Modern Thrillers

捜査一課・追跡捜査係の沖田大輝とかつて強行犯係で同僚だった、刑事総務課・大友鉄が最大の危機に見舞われた。ベンチャー企業が開発した、次世代エネルギー資源を巡る国際規模の策謀に巻き込まれたのである。

白昼の新宿で起きた連続殺傷事件――無差別に通行人を切りつける犯人を体当たりで刺し、その行動を阻止した男がいた。だが男は、そのまま現場を立ち去り、そして月日が流れた。

「俺は穢れだから、近くにいないほうがいい」と言い、距離をとろうとする蠱師（まじないし）の高良。そんな高良の言葉に、澪の胸は痛む。

猛暑の八月、東京で謎の死体遺棄事件が露見した。連続強盗事件で逮捕された相澤直樹が、「檜原村に死体を埋めた」と突然告白。

警察に届けられた一冊の日記。そこに記された内容から、二年前に起きた強盗致死事件の容疑者として、辰見という男が浮上する。

「一事不再理」。裁判で判決が確定した人間は、同じ事件で二度裁かれることはないという原則だ。しかしその無罪を勝ち得た被告から、裁判の十年後、当時の担当刑事に手紙が届いた。

五年前、渋谷で殺人を犯し、国際手配されていた船田透が突如帰国するとの情報が、追跡捜査係の西川大和の許に入った。逮捕されると分かりながら、なぜ船田は帰国するのか？

『リング』『スマホを落としただけなのに』の中田秀夫監督による待望の実写映画化が決定!

Ty Dawson, now the sheriff of Oregon's Meriwether County, is ready to put a trying year behind him, but he's afforded no such luck. In a country still coming to grips with the Vietnam War, Watergate, and Charles Manson, Ty's neck of the woods isn't safe from the turmoil-especially when a commune of young so-called hippies springs up out of nowhere . . .

Modern Waste is a thrilling adventure of deception, murder, and corruption in a small town in north Georgia. The town's gangs and old families control the county and its police. A rival from another town is taking over, and war is breaking out. As the title suggests, the book is filled with lives thrown away and futures desecrated. This is about part of modern society that is often lost, people that live in the middle. They are on the fringe, between lawlessness and legitimacy.

Detective stories existed for centuries before the concept of the detective itself—amateur or professional— was fully formulated, and tales of mystery and intrigue have been thrilling readers since ancient times. The Lock and Key Library is the classic overview of the history of the mystery genre, at once a rousing listen for fans of the unsolved and unknown as well as an essential literary resource for those seeking to understand the roots of modern pulp fiction. This volume is sure to delight and enthrall armchair detectives and fans of classic mysteries alike.

Our new life in Scotland isn’t perfect, but somehow, being surrounded by the bewitching Highlands has kept the memory of our parents alive. But amongst the looming mountains, lush greenery, and murky lochs, there are hidden mysteries. Mysteries that may hold the key to both our past — and our future. And I’m more determined than ever to get to the bottom of the feud between the Duncan and Blackwood clans. But although things may seem oddly quiet, nothing stays that way when magic is involved.

A ravishing young mind reader stalks the streets at night in kitten heels, prowling for men to murder. A soft-spoken genius toils away in the city morgue, desperate to unearth the science behind his gift for shape-shifting. It’s a match made in 1928 Chicago, where gangsters run City Hall, jazz fills the air, and every good girl’s purse conceals a flask.

From Martin Cruz Smith, "a master of the international thriller," comes an audacious novel of exotic locales, intimate intrigues, and the mysteries of the human heart. "A superb thriller and a remarkable evocation of a place," raves Booklist in a starred review. "A moving, believable love story in which individual lives are invested with great dignity, even in the face of national ideals."

This chilling tale of greed, lust, and deception opens on a midwinter night when Felix Canaris, a despairing writer about to take his own life, is saved by a knock at the door. The mysterious visitor, a Jasper Helwyze, promises Felix fame and fortune in return for his complete devotion.

I was in the land of the Patriot. I met a beautiful girl at a frat party, but I was too slow to get her number. I saw her again at a victory bonfire. She dropped her phone, and I found it. The next day when I went through it, I found she had training pictures of terrorists' camps. I showed it to my professor whom I trusted. He turned the phone into the Homeland Security Department, and I was contacted by two agents. They informed me that there was a tracking app on the phone, and the terrorists not only knew who I was, but where I was.

A husband armed with a sword hacks apart his wife in a Denver grocery store. There are dozens of witnesses, and the crime is captured on the security cameras. To the police, it's an open-and-shut case. To Naomi, the daughter of the couple, it's evidence of dark magic. She hires her ex-lover, a private investigator named Jonathan Shade to prove her father is innocent.

Stella’s mid-century modern listing was on track to be her easiest commission ever...until the buyers asked about the rumors of a girl who drowned nearby. As part of her due diligence, Stella starts searching for answers and finds a cold case that makes no sense...As the decades-old drowning case becomes clearer, Stella is shocked to find her own history entwined with that of the dead girl. With each new revelation about her mother, she starts to wonder if her family is right but she just can’t stop herself until she knows every secret.

Adrian and Delanie Michaels need a new beginning in their marriage. Old grievances have almost buried them. To begin again, they need new scenery. They need a new environment for themselves and their young son, Trey. They never imagined they would be able to afford a home the size of the two-story Victorian they find in an older, upscale Colorado neighborhood. They know the home is newer than those around it, and they know this is because the original home on the site burned to the ground.

The man, Eddie Bracchio, is a ruthless killer from a present-day criminal organization out of Brooklyn, New York. He returns to his hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota and settles into the familiar Payne Avenue neighborhood, a small and diverse community on the east side of town. Upon his arrival, he meets and falls for a beautiful woman—a woman he cannot have. The woman is Kate De Luca.