Kotaro Isaka (Author) Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-wining writer who is published around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers'' Award and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and twelve of his books have been adapted for film or TV.

When Anna McDonald's world is suddenly shattered, she tries to avoid her pain by listening to a true crime podcast. But when she hears one of the victim's names, she realises that this is a murder she can't ignore. This is a crime she must solve herself. CONVICTION isÿa topical, poignant thriller, touching on issues surrounding the #MeToo movement.

This outstanding collection of short stories showcases all the writing skill that has made Jo Nesbo the undisputed ''king of all crime writers'' ( Daily Express ) and a repeat Sunday Times #1 bestseller. Filled with dark intrigue, twists and unforgettable characters, these page-turners will have you reading late into the night. PRAISE FOR JO NESBO: '' The Kingdom is a stunning novel from a storyteller with few equals'' Daily Express ''Fast-moving... Stunning'' Sunday Times ''Tense, nerve-shredding'' Daily Express

Paris, 2018. Diegane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to the author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics.

Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane''s disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, following the author''s labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and confronting the great tragedies of history.

Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?

A gripping literary quest novel and a masterpiece of perpetual reinvention, The Most Secret Memory of Men confronts the impact of colonialism and neo-colonialism, the holocaust in Europe, dictatorships in South America and the Caribbean, genocide in Africa, and collaboration and resistance everywhere. Above all, it is a love song to literature and its timeless power. Lire la suite Fermer

Innocent or guilty. It''s all a matter of interpretation... A childhood spent moving around the world left Revelle Lee with an unusual gift - the ability to fluently speak 11 languages. Now, Revelle spends her days translating for witnesses, victims, and the accused across London crime scenes and courtrooms. It''s a stressful job, though not as stressful as the process she is currently going through to adopt little boy, Elliot. She is determined to be the mother to him that she never had, and to make up for her own past mistakes. But when it seems a murderer will go free, Revelle puts the adoption and her job at risk, deliberately mistranslating the alibi to ensure he is found guilty. No one can ever find out that she interfered or she will lose her son and her livelihood. The problem is someone already knows what she''s done. And they want justice of their own. Lire la suite Fermer

Trade Sales Day 2017, Eine junge Amerikanerin verschwindet spurlos von einer südkoreanischen Insel, die CIA rekrutiert ihre Zwillingsschwester, um die Wahrheit aufzudecken.
Nur wenn sie sich verdeckt im Dunkeln Nordkoreas bewegen kann, wird sie ihre Schwester retten können. Politischer Thriller à la Robert Harris.


Amerikaner, hat lange in Südkore gelebt und Nordkorea besucht. Co-Autor von The Girl With Seven Names (Memoiren einer jungen Frau, welche aus Nordkorea geflüchtet ist).

The FIRST in a MAJOR NEW SERIES of NOVELS from the WORLDWIDE bestseller ARNALDUR INDRIDASON A DEEPLY COMPASSIONATE STORY of OLD CRIMES and THEIR CONSEQUENCES OLD CRIMES, NEW CONSEQUENCES

#1 NEW SERIES A BREATH-TAKING THRILLER with TWISTS youLL NEVER SEE COMING.

''The Death of Mrs Westaway is Ruth Ware''s best: a dark and dramatic thriller, part murder mystery, part family drama, altogether riveting'' AJ FINN, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW When Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her she''s inherited a substantial bequest from her Cornish grandmother, it seems like the answer to her prayers. She owes money to a loan shark and the threats are getting increasingly aggressive: she needs to get her hands on some cash fast. There''s just one problem - Hal''s real grandparents died more than twenty years ago. The letter has been sent to the wrong person. But Hal knows that the cold-reading techniques she''s honed as a seaside fortune teller could help her con her way to getting the money. If anyone has the skills to turn up at a stranger''s funeral and claim a bequest they''re not entitled to, it''s her. Hal makes a choice that will change her life for ever. But once she embarks on her deception, there is no going back. She must keep going or risk losing everything, even her life... The brand new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 .
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When Desire Rosenqvist receives a letter containing details of one of her old murder cases, which only the murderer could know, she contacts private investigator Sam Berger. Someone wants to stop them from uncovering the mystery at any cost. What happens when the cops become the prey? A gripping Scandi-thriller set in the tundra of rural Sweden, from international bestseller Arne Dahl.

Four friends. One promise. But someone isn't telling the truth.


The TWISTING NEW MYSTERY - GRIPPING and INTRIGUING The text message arrives in the small hours of the night. Its just three words: I need you.
Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her.

At school Isa and her three best friends used to play the Lying Game. They competed to convince people of the most outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of secrets, something terrible has been found on the beach. Something which will force Isa to confront her past, together with the three women she hasn't seen for years, but has never forgotten.

Theirs is no cosy reunion: Salten isn't a safe place for them, not after what they did. Its time for the women to get their story straight
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William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Peter Manuel has them. But Peter Manuel is a liar. Based on true events, this is a thrilling literary suspense novel from a writer at the height of her powers, Denise Mina, multi-awarding-winning author of the GARNETHILL series.

«MISS SMILLAS FEELING FOR SNOW» SUSAN SVENDSEN HAS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO MAKE PEOPLE CONFIDE IN HER AND TELL HER THEIR INNER UTMOST SECRETS. RETURNING TO THE STYLE OF «MISS SMILLAS FEELING FOR SNOW» THIS IS A STORY ABOUT SINCERITY IN THE FAMILY, IN SCIENCE AND IN SOCIETY.