At Toad Hall, lair of multibillionaire Baron Aristotle
Krapaud, a cabal of industrialists and fat cats plot the violent overthrow of
the French state by the intervention of horribly beweaponed automaton
soldiers. Meanwhile, the brutal murder
of a famous Parisian artist, mysteriously stabbed to death in his locked and
guarded studio, is subject to the investigations of the tenacious Detective Sergeant
Roderick Ratzi, in pursuit of the mysterious masked assassin stalking the cutthroat
commercial world of the Grandville art scene.
As the body count mounts and events spiral exponentially out of control,
aided by his brilliant deductive abilities and innate ferocity, LeBrock battles
against the outrageous odds in this funny, high-octane thriller, an adventure
shot through with both high art and comic book references, a glorious
illegitimate offspring of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming with animals. Bête
Noir signals the welcome return to anthropomorphic steampunk detective
fiction of master storyteller and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot. Bête Noir is due to be published in
December 2012.
Lafferton is struggling through a bitter winter, with heavy
snowfalls paralysing the town, though at least the police can be sure the ram
raiders who have been targeting antique and jewellers' shops will be lying low. The biggest worry the elderly have is how to
keep warm, until 82-year-old Doris Upcott is found strangled in her home,
followed by the deaths of two other residents of the same sheltered housing
complex. Each time, the murderer has
left a unique signature at the crime scene, which should help DCS Simon
Serrailler, desperate to identify him before he kills again. When links are found between these and three
similar murders elsewhere, Serrailler is obliged to cross deep into unfamiliar
territory in his search for answers. A
Question of Identity is by Susan Hill and is due to be published in October
2012.
Eva is walking by the river one afternoon when a body floats
to the surface of the icy water. She
tells her daughter to wait patiently while she calls the police, but when she
reaches the phone box Eva dials another number altogether. The dead man, Egil, has been missing for
months, and it doesn't take long for Inspector Sejer and his team to establish
that he was the victim of a very violent killer. However, the trail has gone cold. It's as puzzling as another unsolved case on
Sejer's desk: the murder of a prostitute who was found dead just before Egil
went missing. While Sejer is trying to
piece together the fragments of a seemingly impossible case, Eva gets a phone
call late one night. A stranger speaks
and then swiftly hangs up. Eva looks out
into the darkness and listens. All is
quiet. Gripping and thought provoking,
"In the Darkness" is Karin
Fossum's first novel featuring the iconic Inspector Sejer and it is due to be
published in July 2012.
Harry is out of his depth.
Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in
Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any
way he can. He's not supposed to get too
involved. When the team unearths a string
of unsolved murders and disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding
out the truth. The hunt for a serial
killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the next victim. Appearing in English for the first time,
"The Bat" is the legendary
first novel from the worldwide phenomenon Jo Nesbo. The Bat
is due to be published in October 2012.
The first book in the critically acclaimed Intercrime
series, "The Blinded Man"
is an intelligent and gripping crime novel.
This title is first published in the United States under the title
"Misterioso" and is due to
be published in July 2012. Two of
Sweden's most powerful businessmen have been murdered. In the face of mounting panic amongst the
financial elite, a task force has been created to catch the culprit before he
kills again. To his surprise, Detective
Paul Hjelm, currently under investigation for misconduct after shooting a man
who took an immigration officer hostage, is summoned to join the team. However, the killer has left no clues - even
removing the bullets from the crime scenes - and Hjelm and his new teammates
face a daunting challenge if they are to uncover the connection between the
murdered men and identify any potential victims before he strikes again.
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