A ​Most Wanted Man

Hugh Laurie - The ​Gun Seller
Thomas ​Lang is a James Bond for the 1990s, with the same ingredients, but brought bang up-to-date, and with much better jokes. Cold-blooded murder just isn't Thomas Lang's cup of tea. Offered a tidy sum to assassinate an American industrialist, he opts to warn the intended victim instead - a good deed that soon takes a bad turn. Quicker than he can down a shot of his favourite whiskey, Lang is bashing heads with a Buddha statue, matching wits with evil billionaires, and putting his life (among other things) in the hands of a bevy of femmes fatales. Up against rogue CIA agents, wanna-be terrorists, and an arms dealer looking to make a high-tech killing, Lang's out to save the leggy lady he has come to love - and prevent an international bloodbath to boot.

Val McDermid - A ​Place Of Execution
Winter ​1963: two children have disappeared off the streets of Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezlng day in December, another child goes missing: thirteen-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from her town, an insular community that distrusts the outside world. For the young George Bennett, a newly promoted inspector, it is the beginning of his most difficult and harrowing case: a murder with no body, an investigation with more dead ends and closed faces than he'd have found in the anonymity of the inner city, and an outcome which reverberates through the years. Decades later he finally tells his story to journalist Catherine Heathcote, but just when the book is poised for publication, Bennett unaccountably tries to pull the plug. He has new information which he refuses to divulge, new information that threatens the very foundations of his existence. Catherine is forced to re-investigate the past, with results that turn the world upside down. A Greek tragedy in modern England, A Place of Execution is a taut psychological thriller that explores, exposes and explodes the border between reality and illusion in a multi-layered narrative that turns expectations on their head and reminds us that what we know is what we do not know. A Place of Execution is winner of the 2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a 2001 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.

Minette Walters - A ​kaméleon árnyéka
Bárki, ​aki csak egy pillantást vet Charles Acland hadnagy szétroncsolt arcára, rögtön megérti, hogy sérülése maradandó nyomokat hagyott a lelkében is. Nem sokkal azután, hogy kijön a kórházból és megpróbál új életét kezdeni, a környéken egy idős embert majdnem halálra vernek. Acland menekülni kényszerül, mert Londonban egy sorozatgyilkos szedi áldozatait, és katonai múltja, sérülésének utóhatásai, illetve az, hogy néha órákig nem tudja hol van és mi történik vele, gyanússá teszik a rendőrség számára. Vajon fejsérülése annyira megváltoztatta a szimpatikus katonát, hogy gyilkos lett belőle? S elegendő-e a leszbikus súlyemelő, a különc orvos segítsége? "Sűrű szövésű lélektan thriller a műfaj mesterétől! A cím rejtőzködésre és alakváltásra utal, és valóban: ebben a történetben nincsenek egyszerű válaszok és ingyen kapott megoldások." Waterstones Books Quanterly "Walters ismét nagyot alkotott. A szereplők és a viselkedésük annyira hiteles, hogy szinte felkapjuk a fejünket, hátha itt vannak körülöttünk, nem csak a regény nagy odafigyeléssel megalkotott világában. Ha egy teljes hétvégét kitöltő könyvet keres, ezzel a krimivel nyugodtan elvonulhat egy csendes sarokba - nem fogja megbánni!" Evening Telegraph "Szomorú, érzékeny és nagyon jól megírt könyv." Literary Review

James Ellroy - Fekete ​Dália
Los ​Angelesben 1947. január 15-én megcsonkított holttestre bukannak egy elhagyott telken. Fekete Dália - a minap még szép, fekete, félprosti kezdő hollywoodi színésznő - neve azonnal fölkerül a lapok címlapjára, és sosem látott embervadászat indul Kalifornia-szerte. Két, bokszolóból lett rendőr is részt vesz a nyomozásban - két nehézfiú, egyikük sem az erkölcs bajnoka. Szükségmegoldásból álltak át a jó oldalra, s lettek társak, barátok, riválisok, akik egy nőt szeretnek, használnak. Még abban is egyek, hogy a kegyetlenül megkínzott Fekete Dália füléig felvágott szájának torz nevetésével halálában is vonzza, elbűvöli őket. Egyet akarnak: elkapni a gyilkost, és a múltját felkutatva betegesen birtokolni a halott nőt. A nyomozás pokoli útvesztőin egyre jobban belegázolnak a háború utáni Hollywood mocsarába, mire megismerik a halott nő kibicsaklott életét, saját magánéleti és erköcsi válságaik, lelki defektjeik okát, s mígnem eljutnak a felfoghatatlan őrület tartományába.

Frei Tamás - A ​bankár
Jamaicán ​a rendőrségi terepjárók már dübörögnek, hogy kézre kerítsék a Magyarországról óriási vagyont „kimenekítő” és a távoli karibi szigeten bujkáló, korrupt pesti bankárt. Az Országos Jelzáloghitelbank elnökének privát gépén irtózatos erejű pokolgépet rejtettek el, és csupán percek kérdése, hogy Magyarország egyik legbefolyásosabb milliárdosát a feleségével együtt a levegőbe repítsék. André, a leszerelt légiós és szerelme, Adrienn e pillanatban fordul rá a genovai főutcára, de a rövid mézesheteknek egy orosz bérgyilkos vet véget, aki már a nyomukban liheg. A Megmentőből megismert André sorsdöntő válaszút elé kerül; cserbenhagyja Adriennt, amint korábbi élete megkísérti? Megtalálja a bankárt, akinek kapzsi mohósága Magyarországot végveszélybe sodorja? És mindezek után vajon visszatalál önmagához, vagy a dühödt bosszú olyan helyekre hajtja, ahonnan már nincs visszaút? Frei Tamás első regénye, A Megmentő, hónapokig vezette a hazai sikerlistákat. A „konspirációs akcióthriller” meghonosítójaként Frei Tamás második sikerkönyvében ismét az „itt és most”-ot tárja fel olvasóinak, torokszorító izgalmak közepette. Fordulatos érzelmi hullámvasúton repít minket az amerikai ultragazdagok csillogó villáitól az Everglades bűzös mocsaráig, a lélektelen emberrablók világvégi rejtekhelyétől a tőzsdecápák konspirációinak fehér abroszos asztaláig, a politika és bűnözés, a bosszú és leszámolás, a hatalmi és szerelmi játszmák terepére, aminek értő és érző ismerője, és amelynek a világa, egy államcsőd árnyékában, sokkal közelebb van a mai Magyarországhoz, mint gondolnánk…

Rosamund Lupton - Sister
Nothing ​can break the bond between sisters ...When Beatrice gets a frantic call in the middle of Sunday lunch to say that her younger sister, Tess, is missing, she boards the first flight home to London. But as she learns about the circumstances surrounding her sister's disappearance, she is stunned to discover how little she actually knows of her sister's life - and unprepared for the terrifying truths she must now face. The police, Beatrice's fiance and even their mother accept they have lost Tess but Beatrice refuses to give up on her. So she embarks on a dangerous journey to discover the truth, no matter the cost.

Dan Brown - Inferno ​(angol)
Dan ​Brown's new novel, Inferno, features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe, where Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces. As Dan Brown comments: "Although I studied Dante's Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence of Dante's work on the modern world. With this new novel, I am excited to take readers on a journey deep into this mysterious realm.a landscape of codes, symbols, and more than a few secret passageways."

Iris Murdoch - The ​Black Prince
"The ​Black Prince" is both a remarkable thriller and a story about being in love. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, Baffin's restless wife and engaging daughter - Bradley attempts to escape. His failure to do so and its aftermath lead to a violent climax and a most unexpected conclusion.

Bret Easton Ellis - Lunar ​Park
Imagine ​becoming a bestselling novelist while still in college, and almost immediately famous and wealthy, then seeing your insufferable father reduced to a bag of ashes in a safety-deposit box, even as your celebrity drowns in a sea of vilification, booze and drugs. Imagine being given a second chance, as the Bret Easton Ellis of this remarkable novel is given. Lunar Park confounds one expectation after another, passing through comedy and mounting psychological and supernatural horror toward an astonishing resolution - about love and loss, fathers and sons - in what is surely the most original and moving novel of an extraordinary career.

J. A. Kerley - The ​Broken Souls
The ​gore-sodden horror that greets homicide detective Carson Ryder on a late-night call out is enough to make him want to quit the case. Too late. Now he and his partner Harry are up to their necks in a Southern swamp of the bizarre and disturbing. An investigation full of twists and strange clues looks like it's leading to the city's least likely suspects – a powerful family whose philanthropy has made them famous. But behind their money and smiles is a dynasty divided by hate. Their strange and horrific past is about to engulf everyone around them in a storm of violence and depravity. And Ryder's right in the middle of it …

J. A. Kerley - Buried ​Alive
Soon ​after witnessing the escape of violent psychopath Bobby Crayline from prison, Alabaman detective Carson Ryder takes a rare break in the mountains. But his vacation is interrupted when an anonymous phone call summons him to the scene of a grisly murder. With more savage killings, and the heavy-handed FBI only inflaming the situation, Ryder and local detective Donna Cherry sift through the increasingly bizarre clues. Is there more than one killer on the loose? And how does Carson’s clinically insane brother, Jeremy, now on the run, fit into the picture? It is down to Ryder to unearth horrors from the past that others believe should remain buried…

J. A. Kerley - Her ​Last Scream
_They ​thought they were safe at last…_ Across the US, a secret network of crisis centres permanently relocates women in serious danger from domestic abuse. But now someone is killing them before they reach their destinations. Detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus are having trouble gaining the trust of the volunteers who run the scheme. The only way in is for an undercover police officer to pose as a threatened woman, making herself a target and drawing the killer out. Reinetta Early is the ideal candidate – but she also happens to be Harry’s niece. He always promised his sister that he would keep Reinetta safe from harm. Suddenly he’s unsure if he can even keep her alive…

J. A. Kerley - Little ​Girls Lost
Children ​are disappearing in Mobile, Alabama, the latest snatched from her own bedroom. There are no clues – and, as yet, no bodies. Homicide Detective Carson Ryder is called in to investigate the abduction of little LaShelle Shearing only to find the case getting tangled up in murky departmental and civic politics. And with his partner Harry Nautilus fighting for his life after being viciously attacked, Carson is feeling increasingly isolated. Public rage is now reaching dangerous levels, and Ryder’s bosses turn for help to ex-Detective Conner Sandhill whose uncanny ability to spot connections and details missed by others is legendary – but who left the department under a cloud. Ryder and Sandhill form an uneasy alliance in the hunt for the missing children, a hunt which becomes all the more urgent for tragic personal reasons. But at the root of these disappearances is something truly evil… and its source is closer to home than either could have imagined.

J. A. Kerley - In ​The Blood
TV ​evangelist Reverend Scaler made his fortune from firebrand rhetoric on the sins of modern America. But Scaler has preached his last sermon after being bound and beaten to death in an apparent S&M session. Detective Carson Ryder has his own problems. He's edgy and unpredictable, the crime scene barely seeming to affect him any more than finding an infant abandoned in a boat – nearby, a burnt-out shack, a body and signs of a struggle. Scaler's tangled personal life reveals bizarre connections between the cases. And it seems the baby fighting for its life in hospital has powerful enemies. Ryder can't seem to save himself – but can he save the life of an innocent child?

J. A. Kerley - The ​Killing Game
_He’s ​coming to get you…_ After a humiliating encounter with a cop, Romanian immigrant Gregory Nieves launches a vendetta against the Mobile Police Department, Alabama. Nieves can’t fight a department, so he selects one man who symbolizes all men in blue: Carson Ryder, the MPD’s specialist in bizarre and twisted crimes. Carson has never seen a killing spree like this one: Nothing connects the victims, the murder weapon is always different, and the horrific crime scenes are devoid of evidence. It almost seems he’s being taunted. Even laughed at. Carson doesn’t know it yet, but he is caught up in a sadistic game of life and death. And there can only be one victor…

J. A. Kerley - The ​Death Box
_Carson ​Ryder thought he’d seen everything…_ A specialist in twisted crimes, Detective Carson Ryder thought he’d seen the lowest depths of human depravity. But he’s barely started his new job in Miami when called to a horrific scene: a concrete pillar built of human remains, their agony forever frozen in stone. Finding the secret of the pillar drags him into the sordid world of human trafficking, where one terrified girl holds the key to unraveling a web of pain, prostitution and murder. There’s just one problem: Ryder’s not the only one chasing the girl. And the others will kill to keep the secret safe.

J. A. Kerley - The ​Death Collectors
Thirty ​years after his death, Marsden Hexcamp's ‘Art of the Final Moment’ remains as sought after as ever. But this is no ordinary collection. Hexcamp's portfolio was completed with the aid of a devoted band of acolytes – and half a dozen victims, each of whom was slowly tortured to death so that their final agonies could be distilled into art. When tiny scraps of Hexcamp's ‘art’ begin appearing at murder scenes alongside gruesomely displayed corpses, Detective Carson Ryder and his partner Harry Nautilus must go back three decades in search of answers. Meanwhile an auction has been announced and the death collectors are gathering. These wealthy connoisseurs of serial-killer memorabilia will pay millions to acquire Hexcamp's art – unless Carson and Harry can beat them in their quest for the anti-grail.

Stephen King - Tortúra
Paul ​Sheldon sikeríró, a szépkeblű közönség bálványa befejezi legújabb és legjobb regényét, minek örömére jól benyakal, és kábán autóba vágja magát. Egy veszélyes útkanyarban utoléri az észak-amerikai Sziklás-hegységben nem ritka hóvihar. Isten háta mögötti, magányos tanyaházából bevásárolni indul kisteherautóján Annie Wilkes, a Sheldon-regények könnyes rajongója. Az árokba borult autóroncsban kedvenc szerzőjére ismer, kinek összetört testében alig pislákol az élet. Kihúzza az árokból. Hazaviszi. Életre kelti. Új Sheldon-regényt akar. Csak magának. Stephen King (1947-) amerikai író pályafutása eddigi csaknem ötven évében horrortörténetek, sötét, rejtelmes regények és krimik tömkelegét jelentette meg. A Ragyogás, a Christine, a Holtsáv vagy a Kedvencek temetőjének szerzője az irodalmi popkultúra legfontosabb alkotója, aki 2003-ban vehette át "Az amerikai irodalomhoz való kimagasló hozzájárulásért" járó medált. Emellett többek között Bram Stoker, O. Henry, World Horror Convention, Hugo és Brit Fantasy díjjal, 2015-ben pedig Edgar díjjal jutalmazták munkásságát. A Tortúra 1987-ben jött ki, 1990-ben hollywoodi film készült belőle Kathy Bates főszereplésével; Paul Sheldon író nyomasztó történetét a világ számos országában színpadra alkalmazták: idén ősszel Bruce Willis alakításával tűzik műsorra a New York-i Broadway-n. "Stephen King a gótikus horror nagymestere: nemcsak történetmondóként kiváló, hanem a képalkotása is döbbenetes." (Joyce Carol Oat)

Ian Rankin - Doors ​Open
For ​the right man, all doors are open... Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. He is looking for something to liven up the days and perhaps give new meaning to his existence. A chance encounter at an art auction offers him the opportunity to do just that as he settles on a plot to commit a 'perfect crime'. He intends to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the capital - the National Gallery of Scotland. So, together with two close friends from the art world, he devises a plan to a lift some of the most valuable artwork around. But of course, the real trick is to rob the place for all its worth whilst persuading the world that no crime was ever committed. But soon after he enters the dark waters of the criminal underworld he realises that it's very easy to drown...

Ian Rankin - The ​Hanging Garden
Detective ​Inspector Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a suspected war criminal. But an escalating dispute between the upstart Tommy Telford and Big Ger Cafferty's gang gives Rebus an escape clause. Telford is known to have close links with a Newcastle gangster nicknamed Mr Pink Eyes - a Chechen bringing refugees into Britain as prostitutes. When Rebus takes under his wing a distraught Bosnian call girl, it gives him a personal reason to make sure Telford takes the high road back to Paisley and pronto. Then Rebus's daughter is the victim of an all too professional hit-and-run and Rebus knows that now there is nothing he wouldn't do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford - even if it means cutting a deal with the devil.