Resultados para "Noir" en Novela negra

The southwestern-most metropolis in the contiguous United States, resting a mere 40 feet above sea level, tends to garner positive national attention. San Diego is home to the world-famous San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park (with its history reaching back to the 1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition), temperate climes, and a sunny reputation. It is also the home of shooter Brenda Ann "I Don’t Like Mondays" Spencer, disgraced Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, and San Diego County medical examiner-turned-killer Kristin Rossum.

Noir contains three classic thrillers by Richard Matheson, the grand master of suspense. Originally published in the 1950s, at the very beginning of Matheson’s distinguished career, these page-turning classics are finally on audio for your listening pleasure. Now listeners everywhere can savor three unforgettable tales of crime, corruption, and cold-blooded murder.

Segovia, marzo de 2022. Una nueva pista reabre el caso de Leticia Santos, una chica desaparecida hace veinte años en los alrededores del Alcázar. Su madre está segura de que Leticia encontró su destino fatal en un frondoso valle que protege el castillo y lucha para que el proceso no se cierre en falso. Entra entonces en juego el periodista Jean Ezequiel, quien en compañía de la detective privada Teresa Trajano se vuelca en dar con el homicida. En medio de las pesquisas, el atroz asesinato de la joven Isabella Meyer siembra la investigación de dudas…

Un roman choral et viscéral qui mêle brutalité et grâce, par la lauréate du Grand Prix de littérature policière 2025 Un jour d’hiver, dans une cité de Rennes, un nouveau-né est découvert au fond d’un container à ordures. Vivant. Quelques étages plus haut, une jeune fille se vide...

Marta Sanz cierra la trilogía del detective Arturo Zarco diseccionando los relatos sobre la memoria: una novela negra que prolonga la posibilidad de la novela política. Paula Quiñones llega a Azafrán para localizar fosas de la Guerra Civil. Nada más poner su pie cojo en el pueblo siente que el cielo se encapsula sobre ella y una goma invisible tira de su cuerpo para alejarla de su destino: el hotel de los Beato, ubicado junto a un cartel en el que se lee "Azufrón".

When Ruby hears from her best friend Elizabeth that two of their old classmates have been murdered, Ruby is more certain than ever that leaving her hometown was the right decision. But after Elizabeth suddenly stops responding to texts, and Ruby hears a third classmate has been killed, she knows in her heart what has happened. Elizabeth is dead too. Missbrook Bay is a place haunted by memories Ruby wanted to forget, and people she never wanted to see again, but Ruby has no choice but to go back to investigate.

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: Wilfredo J. Burgos Matos, Ernesto Quiñonez, Mayra Santos-Febres, José Rabelo, Luis Negrón, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Ana María Fuster Lavín, Janette Becerra, Manolo Núñez Negrón, Tere Dávila, Edmaris Carazo, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Charlie Vázquez, and Manuel A. Meléndez. Translated by Will Vanderhyden.

On a Friday in Åre, six university students arrive for a week of skiing and partying. By Sunday morning only five are alive. The body of their friend Filippa is found in the brutally cold outdoors, showing no signs of assault. It’s as if the barefoot young woman just curled up in a snowdrift to die. It appears to be a tragic misfortune. And Detective Inspectors Hanna Ahlander and Daniel Lindskog, both at turning points in their personal lives, aren’t anxious to get involved. But Hanna can’t ignore her gut instinct. This is no accident. This is another murder in Åre.

Un ancien bandit, de vieilles connaissances qui refont surface et la police qui s'en mêle : c'est le cocktail explosif de ce roman policier aux allures de polar noir. Quinze ans après le casse du siècle, Romeo Brigante croit couler des jours paisibles en jouant les tenanciers de bar, mais il est très vite rattrapé par ses fantômes du passé. En conditionnelle et suivi de près par la commandante Sofia Van Deren et son équipe, il va devoir choisir son camp : tourner définitivement le dos au milieu du banditisme ou refuser de coopérer avec la police?

Quando Giada, rientrando in casa, trova sua madre Ada morta nella vasca da bagno, con una ferita alla testa, la sua prima reazione è chiamare il padre: l'ispettore Andrea Pantaleo. Subito dopo, gli chiede di poter seguire insieme il caso: aveva già deciso di voler entrare in polizia e ora è convinta che questo la aiuterà a reagire meglio alla perdita. E poi un altro ancora, e anche stavolta la vittima è una giovane donna che fin da subito sembra celare nel suo passato un segreto inconfessabile.

Rache und Blut Eine spannende Geschichte von Marius Buckley-Quinn Eine Gruppe die scheinbar wahr los zusammengewürfelt wurde wacht in einem Schulgebäude auf. Keiner kann sich erinnern wie er dorthin gekommen ist. Als die Gruppe merkt, dass sie in der Schule einschlossen ist, taucht eine...

Cancel the wedding—the groom is dead. When a tycoon's son is murdered the night before his wedding, the enraged and grief–stricken father offers private detective Dan Reno a life–changing bounty to find the killer. Reno, nearly broke, figures he's finally landed in the right place at the...

Privé de son quotidien de prédilection, Gabriel Lecouvreur, dit le Poulpe, se retrouve à éplucher les faits divers d'un journal de province. Il s'entiche d'une affaire étrange qui va le mener dans la noirceur des secrets d'une des familles les plus puissantes de Courchevel. Un magnat du monde de la nuit laissé pour mort au beau milieu de son chalet de luxe et de vieilles connaissances de Gabriel accusées à tort, c'est le Poulpe au pays de l'or blanc.

Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a 15-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she’s ready.

A completely revised edition of the first Henry Rios mystery, The Little Death, Lay Your Sleeping Head introduces Michael Nava’s singular protagonist, gay Latino criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios. Rios, beset by personal and professional problems, begins a passionate affair with the black sheep heir to a great California fortune who tells Rios an improbable tale of murder and sexual predation in his wealthy family. When the young man is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Rios begins an investigation that ultimately reveals much more than murder.

The Akashic Noir series’ forensic study of Southern California sharpens its focus on one of Los Angeles’ most recognized neighborhoods.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In Hong Kong Noir, 14 of the city’s finest authors explore the dark heart of the Pearl of the Orient in haunting stories of depravity and despair.

What marks life in Addis Ababa are the starkly different realities coexisting in one place. It's a growing city taking shape beneath the fraught weight of history, myth, and memory. It is a heady mix. It can also be disorienting, and it is in this space that the stories of Addis Ababa Noir reside....

Come sit on the veranda and pour yourself a glass of sweet tea, fortified with a slug of bourbon. Put your feet up and enjoy these stories set in Atlanta, a city sewn from the ashes, where everything that grows is both fertilized and corrupted by the past.

Nothing’s more exclusive than Noire Underground. Serving the wicked and reaping rewards. Secrets. Lies. Soot and cinders. Rhythm. Blades. Games and gore. A knife like a claw and the strike of a needle. This hidden haven is a throne of chains.