Removed from his position as chief Inspector, Chen Cao has been installed as director of the Shanghai Judicial System Reform Office but immediately placed on involuntary 'convalescence leave.' Despite being on leave, the murder of an acquaintance leads Chen to get involved in an investigation that shares a striking similarity to a Judge Dee novel.
Trevor Stone, een miljardair die op sterven ligt, huurt de privédetectives Patrick Kenzie en Angela Gennaro in om zijn spoorloos verdwenen dochter, Desiree, te vinden. Maar niets is wat het lijkt terwijl het speurdersduo een spoor volgt van halve waarheden en corruptie, op zoek naar een vrouw die zowel een zondares als een heilige kan zijn. Desiree, een vrouw in de greep van verdriet, óf een manipulatieve intrigante die precies weet wat ze wil. Deze zaak leidt Kenzie en Gennaro naar het broeierige Florida, waar iemand in vertrouwen nemen de dood kan betekenen en waar iedere misstap de laatste kan zijn.
A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK After a car accident Jarred discovers he'll never walk again. Confined to a 'giant roller-skate', he finds himself with neither money nor job, a shoplifting habit, an addiction to painkillers and strangers treating him like he's an idiot. Worse still, he's forced to live back home with his estranged father. Trying to piece himself together, Jarred comes to realise that things don't have to stay broken after all. The Coward is about hurt and forgiveness, how the world treats disabled people, and how we write and rewrite the stories we tell ourselves about our lives - and try to find a happy ending.
"For what seems a fortune, Inspector Chen Cao has been asked by a triad-connected businessman to use his holiday time to do a translation job. He will be given everything he needs: a laptop, 'a little secretary' to provide for him; medical care for his mother. He is assured there are no stings attached."--Page 2 of cover.
Nella fabbrica delle bestie ogni angolo è una trappola e puoi solo giocare il tuo gioco. Un noir teso come un thriller, il romanzo definitivo sul carcere. Dove imparare a vivere vuol dire essere pronti a morire, e a uccidere. Sotto l'occhio gelido di Bunker, la critica alla disumanità totale della prigione diventa assoluta potenza narrativa. «Qui dentro per avere rispetto ti devi comportare come un animale». «Va a finire che c'è qualche stronzo che ti arriva alle spalle e lo fa. Tutti possono morire. Tutti sanguinano. E chiunque può ammazzare al momento giusto». Ron Decker, di buona famiglia, finisce a San Quentin perché vendeva droga «come avesse la licenza». Per sua fortuna, nella prigione dove le lotte razziali e di clan sono la norma, incontra subito il più tosto, il peggiore, Earl Copen. Che gli spiega come stanno le cose. Amicizia maschile e criminale, ma amicizia. Ne può uscire qualcosa. E la pelle si vende più cara.