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Hunt Ghosts With a System: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Gui ZhiBiZhou Yang had accidentally acquired a strange system. Not only were there all kinds of mystical pill runes, there were also many ghost missions. The only way to increase his own abilities was to complete the quest to acquire ghost coins and buy items from the system. Would Zhou Yang, who possessed this strange system, become a God, or would a quest accidentally turn into a vengeful spirit?
Hunt Ghosts With a System: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Gui ZhiBiZhou Yang had accidentally acquired a strange system. Not only were there all kinds of mystical pill runes, there were also many ghost missions. The only way to increase his own abilities was to complete the quest to acquire ghost coins and buy items from the system. Would Zhou Yang, who possessed this strange system, become a God, or would a quest accidentally turn into a vengeful spirit?
Hunt Ghosts With a System: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Gui ZhiBiZhou Yang had accidentally acquired a strange system. Not only were there all kinds of mystical pill runes, there were also many ghost missions. The only way to increase his own abilities was to complete the quest to acquire ghost coins and buy items from the system. Would Zhou Yang, who possessed this strange system, become a God, or would a quest accidentally turn into a vengeful spirit?
Deputy Yama: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Yi ZhuLaoGuYanDon't think that without spring, a little hoodlum who collects protection fees at the school gates will be beaten up by others and become the Chief Executive of the Underworld — King Yama.This time, it's going to be very lively. To become the King of Hell and the Fighting Heavenly Court, reform the Underworld's system, and lead the dead spirits to resist the oppression of the Gods of the Heavenly Court. Howling Celestial Dog, Erlang Shen, Taurus Star, Titan … They all arrived, including Fuxi, Nuwa, and Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. The Greek gods, the twelve Archangels, the Norse mythology.The last sentence was: I am the biggest in the world... Wahaha...
Deputy Yama: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Yi ZhuLaoGuYanDon't think that without spring, a little hoodlum who collects protection fees at the school gates will be beaten up by others and become the Chief Executive of the Underworld — King Yama.This time, it's going to be very lively. To become the King of Hell and the Fighting Heavenly Court, reform the Underworld's system, and lead the dead spirits to resist the oppression of the Gods of the Heavenly Court. Howling Celestial Dog, Erlang Shen, Taurus Star, Titan … They all arrived, including Fuxi, Nuwa, and Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. The Greek gods, the twelve Archangels, the Norse mythology.The last sentence was: I am the biggest in the world... Wahaha...
Deputy Yama: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Yi ZhuLaoGuYanDon't think that without spring, a little hoodlum who collects protection fees at the school gates will be beaten up by others and become the Chief Executive of the Underworld — King Yama.This time, it's going to be very lively. To become the King of Hell and the Fighting Heavenly Court, reform the Underworld's system, and lead the dead spirits to resist the oppression of the Gods of the Heavenly Court. Howling Celestial Dog, Erlang Shen, Taurus Star, Titan … They all arrived, including Fuxi, Nuwa, and Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. The Greek gods, the twelve Archangels, the Norse mythology.The last sentence was: I am the biggest in the world... Wahaha...
Deputy Yama: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Yi ZhuLaoGuYanDon't think that without spring, a little hoodlum who collects protection fees at the school gates will be beaten up by others and become the Chief Executive of the Underworld — King Yama.This time, it's going to be very lively. To become the King of Hell and the Fighting Heavenly Court, reform the Underworld's system, and lead the dead spirits to resist the oppression of the Gods of the Heavenly Court. Howling Celestial Dog, Erlang Shen, Taurus Star, Titan … They all arrived, including Fuxi, Nuwa, and Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. The Greek gods, the twelve Archangels, the Norse mythology.The last sentence was: I am the biggest in the world... Wahaha...
Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer (Gossip Girl)
by Cecily Von ZiegesarWelcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep-sometimes with each other. It's a luxe life, but someone's got to live it . . . until they die.So begins Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer, a re-imagined and expanded slasher edition of the first groundbreaking Gossip Girl novel, featuring all new grisly scenes and over-the-top gore by #1 New York Times bestselling author Cecily von Ziegesar. Just as in the original story, Serena returns from boarding school hoping to make amends with her BFF Blair Waldorf--things just haven't been the same since Nate Archibald came between them. But here's where our dark tale takes a turn: Serena decides that the only way for her to make things right with Blair is to eliminate Nate. If that means killing him, well, c'est la vie. Her attempted murder doesn't go unnoticed by Blair, however, who isn't about to let Serena kill whoever she wants-not when there's Cyrus Rose and Chuck Bass and Titi Coates and everyone else who's ever irritated Blair to get rid of first . . . .American Psycho's Patrick Bateman has met his match in Manhattan's newest, most fabulous trendsetting serial killers, Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen.
Into Thin Air
by Thomas ZigalMountain man, ex-hippie, and single father, Sheriff Kurt Muller feels like an outsider in his hometown of Aspen, Colorado. Old enough to remember Aspen's more rustic years, Muller can't quite get used to its new identity as "Glamour Gulch," where ski bums, Latino migrant workers, and extravagant jet-setters live in uneasy proximity. In this volatile mix, Muller finds his personal code of justice is more and more at odds with the compromises of elected office. But there's nothing ambiguous about a dead man floating down Roaring Fork River. A beautiful doctor identifies the John Doe as an acclaimed Argentine journalist, and Muller, drawn in by her stories of brutality and corruption in Argentina, skirts the edges of professional behavior--until she vanishes while under his protection. Implicated in her disappearance and suddenly the FBI's target in a drug-trafficking case based on his radical past, Muller searches desperately for a way to clear himself and protect his family from sinister forces on either side of the law. As he presses closer to the truth, Muller confronts Aspen's changing ethos and, ultimately, an unresolved family tragedy that has haunted his life.
Así es como se mata (Un caso del comisario Mancini #Volumen 1)
by Mirko ZilahyLa nueva voz del thriller que está conquistando Europa. Tras el éxito de Dicker, Lemaitre y Dazieri, llega una nueva novela negra de alto impacto. «Un comisario que parece sacado de la serie de televisión Criminal Minds. Una novela tan inquietante que produce un inmediato efecto fan club.»Marta Cervino, Marie Claire «La justicia solo triunfará cuando el arado trace su último surco. Usted no me conoce. Nadie me conoce. Cómo me llamo no tiene importancia. Solo soy una sombra.» Roma, septiembre de 2008. La ciudad sufre una terrible ola de mal tiempo. Parece que toda el agua que cae torrencialmente del cielo pretende lavar el mal que hay sobre la superficie. Lejos de la gran ciudad turística y religiosa, en una Roma olvidada, aparecen los cadáveres de las víctimas de un asesino en serie. Solo hay un hombre capaz de liderar esa investigación tan delicada: el comisario Enrico Mancini, el único policía que ha asistido a los cursos sobre perfiles criminales en la central del FBI, en Quantico. Mancini atraviesa el peor momento de su vida, pero aun así es obligado a atrapar a «la Sombra», asesino atípico y esquivo que llena los cuerpos de sus víctimas con pistas, no para satisfacer sus instintos homicidas sino para conseguir un propósito lúcidamente maquiavélico. Todo en él tiene un significado, todo es un símbolo, y necesita una última pieza para terminar su rompecabezas: el propio Enrico Mancini. La opinión de la crítica:«Un thriller ambientado en una Roma tan oscura que parece la Los Angeles de James Ellroy.»Eva Grippa, La Repubblica «Larga vida al nuevo comisario del noir italiano. Enrico Mancini ha llegado para quedarse.»Il Fatto Quotidiano «Un extraordinario thriller de acción hecho de acero, óxido y lluvia.»Panorama «Una novela criminal larga y sangrienta, con una clara huella anglosajona.»L'Unità «Un asesino en serie tenebroso, una escritura poderosa y magistral que desvela el miedo que habita cada uno de nosotros, asustados lectores.»Il Corriere della Sera «Un debut penetrante: óptimo el ritmo de la historia, una trama perfecta, llevada hasta el final con habilidad, y unos personajes memorables.»Huffington Post «Así es como se mata, así es como se escribe.»Diario di una dipendenza «Una Roma lluviosa y desconocida, que merece la pena ser leída y así disfrutar de la maestría de Zilahy para sacar con pocas palabras los olores de las páginas.»Malapuella
La forma de la oscuridad (Un caso del comisario Mancini #Volumen 2)
by Mirko ZilahyLa gran novela negra que viene de Italia y conquista el mundo. «Una escritura que registra todos los matices del terror.»Il Corriere della Sera Roma está en manos de un asesino capaz de darle forma a la oscuridad. Sus siniestras obsesiones se materializan en el rito del asesinato; sus terribles visiones se convierten en realidad a través de sus víctimas. Porque el monstruo no se limita a matar: modela, da forma, transfigura a cada una de ellas en una criatura mitológica. Y los indicios que deja carecen de sentido aparente para quien no esté en condiciones de interpretarlos. Se necesita a un experto capaz de analizar la escena del crimen y trazar un perfil del asesino. Mientras aparecen nuevas obras del bautizado por la prensa como «El Escultor» en la Casita de las Lechuzas de Villa Torlonia, el parque zoológico y la laberíntica red romana de alcantarillado, el comisario Mancini es reclamado en su puesto. Tiene por delante el desafío más angustioso y letal de su carrera... o incluso de su vida. Tras el éxito internacional de Así es como se mata, Mirko Zilahy vuelve con un nuevo y perturbador desafío al lector, describiendo una Roma oscura y atormentada y traspasando los límites del thriller con una narrativa de insuperable intensidad. Reseñas:«Una novela impresionante con ecos dantescos.»Journal Frankfurt «Larga vida al nuevo comisario del noir italiano. Enrico Mancini ha llegado para quedarse.»Il Fatto Quotidiano La crítica dijo sobre Así es como se mata...«La leí sin parar... Es una novela fascinante, una novela clásica... Y buscas todo el tiempo que puedes hasta acabarla.»Ángel de la Calle (Semana Negra de Gijón) «Un thriller negrísimo: una escritura que registra todos los matices del terror. Un asesino en serie tenebroso, unestilo poderoso y magistral que desvela el miedo que habita en cada uno de nosotros.»Il Corriere della Sera «Un thriller ambientado en una Roma tan oscura que parece la Los Ángeles de James Ellroy.»Eva Grippa, La Repubblica «Un extraordinario thriller de acción hecho de acero, óxido y lluvia.»Panorama «Larga vida al nuevo comisario del noir italiano. Enrico Mancini ha llegado para quedarse.»Il Fatto Quotidiano «Una novela criminal larga y sangrienta, con una clara huella anglosajona.»L'Unità «Un debut de alto impacto: óptimo el ritmo de la historia, una trama perfecta, llevada hasta el final con habilidad, y unos personajes memorables.»Huffington Post «Así es como se mata, así es como se escribe.»Diario di una dipendenza «Un comisario que parece sacado de la serie de televisión Mentes criminales. Una novela tan inquietante que produce un inmediato efecto fan club.»Marta Cervino, Marie Claire
The Night Watchman
by Richard ZimlerChief Inspector Henrique Monroe of the Lisbon Police Department is not your usual cop. Eccentric, elliptical – and stunningly observant – his peculiar behavior at crime scenes is legendary. But his colleagues put up with it because, in the end, Monroe’s the best of the best. But he has a double-sided secret. And when he’s called to investigate the brutal slaying of well-connected Portuguese businessman Pedro Coutinho, it’s not just the murder case that will unravel – but his own identity, too. As Monroe’s investigations lead him deep into a torrid world of shady political corruption and sexual violence, the details of the case trigger memories from his childhood in rural Colorado – memories he has travelled far, and worked hard, to hide. His behavior becomes even more upsetting and inappropriate than usual, and even his family – his wife, his brother and his two young boys – start to fear for the man they thought they knew. Henrique struggles to move his investigation forward whilst keeping the walls of his identity from crumbling. And then, another violent crime changes his life forever, destroying any chance he has of continuing to keep his secret . . . A chilling psychological mystery, The Night Watchman is a uniquely moving portrait of a troubled police detective and his family when a single crime reveals the damaging impact of abuse and the tragic truth about an entire nation.
The Seventh Gate
by Richard ZimlerBy the author of the critically acclaimed international hits The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams, this novel proves Richard Zimler's mastery of the "riveting literary murder mystery" (Independent on Sunday). It's Berlin, 1932. Sophie is a smart and sexually precocious fourteen-year-old coming of age during Hitler's rise to power. Forced to lead a double life when her father and boyfriend become Nazi collaborators, she reserves her dreams of becoming an actress for her beloved elderly neighbor, Isaac Zarco, and his friends, most of whom are Jews working against the government in a secret group called the Ring. When a member is sent to Dachau, she realizes there must be a Nazi traitor in the group. But who? Through successive mysteries, reversals, and surprises --and a race against time --The Seventh Gate builds to a shattering end. In its chilling but sensuous evocation of the time and place, Richard Zimler's novel is a love story and a tale of ferocious heroism
The Seventh Gate
by Richard ZimlerBy the author of the critically acclaimed international hits The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams, this novel proves Richard Zimler's mastery of the "riveting literary murder mystery" (Independent on Sunday). It's Berlin, 1932. Sophie is a smart and sexually precocious fourteen-year-old coming of age during Hitler's rise to power. Forced to lead a double life when her father and boyfriend become Nazi collaborators, she reserves her dreams of becoming an actress for her beloved elderly neighbor, Isaac Zarco, and his friends, most of whom are Jews working against the government in a secret group called the Ring. When a member is sent to Dachau, she realizes there must be a Nazi traitor in the group. But who? Through successive mysteries, reversals, and surprises --and a race against time --The Seventh Gate builds to a shattering end. In its chilling but sensuous evocation of the time and place, Richard Zimler's novel is a love story and a tale of ferocious heroism
The Seventh Gate
by Richard ZimlerA Novel of Berlin, Prophesy, and Unfinished PortraitsIn the Author's Note to his internationally bestselling novel, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Richard Zimler described how he discovered a long-lost 16th-century manuscript in an Istanbul cellar written by a Portuguese kabbalist named Berekiah Zarco. More than 400 years later, Isaac Zarco becomes convinced by the pact between Hitler and Stalin - and other 'signs' - that an apocalyptic prophesy made by his ancestor is about to come terribly true. Is he mad to believe that by decoding these ancient kabbalistic texts he might be the one to save the world?Set in 1930s Berlin, during the Nazis' rise to power, The Seventh Gate brings together Sophie Riedesel, an intelligent, artistic, and sexually adventurous fourteen-yearold with Isaac Zarco and his friends, most of whom are Jews, ex-circus performers and underground activists. When a series of forced sterilizations, brutal murders and 'disappearings' to concentration camps decimates the group, Sophie must fight with all her ingenuity and guile to save all that she loves about Germany - at any cost. In its beautifully shaped portraits and in its chilling but sensuous evocation of Berlin in the 1930s, The Seventh Gate is at one and the same time a love story and tragedy - and a tale of ferocious heroism.
The Seventh Gate: A Novel
by Richard ZimlerA girl on the brink of adulthood. A city on the brink of war. “An intelligent and moving novel about the heartbreaking human condition” (Alberto Manguel, author of The Library at Night). It’s Berlin, 1932. Sophie is a smart and sexually precocious fourteen-year-old coming of age during Hitler’s rise to power. Forced to lead a double life when her father and her boyfriend become Nazi collaborators, she reserves her dreams of becoming an actress for her beloved elderly neighbor, Isaac Zarco, and his friends, most of whom are Jews working against the government in a secret group called the Ring. When a member is sent to Dachau, she realizes there must be a Nazi traitor in the group . . . Through successive mysteries, reversals, and surprises—and a race against time—The Seventh Gate builds to a shattering end. In its chilling but sensuous evocation of the time and place, Richard Zimler’s novel is a love story and a tale of ferocious heroism. “A moody, tightly constructed historical thriller that is both entertaining and instructive.” —The New York Times “Explosive and prophetic.” —Newsday “Mixing profound reflections on Jewish mysticism with scenes of elemental yet always tender sensuality, Zimler captures the Nazi era in the most human of terms, devoid of sentimentality but throbbing with life lived passionately in the midst of horror.” —Booklist (starred review) “Zimler excellently captures the gamut of tumultuous emotions in his intense and detailed portrait of a city destined for war, and his exceptionally drawn characters struggling to survive in a world gone mad make for an unforgettable story.” —Library Journal (starred review)
The Warsaw Anagrams: A Novel
by Richard ZimlerWarsaw, 1941--an exhausted and elderly psychiatrist named Erik Cohen makes his way home to the Jewish ghetto after being interned in a Nazi labor camp. Yet only one visionary man--Heniek Corben--can see him and hear him. Heniek soon realizes that Cohen has become an ibbur--a spirit. But how and why has he taken this form? As Cohen recounts his disturbing and moving story, small but telling inconsistencies appear in his narrative. Heniek begins to believe that Cohen is not the secular Jew he claims to be, but may, in fact, be a student of practical Kabbalah? of magic. Why is he lying? And what is the importance of the anagrams he creates for the names of his friends and relatives? Heniek traces his suspicions and comes to an astonishing conclusion?one that has consequences for his own identity and life, and perhaps for the reader's as well.
The Warsaw Anagrams: A Novel
by Richard ZimlerWarsaw, 1941--an exhausted and elderly psychiatrist named Erik Cohen makes his way home to the Jewish ghetto after being interned in a Nazi labor camp. Yet only one visionary man--Heniek Corben--can see him and hear him. Heniek soon realizes that Cohen has become an ibbur--a spirit. But how and why has he taken this form? As Cohen recounts his disturbing and moving story, small but telling inconsistencies appear in his narrative. Heniek begins to believe that Cohen is not the secular Jew he claims to be, but may, in fact, be a student of practical Kabbalah? of magic. Why is he lying? And what is the importance of the anagrams he creates for the names of his friends and relatives? Heniek traces his suspicions and comes to an astonishing conclusion?one that has consequences for his own identity and life, and perhaps for the reader's as well.
The Warsaw Anagrams: A Novel (Bride Series)
by Richard ZimlerThe bestselling author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon delivers a wartime thriller that’s “equal parts riveting, heartbreaking, inspiring, and intelligent” (San Francisco Chronicle). With his international-bestseller The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Richard Zimler made a name as a master of historical thrillers. In this chilling mystery, winner of the Marques de Ouro Prize, Zimler has woven a gripping tale in the tradition of The Shadow of the Wind. It is autumn, 1940, and the Nazis have sealed four-hundred-thousand Jews into the Warsaw Ghetto. Erik Cohen, an elderly psychiatrist, moves into a tiny apartment with his last remaining relatives. Then his beloved great-nephew Adam goes missing and his body is discovered tangled in the barbed wire, strangely mutilated. Soon afterward, another body turns up, this time a young girl. Could there be a Jewish traitor luring children to their deaths? With an unlikely hero and hair-raising suspense, The Warsaw Anagrams is a profoundly moving and darkly atmospheric thriller. “Part murder mystery and part historical fiction . . . Thrilling.” —The Boston Globe “A gripping, heartbreaking and beautiful thriller.” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, New York Times–bestselling author of The Romanovs “Spare but striking prose . . . Masterful.” —Newsday “A fast-moving, powerful and intellectual murder mystery set within wartime Warsaw Poland during World War II . . . Zimler provides layer after layer of intrigue and excitement. This is not simply a novel about the Holocaust. It is a murder mystery that will challenge the reader to uncover a frightening truth within a world turned upside down by war and genocide.” —New York Journal of Books