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The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow
Par Walter Mosley. 2008
Living in south central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict still strong enough to kill men with his bare…
hands. Filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets, Socrates calls together local people of all races and social stations and begins to conduct a Thinkers' Club, where all can discuss life's unanswerable questions.Infiltrated by undercover cops and threatened by strain from within, the Thinkers' Club doesn't have it easy. But simply by debating racial authenticity, street justice, and the possibility of mutual understanding, Socrates and his unlikely crew actually begin to make a difference.The Right Mistake is Walter Mosley at his most incisive. At once an affectionate and coruscating portrait of ghetto life, it abides the possibility of personal redemption and even, with great struggle, social change.Sisters Mystery Club #4: Message in a Bottle (Barbie)
Par Victoria Saxon. 2016
History of Violence: A Novel
Par Lorin Stein, Édouard Louis. 2018
History of Violence is international bestselling French author Edouard Louis’s autobiographical novel about surviving a shocking sexual assault and coping…
with the post-traumatic stress disorder of its aftermath.On Christmas Eve 2012, in Paris, the novelist Édouard Louis was raped and almost murdered by a man he had just met. This act of violence left Louis shattered; its aftermath made him a stranger to himself and sent him back to the village, the family, and the past he had sworn to leave behind.A bestseller in France, History of Violence is a short nonfiction novel in the tradition of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, but with the victim as its subject. Moving seamlessly and hypnotically between past and present, between Louis’s voice and the voice of an imagined narrator, History of Violence has the exactness of a police report and the searching, unflinching curiosity of memoir at its best. It records not only the casual racism and homophobia of French society but also their subtle effects on lovers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. It represents a great step forward for a young writer whose acuity, skill, and depth are unmatched by any novelist of his generation, in French or English.Kelvin McCloud and the Seaside Storm
Par Michael Erb. 2012
An anonymous note in the middle of the night, an obituary for a banker who died in a hailstorm, and…
a mysterious woman vanishing down the stairwell: these clues lead Henry Alabaster and his uncle Kelvin McCloud to a spooky mansion in a coastal town. As a weather detective, Kelvin knows a thing or two about hailstorms, and then strange events surrounding the banker's death suggest foul play. Henry teams up with the fiery, artistic Rachel to help his uncle investigate, and they learn a lot about weather on the way. Nothing--not a thunderstorm, threats, burglary, a baseball bat-wielding suspect, nor even a devastating fire--can keep Henry and his team from chasing down the truth.The Case of the Bicycle Bandit (Jigsaw Jones Mystery #14)
Par James Preller. 2001
Someone stole Ralphie Jordan's rusty old bicycle. Jigsaw and Mila hit the trail to track down the thief. But one…
piece of the puzzle doesn't fit. Who would take a hand-me-down bike? Solving this case is an uphill ride for ace detectives Jigsaw and Mila.The Hampstead Mystery
Par Arthur J. Rees. 2012
The care with which the story is written, the complicated plot, and the clash of the different practices of man-hunters…
lift it out of the common run of mystery tales and make this an absorbing book.The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby
Par Arthur Morrison. 2012
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 - 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic…
novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt. This is one of those storiesLike to Die: A McKenzie Novel (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie Novels #15)
Par David Housewright. 2018
A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a friend, takes McKenzie down a dark and twisted path in…
Like to Die, the next mystery in David Housewright’s award-winning series.Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie has become an unlikely millionaire and an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends. The favor, this time, is for a friend of a friend—Erin Peterson, a local business person and owner of a growing food company called Salsa Girl. Someone seems to have a beef with her: the outside locks on her factory having been systematically filled with superglue. But for some reason, Erin doesn’t want to report this harassment to the police. As a favor to his poker buddy and hockey teammate Ian, McKenzie agrees to stop by and chat with Erin. At first Erin denies there's anything going on and then, when the harassment escalates and threatens her business, she also asks for McKenzie's help. The further McKenzie digs into the situation, the more complicated—and deadly—it becomes. And somewhere, in the middle of it all, is Erin, playing all sides against the middle, leading McKenzie to wonder if you ever really know who your friends are.The Mill Mystery
Par Anna Katharine Green. 2013
A sensational novel, as highly spiced as readers of this kind of fiction can desire. The well-knit plot sets the…
reader's wits at work to find the clue to the mystery which the author has done her best to conceal. A well-respected clergyman is found dead at an old abandoned mill. It appears to be accidental death, or maybe suicide. But, the news of this death has a fatal effect on two women. One is his fiancee, and the other is a wealthy matron living on the other side of town. The fiancee's roommate, an orphan, investigates the crime, out of loyalty to her dead roommate.Bimini Twist: A Jane Bunker Mystery (A Jane Bunker Mystery #4)
Par Linda Greenlaw. 2018
Jane Bunker returns in Bimini Twist another thrilling small-town mystery by Linda Greenlaw set in Down East Maine…
It seems like everyone in Green Haven knows that Jane Bunker has scored an invite to the ultra-exclusive Summer Solstice Soiree and they all assume she ll be in attendance as one of the few eligible single women in town Of course that s the last place Jane would like to be hobnobbing and making small talk with the upper crust isn t exactly her idea of a good time She prefers to put in her hours working as an insurance investigator and part-time as the deputy sheriff When she gets to work one morning the sheriff asks her to take a break on her personal war on drugs it seems that she s been so successful catching dealers and interrupting the flow of drugs in the area that she s called too much attention to just how bad it s gotten and the community is worried that all the attention on the drug trade will deter the summer tourists that Green Haven so badly needs to keep the economy going Instead Jane takes on a missing person case a young woman working at the Bar Harbor Inn has disappeared The Inn employs foreign exchange students from all over the world during the busy summer season and the missing Bianca Chiriac is one of them When it becomes clear that Bianca isn t just sleeping off a late-night party Jane is plunged into the underbelly of the resort town and must find the missing woman before the worst happensThe Thefts of Nick Velvet
Par Edward D. Hoch. 1978
Tiempo de albaricoques
Par Beate Teresa Hanika. 1934
Una delicada historia sobre el amor, la amistad y el recuerdo con el trasfondo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial Un…
viejo árbol. Una tortuga llamada Hitler. Dos mujeres. Y una casa en Viena llena de recuerdos. Elisabetta ha vivido siempre en el hogar de su niñez y desde entonces todos los veranos prepara mermelada con los albaricoques del árbol de su jardín. Conserva un tarro de cada año, igual que conserva vivos los recuerdos de su primer amor, de su pequeña tortuga y del día en que todo cambió cuando sus padres y hermanas fueron deportados por las SS. Cuando la joven y reservada bailarina Pola llega para vivir en la habitación que alquila la anciana, ambas mujeres descubrirán juntas que solo resolviendo los conflictos que las atormentan podrán por fin hacer las paces con el pasado. La crítica ha dicho...«Elegantemente escrito, lleno de fuerza y simbolismo.»New Books in German «Una novela conmovedora.»Berliner ZeitungHijos de hombres
Par P. D. James. 1992
El excitante thriller distópico de la reina del misterio P.D. James. Theo Faron es uno de los habitantes de la…
Inglaterra post-Omega (posterior a 1995, año Omega), un período en que los seres humanos han dejado de ser fértiles. No hay futuro para la humanidad y, resignado, Faron empieza a escribir su diario, donde relata la sordidez de una sociedad en decadencia y el orden que pretende imponer su primo, el temible dictador de Inglaterra conocido como el Guardián. Sin embargo, todo cambia el día en que un grupo de cinco jóvenes revolucionarios se propone desafiar al gobierno totalitario del Guardián. La crítica ha dicho...«Extraordinaria... P.D. James extiende su ya considerable talento en esta osada novela.»The New York Times «Sobria e inquietante.»Independent «Escribe como un ángel. Cada uno de los personajes está perfectamente dibujado. La atmósfera es precisa, escalofriante, convincente. Y sabe cómo conducir todos estos elementos sin abandonar ni por un solo momento la tensión de un excitante misterio.»The TimesRagdoll (Muñeco de trapo)
Par Daniel Cole. 2017
Ragdoll (Muñeco de trapo), el aclamado debut de Daniel Cole, es pura adrenalina. Un thriller taquicárdico. Vertiginoso. Entretenimiento adictivo. «Ragdoll,…
el muñeco de trapo» es el nombre con el que los medios sensacionalistas han bautizado al macabro hallazgo en un piso vacío de Londres. Cuelga del techo mediante unos hilos, apunta con un dedo hacia la ventana y está hecho con «retales» de seis personas, cosidos para formar un solo cuerpo del que solo han podido identificar la cabeza. ¿Quiénes eran las otras cinco víctimas? ¿Y por qué el dedo del Ragdoll señalaba hacia el apartamento de enfrente, donde vive el detective William Fawkes, alias Wolf? Casi inmediatamente después del macabro hallazgo, el asesino hace llegar a la prensa una lista con sus seis próximas víctimas y el día en que las matará. El detective y su equipo, presionados por sus superiores y acosados por la prensa, deben descubrir por qué fueron asesinados y que tienen en común para desenmascarar al culpable antes de que cumpla su amenaza. Un malévolo juego del gato y el ratón con un asesino que desafía a la policía y un país entero que contiene el aliento... Y es que esa mente perversa siempre va un paso por delante. Un peligroso desafío en el que es imposible no involucrarse. Críticas:«Un thriller tenso, dramático, con giros muy inteligentes que te sorprenderán. Si te gustan autores como Jo Nesbø, Karin Fossum y Henning Mankell, te encantará este libro.»Scrutton Bland «El debut más emocionante que hemos leído en mucho tiempo.»Heat Magazine «Hay ecos de la película Seven en ese villano tan omnipotente.»The Daily MailPrimavera cruel (Inspector Trevejo #2)
Par Luis Roso. 2018
Primavera cruel es el segundo caso del inspector Ernesto Trevejo. La serie de género noir de Luis Roso que es…
al mismo tiempo un adictivo thriller y una mirada nueva sobre los años más duros del franquismo. Madrid, años cincuenta. El inspector Ernesto Trevejo recibe el encargo de enfrentarse a un caso muy difícil: un hombre armado ha aparecido muerto en El Pardo, muy cerca del palacio donde reside Franco. ¿Se trata de un terrorista? ¿Un loco? ¿Puede ser una amenaza real? Una trama policíaca impecable que es, al mismo tiempo, un retrato fiel y alejado de los tópicos de la sociedad de la época. De la mano de un protagonista a la altura de los grandes del género, Luis Roso mantiene al lector literalmente pegado a las páginas de esta novela. Reseña:«Una cuidada ambientación histórica, una escritura de calidad, magníficos diálogos que dotan de especial agilidad al relato, una atractiva pareja protagonista y un sutil sentido del humor que recuerda a ratos a Eduardo Mendoza. Una gran novela negra.»Ángel Vivas, El MundoRagdoll (Ninot de drap)
Par Daniel Cole. 2017
Ragdoll (Ninot de drap), l'aclamat debut de Daniel Cole, és pura adrenalina. Un thriller taquicàrdic. Vertiginós. Entreteniment addictiu. «Ragdoll, el…
Ninot de drap» és el nom amb què els mitjans sensacionalistes han batejat la macabra troballa en un pis buit de Londres. Penjat del sostre amb tot de fils, assenyala amb el dit cap a una finestra i està fet de «retalls» de sis persones, cosits per formar un únic cos de qui només s'ha pogut identificar el cap. Qui eren les altres cinc víctimes? I per què el dit assenyala cap a l'apartament del davant, on viu el detectiu William Fawkes, àlies Wolf? Pràcticament l'endemà de l'inquietant troballa, l'assassí fa arribar a la premsa una llista amb les properes sis víctimes i la data prevista de la seva mort. El detectiu i el seu equip, pressionats pels superiors i assetjats per la premsa, han d'esbrinar per què van assassinar les primeres víctimes i què tenen en comú per poder desemmascarar el culpable abans que compleixi la seva amenaça. Un malèvol joc del gat i la rata amb un assassí que desafia la policia i un país sencer en suspens... Perquè aquesta ment perversa sempre s'avança als altres. Un perillós desafiament en què és impossible no involucrar-se. Crítiques:«Un debut molt esperat. Sens dubte, el thriller més escabrós de l'any.»Metro «Un thriller tens, dramàtic, amb girs intel·ligents que et sorprendran. Si t'agraden autors com Jo Nesbø, Karin Fossum i Henning Mankell, t'encantarà aquest llibre.»Scrutton Bland «El debut més emocionant que hem llegit en molt de temps.»Heat Magazine «Hi ha ecos de la pel·lícula Seven en aquest vilà tan omnipotent.»The Daily MailEasy Kill: Rhona Macleod Book 5 (Rhona Macleod Ser. #5)
Par Lin Anderson. 2009
One grave. Two bodies. How many more?A young woman - a prostitute - has been brutally slain and left across…
a grave in Glasgow's sprawling cemetery, the Necropolis. Rhona Macleod, called in to carry out forensic investigations, has no doubt that the depraved killer's motives were sexual.When the removal of the girl's corpse from the city of the dead reveals another woman recently buried underneath, the case takes on a disturbing new dimension. This man has killed before - and will again. When another girl is reported missing, Rhona knows she has to track him down and stop the pattern from repeating itself.A Shred Confidence
Par William Topek. 2012
Kansas City, 1935. Private detective Devlin Caine receives a telegram from his estranged older brother, a Baltimore banker who's been…
framed for embezzlement. At his brother's request, Caine comes to Baltimore, expecting nothing more than to offer a little useful advice. But in short order, he finds himself deeply involved in an elaborate confidence scheme.Never try to con a con, but Caine finds himself forced into doing just that. And he may just have the experience and know-how to take on a veteran master of the long con. But can he handle three different government agencies, his former boss, and a violent Chicago mobster who also appear on the scene?Working in a strange city and employing cons on top of cons, Caine struggles to save not only his brother's career, but possibly his own hide.Clear to the Horizon
Par Dave Warner. 1983
In 1999, a number of young women go missing in the Perth suburb of Claremont. One body is discovered. Others…
are never seen again. Snowy Lane (City of Light) is hired as a private investigator but neither he nor the cops can find the serial killer. Sixteen years later, another case brings Snowy to Broome, where he teams up with Dan Clement (Before It Breaks) and an incidental crime puts them back on the Claremont case. Clear to the Horizon is a nail-biting Aussie-style thriller, based on one of the great unsolved crimes in Western Australia's recent history. Its twists and turns will keep you guessing to the end. Dave Warner's Before It Breaks (Fremantle Press) won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction in 2016. This novel brilliantly combines the sleuthing skills of two of Warner's best-known characters and looks at how unsolved crimes can continue to haunt communities long after the fact. The book references the Claremont serial killings, Western Australia's most notorious cold-case. It's a case that real-life investigators recently made a giant leap forward on: arresting a man for the murders of two women. Warner's work has strong support from newspapers like the Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald and Weekend Australian and reviews of his last book were syndicated to newspapers across the nation. Warner is a known musician with an existing fan base and is likely to feature on local NSW and WA radio.Riddle Gully Secrets
Par Jen Banyard. 2016
Just when famed youth reporter Pollo di Nozi thinks she’ll never find another news story she stumbles upon not one,…
but two very surprising secrets. With hidden treasure, cunning crooks, mistaken identities and mysterious disappearances, unravelling them may be Pollo’s greatest challenge yet.