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After pleading guilty to a series of homicides, Esau Till sits on death row, writing his life story. But his memoir is his one last chance to protect his brother. And, when it comes to his baby brother, Esau Till is a man without boundaries. When the genetic cards were dealt, Esau drew a genius IQ - and a crippled body. His brother Tory drew a slow mind - and almost superhuman strength. Very early on, Esau learned that the only way to guarantee his brother's safety was to make himself indispensable, so he became the top hired killer for both rival local mobs.

When the murdered body of a woman is found in a Sheffield carpark, former cop turned private investigator Matt Forrester finds himself embroiled in the case, because the last call the victim made was to him…But the case isn’t as simple as the drug theft it looks like, and – when a young boy becomes the next victim – Matt and his life partner, DI Karen Nelson, realise they’re investigating a terrifying series of revenge killings. Arrests start to be made, but enemies are being made. And, as the killings continue, nobody is safe…

H is a boxer past his prime. Haunted by the memory of the fight that should have made him great, he is chasing his dream through the seedier side of the London boxing circuit, losing fights against his untalented opponents, his wife and, ultimately, himself. When a gunfight at an illegal gambling shebeen drags him down into a multicultural underworld of violence and extortion, H finds himself in debt to the sinister sociopath, White Alan.

"En tiempos de la Guerra Fría existieron solamente como un grupo de operarios clandestinos vinculados a La Cuadrilla una agencia-fantasma del Gobierno norteamericano dedicada a eliminar los grandes saboteadores de la oposición. Con el colapso de la Unión Soviética, Washington decide desbandarla, hasta que se logra demostrar a los "nuevos dioses" del Potomac que mantener operante a una unidad como esta, en tiempos de paz, es un mal necesario cuando se trata de salvaguardar la seguridad nacional..."

It's been a while since Sadie Fuller has lived a normal life. Her obsessive compulsions make even daily life a constant struggle. Living in New Los Angeles doesn't help either. A haven for Descendants, gods and goddesses that suddenly woke up in mortal bodies, the city is ripe with the mysterious and macabre. But now Sadie is witness to a Descendant murder and thrown into an investigation that will test her in ways she could never have imagined. Soon, she herself becomes the hunted. Who is serially killing the Descendants and why do they want to kill her?

Batallas sangrientas, bandas callejeras, asesinatos, racismo, prostitución y corrupción en Boston: así es la ópera prima del gran maestro del noir estadounidense. Kenzie y Gennaro asumen una tarea en apariencia simple: descubrir el paradero de Jenna Angeline, una mujer de la limpieza negra que, según parece, ha sustraído documentos confidenciales. Pero la pareja se entera de que Jenna no posee documentos. Tiene un hijo y un esposo que lideran pandillas callejeras, una hermana enojada y una foto de un político con su esposo en una habitación de hotel.

Kate and her husband are expecting their first child. Even though it was a surprise, Kate is thrilled and so is her mother, Helen. Kate just needs Helen’s anxieties to ease and for Dan to be on board. Dan is struggling – he loves Kate, but he is not ready to be a father. With relations between them feeling hostile, the attractive lead singer in Dan’s band offers him a tantalizing escape.

Adam Zantz is still driving for Lyft, struggling to make ends meet, when his beloved former piano teacher makes a deathbed request: He wants Zantz to prove his son’s innocence in a decades-earlier murder case. There doesn’t seem to be much hope of solving such a cold case—until Zantz stumbles onto a test pressing of a never-released vinyl LP. The recording is of a high school garage band lost to the tides of the Paisley Underground, the acid-fueled early ’80s music scene that spawned the Bangles and the Three O'Clock. Down the psychedelic rabbit hole Adam falls.

A struggling songwriter and Lyft driver, Adam Zantz’s life changes when he accepts a ride request in Malibu and 1970s music icon Annie Linden enters his dented VW Jetta. Bonding during that initial ride, the two quickly go off app— over the next three years, Adam becomes her exclusive driver and Annie listens to his music, encouraging Adam even as he finds himself driving more often than songwriting. Then, Annie disappears, and her body washes up under a pier.

In the unremarkable French town of Saint-Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to do away with her; a prominent manufacturer drops dead. Between visits to the town’s hostelries, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders the connections, if any, between these events, while all the time grappling with his own domestic and existential demons.

È la fine di un’altra dura giornata di lavoro per l’anatomopatologa Maura Isles, quando un rumore improvviso nella cella frigorifera attira la sua attenzione. Uno scherzo della stanchezza o tra i corpi in attesa di essere sottoposti ad autopsia qualcosa si è mosso? Si sa, la realtà è quasi sempre peggiore dell’incubo: una giovane e bellissima donna, il cui cadavere era stato ritrovato in mare non lontano da uno yacht club, ha ripreso a respirare.

Morir al sur, escrita con un lenguaje preciso y eficaz, transporta al lector, de una historia de crimen común, hacia una de crímenes de Estado que nos interna en el universo de la corrupción política y militar, y que debido a la región del país que le sirve de escenario, se inserta en un contexto social de gran impacto para México.

A ruthless serial killer stalks the streets of Mumbai, leaving behind a gruesome trail of tortured victims. As the city reels in terror, the authorities grapple with a vital question: what links these seemingly random targets?

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.

Irish newsreader Isolde Malone has a face many would recognise; in fact, she can’t walk through the streets of Dublin without bumping into a hoard of fans, all of whom want their picture taken with the darling of broadcast journalism. She’s living a dream life and has never been happier. Until the night everything changes.

Neapolis, 22 a.C. Dalla vasca delle murene di una lussuosa villa situata nella meravigliosa località di Pausilypon affiora una carcassa umana. È del ricco e spregevole eques romano Lucio Popilio Lepido, ospite del proprietario della villa, il cavaliere Publio Vedio Pollione, più feroce del morto. Pollione e Lepido non sono gli unici equites di Pausilypon: altri cinque loro sodali, con cui hanno sancito un patto segreto, si sono dati appuntamento nella dimora per un simposio. A pochi giorni – non è un caso – dall'arrivo in città dell'imperatore Augusto. Accanto al corpo di Lepido, un messaggio oscuro.

Maria Viani, biologa in pensione e detective per passione, rispolvera una serie di efferati crimini compiuti 500 anni prima. I colpi di scena si susseguono in quella che si rivelerà la sua indagine più pericolosa. Maria Viani trascorre l'inverno frequentando la biblioteca civica alla ricerca di documenti sulla storia della Repubblica di Genova. In maniera del tutto fortuita le capita tra le mani il verbale di un processo per duplice omicidio, avvenuto nel centro storico nel 1550. Protagonista un ricco artigiano della seta genovese, condannato a morte.

Добро пожаловать в Завораш — город, где плетется паутина заговоров. Жестокие убийства здесь не редкость, а на улицах правит белый тлен — новая чума, от которой гибнут сотни горожан. В этом городе пересекаются судьбы нескольких героев: человека, находящегося в подчинении у загадочных алхимиков крови, священника, наемного убийцы, бездомного наркомана и смертельно опасного маньяка — хирургически модифицированного бывшего солдата, испытывающего непреодолимую тягу к убийствам. В безумном мире, где каждый сам за себя, герои вынуждены бороться со своими внутренними демонами.

Barbara ci ha provato, a ricominciare, a tagliare i ponti con il passato, a fuggire da se stessa. Un nuovo luogo dove vivere, la piccola isola sperduta nel Mediterraneo che la gente del posto chiama “il Faro”. Un nuovo lavoro come maestra elementare. Perfino un nuovo nome, Alice. Ma il destino sembra avere altri piani. Un giorno la direttrice della scuola annuncia che nella sua classe arriverà una nuova alunna, Anna, una bambina complicata, con un serio problema di aggressività e accessi di rabbia.

¿Podrán Cara y Carlo hallar al culpable antes de que la oscuridad los devore por completo? ANTES: Hace veinte años, en la ciudad más hermosa a orillas del Danubio, la guerra comenzó a gestarse. Las sombras del pasado resucitaron y dos hermanas dieron a luz a sus hijos solo para que se los arrebataran. Este es el origen del horror, donde todo empezó. AHORA: En un presente desolado, Cara y Carlo deambulan por una Budapest en ruinas, una ciudad donde la luz del sol ya no llega. Los hermanos, hambrientos de venganza y respuestas, buscan al hombre responsable de desatar el mal que destruyó sus vidas y su mundo.