Tormented, rebellious police detective Victor Lessard races to track down a ruthless killer in Montreal.
“Martin Michaud is a master at twisty storytelling and compelling atmosphere.” — Catherine McKenzie
“Never Forget is a crackerjack read.” —Quill & Quire
“A raucous crime thriller.” —Publishers Weekly
When a homeless man jumps to his death in Old Montreal, the police discover two wallets in his possession: one belonging to a retired psychiatrist who was murdered in a bizarre ritual, the other to a powerful corporate lawyer who has vanished. As Montreal police detective Victor Lessard and his partner, Jacinthe Taillon, work to solve the separate mysteries, a dark conspiracy begins to emerge.
While the pressure builds and the bodies accumulate, disturbing secrets come to light about a pivotal moment in political history. But will Lessard and Taillon crack the case in time to stop the killer from striking again?
Crees que conoces a tu pareja. Crees que tu matrimonio es perfecto. Pero todos tenemos secretos. Y la verdad siempre emerge, aunque la ahogues. La verdad nunca muere, aunque la mates.
Frank y Grace forman el matrimonio perfecto. Pero cuando emprenden junto a sus dos hijos un viaje en autocaravana a través de los Estados Unidos, no pueden imaginar que se dirigen a un encuentro inesperado, capaz de destruir a la familia y poner sus vidas en peligro mortal.
Traducido en Alemania, Italia, Rusia, Reino Unido y Estados Unidos, y con más de 150.000 ejemplares vendidos, Paul Pen regresa con una sorprendente novela que se lee sin freno. Un vertiginoso descenso al lado oscuro de lo cotidiano, a los terribles secretos que todos escondemos tras nuestras fachadas de aparente perfección.
Críticas:
«Paul Pen tiene ese algo que hace que una historia aparentemente sencilla, un viaje en caravana, se convierta en una pesadilla perturbadora.»
Javier Castillo
«No puedo parar de leer. Paul Pen es el culpable de mis ojeras.»
Carme Chaparro
Guillermo Arriaga -autor de Amores perros, 21 gramos y Babel, y galardonado con el Premio Mazatlán de Literatura por El Salvaje- crea una historia de violencia, pasión y orgullo, plena de humor, con ecos de Rulfo y García Márquez.
Una extraordinaria obra narrativa que confirma a Arriaga como uno de los mejores escritores de la literatura contemporánea.
Una mañana Ramón Castaños, un adolescente que vive en un pequeño poblado en Tamaulipas, descubre en un sembradío el cadáver desnudo y apuñalado de Adela, una muchacha a quien apenas conocía. Cuando el resto de los pobladores llega a la escena del crimen, corre el rumor de que quien ha muerto era la novia de Ramón. Así, el protagonista se verá obligado a vengar el asesinato de la mujer que supuestamente amaba para defender su honor y su hombría. Al mismo tiempo, voces en el pueblo achacan el crimen al Gitano, un hombre inocente. Un entramado de falsedades y mentiras conducen la historia hacia un desenlace trágico y fatal.
'Uno no puede dejar de fascinarse con estos personajes cuya brusquedad, machismo y gusto por el alcohol y las armas, recuerdan a grandes escritores de la tradición estadounidense como Hemingway, Faulkner y Steinbeck: personajes cuya ternura, dudas y temores se ocultan detrás del silencio y la rudeza'
Marina Belli, Thriller Magazine (Italia)
The sinister, mind-bending roman noir that inspired the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock classic, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak
It could have happened to any of us, but it happened to a man named Flavieres. His days as a detective were over, and everyone knew he had his reasons. But when an old friend appeared out of nowhere with concerns about his withdrawn and mysterious wife, Flavieres didn't have the heart to refuse. Soon, he would be scouring the streets of Paris in search of an answer-in search of a girl who belonged to no one, not even to herself. Intrigue would be replaced by obsession, and dreams replaced by nightmares.
This is the story of a desperate man. A man who ended up compromising his own morality beyond all measure, while World War II raged outside his front door. A man tormented-and destroyed-by a dark, terrible secret.
Wild Wild East - oder was war der Sinn unseres Lebens?
Ein wilder Roadtrip durch die verrückten 90er Jahre.
Vom Drehbuchautorenverband zum Deutschen Filmpreis 2016 vorgeschlagen.
Heul doch, du Wessi.
Es hätte alles so schön sein können. Gerade hat es Rocko in die Fußballnationalelf der DDR geschafft, da fällt die Mauer. Und begräbt all seine Träume unter sich. Der Job: futsch. Die Heimat: am Boden. Die Freundin: durchgebrannt mit einem Wessi. Das kriegt ihr zurück, ihr Kapitalisten, schwört Rocko und startet einen Rachefeldzug als Gangster.
Gemeinsam mit seinem Freund Maik beginnt eine Achterbahnfahrt durch die unübersichtliche Alles-ist-möglich-Zeit nach der Wiedervereinigung. Rocko erlebt eine persönliche Wende nach der anderen. Eben noch freudetrunken mit Frauen im Arm und D-Mark-Bündel im Koffer auf dem Dancefloor - und kurz darauf zusammengeschlagen und blutend in der Gosse. Das Leben ist eben kein FDJ-Ferienlager. Hier tummeln sich Neonazis, Dealer und Rocker. Nicht einmal auf die Guten ist Verlass. Rockos und Maiks wilde Reise führt sie von Ost- nach Westdeutschland, Weißrussland, Tschechien und Ibiza. Auf der Suche nach dem schnellen Geld finden die beiden noch schnellere Autos, Sexpartys und die Erkenntnis, dass Kapitalismus doch nicht so schlecht ist. Aber am Ende kommt es immer anders, als man denkt. Das muss auch Rocko lernen. 'Ich mag Ossis, die sind so ehrlich', sagt Mona. 'Ja, das denken alle', grinst Rocko.
Rockos spannungsgeladenen Trip durch die neuere deutsche Geschichte gibt es jetzt als aufwändig produziertes Hörspiel. Mit dabei sind Simon Jäger, Pit Bukowski und Heike Warmuth.
Un hombre observa en la oscuridad... Está esperando. ¿Está dispuesto a matar?
Un thriller psicológico perturbador de Charlotte Link, la autora que ha revolucionado el género de la novela criminal en Europa.
Una serie de asesinatos asolan la ciudad de Londres. Las víctimas, muertas de forma vengativa y sádica, son mujeres que viven solas y no parece que guarden ninguna relación entre sí. La policía busca a un psicópata, un hombre que odia a las mujeres, pero casi no hay pistas y el caso no avanza.
En el centro de la investigación está Gillian Ward, madre de una adolescente distante, y John Burton, un ex policía que pronto se verá arrastrado al epicentro de una turbulenta historia de abusos, soledad y venganza, sin sospechar que la próxima víctima está justo a su lado y que poco podrá hacer para salvarla...
Reseñas:
«La policía tiene muchas pistas, la mayoría de las cuales llevan a callejones sin salida. Esto es lo que crea el suspense en esta novela que, como siempre con Charlotte Link, también cautiva con la impresionante descripción de atmósferas y personas.»
NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Neue Bücher
«Una novelista impecable.»
Die Zeit
«Charlotte Link demuestra un talento extraordinario para el entretenimiento adictivo.»
Dpa
Shot through with darkly comic flourishes. Motel, money, murder, madness: it has all you need to keep you happy' THE TIMES, THRILLER OF THE MONTH
Meet Happy Doll
Hap to his friends. He's a LA private detective living a quiet life along with his beloved half-Chihuahua half-Terrier, George.
He's getting by just fine
When he's not walking George or sipping tequila, Hap works nights at the Thai Miracle Spa, protecting the women who work there from clients who won't take 'no' for an answer.
Until he kills a man
Usually Doll avoids trouble by following his two basic rules: bark loudly and act first. But after a deadly fight with a customer, even he finds himself wildly out of his depth...
A Man Named Doll is both a hilarious introduction to an unforgettable character, and a high-speed joyride through the sensuous and violent streets of LA.
Making a score and settling one at the same time is a rare opportunity, enough to bring Nolan out of criminal retirement ... but he didn't count on the hillbillies or the skyjacker ...
Nolan is a pro, a veteran of mob vendettas and decades of high-tension heists. All he wants in his advancing middle age is his slice of the American pie-a way to make capitalism pay without having to drag guns into it. But a bullet-scarred life does not come without its bad karma, and Nolan-and his young cohort Jon, whose own dream is to confine the violence to the comics he draws-often find themselves facing old enemies and new temptations.
Hollywood, 1947. Jack Shannon, a former actor whose promising career was interrupted by the war and ended by a facial scar sustained in combat, is now a studio publicist. He jokes that the only thing he knows about publicity is how to suppress it, but that, in fact, is his real job. He's a fixer who babysits the studio's stars and covers up their bad behavior.
Everything changes for Jack when Savannah Stevens enters his life. A sexpot star in the mold of Jean Harlow and the studio's biggest box-office draw, she's a deeply troubled young woman given to emotional breakdowns, unexplained absences from the set, and time-devouring delays occasioned by her paralyzing insecurities and her insistence on dozens of takes.
Jack's job is to stay with her 24/7, deliver her to the set on time each day, and make sure she completes her current picture, a picture on which the future of the studio depends. All goes well until Savannah disappears, and Jack is assigned the task of finding her ... without revealing to anyone, including the police, that she is missing.
Some of the best-known and most influential pieces of crime fiction have been from African American writers. Be it Walter Mosley's great detective Easy Rawlins, or the mean streets of Harlem at the hands of Chester Himes, the stories and characters in this anthology have shaped the mystery genre with their own unique viewpoints and styles. Contributors to the collection include Robert Greer, Chester Himes, Walter Mosley, Cary Phillips, Frankie Bailey, and Richard Wright.
Ξημερώματα Σαββάτου και το τηλέφωνο του Ορέστη χτυπάει, βγάζοντάς τον από ένα μεθυσμένο λήθαργο. Πριν προλάβει να απαντήσει σε κάποιο νούμερο που δεν αναγνωρίζει, η κλήση θα προωθηθεί στον τηλεφωνητή. Ενοχλημένος, θα απενεργοποιήσει το κινητό και θα συνεχίσει τον ύπνο του. Την επομένη θα βρει στον τηλεφωνητή του τέσσερα μηνύματα που θα του αλλάξουν τη ζωή καθώς θα τον εμπλέξουν σ’ ένα έγκλημα. Πολύ σύντομα θα ανακαλύψει πως είναι απαραίτητο να επιστρατεύσει όλες του τις ικανότητες για να γλυτώσει από τους διώκτες του, φτάνοντας κι ο ίδιος πέρα από τα όρια του νόμου.
Ένα μυθιστόρημα που εκτυλίσσεται, συγχρόνως, στους δρόμουςτης Αθήνας και στις 'λεωφόρους των δεδομένων' του διαδικτύου. Μια ιστορία νουάρ που θα βάλει τον αναγνώστη να σκεφτεί πολύ σοβαρά για την ασφάλεια των δεδομένων και της προσωπικής του ζωής, στην κοινωνία της πληροφορίας και της κοινωνικής δικτύωσης.
The Bucket List, the award-winning debut novel by writing team Peter Mohlin and Peter Nyström, launches a gripping new Nordic noir series featuring Swedish American FBI agent John Adderley. When undercover FBI agent John Adderley wakes up in the hospital in Baltimore with gunshot wounds, he knows he's lucky to be alive. In the bed next to him is the man who, the night before, had pointed a gun to John's head after his cover was blown with the drug cartel he'd infiltrated. Ten years earlier, in Karlstad, Sweden, rebellious teenager and sole heiress of the AckWe clothing empire Emilie Bjurwall is missing. The police find forensic evidence near the family's lavish home that suggests a sex crime, and a boy from the poorer part of town is questioned. Another clue, from a Facebook photo, is an odd tattoo of three boxes-two with tattooed check marks and the third with a tick carved directly into the girl's skin-Emilie's bucket list. Emilie is never found. While recovering in the hospital, John receives a letter from his estranged mother in Sweden pleading for his help: a famous cold case involving the Bjurwall heiress has been reopened, and his half-brother is the suspect. After testifying at the cartel's trial, John requests Sweden for witness protection despite the risk to his life-he has a connection to the place, as he was raised there. As stirrings of an old familial duty converge with the intriguing details of Emilie's unsolved disappearance, Agent John Adderley finds himself in Sweden, with a new identity and a police detective job-dangerously close to the stillbeating heart of the Bjurwall cold case and his own complex family history.
