Collects twenty short stories depicting spies, double agents, femme fatales, and the weaponry of the Cold War written by such modern authors as Joseph Finder, Sara Paretsky, and T. Jefferson Parker.

Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs investigate the murder of an anti-American sympathizer in the Bahamas, who may have been taken out by the U.S. government in this new suspense novel from the author of The Bone Collector. Read by Jay Snyder, January Lavoy and Edoardo Ballerini. Reissue.

€ 17,90

Twelve short stories from the acclaimed, best-selling author of The Bone Collector feature suspenseful tales about a loyal housekeeper who tries to find out who killed her boss, and a washed-up Hollywood actor who takes a huge risk. (story collections). Simultaneous.

€ 25,90

La cantante Kayleigh Towne riceve una strana telefonata: dall'altro capo del filo le arriva la strofa di apertura del suo ultimo successo, 'Your Shadow', poi la comunicazione viene interrotta. Poco tempo dopo una serie di morti inspiegabili colpisce l'entourage della star: le indagini sono affidate a Kathryn Dance, del Californian Bureau of Investigation, e al criminologo Lincoln Rhyme. Ben presto i sospetti si concentrano su un ammiratore fanatico che da tempo tempesta Kayleigh di mail. Ma la soluzione del caso continua a sfuggire ai due investigatori, mentre si fa strada un'ipotesi sconcertante: in quella canzone, potrebbe nascondersi la vera identità dell'assassino.

Nessuno sfugge all'efferato Henry Loving, cacciatore di informazioni privo di scrupoli. Quando il detective Ryan Kessler di Washington finisce nel suo mirino, il difficile compito di proteggere lui e la sua famiglia viene affidato al migliore, l'agente federale Corte. Per incastrare Loving, Corte si affida alle sofisticate risorse tecnologiche di un'agenzia di sicurezza governativa, e parallelamente studia con ossessivo puntiglio le mosse del suo avversario, calandosi nei suoi panni. Ma tra lui e Loving c'è più di un conto in sospeso, e la loro partita si giocherà sul filo di un'insopportabile tensione, tra doppi giochi veri e presunti e misteriosi mandanti.

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Short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.A pair of federal agents from either side of the US-Mexico border target a cartel kingpin.They call him 'Cuchillo', the Knife. Not because he kills with a blade - he has plenty of men to do that kind of work for him - but because his mind is so sharp. As Mexico’s government wages war on the drug cartels, it takes brains to survive, and Cuchillo has not just survived - he has prospered. But when Cuchillo begins to cut too deeply, the federal police of both the United States and Mexico step in to dull his blade.P. Z. Evans and Alejo Daz know the Hermosillo cartel is planning an attack on a tourist bus in Sonora, and they know they will have to capture or kill Cuchillo to stop it. The cartel leader has one weakness: rare, old books. To destroy the intellectual’s evil empire, this unlikely pair of international police will have to appeal to his inner bibliophile.

After Gabriela McKenzie's daughter is kidnapped, her abductors demand two things: $400,000 in cash and a document known only as the October List.

In this race-against-the-clock mystery told in reverse, Gabriela, in order to save her 6-year-old daughter, must pay half a million dollars and find a mysterious document known as The October List within 30 hours or she'll never see her child again.

Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs investigate the murder of an anti-American sympathizer in the Bahamas, who may have been taken out by the U.S. government in this new suspense novel from the author of The Bone Collector. (suspense).

€ 37,50

Originally written for the stage, “The Weapon” is about the limitations of torture and demonstrates why Jeff is considered a master of both the modern thriller and the short story.Tragic events unfold in a snowy, sleepy Colorado town. From the first scene of Remaking, in which a man sits alone in the cold, watching a father and son in a diner, you know something is about to go horribly wrong. The lead characters of Iced bear a shocking resemblance to people we might know—even to ourselves—pillars of society crumbling in an avalanche of bad decisions that seemed perfectly rational at the time.In “Justice Served,” Mariah Stewart shows what might happen when a young woman does what the rest of us only think about in our darkest moments. It is a tale of vengeance that takes you to corners of the human heart better left unexplored in real life.“The Circle” is a perfectly symmetrical tale that shatters our comfortable isolation from current events. Through the eyes of a young pregnant woman we see the world from a new perspective as a train carries her from a state of innocence into a state of fear.“Roomful of Witnesses” clearly demonstrates that the strangest fiction always contains a kernel of truth. Based on a real place, this twisted tale could only have been written by R. L. Stine and reveals his wonderfully off-kilter look at the world.

Lincoln Rhyme is back...
From the bestselling author of The Bone Collector and The Devil's Teardrop comes this spine-chilling new thriller that pits renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme against the ultimate opponent -- Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protégée.
A quadriplegic since a beam crushed his spinal cord years ago, Rhyme is desperate to improve his condition and goes to the University of North Carolina Medical Center for high-risk experimental surgery. But he and Sachs have hardly settled in when the local authorities come calling. In a twenty-four-hour period, the sleepy Southern outpost of Tanner's Corner has seen a local teen murdered and two young women abducted. And Rhyme and Sachs are the best chance to find the girls alive.
The prime suspect is a strange teenaged truant known as the Insect Boy, so nicknamed for his disturbing obsession with bugs. Rhyme agrees to find the boy while awaiting his operation. Rhyme's unsurpassed analytical skills and stellar forensic experience, combined with Sachs's exceptional detective legwork, soon snare the perp. But even Rhyme can't anticipate that Sachs will disagree with his crime analysis and that her vehemence will put her in the swampland, harboring the very suspect whom Rhyme considers a ruthless killer. So ensues Rhyme's greatest challenge -- facing the criminalist whom he has taught everything he knows in a battle of wits, forensics, and intuition. And in this adversary, Rhyme also faces his best friend and soul mate.
With the intricate forensic detail, breathtaking speed, and masterful plot twists that are signature Deaver, The Empty Chair is page-turning suspense of the highest order, destined to continue Jeffery Deaver's bestselling track record and thrill his legions of fans worldwide.

Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations—the FBI and CIA among them—lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection.

Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine agency when Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes the target of Henry Loving, a seasoned, ruthless “lifter” hired to obtain information using whatever means necessary. While Loving is deft at torture, his expertise lies in getting an “edge” on his victim—leverage—usually by kidnapping or threatening family until the “primary” caves under pressure.

The job of keeping the Kessler family alive falls to a man named Corte, a senior federal protection officer known as a “shepherd.” Uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a passionate board game aficionado, he applies brilliant gaming strategy to his work. For Corte, the reappearance of Loving—the man who, six years earlier, had tortured and killed someone close to him—is also an opportunity to avenge his friend’s death. The assignment soon escalates into a fast-paced duel between Corte and Loving, a dangerous volley of wits and calculated risks.

As he shepherds the Kesslers to a concealed safe house, Corte must anticipate Loving’s every step as the lifter moves in on his prey, and with the help of razor-sharp investigator Claire DuBois and his longtime ally, FBI agent Paul Fredericks, pinpoint which of Kessler’s seemingly insignificant cases has triggered Loving’s return. As the team digs deeper, each of the Kesslers comes under close scrutiny, and in captivity their family bonds are stretched to the breaking point—as the lifter draws near, Corte must ultimately choose between protecting his charges and exposing them to a killer in the name of long-awaited revenge.

Crafting a chilling mind puzzle packed with “nifty new tricks” (Publishers Weekly), Jeffery Deaver lifts the curtain of a clandestine intelligence agency, pitting two “ingenious” (Library Journal) opponents in a high-stakes volley of brilliant wits and calculated risks with deadly consequences.

Henry Loving is a lifter, hired to get information by any means—including torture. His expertise is in getting an “edge” by kidnapping or threatening someone close to his principal, exerting pressure until they cave. When Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes Loving’s target, the job of keeping Kessler’s family alive falls to a senior federal protection officer named Corte, who lost a friend to Loving’s ruthless machinations six years earlier. As Corte and his team race to counter Loving, the lifter moves in on his prey—and Corte must choose between protecting his charges and exposing them to a killer in the name of long-awaited revenge.

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Kansas. Uno scuolabus viene bloccato da tre evasi che non hanno più niente da perdere: otto bambine sordomute vengono prese in ostaggio insieme alle loro insegnanti e trascinate in un vicino mattatoio. Il capo degli evasi, un sadico pluriomicida, minaccia di uccidere una persona ogni ora se le sue condizioni non verranno accettate, e Arthur Potter, il negoziatore mandato dall'FBI, ha solo dodici ore per convincerlo a rilasciare gli ostaggi. Dodici ore per trovare la giusta linea di trattativa e imparare a ragionare con la testa dell'assassino. Ma mentre si gioca questa estenuante guerra psicologica, all'interno del macabro mattatoio Melanie, un'insegnante sordomuta, si rivela un aiuto insperato.

La giovane Taylor Lockwood divide le sue giornate tra il lavoro di praticante in un prestigioso studio legale di New York e le serate come pianista jazz nel locali più pittoreschi della città. Ma la sua vita cambia all'improvviso quando uno degli avvocati dello studio, l'intrigante Mitchell Reece, le affida un compito a dir poco delicato: scoprire chi ha rubato il prezioso documento che potrebbe distruggergli la carriera e mandare a rotoli un affare milionario. Sedotta dal fascino dell'imperscrutabile Reece, Taylor accetta l'incarico. Ma più scava nei segreti della Hubbard, White & Willis, più la posta in gioco si fa alta: perché qualcuno è disposto a tutto pur di veder realizzati i propri sinistri piani, e la sete di verità che sprona Taylor a proseguire nelle indagini rischia ogni ora di più di esserle fatale. In una New York torbida e scintillante, tra i jazz club pieni di fumo e gli asettici palazzi in cui si gioca la spietata partita del potere, Deaver dà vita a un thriller pieno di personaggi e situazioni inedite, di tensione e di atmosfera.

Kwan Ang, noto come 'lo Spettro' nel mondo del crimine organizzato cinese, è uno spietato trafficante di uomini, braccato dalla polizia di New York, dall'FBI e dall'Ufficio Immigrazione. Ora si sta avvicinando a Long Island per sbarcare un carico di clandestini. Grazie a una brillante intuizione di Lincoln Rhyme, la Guardia Costiera riesce a localizzare per tempo la nave, ma il malvivente non esita a farla esplodere, con tutti i suoi disperati passeggeri a bordo. Qualcuno però è scampato al naufragio e potrebbe testimoniare contro di lui. Kwan Ang deve assolutamente eliminare i superstiti. Sulla sua strada ci sono Lincoln e Amelia, decisi a raggiungere prima di lui le potenziali vittime, affiancati da un enigmatico collega giunto dall'Estremo Oriente. Una partita di astuzia e logica che dura quarantotto ore, prima del drammatico confronto finale.