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Robert Wilson

The final psychological thriller featuring Javier Falcon, the tortured detective from 'The Hidden Assassins' and 'The Blind Man of Seville. 'A sweltering Seville is recovering from the shock of a terrorist attack and Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon is struggling to fulfil his promise to its citizens: that he would find the real perpetrators of the outrage. The death of a gangster in a spectacular car crash offers vital evidence implicating the Russian mafia in his investigation...but pitches Falcon into the heart of a turf war over prostitution and drugs. Now the target of vicious hoods, Falcon finds those closest to him are also coming under intolerable pressure: his best friend, who's spying for the Spanish government, reveals that he is being blackmailed by Islamist extremists, and Falcon's own lover suffers a mother's worst nightmare. In the face of such fanaticism and brutality, their options seem limited and Falcon realizes that only the most ruthless retaliation will work. But there is a terrible price to pay...

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Bryan Devore

"After a colleague at Denver's top accounting firm dies in a mysterious skiing accident, Michael Chapman is assigned to replace him on an audit of software behemoth X-Tronic. At the same time, rookie journalist Sarah Matthews of the Denver Post starts nosing into rumors that may connect X-Tronic to her brother's death. And the reclusive Aspen billionaire who founded X-Tronic thirty years ago begins to fear that events unfolding at his company will finally make him pay for a past he would love to forget: when he sold out friends and neglected family in his single-minded pursuit of success. Soon all three will discover just how much they are willing to risk to uncover the truth behind a conspiracy that will shock the world"--Back cover.

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Toni L. P. Kelner

New from the Agatha Award-winning author...Entertainment reporter Tilda Harper has to pin down a pinup queen's killer. Freelance reporter Tilda Harper is working on two articles simultaneously-one about a former pinup model and one about an old Western show.But when she discovers the pinup queen brutally murdered, she finds that the two stories may have some disturbing connections.

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André Marois

Nounours travaille de nuit aux abattoirs Darfeuille et fils, où il est affecté au transport des ordures. Un soir, il découvre une main de fillette au sein des restes sanguinolents. Ne sachant que faire, il la met dans un sac de papier brun et la congèle une fois de retour chez lui. Bien qu'il se sente inexplicablement fasciné par cette petite menotte, en laquelle il voit une présence réconfortante, il se convainc qu'il doit la remettre à l'endroit où il l'a découverte. Or, le lendemain, l'entreprise foisonne de policiers : un boucher a abattu un confrère dans la journée. Ne sachant si les deux événements sont liés, Nounours se réfugie dans un bar, où un pickpocket lui vole son précieux bien, inconscient qu'il vient de mettre la main (sans mauvais jeu de mots!) dans un sordide engrenage. -- Un roman foisonnant de personnages tordus, que seule une certaine absurdité dans le propos empêche de sombrer dans un univers carrément malsain et inacceptable. [SDM].