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In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of 'Southie', the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition and stands proudly apart. One night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. The two events seem unconnected.

Joe Coughlin is 19 when he meets Emma Gould. A small-time thief in 1920s Boston, he is told to cuff her while his accomplices raid the casino she works for. But Joe falls in love with Emma - and his life changes forever.

That meeting is the beginning of Joe's journey to becoming one of the nation's most feared and respected gangsters. It is a journey beset by violence, double-crossing, drama, and pain. And it is a journey into the soul of prohibition-era America....

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Joe Coughlin is untouchable. Once one of America's most feared and prominent gangsters, he now moves effortlessly between the social elite, politicians, police, and the mob. He has everything he could possibly want: money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity. But in a town that runs on corruption, vengeance, and greed, success can't protect Joe from the dark truth of his past - and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full....

Rachel's husband adores her. When she hit rock bottom, he was there with her every step of the way as she slowly regained her confidence, and her sanity. But his mysterious behaviour forces her to probe for the truth about her beloved husband. How can she feel certain that she ever knew him? And was she right to ever trust him?

Exit Wounds is a thrilling anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Dean Koontz, Val McDermid, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Elly Griffiths, Dennis Lehane, Joe R. Lansdale, and others.

Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to find an escaped murderer named Rachel Solando. As a killer hurricane bears down on the island, the investigation deepens, and the questions mount. How has a barefoot woman escaped from a locked room? Who is leaving them clues in the form of cryptic codes? And what really goes on in Ward C? The closer Teddy gets to the truth, the more elusive it becomes.

There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected. When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened - something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean Devine is a homicide detective. Jimmy Marcus is an ex-con who owns a corner store.

Dave, Jimmy und Sean kannten sich schon als Kinder. Nun, 25 Jahre später, kreuzen sich die Wege der drei grundverschiedenen Männer erneut unter tragischen Umständen, als Jimmys Tochter Katie ermordet aufgefunden wird. Sean, inzwischen Polizist, leitet die Ermittlungen, und schon bald steht sein alter Freund Dave unter Verdacht. Dennis Lehanes Weltbestseller, ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Krimipreis, verfilmt und mit zwei Oscars prämiert.

Sixteen-year-old Amanda McCready has disappeared. Her anxious aunt contacts Patrick Kenzie to investigate. It is not the first time she has gone missing, as Patrick well knows - he was the investigator who worked on her case when she was kidnapped before, as a four-year-old.But this is not a simple case of a runaway girl.

In keeping with the Akashic Noir series tradition, each story in Boston Noir is set in a different neighborhood of the city - the impressively diverse collection extends from Roxbury to Cambridge, from Southie to the Boston Harbor, and all stops in between. Lehane's own contribution - the longest story in the volume - is set in his beloved home neighborhood of Dorchester and showcases his phenomenal ability to grip the heart, soul, and throat of the reader.

Patrick Kenzie und Angela Gennaro sind verheiratet und Eltern einer vierjährigen Tochter. Vier Jahre alt war auch Amanda McCready, als sie entführt und schließlich von Angela und Patrick wiedergefunden wurde. Nun ist Amanda ein Teenager und erneut verschwunden. Ein weiteres Mal macht sich Patrick auf die Suche nach ihr. Doch in welche Abgründe ihn diese Suche führen wird, kann nicht einmal ein abgeklärter Ermittler wie Patrick Kenzie erahnen.

Nous sommes dans les années cinquante. Au large de Boston, sur un îlot nommé Shutter Island, se dresse un groupe de bâtiments à l'allure sinistre. C'est un hôpital psychiatrique dont les patients, tous gravement atteints, ont commis des meurtres.

Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, O. Henry Award and Edgar Awards, the 19 writers in this 2005 edition are not just considered some of the best Southern writers, but among the best American writers period. With works by such writers as Dennis Lehane, Moira Crone, Robert Olen Butler, Cary Holladay, Tom Franklin, and Rebecca Soppe, this collection provides an electrifying current of deep, dark subjects set in the brutal, but charming south.

Estamos en 1918. Debido a un cúmulo de azares, un joven obrero negro de Ohio llamado Luther Laurence es llevado a disputar un partido de béisbol frente a Babe Ruth, estrella emergente de ese deporte, una amarga experiencia que Luther nunca olvidará. Al mismo tiempo, el agente Danny Coughlin, hijo mayor de un legendario capitán irlandés de la policía de Boston, recibe un encargo envenenado: infiltrarse en los medios sindicales y anarquistas.

Aquel día de 1975, cuando un coche se detiene junto a ellos, Dave Boyle, Sean Devine y Jimmy Marcus son demasiado pequeños para imaginar que su destino va a cambiar de forma irremediable. Dos hombres que pretenden ser policías hacen subir a Dave al vehículo con el pretexto de llevarlo a su casa. El crío aparecerá cuatro días después, pero nunca llegará a saberse qué ha pasado durante ese tiempo.

Batallas sangrientas, bandas callejeras, asesinatos, racismo, prostitución y corrupción en Boston: así es la ópera prima del gran maestro del noir estadounidense. Kenzie y Gennaro asumen una tarea en apariencia simple: descubrir el paradero de Jenna Angeline, una mujer de la limpieza negra que, según parece, ha sustraído documentos confidenciales. Pero la pareja se entera de que Jenna no posee documentos. Tiene un hijo y un esposo que lideran pandillas callejeras, una hermana enojada y una foto de un político con su esposo en una habitación de hotel.

Un thriller intenso y emotivo que corta la respiración y nos obliga a suponer y deducir página tras página hasta el final. Después de la caída es Dennis Lehane en su mejor versión, una nueva vuelta de tuerca de uno de los grandes escritores del noir norteamericano....

Vinder af Edgar Award 2012 - "Lev om natten er en knivskarpt fortalt, stilsikker og medrivende amerikansk tragedie." - Information Joe Coughlin er ung i de brølende tyvere, hvor sprutten flyder og kuglerne flyver i Bostons hårdkogte gangstermiljø. Selv om han er søn af en højtstående politimand, er det længe siden, han har været på den rigtige side af loven. I forbudstidens Amerika når brutaliteten i gangsternes magtkampe nye højder. Joe kan ikke stole på et eneste menneske, heller ikke dem, han elsker - en lektie han må lære på den hårde måde.

Padre de un niño de diez años al que adora, el antaño todopoderoso Joe Coughlin casi ha logrado cortar amarras con su turbulento pasado, aunque no del todo, pues ejerce de consejero del importante clan mafioso de los Bartolo. Pese a ello, lleva una vida más o menos tranquila hasta que dos hechos inquietantes vienen a perturbarla: la aparición del fantasma de un chico que le resulta vagamente familiar, y, mucho más grave, el soplo de que alguien ha puesto precio a su cabeza y planea matarlo durante el Miércoles de Ceniza.