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Purppuraverkko by Carmen Mola
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSatoja tuhansia myynyt Espanjan Varistyttö.Kesän viimeisinä päivinä rikostutkija Elena Blanco ryhmineen tekee rynnäkön Madridin laitamilla sijaitsevaan taloon. He syöksyvät suoraan perheen teinipojan huoneeseen, jossa tietokoneen näytöllä kaksi huppupäistä miestä kiduttaa nuorta tyttöä suorassa lähetyksessä. Poliisit joutuvat todistamaan ruudun välityksellä tytön kuolemaa... -
![Bună seara, Melania! by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu]()
Bună seara, Melania! by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRodica Ojog-Braşoveanu a publicat romane poliţiste, istorice şi alte povestiri. Maestră in arta suspansului, Rodica Ojog-Brasoveanu se arată o fină cunoscătoare a maștilor dincolo de care se ascund întotdeauna oamenii și în literatura, și în viata. Această carte o dovedește din plin.Despre "Ciclul Melaniei": Melania este cheia întregii serii, prin unicitatea ei... -
![Le ossa parlano by Antonio Manzini]()
Le ossa parlano by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMentre Rocco Schiavone affronta a Roma i suoi fantasmi con la sensazione che a quella città non abbia più niente da dire, ad Aosta nei boschi vicino Saint-Nicolas, vengono rinvenute alcune minuscole ossa umane. Sono di Mirko Sensini, un bimbo di 8 anni strangolato dopo aver subito violenza sessuale. Rocco stavolta dovrà scavare nel terreno più torbido della psicopatologia la pedofilia... -
![Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini]()
Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRocco Schiavone indaga sull’omicidio di una professoressa in pensione. E intanto l’ombra del passato si fa pressante: la pena per Sebastiano, l’amico fraterno che non ha mai smesso di dare la caccia a Enzo Baiocchi, che gli ha assassinato la moglie, lo rende inquieto e gli ruba il sonno... -
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![Catedrales by Claudia Piñeiro]()
Catedrales by Claudia Piñeiro
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsUna adolescente aparece quemada y descuartizada en un descampado. Treinta años después, el crimen sigue sin aclararse y su familia y entorno se han desmoronado.Hace treinta años, en un terreno baldío de un barrio tranquilo, apareció descuartizado y quemado el cadáver de una adolescente... -
![The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s by Otto Penzler]()
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s by Otto Penzler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled. Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train—a bullet couldn’t pass through it... -
![The Scarlet Ruse by John D. MacDonald]()
The Scarlet Ruse by John D. MacDonald
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTravis McGee is too busy with his houseboat to pay attention to the little old man with the missing postage stamps. Except these are no ordinary stamps. They are rare stamps. Four hundred thousand dollars worth of rare. And if McGee doesn't recognize their value, perhaps Mary Alice McDermit does, a six-foot knockout who knows all the ways to a boat bum's heart... -
![Killer on the Peaks: A twisting British murder mystery by J.F. Burgess]()
Killer on the Peaks: A twisting British murder mystery by J.F. Burgess
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe watches. He waits, until they are alone.In the historic Staffordshire market town of Leek, Detective Jessica Ryan, a resilient single mother of two kids, faces life's challenges. It's taken four years to rebuild her family after her husband Darren suspiciously disappeared whilst working undercover for the National Crime Agency... -
![The Killing by Lionel White]()
The Killing by Lionel White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohnny Clay, an ex-con determined to strike it rich, has worked out a fool-proof scheme to knock off a racetrack payroll. The two million bucks should be enough to last him a lifetime or two. But a two-faced dame has another idea: Let Johnny do the work, then she'll grab the swag for herself and her boyfriend... -
![The Bastard Hand by Heath Lowrance]()
The Bastard Hand by Heath Lowrance
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlie Wesley is not right in the head. He's escaped from a mental hospital up north and hitchhiked his way south, the voice of his dead brother urging him on. But when Charlie hits Memphis, the fine line between his delusions and reality shift in the form of the Reverend Phineas Childe-a preacher bent on booze and women; a Man of God with a dark agenda... -
![The Black Mass of Brother Springer by Charles Willeford]()
The Black Mass of Brother Springer by Charles Willeford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNote: Originally published as "Honey Gal". The Washington Post calls this darkly humorous novel by Charles Willeford, one of the great crime writers of the 20th century, "his masterpiece." This new edition includes a new introduction by James Sallis, and the previously unpublished play version of the novel (THE ORDAINMENT OF BROTHER SPRINGER)... -
![البارمان by أشرف العشماوي]()
البارمان by أشرف العشماوي
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsأبطال هذه الرواية مزيج غريب من شخصيات متباينة اجتماعيا وثقافيا وماديا اختارها المؤلف بعناية وغاص فى أعماق كل منها ، يجمعها كلها حى الزمالك العريق وشارع قصر النيل بوسط القاهرة ويلتقى غالبيتهم فى حانة شهيرة على النيل بذات الحى العريق حيث يحلق بنا اشرف العشماوي فى عالم غريب بتفاصيله الدقيقة المدهشة مستخدما لغة جمالية سلسة وأسلوب سردى بديع ليعرض مآسي انسانية تدمى لها القلوب وأحداث مشوقة متسارعة... -
![The Fall: A murder brings them together. The truth will tear them apart. by Claire McGowan]()
The Fall: A murder brings them together. The truth will tear them apart. by Claire McGowan
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat would you do if the man you love was accused of murder? Bad things never happen to Charlotte. She's living the life she's always wanted and about to marry wealthy banker, Dan. But Dan's been hiding a secret, and the pressure is pushing him over the edge. After he's arrested for the vicious killing of a nightclub owner, Charlotte's future is shattered... -
![Cassidy's Girl by David Goodis]()
Cassidy's Girl by David Goodis
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassidy's Girl , first published in 1951, is a noir thriller by acknowledged master-of-the-genre David Goodis. The story, set in post-WWII Philadelphia, revolves around Jim Cassidy, who suffers setback after setback in his life, losing his job as an airline pilot and taking a job as a bus driver. His wife begins an affair with another man, while Cassidy takes up with a heavy-drinking femme-fatale... -
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![Smoke and Mirrors by Steve Marshall]()
Smoke and Mirrors by Steve Marshall
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen you can’t call the cops… Call Trunk Dennis Trunk has a reputation for figuring things out and he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty. Trunk won’t kill, unless he has to. Between one and two percent of the population are psychopaths. Trunk is highly functional. He has a steady job, an ex-wife, and a plan to kill her boyfriend... -
![The Flesh of the Orchid by James Hadley Chase]()
The Flesh of the Orchid by James Hadley Chase
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames Hadley Chase (Ren� Brabazon Raymond) was born in London in 1906 and started his career as a bookseller. With the aid of a dictionary of American slang and reference books on the American underworld he wrote his first novel, NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH, over six weekends. The book achieved remarkable popularity and became one of the best-sold books of the decade... -
![68 Kill by Bryan Smith]()
68 Kill by Bryan Smith
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt started with a couple of dead bodies and $68,000 in stolen cash. Chip Taylor’s girlfriend Liza had the perfect plan to rip off her rich sugar daddy. It should have been an easy in and out kind of deal. Nobody would get hurt and they would come out of it with enough loot to solve their problems... -
![Command Strike by Don Pendleton]()
Command Strike by Don Pendleton
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMission Unthinkable. . .Long live the king, the king is dead. Augie Marinello, Boss of All the Bosses, has paid the final tab to the Executioner. But from the ashes of Augies defeat is rising a new and stronger syndicate - better than ever. The big "if" seems to be David Eritrea, formly chief advisor to the dead king, now heir presumptive to the Marinello throne... -
![The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich]()
The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a slight accident on a tawdry street, Frank Townsend goes home - only to discover he hasn't been there in years. Suffering from amnesia, accused of murder, and the object of a deadly pursuit, he must overcome the crime that time has thrust upon him.. -
![The Riddle of the Traveling Skull by Harry Stephen Keeler]()
The Riddle of the Traveling Skull by Harry Stephen Keeler
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Collins Library is proud to present the triumphant return of Harry Stephen Keeler — to some, an overlooked genius; to others, the Ed Wood of detective fiction. The Riddle of the Traveling Skull is perhaps his best-loved work. The adventure begins when a poem and a mysterious handbag lead a man to the grave of Legga, the Human Spider — and things just get stranger from there... -
![Lucky at Cards by Sheldon Lord, Lawrence Block]()
Lucky at Cards by Sheldon Lord, Lawrence Block
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAT CARDS AND WITH WOMEN, BILL MAYNARD KNEW HOW TO CHEAT On the mend after getting run out of Chicago, professional cardsharp Bill Maynard is hungry for some action – but not nearly as hungry as Joyce Rogers, the tantalizing wife of Bill’s latest mark. Together they hatch an ingenious scheme to get rid of her husband. But in life as in poker, the other player sometimes has an ace up his sleeve... -
![Magnolias in Paradise: The Man with the Hourglass by Leonard Seet]()
Magnolias in Paradise: The Man with the Hourglass by Leonard Seet
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratings(Available in October 2016) Ernst arrives at the Paradise train station with fifty-thousand dollars to ransom his sweetheart, and while looking among the crowd for the young man with a magnolia, a beggar seizes his bag of cash and escapes through the revolving door. Chasing after the rascal, he slams into his contact--his girlfriend's lover in town... -
![The Garden on Sunset by Martin Turnbull]()
The Garden on Sunset by Martin Turnbull
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRight before talking pictures slug Tinsel Town in the jaw, a luminous silent screen star converts her private estate into the Garden of Allah Hotel. The lush grounds soon become a haven for Hollywood hopefuls to meet, drink, and revel through the night... -
![Hell's Gate by Richard Crompton]()
Hell's Gate by Richard Crompton
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gripping second novel in Crompton’s sharply plotted Mollel series—"a compulsive whodunit" (Ian Rankin)It must have been someone's idea of a joke. Too many offended egos back at headquarters, too many influential people unhappy with him in Nairobi. And yet, with his record, almost impossible to dismiss. So where had they sent Mollel? Straight to Hell... -
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![Die Sünde der Engel by Charlotte Link]()
Die Sünde der Engel by Charlotte Link
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelches furchtbare Geheimnis teilt Janet Beerbaum mit ihren über alles geliebten Söhnen?Janet Beerbaum würde alles für ihre Söhne tun. Die Zwillinge Maximilian und Mario, die sich gleichen wie ein Ei dem anderen, standen schon immer im Mittelpunkt ihres Lebens. Für sie hat Janet sogar einst auf ihre große Liebe verzichtet, um den Jungen die Familie und den Vater zu erhalten... -
![Murder on the Thirty-first Floor by Per Wahlöö]()
Murder on the Thirty-first Floor by Per Wahlöö
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the nation's sole publishing conglomerate receives a mysterious bomb threat, Chief Inspector Jensen is ordered to find a culprit within a week--or else. As his investigation begins to reveal the unsavory secrets of a growing list of suspects, Jensen realizes that he has uncovered a tragic story of betrayal and death in which he will play the central role... -
![Paper Butterfly: A Mei Wang Mystery by Diane Wei Liang]()
Paper Butterfly: A Mei Wang Mystery by Diane Wei Liang
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsModern-Day Beijing. Mei Wang, 31, lives and works as a private detective in China's capital city. After her resignation from the Ministry for Public Security, Mei saw her status drop swiftly in the eyes of her former colleagues, her TV-star sister, and even her mother... -
![The Lazarus Child by Robert Mawson]()
The Lazarus Child by Robert Mawson
Rated: 3.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt takes just an instant for a family's life to be changed forever. Now seven-year-old Frankie Heywood lies in a coma. The experts are telling her parents there is no hope. Their son is slipping away emotionally. And the Heywoods--their marriage already strained to the breaking point--are desperate. They have one last chance.Dr... -
![A Diet of Treacle by Lawrence Block, Sheldon Lord]()
A Diet of Treacle by Lawrence Block, Sheldon Lord
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDrug deals lead to murder after a beautiful college student gets involved with a stoner and his sociopathic roommate in 1960s Greenwich Village, in this classic tale by Block, published for the first time in almost 50 years. Original... -
![Home Invasion by Joy Fielding]()
Home Invasion by Joy Fielding
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKathy Brown suddenly wakes up. Was that a noise in the house, or part of her dream?In her dream, Kathy was about to kiss Michael, her high school boyfriend. Her husband, Jack, lies beside her, snoring. Michael is exciting. Jack is boring.When Kathy hears the noise again, she gets up. Then she hears whispers. Then she feels a gun at her head. Two men are in the house...
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