RUSELL CRAIG

Just as a major environmental summit is about to start in Hamburg, a massive storm hits the city When the flood waters recede, a headless torso is found washed up Initially, Jan Fabel of the Murder Commission fears it may be another victim of a serial rapist and murderer who stalks his victims through internet social network sites, then dumps their bodies in waterways around the city...

Jan Fabel thought he was finished with death. Instead, while he is preparing for a new career outside the police, a Cologne murder detective asks for his help in tracking down the Carnival Cannibal, a terrifying serial killer who has killed each year for three years at the start of Cologne's world-famous annual Carnival.

Glasgow década de 1950. La guerra ha terminado, pero no así la batalla para dominar las calles de una de las ciudades más violentas de Europa, calles en las que sólo los más duros pueden sobrevivir. Lennox, ex soldado canadiense ahora convertido en investigador privado, se ve envuelto en la investigación del asesinato de un jefecillo de poca monta pero muy ambicioso, Frankie McGahern. En principio cuando su hermano Tam le pide que investigue, Lennox no acepta, aunque esté arriesgando su integridad física con la negativa. Sin embargo no le queda más remedio que involucrarse cuando Tam también aparece asesinado y un enemigo muchísimo más poderoso aparece en escena. Los Tres Reyes, tres jefes de los bajos fondos que se reparten el control y dominio de los negocios del crimen local quieren saber qué ha pasado, qué se traían los McGahern entre manos y por qué Lennox siempre parece estar allí donde hay problemas.

Two high profile victims ndash; a former Left-wing radical turned environmental campaigner and a geneticist researching the possibility of inherited memory ndash; are found murdered within 24 hours of each other. Both men have been scalped. Forensic tests reveal that single red hairs left at each scene belong to neither victim, but were cut from the same head ndash; twenty years earlier. Jan Fabel and his murder team find themselves under political and media pressure to track down a killer whom the press has already christened 'The Hamburg Hairdresser'. Connections in the victims' pasts begin to emerge, but Fabel's team is working against the clock. Fabel is caught in a web of intrigue, obsession and revenge that seemingly spans sixteen centuries.He must discover the crucial link between an ancient mummified body, a long-disbanded terrorist group and its infamous leader and a killer who believes he has been reincarnated to exact a terrible revenge on those who betrayed him in a previous life.

''The heavens are stained with the blood of men, As the Valkyries sing their song.'' Njal''s Saga Jan Fabel is a troubled man. His relationships with the women in his life are becoming increasingly complicated: his partner, Susanne, is looking for a deeper commitment. His daughter is considering joining the police and his ex-wife holds him responsible. If that weren''t enough, after a gap of ten years, a female serial killer - the Angel of St Pauli - again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburg''s red-light district, dying of the most savage knife wounds. Links emerge with a series of apparently unrelated events. A journalist murdered in Norway. The death of a Serbian gangster. And a long-forgotten project by East Germany''s Stasi conceived at the height of the Cold War, involving a highly-trained group of female assassins, known by the codename Valkyrie. Fabel''s hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer. The ultimate avenging angel. Fabel soon realizes the real danger he faces in hunting the Valkyrie ...That he might just catch up with her.

Glasgow, 1953: the war may be over but the battle for the streets is just beginning. Three crime bosses control the murky streets, but a small-scale con is trying to invade their territory. The balance is shifting. Lennox, a hard man in a hard city at a hard time, finds himself caught in the middle ndash; a dangerous place to be. One night, a body is discovered on the road, his head mashed to pulp, and Lennox is in the frame for murder. The only way of proving his innocence is to solve the crime ndash; but he''ll have to dodge men more deadly than Glasgow''s crime bosses before he gets any answers. The first in a unique and memorable crime series, Lennox is gritty, fast-paced, mordantly funny and totally compelling.

VUELVE CRAIG RUSSELL. VUELVE LENNOX.«Una historia policíaca que trasciende el género. Esto es narración en su máxima expresión.»Michael ConnellyLennox es la primera entrega de una serie criminal únic

VUELVE CRAIG RUSSELL. VUELVE JAN FABEL.Por el autor best seller internacional de El aspecto del diablo y Hyde.Todas sus vidas han conducido a esto...Dos víctimas conocidas: un antiguo radical de izquierdas convertido en activista ambiental y un destacado genetista son encontrados asesinados con veinticuatro horas de diferencia. A ambos hombres les habian arrancado el cuero cabelludo.Las pruebas forenses revelan que los cabellos rojos que quedan en cada escena no pertenecen a ninguna de las victimas, sino que fueron cortados de la misma cabeza, veinte años antes. Jan Fabel y su equipo se encuentran bajo presion politica y mediatica para localizar a un asesino al que la prensa ya ha bautizado como El peluquero de Hamburgo.Las conexiones en el pasado de las victimas comienzan a surgir, pero el equipo de Fabel trabaja contra reloj y el se ve atrapado en una red de intriga, obsesion y venganza que parece abarcar dieciseis siglos.Fabel debe descubrir el vinculo crucial entre un antiguo cuerpo momificado, un grupo terrorista disuelto hace mucho tiempo y su infame lider, y un asesino que cree que se ha reencarnado para vengarse terriblemente de quienes lo traicionaron en una vida anterior.BIBLIOTECA CRAIG RUSSELLSERIE JAN FABEL1.- Muerte en Hamburgo2.- Cuento de muerte3.- Resurreccion4.- El señor del carnaval5.- La venganza de la Valquiria6.- Miedo a las aguas oscurasSERIE LENNOX1.- Lennox2.- El beso de Glasgow3.- El sueño oscuro y profundoNOVELAS INDEPENDIENTES1.- El aspecto del diablo2.- Hyde