Vittorio Curtoni Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Le prime vertiginose avventure di Hap e Leonard, la coppia di detective più strampalata e divertente del noir «made in Usa». Tre romanzi avvincenti dalla prima all'ultima pagina. Una bionda esplosiva che torna dal passato, un milione di dollari sporchi da recuperare nel letto di un fiume ghiacciato, una strana banda di spostati che non ha perso la voglia di cambiare il mondo, lo scheletro di un bambino nascosto sotto il pavimento, un'eredità inattesa, case fatiscenti, musicisti blues. E ancora: magia nera, sesso, horror e un umorismo strepitoso, che in Lansdale non manca mai.

Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau is summoned by an official of the Party to lead a highly charged corruption investigation. Tentacles have spread through the police force, the civil service, the vice trade and deep into the criminal underworld. The principal figure and his family have long since fled to the United States, beyond the reach of the Chinese government. But the network is still intact and it is only a matter of time before it becomes stronger than before. Chen is charged -- and it is a job he cannot refuse -- with uncovering those responsible, and destroying the organisation from the top down to its roots. In a twisting case that reunites him with his counterpart from the US Marshals service -- Inspector Catherine Rohn -- Chen must find a measure of justice in a corrupt, expedient world.

Science fiction. Returning to Harlan's World to achieve retribution for a lost love, Takeshi Kovacs becomes caught up in political intrigue when he comes to the aid of a woman being hunted by a savage young Envoy who claims that he is Kovacs himself

Hugh Laurie tells the tale of a former Scots Guard-turned-hired gun, a freelance soldier of fortune, who also happens to be one hell of a nice guy.

When Laurel Vega is arrested for the murder of her husband, her defense attorney uncovers a few skeletons in the Vega family closet.

Fifty years after the events of ALTERED CARBON, Takeshi Kovacs is serving as a mercenary in the Procterate-sponsored war to put down Joshuah Kemp's revolution on the planet Sanction IV. He is offered the chance to join a covert team chasing a prize whose value is limitless -- and whose dangers are endless. Here is a novel that takes mankind to the brink. A breakneck-paced crime thriller, ALTERED CARBON took its readers deep into the universe Morgan had so compellingly realised without ever letting them escape the onward rush of the plot. BROKEN ANGELS melds SF, the war novel and the spy thriller to take the reader below the surface of this future and lay bare the treacheries, betrayals and follies that leave man so ill-prepared for the legacy he has been given: the stars. This is SF at its dizzying best: superb, yet subtle, world-building; strong yet sensitive characterisation; awesome yet believable technology, thilling yet profound writing. Richard Morgan is set to join the genre's world-wide elite.

Dove sono le stelle? Perché chi si avvicina ai confini del drive-in muore orribilmente? E chi può avere interesse a tenere in ostaggio una folla istupidita, imbarbarita, inferocita, costretta oltretutto a vedere ininterrottamente "La notte dei morti viventi"? E la paura dilaga, anche al di qua degli schermi giganti su cui scorrono le immagini. Mentre in un primo momento a coloro che tentavano la fuga dal drive-in era riservata una fine orrenda, ora le cose sembrano andare diversamente: pare ci sia qualche temerario che possa varcare la soglia impenetrabile oltre la quale si vede solo il buio assoluto...

MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author. Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course. But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn¿t be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.

The Mulvaneys of High Point Farm in Mt. Ephraim, New York, are a large and fortunate clan, blessed with good looks, abundant charisma, and boundless promise. But over the twenty-five year span of this ambitious novel, the Mulvaneys will slide, almost imperceptibly at first, from the pinnacle of happiness, transformed by the vagaries of fate into a scattered collection of lost and lonely souls. It is the youngest son, Judd, now an adult, who attempts to piece together the fragments of the Mulvaneys' former glory, seeking to uncover and understand the secret violation that occasioned the family's tragic downfall. Each of the Mulvaneys endures some form of exile-physical or spiritual-but in the end they find a way to bridge the chasms that have opened up among them, reuniting in the spirit of love and healing. Profoundly cathartic, Oates' acclaimed novel unfolds as if, in the darkness of the human spirit, she has come upon a source of light at its core. Rarely has a writer made such a startling and inspiring statement about the value of hope and compassion. Moving away from the sometimes dark and harrowing tone of her more recent novels, including Zombie and What I Lived For, Oates's storytelling takes a profound and luminous turn in a tale that spans 25 years in the life of one American family--its rise, fall, and ultimate redemption.

Een rijke advocaat wordt vlak voor zijn benoeming tot lid van het hooggerechtshof vermoord. De verdenking valt op zijn veel jongere vrouw die er verscheidene minnaars op nahoudt. Haar verdediger is een van haar vroegere minnaars en tijdens het proces gaat het erop lijken dat hij een medeverdachte wordt.

Set in a Florida theme park, the narrative features a comatose, colossal God as a central attraction. The plot thickens when a cunning judge initiates a trial in The Hague, accusing God of crimes against humanity. This unique blend of humor and ferocity explores themes of divinity and accountability, making it a standout title recognized as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Frank Beachum is wegens moord op een verkoopster ter dood veroordeeld. De mogelijkheden voor een hoger beroep zijn uitgeput en zijn executie nadert. Al wat hem nog wacht is afscheid nemen van zijn vrouw en kind, en een laatste interview met Steve Everett, verslaggever van het St. Louis News. Als Everett het interview met Beachum in zijn schoot geworpen krijgt, begint hij te geloven dat de man het slachtoffer kan zijn van een slordige rechtsgang, politieke macht en menselijke fouten. In zijn laatste uren wordt Frank Beachum tot de grens van zijn geloof gedreven. Als hij in de afgrond kijkt, ziet hij een nachtmerrie. Zijn laatste hoop, Steve Everett, zet alles op het spel, inclusief zijn eigen leven, in een bijna uitzichtloze poging hem te redden...

Closer...They found the first body hideously swollen and still warm. Then they found two severed hands. Then two staring heads in wall ovens. 150 were grotesquely dead and it had hardly begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.and closer...At first they thought it was a maniac. Then they thought it was an obscene new disease. Then they thought it was the Russians.and closer...Then they found out the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...

Door toeval komt een Amerikaanse arts de moordenaar van zijn vader op het spoor via wie hij een sinistere internationale groep ontdekt.

Als duidelijk is dat Marsha geen kinderen kan krijgen, bedenkt haar echtgenoot, de gynaecoloog en onderzoeker Victor Frank, een heel sneaky plan. In het grootste geheim experimenteert hij met de manipulatie van genen, waarna een draagmoeder met de mysterieuze wijze bevruchte eicel wordt geïnsemineerd. Dan wordt Victor Junior geboren. Tot grote vreugde van de Franks is hij een kerngezonde baby totdat blijkt dat de kleine VJ over een fenomenale, niet bij zijn leeftijd passende intelligentie beschikt.