Dark Crime Thrillers

Summer Meads, a girl born into the world as a slave and forced to grow up tossed from one house to the next, must survive. She knows nothing of her bloodline to the Mafia world, even when she met Chase when they were children. To save Summer and to take down one of the most feared Mafia families, Chase must marry her. At what cost will Chase and Summer’s marriage cost not only them, but the Marcel family? How can a slave girl be helpful for the Mafia family?

Vincenzo King thought I knew something about a man who betrayed him, but that isn't why I'm on my way to New Orleans, well-used and sore with my backside still burning from his belt. When he bared and punished me, maybe it was just business, but what came after was not. It was savage, it was shameful, and it was very, very personal. I'm his toy now, and not the kind you keep in its box on the shelf. He's going to play rough with me. He's going to get me all wet and dirty. Then he's going to do it all again tomorrow.

Thrilling crime stories about cars, driving, and the road from the world's best-selling and critically acclaimed writers. Like fiction, cars take us into a different world: from the tony enclaves of upper-crust society to the lowliest barrio; from muscle-car-driving con men to hardscrabble kids on the road during the Great Depression; from a psychotic traveling salesman to a Mexican drug lord who drives a tricked-out VW Bus. We all share the roads, and our cars link us together.

هذا ما أخبر به أمير الرجل المتبقي في منزل والده بعد أن نجا هو ونورا من عملية إطلاق رصاص كثيفة، في تلك الأثناء سمعا صوت أنين سيدة فهبّا لنجدتها، أسرعت (نورا) إلى السيدة التي كانت تبكي بجنونٍ وضمتها إليها بعد أن لاحظت الشبه الكبير بين ملامحها وملامح (خالد)!

وفجأة أظلم المصعد تمامًا وكأنه أحد القبور المدفونة تحت الأرض وسط مقبرةٍ مهجورة في ليلةٍ مظلمة، ثم اهتز بعنفٍ كأرجوحة أطفال وهبط فجأة إلى الأسفل بسرعةٍ شديدة قبل أن يتوقف بشدة مع صوت صريرٍ عالٍ لم يعلُ عليه سوى صرخة صرخة عالية تحمل كل ما يمكن أن يشعر به أي شخص في هذا العالم من ألمٍ وفزعٍ وذهول..

Answers. They’re hard to come by. The way the Outfit obtained them rocked us to our very core, but we’re overcoming the loss and looking ahead. The war is here, and preparations will take Piper and me to Boston and into a meeting with the other American Mafia organizations. Except a single call renders the meeting null and void. An attack has taken place in Chicago that results in Madeline’s kidnapping. Miami is responsible. They will be eliminated. And I’ll be the one to see it done.

Another planet closer to Earth than Erik's moon gives up its secrets, providing Erik and Jia with clues that could lead to answers they’ve been seeking. Could an unfriendly but extinct species of alien not be extinct, as presumed? Both want the truth - but is the effort to reveal the truth good for humanity? Two years ago, a small moon in a far-off system was set to be the location of the first intergalactic war between humans and an alien race. It didn't happen. However, something was found that many are willing to kill to keep secret.

In Autumn 2008 the Lambert family headed to Western Pennsylvania for a weekend getaway to the family cabin. They visited hell instead. The Fannelli brothers. Two psychopaths who believed themselves exceptional, put on this Earth for the soul purpose of tormenting others for their own amusement. To make people play their twisted games. Except the Lamberts managed the impossible. They played the game and survived. Showed the Fannelli brothers that they'd messed with the wrong family.

A depraved past has shaped a man into the twisted serial killer he is today. His obsession with the color red, and his lust for blood, leads to inventive ways to kill his captives. Who is his next victim, and can she be his salvation?

Una de las más brillantes e irreverentes farsas del autor, una sátira orgiástica donde el horror arranca carcajadas y en la que nadie se salva del ridículo, ya sea de izquierdas o de derechas, ecologista o partidario de la energía atómica, esposo fiel o donjuán irredento: ¡temblad, temblad, malditos! En esta novela, Wilt vive con su mujer, la inefable Eva, entregada a sus sucesivas pasiones alternativas, medicinales, nutritivas, religiosas, etc., y con sus temibles cuatrillizas...

Pete thought his life was made. A college student with an uncanny ability to hack into almost any system, he and his group of select friends begin to stretch their reach. It started with hacking the school’s database to change grades for some of the football players and then grew to anything they desired or coveted. Soon, others started coming to them with requests. Unable to handle the mounting pressure, the group moves off campus and away from prying eyes.

Dans Le Bayou Tèche, les marais forment un enchevêtrement où il est facile de disparaître. Elise, une Française, s’y est réfugiée pour fuir quelque chose de sombre, d’indicible, qu’elle a laissé en France. Elle est partie du jour au lendemain, abandonnant tout derrière elle. L’indicible est un personnage trouble et difficile à cerner : son mari. Ce roman croise les histoires respectives du laissé-pour-compte en Dordogne, et de la fugitive en Louisiane.

A series of gruesome murders leaves the police force in Rome reeling. Assigned to the case is Sandra Vega, a brilliant forensic analyst, struggling to come to terms with the crimes and her own past. Sandra's shared history with Marcus, a member of the ancient Penitenzeri and trained in the detection of true evil, means that the two are brought together again in the pursuit of a malignant killer.

أين أنت يا حارسة الجحيم؟ سألت نورا نفسها هذا السؤال وهي تغادر مكتبها في مبنى التحقيقات الجنائية، وكان عليها أولاً أن تجد إجابة قاطعة لهذا السؤال قبل أن تنتقل إلى التفكير فيما يجب أن تفعله في عملية (خادمة القصر) التي لم تدم فرحتها بحلها أكثر من بضع دقائق قبل أن تتعقد أحداثها وتتشابك من جديد...

" أرجو يا سيدي، أن تكون على علم بمدى خطورة الموقف الذي نواجهه جميعًا بعد الأحداث المؤسفة التي وقعت في منزلك قبل يومين، فوجود جثة مقتولة ببشاعة يجعل الكثيرون في حالة استنفارٍ تام، لا يهدأ لهم بال حتى يخرج أحد رجال الشرطة إلى الصحافة ذاكرًا اسم شخص سيلتف حول عنقه حبل المشنقة.

"أمير الوكيل" ضابط شُرطة ومحقق بمكتب البحث الجنائي، وهو في منتصف الثلاثينات من العُمر يميزه شعره الأحمر الناري والذي بسببه ينسبونه إلى جهنم، قامته لطويلة وطلته وسيمة في حين دائمًا ما تكتسي ملامحه بالجدية، فلا أحد من كل من يعيشون حوله رآه يبتسم ولو مرة واحدة فقط.

هكذا صرخت (سعاد) بفزعٍ وذعرٍ وجنون، وهي تقف أمام الجثة الهامدة قبل أن تتراجع إلى الخلف خارج الغرفة الصغيرة بخطواتٍ مرتجفة وهي تغطي وجهها بكفيها، وأخذت في الصراخ بهيستريا وجنون بنبرات صوتٍ مبحوحة، وعلى ملامح وجهها ظهر الإعياء الشديد.

Lily has spent too long running from her heart, trapped in a life that no longer fits. After months of turmoil, she finally makes the hardest decision of all—choosing herself. In Book 8, Lily takes the brave steps to reclaim her life, breaking free from the shadows of her past and the toxic relationship that’s been holding her back. With Chris refusing to let go and Zayn offering the love and passion she’s always craved, Lily must follow her instincts and embrace the man who truly makes her feel alive.

In the next few weeks, I’m opening a luxury casino featuring a roulette wheel that once belonged to the Marquis de Sade. Bonding dreams with my fated mate has been an unexpected delight and has revealed the truth of who she is. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! She is neither panther nor human; she’s a sexy fox-shifter with a nasty temper and a rebellious streak a mile wide. Turning her is forbidden and she’s determined to fight me. But what do I care? I love a challenge, and if it’s illegal, so much the better.

Denver, 1992. Claudette Cooper, Moses King, and Dexter Diaz have been failed by the justice system. Claudette was sexually assaulted. Blinded by her perpetrator, she’s not able to identify him until she has a dream. As a result of that dream, Moses is wrongfully convicted. Dexter gave a false confession to murder after a grueling and unethical interrogation. Now, he faces a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.