Crime genre books (411)
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Allmen and the Dragonflies by Martin Suter EN
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
A thrilling--and quite funny--art heist escapade that evokes a world of European high culture and luxury, while providing a glimpse of some of the shadowy characters who people the dark underbelly of the art and antique markets.
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Allmen and the Pink Diamond by Martin Suter EN
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
"Delightfully quirky and original, it feels like a Golden Age detective novel transposed, wonderfully, into the 21st century." --Peter James, author of Dead Simple and Dead Man's Time An unimaginably valuable pink diamond has gone missing and a mysterious Russian residing in Switzerland is suspected of having made off with the treasured jewel. But the investigative duo of Johann Friedrich von Allmen and his Guatemalan butler Carlos are on the case. Their search leads from London to Zurich to a grand hotel on the Baltic coast. Amorous adventures and diverting mishaps litter the path through a w... continue
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American Mother by Colum McCann, Diane Foley EN
IrelandDescription:
"In late 2021, Diane Foley - mother of the murdered American journalist Jim Foley - sat at a table across from her son's killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "The Beatles," who had pleaded guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years before. Kotey was about to go serve life imprisonment and this was Diane's one and only chance to talk to the man who had been involved with brutally taking her son's last breath. What would she say to the killer? What name could she give him? How to look him in the eye? What would he reveal to her? Might she even be ... continue
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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. "A seminal book.” —The Washington Post One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyp... continue
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And Still I Rise by Doreen Lawrence, Margaret Busby EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
Since the murder of her son Stephen in 1993, Doreen Lawrence has campaigned for justice for Stephen and for other victims of racially-motivated crimes. In this book, she describes the unimaginable events of 1993 and the years that followed as they happened to her.
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie EN
Description:
And Then There Were None is the signature novel of Agatha Christie, the most popular work of the world's bestselling novelist. It is a masterpiece of mystery and suspense that has been a fixture in popular literature since it was originally published in 1939. First there were ten-a curious assortment of strangers summoned to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to any of them, is nowhere to be found. The ten guests have precious little in common except that each has a deadly secret buried deep in their own past. And, unknown to them, each has be... continue
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Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indriðason EN
IcelandDescription:
On a January day the Reykjavik police are called to a block of flats where a body has been found: a young boy frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The discovery of a stab wound on his stomach extinguishes any hope that this was an accident. Erlendur & his team embark on their investigation with little to go on.
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Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc EN
FranceDescription:
The inspiration for the Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy A curated collection of the very best adventures of Arsène Lupin, France’s most famous gentleman thief The poor and the innocent have nothing to fear from Lupin; often they profit from his spontaneous generosity. The rich and powerful, and the detective who tries to spoil his fun, however, must beware. They are the target of Lupin’s mischief. With plans that frequently evolve into elaborate plots, Lupin is a gentleman burglar turned detective, and the most entertaining criminal genius in literature. These stories – the best of the... continue