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Zagadka Zabójcy

Powieść kryminalnaZagadkowe śledztwo prowadzone przez komisarza Vincenta Germano zmusza go do coraz większej ostrożności, odsłaniając przed nim często zapominaną prawdę, iż istnieją sprawy przerastające człowieka, będące w stanie uczynić z niego zarówno ofiarę jak i mordercę.

Zagreb Cowboy (A Marko della Torre Novel #1)

A page-turning thriller shot through with black humour and razor-sharp dialogue, Zagreb Cowboy is the spectacular debut novel in a taut new crime fiction series.Yugoslavia, 1991. The State is crumbling, and in the midst of the political chaos secret policeman Marko della Torre has been working both sides of the law — but somewhere along the way he's crossed the line. When a corrupt cop called Strumbic helps three hired Bosnian thugs to hunt him down and kill him, della Torre makes a run for it through Croatia, Italy, and finally to London, where he’ll take Strumbic for all he's worth.

Zagreb Noir (Akashic Noir)

"A must-read book by Croatian authors available in English. A collection of crime stories set across Zagreb, each one by a different Croatian writer."--Time Out (Croatia)"Zagreb, Croatia--its culture and its touchstones--will be terra incognita for many U.S. readers...Notable is Nora Verde's 'She-Warrior,' in which a young woman's carefully planned anarchist activities are smacked down by a triple helping of reality."--Publishers Weekly"The stories shed light on a sickness that stirs within society's boundaries. Readers will easily glean that this sickness is not exclusive to Zagreb. Sršen reveals the ugly truth about human nature that burrows under the surface in war-torn countries."--Examiner.com"Zagreb's noirish underbelly comes from a new nation familiar with both war and war crimes. Mr. Sršen's handpicked selections are anything but ordinary."--New York Journal of Books"An inherently fascinating and entertaining read from beginning to end."--Midwest Book Review"These [stories]...do have the flavor of what the country and its people are like."--Journey of a BooksellerAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Featuring brand-new stories translated from Croatian by: Ivan Vidic, Josip Novakovich, Andrea Žigic-Dolenec, Robert Perišic, Mima Simic, Pero Kavesic, Nada Gašic, Zoran Pilic, Ružica Gašperov, Darko Milošic, Nora Verde, Ivan Sršen, Neven Ušumovic, and Darko Macan.Eastern European history is filled with noir-ish and harrowing tales, and Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, certainly has its fill. Editor Sršen has curated a diverse, powerful, and dramatic group of stories that offer tremendous insight into the perspectives of contemporary Croatians.

Zähle die Stunden

„Wer das Böse nicht bestraft, befiehlt, dass es getan werde.“ Leonardo da Vinci ZÄHLE DIE STUNDEN: Alte Geheimnisse, Angst, Schuld und Verlangen sind die Zutaten für einen aufwühlenden Psychothriller voller überraschender Wendungen. Eines Morgens wird Josh Parker, Creative Direktor, einer renommierten New Yorker Werbeagentur brutal ermordet aufgefunden. Sandra Levy, seine Assistentin, ist die letzte Person, die ihn lebend gesehen hat. Gemeinsam mit Inspector Paul Tischmann versucht sie, das mysteriöse Verbrechen aufzuklären und einen Mörder zu stellen, der scheinbar keine Fehler begangen hat. Die Perspektiven von Sandra und Paul wechseln einander ab und enthüllen Schritt für Schritt immer neue Abgründe und Rätsel, auf die auch die Protagonisten nicht gefasst sind. Ein packender Thriller ‒ fesselnd bis zur letzten Seite.

Zaleski's Percentage (John Raven)

Zaleski is a middle-aged philanderer determined to retrieve the Virgin's Dowry, a jeweled monstrance worth £500,000, which has reappeared for display in an art gallery in Conduit Street in London.This ageing Polish patriot carries out the crime but in doing so becomes the target for Detective Inspector John Raven of the CID - one of the most ruthless and capable policemen on the force. 'Perfectly fascinating and perfectly written' Chicago Sun Times

Zaleski's Percentage

Zaleski is a middle-aged philanderer determined to retrieve the Virgin's Dowry, a jeweled monstrance worth £500,000, which has reappeared for display in an art gallery in Conduit Street in London.This ageing Polish patriot carries out the crime but in doing so becomes the target for Detective Inspector John Raven of the CID - one of the most ruthless and capable policemen on the force. 'Perfectly fascinating and perfectly written' Chicago Sun Times

Zanzibar (W&N Essentials)

'A fascinating read: Wilbur Smith meets William Boyd in the warm seas and spice-scented air of Zanzibar' New Statesman'A riveting thriller' ObserverThe year is 1998. Nick, a marine biologist, is working on coral reef protection off the idyllic island of Zanzibar. While on a trip to mainland Tanzania, he meets Miranda, who works in the US embassy there. As romance blooms, the couple could be forgiven for thinking they are living in paradise - until they find themselves embroiled in a desperate terrorist conspiracy.From the bestselling author of the LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Zanzibar (W&N Essentials)

'A fascinating read: Wilbur Smith meets William Boyd in the warm seas and spice-scented air of Zanzibar' New Statesman'A riveting thriller' ObserverThe year is 1998. Nick, a marine biologist, is working on coral reef protection off the idyllic island of Zanzibar. While on a trip to mainland Tanzania, he meets Miranda, who works in the US embassy there. As romance blooms, the couple could be forgiven for thinking they are living in paradise - until they find themselves embroiled in a desperate terrorist conspiracy.From the bestselling author of the LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Zap!

Eleven-year-old Luis is left looking for answers after a city-wide blackout leads him to an electrifying mystery in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from Martha Freeman.Luis Cardenal is toasting a Pop-Tart when a power outage strikes Hampton, New Jersey. Elevators and gas pumps fail right away; soon cell phones die and grocery shelves empty. Cold and in the dark, people begin to get desperate. Luis likes to know how things work, and the blackout gets him wondering: Where does the city’s electricity come from? What would cause it to shut down? No one seems to have answers, and rumors are flying. Then a slip of the tongue gives Luis and his ex best friend Maura a clue. Brushed off by the busy police, the two sixth graders determine they are on their own. To get to the bottom of the mystery, they know they need to brave the abandoned houses of Luis’s poor neighborhood and find the homeless teen legend known as Computer Genius. What they don’t know is that someone suspects they know too much, someone who wants to keep Hampton in the dark. In this electrifying mystery, two can-do sleuths embark on a high-tech urban adventure to answer an age-old question: Who turned out the lights?

La zapatilla de la dama: cuando los demonios del pasado y del presente se entrelazan

Caileigh Watson tenía dos años cuando presenció el asesinato de su madre en el bosque. Ella añora poder recordarla pero lucha contra sus problemas de

Zapatitos azules y felicidad

Continúan las aventuras de La Primera Agencia de Mujeres Detectives en el corazón de África Precious Ramotswe, la detective privada más famosa de África y fundadora de la Primera Agencia de Mujeres Detectives creyó que su vida se volvería más tranquila después de casarse con J. L. B. Matekoni, su pretendiente de toda la vida. Pero nada más lejos de la realidad... Parece ser que los incidentes se agolpan a las puertas de su agencia, instalada en las dependencias del taller mecánico de su marido. Con la ayuda de su asistente, Mma Makutsi, y del señor Polopetsi, recorrerán Botsuana en busca de pistas y respuestas para sus casos. Eso sí, los problemas parecen solucionarse más fácilmente ante unos donuts y una taza de té roiboos, algo que no ayuda mucho a la dieta que intenta hacer Mma Ramotswe, una mujer de «complexión tradicional». El tiempo en Gaborone pasa más despacio, pero sus costumbres y pensamientos no distan tantode los nuestros. Planteándose en todo momento cuestiones de naturaleza filosófica, nuestra detective decide que lo mejor está en encontrar la felicidad en las pequeñas cosas de la vida: un nuevo par de zapatos azules, un trozo de tarta o una puesta de sol en el Kalahari.

Zapped: A Regan Reilly Mystery (A Regan Reilly Mystery #11)

It's a hot, humid July night in New York City. Where were you when the lights went out? A New York City resident for many years, Carol Higgins Clark was there during the blackout of 2003. Not surprisingly, she felt that Regan and Jack Reilly should one day share the experience! As Zapped begins, the Reillys return home from a summer weekend to the loft in Tribeca they are in the agonizing process of renovating and expanding. They are looking forward to a quiet supper on their newly acquired rooftop terrace. But it's not meant to be. While Jack goes to pick up Chinese food, Regan enters their apartment, unaware that a nervous thief, who preceded her by minutes, is hiding in the front closet. A thief who knows about a hidden safe that Regan and Jack have yet to discover. Minutes later, the blackout strikes, and both Reillys are called into action. A new gallery in SoHo, featuring treasured glass sculptures from all over the world, has been burglarized. As head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, Jack oversees several departments. Art theft is one of them. PI Regan hears from her best friend, Kit, who is in Manhattan on business. She's been abandoned at a comedy club by a colleague from an insurance convention, Georgina Mathieson, who ran out for a cigarette moments before the blackout struck and never came back. Kit gets a call that Georgina is disturbed and dangerous. Fueled by her rage at a college boyfriend who dumped her, Georgina seeks revenge on unsuspecting young blond men. She was last seen getting into a cab outside the club -- with a tall blond. Regan heads the search for Georgina and her potential victim. Meanwhile, Lorraine Lily, an almost famous actress, returns to New York City the night of the blackout, after spending three months in England doing a play, and is informed by her estranged husband, Conrad Spreckles, that he'd sold his loft to their next-door neighbors, the Reillys. Lorraine had never told him about the hidden safe she'd had installed in the closet. If she doesn't get back what's in there, she's sure her budding career will be ruined. In Zapped, Clark takes readers on a tour of the city they won't forget and introduces them to a wonderful cast of colorful, eccentric characters whose stories intersect in precarious and often humorous ways during one very dark and hot summer night.

The Zapruder Soundtrack

This is by far my most popular book. The seminal event in the childhood of many of us Baby Boomers was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The eight-millimeter home movie of the murder, just twenty-six seconds long, by garment-maker Abraham Zapruder, actually photographed the moving air, of which sound is constituted. With a mechanism to convert that image into an audible signal, the number of shots and the directionality of fire could be determined, answering a lot of the questions that remain about this crime. A silent film restorer and the retired owner of a cable network, the cur and the curmudgeon, get to work on this, which gains the quite negative attention from those who want the secrets behind the murder of our 35th President kept.

Zara (Double Helix Case Files #2)

1st Place, Science Fiction, Royal Palm Literary Award 2016The alpha empath, Danyael Sabre, languishes in a maximum-security prison. His life sentence should spell emotional freedom for the assassin, Zara Itani, but true to her contrary nature, she travels the solitary and hazardous path from hate to love even though it is far too late for her and Danyael.Meanwhile in her hometown of Beirut, international political conspiracy simmers on the brink of renewed military conflict. Zara’s loyalties will be tested; her beliefs challenged. She could start a war, or she could stop it.Tell me who you love and I will tell you who you are....Zara will finally discover who she is, but what will it cost Danyael this time?This is a standalone futuristic thriller set in the award-winning world of the Double Helix.

Zealot (Blood and Sacrifice Chronicles #2)

"Lacing magic and demons, the author takes us on a freefall ride of terror and violence as Nicole and her friends take on the monsters that hide and feed on the innocent." - Dave Wickenden, Author of Homegrown Nicole Fontane thought her demons were buried deep enough. She was wrong. After barely escaping the blood bath of the Harvest ritual, Nicole and her vigilante compatriots learn that there are others practicing blood magick on Tulare Island. Hired to rid the island of the remaining blood magick users, Nicole and her allies come face to face with The Better Day Church and the mysterious Young Family, whose nefarious behavior is well known on the island. The murky organization stirs old memories of a cult buried deep in the Louisiana bayou—flickers of Nicole’s traumatic past and the altar she barely escaped. But when Nicole receives an invitation to the Young family’s private residence to attend a secret meeting with The Daughters of the Vine—an elusive sect of women led by Gavina Young—she knows there is no escaping her fraught history with cults. The invite is clearly a trap, but it’s also an opportunity to take down the church. Nicole soon learns that the sickness lurking behind the walls of the Young family’s manor runs far deeper than the banal allure of blood magick. The church’s matriarch harbors a predatory interest in Nicole’s power—barely disguising her desire to harness it. Nicole must unravel the mysteries of her newfound abilities, or her first job may be her last. Worst of all, she may end up on the altar again.

The Zealot's Bones

Two men seeking the bones of a martyr stumble upon the crimes of a devil in the stunning historical crime novel by bestselling author David Mark.Hull, 1849: a city in the grip of a cholera outbreak that sees its poorest citizens cut down by the cartload. Into this world of flame and grief comes former soldier Meshach Stone. He's been hired as bodyguard by an academic hunting for the bones of the apostle Simon the Zealot, rumoured to lie somewhere in Lincolnshire. Stone can't see why ancient bones are of interest in a world full of them. Then a woman he briefly loved is killed. As he investigates, he realizes that she is one of many... and that some deaths cry out for vengeance.

The Zealot's Bones

A blockbuster historical novel from bestselling author David Mark - which will appeal to his fans as well as anyone who loves Ripper Street, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, and Antonia Hodgson.From Hell, Hull and Halifax, may the Good Lord deliver us. In 1849, Hull is a city forgotten and abandoned; in the grip of a cholera outbreak that sees its poorest citizens cut down by the cartload. Into this world of flame and grief comes Mesach Stone, a former soldier, lost upon his way. He's been hired as bodyguard by a Canadian academic hunting for the bones of the apostle Simon the Zealot, rumoured to lie somewhere in Lincolnshire. Stone can't see why ancient bones are of interest in a world full of them...but then a woman he briefly loved is killed. As he investigates he realises that she is just one of many... and that some deaths cry out for vengeance. From the twisted imagination of David Mark, author of the McAvoy series, THE ZEALOT'S BONES is historical crime with a difference.(p)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Zebra at the Zoo (Mysteries on Zoo Lane #3)

A broken fence and an animal on the loose take center stage in book three of the series from a two-time Newbery Honor winning author.Alex loves living on Zoo Lane, especially because he gets to visit his favorite animal in the world: the red panda. When he finds a hole in the zoo's fence, it presents the perfect opportunity to sneak into the zoo before school to see his beloved furry creatures. What Alex doesn't realize is that the broken fence will cause more problems than almost getting caught by the security guard. When an animal goes missing in the zoo, can he come clean about the fence?In this third book of the series, two-time Newbery Honor author Patricia Reilly Giff has crafted a lively mystery about conservation, animal care, friendship, and problem-solving. In touch with the programs and initiatives that today's zoos are undertaking, Giff provides readers with a fresh look at the work of zoologists. Charming line artwork by Abby Carter appears throughout and keeps the story upbeat.

The Zebra Network

The Zebra Network

"Look to Washington. Look to Moscow. Zebra One. Zebra Two." These cryptic words, whispered on a dark Moscow street, lead one-time CIA "golden boy" David McAllister on a desperate quest for the truth. Hunted by KGB and CIA alike, McAllister must decipher the riddle in order to unravel an espionage plot so vast that the Free World's fate hangs in the balance—and to prove his own innocence. And he's running out of time . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Zebra-Striped Hearse

Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all Archer is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlan. And then there is the zebra-striped hearse and its crew of beautiful, sunburned surfers, whose path seems to keep crossing the son-in-law's--and Archer's--in a powerful, fast-paced novel of murder on the California coast.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Zeely: Zeely / The House Of Dies Drear / The Planet Of Junior Brown / M. C. Higgins, The Great / Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

Elizabeth and her brother live on a farm for a summer—and learn a whole new way of living and dreamingElizabeth likes to invent stories. When she travels to her uncle&’s farm for a summer, she starts by making up new names for herself and her younger brother: &“Geeder&” and &“Toeboy.&” As &“Geeder&” explores the farm on her own and with her brother, she encounters mysteries that capture her imagination, among them a tall, proud woman who looks just like an African queen that Elizabeth has read about in a magazine. Elizabeth spins tales about the people and places around her, but she comes to realize that sometimes the truth is more interesting than make-believe.

Zelda and Ivy: The Big Picture

In a fresh and funny new companion to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner, the fox sisters team up with their friend Eugene in three spy-rific adventures. After Zelda, Ivy, and their best friend Eugene watch the new Secret Agent Fox movie (some more bravely than others), they are inspired to do a little detective work themselves. With top-secret agent names chosen and notebook in hand, they're ready to get to the bottom of neighborhood mysteries. But when a rainstorm threatens to ruin the agents' campout, can the three foxy friends come up with an undercover alternative? Sly humor, lively illustrations, and a genuine eye for the everyday dynamics among siblings make this a perfect choice for beginning readers, whether old fans or new. From the Hardcover edition.

Zen and the Art of Murder: A Black Forest Investigation (The\black Forest Investi Ser.)

Winner of the German Crime Fiction AwardLouise Boni drinks too much. The maverick inspector in Germany's Black Forest police squad is haunted by the mistakes she's made and the people she's lost. While she's dreading the approach of another lonely winter weekend, a call from her supervisor draws her into the most bizarre case of her career. A badly beaten Japanese monk is roaming the snowy Freiburg region with little more than sandals and a begging bowl, and the frightened holy man appears to be fleeing an unseen danger. Now Boni must battle both skeptical police authorities and her personal demons as her investigation reveals a hidden crime ring as well as a spiritual opportunity to transform her life. The first book in the Black Forest Investigation series, Zen and the Art of Murder is "a surprising and genuinely shocking case." — The Sunday Times (U.K.)"An exciting new voice in crime fiction emerges with Zen and the Art of Murder, the first novel in Oliver Bottini's Black Forest Investigation series. Both baffling and affecting in turn, and always entertaining. It's an excellent beginning to a thrilling new series." — Foreword Review

Zen and the Art of Murder: A Black Forest Investigation I (The Black Forest Investigations #1)

** NOW SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER**"Gripping" TatlerThe first in a thrilling new crime series set in Germany - the Black Forest Investigations Louise Boni, maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad, is struggling with her demons. Divorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the past. Dreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a Japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of Freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowl. She sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil. When her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers. The repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own life.Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteries.Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch