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Corre el año 1834 y Madrid, una pequeña ciudad que trata de abrirse paso más allá de las murallas que la rodean, sufre una terrible epidemia de cólera. Pero la peste no es lo único que aterroriza a sus habitantes: en los arrabales aparecen cadáveres desmembrados de niñas que nadie reclama. Todos los rumores apuntan a la Bestia, un ser a quien nadie ha visto pero al que todos temen.

Hay secretos que jamás se han de saber y el de su nacimiento es uno de ellos. Lionel prometió a su madre que nunca aparecería en Londres para que su alma descansara en paz. Sin embargo, romperá la promesa por culpa del engaño de una mujer. Como espía, la primera regla es ocultar tu verdadera identidad. La segunda, jamás caer en una trampa y si lo haces, buscar la manera de morir antes de confesar a tu enemigo la verdad. La tercera, nunca te enamores de la persona a quien debes investigar.

Tras ocho años entre rejas, Max Dembo vuelve a Los Ángeles con sesenta y cinco dólares en el bolsillo, un traje pasado de moda y la intención de reinsertarse en la sociedad. No es tarea fácil para quien, en su corta vida, no ha conocido otra cosa que el crimen y cuenta sólo con la...

In The Best Cases of The Continental Op, an original compilation of eight stories from Skyboat Media, the Op walks, stalks, and runs down the steep streets of San Francisco to solve crimes of blackmail, murder, stolen identities, and arson, and each story contains so many twists and turns you’ll be hooked until the very (surprising) end....

A collection of stories capturing what it means to be a cowboy.

I know it shouldn’t matter what people say about me. But when my parents told me that I would never find love because I liked guys, I was willing to do anything to prove them wrong. So, when the most romantic guy ever asked me to marry him, I had to show him to them immediately. Was I moving too fast? Because as soon as I scored him an invitation to one of our obnoxious family get-togethers, he called things off. Now, I need a fiancé to replace the one I thought I had or my parents will think they were right about me all along.

Durante una conferencia sobre el futuro del libro digital, Mauro Balaguer, editor de larga trayectoria profesional, se ve abordado por una elegante y bella anciana que le hace entrega de una tarjeta en cuyo reverso aparece escrito en rojo «La bella bestia», al mismo tiempo que, mostrándole un tatuaje, le comenta: «Fui su esclava y esta es la prueba. Si quiere más detalles, llámeme». Intrigado y fascinado por lo que intuye pueda ser su último gran éxito editorial, Balaguer aplaza todos sus compromisos....

I’ve got a ring on my finger and a date circled on the calendar, let the wedding planning begin! As luck would have it, the chapel I’ve got my heart set on, is plagued by the not-so-nice spirit of a former bride. She died on what was meant to be her wedding day and isn’t going to step aside to let anyone else take her place at the altar. She claims the chapel is cursed and points to her own murder as a sure sign, but I’m not convinced. I’ll have to keep my new reaper powers in check and solve this case the old-fashioned way if Lucas and I have any shot at starting our happily ever after.

By Friday, Agents Bishop and Marshall must: Solve an anything-but-routine burglary. Determine why the house’s previous owner was murdered. Avoid getting killed in the process. Because on Saturday, Levi and Marsh must: Keep an overdue promise to their son. Entertain a house full of friends and family. Say “I do” in the wedding their marriage of convenience turned true love deserves. Marsh and Levi are determined to help a friend in need. But they’re already six months late for a very important date.

Ein „Kottan ermittelt“ Kriminalrätsel, wer ist der Mörder? Für den letzten von Major Kottans Gruppe aufgeklärten Mordfall gab es gute Presse; allerdings nur für die Gruppe. Präsident Pilch findet sich – wie so oft – zu wenig gewürdigt. Er steht schon eine Viertelstunde in Kottans Büro und beklagt sich über die ungerechten Journalisten. Weil ihm doch niemand zuhört, bricht er sein Lamentieren plötzlich ab. Im nächsten Moment entdeckt er einen verchromten, älteren Wandautomat; etwa in der Größe eines öffentlichen Fernsprechers.

Nora Best is done running. She’s heading to her hometown of Chateau, to the grand Quail House, to stay with her mother and claim the great American privilege of starting over. But she might find it is hard to start over when the past is catching up.... The night Nora arrives in Chateau, a White police officer shoots and kills Robert Evans, a young Black man. The officer in question is Nora’s school sweetheart, Alden Tydings. What really happened that night? Did Alden act in self-defense as he claims?

Nora Best is the envy of her friends. She's just turned 50 and has traded in her home with The Perfect-Ass Husband for an Airstream trailer and an adventure of a lifetime across the US. But during their leaving party, Nora finds her husband in a compromising position with a friend. Storming out of the party, she jumps into her truck with no idea how to tow the Airstream or where she's going. Nora ends up in a campground in the mountains of Wyoming, drowning her sorrows with its managers, Brad and Miranda.

All Carson Reno books are stand-alone novels - it is not necessary to listen to them in any order. This box set contains books 17, 18 and 19 of the series - three complete novels in one audiobook. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Best of Carson Reno: Volume One, and experience the compelling world of noir detective fiction.

Lee Child selects the 20 best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, and many more. Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international best seller Lee Child has selected the 20 most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.

For over three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror listeners crave. Now, with the eighth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the audio of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman; Kelley Armstrong; Stephen King; Linda Nagata; Laird Barron; Margo Lanagan; and many others.

This star-studded anniversary collection features over 25 unforgettable stories from internationally best-selling authors and literary legends. From the Nordic noir of Jo Nesbø and the lyricism of Tennessee Williams to the timeless imagination of Ray Bradbury and the courtroom wit of John Mortimer, these vivid tales reflect the range and tone that have defined The Strand Magazine for a quarter century.

Morgan Jewell and Fay Ramsey are enjoying their last summer together before college. Fay is shy, with a controlling mother, and Morgan is the perfect, wild, loud-mouthed yang to Fay’s yin. But when Fay is found dead, Morgan’s entire world crumbles. Years later, Morgan is still haunted by the abrupt end to her best friend’s life. Morgan, now a homicide detective, has failed to make a picture out of the crooked puzzle pieces Fay left behind. The leads have run dry - until she’s called to the scene of a murder: a woman whose body is left mangled, too similar to Fay’s to ignore.

Professor Dr. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, besser bekannt als „The Thinking Machine", ist kein gewöhnlicher Detektiv. Mit scharfem Verstand, eisiger Logik und einer gehörigen Portion Arroganz löst er selbst die verzwicktesten Rätsel. Ob scheinbar unlösbare Gefängnisausbrüche, mysteriöse Morde oder raffinierte Rätsel – Van Dusen beweist, dass jedes Problem lösbar ist, wenn man nur denkt.

When acclaimed mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers first began compiling anthologies of the best crime stories in the 1920s and ’30s, the genre was in the flush of its first golden age. While it is hard to imagine today - after every possible mystery plot has been told, retold, subverted, and played straight again by hundreds of writers over nearly a century - in Sayers’s day there were still twists that had never been seen, and machinations of crime that would shock even jaded Jazz Age fans.

The third volume of classic Sherlock Holmes stories on audio, brilliantly performed by John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.