Laura Lippman0.0 “Powerful….A gripping tale that is a mystery only in the same sense as To Kill a Mockingbird was….Brilliant, insightful, moving.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
There are excellent reasons why New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman has won the Edgar®, Agatha, Anthony, Nero Wolfe, and every other major award the mystery genre has to offer. To the Power of Three is just one of those reasons. Lippman’s brilliant and disturbing tale of three inseparable high school girlfriends in an affluent Baltimore suburb who share dark secrets literally until death, To the Power of Three is this “writing powerhouse” (USA Today), who has “exploded the boundaries of the mystery genre to become one of the most significant social realists of our time” (Madison Smartt Bell) operating at the very top of her game. Not merely crime fiction, but fiction that gets to the deep psychological, emotional, and human roots of a terrible crime, Lippman’s novel is one that will not be easily forgotten—a must read for fans of Kate Atkinson, Tana French, Jodi Picoult, and Harlan Coben
Джеффри Коэн0.0 In this, the third Aaron Tucker mystery, Aaron, fresh from a trip to Hollywood to "take meetings" on his screenplay, finds himself dragged kicking and screaming once again into investigating a murder, this time of a man in a nearby town shot while walking his dog at night. The young man accused of the crime has Asperger’s Syndrome, the same autism-related disorder that Aaron's son Ethan has had since birth.
Aaron is hip-deep in the investigation when he’s assaulted by visiting Visigoths—-no, wait, that's just his wife Abby's brother and his family, come to visit for a week. But then a local mobster becomes aware of Aaron's poking around in the killing, and wants him to stop. It's going to be an especially interesting holiday season for New Jersey's funniest height-challenged amateur sleuth.
Reed Farrel Coleman0.0 It’s 1983 and Reaganomics is in full swing. But beneath the facade of junk bonds and easy money, New York remains a gritty metropolis offering Nirvana with one hand and desolation with the other. Moe Prager, ex-NYPD cop turned reluctant P.I. is too busy reeling from a family tragedy to see what’s coming. He’s about to be sucked into a case that might deliver him what he’s always wanted or plunge him into purgatory.
Two years earlier, Moira Heaton, a young intern for an up-and-coming politico, vanished without a trace. Although there is no evidence supporting her boss’s involvement, rumors and whispers have conspired to stall his once-promising career. Now, in a last- ditch effort to clear his name, state senator Steven Brightman, with the clout of a wealthy backer, enlists Moe’s help. With twists and turns galore and Moe’s inimitable voice, The James Deans is an absorbing page- turner that will add to the burgeoning reputation of one of today’s most promising writers.
Дэниз Хэмилтон0.0 A new play by a rising Mexican playwright is premiering, and Eve and her lover, Silvio Aguilar, are there -- the writer is Silvio's friend from their barrio days. When the lead actress is a no-show, Eve quickly uncovers that Silvio has complicated past ties to the missing diva. But there is no time for hurt, betrayal, or suspicion -- not when there are signs of a struggle at the actress's bungalow. To make matters worse, an eager young reporter, whom Eve is mentoring, keeps insinuating herself into the case at every turn, crossing ethical lines that could bring Eve down with her. . . or get them both killed.
Duane Swierczynski0.0 Meet Lennon, a mute Irish getaway driver who has fallen in with the wrong heist team on the wrong day at the wrong bank. Betrayed, his money stolen and his battered carcass left for dead, Lennon is on a one-way mission to find out who is responsible--and to get back his loot. But the robbery has sent a violent ripple effect through the streets of Philadelphia. And now a dirty cop, the Russian and Italian mobs, the mayor's hired gun, and a keyboard player in a college rock band maneuver for position as this adrenaline-fueled novel twists and turns its way toward its explosive conclusion.
One thing's for sure: This cast of characters wakes up in a much different world by novel's end--if they wake up at all, in Duane Swierczynski's The Wheelman.
Рэндалл Хикс0.0 A new attorney, Toby Dillon, hedges his bets by remaining the part-time tennis pro at the country club. Then his idyllic life changes when his two childhood friends, Brogan and Rita, Hollywood's glamour couple, ask his help in adopting a baby. The media's feel good story curdles into danger when the baby is kidnapped. When the expected ransom demand never arrives and the police turn up nothing, Toby and Brogan try to find answers on their own. First they think the baby's birth mother is responsible, but suddenly she's missing too, and their suspects start turning up dead. They soon learn there's more at stake than a kidnapping, and the answers may trace back to their shared childhood.
Марк Хименес0.0 A partner at a prominent law firm is forced to choose between his enviable lifestyle and doing the right thing. Former college football star Scott Fenney has worked his way to the top of the heap at the Dallas firm of Ford Stevens. But when Clark McCall, wayward son of a Texas politician, gets himself murdered after a night of booze, drugs, and rough sex, Scott is assigned to defend the prime suspect, a heroin-addicted hooker named Shawanda Jones. The powers that be want her convicted—and Scott’s future at the firm may depend on it. But unfortunately for Scott, Shwanada claims she’s innocent, and he believes her.
Chris Grabenstein0.0 Just back from the horrors of the Iraq War, ex-MP John Ceepak has recently accepted a job on the Sea Haven police department. But any thoughts of enjoying some fun in the sun are put on hold when the body of a real estate tycoon is found on the Tilt-A-Whirl at a seedy local amusement park.
Карен Олсон0.0 Pulled from her bed by an early morning phone call from her boss, local police reporter Annie Seymour finds herself at a crime scene staring at the naked body of a Yale student. Just the thing her bosses and readers don't want to know about - especially when Annie learns the girl was a student by day and a high priced escort by night. Stonewalled by her cop boyfriend and tailed by overeager but incompetent cub report Dick Whitfield, Annie stumbles onto a network of corruption that even her own mother seems to be involved in. But Annie isn't the only one investigating - a Frank Sinatra look-alike who used to be the biggest geek in Annie's high school is hot on the trail as well. And to top it all off, New Haven, Connecticut is being infiltrated by a parade of ceramic cows. Pulled off the story by her boss, Annie must discover the truth - before she becomes the next big headline.
Дэвид Терренуар0.0 One of the freshest thrillers in recent years is this unique blend of Stephen Hunter meets Carl Hiassen
WANTED: Private firm seeks former military personnel for overseas assignment. Must be proficient in firearms and explosives. Experience in special operations a plus. Successful candidate must also play piano. $1.5K/day. Compensation package includes death benefits to next of kin.
John Harper is the most reluctant spy in the history of the craft. He's retired, quit, run in from the cold, traded in his gun for a Steinway baby grand, and settled comfortably into D.C., where the only dangers are jealous husbands and underdone hors d'oeuvres. But men who know how to handle Gershwin and a Glock are rare, and when a Panamanian resort hotel advertises for a piano player with lethal skills, the government sends Harper into the twisted company of American mercenaries, camera-shy Colombians, and a revolution set for New Year's Eve, when Harper is scheduled to play his farewell performance before the fireworks begin.
Beneath a Panamanian Moon brings long-overdue humor to an often grim genre while crafting a razor-sharp thriller that's fast, funny, and unforgettable. John Harper will stay with you long after you've closed the book on the final, explosive scene.
Джозеф Файндер3.6 Ник Коновер – генеральный директор крупной корпорации, вполне успешный бизнесмен, но в какой-то момент привычный уклад жизни начинает рушится. Умирает жена, и он остается с двумя детьми на руках. Его семье угрожает анонимный преступник, на работе он раскрывает заговор против себя и компании. Даже его новая пассия не вызывает у него доверия. К тому же возникает еще одна опасность в лице детектива убойного отдела, у которого есть личные основания для преследования Ника. Короче, кругом одни враги, но они и не подозревают, как далеко способен зайти Ник в защите своих интересов.
Майкл Коннелли4.5 Микки Холлер - самый циничный адвокат Лос-Анджелеса.
Его офис - заднее сиденье "линкольна".
Его методы защиты, мягко говоря, нестандартны.
Его клиенты - драчуны-байкеры и карточные шулеры, наркодилеры и пьяные водители. Для него закон не имеет никакого отношения к вине или невиновности. Надо просто уметь торговаться и нажимать нужные кнопки, а правосудие здесь и вовсе ни при чем!
Но на сей раз Холлер намерен восстановить справедливость и покарать виновного. Потому что ему предстоит охота за убийцей, одной из жертв которого стал его лучший друг.
И он подозревает, что однажды сам спас этого преступника от заслуженного возмездия...
Дэвид Моррелл3.9 Дневник бывшего владельца заброшенного отеля "Парагон" пах золотом. Именно он подсказал Франку Бэленджеру и его друзьям путь к тайнику с сокровищами давно убитого гангстера. Прогнившие полы проваливались под ногами, потолки обрушивались на головы, орды крыс и котов-мутантов дополняли адский пейзаж полуразрушенного здания. Но не это и даже не встреча с идущими по следу бандитами оказалось самым страшным. Мрачная тайна минувших десятилетий, самоубийств постояльцев и самого хозяина отеля, исчезновения молодых и красивых женщин, обнаружившихся теперь в виде мумифицированных трупов, и еще - неумолкающий дробовик маньяка - все это сплелось в смертельную паутину восьми часов ужаса, выпавших на долю охотников за сокровищами...
Jonnie Jacobs4.0 Seven years ago, Dr. Sam Russell's young wife vanished from their Boston home only to be found a week later strangled and stabbed. It was Sam who was arrested and tried for the crime. A hung jury set him free, but the rumors have never gone away: Sam Russell. Doctor. Husband. Cold-blooded murderer. Now the nightmare is happening again. Sam wakes up in his car on an unfamiliar road with no memory of how he got there. There's dried blood under his fingernails. A woman's shoe in his trunk. His new wife is missing. As a cop, Hannah Montgomery knows the husband is always the best suspect; as a woman, she's got her doubts. She's got to get close to Sam, see if he'll trust her enough to slip up. But as she delves deeper, shocking secrets come to light, exposing a tangled web of deceit and betrayal that make Hannah wonder whether she's protecting a wronged man--or a cold-blooded killer
Уильям Лэшнер0.0 New York Times bestselling author William Lashner returns with a brilliantly twisty tale that probes the dark side of the law -- and man
Unlike the rest of you, I cheerfully admit to my own utter selfishness. I am self-made, self-absorbed, self-serving, self-referential, even self-deprecating, in a charming sort of way. In short, I am all the selfs except selfless. Yet every so often, I run across a force of nature that shakes my sublime self-centeredness to its very roots. Something that tears through the landscape like a tornado, leaving nothing but ruin and reexamination in its wake. Something like Bob.
--Victor Carl
A beautiful young woman is dead, her husband convicted of the murder. In seeking a new trial for the husband, defense attorney Victor Carl must confront not only a determined prosecutor and a police detective who might have set up his client, but also a strange little busybody named Bob.
Bob has the aspiration, one could even say compulsion, to help those around him. And it usually works out well for all concerned, except when it ends in blood. But Victor doesn’t know that . . . yet.
Thanks to Bob, Victor is suddenly dressing better, dating a stunning woman, and both his economic prospects and his teeth are gleaming. It’s all good, until Victor finds a troubling connection between Bob and the murdered wife. Is Bob a kind of saint or is this obsessive Good Samaritan, in reality, a murderer?
Filled with the keen wit, deep poignancy, twisting suspense, and dark realism that has entranced readers, impressed reviewers, and made William Lashner’s previous novels bestsellers, Falls the Shadow is a riveting novel sure to leave readers eager for more.
Роберт Уилсон0.0 Robert Wilson is back with the follow-up to his sensational thriller, The Blind Man of Seville. Javier Falcón has been through therapy and is in the process of breaking free of the psychological damage sustained during his last major investigation. Called to the scene of a suspicious suicide in a wealthy neighborhood on the outskirts of Seville, he begins to investigate a case with no solid evidence when suddenly, in quick succession, two more suicides occur-one of them a fellow police officer in the sex crimes unit. Left to discover what made life so unbearable for these victims, Falcón's task is to find the connection among the suicides. Or were they, in fact, murdered?
Джаспер Ффорде4.2 Детектив Джек Шпротт работает в Отделе сказочных преступлений. Каждый день подбрасывает ему все более и более запутанные дела. Только он в состоянии разобраться, насколько невинны три поросенка и так ли уж виноват серый волк, живьем сваренный этими маленькими садистами. Только он может принять решение, по какой статье сажать Румпельштильцхена, который превращал солому в золото. С древней сказочной жутью невероятно трудно бороться, но вот Джеку Шпротту вновь приходится сжать волю в кулак и как можно быстрее приступить к расследованию загадочной смерти мецената и филантропа, да и вообще хорошего парня Шалтая-Болтая...
Арнальд Индридасон3.8 Полиция Рейкьявика находит труп одинокого пожилого мужчины, убитого в собственном доме. В деле нет ни одной зацепки - ни мотивов, ни улик, кроме чрезвычайно странной коротенькой записки. Однако следователь Эрленд чувствует, что за преступлением скрывается давняя и глубоко личная драма. По крупицам он начинает воссоздавать картину мрачной медицинской тайны, уходящей корнями в прошлое и разрушившей не одну жизнь...
Детективы Арнальда Индридасона пользуются заслуженной любовью читателей не только в его родной Исландии, но и во всех европейских странах. Его книги неоднократно удостаивались престижных литературных премий, а критики называют Арнальда "международной сенсацией". Роман "Трясина" был успешно экранизирован в 2006 году.
Фред Варгас4.2 Во французской столице творится нечто необъяснимое. На дверях квартир мирных парижан в разных концах города появляются странные перевернутые четверки, а на оживленном перекрестке в центре города какой-то человек читает публике непонятные объявления. Поначалу кажется, что это безобидные шалости и безобидное сумасшествие. Но когда в одном из домов с четверками обнаруживают труп, дело поручают старшему комиссару Адамбергу. И сыщику быстро становится ясно, что вся эта история уходит корнями в далекое прошлое.
Allan Guthrie0.0 Finalist 2006 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original — Finalist 2006 Anthony Award for Best Paperback — When people in Edinburgh need to borrow money, they go to Cooper. When they don't pay it back, they get a visit from Joe Hope. — But now Joe's got troubles of his own. His teenage daughter's found dead, an apparent suicide. Then the police arrest him for murder. But for once, Joe's innocent--and with help from Scotland's hardest men (and one of Scotland's hardest women), he sets out to find who's framed him and deliver his own brutal brand of justice.
