Crime Suspense Anthology

Marta Sanz cierra la trilogía del detective Arturo Zarco diseccionando los relatos sobre la memoria: una novela negra que prolonga la posibilidad de la novela política. Paula Quiñones llega a Azafrán para localizar fosas de la Guerra Civil. Nada más poner su pie cojo en el pueblo siente que el cielo se encapsula sobre ella y una goma invisible tira de su cuerpo para alejarla de su destino: el hotel de los Beato, ubicado junto a un cartel en el que se lee "Azufrón".

Despite their variety, these stories remain rooted on Moroccan soil - allowing the contributing authors to bring readers closer to the linguistic, cultural, religious, and ethnic reality of Marrakech, whether Arab, Amazigh, African, or Muslim, as well as its historic Mellah - the Jewish Quarter. Here is the capital of tourism, the city of joy and sadness, the city of simple living, the city linked to international capitals through daily flights, the city of the new European community, a winter resort for French retirees, and a refuge for immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

Krimi-Fans aufgepasst! Gleich 4 spannende Kriminalromane von Bestseller-Autor Jacques Berndorf in einer Krimi-Box! Mit dabei sind abwechslungsreiche Kriminalstorys über einen kaltblütigen Mord an einen Kölner Industriellen, eine Schießerei am Düsseldorfer Flughafen und einen Bunker in den Weinbergen an der Ahr, sowie die packende Geschichte eines resignierten Journalisten, der nicht mehr viel zu verlieren hat...

Mies hyökkää markettiin sairaalasänky selässään. Vääryyttä kokenut nainen hautoo veristä kostoa. Ja maalaisidylli rakoilee rumasti nuoren nimismiehen silmien alla. Tummankarheat rikosnovellit näyttävät, miten kenestä tahansa voi tulla rikollinen. Niin asianajaja, putkimies, trukkikuski kuin siivoustyönjohtajakin voi sortua rikokseen ammattiroistoista puhumattakaan. Paatuneintakin rikollista soimaa kuitenkin armoton omatunto. Kasvot betonissa on kokoelma Tapani Baggen rikosnovelleja, joista osa sijoittuu aiemmille vuosikymmenille.

A Holocaust survivor fights a Nazi conspiracy in the jungles of Brazil. In 1939, Erick Von Roesler was spreading Hitler's gospel in Brazil when duty to the Reich called him home. He distinguished himself during the war, organizing slave labor camps, overseeing executions, and manning the gas chambers of Buchenwald, but in 1945 he felt it necessary to leave the land of his birth. His enthusiasm for the German cause undimmed, he returned to South America to remake the continent in the image of the fallen Reich.

Some stories are all about the crime. These stories are about the maelstrom of what happens afterward. A hard-bitten crew of professional thieves pull of the score of their lives, coming away with millions in cash, enough to change their lives, make new identities, start fresh. But that's when the real trouble begins. In this linked anthology, we follow each member of the crew of culprits after the heist and watch as this perfect score ends up a perfect nightmare.

Gefangen! Klebeband, Dunkelheit, Erinnerungen und Angst. Ein Kellerverlies im Briller Viertel. Ein Mädchen, seit Jahren vermisst, dem Tod überlassen. Gibt es einen Weg nach draußen? Die Antwort lauert am anderen Ende der Treppe. Und sie hat Zähne.

Una antología de cuentos negros que reúne por primera vez a los mejores narradores mexicanos del género, muchos de los cuales han sido reconocidos internacionalmente.

La quinta colección de irresistibles cuentos cortos del maestro del arte de contar historias, Jeffrey Archer. Tramas ingeniosamente urdidas, con personajes dibujados con esmero y conclusiones deliciosamente inesperadas. Durante su encarcelamiento de dos años en cinco prisiones diferentes, Jeffrey Archer reunió varias ideas para cuentos cortos.

Hornung published this second volume of the adventures of genius cracksman A.J. Raffles in 1901. Raffles is always casing rich homes to burgle, and is always accompanied by his trusted friend and confidant 'Bunny.' While they generally score, their escapades are never without a certain degree of risk, but Raffles seems always prepared.

A valiant band of lobsters stage a daring escape from a restaurant on Valentine's Day. A miniature ballerina in a glass globe dances with a beauty that transcends time, space, and reality. A mild-mannered man is driven to violent madness by the machinations of an enormous spider who has invaded his home. A hard-nosed, hard-drinking detective tracks a talking femme fatale cat in a hardboiled kitty city. Temporal manifestations of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse struggle with familiarly human existential crises.

Just when the residents of Crest Hill are getting past a shocking unsolved murder in the nearby groves, their greatest unspoken fear materializes a string of serial killings amongst their own citizens. There is now no mistaking the fact that one member of their small population is not what they seem to be. Detective Anita Heath finds herself perplexed at the crime scenes when the bodies begin turning up. Something about these murders just doesn’t profile right. As her suspicions are soon bent in unusual directions, she discovers she has attracted the attention of the culprit.

La quinta colección de irresistibles cuentos cortos del maestro del arte de contar historias, Jeffrey Archer. Tramas ingeniosamente urdidas, con personajes dibujados con esmero y conclusiones deliciosamente inesperadas. Durante su encarcelamiento de dos años en cinco prisiones diferentes, Jeffrey Archer reunió varias ideas para cuentos cortos.

While all Iraqis will readily agree that their life has always been noir, the majority of the stories in Baghdad Noir are set in the years following the American invasion of 2003, though one story is set in 1950 and three are set in the 1970s and 1980s. Yet it is this recent history of Iraq—over the last few decades—that serves to inform its present....

Catorce nuevas y originales historias, cada una de ellas emplazada en uno de los barrios más característicos de Barcelona, con catorce puntos de vista completamente distintos, todas ellas escritas por los más destacados escritores españoles y catalanes del género negro.

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Each of these ingenious tales is a gem, sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous, always filled with delightfully unanticipated twists and reversals. For people who have yet to listen to Lippman, get ready to experience the spellbinding power of "one of today's most pleasing storytellers" ( San Diego Union-Tribune). As for longtime devotees of her multiple award-winning novels, you'll discover that you hardly know her.

In addition to tales from some of today's top stars — including Laura Lippman, Susan Wiggs, Marcia Muller, Carolyn Hart, Nancy Pickard, and Elizabeth George herself — Two of the Deadliest showcases work from an impressive array of exceptional newcomers, as together they explore the dark depths women and men will sink to when driven by passion, avarice, and a lethal hunger for power.

A collection of 15 short, but suspenseful stories, including: Anything for a Sale, Careful What You Wish For, Starting Over, and Time's Up.

A collection of 15 short stories, including: "Easy Money", "It's a Wonderful Death", "Lucky Stiff", and "Three Minute Warning".