Nouveautés

She heard the knock, dread settling on her shoulders. A glance at the clock told her it was touching midnight. She glanced out of the window into the inky darkness and saw something that made her blood freeze solid with fear. Her time had come. She deserved to be punished. When a call comes in about a vulnerable woman found dead in a remote cottage, Detective Lottie Parker feels a deep sadness for this abandoned girl, who died alone with no family.

Madison hesitates before hitching her pink tulle prom dress and running as fast as she can into the wilderness. The ripped edge of her skirt snags on a tree root and she falls to the forest floor. As she catches her breath, she hears the unmistakable sound of heavy boots closing in on her. He knows where she is…

Three murder scenes; two causes of death; one body. It is a case that would challenge Domenic Jejeune even under the best of circumstances. But his DCS’s temporary absence means that Jejeune must work under Marvin Laraby, an ex-superior with whom he has a particularly fractious history. Jejeune and Laraby must work together to discover why a ruthless land contractor would want to invest in new bird migration software, and what possible interest the death of a birding app developer could be to the British intelligence services.

Des femmes piégées sur le Net ; un tueur sadique en liberté ; des événements sanglants déterrés du passé. Machiavélique, obsédant, terrifiant, un roman au suspense vertigineux, par le créateur de nos nuits blanches.

When five-year-old Elsie Button was snatched from a garden in a sleepy town on the Welsh island of Anglesey, and a local man later confessed, it sent shockwaves through the tight-knit community. How could one of their own do such a thing? Especially when his own little girl was the same age – and the victim's best friend. Kathryn and her family left under the cloak of darkness one night, unable to bear the shame, and the anger of their neighbours. She hardly remembers that time. Now, she suffers the consequences of living under an assumed name, always looking over her shoulder.

They arrive alive. They always leave dead. But first, they give me their confession. You know by now my name is Jack Steen, and for those who arrive on my "death" ward at the Asylum, I'm the last face many will see before they die. I am the night nurse at an Asylum for the Criminally Insane, and most of my patients know me as their Angel of Death. I know them as mass murderers, rapists, and serial killers—among other things. Here's what happens: they come on my floor, they give me their deathbed confession, and I help to make their death less painful.

Stundenlang patrouilliert Constable Hirschhausen über Highways und ausgewaschene Schotterstraßen durchs australische Hinterland. Nervosität liegt in der Luft, die Pandemie zehrt an den Nerven und an Hirschs Toleranzlevel. Auf der Suche nach einem vermissten Backpacker sieht sich Hirsch starrsinnigen Farmern gegenüber, als er zu einem vermeintlichen Brand gerufen wird: ein dilettantisch angezündeter Koffer im Straßengraben. Bis Hirsch die Leiche darin entdeckt.

A partir de clássicos da literatura policial, como Agatha Christie e Arthur Conan Doyle, Samir Machado de Machado faz uma releitura e uma homenagem ao gênero, numa trama que traz baronesas misteriosas e espiões comunistas em meio à ascensão do Terceiro Reich e à perseguição nazista aos gays da Berlim dos anos 1930. A isso, O crime do bom nazista combina temas do Brasil contemporâneo, mostrando como questões tristemente atuais podem perdurar por décadas.

Laura sitzt bei ihren Großeltern auf dem Dorf fest. Sie findet das Tagebuch ihrer Tante Marie, die mit 17 Jahren ermordet wurde. Nach und nach enthüllt sie Maries Geheimnisse und findet heraus, dass Marie einen Serienmörder jagte. Lauras Ermittlungen bleiben nicht unentdeckt. Der Mörder beginnt sich für sie zu interessieren.

Lauras Entdeckungen führen sie auf direkten Konfrontationskurs mit Maries Mörder. Sie gewinnt Verbündete und findet neue Spuren, aber die Jagd fordert ihren Tribut. Der Serienmörder schwelgt in Erinnerungen an Marie und den Frühling 1978, während er sich für seine Begegnung mit Laura im Jahr 2018 vorbereitet. Nur einer von ihnen kann daraus als Sieger hervorgehen.

Mientras en Palermo se lleva a cabo el mayor juicio en la historia de la Mafia, don Roberto Luciano aprovecha la boda de su nieta para anunciar su decisión de testificar contra su despiadado enemigo, el hombre que le arrebató a su hijo mayor. Pero antes de cumplir su amenaza, don Roberto y todos sus herederos varones son brutalmente asesinados. Solo las mujeres de la familia sobreviven. Y lejos de rendirse, juran venganza. En un mundo dominado por hombres, descubrirán que la astucia femenina y la violencia pueden ser una combinación letal.

To their followers, influencer couple Jess and Nick Brooks are beyond aspirational—they’re proof that you can have it all. They can dance and cook and surf, and somehow, they’re still madly in love despite juggling two young boys, Oliver and Archie. When a brand deal lands the family a free trip to an idyllic Balinese luxury resort, their dream holiday becomes a nightmare when Archie goes missing from the Kids Club. As the hunt for Archie begins, the loving and wholesome family that the Brooks present to their millions of followers starts to unravel.

The third book in the darkly thrilling DI Haig Crime Thrillers series, by multi-million-selling author, David J. Gatward.

A su papá acuchilló, también a su madre mató. Es 1983 y Kit McDeere, una enfermera privada, llega a la decadente Mansión Hope para atender a Lenora, quien ahora es una anciana decrépita que no puede moverse y cuya única forma de comunicación es una vieja máquina de escribir. Mientras Kit la ayuda a escribir los hechos de la masacre, descubre que la historia guarda muchos más secretos de los que se sospechaba.

While visiting the idyllic resort town of Saratoga Springs, private detective Sam Lawson is thrust into a murder investigation of a wealthy businessman, and it isn’t long before he realizes the key suspects are every member of the victim’s dysfunctional family.

Forcing Salvatore Moretti to marry me at gunpoint isn’t the craziest thing I've ever done... I hate being desperate, being scared. It's a filthy, helpless feeling. I'd much rather be enraged, violent… unhinged. Salvatore watches me dance and calls me Angioletto, his little angel. He doesn't know the demons that haunt me. He's too blinded by my beauty to see the blood on my hands. Then again, he's a mafia capo, so maybe the blood wouldn't bother him anyway. My past is like fire licking at my heels, ready to consume me. But Sal won't let that happen, he’ll protect me. He has to.

Paralegal Harper Williams excels at managing the myriad details of her cases, and she thrives on the legal drama that often comes with Discovery. But when an armed intruder invades her posh, uptown office, the gruesome outcome fuels Harper’s determination to command justice in a whole new way. Heady fears, dark secrets, and volatile relationships compound the mystery of her friend’s murder, leaving Harper with unanswerable questions and deep doubts. Elusive suspects… a disturbed mind…

This is a memoir with a side of murder (90% fiction)! In this book, I retell the story (through the character Rae) about my time working at the hottest salon in Richmond, Virginia. In the book, the salon owners buy a building and renovate it into a high-end salon. Hiring new people is tricky but when they start having accidents they begin to notice that something is amiss. The employees begin to get nervous, looking over their shoulders and into each other's business. A group of them decide to keep tabs on some sketchy activities that the manager is doing.

The festive lights of Christmas can't erase the shadows of the past. Former Navy SEAL and now an elite security specialist at Maverick Ops, Cash Whitaker lives with the haunting memory of failing to save both of the Morgan twins from a vicious killer. Two decades ago, he managed to rescue Kayla, his then girlfriend, but her sister, Kira, died at the hands of the man trying to abduct them. Kayla Morgan has spent years trying to rebuild her life, but the ghost of her sister's tragic death lingers and has kept Cash and her apart since neither of them want to deal with the horrific flashbacks.

They got away with murder once. He won’t let it happen again. Faith left her hometown with a shattered heart and no justice for her murdered boyfriend. His killers walked free. Now she’s back. And when her cousin is attacked at a party, it’s the same boys all over again. Same lies. Same silence. Until a masked stranger begins his hunt. He’s cold, relentless, and all too familiar. As the bodies start to fall, Faith is forced to face the past she buried. Because this time, vengeance wears a face she thought she’d never see again.