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Un diamante al rojo vivo (Dortmunder mystery #01)
Par Donald E Westlake. 2017
"An African diplomat, intent on possessing an emerald sacred to his country, hires parolee John Dortmunder to steal it from…
the New York Coliseum. Dortmunder and his motley crew pursue the errant jewel to the Utopia Park prison, an insane asylum, and a Fifth Avenue bank vault." -- Provided by NLSLa mano del destino (Triple amenaza #02)
Par Lis W Wiehl. 2010
"Outspoken radio talk show host Jim Fate dies tragically when poisonous gas fills the studio while his polarizing show, The…
Hand of Fate, is on air. They call themselves the triple threat. Three best friends who are uniquely qualified to crack the case: FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges, crime reporter Cassidy Shaw, and Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce. But Cassidy has a secret, one that will either solve the case, or make her a suspect. As they race against time to stop another murder, the triple threat must piece together the crime to find a motive... and a killer." -- GoodreadsAn innocent client: Joe Dillard #1 (Joe Dillard series #01)
Par Scott Pratt. 2008
Joe Dillard is jaded from his years as a criminal defense lawyer. He wants to quit, but can't resist the…
chance to represent someone who might actually be innocent. Issues with his family--including a sister addicted to drugs and a parent with Alzheimer's--compound his issues. Violence and strong language. 2018Cast in flight (Chronicles of Elantra #12)
Par Michelle Sagara. 2016
"Private Kaylin Neya already has Dragons and Barrani as roommates. Adding one injured, flightless Aerian to her household should be…
trivial. Sure, the Aerian is Sergeant Moran dar Carafel, but Kaylin's own sergeant is a Leontine, the definition of growly and fanged. She can handle one Aerian. But when a walk to the Halls of Law becomes a street-shattering magical assassination attempt on the sergeant, Kaylin discovers that it's not the guest who's going to be the problem: it's all of the people who suddenly want Moran dar Carafel dead. And though Moran refuses to tell her why she's being targeted, Kaylin is determined to discover her secret and protect her at all costs-even if keeping Moran safe means dealing with Aerian politics, angry dragons and something far more sinister." -- Provided by publisherCast in courtlight (Chronicles of Elantra #02)
Par Michelle Sagara. 2006
"In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with a more dangerous task. And so, after defeating a dark evil,…
Kaylin must enter a place of deceit and treachery. A world where silk and jewels hide deadly secrets. Kaylin goes before the Barrani High Court, where a misspoken word brings sure death. And Kaylin's never been known for her grace or manners. But the High Lord's heir is suspiciously ill and Kaylin's healing magic is the only shot at saving him-if she manages to dodge the traps laid for her. Only to discover that the healing might turn out to be the simplest of the tasks before her." -- Provided by publisherCast in secret (Chronicles of Elantra #03)
Par Michelle Sagara. 2007
"Still avoiding her magic lessons-yet using her powers when need be-Private Kaylin Neya is relishing investigating a regular theft once…
again. That is, until she finds out the mysterious box was taken from Elani Street, where the mages and charlatans mingle and it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between the two. Still, she hopes this might be a mundane case. Then in a back room, Kaylin sees a lost-looking girl in a reflective pool...who calls out for Kaylin's help. Shaken, Kaylin tries to stay focused on the case at hand. But since the stolen item is ancient, has no keyhole and holds tremendous darkness inside, Kaylin knows unknown forces are again playing with her destiny-and her life." -- Provided by publisherImitación de Guatemala: cuatro novelas breves
Par Rodrigo Rey Rosa. 2014
"Rodrigo Rey Rosa takes us into a universe that today transcends the borders of Guatemala, because, in the author's words,…
"the whole world is a violent place." In these four detective novels written between 1995 and 2006, |Kill Me If...|, |The Good Cripple|, |Enchanted Stones|, and |Stable|, he also demonstrates his masterful handling of suspense. The massacres of indigenous people in the mountains and the trafficking of children, the memory of a kidnapping, the running over of a child by a hit-and-run driver, and the burning of a stable during an equestrian festival are just the starting point of these four stories, a "narrative tetralogy" that marks a milestone in contemporary Latin American literature." -- Translation provided by NLSLa primera estrella de la noche (Chicago stars series #08)
Par Susan Elizabeth Phillips. 2017
"Piper Dove is a woman with a dream-to become the best detective in the city of Chicago. First job? Trail…
former Chicago Stars quarterback, Cooper Graham. Problem? Graham's spotted her, and he's not happy. Which is why a good detective needs to think on her feet. "The fact is...I'm your stalker. Not full-out barmy. Just...mildly unhinged." Piper soon finds herself working for Graham himself, although not as the bodyguard he refuses to admit he so desperately needs. Instead, he's hired her to keep an eye on the employees at his exclusive new nightclub. But Coop's life might be in danger, and Piper's determined to protect him, whether he wants it or not. (Hint: Not!) If only she weren't also dealing with a bevy of Middle Eastern princesses, a Pakistani servant girl yearning for freedom, a teenager who just wants to fit in, and an elderly neighbor demanding Piper find her very dead husband. And then there's Cooper Graham himself, a legendary sports hero who always gets what he wants-even if what he wants is a feisty detective hell bent on proving she's as tough as he is." -- GoodreadsCasas vacías (Narrativa Sexto Piso)
Par Brenda Navarro. 2020
"|Empty Houses| unfolds in the aftermath of a child's disappearance. His mother is distraught. As her life begins to unravel,…
she is haunted by his absence but also by her own ambivalence: did she even want him in the first place? In a working-class neighbourhood on the other side of Mexico City another woman protects her stolen child. After longing desperately to be a mother, her life is violently altered by its reality. Alternating between these two contrasting voices, |Empty Houses| confronts the desires, regrets and social pressures of motherhood faced by both the mother who lost her child and the new one who risked everything to take him." -- GoodreadsEmma Chizzit and the Napa nemesis
Par Mary Bowen Hall. 1992
Emma Chizzit, the owner of an antiques salvage business, becomes entangled in the search for a lost Robert Louis Stevenson…
manuscript. Enlisting the help of her best friend Fannie and her love interest Vince, they face off against a pair of nefarious millionaire brothers while in California's beautiful wine country. Adult. Some strong languageLies come easy: a Posadas County mystery (Posadas County mystery #23)
Par Steven Havill. 2018
"One blizzardy New Mexico night, Posadas County Deputy Pasquale picks up a toddler scooting his Scamper along the shoulder of…
State 56. Yes, it's horrifying-a child apparently dumped out of a truck by his father. Nearly as horrifying is what unrolls while Christmas approaches after dad Darrell Fisher's arrest: a request arrives from the US Forest Service to locate a missing range tech and his unit last reported headed for nearby Stinkin' Springs, and the brutal murder of Constance Suarez in the border town of Regál, population 37. The Sheriff's Department is stretched to its limits as its dedicated personnel juggle working cases and caring for citizens with their own relationships and family celebrations. The irony of so much wickedness at the holidays is not lost on anyone. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman, heading out her door to a crime scene, reflects: "It would be a glorious holiday evening for somebody." As their mother joins her colleagues in dealing with the Fisher family, the Forest Service's absent Myron Fitzwater, the murder, and who knows what else in Regál, Francisco and Carolos, the sons of Estelle and physician Francis, arrange to jet in to spend Christmas with their parents. Francisco the musical prodigy is now a celebrated pianist and composer with an international career. Carlos is thriving at Stanford. Both sons bring special surprises with them. And retired Sheriff Bill Gastner is cooking up a Christmas gift of his own. In Steven Havill's twenty-third Posadas County Mystery, family dynamics play a huge role as Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman and the whole department work to pull the right threads out of a tangle of seemingly small lies. It makes for a mix of the mundane with the harrowing. And justice for all will prove elusive." -- Provided by publisherDeath at Dartmoor (Victorian-Edwardian mysteries #08?)
Par Robin Paige. 2002
"A sentence to Dartmoor Prison is a sentence to a living hell..." Lord Charles Sheridan and his American wife, Kate,…
have heard some truly awful things about Britain's most notorious prison. But Dartmoor and its mist-shrouded environs hold special appeal for both Sheridans. Kate hopes to find inspiration for her new Gothic novel, while Charles plans to implement a fingerprinting program at the prison--and arrange a meeting with one of its most infamous inmates, Samuel Spencer. He's convinced that Spencer--a Scotsman who admitted to killing his wife--is, in fact, innocent. AdultThe cabin book: or, National characteristics
Par Charles Sealsfield. 1852
Originally published in German in 1841, this novel, in part about Texas life in the 1830's, became a best-seller. It…
paints Texans as they have ever since liked to see themselves: bigger than life, better than most other people, mavericks, uncompromising about their freedom and dignity, sometimes cheats and tricksters, and courageous if not downright foolhardy. AdultLa mujer de la escalera (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain). Policiaca #398)
Par Pedro A González Moreno. 2018
"A suicide and a mysterious murder serve as the starting point for this story in which two recent university graduates…
face a mission that will change their lives forever: to locate some ancient medieval theater books. Thus begins a thrilling search in which the characters will end up finding themselves and their own destiny, outlining at the same time the portrait of a bridge generation that struggled to find its own space in the Spain of the late seventies and early eighties. A gripping story of intrigue, of ambitions and grudges, of love and heartbreak, of frustrations and desires, where the murkiest and the noblest feelings intermingle and clash dramatically, always against the backdrop of the theatrical world, that metaliterary space in which, as in a game of mirrors, not everything is what it seems...." Translation provided by NLSLa librería del Señor Livingstone
Par Mónica Gutiérrez. 2020
"Agnes Martí is a young archaeologist from Barcelona who decides to move to London in search of a job opportunity.…
After several weeks without success, a sudden rainfall surprises her while she is taking a walk and she enters Moonlight Book. By chance, its owner, Edward Livingstone, is looking for an assistant and offers her the job. The young woman accepts and little by little she discovers the charm of this small bookstore. Until one day, when one of her most precious and oldest books disappears and police inspector John Lockewood enters the scene to take charge of the investigation and turn Agnes's life upside down." -- Translation provided by NLSAdán
Par Ted Dekker. 2008
"FBI agent Daniel Clark is shot by an elusive serial killer called Eve, the very criminal he has been tracking.…
Daniel survives but can't remember his attacker's face. Believing the image to be locked away in his mind, Daniel tries to revisit his near-death experience." -- Provided by NLSYo fumo para olvidar que tú bebes (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain). Serie policiaca)
Par Martín Casariego. 2020
"It's the late 1980s. Max Lomas, handsome and sentimental, cultured and unbelieving, splits his time between Madrid and San Sebastian,…
where he works as a private escort for a professor threatened by the ETA terrorist group. While in the capital, Max falls in love with Elsa Arroyo at first sight. In the Basque Country his ambitious and temperamental colleague García begins to wonder which side of the line between crime and the law he should be on. And what's worse, he starts to take an interest in Elsa as well..." -- Translation provided by NLSMi precio es ninguno (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain). Serie policiaca #478)
Par Martín Casariego. 2021
"It is 1996. For years Max Lomas has seemed to only live for decadence. He usually kills time in El…
Gato Azul, a seedy bar in Madrid. He does not lose, however, the hope of settling accounts with the past. And indeed, like a burst of life, it suddenly returns one night when the woman he would like to have forgotten, yet of whom he remembers every detail, reappears in his life: Elsa, his great love and the cause of his ruin six years earlier; Elsa, who now needs help to save her sister from the clutches of her ex-partner in the Basque Country, Garcia. As he decides whether or not he can trust her again, and with the disappearance of three kilos of cocaine as an excuse, Max knows the time has come to take his revenge...." -- Translation provided by NLSWolves of winter (Navajo Nation mystery #06)
Par R. Allen Chappell. 2017
Charlie, Thomas, and Harley Ponyboy walk a razor's edge between two worlds as they try to solve a pair of…
murders on the Diné Bikeyah. But the life of an ancient girl with disabilities may prove to hold the key to unlock the mystery. Violence and some strong language. 2016San Juan noir (Akashic noir series)
Par Mayra Santos-Febres. 2016
"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." -- Goodreads