Dace JudinaSiers otrajai pelīteiPar brīvu siers ir tikai peļu slazdā un arī tikai otrajai pelītei šis moto vijas cauri visām sižeta līnijām un notikumiem.…Rīgā siro maniaks. Aiz viņa paliek septiņi izsmalcināti, nežēlīgi nogalināti upuri, pie katra no tiem zīmīte, kurā minēts viņa noziegums, par ko izpildīts sods.Majors Miks Kaķītis, kurš kopā ar Annu Elizabeti un draugiem devies uz Londonu, lai beidzot nosvinētu saderināšanos, tiek atsaukts no ceļojuma par katru cenu jāatklāj Rīgas maniaka lieta. Mikam tiek solīts paaugstinājums un, pulkvežleitnanta uzpleči. Vienīgais nosa­cījums šīs lietas izmeklēšanā nedrīkst iesaistīt nevienu no Mežāju kompānijas, jo īpaši Annu Elizabeti. *"Viņa šo noraidījumu uztver kā Kaķīša nevēlēšanos turpināt abu attiecības… Mēģinājums izrunāties cieš neveiksmi, un Anna Elizabete nolemj rīkoties radikāli…Savus maniakus sabiedrība rada pati… Pat apaļā pasaulē ir pārāk daudz tumšu stūrīšu.Kas notiek ar mazo cilvēku, kuru Dzīve iedzinusi stikla būra stūrī un kuru nodevuši, pametuši, uzmetuši visi, kam viņš ticējis, uzticējies, mīlējis, uz ko paļāvies? Ko tad, ja viņš, spītējot Liktenim, nolemj atriebties, sodot savus pāridarītājus? Kurš spēs viņu apturēt?Dace Judina žurnāliste, redaktore, režisore. Kopš 20. gs. 90. gadiem darbojas presē, šobrīd SA un pasākumu organizēšanas jomā. Intereses teātris, mūzika, automašīnas, kriminālistika, datori, dzimtas radu rakstu pētījumi, ainavu arhitektūra, interjera dizains.Apgādā Zvaigzne ABC iznācis Daces Judinas psiholoģiskais detektīvromāns Tik vienkārši (2010), bet sērijā Izmeklē Anna Elizabete ironiskie mūsdienu detektīvi Tase melnas kafijas (2011), Dīvainais Līgovakars (2012), Ziemas blūzs (2013) un Mēnesis pie jūras (2014). Sērija Izmeklē Anna Elizabete turpinās…Gundega Sēja, šīs grāmatas redaktoreArņa Kilbloka vāka dizains Vāka foto: © iStock.com/© boanaNoskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lvApgāds Zvaigzne ABC, 2015

With the horrible remnants of a childhood tragedy forever visible across his otherwise handsome face, Joe Trona is scarred in more ways than one. Rescued from an orphanage by Will Trona, a charismatic Orange County politician who sensed his dark potential, Joe is swept into the maelstrom of power and intimidation that surrounds his adoptive father’s illustrious career. Serving as Wills right-hand man, Joe is trained to protect and defend his father’s territory — but he can’t save the powerful man from his enemies. Will Trona is murdered, and Joe will stop at nothing to find out who did it.

Looking for clues as he sifts through the remains of his father’s life — his girlfriends, acquaintances, deals, and enemies — Joe comes to realize how many secrets Will Trona possessed, and how many people he had the power to harm. But two leads keep rising to the surface: a little girl who was kidnapped by her mentally disturbed brother, and two rival gangs who seem to have joined forces. As Joe deepens his investigation — and as he is forced to confront the painful events of his troubled childhood — these two seemingly disconnected threads will intersect. Just how and why form the key to this intricate, intelligent mystery that satisfies the mind as well as the heart — and reveal yet again the impeccable detail, vivid characterization, and emotional complexity that make a T. Jefferson Parker novel impossible to resist.

A popular young girl disappears without a trace, her skeletal remains discovered three years later in the ashes of a burned out house. There’s a suspect and compelling circumstantial evidence of his guilt, but no concrete proof. When he isn’t indicted, he returns to mock the girl’s family. And this isn’t the first time he’s been suspected of the murder of a young girl, nearly twenty years ago he was tried and released due to lack of evidence. Detective Chief Inspector Kusanagi of the Homicide Division of the Tokyo Police worked both cases.

The neighborhood in which the murdered girl lived is famous for an annual street festival, featuring a parade with entries from around Tokyo and Japan. During the parade, the suspected killer dies unexpectedly. His death is suspiciously convenient but the people with all the best motives have rock solid alibis. DCI Kusanagi turns once again to his college friend, Physics professor and occasional police consultant Manabu Yukawa, known as Detective Galileo, to help solve the string of impossible-to-prove murders.

For the sixth time Robert Goldsborough invites us into Nero Wolfe’s West Thirty-fifth Street brownstone, and once again he re-creates Wolfe’s world to perfection, as the gourmandizing master detective is roused from his sacred orchid-tending routine — by murder.

Picturesque Richmond County — Staten Island to most people — is the most overlooked borough in New York City, but one of its residents is known throughout the world: the good reverend Barnabas Bay, shepherd of the Tabernacle of the Silver Spire. For the past six Sundays the splashy televangelist has found a nasty surprise in the collection... Bible quotations twisted into death threats.

When one of Reverend Bay’s assistants beseeches Wolfe to find the wicked perpetrator, he refuses — even though the almighty bank account is in need of salvation. After all, the great man does have his convictions, and organized religion offends his sense of morality. And besides, the only plate he’s interested in passing is the one on which a three-star epicurean masterpiece resides.

Never one to shirk his Christian duty. Wolfe’s faithful legman Archie Goodwin refers the case to longtime friend and fellow private detective Fred Durkin.

It proves a fateful decision: Eleven days later someone at the Silver Spire receives a premature call to meet his maker — and Durkin is charged with murder.

As Archie searches for clues and prays for a miracle, the incomparable Nero Wolfe finds himself up against a sinfully clever killer in one of the most baffling — and damning — cases of his career.

Because he couldn’t brush off a lady, Lieutenant Jamison hunted the racketeer who’d put her boy-friend — on ice.

Hank Thompson is living off the map in Mexico with a bagful of cash that the Russian mafia wants back and many, many secrets. So when a Russian backpacker shows up in town asking questions, Hank tries to play it cool. But he knows the jig is up when the backpacker mentions the money . . . and the family Hank left behind. Suddenly Hank's in a desperate race to get to his parents in California before anyone can harm them. Along the way he'll face Federales and Border Patrol, mafiosi and vigilantes, extortionists and drug dealers, and a couple of psychotic surf bums with an ax to grind. From the golden beaches of the Yucatán to the seedy strip clubs of Vegas, Charlie Huston opens a door to the squalid underworld of crime and corruption - and invites the reader to live it in the extreme."Six Bad Things rocks and rolls from the first page. This is one mean, cols, slit-eyed mother of a book."Peter Straub2005

Divorce in the desert... too much money... too few men... a crazy place. There, incredibly, his lovely wife had died.

A gifted mimic, she could counterfeit another’s every subtle gesture. And therein lay tragedy.

THE LAST SPENSER NOVEL COMPLETED BY ROBERT B. PARKER

With Sixkill, the thirty-ninth novel in the venerable, bestselling Spenser series, the Boston P.I. meets Zebulon Sixkill, a young man whose lack of discipline is more than made up for by his quick way with a gun. Though this is the last Spenser novel Parker completed, readers will rejoice to find the tough-but-tender gumshoe at his roguish, crime-stopping best.

On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. From the start the case seems fishy, so the Boston PD calls on Spenser to investigate. The situation doesn't look good for Jumbo, whose appetites for food, booze, and sex are as outsized as his name. He was the studio's biggest star, but he's become their biggest liability.

In the course of the investigation, Spenser encounters Jumbo's bodyguard: a young, former football-playing Native American named Zebulon Sixkill. Sixkill acts tough, but Spenser sees something more within the young man. Despite the odd circumstances, the two forge an unlikely alliance, with Spenser serving as mentor for Sixkill. As the case grows darker and secrets about both Jumbo and the dead girl come to light, it's Spenser — with Sixkill at his side — who must put things right.

David Cleveland, investigator for the Jockey Club, goes to Norway in response to an appeal from Oslo racecourse.

A British jockey, riding in Norway, has disappeared, and with him has gone a day’s takings from the turnstiles. The Norwegian police have found no trace of him, nor have the British, and the case is being filed as just one more unsolved theft.

David Cleveland is a last resort. He goes without much expectation — and finds himself in waters as dark and deep as the fjords.

Dick Francis’s new novel has all the excitement and mastery of his genre which has made him a worldwide bestseller.

One of the most acclaimed suspense writers of our time in a brand new collection.

In a career that has spanned three decades, and won critical attention and respect, Bill Pronzini has created the “Nameless Detective” novels, which Booklist has called “an American treasure.”

But Pronzini created a number of other characters as well, particularly back when he was still writing a great deal for crime and suspense magazines.

Sleuths collects the best of these stories and characters — from the noirish adventurers of Dan Connell and Carmody; to the western-era detectives Fergus O’Hara and Carpenter; to four “Nameless” stories.

Readers and collectors alike will want this book for their keeper shelves. This is prime Pronzini.

In the summer of 1974, a heat wave blankets Boston, and Mary Pat Fennessy is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of Southie, the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition and stands proudly apart.One night, Mary Pat’s teenage daughter, Jules stays out late and doesn’t come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances.The two events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched — asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men who don’t take kindly to any threat to their business.Set against the hot, tumultuous months when the city’s desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, Small Mercies is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism. It is a mesmerizing and wrenching work that only Dennis Lehane could write.

Spenser dies — and lives to tell the tale — in Robert B. Parker’s stunning new bestseller.

“Spenser proves himself once more a modern-day knight in shining armor,” cheered Publishers Weekly of Robert B. Parker’s most recent New York Times bestseller, Chance. And, said The New York Times Book Review, “Parker’s stouthearted hero proves that he is still as tough and manly as they come, and more principled than ever." With Small Vices, Parker adds another masterpiece to the private-eye canon, a novel that is both galvanizing action-suspense and a complex meditation on morality and mortality, as Spenser’s very future hangs in the balance.

Ellis Alves is a bad kid from the ’hood with a long, long record, but did he really murder Melissa Henderson, a white coed from ritzy Pemberton College? Alves’s former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to uncover the truth. As he and longtime associate Hawk race front the back streets of Boston to Manhattan’s most elegant avenues, Spenser gets a postgraduate course in the seamy side of life — an ethical no-man’s-land where twisted cops and spoiled rich kids with peculiar private proclivities are just the tip of the iceberg.

The stakes abruptly shift from corruption to catastrophe when a master assassin’s bullets take Spenser down. He survives the attack — barely — but must play dead to the world, while recovering his strength hiding in secret. Only then can he see justice done — and let the shooter know that it’s payback time.

Wonderfully wry and powerfully affecting, Small Vices is a splendid showcase for Robert B. Parker’s prodigious talents.

As a child Edward Lincoln had had the run of a racing stable, and as a young man he had earned his living riding horses in films. So when a sick friend asked him to investigate the comprehensive failure of a string of racehorses, he knew more or less what to look for.

But there were difficulties.

For one thing, the horses in question were in South Africa.

For another, it was impossible for him to go about the task quietly and unnoticed. He was by that time a world-class star of action films, in which he played the hero. Everywhere he went he was watched and (when he would allow it) interviewed. Away from his own home, the limelight was permanently switched on.

Also, although he knew himself to be a quiet ordinary man with a wife and family, everyone he met persisted in believing him to be a superman, like his image.

The easy-seeming survey of the string of racehorses blew him through a smokescreen into circumstances where to survive he had to make himself become the man everyone else already thought he was.