Noir Mystery Thriller Suspense

September 1977. Mette Misvãr, a three-year-old girl, disappears without trace from the sandpit outside her home. Her tiny, close middle-class community in the tranquil suburb of Nordas is devastated, but their enquiries and the police produce nothing. Curtains twitch, suspicions are raised, but Mette is never found.

Wild Fire is the eighth and final book in the Shetland series from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and the Two Rivers. Rumours of an affair surround a woman found hanged – on the most troubling case of his career, Inspector Jimmy Perez must work with Willow Reeves once again, and she has news that will change his life forever.

Les grands noms du thriller mettent nos sens en eveil : Barbara Abel, Amélie Antoine, R.J. Ellory, Julie Ewa, Claire Favan, Karine Giebel, Johana Gustawsson, René Manzor, Fred Mars, Olivier Norek, Fabrice Papillon, Gaëlle Perrin-Guillet. Douze auteurs prestigieux de noir sont ici réunis et, si chacun a son mode opératoire, le mot d'ordre est le même pour tous : nous faire ouvrir grand les yeux au fil de récits qui jouent avec les différentes interprétations de la vision.

Le premier volet d'une nouvelle série policière (650 000 exemplaires vendus en Italie), dont l'adaptation TV est en cours, par les producteurs de la série Commissaire Montalbano, d'après les romans d'Andrea Camilleri. Le corps momifié d'une femme est retrouvé dans une villa sur les pentes de l'Etna, alors que le volcan répand une pluie de cendres noires sur toute la région. L'enquête est confiée à la commissaire Vanina Guarrasi qui, après trois années passées à Milan, est revenue dans sa Sicile natale diriger la brigade criminelle de Catane.

Shortlisted for the Anthony, Nebula, Edgar, Shamus, and Gold Dagger Awards, best-selling author James Sallis is a master of the gritty crime drama. The Killer Is Dying tracks the fortunes of three men of vastly different ages, backgrounds, and ambitions. Though they never meet, a hired killer on his last job, a burned out detective, and a young boy plagued by nightmares have their lives intersect in compelling ways in the scorching metropolis of Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr. Watson ist rasend vor Eifersucht. Er vermutet eine Affäre seiner Frau Mary mit dem gut aussehenden Anatomieprofessor aus dem Tennis-Club. Also engagiert er Holmes, um den jungen Mann zu observieren. Wie der Meisterdetektiv schnell herausfindet, geht es um viel Grausameres, als um Ehebruch. Der Professor experimentiert mit menschlichen Körpern und Mary befindet sich in seiner Gewalt.

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by "the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine" ( Booklist).

Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors - accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik - with a past that he’s unable to leave behind.

Leonid McGill-the protagonist introduced in The Long Fall, the book that returned Walter Mosley to bestseller lists nationwide - is still fighting to stick to his reformed ways while the world around him pulls him in every other direction. He has split up with his girlfriend, Aura, because his new self won't let him leave his wife - but then Aura's new boyfriend starts angling to get Leonid kicked out of his prime, top-of-the­skyscraper office space.

As Montrealer Catherine Day sets foot in a remote fishing village and starts asking around about her birth mother, the body of a woman dredges up in a fisherman's nets. Not just any woman, though: Marie Garant, an elusive, nomadic sailor and unbridled beauty who once tied many a man's heart in knots. Detective Sergeant Joaquin Morales, newly drafted to the area from the suburbs of Montreal, barely has time to unpack his suitcase before he's thrown into the deep end of the investigation.

Joe Kurtz, former investigator and convicted felon, is on parole. But the years he spent in Attica didn't make his old haunts any safer. Back on the streets of Buffalo, he's already marked by a local Mafia don.

Former Special Forces officer and international best-selling author Jason Kasper delivers a gripping thriller series that follows an Army Ranger into the mercenary depths of an international crime syndicate. Get the first two audiobooks of the series in one bundle.

Spenser's out to make war, not love, as he goes after Boston's entire X-rated industry. Pretty teenager April Kyle has disappeared into the city's darkest underworld, and to rescue her, Spencer pits muscle and wit against bullets and bullies.

An eccentric boarding house denizen winds up dead; his presumed killer, a fellow boarder, has vanished. The baffling case unfolds through the testimony of witnesses, who are themselves suspect.

Onze grands noms du thriller français nous font toucher le noir, jusqu'au creux de l'âme... Solène Bakowski, Éric Cherrière, Ghislain Gilberti, Maud Mayeras, Mickaël Mention, Valentin Musso, Benoît Philippon, Jacques Saussey, Laurent Scalèse, Danielle Thiéry, Franck Thilliez. Ces onze auteurs prestigieux, maîtres incontestés du frisson, nous entraînent dans une exploration sensorielle inédite autour du toucher. Avec eux, vous plongerez dans les plus sombres abysses, effleurerez la grâce et l'enfer d'un même geste, tutoierez l'horreur du bout des doigts.

Alex Bledsoe’s fantasy novels have drawn rave reviews for their ingenious blend of classic fantasy and hard-boiled detective fiction. Now Bledsoe returns with an all-new tale of intrigue and murder.

Une île privée et recluse, cinq prétendants à un mystérieux héritage, aucune issue... Après un premier polar et près de 30.000 lecteurs conquis et un deuxième rapidement N.° 1 des ventes, Florian Dennisson signe son troisième thriller à suspense. Plongez dès à présent dans le suspense haletant du 3ème épisode de cette série qui commence comme un huis-clos oppressant et vous emmène sur les traces d'une intrigante conspiration.

Als Woody Wheeler am Abend in einen Gasthof einkehrt, wird er in eine düstere Geschichte hineingerissen. Ein Mord geschieht und plötzlich muss Woody eine Leiche verschwinden lassen. Jedoch scheint die Frau gar nicht tot gewesen zu sein, die er gerade unter die Erde gebracht hatte.

Ex-detective superintendent Brandt has turned against society. The first kill was a stab in the dark, but now he's got a real taste for it. But his pursuer, DCI Stella Johnson, has rankled him. She has leaked to the press the idea he is impotent, and it has taken hold. Brandt wants to prove himself. Who better a victim than the woman who has embarrassed him? Johnson's strategy backfires, and she is in trouble with her superiors. Yet she now has a very personal reason to hunt down Brandt. Will going solo put her at even greater risk than before? And just what has he in mind for her?

Happily settled in Florida, Sonja believes she’s escaped the trap set by unscrupulous drug lords. But when her son, Tomas, is taken, she’s back to square one...and Iceland. Her lover, Agla, is awaiting sentencing for financial misconduct after the banking crash, and Sonja refuses to see her. And that’s not all...Agla owes money to some extremely powerful men, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it back. With her former nemesis, customs officer Bragi, on her side, Sonja puts her own plan into motion to bring down the drug barons and her scheming ex-husband and get Tomas back.