Mi biblioteca negra

Año: 2014

  • Llovida del cielo

    Sinopsis de Llovida del cielo

    En Llovida del cielo, una mañana de junio aparece en la plaza de A. Quintana el cadáver desnudo de una joven. Según el relato de una mujer, el cuerpo había caído de lo alto.

    El extraño caso cae en manos del escéptico comisario Salorio, quien se verá obligado a investigar incluso a un sector muy importante de la Iglesia tras la desaparición del Codex Calixtino, la joya del patrimonio artístico de la catedral.

    En una novela que retrata de forma exquisita y a la vez divertida la vida en Santiago de Compostela, Alfredo Conde construye una obra caracterizada por el humor y el sarcasmo, llena de pistas falsas, propia del mejor género negro.

    Sinopsis de la novela, por Alfredo Conde, tomada de Amazon

  • Chovida do ceo

    Sinopse de Chovida do ceo

    En Chovida do ceo, unha mañá de xuño aparece na praza da Quintana o cadáver espido dunha moza. Segundo o relato dunha testemuña, o corpo caera dende o alto da igrexa.

    O estraño caso será investigado polo escéptico comisario Salorio, que arrastra unha vida privada abondo complicada. Nunha cidade de forte carácter histórico e dirixida polas institucións que, no fondo, lle dan vida, Salorio verase obrigado a investigar tamén a unha parte importante da igrexa tras a desaparición do Codex Calixtino, a alfaia do patrimonio artístico da catedral.

    A novela retrata de forma exquisita e divertida a Compostela do noso tempo. Neste novo caso do compostelán inspector Salorio, Alfredo Conde ofrece unha inesquecible novela do mellor xénero negro, tinguida de humor, sarcasmo e unha doce melancolía.

    Sinopse da novela, de Alfredo Conde, tomada do libro

  • The Killing Hands

    Synopsis of The Killing Hands

    Just as Aussie FBI profiler Sophie Anderson is settling into her job in the L.A. bureau, she’s pulled into a case that’s different from anything she’s ever seen; the victim has had his throat ripped out. But what weapon could have caused such devastating injuries? And who is the John Doe?

    Sophie and her team are dealing with a skilled killer, someone who leaves virtually no forensic evidence. When the team links the body to an Asian criminal organization, things get even more mysterious. The victim has been missing for fifteen years, so where has he been and why has he returned? More important, who wanted him dead?

    As L.A.’s underworld rears its ugly head, Sophie will have to draw on her experience and her developing psychic skills to find a brilliant killer who’s carved a trail of death in organised crime across the US. He leaves only one thing behind him — horrifying murder scenes.

    Synopsis of The Killing Hands taken from Amazon

  • Liars and Thieves

    Synopsis of Liars and Thieves

    Detective Constable Scott Cullen finds his peaceful return from holiday scuppered when the body of a barman is found with a knife in his gut.

    What seems to be a straightforward case of violent jealousy soon reveals itself to have much darker links.

    Revelations of mounting debts, out of control gambling and organised crime lead to the discovery of another body.

    Desperate for a promotion, Cullen sets out to solve the murders, but can he untangle the web?

    This ebook also includes a short story, Christmas Steps, which sees Cullen investigate the gruesome murder of a businessman on a cold Christmas Eve in Edinburgh.

    Synopsis of Liars and Thieves taken from Amazon

  • Cops and Robbers

    Sinopsis of Cops and Robbers

    Things are finally going well for ADS Scott Cullen. He’s just moved in with his girlfriend and, thanks to a merger at work, the promotion he craves is almost in reach. Just so long as he can keep out of trouble…

    Then the severely decomposed body of a man is found amid the labyrinthine alleyways of Edinburgh’s Old Town; he has a screwdriver through his heart.

    The investigation leads Scott to unsettled scores in the music industry, where bands and their bitter rivalries might just have turned murderous.

    Suddenly things aren’t looking so good. Cullen’s relationship takes an alarming turn, just as the unsolved case begins to weigh heavily on him.

    Scott’s maverick tactics have helped him in the past, but will they come back to haunt him – and put others in danger?

    Sinopsis of Cops and Robbers taken from Amazon

  • Taken for Dead

    Synopsis of Taken for Dead

    It is a sunny Saturday in county Cork, and an Irish wedding is in full swing. Drunk uncles are toasting the bride. The Ceilidh band have played for hours. But the cutting of the cake will bring the wedding to a horrifying end. For there, grinning gruesomely up from the bottom tier, is the severed head of the local baker.

    Katie Maguire, of the Irish Garda, does not have any leads – until another local businessman goes missing in horrific circumstances. The murders appear to link to The Kings of Erin, a terrifying gang of torturers and extortionists. But these are dangerous men. And they will stop at nothing to throw Katie off the trail…

    Synopsis of Taken for Dead taken from Amazon

  • The Soul of Discretion

    Synopsis of The Soul of Discretion

    The cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it is just like any other place.

    As part of the same rapidly changing world, it shares the same hopes and fears, and the same kinds of crime, as any number of towns up and down the land.

    When one day DC Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton’s new Chief Constable, Kieron Bright, he is met by four plainclothes officers.

    He is asked to take the lead role in a complex, potentially dangerous undercover operation and must leave town immediately, without telling anyone – not even his girlfriend Rachel, who has only just moved in with him.

    Meanwhile, Simon’s sister Cat is facing difficult choices at work that will test her dedication to the NHS.

    But an urgent call about her and Simon’s father, Richard, soon presents her with a far greater challenge much closer to home.

    To complete his special op, Simon must inhabit the mind of the worst kind of criminal.

    As the op unfolds, Lafferton is dragged into the sort of case every town dreads. And Simon faces the fight of his life.

    Synopsis of The Soul of Discretion taken from Amazon

  • Stab in the Dark

    Synopsis of Stab in the Dark

    DC Scott Cullen likes to play hard and fast with the rules and while it might antagonise his colleagues – and superiors – it gets results.

    But resistance to his cowboy attitude, coupled with fears about a forthcoming police restructure, mean that things aren’t looking good for the maverick cop, especially when his personal life begins to crumble.

    Then the body of a young man turns up in a totalled car in West Lothian.

    It looks like a straightforward case until that seemingly accidental death turns into two undeniable murders and Cullen gets caught in the risky crossfire of several different investigations.

    When the case shines a light on the murky underworld of football hooliganism, things become unexpectedly too personal for comfort.

    Can Cullen work out what’s going on, or were his colleagues right about him all along?

    Synopsis of Stab in the Dark taken from Amazon

     

  • Red Light

    Synopsis of Red Light

    Somewhere in the city of Cork, a woman’s cry echoes through the rainy streets.

    On a bloodstained mattress in a grimy flat, a burly man lies dead. A terrified girl kneels over his body. She has been trapped here for three days. It doesn’t take DS Katie Maguire long to identify the murder victim: he’s a cruel and powerful pimp she’s been trying to convict for years.

    It’s Katie’s job to catch the killer. But with men like this dead, the city is safer – and so are the frightened young women who are trafficked into Cork. When a second pimp is horrifically murdered, Katie must decide. Should she do her job, or follow her conscience? Should she allow the killer to strike again?

    Synopsis of Red Light taken from Amazon

  • Cold Truth

    Synopsis of Cold Truth

    If it bleeds, it leads and Gina Davenport’s death led the local news that day.

    News cameraman, Ted Phillips, captured the plunge of therapist and best selling author, Gina Davenport, from an eighth story window – live – on what had begun as a slow news day.

    The shattered glass fell like rain. The camera rolled. And Davenport lay mangled on the concrete as a dark pool of blood spread out from her head.

    Was it suicide, or cold-blooded murder?

    Attorney Lou Mason had no doubt it was murder. Suicides jump out of open windows. Murderers break the glass. He couldn’t keep his mind off Gina Davenport’s murder. How could he?

    When an enigmatic young woman turns herself in, claiming she murdered Davenport, Mason takes the case. But something about her story just doesn’t add up.

    Trying to crack the case, Mason dives deep into a black market underworld  — one run on drugs and dirty money where truth comes at the highest possible price – life.

    Synopsis of Cold Truth taken from Amazon