Assassin Thriller

Rocco. He’s got a nose for the news...but can he sniff out a killer? A 50-something local newspaper publisher and a pampered prince of a poodle stumble upon a shocking crime in a cottage-country small town. Who killed the mayor? It’s up to Zora Flynn and her nasty small poodle Rocco to sort out a distinctive cast of characters in the town of Williamsport and find the murderer. Surrounded by rocky cliffs, pristine lakes and picture-perfect scenery, Williamsport is a charming town in cottage country. But now the murder of the mayor casts a shadow.

Hambourg, 1947. La ville en ruines, occupée par les Britanniques, est confrontée à l'hiver le plus froid du siècle. Tout est bloqué par le gel. Les aliments et tout le nécessaire pour vivre sont rationnés, le marché noir est florissant. À l'heure où le chacun pour soi l'emporte sur les rares élans de solidarités, les réfugiés et les sans-logis suite aux bombardements se retrouvent à aménager des trous de cave, à vivre dans la promiscuité des bunkers et des baraques.

El Secreto de los Assassini es un thriller histórico lleno de aventuras, de las que los tres protagonistas: Hércules Guzmán Fox, John Lincoln y Alicia Mantorella van a contarnos recorriendo medio mundo desde las pirámides de Egipto pasando por una Turquía en guerra hasta la Acróipolis griega, para llegar a conseguir.

"Upon hearing that I had to consciously resist the temptation that I had to peek through the drapes to see if I could catch a glimpse of that scoundrel." Double Trouble in York is the 19th in a string of new short stories set in the late 19th century, no fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes.

The body lying on its back before us was unquestionably that of the man who had attempted to kill Holmes and I with explosives at Glenbury Gardens. He wore the same dark clothing, although his hat was gone, and the hare lip was a livid scar on his pallid face. Strangely, it crossed my mind that what could be seen of his expression in death was softer than that he had worn in life.

Si tratta di un racconto lungo. Un facchino uccide e deruba un compagno di sbornie. Compie poi, sulla spinta del senso di colpa, una serie di errori che porteranno al suo smascheramento e al suo arresto. Si avverte l'influenza sulla narrazione di Zola e del naturalismo. Si avvertono, inoltre, echi kafkiani e dostoevskijani, ma sopratutto traspare la passione dell'autore per l'analisi psicologica.