Novedades

Bruised and scared, Jade McNamara is ready to escape the abusive relationship she has found herself in, but there’s a catch. Her boyfriend’s a cop. He won’t let her leave him. He’s already threatened to kill her if she tries. And he’ll break every rule in the book to get her back. Desperate to save her and prove Cross Security will one day become the greatest security and investigation firm in the country, Lucien Cross pits himself against a monster who wears a badge and has a gun.

The latest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by well-known author, Denis O. Smith, provides a variety of puzzling and tangled mysteries for the great detective to unravel. What is the explanation for the train which arrives at its destination with not a soul on board? What lies behind the sudden, shocking death of one of the members at an exclusive London club? These cases require all of Holmes's unique investigative skills if the truth is to be uncovered.

Ci sono luoghi dove il silenzio ha echi sinistri, e la troppa tranquillità nasconde molti segreti. Inghilterra, paludi del Lincolnshire. Una donna viene pugnalata con inaudita violenza nella sua cucina; vent'anni prima, nello stesso villaggio, un contadino e sua moglie erano stati fatti a pezzi senza pietà. La detective Marie Evans non vede l'ora di andarsene di lì: è stata in polizia abbastanza a lungo da vedere molte cose, ma ciò che si è trovata di fronte quella mattina la disturba profondamente.

Legendary bush pilot Josie Jonson can’t believe her luck when a skilled builder just happens to show up after she purchases land near Prentiss Pond. All Mark Redmond asks in return for building Josie’s dream cabin is that he be left alone to homeschool his 12-year-old daughter, Cady. For Maine game warden investigator Mike Bowditch, the intensity of Redmond's secretiveness is troubling, especially in light of suspicious criminal activity being reported around the area―including rumors of an armed man offering large sums of money in exchange for the location of Redmond and Cady.

When your ears are itching to hear a great detective story, this boxed set, by some of the cleverest authors in history, can satisfy that itch. This boxed set includes all the stories from Volumes 1,2 and 3 of Classic Detective Stories.

Nenè Indelicato, commissario di polizia senza superpoteri e papà single, lo sa bene: detective e genitore sono lavori a tempo pieno. Quello che certamente non si aspetta è di dover passare dall'una all'altra veste nel giro di venti metri... E invece è proprio quel che succede una mattina, quando, dopo aver lasciato a scuola la figlia Sara - ben lontano dai cancelli come da sua richiesta, per salvarle la reputazione -, giusto davanti al liceo si imbatte nella vittima di una inaspettata, violenta aggressione.

La sesta inchiesta del commissario Wallander. Maggio 1993: in Algeria i fondamentalisti islamici uccidono quattro suore. La quinta donna massacrata è una turista svedese. La polizia algerina cerca di insabbiare il caso. Settembre 1994: una serie di delitti scuote il Sud della Svezia. Omicidi crudeli, perpetrati con una tecnica che non lascia dubbi sull’esistenza di un unico colpevole. Tocca ancora al commissario Kurt Wallander aprire un faticoso spiraglio tra le indagini e mettere insieme i pezzi di una storia incredibile.

"A Study in Scarlet" is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet".

Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them, and some marry them. Lina Aysgarth had lived with her husband for nearly eight years before she realized that she was married to a murderer.

Rick Brant and Don Scott are back from their vacation in the South Pacific and are finding adventure near Spindrift Island. They're on their own this time, with no support from any of the Spindrift scientists, though they do get help from a likable old sea salt named Cap'n Mike and some familiar members of the press.

A serial killer appears to be targeting female students, strangling them and then discarding their bodies alongside the trash. Women in Liverpool's multi-ethnic student community fear for their lives as the police race to catch the perpetrator and prevent more deaths. But what is the murderer's motive—pure misogyny, or something more complicated? What do the chess pieces left lying next to the victims' bodies mean? Does the principal suspects interest in computer gaming have a bearing on the case?