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1) Snitch World
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"The Miata jumped the curb and sheared off a light pole. The impact deployed the airbags, but Chainbang was ready. He knifed Klinger's before it was fully inflated and his own before it could crush the glass pipe in his breast pocket. The six-inch blade went through the nylon like a pit bull through a kindergarten."
Snitch World takes place in a San Francisco of menacing technology, where the old cons come up short and the crimes of the gritty night...
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It's 1992 and three people's lives are about to collide against the flaming backdrop of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. Vietnam vet Harry Hudson is a journalist fleeing his past: the war, a failed marriage, and a fear-ridden childhood. Rootless, he stutters, wrestles with depression, and is aware he's passed the point at which victim becomes victimizer. He explores the city's lowest dives, the only places where he feels at home. He meets Mama...
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I do not know what second it will be, what minute it will be, what hour, or even day. But it will come. You may see it coming. You may not. Regardless, I can guarantee you; there will be a moment like no other when you will draw your last breath. Like it or lump it. And at that moment you will see your final view of the world. However, what I do not know, is whether your last glimpse will be the sympathetic countenance of a loved one or the grotesque,...
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"Fans of Lawrence Block's Keller stories are going to love One More Kill. I certainly did. Matt Hughes kept me up all night, turning pages."-George R.R. MartinHe was a trained killer, an orphaned kid who rose from raw recruit to the rank of major in the US Army Rangers. He was looking forward to retiring at the end of a thirty-year hitch, but when he developed a low-grade form of leukemia, the Army pushed him out and left him feeling alone and useless...
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¿Dónde esta el mal? ¿En una persona, una circunstancia, una acción? ¿O bien es algo difuso e impalpable como una polvadera, tan fría y silenciosa que podrían pasar años antes de percatarnos de su presencia? Podríamos no ver cómo se acumula en torno a nosotros, sino encontrarla de improviso en nuestra mesa, murmurándonos tonterias al oído, observándonos burlona desde el espejo».
¿Es oportuno confesar mi interés por los relatos de...
6) Rail Birds
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Colin is a cash game poker pro, so is Jordan, but Jordan has something that Colin does not. A beautiful girlfriend named Isabelle. What happens when sex, money and deceit fill the air between them? This story is a original screenplay written by James Paul Nelson. In this story, James writes about themes he knows quite well. Gambling, drugs, sex, and fast money. Characters are forced to look at themselves and their situations and deal with the consequences....
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The man was 100 yards from his moment of destiny. He was oblivious to it, of course. Murderers don't necessarily realise they are killers until a few seconds before it happens. Murderers are sometimes just like you and me. He would never have dreamed that such a thing might happen. Ridiculous. If anyone had told him that today was the day he would turn into a killer, he would have looked at them quizzically; questioning their sanity, instead of his...
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Úrsula está insatisfecha. Demasiado fea, demasiado hambrienta, demasiado sola..., su vida no transcurre en absoluto como le gustaría. Su hermana es más guapa, su vecina más feliz, y ¿quién puede mantener eternamente una dieta de sopa de verduras? La misteriosa llamada de chantaje que recibe, informándola de que su marido ha sido secuestrado y pidiendo un millón de rescate, la sacará de ese estado. Aunque hay un detalle: Úrsula no tiene...
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"Una intrincada novela negra con la que caminarás por calles y ambientes de la Barcelona de principios del siglo XX en los zapatos de un detective singular".
Del autor de Malnazidos: Noche de difuntos del 38.
Barcelona, 1901. El gran detective Byron Mitchell se ve forzado a abandonar su retiro para investigar el asesinato de Ramón Calafell, abogado de la familia burguesa que le arrenda un piso en el lujoso paseo de Gracia.
En la bulliciosa Barcelona...
10) Lumberjack
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One of the Twelve Best Indie Horror Books of 2023 - The Lineup
Nebraska city, 1901.
There's a curse on Arbor Lodge-an elusive demon reclaiming the illustrious home in the name of the prairie-and its owner,
J. Sterling Morton, proud statesman, is desperate.
It couldn't be more fortuitous for lumberjack Neville, whose greatest desire is to prove himself a true man to the world.
Morton offers respect, security, pride, even the father...
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EN EL COMPETITIVO MUNDO DE LAS LETRAS, CADA PALABRA PUEDE SER UN ARMA LETAL Y CADA PÁGINA EL ESCENARIO DE UN CRIMEN PERFECTO.
Con Muerte en el meridiano, Carlota Suárez hace un ácido tributo a Agatha Christie, desviándose del estilo clásico de la famosa autora, pero conservando elementos esenciales, como un misterioso asesinato en un festival literario: el Festival Meridiano Cero, evento que reúne a escritores, editores, traductores y blogueros...
12) Boomerang
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Book 6 of Jack Freestone's series The Great Escape, set in Australia and New Zealand. The sequel to Weirdly Bland, and prequel to Bruce Grove. Novella based upon the author's experiences surfing, gambling, and traveling in Australia and New Zealand.
13) Fickle
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On a winter night in Boston, a man falls to his death in front of a train. The sole witness, a shaken young woman, explains to the police how the man shoved her aside as he made his way to the tracks. But when her blog turns up on the dead man's computer, the cops begin to look for other connections between them. This dark and intricate tale of obsession and deception is told in the form of a blog written by an elusive narrator known only by her online...
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What the Hell Did I Just Read?You'll ask yourself this question at least thirteen times throughout this book. Each story is uniquely crafted to throw you off your game, to introduce you to a different style of writing, or an entirely different story.Each told by one of two masters of the craft.Kristen Lamb and Troy Lambert team up for the first time officially to bring you this collection of short stories, many of which have never been published anywhere...
15) Exodus of Evil
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With the launch of the surveillance probe behind him, Paul Tringley is free to focus on profitable business ventures once again. He still doesn't know who blackmailed him, but his hired henchmen are on the job, searching for the culprit. Meanwhile, Professor David Kingston is finding it hard to walk away from his recent experiences. A certain name continues to haunt him-Dolph Veale. In the third and final book of the Exodus of Evil Trilogy, join David...
16) DARK Murders
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A serial killer the media has dubbed the DARK killer grips a small town in Arizona in fear. No one knows who is next, and the killer is notoriously unpredictable. Pastor Joe lives in the small town. He's a well-known televangelist and travels to his megachurch in Phoenix every single Sunday to give his sermon, televised around the world. Sure, his teachings are sometimes a bit over the top, but he's a family man, generous with his time and money,...
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The occult is but a breath to him. His darkness goes much deeper. For centuries Devon has hidden among us. He is "The Beast", the Black Dragon, the Blood-lusting one who is to come, the one who already is and the one who has been. For centuries, Devon has had many names. He is the blood-lusting devil who will bring war upon humanity and his own kind. Devon is the King of all Vampyres with an obsession for the porcelain skinned tempest. She is the...
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Two women take drastic action to protect the life they've built, in this gripping new novel set in early twentieth-century Belfast by the author of The Devil's Own.
Jane Best and Agnes Williams are known in Belfast for taking in lodgers at Riverdale House, the business they started together after losing their husbands in the Anglo-Zulu War. For forty years, they've welcomed young women in need of a respectable place to stay in the city-including...
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Si Dejas Una Puerta Entreabierta Pronto Escucharás Los Susurros...
Hace quince años un psicópata conocido como el Hombre de los Susurros sembró el caos en el apacible pueblo de Featherbank.
Ahora, con el asesino entre rejas, el pueblo es un lugar seguro para que Tom y su hijo Jake, de siete años, empiecen de nuevo.
Hasta que otro chico desaparece. La historia parece repetirse. ¿Estará el asesino fuera? ¿Podrá Tom proteger a su hijo?
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