Lorena tiene una vida complicada. Su familia es una de las víctimas de los efectos de la crisis y no le queda más remedio que trabajar para ayudarla a llegar fin de mes, compaginando sus dos trabajos con sus estudios universitarios. Joel es un chico solitario que guarda un gran secreto de su pasado. Un pasado que le persigue alla donde va, pero intenta vivir su vida lejos de las miradas acusadoras y las habladurias de la gente. Un dia magico, como es el dia de Reyes, sus caminos chocaran y sus vidas dejaran de ser tan oscuras, pero el secreto de Joel le hara dudar a Lorena si es un chico de fiar. ¿Podra el contarle el pasado que le atormenta? Y si lo hace, ¿querra Lorena seguir a su lado?

In this fascinating novel, one of the masters of impossible crime fiction takes on one of the greatest criminals of all time. Sticking scrupulously to the facts, Paul Halter explores the Jack the Ripper murders and offers his own theories about the identity of the monster, what drove him, and how he was able to vanish under the noses of the police during the spree of escalating horror which sent the citizens of fog-ridden London into paroxysms of fear in the autumn of 1888.But the year before Saucy Jacky began his reign of terror, someone started to investigate an astonishing impossible murder committed in the country village of Blackfield nine years earlier. That, too, involved a monstrous murderer who slaughtered witnesses and vanished under the noses of his pursuers. Is there a connection with the Ripper cases which followed?Paul Halter, who has been fascinated by Jack the Ripper from a tender age, won the coveted French Prix du Roman dAventures in 1988 and the prestigious Japanese Hunkaku Mystery Award 2005 for Le Brouillard Rouge (The Crimson Fog).

Thomas Maitland has returned to Dorset. After an interlude in Venice with an Italian architect, hes seen a ruined chapel by the sea for sale and he imagines a new life with his dog and his woman -- without the death and distress of his old police job. But after a tragic encounter with the land owner whose daughter is selling the property, two people are dead and Thomas is dragged back into investigation.He finds these new deaths are strangely connected to his old life, and the discovery of a childs bones in his former neighbours garden...

When a brutally murdered man is found hanging in a London theatre, Detective Sergeant Rex King becomes obsessed with the case. Who is this anonymous corpse, and why has he been ritually mutilated? As Rex digs deeper into the crime scene, the investigation begins to unravel, refusing the logic of a conventional murder inquiry.Clues fracture into symbols, witnesses contradict themselves, and the case starts to mirror Rexs own buried past. The search for the victims identity becomes inseparable from a more troubling question: who, beneath the certainty of his badge and rank, is Rex King himself?Shifting between Holborn Police Station, an abandoned village in rural 1980s France, and the violent clash between state power and counterculture at Stonehenges Battle of the Beanfield, The Fountain in the Forest reimagines the crime novel as something stranger and more daring. At once a gripping police procedural, an avant-garde experiment in language, and a philosophical meditation on liberty and identity, it is an iconoclastic novel of rare ambition.

1958. Cookbook writer and television personality Mary Mackerel must leave London in a hurry when public affection for her curdles. Her publisher advises her to go deep into the British countryside and write a cookbook that will reestablish her reputation. Reluctantly, Mary sells up and endeavours to brush off being exiled to what she thinks is the edge of the world: Penzance, Cornwall. There she buys a run-down tea shoppe with hopes of turning it into a bakery and restaurant. To ingratiate herself with the locals, Mary bakes her adapted version of Cornish-ish Pasties and gives the tasty treats away. After one of the locals dies of poisoning moments afterwards, the whole town points the finger at Mary as a murderer. Soon, the local and then national press have gleefully picked up on the story. Mary must turn chef-detective to clear her name and save her fledgling business.

The hitman hero of the acclaimed Cinemax series comes out of retirement for another nail-biting suspense thriller from the author of ROAD TO PERDITION.YOURE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF MURDER Since his first appearance in 1976, Max Allan Collins quintessential killer-for-hire, Quarry, has starred in 17 novels, two films, a graphic novel, and a Cinemax TV series -- and with QUARRYS REUNION, he reaches a milestone never before achieved by any character in American crime novels: a series that has continued for 50 years. To celebrate, MWA Grand Master Collins is taking Quarry somewhere hes never gone before: back home, to the town in Ohio where he grew up, before his tour of duty in Vietnam and his even bloodier experiences Stateside. An old high-school girlfriend summons Quarry for his 50th reunion but old times take a back seat when bullets start to fly. Thrilling, moving, and revealing, this new installment in Quarrys Edgar and Shamus Award-nominated saga delivers a powerful capstone to the killers career and a perfect entry point for readers new to Quarrys story.

Newly appointed detective DI Bolam is making a fresh start in the east-coast hometown of his deceased, estranged wife, getting to know a family he has never learned how to like.In this new setting, Bolam struggles to make connections, finding it easier to focus on the one thing he does better than almost anyone else: seeing those connections in the lives of others, and specifically in the lives of people affected by major crime.

Old lies, new threats. The chickens have come home to roost.December in London, and Maximilian Cortado, the world famous violinist, has disappeared, the only clue being the unexpected delivery to his townhouse of a basket containing a live hen.When it emerges that a number of other notable members of society have been receiving similarly unexplained fowl, the deliveries begin to appear more sinister.Sherlock Holmes, however, seems more intrigued by a trivial incident in Sussex, where someone has been damaging Christmas trees intended for a local stately home. So when he is asked by the wife of a famous artist to investigate a robbery carried out twenty-three years before, Mrs Hudson sees an opportunity to assist.At the centre of that mystery is the Christmas Canary, a solid gold decoration of mesmerising beauty, hand-crafted for the fifth Lord Empingham. For years it had graced the top of the Christmas tree at Frawling Hall - until its mystifying disappearance broke the seventh Lords heart. Fowl deeds are afoot, but can Mrs Hudson restore the canary to its perch before its too late?

Bestselling romantic author Tiffany Dare has thousands of fans worldwide. Closer to home, somebody wants her dead and is choosing to send her threats in Christmas cards. With the festive season fast approaching, local amateur sleuth Juno Browne is asked to investigate these seasons greetings that carry anything but good cheer, and while the police focus their attention on stalkers and on-line trolls, Juno suspects the culprit may be a member of Tiffanys inner circle. With a jealous husband, spurned lovers and disgruntled employees, not to mention enraged neighbours, a bitter professional rival and a resentful teenage daughter, Ashburtons snowy landscape holds no shortage of suspects. Then a killer strikes, and all of Junos hopes of a quiet celebration vanish. Will it be a Christmas she will want to forget?

His Holiness needs to meet Museum Detectives, Mr and Mrs Wilson, urgently. Its been two years since Daniel and Abigail Wilson visited the Eternal City, and this time theyre invited by none other than Pope Leo XIII himself. But this is no sightseeing visit, as the renowned detectives are asked to put their skills to good use, investigating a suspected assassination attempt from within the Vaticans walls. Who can be trusted when murder could come from any direction? As the detectives begin to delve into the workings of the Vatican they encounter all manner of threats, with possible Mafia involvement likely. It seems not everyone views the presence of two British non-Catholics as welcome in such matters, and they certainly do not appreciate them meddling in finely laid plans.

A festive collection of brand new crime stories set against the backdrop of Christmas, written by authors published by Bedford Square. From chilling mysteries hidden beneath twinkling lights, to dark secrets unfolding during the most wonderful time of the year, these tales prove that even the season of goodwill has a dangerous edge...With stories from: - Sara Paretsky - William Boyle - Donna Moore - Sophie Hannah - Hannah Morrissey - Paul Halter - Merle Nygate - Bonnie Burke-Patel - Gay Marris - Paul Waters - Leigh Russell - Samatha Lee Howe - Tony White - Alex Coombs - Hannah King - Nick Triplow - Kay Blythe - James GradyAnd more!

A bloodstained room, a missing woman, a passionate affair gone wrong.September in London, and the city basks in a glorious Indian summer. Sherlock Holmes has more work than he can handle, and when the Home Office asks him to sniff out a plot by Russian assassins on radical politician George Dashing, Holmes and Watson find themselves distracted by more pressing cases.Meanwhile, there is scandal at the home of Dashings great political rival, Sir Henry Catanache. When Sir Henrys housemaid goes missing, leaving only a pool of blood behind, his son is the prime suspect. Can Sherlock discover the truth? Or will the Catanache family be rescued by Laurence Martin, a detective newly arrived in London who is dazzling society with some remarkable triumphs?

Its autumn and with crisp frosty weather and the leaves as colourful as theyve ever been, Olivia and Jago are nestling into their life in Penbartha. Until local resentment about incomers and second home ownership is ignited by what seems to be an increasingly militant action group.A violent death makes the situation even more sinister. Maybe Penbartha isnt the happy place Olivia thought it was? Is the discontent really about second homes or is someone exploiting a well-supported cause in order to pursue a much more personal agenda? She and Jago need to find the source of the trouble before it gets even closer to home...

Artemis Procter returns in David McCloskeys electrifying new spy thriller, where London has devolved into a covert battleground between British and American intelligence services.What if the CIA and British intelligence began spying on each other? This is the question at the heart of David McCloskeys thrilling fifth novel. A new US Administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA Director determined to disrupt the Agency and sceptical of its close relationship with their cousins across the Atlantic. Case officers, including newly installed London Chief of Station, Artemis Procter, must now navigate a tense environment as old friends become adversaries and no one knows who to trust. When agents run by both services begin dying, Procter and her team at London Station must decide whether loyalty to the Mission and their friends means disobeying the Agency they serve.Immersing readers in the technological revolution upending intelligence tradecraft, David McCloskeys brilliant new thriller depicts the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of how CIA and MI6 collaborate and explores what happens when politics threaten to destroy the Special Relationship between America and Britain.THE FIFTH NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER, THE REST IS CLASSIFIED PODCAST CO-HOST AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR***DAMASCUS STATION (One of the best spy thrillers in years THE TIMES) AND ***SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*** MOSCOW X

The worlds most unlikely crime solving duo is back and this time Irish nun Sister Agatha Murphy and Indian hotel owner Avtar Mehta discover that family secrets are the most deadly.When the tyrannical head of one of Delhis richest families is found dead inside a locked room within the historic Elephant House, Sister Agnes and Avtar must solve an impossible murder.All the children have motives, but would any of them really kill their mother for her money? Or is her death payback for a much deeper debt?As the city builds bonfires to celebrate the festival of Lohri, Sister Agatha and Avtar face backstabbing siblings, a gangster with untold influence, a police siege and a cigarette-stealing elephant. Avtar and Sister Agatha are on the hunt for a murderer, but is someone pulling their strings? When a killer is prepared to do the unthinkable, no one is safe and no one can be trusted.

When couturiere-turned-sleuth Jemima Flowerday accepts a last-minute invitation to a Murder Weekend at Firebrace Court, a crumbling Devon mansion perched on a storm-lashed headland, she expects nothing more than champagne, theatrics, and the fun of playing the daughter of a fictitious duchess. The whole thing is meant to be an absolute hoot.But the hoot turns to horror within hours. The arrival of Hal and Daisy Merriweather fabulously wealthy Texans lured to Firebrace by hints of Hals ancestral claim to the estate is as spectacular as their motorcar: a gleaming Bentley that skids on the rain-soaked drive and crashes into the ancient bridge. The structure collapses into the swollen stream below, revealing a mans skeleton tangled among the wreckage. And the discovery of a fresh murder turns the screw. The killer must be one of those within the house. Family member, staff or guest. This murder weekend is only too real...

S.E. Reynolds is a former investigative reporter now working as a political ghostwriter. He is thrust into the center of a conspiracy investigation after an illicit romance turns deadly. His efforts to untangle himself only entangle him deeper, drawing the attention of government agents with their own agenda.An unlikely hero, candidly amoral, shunning idealism, Reynolds works for candidates at either side of the political spectrum. At the same time, he possesses a deep if complicated love for family: his beautiful, unknowable wife; his aging parents; his children.The Lizard is the story of man trapped between a relentless security apparatus and a personal reckoning from which there is no apparent escape. As the tale unfolds, the differences between the outer world and the inner inexorably dissolve, leading to psychic and physical transformation at once unimaginable and inevitable.

An unputdownable domestic suspense thriller from the bestselling, beloved crime author Emma Curtis________________On quiet streets, there are secrets behind every turn...Ed and Megan have just moved into the house of their dream neighbourhood in east London. They couldnt believe their luck when their offer was accepted. Megan is pregnant. Life couldnt be better.But as soon as they move in, the problems begin. Their new neighbour is a nightmare, being a constant disturbance and causing damage to their property.There seems to be no easy solution and when on of their neighbours outbursts endangers Megans pregnancy, Ed decides he must take action - one way or another...___________________Readers love Emma Curtis...You cant go wrong with an Emma Curtis bookA masterclass in suspenseKeeps you guessing till the endSo many surprising twistsCharacters are so well-written

THE BOY is a novel of wasted talent, loss, greed and revenge but also of discovered genius and joyous friendship.By turns terrifying, taut, humane and tender it tells the origin story of Irelands organised-crime epidemic with a skill and grace which belies a debut novel, and is the calling-card of a ringing new voice in Irish fiction.When the Guards knock on the door the Boy already knows his mother is dead. His father flees to the pub, leaving him to wait alone. Soon his brother Fallon, half-protector and half-outlaw, draws him into a world where grief and crime are rarely separated. At the same time, a wealthy landowner harbours grotesque secrets in the countryside - a hidden "family" of abducted boys, a nightmare lurking beneath respectability.As the Boy moves through these fractured worlds - his fathers guilt, his uncles paramilitary past, his brothers violent death - he becomes both witness and inheritor of a brutal legacy.Think of a space where the layered complexity of Tana French meets the whip-smart dialogue and brutal beauty of Colin Barrett and the sharp tenderness and humour of Graeme Armstrongs The Young Team and youre somewhere near where this novel will take you.

The CIA forced Lily to retire before she was ready. Shed spent 40 years as a field agent. Shed been skilled, resourceful, dedicated everything that makes a good agent, but shed rubbed too many of her bosses the wrong way. They jumped on a botched op as an excuse to fire her. Now in her 70s, waiting in a doctors office, she reads a magazine article that startles her out of retirement. The story casts doubt on everything she believed about her first and happiest posting in Hayalistan, one of the old Soviet republics. Lilys angry, and she decides to find out what really happened when she was stationed there. As word of her investigation gets back to the CIA, the Company knows they must silence her. But Lilys aging body cant perform the feats it managed in her forties and fifties, and escaping their attempts on her life will test her physical and mental skills at a whole new level.