Crime genre books (150)
Netherlands52.
IrelandDescription:
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 20171950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives.1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage.With the help of its oldest and most eccentric inhabitant, he will force the village to give up its ghosts. Nothing, not even ... continue
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Holly by Stephen King EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
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When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down
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Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor ES
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
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The English-language debut of one of the most thrilling and accomplished young Mexican writers Longlisted for the National Book Award Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the Internationaler Literaturpreis New York Public Library Best Books of 2020 Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020
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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. In one of the first non-fiction novels ever written, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, t... continue
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Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason EN
IcelandDescription:
An old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat. A cryptic note and a photograph of a young girl's grave are left behind. DID THE DEAD MAN'S PAST COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM? Inspector Erlendur discovers that several decades ago the victim was accused, but not convicted, of an unsolved crime. As he follows a fascinating trail of strange forensic evidence, Inspector Erlendur uncovers secrets that are much larger than the murder of one man - dark secrets that have been carefully guarded for many, many years... 'A fascinating window on an unfamiliar world as well as an original and puzzling mystery... continue
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La mujer de verde by Arnaldur Indridason ES
Description:
Unos obreros de la construcción descubren un esqueleto humano mientras trabajan en una urbanización de Reykiavik. Años antes, esa parte de la ciudad era todo colinas, y Erlendur y su equipo esperan que se trate de un caso típico de desaparición; quizá alguien una vez se perdió en la nieve y ha permanecido enterrado durante décadas. Pero las colinas tienen más de una trágica historia que contar: relaciones fallidas y angustias, la ira, la violencia doméstica y el miedo, la lealtad familiar y la vergüenza de la familia. Pocas personas quedan aún con vida que puedan contar la historia, y los secr... continue
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La musa oscura by Armin Öhri ES
Country: Europe / 
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
Description:
Una novela de detectives, situada en 1865 en Berlín, por entonces capital del reino de Prusia. En este caso, aunque comienza con el clásico homicidio, el misterio no gira en torno a quién lo hizo, sino que se enfoca en los inteligentes giros retóricos, que tienen como fin generar suficiente duda razonable para lograr la perfección del crimen.
El detective amateur es Julius Bentheim, estudiante de derecho, que mejora sus magros ingresos con su habilidad y talento para dibujar, principalmente escenas del crimen para la policía. Y lo acompañan, su... continue
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La señorita Smila y su especial percepción de la nieve by Peter Hoeg, Ana Sofía Pascual ES
DenmarkDescription:
Rigt facetteret spændingsroman om en grønlandsk-dansk kvindes forsøg på at afsløre den forbryderiske baggrund for en lille grønlandsk drengs død i København
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La vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker FR
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Roman policier (suspense). Roman de société.