Dark Humor Mystery

"Ageless" Hollywood diva Jessica Gray is finishing the last leg of her one-woman show in St. Louis, Missouri, and the nearby town of Chouteau Forest is dazzled. During the show, she humiliates three homeless women onstage, fires her entourage - not for the first time - and makes a bitter enemy of the town's powerful patriarch. After she collapses at an after-show party and is rushed to the hospital, she ignores the advice of her doctors and discharges herself in order to return to LA.

Himmlische Ruh? Niemals nicht! Wenn die Königin der Krimödie Weihnachten feiert, geht es alles andere als besinnlich zu. Da treffen Gangster im Rauschgoldengelkostüm mit Pumpguns unterm Kleidchen auf giftige Schoßschlangen, da angelt man beim Eisfischen menschliche Füße, da wird der Weihnachtsmann zum Axtmörder, da färbt sich weißer Schnee blutrot - und der Weihnachtself ist unpässlich, weil ihm ein Pitbull in den Hintern gebissen hat.

The year is 1986. The increasing popularity of video-game consoles and home-video recorders render requests for traditional toys at an all-time low. With his workshop rapidly losing popularity and demand among the children of the world, Santa Claus decides to take his business in a new direction. International drug trafficking. After all, why lose money making Christmas crackers, when he can earn money making Christmas crack heads. One of the elves escapes to the big city to enlist the help of Dallas Stone, a maverick cop who only knows one way to fight crime.

Eine Ratte, ein Spielzeugmotorrad und ein Mord: Das humorvolle Krimi-Debüt von Comedian Benjamin Tomkins Als Bauernhofratte Ede ein ADAC-Spielzeugmotorrad findet, befördert er sich kurzerhand selbst zum Pannenfahrer. Der erste Einsatz führt ausgerechnet in den Stall, in dem der tote Bauer liegt. Mord ist zwar keine Panne, doch die ehrgeizige Ratte übernimmt sofort die Beweisaufnahme und stürzt sich in ein actionreiches Abenteuer.

The sequel to Bocas, Bronte follows George to Australia. PJ left a little surprise back home. And her name is Charlotte.

Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation officer dealing with some of Glasgow’s worst cases, and her job is on the line. Liam Macdowall was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and he’s published a series of letters to the dead woman, in a book that makes him an unlikely hero - and a poster boy for Men’s Rights activists. Liam is released on licence into Mary’s care, but things are far from simple. Mary develops a poisonous obsession with Liam and his world, and when her son and Liam’s daughter form a relationship, Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own brand of justice.

Every gay boy needs an ally who will kill for him. And no boy could have a better ally than Todd Sweeney. When Todd's best friend, Toby Ragg, is threatened by homophobic guidance counselor Ashford Squeers, Todd swings into action. But he swings just a bit too hard. Enter best pal Nellie Lovett, who has very creative ideas for making the mess disappear. But then Fleet High bad boy Ryan Plouf threatens Toby and Nellie. Suddenly, Ryan is missing, too, and local cop Tarron Littey is asking some very inconvenient questions.

Sid Hansen is a remorseless, death-dealing super-soldier - and he works at Gamestop. That’s right. Kill Team One now has a job in a videogame retail store filled with cranky customers, shoplifters, crying kids, and people who just haven't figured out how to use Steam yet. A global organization of radical Islamists have tracked Sid all the way from the mountains of Afghanistan, where he may or may not have been kinda sorta responsible for just some itty bitty little crimes against humanity. Hell-bent on revenge, they’ve planned the largest martyrdom operation ever conducted.

Costanza è bellissima, molto elegante, un po' scostante. Piace molto agli uomini ed è ovviamente oggetto di invidia per le donne. Nel suo intimo tuttavia ha un carattere semplice, ama i suoi genitori e la sua gatta. Ha alcuni amici, pochi ma fidati. Il lavoro non la soddisfa, ma l'ambiente è prestigioso e ormai ci si trova bene. Tutto dunque sembra scorrere nella normalità, fino al giorno in cui, in uno dei laboratori di ricerca, viene trovato morente un giovane ricercatore, assassinato da mano ignota.

For one-woman crime wave Violet Winters, stealing is as natural as breathing. When she’s offered the heist of a lifetime, she barely hesitates before agreeing. Unfortunately, taking this job means returning to the city she once called home. And Kilchester is a city so rotten, it hasn’t just spoiled the whole barrel, it’s turned the contents to cider and sold it to schoolchildren. Which can mean only one thing - a smorgasbord of trouble.

Words come easily to writer Danni Hewitt. If only success did the same. The news of America's latest reality sweetheart inking a major book deal sends Danni spiraling into depression, to the point where the idea of soothing her jealousy with a murderous rampage appeals to her. Of course, this requires getting close enough to Krystal Kordova and her family to draw blood, something Danni achieves when she manages to land a job as Krystal's ghostwriter.

Daniel McEvoy hat ein Problem. Der Mob ist hinter ihm her. Die Polizei auch. Dabei will der Ex-Soldat und frischgebackene Club-Besitzer doch nur gemütlich mit seiner neuen Freundin auf dem Sofa sitzen. Aus ihm völlig unbegreiflichen Gründen findet er sich plötzlich in einem Auto auf dem Grund des Hudson wieder - und muss zudem die Sprachfehler und grammatikalischen Schnitzer seiner Verfolger ertragen. Aber ein Feingeist wie er ist Kummer gewohnt.

When the Vatican's top assassin, a Rhodesian merc, a pair of serial killer lovers, a dirty cop, and a professional sadist compete in a mad race for a pair of priceless magical artifacts, betrayal, theft, and murder are just the opening moves in a game of death.

Ever wondered what it's like to be born into a family of assassins? Gin Bombay knows, and now she's sharing her family's deepest, darkest secrets. The Bombay Family Bedtime Stories continue with My Heroes Have Always Been Hitmen! Four more family stories have been released from the vault, including Rio Bombay, wanna-be cowboy and wild west gunslinger; Caspian, the first Bombay to have to take out another Bombay; Aberdeen, the hoop-skirted Antebellum Assassin; and Dublin Bombay, the Scottish Viking Slayer! History is at its most hilarious as this darkly funny family tells all.

On Friday, May 1st, 2015 a bomb detonates in the infamous Positano Luxury Resort and Casino, a mammoth hotel (and exact replica of the Amalfi coast) on the Las Vegas Strip. Six months prior, a crop of strivers converge on the desert city, attempting to make a home amidst the dizzying lights. By chance and by design, they find themselves caught up in backroom schemes for personal and political power, and are thrown into the deep end of an even bigger fight for the soul of the paradoxical town.

Jerry has a traumatic past that leaves him subject to psychotic hallucinations and depressive episodes. When he stands accused of stealing a priceless Van Gogh painting, he goes underground, where he develops an unwilling relationship with a woman who believes that the voices she hears are from God.

For nine long days, the mayor and district attorney of Reno, Nevada, have been missing. Vanished without a trace. Their vehicles were found parked side-by-side at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Did they fly somewhere together? They aren't on any flight manifest. Did the two of them take off with a big pile of the city's money? If so, the city accountants can't find it. Were they murdered? There's no sign of foul play.

The legendary Lone Star Cafe, a little corner of Texas right in the heart of New York City. At one time or another, everyone from the Rolling Stones to Willie Nelson has jammed there. But this night, Thanksgiving eve, there's a different type of jam at the Lone Star. Larry Barkin, half of the headlining Barkin Brothers, is found dead in his dressing room, his head bashed in with his own guitar and a two dollar bill stuffed in his shirt pocket. It's Kinky they call for help, but the fast-talking, cigar-smoking country singer turned amateur detective has other plans.

Jay and his friends are on the cusp of perpetrating the greatest heist in Leif Erickson High history when they unwittingly find themselves dangerously close to a murder scene. Consumed with an irrational obsession, he is determined to do anything to solve the crime, including hiring a private investigator, infiltrating a sex club, and indulging in a 90-day LSD binge. Forced to confront his demons, both real and imagined, he must unravel the conspiracy of an elusive octopus and his lascivious minions to find the killer.

Baylee Scott has the gift of touch. Except it’s not a gift. Seeing other people's memories doesn't make her very popular in Reed Hollow. It was one of the reasons she left the small town as soon as she was able. But after losing her ghost-hunting husband, Baylee returns home to help her brother run the family business: a defunct antique shop and tea house. It’s a dull existence that leaves her dreaming of adventures elsewhere.