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An agent from a specialist unit embarks on an unprecedented mission on the border of Iran and Afghanistan.

Kleinbürgertum in den 70igern.

Las historias en las que se basa la nueva serie de televisión de Netflix.

Mozhet li spasenie ot vernoj gibeli obernutsja takim koshmarom, chto dazhe smert pokazhetsja miloserdnym darom sudby? Mozhet.

La ricerca di un immigrato albanese scomparso misteriosamente e in realtà finito nelle reti di una giustizia incomprensibile e assurda...

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Murder stories and mysteries that will take you back in time.

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Murder-mystery meets comic-caper in our collection of humorous crime fiction in German.

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We are bringing you a selection of the best thrillers in Spanish.

Classic French Thrillers

It's true, the ageing detectiv is crippled with arthritis, but have his poweres of deduction finally deserted him?

£5.45

Arsène Lupin - A French Robin Hood.

By Maurice Leblanc

£10.95

11 puzzles that pit Sherlock Holmes against his arch nemesis Moriarty.

By Arthur Conan Doyle

£7.75

The disappearance of a bride on her wedding day...

By Mary Higgins Clark

£11.95

The FBI turns to Dr. Hannibal Lecter for an insight into the deadly madman they are pursuing.

By Thomas Harris

£10.95

A narrative of a murder investigation and an astonishing chronicle of the Middle Ages.

By Umberto Eco

£6.75

The haunting story of a young woman consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.

By Daphne Du Maurier

£13.75

Miss Marple and her Tuesday Club tackle a series of complex puzzles.

By Agatha Christie

£8.25

One of the most well-known and well-loved gothic horror stories.

By Gaston Leroux

£9.95

A Harvard symbology specialist is summoned to the Louvre when the curator is brutally murdered.

By Dan Brown

£13.50

French Crime Readers

The story of a very peculiar tie that once belonged to Georges Simenon.

£8.40

A corpse is found in the Seine - naked except for ... a pair of socks!

£20.75

Inspector Oscar Tenon investigates the murder of a football fan in Paris.

£8.40

Lieutenant Oscar Tenon is called upon to reconstruct the scene of crime when an film actress is murdered during filming.

£8.40

Alex investigates a crime at the Cannes film festival.

£7.95

An acrobat risks his life for money. Alex is a witness when he suffers a fatal accident. But is it really an accident?

£7.95

Alex investigates a crime in the art world.

£7.95

Alex is forced to participate in very suspicious reality TV show.

£18.50

A student reporting on a famous actress at the Cannes Film Festival becomes involved in a mystery.

£10.50

An archeologist is the chief suspect when an 18th century treasure chest is stolen.

£11.50

Two cases for Auguste C Dupin, Edgar Allan Poe's great detective.

£11.75

The famous gentleman burglar discovers a strange crystal stopper.

£10.50

A police inspector is gravely wounded returning from a visit to a young lady.

£12.95

An apparently motiveless attempt to murder a tramp requires investigation by Maigret, the psychologist of crime...

£12.95

At the Opera House, everyone is talking about the mysterious Phantom but despite some terrible events, the show must go on...

£5.50

Who is Mr Hyde, the man who sneaks into the house of Dr Jekyll? What secrets are the pair keeping?

£8.75

Can Arsène Lupin overcome the challenges and puzzles set for him by his enemies?

£8.10

A series of strange video messages lead Rachel on a hunt across Paris in search of the sender.

£8.10

An Argentinian painter disappears - is he in danger?

£8.10

When a condemned man escapes from prison, can Maigret prove he is innocent of his crime?

£8.10

Spanish Historical Thrillers

Una nueva intriga en el Madrid del Siglo de Oro.

By Alfonso Mateo-Sagasta

£12.95

Una peligrosa asesina fugada. Un joven muerto en extrañas circunstancias. Una familia repleta de secretos.

By Jerónimo Tristante

£9.80

¿Puede un asesinato convertirse en una obra de arte?

By Alejandro Corral

£18.95

La novela emblemàtica de Umberto Eco.

By Umberto Eco

£15.75

Luis Zueco traslada al lector a una epoca en que la palabra impresa podía ser el arma màs peligrosa.

By Luis Zueco

£11.50

Una historia épica de asesinatos, espionaje y grandes batallas en la época del emperador Marco Aurelio.

By Alberto Caliani

£19.95

Una apasionante historia que cambió el destino de España y el poder en el Mediterràneo.

By Jorge Molist

£21.50

Javier Sierra recupera uno de los enigmas màs fascinantes de la historia del arte.

By Javier Sierra

£14.50

Un grupo de gladiadores dispuestos a todo avanza por las alcantarillas de Roma.

By Santiago Posteguillo

£14.50

El asesinato de Sócrates recrea magistralmente la época màs extraordinaria de nuestra historia.

By Marcos Chicot

£15.75

Spannendes für junge Menschen

Die ersten zwei Abenteuer eines ungewöhnlichen Teams!

By Antje Szillat

£10.95

By Florian Beckerhoff

£14.50

Sturmfreie Bude bei der Schnüfflerbande!

By Sven Gerhardt

£10.75

By Frauke Scheunemann

£10.75

TKKG löst jeden Fall!

By Kirsten Vogel

£7.85

12 spannende Ratekrimis, rote Folienlupe inklusive!

By Ursel Scheffler

£11.75

By Ulf Blanck

£8.80

Nervenzermürbend und dramatisch.

By Monika Feth

£9.90

Eine abgelegene Reha-Klinik ist Schauplatz dieses Med-Thrillers.

By Ursula Poznanski

£10.50

Die Olchies treffen Nessie!

By Erhard Dietl

£13.75

Italian Thrillers in Translation

Mixed in with traditional sleuthing we find a novel about character and family history, domestic violence, changing Italy, and the textures of life in Bologna.

English

By Grazia Verasani

£11.75

A red thread leading to the shadow of someone hell-bent on protecting a sacred secret.

English

By Ilaria Tuti

£8.99

A bomb explodes in the centre of Florence, hitting the car of Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara of the elite Squadra Mobile. The attack rocks the ancient city to its foundations. Ferrara was clearly the target.

English

By Michele Giuttari

£8.99

The first installment in the Bar Lume Series.

English

By Marco Malvaldi

£9.99

Annibale Canessa was a legend: the most notorious cop during Italy's brutal Years of Lead, he hunted down terrorist suspects with unmatched ferocity.

English

By Roberto Perrone

£9.99

De Giovanni is one of the most versatile, prolific, and successful European mystery in Europe.

English

By Maurizio De Giovanni

£13.99

One spring afternoon, defence attorney Guerrieri is confronted with an unexpected spectre from his past. In her youth, Lorenza had been a beautiful and unpredictable girl with dazzling charm. A changed woman faces him in his office that day.

English

By Gianrico Carofiglio

£8.99

James Ellroy fans will be satisfied." - Publishers Weekly

English

By Massimo Carlotto

£12.99

In the piazza, a man lies dead. No one will say if they witnessed his killing. This presents a challenge to the investigating officer, a man who believes in the values of a democratic and modern societ

English

By Leonardo Sciascia

£9.99

it is a work of universal significance and protean genius: a rich social novel, a comic opera, an act of political resistance, a blazing feat of baroque wordplay, and a haunting story of life and death.

English

By Carlo Emilio Gadda

£9.99

Crime Fiction for Learners of Italian

For Roberta, a young DJ in Florence, music is her life. But not everyone in this beautiful city is a rock music fan...

£8.55

Everything is set for the famous horse race, the Palio di Siena, when a mysterious murderer strikes...

£11.50

When a mysterious crime is committed in a famous restaurant in the city of Milan, a young waitress is hot on the heels of the culprit.

£9.60

Inspector De Angelis returns to Naples for the Miracle of San Gennaro but the blood of the ancient saint is not the only blood to be found...

£9.75

The theft of a priceless manuscript threatens the friendship of the young protagonists: could the thief be among them?

£7.60

No musician is safe while a mysterious assasin has their sights on the Italian opera community.

£9.20

Six short stories featuring Camilleri's famous Sicilian police inspector, Salvo Montalbano.

£11.95

Everything seems perfect until a series of unpleasant accidents unsettles the quiet luxury of the Grand Hotel du Lac.

£10.95

A murder mystery, not without twists, and the start of a teenage romance...

£10.50

Set in Lombardy, the wife of a prominent lawyer vanishes without a trace. An intriguing story of deceit, scandal and conspiracy.

£11.95

New Releases in Russian Crime Fiction

Teoriya otdalennyh posledstvij tragedii izuchaet, chto vliyaet na cheloveka, perezhivshego gore. Razbirayutsya uchenye-kriminalisty.

By Alexandra Marinina

£15.95

Kak tolko Bogolyubov stanovitsia direktorom muzeya izobrazitelnyh iskusstv v Pereslavle, vokrug nego nachinayut tvorit'sya voistinu strannye, "chudnye" dela!

By Tatiana Ustinova

£8.95

Sjemnaya kvartira Anny vyhodila oknami na turmu. Eto i stalo prichinoj krutyh peremen. Anna okazalas' v samom centre golovokruzhitel'nyh sobytij. I, pohozhe konca im ne predviditsya...

By Tatiana Poliakova

£8.70

The last book from Tatiana Poliakova, the master of Russian crime fiction.

By Tatiana Poliakova

£15.50

Evlampiya Romanova nashla novuyu rabotu v dizajnerskom byuro. No i tam ne oboshlos bez priklyuchenij!

By Daria Dontsova

£7.70

V centre goroda ischezaet doch krupnogo biznesmena. Prestupnirk hiter i opasen. Final istorii shokiroval vsekh...

By Vadim Agapov

£8.70

15 let nazad pri zagadochnyh obstoyatelstvah ischezla mestnaya koroleva krasoty. Ee priznali utonuvshej. No Anne udalos vytashchit na svet novye obstoyatelstva nashumevshej istorii...

By Anna Kniazeva

£8.70

Detektivnye romany Lyudmily Martovoj uchat nichgeo ne boyat'sya - ved esli posmotret svoim straham v lico, s nimi budet gorazdo legche borot'sya!

By Lyudmila Martova

£8.70

Odin paren. Dve devushki. Yavno kogo-to ne khavataet... Uvlekatelnyj kriminalnyj roman dlia vsekh vozrastov.

By Vladimir Kolychev

£8.95

Roman-katastrofa, antiutopiya, roud-stori, postmodernistskij triller. Voshel v long-listy premij "NOS" "Nacionalnyj bestseller", stal finalistom premij Prix Bob Morane i zhurnala Elle.

By Yana Vagner

£17.75

Russian Scary Stories for Older Children

Petya's Birthday party is going to take place at... the Chumnoy Fort! Instead of Birthday treats and surprises the children face the ominous secret of the past.

By M.A. Melnikova

£9.95

This is a compilation of scary stories from different countries and continents, including old tales, superstitions, legends, and modern horror stories of various peoples.

By M.A. Ryklin

£9.95

Vika thinks about using someone else's talents for the school competition. But this person belongs to a different world, the world of shadows. She will have to pay the price for such a gift...

By Anna Letiagina

£9.95

The story begins with Genka fallling in love with Rita, and her confession that she is not quite alive... She needs his heart! Find out what this sinister love story results in.

By Valeri Ronshin

£9.95

This town is full of strange new people. They all are quite pretty and live in pretty houses, but something is not right about them. It is the weird cold feeling they produce. Find out if the young characters of the story will be able to save their town from the aliens!

By Elena Nesterina

£9.95

This story with elements of sci-fi and horror will be an excellent choice for a teenager, as it involves subjects popular among kids such as smartphones and time travel.

By A.G. Ozornina

£9.95

Ivan IV, or as they call him the Terrible, killed his own son. This is a school story. But who knows what happened in real life?.. His ghost now is even much scarier at school when it's dark...

By E.A. Usacheva

£9.95

Tajka from the 3rd form happens to find her witch great-grandmother's box, and now she learns to do her own magic! But for this she will have to pay the price...

By G.A. Gordienko

£9.95

This edition includes 3 favourite scary stories by Oster written in his clever style with a generous portion of irony. Children who don't even like reading will love this book!

By Grigorij Oster

£9.95

As usual at nights children in a school camp tell each other scary stories - the red hand, the black sheet, the green fingers... The next morning however the stories come alive!

By Eduard Uspensky

£9.95

Autores de crimes brasileiros e lusófones

By Joáo Tordo

£27.95

By José Rodrigues Dos Santos

£25.95

By José Viegas

£19.50

By Tony Bellotto

£6.80

By Rubem Fonseca

£17.95

By Nuno Nepomuceno

£26.50

By Richard Zimler

£18.50

By José Rodrigues Dos Santos

£27.75

By Patricia Melo

£13.75

By Rubem Fonseca

£19.50

Nordic noir in Portuguese

By Lars Kepler

£20.75

By Anders Roslund

£20.75

By Jo Nesbo

£29.95

By Hakan Nesser

£22.50

By Asa Larsson

£25.50

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