Кей Радемахер0.0 Shot down during a routine operation, inspector Frank Stave had moved from the murder commission to combatting the black market that runs rife in post-war Hamburg. There, Stave is confronted with an enigmatic case: in the ruins of the bomb torn city, some women have found works of art from the Weimar periodright next to a corpse whose identity the murder commission seem desperate to conceal.
Shortly afterwards, Lieutenant MacDonald is confronted with another problem: mysterious banknotes are popping up on the black market, banknotes whose existence disturbs the secret plans of the Allies. The inspector soon discovers strange parallels between the two cases.
Андреа Камиллери3.5 La giornata comincia storta per Montalbano: intervenuto per sedare una rissa sulla spiaggia di Marinella ha colpito l’uomo sbagliato e poi, scambiato per uno degli aggressori, viene fermato dai carabinieri. Infine scopre che Adelina ha scambiato un galantuomo per ladro e gli ha sbattuto in testa una padella…
Approdato finalmente in ufficio il commissario viene informato di un anomalo sequestro: una ragazza è stata aggredita in una strada solitaria, narcotizzata e rilasciata dopo qualche ora illesa. La cosa si ripete dopo qualche giorno; questa volta la vittima del sequestro lampo è la nipote di Enzo, il proprietario della trattoria rifugio di Montalbano. L’unico filo che lega i due sequestri è l’età delle due donne, 30 anni, e il lavoro in banca. A questa indagine si affianca quella per l’incendio doloso di un negozio di elettrodomestici il cui proprietario, Marcello Di Carlo, pare essersi volatilizzato: fuga d’amore dopo un soggiorno alle Canarie, sparizione studiata per sottrarsi ai debitori o vendetta della mafia per pizzo non pagato? La vicenda all’inizio sembra banale, ma un terzo sequestro lampo - ancora una volta una ragazza che lavora in un istituto di credito - e il ritrovamento di un cadavere apre nuovi scenari. Di chi è il corpo? e dove è finita la fidanzata segreta di Di Carlo?
Sebbene il commissario si senta invecchiare, forte delle sue intuizioni e del suo agire fuori dagli schemi vede giusto e superando la soluzione a portata di mano - mai fidarsi delle apparenze - giunge alla verità. Grazie alla sua logica stringente, ma soprattutto alla sua capacità, quella sì che si avvale del peso degli anni, di comprendere moventi e sentimenti.
Хьелль Ола Даль0.0 The international bestselling godfather of Nordic Noir takes on one of the most horrific periods of modern history, in a stunning standalone thriller…
‘A masterclass in plotting, atmosphere and character that finely balances shocking twists’ The Times
In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself. Her family in Oslo, however, is deported to Auschwitz. In Stockholm, Ester meets the resistance hero, Gerhard Falkum, who has left his little daughter and fled both the Germans and allegations that he murdered his wife, Åse, who helped Ester get to Sweden. Their burgeoning relationship ends abruptly when Falkum dies in a fire.
And yet, twenty-five years later, Falkum shows up in Oslo. He wants to reconnect with his daughter. But where has he been, and what is the real reason for his return? Ester stumbles across information that forces her to look closely at her past, and to revisit her war-time training to stay alive…
Written with Dahl's trademark characterization and elegant plotting, The Courier sees the hugely respected godfather of Nordic Noir at his best, as he takes on one of the most horrific periods of modern history, in a exceptional, shocking thriller.
Мартин Хольмен0.0 Stockholm, 1936. Harry "Kvisten" Kvist var en gång en lovande mellanviktsboxare men arbetar nu som indrivare. När hans vän, prästen Gabrielsson, hittas brutalt mördad vid altaret i Katarina kyrka på Södermalm verkar polisen inte anstränga sig för att lösa fallet. Samtidigt som Stockholms kriminella strider om stadens malmar dras Kvisten in i en härva som har kopplingar ända ner till Tyskland. Ett Tyskland där nazismen sträcker ut sina långa armar i ett instabilt Europa.
Jørn Lier Horst4.2 En sporløs forsvinning er et mysterium i seg selv. Men hva om den som forsvinner etterlater seg noe som gjør mysteriet enda større? Det er den tiden på året. For 24. gang på rad finner William Wisting frem papirene fra da Katharina Haugen forsvant. Saken ble aldri løst, og hvert år siden har Wisting oppsøkt Katharinas ektemann, som befant seg utenbys på jobb og hadde et solid alibi. Den jevnlige kontakten mellom Wisting og Martin Haugen har etter hvert utviklet seg til et vennskap. Denne gang finner han imidlertid Haugens hus lukket og låst. På årsdagen for sin kones forsvinning er Martin Haugen selv sporløst borte. Samme dag får Wisting besøk på politihuset av den yngre etterforskeren Adrian Stiller, som arbeider med eldre og uløste saker i Kripos, såkalte cold cases. Den gamle Katharina-saken har forbindelse til en annen, gammel forsvinningsgåte. De to må gjøre felles sak, men samarbeidet med den kompliserte Adrian Stiller skal bli en utfordring for den erfarne Wisting. De to drevne etterforskerne må likevel finne et utgangspunkt de kan enes om, og bruke kreftene på å løse saken.
Холли Уотт0.0 A journalist must follow the clues, no matter how far that takes her.
Casey Benedict, star reporter at the Post, has infiltrated the lives and exposed the lies of countless politicians and power players. Using her network of contacts, Casey is always on the search for the next big story, no matter how much danger this might place her in, no matter what cost emotionally.
Tipped off by an overheard conversation at an exclusive London nightclub, she begins to investigate the apparent suicide of a wealthy young British man, whose death has left his fiancée and family devastated.
Casey's determined hunt for the truth will take her from the glitz of St Tropez to the deserts of Libya and on to the very darkest corners of the human mind.
Megan Abbott3.8 A mesmerizing psychological thriller about how a secret can bind two friends together forever...or tear them apart.
Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane's academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship. Until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them.
More than a decade later, Kit thinks she's put Diane behind her forever and she's begun to fulfill the scientific dreams Diane awakened in her. But the past comes roaring back when she discovers that Diane is her competition for a position both women covet, taking part in groundbreaking new research led by their idol. Soon enough, the two former friends find themselves locked in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse that threatens to destroy them both.
Никлас Натт-о-Даг4.2 Захватывающая, остроумная и невероятно красивая книга о темных временах жизни Стокгольма с лихо закрученным криминальным сюжетом и подробно описанным на основе исторических документов городским бытом XVIII века, прославившая начинающего автора, потомка древнего дворянского рода, Никласа Натт-о-Дага.
Дэн Фесперман0.0 In this gripping new work of suspense from the author of The Double Game, a young woman discovers a nefarious truth at the heart of the CIA's operations in postwar Berlin and goes on the run for her life; years later she's gruesomely murdered along with her husband, and her daughter begins to chase down these startling secrets from her past.
West Berlin, 1979. Helen Abell oversees the CIA's network of safe houses, rare havens for field agents and case officers amidst the dangerous milieu of a city in the grips of the Cold War. Helen's world is upended when, during her routine inspection of an agency property, she overhears a meeting between two people unfamiliar to her speaking a coded language that hints at shadowy realities far beyond her comprehension. Before the day is out, she witnesses a second unauthorized encounter, one that will place her in the sightlines of the most ruthless and powerful man at the agency. Her attempts to expose the dark truths about what she has witnessed will bring about repercussions that reach across decades and continents into the present day, when, in a farm town in Maryland, a young man is arrested for the double murder of his parents, and his sister takes it upon herself to find out why he did it.
Стив Кавана4.3 Этот серийный убийца сидит не на скамье подсудимых. А в кресле присяжного…
Он ждал этого момента всю свою жизнь. Его тринадцатое — и самое главное убийство. Сейчас на скамью подсудимых сядет человек, который должен быть признан виновным. А для этого сам он станет одним из присяжных. Тринадцатое дело для тринадцатого присяжного…
Джошуа Кейн уникален во всем. Он невероятно умен, изворотлив и находчив. Он не оставляет следов — если только ложные. Он не способен чувствовать боль. И — самое главное — у него есть цель. Великая миссия донести до людей правду об этой жизни. И если для этого кто-то должен умереть — что с того? Джошуа Кейн убивал много раз — и своими руками, и чужими. Второй вариант доставляет ему гораздо больше удовольствия. Пусть убивает закон — так вернее. А как провернуть такое, Кейн знает, как никто… И да свершится правосудие!
