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Teddy, un inspector de policía con el corazón de oro, y Roberto, un chaval que padece de síndrome de Down, contra la criminalidad de Milán. La profesionalidad de Teddy pero también la extraordinaria habilidad de Roberto para recordar y reconocer rostros ya vistos, harán que venzan a peligrosos asesinos. Teddy es un inspector de policía, siempre preparado para tirarse al ruedo para combatir a los criminales, pero listo también para proteger y ayudar a los más débiles e indefensos. Un día, en la...
| Автор | Marcella Piccolo |
No one can talk to the dead . . . can they? Free man of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a strange, spiritual world that might lead to his own demise, as he hunts for a missing teenager in this gripping, atmospheric historical mystery. New Orleans, 1840. Freshly home from a dangerous journey, that last thing Benjamin January wants to do is leave his wife and young sons again. But when old friends Henri and Chloe Viellard ask for his help tracking down a missing girl in distant New...
| Автор | Barbara Hambly |
Literary mystery set in a newly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood. Will appeal to fans of urban noir or most definitely, fans of Brooklyn Noir. Combines the best elements of Brooklyn with a noir setting and property crime. Gripping take on the tensions of urbanization and immigration.Storyline is a precisely folded puzzle that takes a single week to unfurl.Author lives in Brooklyn; has extensive NYC writing connections that he will mobilize to promote book.Strong debut novel from a fresh voice...
| Автор | Andrew Cotto |
“The Age of Dreaming is a masterpiece of the sort that doesn’t just seduce the reader—it leaves you transformed. Nina Revoyr deserves to be counted among the top ranks of novelists at work today.”—Jerry Stahl, author of I, Fatty“This is a riveting, wise, and gorgeous novel.”—Mary Yukari Waters“Brilliant and original. . . . The carefully restrained voice of its narrator recalls Ishiguro’s The Remains of...
| Автор | Nina Revoyr |
London, 1471. The War of the Roses rages on. Edward of York has claimed the English throne and his Yorkist supporters gleefully slaughter their adversaries; there's no mercy for anyone who supported the Lancastrian cause. Margaret Beaufort – mother of Henry Tudor, the only hope for the House of Lancaster – knows her enemies are closing in. Desperate for help she turns to Christopher Urswicke for protection. But when ruthless scheming and pitiless killings are the only routes to...
| Автор | Paul Doherty |
Nothing is fair in love and war. . .Europe's elite have gathered at the glittering Congress of Vienna–princes, ambassadors, the Russian tsar–all negotiating the fate of the continent by day and pursuing pleasure by night. Until Princess Tatiana, the most beautiful and talked about woman in Vienna, is found murdered during an ill-timed rendezvous with three of her most powerful conquests. . .Suzanne Rannoch has tried to ignore rumors that her new husband, Malcolm, has also been tempted by...
| Автор | Teresa Grant |
From the ashes of war rise the secrets of its darkest hearts. . . In the wake of the Battle of Waterloo, Paris is a house divided. The triumphant Bourbons flaunt their victory with lavish parties, while Bonapartists seek revenge only to be captured and executed. Amid the turmoil, British attaché and Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, discover that his murdered half-sister, Princess Tatiana Kirsanova, may have borne a child—a secret she took to the grave. And Malcolm...
| Автор | Teresa Grant |
Amid the treachery of war and the whirl of revelry, no one is what they seem. . .Nights filled with lavish balls. . .lush, bucolic afternoons. . .. Removed to glamorous Brussels in the wake of Napoleon's escape from Elba, Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, warily partake in the country's pleasures. But with the Congress of Vienna in chaos and the Duke of Wellington preparing for battle, the festivities are cut short when Malcolm is sent on a perilous mission that...
| Автор | Teresa Grant |
'When Bunting drew this in 1581, absolutely no one in the world could have known what the coast of Western Australia looked like…' Nick Lawrance, an antique map dealer, is shocked to find his gallery has been burgled. However, this isn't an ordinary robbery: the thieves have ignored priceless maps and have only taken Bunting's World Map. All of a sudden, Nick is thrown into a four-hundred-year religious mystery where strange people around him will do anything for this map…...
| Автор | Steven Marcuson |
Melbourne during the depression. A seedy, corrupt city.<br /> <br />Someone has struck at the heart of Australia's soul: they have killed the horse that would have won the Melbourne Cup. For what motive? Profit, blackmail, a betting scam? Only Tom Pink, the rider of the murdered horse can find out.<br /> <br />Tom, born into the underworld he now tries to defeat, exposes graft and blackmail that reaches to the upper echelons of Melbourne society. His life and the...
| Автор | Arthur W. Upfield |
The truth is stranger than fiction for Albert Campion in this gripping mystery where murder, detective novels and the supernatural collide. 1946, London . The eagerly anticipated new detective novel from Albert Campion's godsibling, bestselling author Evadne Childe, is proving to be another runaway success. Unfortunately, it has also caught the attention of Superintendent Stanislaus Oates for reasons that go beyond its superior plotting. The crime at the heart of The Bottle Party Murder...
| Автор | Mike Ripley |
The enthralling story of two remarkable women caught up in the maelstrom of the English Civil War. February, 1642. With the King and Parliament at loggerheads, England is rushing headlong into a brutal and bloody war. Caught up in the turbulence are two formidable women who face difficult and dangerous times ahead.Forced to abandon her children and leave for foreign shores, the extravagant and unpopular Queen Henrietta Maria discovers that she cannot rely on the loyalty of her former...
| Автор | Brenda Rickman Vantrease |
Impressive … A precisely written, carefully plotted novel, all the more dramatic for its understated tone Booklist In a world of growing nationalism, a quiet few are determined to resist. This gripping historical mystery explores the darkest days of the early 20th century. Munich, 1920. Detective Willi Geismeier has a problem: how do you uphold the law when the law goes bad? The First World War has been lost and Germany is in turmoil. The new government in Berlin is weak. The police...
| Автор | Peter Steiner |
Could a mysterious music box hold the key to unlocking the puzzle behind a gruesome murder for Detective Inspector Silas Quinn? London, 1914. Despite a number of setbacks, rehearsals for The Hampstead Voices' Christmas concert are continuing apace. The sold-out event is raising funds for war refugees, and both Winston Churchill and Edward Elgar are expected to attend. But the most disturbing setback of all occurs when the choirmaster, Sir Aidan Fonthill, is discovered dead at a piano, a...
| Автор | R.N. Morris |
From Italy in 1733 to Edinburgh in 1831 to a series of chilling murders in London in 1870 and a lethal game of revenge decades later, a watch touches lives with misfortune-until it comes into the hands of one young woman who might be able to stop it for good. This outstanding collaboration between four outstanding novelists follows characters who are irrevocably linked by fate, each one playing a key role in breaking the curse once and for all.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
It is 1863, the year of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, when a nation savagely tears at its soul. At the center of the carnage stands the calm, enigmatic figure of President Abraham Lincoln. In this extraordinary thriller, Lincoln sends his most trusted agent to turn the course of the War. . .Twelve miles from Wilmington, Delaware, a heavily guarded ammunition dump has exploded–and lit up the night sky for miles around. On a newly christened ironclad in the Potomac, Lincoln meets with Colonel Fitz...
| Автор | Steven Wilson |
The true story of the life and mysterious murder of the most talked-about and glamorous member of Kenya’ s notorious Happy Valley set.Since Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, was discovered dead in his car with a bullet through his head just outside Nairobi in 1941, speculation has not ceased as to the culprit and motive for his murder. The authorities seemed satisfied with the highly sensationalised trial of the only suspect, Jock Broughton, the cuckolded husband of Erroll’s last lover, Diana. A...
| Автор | Errol Trzebinski |
A shocking exposé of the terrible secrets at the heart of the Pitcairn Island community – a tale of systematic child abuse and rape which stretches back over 40 years.Pitcairn Island – home to the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty – has long been thought of as a tropical paradise. Wild and remote, it is Britain’s most isolated outpost and a fantasy destination for many.But in 1999, British police, alerted by unsettling reports of a rape, descended on the island. Their investigation...
| Автор | Kathy Marks |
Columbus, Georgia, has been run by the same tiny clique for over 100 years – the members of the all-white Big Eddy Club. This is the story of a fascinating and rotten community whose victims pay the ultimate price.Over eight terrifying months in the 1970s, seven elderly women were raped and murdered in Columbus, Georgia, a city of 200,000 people whose history and conservative values are typical of America's Deep South. The victims, who were strangled in their beds with their own stockings, were...
| Автор | David Rose |
‘A gripping tale’ MY WEEKLY ‘Thrilling’ WOMAN ‘A truly gripping read of mystery, love and heroism’ FROST MAGAZINEThe Lost Girls of Paris is an emotional story of friendship and betrayal during the second world war, inspired by true events – from the international bestseller Pam Jenoff.Featuring:• The Very White of Love by SC Worrall•The Flower Seller by Linda Finlay• The BonBon Girl by Linda Finlay• Paris By The Book by Liam Callanan• The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
| Автор | Linda Finlay |
Kto strzeże tajemnicy najmroczniejszego miejsca na Warmii i Mazurach? W styczniu 1945 roku z powierzchni ziemi zmiecione zostało mauzoleum Paula von Hindenburga. Po wielu latach okazało się, że w budowli, upamiętniającej też żołnierzy poległych podczas bitwy pod Tannenbergiem w sierpniu 1914 roku, poza trumnami marszałka i jego żony przechowywano coś jeszcze. Wygląda na to, że ludzie, którzy dziś tego szukają, nie cofną się przed niczym, by zdobyć tajemniczy artefakt. Gotowi są porywać,...
| Автор | Krzysztof Beśka |
Rok 1895. W życiu Stanisława Berga trwa nie najlepszy okres. Kiedyś był znanym łódzkim detektywem, dziś załatwia brudne sprawy dla wszystkich możnych przemysłowego miasta. Pewnego dnia zostaje wezwany do miejscowego przedsiębiorcy, Johanna Wolfganga Grossa, którego syn nie wrócił z wakacji. Detektyw odnajduje ślad w Königsbergu. Wspomagany przez tureckiego kupca, córkę konsula i miejscowego policjanta polskiego pochodzenia, trafia na trop zaginionego Grossa, ale też afery finansowej na...
| Автор | Krzysztof Beśka |
Kiedy mrok przejmuje duszę… Czwórka studentów rozpoczyna rok akademicki w Königsbergu. W trakcie beztroskiego spaceru natykają się na pływające w Zamkowym Stawie zwłoki kobiety. Przebywający w tym czasie w mieście detektyw Stanisław Berg, właśnie zakończył sprawę małżeńskiej zdrady i zamierza wyjechać. Jednak niespodziewanie zostaje uwikłany w wydarzenia, które każą mu podjąć stanowcze działania. Detektyw dandys ze śledztwa na śledztwo coraz bardziej zbliża się do mrocznej strony ludzkiej...
| Автор | Krzysztof Beśka |
En este libro se aborda una de las problemáticas menos tratadas en la actualidad que no por ello deja de ser un tema preocupante en cuanto que afecta al personal encargado de velar por la protección y seguridad de la ciudadanía. Una profesión, la de policía, que en ocasiones no está valorada socialmente de forma adecuada, a pesar del importante papel que juega en el mantenimiento del orden y la convivencia social. Un cuerpo que se enfrenta a una realidad cada vez más habitual con la pérdida de...
| Автор | Dr. Juan Moisés De La Serna |