Lubisz silny dreszczyk emocji? Jeśli tak ta kategoria jest dla Ciebie. Obszerna temetyka jaką jest kategoria książek sensacyjnych i kryminalnych charakteryzuje się niezwykłą, interesującą, wciągającącą, trzymającą w ciągłym napięciu i zapierająca dech w piersiach akcją. Intrygujące powieści kryminalne pełne mrocznych tajemnic, wprowadzają w mroczny i brutalny świat, wbijają czytelnika w fotel i zaskakują wartką akcją. Naładowane emocjami, zaskakujące i niekiedy rozdzierające serce mroczne historie...
Kiedy doktor Carolyn Hove, szefowa Zakładu Medycyny Sądowej w Los Angeles, podczas rutynowej sekcji zwłok ofiary wypadku samochodowego odkrywa szokujące niezgodności, natychmiast wzywa detektywa Roberta Huntera. Patolog nie tylko ustaliła, że śmierć nie nastąpiła w wyniku potrącenia, ale również znalazła ślady wskazujące na brutalne tortury, jakim wcześniej poddano ofiarę.Nikt jeszcze nie zdaje sobie sprawy, że odkrycie doktor Hove zaprowadzi Huntera i jego partnera, Carlosa Garcię, na trop okrutnego i inteligentnego mordercy, kryjącego się... na widoku. Seryjnego mordercy, którego istnienia nikt nie był świadomy: zawsze unikającego wykrycia, ponieważ fachowo maskował wszystkie swoje zbrodnie jako zwyczajne wypadki.Brak jakichkolwiek poszlak, mogących wyjaśnić dlaczego przestępca wybrał akurat tę ofiarę, sprawia, że śledztwo staje w miejscu. Do czasu, aż pojawiają się inne zwłoki, gdzie prawdziwa przyczyna śmierci została ukryta za fasadą.Staje się jasne, że morderca nie przestanie - o ile Hunter i Garcia go nie złapią.Jak jednak prowadzić śledztwo, kiedy pozornie nie ma ofiary? Jak złapać mordercę, skoro nie ma miejsca zbrodni? Jak powstrzymać ducha, jeśli nikt nie potrafi udowodnić jego istnienia?
Niektórym ludziom zabijanie sprawia przyjemność, są też mordercy, którzy w swoim schizofrenicznym świecie słyszą nakaz aby zabić, wykonać polecenie według zaplanowanego klucza… Tym razem komisarz Wiktor Trak ściga wyrafinowanego zabójcę. Metody stosowane przez śledczego są niekonwencjonalne, odbiegają od powszechnie przyjętych w policji, co spotyka się z krytyką zwierzchników. Być może nikt nie jest bez winy…
W „Farmerze”, podobnie jak poprzednio w „Daltoniście” oraz „Słudze”, ukazana została postać bezwzględnego mordercy, którego patologiczny umysł planuje kolejne zbrodnicze akty. Czy mogą zaistnieć okoliczności, w których my także przejdziemy na ciemną stronę mocy? Na to pytanie odpowiedzcie sobie sami. „Farmer” to kolejna książka z komisarzem Wiktorem Trakiem, który prowadzi, jak zwykle, skomplikowane i intrygujące śledztwo. Razem z aspirantką Natalią podążają śladami nieuchwytnego mordercy, a im bliżej są rozwiązania zagadki, tym bardziej sytuacja komplikuje się. Śmierć chirurga i tajemniczy pożar to dopiero początek historii… „Kiedy we wszechświecie zostajesz tylko Ty i książka, znaczy, że jest wyśmienita. W „Farmerze” znalazłam mój ulubiony mix. Wątek kryminalny, wątek psychologiczny i wątek miłosny. Oj, działo się, no i zapomniałam o Bożym świecie”. Beata Świętochowska, recenzentka
Jeśli macie ochotę na historie z angażującą fabułą, to "Opowiadania z trupem w tle" będą dobrym wyborem, ponieważ treść książki raczej was nie zawiedzie. Polecam z czystym sumieniem. Głównie dlatego, że zauroczył mnie sam pomysł, jak i warsztat autora, który jest naprawdę na najwyższym poziomie. Czyta się tak przyjemnie, że nie zważa się na mijający czas. Bohaterowie są przedstawieni w bardzo realistyczny sposób. Nie są wyidealizowani, co sprawia, że da się ich polubić. Ta książka, to rzeczywisty obraz dzisiejszego świata i przedstawienie tego, jak można zapętlić się we własnych sekretach. Mroczne, misternie wykreowane historie nie pozbawione uroku, wyszukanego języka, bogatego w środki wyrazu, refleksji nad życiem i problemami tego świata, z zaskakującym zakończeniem.
Iwona Knechta, wydawca
Śmierć jest jak podatki – nieuchronna, a Leon Durka za sprawą tej antologii rozkłada ją na czynniki pierwsze. Każde z tych opowiadań pod śmiercionośną warstwą skrywa w sobie głębszy sens, ale też pozwala dotrzeć w najczarniejsze zakamarki psychiki. Dajcie się porwać temu zaskakującym studium ludzkiej natury, by odkryć drzemiące w człowieku pokłady zła. Nie zwlekajcie! Mroczny żniwiarz już czeka za rogiem...
Ewelina Białogołąbek, recenzentka
On his father's death, David Balfour visits an estranged uncle to claim his inheritance. But scheming, grasping Ebenezer Balfour wants David out of the picture and has him put on a ship bound for America. With the help of Alan Breck Stewart, David returns to his homeland seeking justice.
Destitute ex-student Raskalnikov has murder in mind. He plots to kill an old pawnbroker, justifying the savage act by postulating that his worth to society is greater than that of his parasitic victim. A bloodhound policeman is on his trail, however, and Raskalnikov also wrestles with the torment of guilt in Dostoevsky's masterly exploration of criminal intent and the avenging agent of conscience.
Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None, this high-tension thriller follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them—from Ruth Ware, the New York Times bestselling author who “is turning out to be as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime” (The Washington Post).
Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she agrees to try out with him.
A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla finds herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the Indian Ocean towards Ever After Island, where the two of them will compete against four other couples—Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana—in order to win a cash prize.
But not long after they arrive on the deserted island, things start to go wrong. After the first challenge leaves everyone rattled and angry, an overnight storm takes matters from bad to worse. Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla finds that this game show is all too real—and the stakes are life or death.
A new Sherlock Holmes novel, endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate.
'A wonderfully entertaining, high-speed, high-stakes adventure with two, no FOUR and more, characters from classic detective fiction! Holmes and Moriarty by Gareth Rubin is the real deal: an accomplished tribute, true to the spirit of Conan-Doyle, but with a thrillingly original story and enough accomplished inventiveness to captivate and satisfy. The perfect fix for Holmes fans - thoroughly recommended!' Janice Hallett
Two adversaries. One deadly alliance. Together, can they unlock the truth?
Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds to help him solve a puzzle. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what?
Meanwhile, Holmes’ archenemy, Professor James Moriarty is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up.
But their investigation puts them in the way of Holmes and Watson and it’s not long before all four realise that they are being targeted by the same person. With lives on the line, not just their own, they must form an uneasy alliance in order to unmask the true villain. With clues leading them to a hotel in Switzerland and a conspiracy far greater than any of them expected, who can be trusted – and will anyone of them survive?
When the LA Chief Medical Examiner, Dr Carolyn Hove, discovers some inconsistencies in a routine autopsy, she calls in Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD Ultra Violent Crimes Unit. Not only was the victim not killed in a hit-and-run, but Dr Hove also found signs that they’d been severely tortured prior to death.
Their investigation leads Hunter and his partner, Carlos Garcia, on the trail of a twisted and clever killer who hides in plain sight. A serial killer no one even knew existed – a killer who has always operated under the radar, expertly disguising every gruesome murder as an accidental death.
But how do you investigate a murder when you have no victims? How do you catch a killer who leaves behind no crime scene? How do you stop a ghost who no one can prove even exists?
Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, race to find a terrifying, unidentified killer in this twisting, unpredictable thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.
Traci Beller was thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha, not far from Los Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family, but Traci never believed it. Now, ten years later, Traci is a high-profile influencer with millions of followers and the money to hire the best detective she can find: Elvis Cole.
Elvis heads to Rancha where an ex-con named Sadie Givens and her daughter, Anya, might have a line on the missing man. But when Elvis finds himself shadowed by a gang of vicious criminals, the missing persons cold case becomes far more sinister.
Elvis calls his ex-Marine friend, Joe Pike, for help, and they follow Tommy Beller's trail into the depths of a monstrous, hidden evil. The case flips on its head, victims become predators, predators become prey, and the question becomes: Can Elvis Cole save them all from this nightmare?
In the depths of the bleak New Zealand winter comes the rising of Matariki – a sacred constellation in Māori culture, heralding a time of new beginnings. For former Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman, life is good: her work in her hometown of Tātā Bay is going well, the community is thriving, and her daughter Addison is getting engaged.
But this Matariki brings unwelcome change. When Hana’s ex-husband Jaye walks into an Auckland liquor store and directly across the path of a gunman, their family’s hard-won peace is shattered.
With the stakes at their highest, Hana finds herself picking up a path she thought she’d never return to. Desperate for answers, she rejoins the police to help scour the city for the unidentified shooter. But as the investigation progresses, she finds herself unprepared for the darkness of the world she is entering.
A darkness much closer to home than she knows.
Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another—something she finds out the hard way when her best friend, Ruth, suffers a fatal head injury on a night out. Desperate to save her, Thea accidentally kills the man responsible and lets his life flow directly into Ruth.
Thea comes to understand that she has a godlike power, but how to use it quickly becomes a question of self-control. Is it really so wrong to take a little life from a bad person—say, a very annoying boss—and gift it to someone who's truly good? Realizing she needs to harness her newfound skills, Thea creates an Ethical Guide to Murder. But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds good and bad aren't as simple as she first thought.
How can she really know who deserves to live and die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?
The latest pulse-pounding thriller from the master of the moral dilemma and Sunday Times bestseller Jack Jordan.
Aaron Alexander has just been released from jail after serving eleven years for causing the death of Joshua Moore in a hit-and-run. Now a free man, all he wants to do is stay on the straight and narrow and leave his troubled past behind him.
But for Joshua’s mother Evelyn, eleven years in jail isn’t nearly enough. Consumed by grief and rage, she has been waiting for Aaron’s release, counting down the days until she can exact the revenge he deserves. And now that time has come.
However, as Evelyn and her husband Tobias embark on a road trip to track Aaron down, they soon find themselves caught on two different sides of a gripping game of cat-and-mouse. Because Tobias knows what Evelyn is planning, and he will do anything to save her from herself. Even if it means protecting the man who killed their son.
Locked in a collision course set in motion eleven years ago, Aaron, Evelyn and Tobias are about to find out whether the road they have chosen leads to retribution . . . or redemption.
Property might be theft. But the housing market is murder.
My name is Al. I live in wealthy people's second homes while their real owners are away.
I don’t rob them, I don’t damage anything… I’m more an unofficial house-sitter than an actual criminal.
Life is good.
Or it was - until last night, when my friends and I broke into the wrong place, on the wrong day, and someone wound up dead.
And now … now we’re in a great deal of trouble.
Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman: tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meets Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower desperate for companionship and unaware of her shady past, the two hit it off and are soon married. But their newlywed bliss is suddenly cut short: one rainy July evening, their car veers off course, plunges into the harbour and Fukutaro is pulled beneath the waves.
Suspected of murder and labelled a femme fatale, Kumako is hounded by the press, but stays firm, repeatedly proclaiming her own innocence. As pressure from dogged journalists mounts, the tide of public opinion is rising against her. But when a scrupulous defence lawyer takes on her case, doubt begins to creep in . . .
In this intricate, psychological noir, masterfully translated into English for the first time, Seicho Matsumoto draws out the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases and our deepest desires.
You saw it. You were too scared to act. But now it's coming back for you... A terrifying new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Whisper Man
Dan Garvie can't move on from a thing he didn't do. He saw the boy. He knew he needed help. But he ran and hid – and a terrifying serial killer got away.
Years later, Dan is a successful criminal psychiatrist, unpicking the very darkest of human behaviour. Because, despite what he saw that day, Dan knows there's no such thing as a monster.
But now his father, John, has disappeared. And days before he vanished, he’d found a body near his home, which might just link back to the serial killer from that fateful day.
If this a chance for Dan to save his dad and find redemption. Or is he walking straight into a trap..
In the shadow of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor hotel – and a sumptuous feast.
But as the candles are lit, tensions spark. Old animosities reignite.
This isn’t a celebration, but a reunion.
And time someone got their just deserts…
The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie’s 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world’s favourite.
1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. When one of the party dies suddenly they realise they may be harbouring a murderer among their number.
The 10 strangers include a reckless playboy, a troubled Harley Street doctor, a formidable judge, an uncouth detective, an unscrupulous mercenary, a God-fearing spinster, two restless servants, a highly decorated general and an anxious secretary. One by one they are picked off. Who will survive? And who is the killer? Copies of an ominous nursery rhyme hang in each room, the murders mimicking the awful fates of its ‘Ten Little Soldier Boys’.
The clear winner in an international online poll held to discover the world’s favourite Agatha Christie book, this new paperback also coincides with a new 3-part BBC TV adaptation featuring a stellar ensemble cast: Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Noah Taylor and Aidan Turner.
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