washington, including his own boss. With few allies and many enemies, Nick is forced to seek help where he can – including from his own despised father, still in prison in upstate New York. Nick finds himself on a collision course with one of the most powerful and secretive corporations in the world, whose minions will stop at nothing to protect the secrets that Nick Heller is determined to uncover – secrets that reach into the highest levels of the government…and may get Nick and everyone he's trying to protect killed.

The first offering by new author Fox J. Wilde, and the first novel of it’s kind.

It’s 1981 and an underground punk rock scene has taken root in Eastern Germany, behind the Berlin Wall. Lena Schindler, one of the up-and-coming vocalists of the scene, is arrested and tortured by the secret police before being forced to spy on her friends, family, and bandmates.

As her adventures bring her deeper and deeper into the depths of the Stasi intelligence apparatus, however, she finds that not only is very little as it seems… even on the other side of the wall… but the wilderness of mirrors that stands between her and freedom involves some of the most powerful players of the Cold War.

Entrenada en el manejo de armas y explosivos, a Renata es muy difícil que la supere cualquier hombre… ya sea mortal o vampiro. Pero su baza más poderosa es su extraordinaria habilidad psíquica -un extraño y mortífero don. Ahora un desconocido amenaza la independencia que tanto le ha costado conseguir, un vampiro de cabellos dorados que la introducirá en un reino lleno de oscuridad… y placeres inimaginables.Un adicto a la adrenalina y los combates, Nikolai imparte con mano dura su propia justicia a los enemigos de la Estirpe y ahora ha puesto su mira en una mujer de armas tomar, seductora y fría como el hielo. Ella no está dispuesta a someterse pero sus poderes serán puestos a prueba cuando la vida de un niño se ve amenazada y se ve obligada a pedir ayuda a Niko.Ahora, unidos en una causa común, y mientras el deseo se hace mucho más profundo y ardiente, Renata se verá asediada por un hombre que le ofrece el exquisito placer de un lazo de sangre… y una pasión que puede salvarlos o condenarlos para siempre.

A classic World War II novel from the bestselling thriller writer Derek Lambert.

For the beleaguered German and Russian armies there is no war beyond the carnage in the city’s grim skeleton, and the terrible winter at their heels. Desperate men need heroes to boost their morale: orders come from the very top for a duel between champion snipers Antonov the Russian, and Meister the German – a contest each must win. For the two marksmen there is now no war but the race to pin the other in their sights. And no other companion, either, than the stranger whose mind each must read.

Dead heroes or living legends? Only time will tell.

Cuando tenía once años Gideon Crew fue testigo del brutal asesinato de su padre. Veinte años después, está decidido a cumplir la promesa que le hizo a su madre: honrar la memoria de su padre, un científico acusado injustamente por el gobierno de Estados Unidos de ser el responsable de una serie de graves errores de encriptación. Gideon no sólo revelará la verdad, además llevará a cabo su venganza.Sin embargo, aunque consiga acabar con el ejecutor de su padre, su peripecia no ha hecho más que empezar. Los servicios secretos se han fijado en su peculiar talento, su sangre fría, su ilustre historial como ladrón de obras de arte y un secreto que acabará poniéndolo entre la espada y la pared.Gideon Crew es un protagonista singular embarcado en una historia trepidante; un agente no oficial de los servicios secretos a la caza de los planes secretos de un científico para construir un arma de tecnología revolucionaria. La novela marca el inicio de una nueva serie trepidante.

Sevilla 1607. Catalina Solís -la protagonista de Tierra firme- llevará a cabo su gran venganza en una de las ciudades más ricas e importantes del mundo, la Sevilla del siglo XVII. Catalina cumplirá así el juramento hecho a su padre adoptivo de hacer justicia a sus asesinos, los Curvo, dueños de una fortuna sin igual amasada con la plata robada en las Américas.Su doble identidad -como Catalina y como Martín Ojo de Plata- y un enorme ingenio le hacen diseñar una venganza múltiple con distintas estrategias que combinan el engaño, la seducción, la fuerza, la sorpresa, el duelo, la medicina y el juego, sobre un profundo conocimiento de las costumbres de aquella sociedad…

Dudly, une des terreurs du Michigan, est un vrai gangster qui s'est rapidement fait dans le milieu une réputation de « dur à cuire » et c'en est un ! Il a tué suffisamment de citoyens et pillé assez de banques pour que l'on puisse sans hésitation le classer dans l'inventaire des grands hors-la-loi de Détroit. Son principe : récompenser et punir ceux qui le méritent. Cette façon de procéder, si elle lui vaut de nombreuses reconnaissances, ne peut aussi manquer de lui attirer des haines aussi tenaces qu'implacables. Carlo, son plus fidèle homme de confiance, ne se lassera-t-il pas un jour d'un chef aussi tyrannique ? Pour arriver à ses fins il va attiser l'esprit de vengeance du jeune malfrat, Jerry Dorman… Avec Dudly, seigneur du crime, frissons, angoisse et mystère garantis !Vengeance ! paraît sous le pseudonyme de Frédéric Charles, en 1953, aux Éditions Jacquier, à Lyon, dans la célèbre collection populaire « La Loupe ». Après les récentes parutions des œuvres de jeunesse de Frédéric Dard, les Éditions Fayard ont décidé de rééditer les titres de ces ouvrages policiers parus sous pseudonyme, qui n'ont jamais été publiés jusqu'à ce jour.