Crime Noir

A young African boy has been murdered in a back alley. Despite running low on empathy, social worker Stella Hardy heads into the night to comfort the grieving mother. But when she gets there, she makes a discovery that has the potential to uncover something terrible from her past. Enlisting the help of Senior Constable Phuong Nguyen, Stella's investigation draws her further and further into a dark world of drug dealers, sociopaths and killers.

From internationally bestselling author Katrine Engberg, the series that is a “gripping addition to the Scandinavian crime fiction pantheon” (Oprah Daily) comes to a stunning conclusion as Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner rush to untangle a long-simmering mystery before a brutal killer...

When entrepreneur Flosi arrives home for dinner one night, he discovers that his house has been ransacked, and his wife Gudrun missing. A letter on the kitchen table confirms that she has been kidnapped. If Flosi doesn't agree to pay an enormous ransom, Gudrun will be killed. Forbidden from contacting the police, he gets in touch with Áróra, who specialises in finding hidden assets, and she, alongside her detective friend Daniel, try to get to the bottom of the case without anyone catching on.

Lincoln Rhyme, the nation's most renowned investigator and forensic detective and hero of The Bone Collector returns to face a new serial killer in this suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver. Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone...

Prima di prendere servizio a Roma Sud nella sua nuova veste di commissario, l'ispettore Claudio Innocenti decide di concedersi una settimana bianca in Alto Adige per festeggiare Capodanno insieme alla figlia Alice. Qui incontra una famiglia di arroganti e chiassosi concittadini – tre dei quali titolari di un rinomato studio legale della capitale – i cui membri sembrano nascondere molti segreti e avere parecchi conti in sospeso tra di loro.

Milano. L’architetto Mirella Bonetti trova un geometra morto assassinato in un ufficio del Comune e dà l’allarme. Anche se la polizia avvia l’inchiesta Mirella e la sua amica Anita conducono una indagine parallela, aggirandosi su un vecchio furgone per Milano e dintorni, con il loro linguaggio colorato, innaffiato dagli immancabili bianchini. Le due si rendono presto conto che tra i progetti vagliati dal geometra (buonanima) ce n’era uno che presentava... strane caratteristiche.

Nel tranquillo borgo di Petraura, il ritrovamento di un corpo murato nella sacrestia della Chiesa di San Giovanni riporta a galla segreti sepolti da venticinque anni. Jack Del Giudice, ex poliziotto e investigatore privato, insieme alla sua eccentrica famiglia, si immerge in un'indagine che collega la vittima a un oscuro passato di droga, scomparse e poteri occulti. Mentre il maresciallo Giannetti cerca di tenere la verità sotto controllo, vecchi fantasmi tornano a tormentare il paese. Ma chi ha voluto seppellire il passato e perché?

For fans of Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford comes Negative Girl: an evocative, moody, neo-noir thriller that explores obsession and people dying across America's forgotten spaces.

Pete Fernandez is a mess. He’s on the brink of being fired from his middle-management newspaper job. His fiancée has up and left him. Now, after the sudden death of his father, he’s back in his hometown of Miami, slowly drinking himself into oblivion. But when a coworker he barely knows asks Pete to locate a missing daughter, Pete finds himself dragged into a tale of murder, drugs, double-crosses, and memories bursting from the black heart of the Miami underworld - and, shockingly, his father’s past.

An in-depth and personal exploration of Scandinavian crime fiction as a way into Scandinavian culture at large.

Tout commence quand Alexandra apprend le décès de son père… qu'elle croyait mort depuis dix-sept ans. La jeune femme n'ose pas interroger sa mère, certaine qu'elle gardera le silence. Au même moment, elle doit vider la maison de sa grand-mère tant aimée. C'est dans le sac à main de cette dernière qu'elle découvre un plan mystérieux qui lui révèle, près de la chambre, l'existence d'une porte cachée. Et derrière, sans doute, autant de secrets à percer.

Andrea e Katia sono due giovani dalle vite profondamente differenti. Lei, bella, intelligente, di buona famiglia, avviata a una brillante carriera da avvocato, abituata a ottenere sempre ciò che desidera; lui, imponente, sportivo, affascinante come la notte, ma senza genitori, e dunque costretto a badare a se stesso sin da quando aveva cinque anni. E poi, un pesante passato alle spalle e un difficile segreto che Andrea non può rivelare.

Harper must deal with a dark part of her past when she defends her rapist, Michael Reynolds, who is charged with murdering a judge. Harper wants revenge, so she takes the case with the explicit desire to throw it. But as she digs deeper into the case, she understands that if she throws Michael's case, it means that the real culprit will go free. Struggling with her conscience, which is fighting for her desire for vengeance, Harper must access some of the darkest recesses of her brain.

When reports come in that the Kingpin and a police officer have been killed and that Frank Castle (aka the Punisher) has turned himself in for it, Matt Murdock senses holes in the narratives the media and the streets are quick to run with. Both criminals have been Matt’s nemeses when he dons the cowl of the Daredevil, and there’s no denying that New York is better off without its Kingpin and with the Punisher behind bars. And yet ... while the Punisher is a murderous vigilante, he doesn’t kill cops. And he doesn’t turn himself in.

Noir emerged as a prominent American film genre in the early 1940s, distinguishable by its use of unusual lighting, sinister plots, mysterious characters, and dark themes. From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958), films from this classic period reflect an atmosphere of corruption and social decay that attracted such accomplished directors as John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Orson Welles.

When Detective Kim Stone is called to a local business, what she sees leaves her speechless. The photo on the driving license bears little resemblance to the man laid out before her, and she knows she’s up against the most twisted killer she has ever encountered. But as she breaks the devastating news to the victim’s wife, Diane Phipps, Kim can’t help feeling that something isn’t quite right about the woman’s reaction.

Starting a new life in Snowdonia was always DI Ruth Hunter's dream. Until a twisted killer turned it into her worst nightmare. Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter lives with the pain of her partner’s mysterious and unsolved disappearance. About to hit 50, the veteran police officer trades in the crime-ridden streets of London for a more peaceful life in rural North Wales. But Ruth has barely settled into her new position in North Wales Police, when the body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered...with strange symbols carved into her skin.

Patrick Bird, police academy burnout turned PI, works divorce cases, using his camera to catch the unfaithful and the lonely looking for love in rented rooms. But his easy routine is shattered by a new case involving a missing girl.

**Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award Best Debut of the Year** **Shortlisted for the Crimetime Award 2022** Two couples set out together on a hiking trip that goes terrifyingly wrong in this addictive psychological thriller for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley. Anna, Henrik and Milena's...

When a drowned man comes back to life, Georges Simenon’s detective must figure out who might have wanted him dead—before they try again. Emile Ducrau, the kingpin of a small town on the outskirts of Paris, is stabbed and left for dead in the harbor one night. When he’s pulled from the...