Crime genre books (411)
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Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka EN
JapanDescription:
A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of five highly motivated assassins--soon to be a major film from Sony Nanao, nicknamed Lady Bird--the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin in the world"--boards a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. Unbeknownst to him, the deadly duo Tangerine and Lemon are also after the very same suitcase--and they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard. Satoshi, "the Prince," with the looks of an innocent schoolboy and the mind of a viciou... continue
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Burial Rites by Hannah Kent EN
AustraliaDescription:
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard. ... BURIAL RITES evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and pla... continue
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Burned by Thomas Enger EN
NorwayDescription:
The internationally bestselling crime novel delivers an atmospheric blend of shock and suspense that readers across the globe can't put down. Uncovering class divisions, racial conflicts, and tangled emotions, this gritty, page-turning novel of suspense heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
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Bye bye blackbird : krim by Jesper Stein NO
DenmarkDescription:
Visepolitimester Axel Steen blir innhentet av fortiden da han får en telefon fra Kriminalteknisk Center. En DNA-prøve som er tatt i forbindelse med en voldtektssak matcher DNA fra den såkalte svarttrost-saken, et uoppklart seksualdrap fra 2004. Endelig får Axel Steen sjansen til å løse saken som har ridd han som en mare siden den gang, og som i sin tid ødela både ekteskapet hans og nesten tok livet av han. Han starter jaken på det som skal vise seg å være en sadistisk serievoldtektsforbryter. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.
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Cahokia Jazz : A Novel by Francis Spufford EN
EnglandDescription:
"Like Golden Hill, Cahokia Jazz inhabits a different version of America, and like Golden Hill it has a propulsive and brilliantly twisty plot set within a fully imagined world. Only this world is full of fog, cigarette smoke, dubious motives, danger, and dark deeds. And in the main character of Joe Barrow, we have a hero of truly heroic proportions, and a troubled soul to fall in love with. One snowy night at the end of winter, Barrow and his partner find a body on the roof of a skyscraper. Down below, streetcar bells ring, factory whistles blow, Americans drink in speakeasies and dance to the... continue
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Cain's Jawbone by E. Powys Mathers EN
Description:
Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery?
In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.
The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers.
On... continue
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Can’t Run, Can’t Hide by Yrsa Sigurdardottir EN
IcelandDescription:
On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back door, his worst fears are realised. Their home is now an horrific crime scene. Policeman Týr and forensic pathologist Iðunn are called to the house to investigate. As the case advances, harrowing secrets about the family are revealed. Along with a young policeman Karó, the investigative team quickly realise that the case forces them to face their own suppressed past and opens a Pandora's box to ... continue
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Chalo Jahaji : On a Journey Through Indenture in Fiji by Brij V. Lal EN
FijiDescription:
Indians of the indentured diaspora have a remarkable lot in common. Meeting as 'foreign' students in India, the girmitiya descendants from Guyana, Mauritius, Fiji and Natal immediately develop a close bonding because of their use of common words, similarity of names, culinary preferences and transported texts. In similar manner, when Brij Lal visited Trinidad in 1998, both his physical as well as his spiritual being enabled him to blend immediately with his Bhojpuri brethren in Chinidad Tapu. His book, Chalo Jahaji, focusses ostensibly on the girmit experience in Fiji. It seeks to tell the sto... continue
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Description:
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. INCLUDING A FOREWORD FROM JOSEPH KANON. OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD MOSCOW, 1953. Under Stalin's terrifying regime, families live in fear. When the all-powerful State claims there is no such thing as crime, who dares disagree? AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER IN OVER 30 LANGUAGES An ambitious secret police officer, Leo Demidov believes he's helping to build the perfect society. But when he uncovers evidence of a killer at large - a threat the state won't admit exists - Demidov must risk everything, including the lives of those he loves, in order to expose the truth. A T... continue
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Chronik eines angekündigten Todes by Gabriel García Márquez DE
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Ein Dorf an der kolumbianischen Karibikküste feiert ein rauschendes Hochzeitsfest. Doch noch in der Hochzeitsnacht wird die Braut in ihr Elternhaus zurückgebracht: sie war nicht unberührt. Der mutmassliche Täter muss sterben... (Quelle: Buchdeckel verso).