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Árbol que Nace Torcido: Un misterio de Matt Davis
By Ra l L pez Mart nez, Joe Perrone. 2016
Alguien está violando y estrangulando mujeres en el distrito de Chelsea en Manhattan - pero, ¿quién? Las únicas pistas son:…
un corazón distintivo tallado en el seno de cada víctima (dentro, las iniciales "C.J." y aquellas de la fallecida); copias del Nuevo Testamento (con pasajes subrayados refiriéndose a la infidelidad); y huellas digitales de un delincuente juvenil arrestado en los 1960s. En el caso está Matt Davis, lento pero efectivo detective de homicidios del NYPD quien es adicto a la pesca con mosca-y al chocolate. Su compañero es un cuarto Indio Mohawk, Chris Freitag, a quien le debe una deuda de gratitud por mucho tiempo. Complicando las cosas está Rita Valdez, una policía buscando el "amor verdadero," sin ser demasiado particular acerca de en donde lo encuentra. Árbol que Nace Torcido es un thriller explosivo que arranca la tapa de las sórdidas entrañas de las salas de chat en Internet, y lanza al lector en un viaje sin reserva alguna hacía su escalofriante conclusión. Es el primero de la serie de Misterios de Matt Davis, la cual incluye Opening Day, Twice Bitten y Broken Promises. Un quinto misterio de Matt Davis, Deadly Ransom, está programado para publicarse al final del 2016. PRECAUCIÓN: Contiene material sexual gráfico que puede ser inapropiado para algunos lectores.The Frenzy Way
By Gregory Lamberson. 2010
When raped and dismembered corpses start to appear throughout New York City, the investigation draws police captain Mace into a…
plot that plays like a horror movie. Taking the lead role in this chilling story may be the challenge of his career, testing his skills and his stamina, but even a superhero would find the series of terrifying crimes daunting. Unlike anything Mace has experienced, every blood-spattered scene is filled with body parts and partially eaten human remains and in the wake of each attack is the haunting premonition of another murdering onslaught. As Mace follows this crimson trail of madness, he must accept the inevitable conclusion: whomever or whatever is responsible for this terror does not intend to stop, and it's up to him to put an end to the chaotic reign of a perpetrator whom, until now, he's met only in the annals of mythology. Unfortunately, the mere mention of the word-werewolf-would send New Yorkers into a panic.The Mingrelian Conspiracy: A Mamur Zapt Mystery
By Michael Pearce. 1995
In the Cairo of 1908, the city lives - and dies - by its cafe culture. But for all restaurant…
businesses, then and now, the protection rackets pose a problem. And the city's cafes are experiencing a sudden upsurge in threats from various gangs. But who are they? More importantly, who's behind them? Is the money being channeled to some big crook, or is its use political, for, say, the purchase of guns? With some sixty nationalities, one hundred and twelve ethnic groups, and over two hundred religious sects, not to mention the burgeoning Nationalists, stewing, policing the capital is no easy matter. When Mustapha, one caf� proprietor, is attacked by men with clubs, his legs broken for non-compliance, everyone is worried. Could the attacks be escalating towards the international community? The Russian Charg� makes a complaint - the Mingrelians, a very small Christian group from the Caucasus, may be targeting a Russian Grand Duke. This royal figure is coming to replicate the visit his uncle paid to Egypt at the opening of the Suez Canal. Heading off any such incident is the task of Gareth Owen, Head of the Secret Police. But will the Mamur Zapt find answers to so many arcane questions in time?...Devil at the Crossroads
By Olive Etchells. 0009
The Hundredth Man
By Jack Kerley. 2004
When bizarre and cryptic messages are found on a pair of corpses in Mobile, Alabama, junior police detective Carson Ryder…
and veteran cop Harry Nautilus find themselves in a mysterious public-relations quagmire pitting public safety against office politics. With the body count growing, Ryder must confront his family’s terrifying past by seeking advice from his brother, a violent psychopath convicted of similarly heinous crimes. Ryder finds himself falling for Ava, the striking pathologist processing the gruesome corpses. But Ava’s past holds its own nightmarish secrets. Ryder and Nautilus come to realize someone close to them is the killer’s ultimate target—and time is running out before the killer plans to strike again.The Marshal at the Villa Torrini
By Magdalen Nabb. 1993
Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series: #x1C;The exquisite sensibility of Magdalen Nabb#x19;s police procedurals has all to do with the…
feeling of displacement that haunts her sensitively observed characters. #x1D;-The New York Times Book Review A well-known writer is found dead in the Villa Torrini near Florence without a mark of violence on her. Marshal Guarnaccia of the carabinieri must solve the mystery while struggling with a new legal system and a strict diet. Magdalen Nabbwas born and educated in England. She lived and wrote in Florence, where she died in August 2007. From the Trade Paperback edition.A Dead Man in Tangier
By Michael Pearce. 2007
Tangiers in 1912 is an unusual city -- sometimes the police are there, and sometimes they aren't. When Seymour of…
Scotland Yard arrives to investigate a murder things inevitably go wrong. Seymour finds himself caught between the ancient and the modern worlds in this divided country, where tradition is harsh and limiting, and the future crashes in the form of a military boot. There is a woman, of course, to complicate matters, and soon Seymour comes to realize that the closer he comes to discovering the truth about the murder, the closer he may be to his own demise.The Marshal Makes His Report
By Magdalen Nabb. 1990
When the body of Buongianni Corsi is found lying face down in the courtyard of the Palazzo Ulderighi there seems…
no doubt in the minds of his family that his death was an accident. The Marchesa, wife of the dead man, will entertain no other possibility and her power and status in the city means that Marshal Guarnaccia questions at his peril. But question he does. The death could have been suicide, or even murder. Guarnaccia knows something is not quite right, and resents being expected to go along with any possible cover up. The Palazzo is a maze of passageways, darkened corridors, locked rooms and something else, a family secret. Can he ignore his instincts and his integrity? Should he press on with the case, risk his job, and maybe more? As he paces the courtyard of the Palazzo, he is haunted by the strange piano and flute music that filters down from above, as well as by the irresistible conviction that something truly sinister has happened there. . .Vita Nuova
By Magdalen Nabb. 2008
Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia Series: #x1C;It takes a writer as good as Magdalen Nabb to remind us of how…
subtle the art of the mystery can be. . . . Nabb has Simenon#x19;s knack. #x1D;-The New York Times Book Review #x1C;If you didn#x19;t make it to Florence this summer, don#x19;t despair. . . . There#x19;s a new Marshal Guarnaccia investigation. #x1D;-Chicago Tribune #x1C;Surpasses the best of Simenon. #x1D;-Kirkus Reviews #x1C;There is no other series quite like the Guarnaccia stories. #x1D;-The Washington Post Book World Daniela is a quiet single mother studying for a doctorate in chemistry. She rarely goes out, so her murder in her bedroom at the family#x19;s new villa seems inexplicable. It is true that her mother, who appears to be an alcoholic; her younger sister, who has had mental problems; and her father, who has made his money running nightclubs and is probably involved in the international sex trade, are not your average home-loving Italian nuclear family, but what can she have done to be singled out for slaughter? And why has the prosecutor asked specifically for Marshal Guarnaccia to head the investigation? This is the fourteenth book in this acclaimed series. Magdalen Nabb, who was born and educated in England, lived and wrote in Florence, where she died on August 18, 2007. From the Hardcover edition.The Judas Judge (Kevin Kerney Novels, Book #5)
By Michael Mcgarrity. 2001
In a remote New Mexico campground, six people are killed in an apparently senseless murder spree. Deputy State Police Chief…
Kevin Kerney suspects the slaying wasn't random at all--but rather a calculated plot to eliminate one high-profile victim, retired judge, Vernon Langsford. In piecing together the judge's shocking past, Kerney discovers the victim's predilection for sexual indiscretions, a history of family betrayal and greed, and a dark marriage that ended mysteriously and violently. But as Kerney gets closer to the heart of a terrible crime, it's a woman from his own past who emerges with a stunning secret of her own.The Puppeteer
By Timothy Williams. 2014
Northern Italy, 1982: Inspector Piero Trotti is enjoying his breakfast at a café when gunmen drive up and shoot the…
man sitting at the next table. Was Trotti their intended target? He isn't sure. The case falls under the jurisdiction of the local Carabinieri, but Trotti decides to make his own inquiries.The Puppeteer is the follow-up to CWA award-winner Timothy Williams's dazzling crime fiction debut, Converging Parallels. This tautly written novel brings us to the depths of a corrupt, scheming Italian society in which bank officials, clergymen, masons, lawyers, and, of course, politicians are all suspect of resorting to criminal activity for personal gain. Only the police are presumed trustworthy, and even they are sorely divided by departmental rivalries and jealousies.From the Trade Paperback edition.Killing Pace: A Mystery
By Douglas Schofield. 2017
“Engrossing...It’s a tribute to criminal lawyer Schofield’s persuasive powers that his characters, procedural elements, and atmosphere are convincing enough to…
keep those pages turning without logic getting in the way.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Time of DepartureIn Killing Pace, Douglas Schofield, author of Time of Departure and Storm Rising, delivers a heart-pounding tale set in Everglades City, Florida and Sicily, Italy with three important questions: Where am I?... How did I get here?... and most importantly… Who am I? It’s been two months since Lisa Green crawled barefoot and bleeding out of a terrible car accident. Her boyfriend Roland has been nursing her back to health under close watch. Lisa has amnesia. They both know that, but only Lisa knows that she hasn’t lost her ability to reason. And reason tells her that she is not Roland’s girlfriend. She is his prisoner. Gradually, Lisa remembers training and skills that she didn’t know she had and is able to make her escape. When a sheriff’s deputy finds her, she tells him she wants to report a missing person: herself.What follows is a high-octane international chase, which involves US Border Control, the Sicilian mafia, and a shadowy organization specializing in trafficking infants taken from Syrian refugees and made available for adoption to wealthy American couples. Lisa, whose real name is Laura Pace, must figure out who she can trust and how to stay alive.A Season to Lie: A Detective Gemma Monroe Mystery (Detective Gemma Monroe Novels #2)
By Emily Littlejohn. 2017
“Small town Colorado police detective Gemma Monroe is a human and fallible heroine I can't wait to meet again, and…
Littlejohn's prose is lyrical and gripping.”—Deborah CrombieIn Emily Littlejohn's follow-up to her acclaimed debut Inherit the Bones, a twisted killer stalks his prey in the dead of winter. On a cold dark night in February, as a blizzard shrieks through Cedar Valley, police officer and new mother Gemma Monroe responds to an anonymous report of a prowler at the local private high school, The Valley Academy. In her idyllic Colorado small town, Gemma expects the call was just a prank by a bored teenager. But there in the snow lies the savaged body of a man whose presence in town was meant to be a secret. And a disturbing message left by his killer promises more death to come. This is only the beginning . . . Nothing is as it seems in Cedar Valley and stories, both fact and fiction, ensnare Gemma as her investigation moves from the halls of an elite academy to the forests that surround Cedar Valley.Against a backdrop of bleak winter weather, stymied by those who would lie to protect what is dearest to them, Gemma hunts a ruthless killer before he strikes again in A Season to Lie.Death of a Carpet Dealer
By Karin Wahlberg, Neil Betteridge. 2012
The brutal murder of a Swedish carpet dealer on a business trip to Turkey is the start of a story…
about an unknown daughter, an exclusive carpet and--as always when Karin Wahlberg writes--the everyday life and dreams of the people we meet in her stories.The Billionaire's Son
By Sharon Hartley. 2017
Serve. Protect. Don’t fall in love…Rookie cop Kelly Jenkins thought that saving a terrified little boy from his abductors was…
the end of the story. It wasn’t. With the kidnappers on the loose and the child clinging to her as his “mommy,” Kelly is pulled into a world of wealth and privilege.Arrogant, handsome billionaire Trey Wentworth is the boy’s father, and a pain in her working-class butt. Yet even as the threats against Trey and Kelly mount, attraction blazes between them. Leaving now would place them all in peril. But the longer she stays, the more Kelly risks losing herself—and her heart—in a world where she doesn’t belong.Killer's Island
By Anna Jansson, Enar Henning Koch. 2012
The Gotland Island myth of the White Sea-Lady-a young bride who drowned on her wedding night lures men into the…
watery depth-is conjured up one midsummer morning, just before a nurse is found murdered in a wedding dress. Detective Inspector Maria Wern is put on the case to investigate, but soon realizes she is under observation by the killer.Deadly Valentine
By B. J. Daniels. 2002
Old rivalries and long-buried passions are reignited by a Valentine's Day murder in this classic mystery by New York Times…
bestselling author B.J. Daniels. Jack McAllister is pulled right back to his past when he returns to his hometown. As the sheriff of River's Edge, Montana, he is called on to solve the gruesome murder of former classmate Peggy Kane, secretary to the resort community's most prominent citizen--and Jack's high school rival--Oliver Sanders. The case is further complicated by the presence of Jack's former sweetheart, Detective Tempest Bailey. Jack and Tempest will have to reconcile old feelings and untangle a complicated web of deceit to catch the killer and get justice for the past. Previously Published as The Lovebirds.Occhi Innocenti
By Enrique Laso, Rossella De Luca. 2017
Un nuovo romanzo sulle avventure dell'agente speciale dell'FBI, Ethan Bush Più di 400.000 copie vendute in tutto il mondo Nº1…
in inglese, francese e spagnolo Un avvincente romanzo poliziesco ricco di suspense Quattro bambini uccisi... Un'indagine scaltra... Il coinvolgimento di un agente speciale dell'FBI- sezione Analisi Comportamentale... Il Deserto Sonora ... Uno dei romanzi più notevoli degli ultimi tempi ... Best Seller a livello mondialeDouble Dare: Inspired by the True Story of a Man Caught Between the Mafia and the Law
By Edward Keyes. 1981
A drug dealer turned informant navigates New York’s underworld in a tale that “maintains tension” from an Edgar Award finalist…
(The New York Times Book Review). A twenty-nine-year-old Italian immigrant, Tony Farrell has all the trappings of success: custom threads, an imported roadster, an apartment in an elegant duplex on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and a devoted girlfriend and business partner, Liz, who thinks she’s nabbed her own Al Pacino. On the downside, their little First Avenue bistro, Anthony’s, is in the red . . . until Tony agrees to pay his debts to a Mob loan shark the only way he can—turning his beloved restaurant into a hot spot for the drug trade. It’s a move that will lead to Tony’s undoing. Busted by undercover cops, Tony’s only hope is to become an informant for an FBI task force. The plan is to help them catch a powerful Haitian drug lord known as the Giant, who’s importing raw coke from South America via American cruise lines. But this fresh new nightmare won’t consume just Tony; it’s about to trap everyone he knows—lovers and enemies. And making it out alive isn’t going to be easy because, when the world gets this dark, it’s impossible to know who to trust or where to run. Edward Keyes’s true-crime book The Michigan Murders was named an Edgar Award finalist. In Double Dare, he presents the gripping tale of a man caught between the Mafia and law enforcement in a novel praised by Robin Moore, author of The French Connection, as “the most suspenseful, fast-moving police story of its genre [he’s] ever read.”The Fifth Element: A Novel
By Jorgen Brekke. 2016
Police Inspector Odd Singsaker has been captured, imprisoned on an island off the Northern coast of Norway. He wakes to…
find himself holding a shotgun. Next to him is a corpse. But what events led him to this point? And how did he get here? A few weeks earlier, Felicia, his wife, disappeared. Though he didn’t know it, she was trying to find her way back to Odd to reconcile, but then she vanished into a snowstorm. Possibly involved is a corrupt, coldblooded cop from Oslo, a devious college student who’s stolen a great deal of cocaine from drug dealers, and a hit man hired by the drug dealers who have been robbed. All of these lives intersect with Odd’s as he searches for Felicia.The Fifth Element is ultimately the story of what happened to Felicia Stone. Within that journey, brutal crimes are uncovered, tenacious love shines through, and chilling characters with nothing to lose will stop at nothing to get what they want. Jorgen Brekke once again delivers a chilling thriller that readers will tear through to unravel what happened-and why.