TUER N’EST PAS JOUER (BOUCHER, AGNS)
Samuel Wiener est fatigu?. Fatigu? de jouer, fatigu? de mentir, fatiguer de tuer. Samuel Wiener est un tueur, reconnu et appr?ci? de sa hi?rarchie. Sauf quand il verse dans ses penchants neurasth?niques et ?thyliques. Car Samuel Wiener est aussi un solitaire d?pressif qui tra?ne son mal de vivre au fil de cuites carabin?es. Seules trois personnes comptent ? ses yeux de misanthrope farouche?: sa compagne Nelly, sa ni?ce Sarah et son vieux pote Paul Moreno. Alors quand la premi?re dispara?t sans pr?venir, au moment m?me o? il est charg? d??liminer froidement un trublion de la R?publique, il ne lui reste plus aucune raison de poursuivre l?aventure de sa vie. Sauf qu?il aimerait, autant que faire se peut, en choisir lui-m?me le d?nouement et rester ma?tre de son destin. Et quand il se retrouve pris au pi?ge d?une traque dont il est devenu le gibier apr?s avoir longtemps ?t? le chasseur, il va tout faire pour sortir de la gueule du loup o? un ennemi invisible cherche ? l?enfermer. Son exp?rience, doubl?e de la sagacit? du commissaire Agnelli, gu?re enclin par nature ? cautionner ces petits jeux de roulette ru
MYSTERY, INK (SMITH, MICHAEL D.)
When random killings start happening around Centerville, Marvin (Marv) Henderson, Centerville's retired large-animal vet, now cowboy coroner, begins to see links that point to a serial killer with an unknown motive. With his friend, an elderly lady named Annemarie Smith, being one of the victims, nothing will stop Marv in his efforts to bring her murderer to justice, even when his own life is danger.
TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR WORDS (MILWARD, JAMES M.)
Private Investigator, Sammy Shovel, finally gets the client of a lifetime and rushes to claim his jackpot, but he soon discovers?wealth and pearl coincide.Beloved Golden Opportunities, CEO, Joel Ceja, is found murdered one foggy morning. Three months after Joel?s death the police are stumped, they still have no clues to his murder. Golden Opportunities? employees feel they?re being stonewalled and decide to hire Shovel to assist the police. Sammy accepts, figuring it was nothing more than a local homicide.However, in no time at all, he?s mired in international quicksand filled with a worldwide assassinations ring?and he wants out. But greed overcomes his common sense. He runs from firefight to firefight to get to the truth, but his adversaries dupe him time and again.You may deceive Sammy?some of time. But when he put's it altogether?run bother, run for we all know Sammy?s a shoot first and ask questions later type a guy.?
LUCKY BREAK (COONTS, DEBORAH)
?Evanovich?with a dash of CSI.? ? Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)Some People Never Catch a BreakFor Lucky O?Toole it?s a break from murder.As the Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon, Las Vegas?s most over-the-top destination, Lucky is used to cracking heads and cracking jokes. ?Besides, it?s Christmas.But even Santa can?t give Lucky what she wishes for.LUCKY BREAKHolt Box, a beloved country singer on the comeback trail is killed in Lucky?s lover, Jean-Charles?s, kitchen.Mr. Box dies in Lucky?s father?s arms.Her former lover, Teddie, is accused of the murder.A heavy-hitter in the Macanese underworld is working over Lucky?s father.An old nemesis salivating for revenge gets out of jail on a technicality.Lucky?s mother is ramping up an ill-advised political campaign.?And the holidays are racing to a crescendo.And then things get really messy?A light, funny, romantic mystery providing a Vegas escape appropriate for anyone looking for a good laugh. Get this can?t-put-it-down romp today!?AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTSWhy did you decide to write humor??I?m not sure I decided to add snark to the Lucky, b
A QUESTION OF DEVOTION (KULINA, ANITA)
Then she saw it ? a sheet of paper in the mailbox, underneath the mail. It was white with large black letters and said LEAVE IT ALONE. Mrs. B has a quiet life, and she likes it that way. Morning pinochle games at St. Mary?s Senior Center. Afternoon lunches with Myrtle, Anne and Rose. Peaceful evenings with a cup of coffee and the classic movie channel. But one day she wakes to a phone call, which leads to consequences she could never have foreseen. Secrets snowball and threaten to change the neighborhood of Burchfield forever. Someone has to make things right. It?s up to Mrs. B. ?
CUT THROAT (BUSH, CHRISTOPHER)
Travers looked down at the face. On the collar was a red patch and a long streak. Across the throat was a gash.Two rival London newspaper tycoons are at daggers drawn. But when Sir William Griffith?s corpse turns up in a hamper, his throat cut from ear to ear, the enmity appears to turned deadly. Or is it instead a case of domestic terrorism? Superintendent Wharton of the Yard brings Ludovic Travers into the case and together they investigate a gallery of additional suspects: explorer Tim Griffiths; Sir William?s financial secretary, Bland, and his wife; local vicar Reverend Cross; an archetypally sinister butler ? and an intrusive crime reporter, who always seems to find himself in the thick of a crime scene. Wharton and Travers come to believe they have identified their murderer ? but how can they break a cast-iron alibi?Cut Throat was originally published in 1932. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.
THE CASE OF THE THREE STRANGE FACES (BUSH, CHRISTOPHER)
Old Hunt slithered in the most amazing way and then fell to the floor. He lay between the seats, face upwards.Ludovic Travers is on his way by train from Toulon to Marignac. Along for the ride are several suspicious characters, two of whom die en route. Although the murders seem at first unrelated, Travers is able to prove the connection between the two, while diverting the eye of official suspicion from himself. After Travers learns that one of the victim?s country house has been burgled soon after the murderous act, the inquisitive sleuth decides to look into the case himself when he returns to England. Soon Travers, his Isotta now replaced with a Bentley, is working in tandem with Superintendent Wharton to solve one of the strangest cases which he has yet encountered. It is one in which some of the darkest of human impulses are exposed, and a twist is guaranteed in the tail.The Case of the Three Strange Faces was originally published in 1933. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.
GILDING THE LILY (JOHN, JUSTINE)
A gripping mystery of jealousy, murder and lies. An invitation to her estranged, wealthy father?s surprise 75th birthday party in New York sees Amelia and her husband, Jack, set off across the pond to meet a whole new world of family politics. Amelia, now a successful businesswoman, feels guilty about never liking her father?s women, so does her upmost to give his new socialite partner, Evelyn, the benefit of the doubt. Wouldn?t it be nice if they could just all get along? But there?s something very dark, determined and dangerous about her? When Amelia?s father, Roger, becomes ill, Jack grows suspicious that there is more to it. Amelia understands why, but no one else will believe them. They travel back to America to piece together the puzzle, but when Roger goes missing, the couple are driven to their wits' end. It takes a?DEA?officer and a secret assassin to bring them answers, but the ruthless truth is something no one expected? ?
HEADLOCK (BARER, BURL)
A paranoid recluse lures private eye author Jeff Reynolds into a complex web of deception, where delusions are deadly, life after death can be hell, and all roads lead to the McFeely Tavern. Several popular mystery writers, including G.M. Ford and Tony Fennelly, make cameo appearances in this clever and captivating private eye caper set in Walla Walla, Washington. Edgar Award winner Burl Barer brings us a private eye mystery unique and wondrous from the opening paragraph to the spectacular cinematic climax featuring one of the best plot twists in PI history.? Laugh out loud funny, and sadly bitter-sweet, HEADLOCK is among Burl Barer's best works... "Nicely written dialog, tantalizing peeks at "name" writers, choice humor, stories within stories, and a slowly evolving plot makes this first mystery in a new series a real winner" -- Library Journal? "A brilliant piece of contemporary literature "hiding out" as a private eye novel...I think Barer is up to something." - Prof. Gerry Graber "There are truly only a few writers working today who can sustain such a consistent level of fine writing, complexities
LA LISTE INTERDITE (DESCOSSE,OLIVER)
Un homme carbonisé dans sa voiture, sur une route de campagne. Un autre chute du haut d'une tour dans le quartier chinois de Paris. Michel Diallo, flic noir, et Claire Brissac, juge d'instruction au passé douloureux, héritent respectivement des deux affaires. Ces enquêtes parallèles vont explorer le passé des deux hommes disparus, de l'univers des junkies à celui des triades chinoises, du monde feutré de la grande bourgeoisie parisienne aux fights mortels des hordes de hooligans. Peu à peu, les liens se tissent. Et si ces morts dissimulaient d'autres enjeux?
42,2 MUERTE EN CENTRAL PARK (SÁNCHEZ-BEASKOETXEA GÓMEZ, JAVIER)
EL SENYAL (MENEU-BORJA, MARTA)
El rellotge del campanar es va aturar, precisament, aquella nit. Lendemà, la plaça de lAjuntament somplia de gent que protestava, silenciosa, contra el darrer assassinat duna dona. Joana, Dori, Ivonne i Val, entre moltes altres persones, van participar en una concentració que no expressava només rebuig, sinó també por i cansament davant duna situació, en el fons, no tan llunyana per a cap delles. Perquè el senyal de la violència, aparent o invisible, pot aparéixer en qualsevol racó. Com també hi pot aparéixer el senyal de lesperança, dels lligams, de les llums que no sapaguen.Amb aquesta novel·la coral, Marta Meneu-Borja sendinsa en la narrativa i ens ofereix un retrat viu de la societat actual, tendre i colpidor alhora. Les vides de Joana, Dori, Ivonne, Val i Maria, subtilment entrellaçades per secrets i experiències compartides, es converteixen en un testimoni literari de la realitat que ens ha tocat viure.Aconsegueix la polsera solidària de moda!A Bromera hem posat en marxa la campanya solidària #LAmorNoDeixaSenyals. Ja disponible a la teua llibreria la polsera d'El senyal per 1,95 . Els beneficis aniran destinats a lAssociació Alanna, entitat que treballa per la inclusió social de les dones més vulnerables de la nostra societat. [Booktràiler] "El senyal" [Booktube] Marta Meneu-Borja ens presenta "El senyal"
ANTOLOGÍA DE UNA TRADICIÓN (LARA JIMENEZ, ISIDORO)
O ELLA MUERE (HURWITZ, GREG)
Patrick Davies solo ha querido una cosa en la vida: hacer una película. Consiguió su oportunidad de vender su guión en Hollywood, pero justo después de eso, toda su vida se hizo añicos. Sus sueños de oropel se desvanecieron y Patrick tuvo que volver a un trabajo aburrido y a un matrimonio que no funciona. Una mañana recibe un DVD muy extraño en su casa. El DVD le demuestra que hay alguien observándolos a él y a su esposa, que los dos están siendo acosados y grabados por cámaras que están escondidas tanto dentro de su casa como rodeándola. Poco después empieza a recibir correos electrónicos de alguien que se ofrece a solventar el desastre en que se ha convertido su vida. Para Patrick es una oferta que no puede rechazar. Sin embargo, no podría estar más equivocado. Cada paso que da lo sumerge más en una red de intriga que amenaza lo poco que todavía tiene y valora en su vida. Casi sin darse cuenta, se encuentra atrapado por todos lados y la única manera de salir del embrollo es ser más listo que sus enemigos invisibles y ganarles jugando a su propio juego.
