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.
La novela que desbancó a J.K. Rowling, Elena Ferrante, Henning Mankell, Stephen King y Jojo Moyes en las listas de libros más vendidos en Alemania.
«¿De quién te escondes?» Al final Simon tiene que hacer esa pregunta a Nathalie. Dos días atrás se tropezó con esta joven en la playa. Estaba demacrada y asustada, y él se ofreció a ayudarla. Una decisión impulsiva que se ha vuelto en su contra, pues desde entonces se han visto envueltos en una espiral creciente de violencia y muerte, que les ha convertido en blancos..., ¿de quién?
Nathalie no está simplemente perdida o desamparada, como él creyó. ¿Es una víctima? ¿Es culpable? ¿Qué está pasando?
¿De quién te escondes?, un suspense psicológico impecable, nos lleva a una decisión cuyas consecuencias, como sucede tantas veces, era imposible prever, al tiempo que va atrapándonos en una historia de secretos, mentiras, asesinatos y una sórdida red que trafica con los sueños y la vida de quienes tienen poco que perder.
Reseñas:
«Charlotte Link demuestra una vez más por qué es la autora de más éxito, con más de 26 millones de ejemplares vendidos.»
«Charlotte Link vuelve a acertar de pleno [...] Realista, apasionante y brutal, a esta novela no le sobra ni una de sus 544 páginas.» Bild am Sonntag
«El libro perfecto para una larga y oscura tarde de otoño.» Krimi-Das Magazin
What does a man do when he gets out of jail? Jack Palace hits the streets, plunging back into a violent world of crime and corruption. He wants out, but first, he must repay his debt to Tommy, the man who saved his life in prison. Tommy's dad, an old-school mob boss, is on his deathbed, and Tommy wants to take over the old man's rackets. Jack and his new girlfriend, Suzanne, are soon caught in the middle of a mob war. Now, Jack must fight to defend the people he loves from the man he has sworn to protect while he tries to get out of the criminal life alive.
Fifteen years old…brutalised… dumped in a park… throat slashed…. Schoolgirl prostitute Michelle Lucas died in agony and terror, utterly alone. The sight breaks the heart of Sergeant Bev Morriss of West Midlands Police. She thought she was hardened, but gazing at Michelle’s pale, broken body she is consumed by a cold fury. She knows this case is different – this is the one that will push her to the edge. Plunging herself into the seedy heart of Birmingham’s vice-land she struggles to infiltrate the deadly jungle of hookers, evil pimps and violent johns. But no one will co-operate, no one will break the wall of silence. Is it fear or guilt? When a second victim dies, Bev knows time is running out. If she is to win the trust of the working girls - she has to take the biggest, most dangerous, gamble of her life … out on the streets.
The next raucous, twisty crime novel from the master of the Quebec thriller! Rebellious cop Victor Lessard pursues a ruthless hunter who stalks the streets of Montreal.
“With its memorable characters, rich atmosphere, and shrewd plot, Without Blood is a welcome addition to Montreal noir.” — KATHY REICHS
“A strong Montreal setting and a twisty, dual-strand plot that keeps you guessing.” — PETER ROBINSON
A senior administrator is stabbed to death in his office at the Montreal General Hospital. In the east end of the city, a dead man is found in the trunk of a stolen BMW. A young woman is hospitalized after an apparent hit and run, but despite her doctor’s objections, she refuses treatment and sets off on a desperate search for the man who helped her.
Montreal police detective Victor Lessard and his team of investigators work to find the common thread linking these seemingly unrelated cases. It quickly becomes apparent that there’s no time to lose: a ruthless hunter has come to town, he’s spotted his prey, and he’s waiting for the right moment to close in for the kill.
A brilliant new protagonist and his memorable community are introduced in the latest masterpiece by acclaimed novelist James Sallis.
In his celebrated career, James Sallis has created some of the most finely drawn protagonists in crime fiction, all of them thoughtful observers of the human condition: Lew Griffin, the black New Orleans private investigator; retired detective John Turner; the unnamed wheelman in Drive. Dr. Lamar Hale will now join the ranks of Sallis' finest characters.
In the woods outside the town of Willnot, the remains of several people have suddenly been discovered, unnerving the community and unsettling Hale, the town's all-purpose general practitioner, surgeon, and conscience. At the same time, Bobby Lowndes-a man being followed by the FBI-mysteriously reappears in his hometown at Hale's door. Over the ensuing months, the daily dramas Hale faces as he tends to his town and to his partner, Richard, collide with the inexplicable vagaries of life in Willnot. And when a gunshot aimed at Lowndes critically wounds Richard, Hale's world is truly upended.
In his inimitable spare style, James Sallis conjures indelible characters and scenes that resonate long after they appear. "You live with someone year after year, you think you've heard all the stories," Lamar observes, "but you never have." "James Sallis is one of our greatest living crime writers and Willnot continues an almost unseemly streak of excellence. Try to get his words, his stories, his people out of your head. Just try."-Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author
Reputation is everything.When a packed commuter train runs over a body on a stretch of track known to locals as 'Suicide Mile', it soon transpires that the man was a victim of a calculated murder. As the investigation evolves and a pattern of murders is uncovered, Detective Sergeant Kay Hunter realises the railway's recent reputation may be the work of a brutal serial killer. With a backlog of cold cases to investigate and attempting to uncover who is behind a professional vendetta against her, Kay must keep one step ahead of both the killer and her own adversaries.When a second murder takes place within a week of the first, she realises the killer's timetable has changed, and she's running out of time to stop him...Will to Live is the second book in a new crime thriller series featuring Kay Hunter - a detective with a hidden past and an uncertain future... "One of the top crime thriller series out there! If you like your crime thrillers with a twist of psychological suspense and a smattering of procedure and a hint of hostility and grudges, then Will to Live is one for you! Fast paced, twisty and hooking you in from the start just make sure you don't have a looming "to do" list in front of you because once you pick this up you are not going to want to put it down!" - Chapter in my Life
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.
From one of the most talented fiction writers at work today: two ambitious young musicians are drawn into the dark underworld of blues record collecting, haunted by the ghosts of a repressive past.
Two twenty-something New Yorkers. Seth is awkward and shy. Carter is the glamorous heir to one of America's great fortunes. They have one thing in common: an obsession with music. Seth is desperate to reach for the future. Carter is slipping back into the past. When Seth accidentally records an unknown singer in a park, Carter sends it out over the Internet, claiming it's a long lost 1920s blues recording by a musician called Charlie Shaw. When an old collector contacts them to say that their fake record and their fake bluesman are actually real, the two young white men, accompanied by Carter's troubled sister Leonie, spiral down into the heart of the nation's darkness, encountering a suppressed history of greed, envy, revenge, and exploitation. White Tears is a ghost story, a terrifying murder mystery, a timely meditation on race, and a love letter to all the forgotten geniuses of American music.
From the Hardcover edition.
"Lyrical, propulsive, dark and compelling. Joy knows well the grit and gravel of his world, the soul and blemishes of the place."--Daniel Woodrell
In the country-noir tradition of Winter's Bone meets 'Breaking Bad,' a savage and beautiful story of a young man seeking redemption.
The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueler than most. His father runs a methodically organized meth ring, with local authorities on the dime to turn a blind eye to his dealings. Having dropped out of high school and cut himself off from his peers, Jacob has been working for this father for years, all on the promise that his payday will come eventually. The only joy he finds comes from reuniting with Maggie, his first love, and a girl clearly bound for bigger and better things than their hardscrabble town.
Jacob has always been resigned to play the cards that were dealt him, but when a fatal mistake changes everything, he’s faced with a choice: stay and appease his father, or leave the mountains with the girl he loves. In a place where blood is thicker than water and hope takes a back seat to fate, Jacob wonders if he can muster the strength to rise above the only life he’s ever known.
Meet Jack Jordan. He's a smooth-talking con artist with a penchant for the fast life. He's snuck into Lufkin, Texas, in the dead of night with little more than a beat-up Honda, a hollowed-out King James Bible full of cocaine, and enough emotional baggage to sink a steamship. He's charming, dedicated, and extremely paranoid. Summer Ashton is his partner-in-crime. She's stuck by him through thick and thin, but lately, her mind has begun to slip. They've told their fair share of lies, and she's having a devil of a time remembering what's the truth. And recently, she's been hearing voices. Unfortunately for both of them, she's the brains of the operation. Furthermore, they have begun to tire of one another. For these two career grifters, the sleepy East Texas countryside is but another pit stop on their rampage across the American South. Will it be their last?
