Criminal Mystery

On December 6, 1993, a drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on the lawn outside her mother’s house in South Central Los Angeles. Augie, a heroin addict, witnesses the whole thing - before he steals all the drugs on her person as well as the gun that was dropped at the scene. When Augie gets busted, he names local gang members Wizard and Dreamer the shooters. But only one of them is guilty.

Il barone della droga Gerry Carpenter è detenuto in un carcere di massima sicurezza in attesa di giudizio, ma non è del tutto fuori gioco. Negli stessi giorni in cui la polizia ne celebra la cattura, il pericoloso criminale scatena una vera e propria campagna di terrore: i testimoni che dovrebbero deporre al suo processo vengono minacciati, gli uomini delle forze dell'ordine coinvolti nel caso uccisi, le prove raccolte contro di lui distrutte.

Milano, 1951. Margherita, una bella ragazza poco più che ventenne, è una "squillo" di alto bordo in una casa d'appuntamenti milanese. Un giorno viene a sapere che un'amica d'infanzia è accusata dell'omicidio del suo fidanzato, il capo di una banda della ligera - così era detta la malavita milanese - di Lambrate. Incredula, Margherita è certa della sua innocenza e si improvvisa detective per scoprire il vero colpevole e togliere così dalla galera l'amica del cuore...

When forensic psychologist Claire Britten started working with lawyer Nick Markwood on his South Shores project, she had no idea it would endanger her life - and the life of her daughter. But when the little girl goes missing from her South Florida home and Nick insists his longtime nemesis is to blame, Claire frantically follows the trail to the Cayman Islands, desperate to save her daughter before it's too late.

In this contemporary thriller, National Book Award Finalist and New York Times best-selling author Paolo Bacigalupi explores the timely issue of how public information is distorted for monetary gain, and how those who exploit it must be stopped.

Maura Ryan was the queen of the criminal underworld when she pulled off the most audacious gold bullion robbery of all time. Since then, she's retired from a life of crime to be with the only man she's ever loved. But enemies from her past are closing in, and they're about to learn that they should never cross Maura Ryan. The dangerous lady is back, and she's as lethal as ever.

At the center of this fiercely compelling story is Devlin Judge, an American lawyer in Europe as part of the International Military Tribunal to try Nazi war criminals. Haunted by his own demons, Judge has a secret agenda: to find Erich Seyss, the Nazi responsible for his brother's death. An elite member of Hilter's SS and former Olympic sprinter known as "The White Lion", Seyss has just escaped from an American P.O.W. camp.

Holmes und Watson stoßen in der britischen Hauptstadt auf einen Ästheten, dessen Kunst mörderisch ist. Im Park hinterläßt er Fotografien von kleinen Elfenwesen, die den im Dickicht liegenden Opfern zwischen die Finger gedrückt werden.Aus einem anfänglichen Rätsel rekonstruieren Holmes und Watson mit Unterstützung der neuen Kunst der Fotografie den Tathergang und stoßen dabei an ihre Grenzen.

On a cold winter's morning, the body of a young boy is discovered in Epping Forest. The body is pristine and peaceful, his head resting gently on a pillow, an angel pendant clenched in his small fist. It is a murder as carefully planned as it is brutal, and there's one person DI Bishop needs back on his team to help solve such a calculated crime. Holly Wakefield, clinical psychologist for the Met Police, is better than anyone Bishop knows at getting inside the brains of psychopaths.

Chiara è magrissima, ha un'aria buffa, calza degli zoccoli e porta lunghi capelli scuri che contrastano col suo nome. Ogni tanto le sembra di incepparsi mentre i pensieri scorrono fuori sincrono. Per crescere ha solo la scuola della strada e le lezioni che le impartirà un destino beffardo.nDa Bari a Torino, passando per Bologna, la trilogia "Atlante freddo" è un racconto di formazione in nero, un "giro d'Italia" da Sudest a Nordovest scandito da fughe rocambolesche, incontri sorprendenti e perdite che fanno malissimo.

Special Agent Ana Grey (familiar to Smith's readers from North of Montana) becomes both criminal investigator and criminal when she shoots her own partner during a Santa Monica kidnappiDid ng investigation.

Recently returned from a harrowing vacation, FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek tries to settle into her day job in sunny Hawaii. But practically before her feet hit Oahu, a crisis catapults her back to the mainland. The Popularity Contest: Somebody kidnaps Megan’s sister to star in an online gambling contest. The Hero Contest: When the Club seeks to run a contest for heroes only, Megan tops their list of candidates. The Criminal Contest: Megan’s recent adventures have put her in the Club’s crosshairs again.

To the average citizen, the Lion of Salvador was a national hero, a military general of such renown that his accolades spanned two continents. To those in the know, however, the man was the cruelest of drug lords, a savage despot building an unstoppable empire that ranged from the Central American jungle to the bustling streets of New York.

Caroline von Steinberg är tjugo år ung, vacker, nygift och djupt förälskad i sin make och de väntar sitt första barn. Hon tar en promenad på godset ägor och vandrar genom fälten av solgul raps tillsammans med sin älskade hund. Himlen är sommarblå och för Caroline är lyckan total. Plötsligt blir allting svart och hon är fånge i en ond mans armar. Hon kan inte andas. När hon vaknar till för ett ögonblick är hon bunden till händer och fötter och försedd med munkavle. Nästa gång hon vaknar ligger hon på sjukhus. Barnet hon bar på är förlorat.

Meet disgraced ex-DI Ellie Reckless, a self-proclaimed "cop for criminals", and the person the underworld calls when they can't call the police. When a truck owned by the Italian Luccesi family is hijacked in Kent, Ellie and her team are brought in to locate it, but Ellie knows there's more going on, as nobody fights this hard over extra-virgin olive oil.

Esta no es la típica historia de detectives, aunque sí es la historia de un detective. William Warwick siempre ha querido ser detective. Por ello, y en contra de los deseos de su padre, el Consejero de la Reina Sir Julian Warwick, decide alejarse de la tradición familiar de estudiar abogacía, tradición que sí ha seguido su hermana Grace, y se une al Cuerpo de Policía Metropolitana de Londres.

On a steaming night in 1977, New York City is plunged into darkness and two boys, Joe and Robbie, are abandoned by their mother, Lois. Forty years to the day after this unforgivable moment, Joe is a hard-drinking ADA and Lois has resurfaced: Joe wakes from another alcoholic fog to learn she’s been found murdered on a Coney Island beach.

Adam and his sister, Leila, are Nons—second-class citizens, living under the Permitted ruling class. Though their life in the Stone City is filled with family, stories, and music, they must carefully follow the rules, have all paperwork on hand, and never, ever do anything to anger a Permitted. When their father unexpectedly dies, they are even restricted in how they are allowed to grieve.

In "Poirot e i quattro", il grande detective non si trova a fronteggiare i soliti assassini occasionali, ma un nemico assai più pericoloso: un'intera organizzazione, capeggiata dalle quattro più terribili menti criminali del mondo. Guidati da un diabolico mandarino cinese, questi quattro geni del male hanno un piano ambiziosissimo: impadronirsi dell'intero pianeta servendosi di misteriosi e potenti mezzi di distruzione. Una partita insolitamente rischiosa per il principe degli investigatori, un vero intrigo internazionale che potrà risolvere anche grazie a una risorsa inaspettata.

Imagine if you had to wait decades for a crime to be solved. When the murderers are already dead and when the victim's loved ones have already lost so much, will there still be satisfaction? For the police, cold cases could be considered failures, but for the families left by the victims, it's heartbreaking. They have to live their lives day in and day out knowing that something didn't add up. The cases in this book still perplex the minds of not just the police and the families, but also those who are familiar with the events.