Titres dans Roman noir

Wherever there's intrigue…wherever there's a dollar, a pound, a mark, or a lira to be made…wherever zither music hauntingly insinuates itself in the foggy night air…it's there that you'll find Harry Lime! Scoundrel, con man, thief, and rogue, he trots the globe in eternal quest of the main chance—and he's brought to vivid life by none other than Orson Welles.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar takes a turn towards the hardboiled as film-noir favorite Edmond O'Brien takes over the role of America's Fabulous Freelance Insurance Investigator. His gritty, driven performance is well worth rediscovering. O'Brien's harder, more cynical Dollar brought him harder and more cynical clients…and adversaries. In this collection of original radio episodes from 1950-52, Johnny finds more than his quota of murder, mystery, and malfeasance.

Cinco desconocidos reunidos en un caserón perdido en medio de la fría sierra madrileña.Un misterioso anfitrión.Un revolver y una bala destinados a ser disparados. Cada uno de los cinco esconde un misterio que el resto deberá descubrir para poder responder a la más siniestra de las preguntas. ¿Quiénes son los corderos? ¿Quiénes son los lobos?

Quando il professor Azhar torna a casa e scopre che la figlia di nove anni è scomparsa insieme a quasi tutte le sue cose, non può che bussare disperato alla porta accanto e chiedere aiuto alla sua vicina e amica, il sergente Barbara Havers. Presto si scopre che a portar via la bambina è stata la madre, trasferitasi in Italia, a Lucca, per seguire il suo nuovo amore. In bilico tra i sentimenti e la ragione, Barbara si impegna a indagare ufficiosamente sul caso, ritrovandosi presto nei guai con i superiori a causa delle ingiustificate assenze dal lavoro.

”En klassisk Goddard … uimodståelig.” – the Times Jonathan Kellaway har opsagt sin stilling ved et internationalt firma. Nu er han på vej på pension, da firmaets forhenværende – og stadig magtfulde - bestyrelsesformand beder ham påtage sig én sidste opgave: Jonathan skal rejse fra USA tilbage til England og finde en række forsvundne dokumenter, så firmaets historie kan blive skrevet færdig.

Milano, quartiere di Porta Venezia. Un vivace microcosmo multietnico dove convivono borghesi e nullafacenti, giovani creativi da ogni parte del mondo e vecchi milanesi. Nella prestigiosa Torre Rasini risiedono i Morigi, una famiglia altolocata e integerrima agli occhi di tutti. L'unica macchia nella loro vita sembra essere la giovane Marianeve detta Neve, una ragazza ribelle e dal diminutivo beffardo, considerando la sua dipendenza dalla cocaina. Tra i tanti tatuaggi sul corpo, ne ha uno sul polso che mette i brividi: la scritta The 27 Club con sotto un teschio.

Little Frankie Darling wants revenge, Asami Sato wants her inheritance, and Oyabun Kitsune wants the magic artifact hidden in the 150-year-old cherrywood box. They each pay investigator, Axel Webb, to find the box, but things are not always what they seem, and people always lie to conceal their secret agendas.

Nella sala d'aspetto dell'aeroporto di Francoforte, un gruppo di viaggiatori attende di partire per Londra. Tra costoro c'è anche Sir Stafford Nye, un diplomatico inglese noto soprattutto per il suo spirito caustico e i suoi atteggiamenti stravaganti. Mentre si guarda intorno in cerca di un diversivo, una giovane donna gli si avvicina e gli chiede di cederle mantella e passaporto: potrà così imbarcarsi al suo posto, per sfuggire a un misterioso assassino.

Di ritorno da un corso di aggiornamento, durato alcuni giorni, una donna trova il marito ucciso: questa è la sua versione dei fatti... Il commissario incaricato delle indagini si confronta con lei, in ripetuti incontri-scontri, cercando di far luce sul delitto. Perché la vittima, Pietro, non è un uomo qualunque! Ricco di famiglia, attraente, matematico di successo nonostante la giovane età, oltre a suscitare prevedibili rivalità professionali fra i colleghi dell’Università, ha, forse, relazioni extraconiugali. Anche la sorella della vittima aveva motivi per uccidere? Forse.

Teen Malibu Makimura discovers she can feel people’s emotions, and senses an ominous voice growing inside her. She lands a job at a women’s nightclub drawing surrealist caricatures. One night while drawing a portrait, she feels a sinister emotion projected by a woman named Luciana, who invites Malibu to her Presidio Heights mansion.

Criminal defense attorney Caron Mooney's life is blown apart when her Hamptons home is destroyed in a gas explosion . . . and the naked bodies of her husband Jason and a woman identified as Emma Shipman are found in the smoking rubble. It's obvious that Jason was having an affair, a revelation that only deepens Caron's heartbreak and confusion. Evidence at the scene soon points to murder and to Emma's spouse Neil as the killer. But Neil proclaims his innocence and Caron, who shares his sense of loss and betrayal, shocks everyone by agreeing to defend him.

Josh Cybulski’s debut novel explores a generation who were told they could do anything. Some did, and without a doubt still are, and some became disillusioned at the first signs of adversity.

In the dying days of 1850, the young detective Charles Maddox takes on a new case. His client? The only surviving son of the long-dead poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein. Charles soon finds himself being drawn into the bitter battle being waged over the poet's literary legacy. When a chance discovery raises doubts about the death of Shelley's first wife, Harriet, he starts to question whether she did kill herself—or whether what really happened was far more sinister…

Kenny Ruffin, a former gang leader serving hard time in San Quentin, looks forward to his release so he can get his life back and meet his teenage son for the first time. His destiny becomes entangled with that of a redneck career criminal called Cat McGrath when the two of them are sent back to LA on the same bus.

After an unborn baby's mysterious death, a New York City molecular biologist travels to Puerto Rico to investigate. Fears of a new pandemic mosquito virus haunt her plans and nightmares. Her next DNA experiments reveal a personal stake in a future she is not ready to accept.

Ginko, all'anagrafe Giuliano Casablanca, sembra tutto tranne che un poliziotto. Non che la sua squadra sia molto meglio: tra Panettone che non vede l'ora di andare in pensione, Marco Zhong che parla il romanesco di Trilussa, e Minimo Sindacale che se si presenta al lavoro è già tanto, questo Ufficio Passaporti della Questura di Milano pare più un gruppo delle superiori che un corpo di Stato. In quest'ufficio Ginko ci è arrivato dalla Omicidi.

The best noir writers make us feel the heat of the sun, the touch of a lover. Setting can be gritty but can also be sublime, no longer relegated to urban locales and seedy hotel rooms but also mansions and swimming pools. Hence, Palm Springs, which may seem like an odd setting for a collection of dark short stories—it’s so sunny and bright here. The stories in this collection come on like the wicked dust storms common to the area.

Rachel Evans, a selfie queen and social media superstar, went to school and never came home. DI Alan Williams and his team launch a desperate investigation to find her. As the country is plunged into lockdown, the price of narcotics skyrockets, causing friction between rival dealers.

Chicago Sun-Times reporter Paul Crawford is asked to investigate a series of recent murders he eventually calls the "Houdini Victims". He begins with the investigation of a corporate executive who vanishes from a parking garage in the Chicago Loop without a trace.

Rich Mallette is nothing but a distant memory. But with him out of the picture, it doesn’t mean Brett Jacobs is living on easy street. With the city wide open for a new leader for the criminal element, new prospects emerge, hoping to take over. And that means Jacobs will get drawn into another war. Now the question will be, who gets dragged in with him?