DIABLOS DEL PASADO (ÓSCAR CALVO)
En el Siglo de las Luces, Jack, ciudadano inglés aterrorizado después de pasar cinco años cautivo en las espeluznantes mazmorras de un perverso personaje, logra finalmente escapar a Francia y, tras conseguir una fabulosa fortuna, viaja de incógnito a España. Allí se siente atraído por la ciudad de Madrid, donde se establece y pronto se convierte en un caballero educado y refinado de alto postín. Personaje de otra época por conservar unos valores que ya considera trasnochados, como el honor, la lealtad y la fidelidad, ve peligrar constantemente su vida por la persecución implacable a la que le somete su enemigo mortal. Su mente enferma marcada por el pasado le obliga en ciertas ocasiones a maltratar a aquellas mujeres que, presas del pánico, tratan de ocultarse en su mansión. ¿Caballero o maltratador, asesino o justiciero? En su personalidad podemos hallar mezquindad y amabilidad, cortesía y crueldad, acompañadas de pasiones violentas. Una fabulosa narración en la que Óscar Calvo nos adentra en un mundo cuya fascinación resulta irresistible. El amor, la intriga, el sexo, la aventura, la camaradería, la venganza y las ansias de poder se entrecruzan para formar una inolvidable novela.
WITH BAITED BREATH (BARTLETT, LORRAINE)
Tori Cannon and her grandfather return from her grandma's funeral to find a body jammed in one of their derelict motel units. The victim had no enemies except for maybe the rich woman who wants to level his eyesore of a home, a resentful daughter, and friends who were anything but. Tori's BFF, Kathy, arrives to help spruce up the place and they are soon mixed up in the deadly consequences that murder entails. Can they save the business and find a murderer or will they, too, sleep with the fishes?
SLAP NOIR (MEDLIN, JAMES BIGBOY)
SLAP NOIR is a novel by James BigBoy Medlin that engages the principles of slapstick and noir and melds them into a single instrument to tell the story of a chaos that is no one's and everyone's fault, in a West Texas oil town where no one's all good, no one's all bad, everyone is serious, everyone is funny, everyone knows something and nobody knows it all.
QUAN LA NIT MATA EL DIA (VEHÍ AGUSTÍ)
El delegat local de la Falange a Figueres, Juan Antonio Hinojosa, apareix mort al seu llit una nit de març de 1958. Està mig nu i algú li ha clavat al crani una pesada creu de fusta i metall i li ha lligat un cinturó al coll. El pis és ple com un ou d'abastiments de tota mena que contrasten de manera força obscena amb la precarietat i la grisor del moment. El panorama aconsella al comissari esparar instruccions de Madrid abans de decidir com procedir amb el cas. I Madrid mana silenci. Oficialment, Hinojosa ha estat cridat a la capital. Oficiosament, s'haurà d'investigar fins on es pugui. Els inspectors Iríbar, de la Brigada d'Investigació Criminal, i Lopera, de la Político-Social, tenen punts de vista diferents. Mentre el primer malda per descobrir la identitat de l'assassí o assassina, el segon es dedica a sabotejar la investigació amb prepotència casernària. ¿Es troben davant d'un cas polític, econòmic, passional o d'una venjança? Mentre acaricia amb la mà tensa una medalla trobada a l'escenari del crim amb les inicials G. M. N, Iríbar pensa que amb els antecedents d'Hinojosa qualsevol cosa és possible.
FATAL WHISPERS (NIKOLAI, SANDRA)
A millionaire's beautiful young wife. A homeless woman. A parish priest. Three baffling deaths within days. No sign of foul play. No police leads. Even medical authorities can't explain the cause of death. An unprecedented occurrence in Portland, Maine. Ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott look for answers when their trip to this alluring New England town coincides with the mysterious deaths. As they probe deeper, they discover ominous secrets buried decades ago and ruthless killers who won't let anyone get in the way of revenge.
YELLOW AS LEGAL PADS (STEWART, FRAN)
Biscuit and Bob are enjoying their honeymoon at a small hotel near Savannah, until Margaret Casperson, a wealthy friend from Martinsville, collapses against their door in the middle of the night. Why would anyone want to poison dear Margaret? Officer Colly Sloan, who sometimes wishes she were a plumber instead of a police officer, is tracking the long-lost cousin Margaret came to Savannah to find. Who we are is so often linked to family issues that span generations. This story takes us through the intricate weavings and dark secrets of several generations of the wealthy Holvers family. Biscuit and Bob are pulled into a life and death struggle. Of course, Marmalade, the orange & white tabby cat who adopted Biscuit in the first book in this series, Orange as Marmalade, manages to get in her two-cents' worth. Unknowingly, Marmalade's antics put Biscuit in grave danger.
EL AMIGO INVISIBLE (NAVARRO, DAVID)
LA CARRIÈRE DU MAL (GALBRAITH, ROBERT)
CSI – LA CIUDAD DEL PECADO (ALLAN COLLINS, MAX)
Lynn Pierce ha desaparecido. Jenna Patrick acabó estrangulada en una habitación del fondo del club en el que trabajaba. ¿Qué pueden tener en común ambas mujeres...,salvo que han sido víctimas de homicidio? Averígualo al tiempo que Grissom,Willows y los demás miembros del equipo del CSI siguen las huellas de las vidas secretas y los bailes privados, desde el lado religioso hasta el más sórdido de la ciudad del pecado.
JAZZ BLANCO (ELLROY, JAMES)
ANT FARM (JACKSON, JAMES M)
Financial crimes consultant Seamus McCree combats the evil behind the botulism murders of 38 retirees at their picnic outside Chillicothe, OH. He also worms his way into the Cincinnati murder investigation of a church friend's fianc and finds police speculate the killing may have been the mistake of a dyslexic hit man. Seamus uncovers disturbing information of financial chicanery, and in the process makes himself and his son targets of those who have already killed to keep their secrets.
WHO KILLED CHARMIAN KARSLAKE? (HAYNES, ANNIE)
?Owing to the sudden death of Miss Charmian Karslake this theatre is closed until further notice. Money for tickets already booked will be refunded.? Who killed Charmian Karslake, the famous American actress, on the night of the ball at Hepton Abbey? Who was the mysterious Peter Hailsham who had been present at the ball and had since vanished into thin air? What was his connection, if any, with the respectable County family of Penn-Moreton at whose house the murder had taken place? How Inspector Stoddart and his assistant Harbord solve these questions, and the surprising discoveries they make in the course of their Investigations, form the basis for one of their most devilish mysteries. Who Killed Charmian Karslake? is the third of Annie Haynes' Inspector Stoddart Mysteries. First published in 1929, it was out of print for over 80 years until this new edition, which also features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. ?A model detective story . . . a good mental exercise for the distracted reader who has just received his Super-Tax Demand. (The publishers) have again produced a good boo
BIG SKY BLUES (REID, ROBERT SIMS)
Even in a small town, street rules apply. That means you handcuff everybody. Even the dead and dying. When two cops spend hour after hour together on the street, policing the bleak hours between midnight and dawn of a Montana winter, they live by street rules. They also get to know things about?each other. Sometimes, they know more about their partner than about themselves. Or think they do. Often, they become lifelong friends, until something happens. And something always happens in those bleak hours. How do you treat a friend who kills a man to save your life? Rescues you, the world proclaims, from a situation that you had under control? And if you are that friend, how do you deal with somehow who is ungrateful for the favor? How do you deal with the judgment that you made a foolish mistake, and someone else had to pick up the tab so that you could go home to your family? So that he could go home to a stark room and his memories of a war the whole country wants to forget? How do you keep going on the street?and at home?after the daytime hours turn bleak, too?
JACK OF HEARTS (GREYSON, CHRISTOPHER)
Jack Stratton is heading south for some fun in the sun. Already nervous about introducing his girlfriend, Alice, to his parents, the last thing Jack needed was for the dog-sitter to cancel, forcing him to bring Lady, their one-hundred-and-twenty-pound King Shepherd, on the plane with them. The dog holds Jack responsible and wants payback. On top of everything, Jack is still waiting for Alice?s answer to his marriage proposal. When his mother and the members of her neighborhood book club ask him to catch the ?Orange Blossom Cove Bandit,? a small-time thief who?s stealing garden gnomes and peace of mind from their quiet retirement community, how can Jack refuse? The peculiar mystery proves to be more than it appears, and things take a deadly turn. Now, Jack finds it's up to him to stop a crazed killer, save his parents, and win the hand of the girl he loves?but if he survives, will it be Jack who ends up with a broken heart?
EL PERFIL (PEDRO GARCÍA JIMÉNEZ)
No todos los asesinos en serie siguen un patrón. Ahí fuera, mezclado entre la gente, hay un ser despreciable, un engendro sin alma, un depredador cuyo único objetivo es? matar. La cacería debe comenzar .