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A classic novel by John D. MacDonald with an exclusive introduction written and read by Dean Koontz. Floyd Hubbard arrives at a convention at a busy beach-town hotel with a mission from the top brass: ax a long-time manager in the sales team who has been slacking off for too long. Hubbard’s a loyal company man, but his background is engineering, not cold-blooded corporate warfare. Little does Hubbard realize that the first grenade has already been lobbed - and he’s the target.Cory Barlund has heard more than her fair share of odd requests in her years as a high-class call girl, so this one’s right up her alley...

Charming, wealthy Randle Kennedy has a secret: he's British Columbia’s most prolific producer of boutique marijuana. He’s developed strains of B.C. Bud to please the most sophisticated palates and produce any desired effect, from a light contemplative buzz to the most mind-warping stone. His medical varieties offer relief for conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's disease. Come legalization, he'll be the first on the market with marijuana's answer to single-malt Scotch.

佐藤健主演で映画化! 　数々の映画賞を受賞したヒューマンミステリーの原作小説。「あなたにこの物語の犯人はわからない」―― 中山七里

Bringing together six short stories - two of which are previously unpublished - One Last Dram Before Midnight is perfect for fans of Denzil Meyrick. These tales take us from Jim Daley's early days pounding the beat in Glasgow as a young constable to a lighthearted whisky smuggling romp involving Hamish and some ghostly pipers.

意味を見出すな。名付けるな。謎を解くな。おまえが事件を止めたいなら。関連性不明の不審死の共通項は身体に残された「暃」の字。

Barcelona, 1994. Manuel Santos, un albañil de vida sencilla, cobró en efectivo diez millones de pesetas gracias a un décimo premiado en el Gordo de la lotería de Navidad, y se esfumó como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra. Veinticuatro años más tarde, después de muchas elucubraciones, desentierran los restos de Manuel del terreno contiguo al bloque de edificios donde vivía con su mujer y sus tres hijos. En su cartera encuentran un papel con un nombre escrito que ha sobrevivido al paso del tiempo y a las circunstancias: Nieves Villegas, una incógnita para la familia de la víctima.

After three months off, a gruesome murder throws Detective Rachel King back into the thick of it. But can she cope? The body of an elderly woman is carefully posed on the altar. The victim is identified as Mary Dunn, whose turn it was to arrange the church flowers. Everyone loved Mary. Who would want to kill her? Then forensic evidence produces a shocking result: a link to the Slasher, a serial killer who stalked the streets of Manchester fifteen years before. But the Slasher was murdered in prison. Does Detective Rachel King have a serial killer on her patch? One who’s back from the dead.

Eine abgelegene Kleinstadt in den Bergen Colorados: Spätabends erhält der Ex-Detective John Farlow einen aufgelösten Anruf aus dem Black Mountain Inn. Etwas Schreckliches sei geschehen, mit dem Eintreffen der Polizei allerdings nicht vor dem nächsten Morgen zu rechnen – ein Erdrutsch schneidet die Stadt vollständig von der Außenwelt ab. Farlow beschließt, dem Hilfeersuchen nachzugeben. Was er in dem Hotel entdeckt, übersteigt jedoch seine schlimmsten Befürchtungen.

In una sera di inizio aprile, il giovane avvocato Davide Bruno riceve la visita inaspettata del cavalier Galvani, l'uomo più potente della città, che lo coinvolgerà nell'inchiesta sulla morte della giornalista Virginia De Falco. Davide accetta l'incarico con qualche perplessità, e cerca di scagionare il suo cliente con una serie di brillanti intuizioni.

"Die Menschen glauben, sie würden in ihrem Alltag viele schwere Entscheidungen treffen, aber das ist ein Trugschluss. Nichts lässt sich mit einer Situation vergleichen, in der es um Leben und Tod geht und die Entscheidung innerhalb weniger Sekunden getroffen werden muss." Kuno Seiler, Pfarrer einer religiösen Gemeinschaft, wird tot im Pool einer Münchner Villa aufgefunden. Verhaftet wird Riccarda Meiner, die direkt neben der Leiche kniet.

Ein angesehener Arzt verschwindet über Nacht. Sein Sportwagen wird verlassen am Ufer eines Sees bei Berlin gefunden. Die Mordkommission ermittelt und stößt hinter der sorgsam gepflegten Fassade des ehrenwerten Doktors auf die Spuren eines kriminellen Doppellebens, das von Berlin nach Barcelona führt. Oliver Hilmes hat die Akten dieses aufsehenerregenden Kriminalfalls aus der Spätzeit der Weimarer Republik im Berliner Landesarchiv entdeckt. Auf der Basis dieser Dokumente und angereichert mit fiktionalen Elementen, setzt er das mysteriöse Puzzle zusammen.

Why would a happily married Florida housewife pick up her husband's .22 caliber Colt Woodsman semi-automatic pistol and use it to kill her two young children and herself? Cynical newspaper reporter Richard Hudson is assigned to find out - and the assignment will send him down a road of self-discovery in this incisive, no-holds-barred portrait of American marriage in the Mad Men era.

Jake Blake is a private detective short on cash when he meets a rich and beautiful young woman looking to escape her father’s smothering influence. Unfortunately for Jake, the smothering influence includes two thugs hired to protect her - and the woman is in fact not the daughter of the man she wants to escape, but his wife. Now Jake has two angry thugs and one jealous husband on his case. As Jake becomes more deeply involved with this glamorous and possibly crazy woman, he becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue - and multiple murders.

Nicknamed Dewey Decimal for his obsessive attempts to bring order to the New York Public Library in the wake of disastrous events in the city, the hero of this series earns his keep as a bagman and enforcer for unscrupulous politicians and underworld figures. Now, he’s stumbled upon information concerning the gruesome murder of a prostitute that involves a prominent US senator - and finds himself chasing ghosts and fighting for his life, pursued by private military contractors and the ever-present specter of his own past....

The man known as Dewey Decimal works in a near-future Manhattan decimated by terrorism and plague, running dirty operations for the crooked Senator Howard - though he’d prefer to spend his time among the stacks at his beloved New York Public Library. When Dewey is tasked with disrupting unrest from a growing group of outcast civilians, and simultaneously given the assignment of protecting a pair of Saudi royals, he is forced to look within and make some impossible choices - and it will put him at odds with his benefactor and the powers that be....

Dubbed “Dewey Decimal” for his desire to reorganize the library’s stock, he gets by as bagman and muscle for New York City’s unscrupulous district attorney. He takes no pleasure in this kind of civic dirty work. He’d be perfectly content alone among his books. But this is not in the cards, as the DA calls on Dewey for a seemingly straightforward union-busting job.

Detectives Calladine and Bayliss face a vicious serial killer in a mystery with a shocking ending. A woman’s body is found in a disused church, a homemade stuffed toy by her side. The victim had been dumped there months ago. The crime has the hallmarks of 20-year-old case whose alleged perpetrator is in prison. Detective Ruth Bayliss must work out whether a serial killer has returned, or if a new killer is just taunting the police. Her partner DI Tom Calladine faces the fight of his life to clear his name of corruption accusations. And then things go from bad to worse for Calladine.

Rex Stout war einer der erfolgreichsten amerikanischen Kriminalautoren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine literarische Schöpfung, der Privatdetektiv Nero Wolfe, zählt bis heute zu den berühmtesten Figuren des Genres. Zusammen mit seinem Assistenten Archie Goodwin hat der Ermittler mit einer Passion für Orchideenzucht und Gourmetküche weltweit Millionen Leser in den Bann gezogen. Die Neuübersetzung der Krimireihe bietet nun dem deutschen Leser erstmals die Möglichkeit, die Kriminalromane in ihrer vollständigen literarischen Qualität zu entdecken.

From the creator of BBC drama Silent Witness comes a gripping and sinister thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. During the murder investigation of a teenage boy, DCI Mark Lapslie's methods come under fire and, as a result, his prime suspect walks free. Meanwhile another body is discovered, and Lapslie and his team quickly find themselves on the trail of a voracious serial killer. One year earlier, dedicated young Journalist Josie Dallyn stumbles over a chain of very similar cases.

Kimberly è bella, bionda e famme fatale. È la donna di Mirko Sladek, uomo di fiducia del boss La Cocca, che controlla lo spaccio sulla costa Ovest degli Stati Uniti. Durante una compravendita di droga, la ragazza scompare con una valigia piena di eroina. Da chi e perché scappa Kimberly? Dal suo amante? Dalla vita criminale che conduceva?Tra tradimenti e morti ammazzati, Kimberly fuggirà da Los Angeles a Cremona, inseguita dai sicari della malavita americana e dalla polizia italiana. Alla fine, la sua fuga sarà stata solo un azzardo?