Vittorio Curtoni Knihy

Le prime vertiginose avventure di Hap e Leonard, la coppia di detective più strampalata e divertente del noir «made in Usa». Tre romanzi avvincenti dalla prima all'ultima pagina. Una bionda esplosiva che torna dal passato, un milione di dollari sporchi da recuperare nel letto di un fiume ghiacciato, una strana banda di spostati che non ha perso la voglia di cambiare il mondo, lo scheletro di un bambino nascosto sotto il pavimento, un'eredità inattesa, case fatiscenti, musicisti blues. E ancora: magia nera, sesso, horror e un umorismo strepitoso, che in Lansdale non manca mai.

Science fiction. Takeshi Kovacs is an Envoy, a soldier trained to withstand transfer from one body to the next. He is employed (resleeved) by a Meth (as in Methuselah) billionaire who was killed (and subsequently resleeved) and who wants to know how and why

This assured debut thriller delivers a gripping narrative as a young American doctor, haunted by his father's murder, becomes embroiled in a chilling international conspiracy. Dr. Paul Osborn, while in Paris, recognizes the man who stabbed his father in 1966. Determined to uncover the truth behind his father's unsolved death and seek revenge, Osborn's plan leads to a series of gruesome killings, revealing the involvement of powerful forces. He teams up with Vera Monneray, a Paris medical student, as they evade the police, Interpol, and an L.A. cop investigating a string of surgically precise decapitations. Meanwhile, Joanna Marsh, a physical therapist, accompanies Elton Lybarger, a Swiss national recovering from a stroke, back to Zurich, where he is celebrated by influential German business leaders. As a Nazi resurgence plot unfolds, the tension escalates with shocking twists, including Joanna's drug-fueled escapades and a catastrophic train wreck. A massive explosion in secret chambers beneath Berlin propels Osborn on a thrilling chase through Europe and the Alps, ultimately exposing the dark ambitions of a bygone era. This is a page-turner that demands readers' full attention, whether at the beach or during an all-nighter.

When Laurel Vega is arrested for the murder of her husband, her defense attorney uncovers a few skeletons in the Vega family closet.

Science fiction. Returning to Harlan's World to achieve retribution for a lost love, Takeshi Kovacs becomes caught up in political intrigue when he comes to the aid of a woman being hunted by a savage young Envoy who claims that he is Kovacs himself

Everitt, a journalist, is called in to take over a colleague's assignment: an interview with a convicted murderer on the day he is to be executed. Everitt suspects Beachum is the wrong man and must act fast if he is to prove Beachum's innocence and save him from the deadly injection.

Set in a Florida theme park, the narrative features a comatose, colossal God as a central attraction. The plot thickens when a cunning judge initiates a trial in The Hague, accusing God of crimes against humanity. This unique blend of humor and ferocity explores themes of divinity and accountability, making it a standout title recognized as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Closer...They found the first body hideously swollen and still warm. Then they found two severed hands. Then two staring heads in wall ovens. 150 were grotesquely dead and it had hardly begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.and closer...At first they thought it was a maniac. Then they thought it was an obscene new disease. Then they thought it was the Russians.and closer...Then they found out the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...

'The best debut, in my opinion, is COMPELLING EVIDENCE' John Grisham

The extraordinary new novel from one of the brightest stars of British SF takes mankind to the brink of a terrifying secret.

Budúci lekár Adam Schonberg po otehotnení svojej manželky preruší štúdium, a aby uživil rodinu, zamestná sa vo farmaceutickej firme. Jeho žena sa zverí do starostlivosti vynikajúceho odborníka na klinike, ktorá je vybavená najmodernejšou technikou.

Bay City è San Francisco, ma fra quattrocento anni. I pensieri, la coscienza e tutto quello che definisce un essere umano sono racchiusi in un semplice chip. Chi possiede denaro e ricchezze non muore mai, dato che è sufficiente far impiantare il proprio chip nel corpo di qualcun altro. Se si viola la legge, si viene semplicemente 'disattivati'. In passato Takeshi Kovacs è stato un soldato, ma dopo essersi dato al crimine è stato disattivato. All'improvviso però si sveglia in un altro corpo: a riportarlo in vita è stato un uomo ricchissimo che ha bisogno del suo aiuto. Tra criminali disposti a tutto, sparatorie e tradimenti Takeshi si troverà invischiato in una vicenda torbida e pericolosa, in cui morire definitivamente è forse il male minore.

The Mulvaneys of High Point Farm in Mt. Ephraim, New York, are a large and fortunate clan, blessed with good looks, abundant charisma, and boundless promise. But over the twenty-five year span of this ambitious novel, the Mulvaneys will slide, almost imperceptibly at first, from the pinnacle of happiness, transformed by the vagaries of fate into a scattered collection of lost and lonely souls. It is the youngest son, Judd, now an adult, who attempts to piece together the fragments of the Mulvaneys' former glory, seeking to uncover and understand the secret violation that occasioned the family's tragic downfall. Each of the Mulvaneys endures some form of exile-physical or spiritual-but in the end they find a way to bridge the chasms that have opened up among them, reuniting in the spirit of love and healing. Profoundly cathartic, Oates' acclaimed novel unfolds as if, in the darkness of the human spirit, she has come upon a source of light at its core. Rarely has a writer made such a startling and inspiring statement about the value of hope and compassion. Moving away from the sometimes dark and harrowing tone of her more recent novels, including Zombie and What I Lived For, Oates's storytelling takes a profound and luminous turn in a tale that spans 25 years in the life of one American family--its rise, fall, and ultimate redemption.

Dove sono le stelle? Perché chi si avvicina ai confini del drive-in muore orribilmente? E chi può avere interesse a tenere in ostaggio una folla istupidita, imbarbarita, inferocita, costretta oltretutto a vedere ininterrottamente "La notte dei morti viventi"? E la paura dilaga, anche al di qua degli schermi giganti su cui scorrono le immagini. Mentre in un primo momento a coloro che tentavano la fuga dal drive-in era riservata una fine orrenda, ora le cose sembrano andare diversamente: pare ci sia qualche temerario che possa varcare la soglia impenetrabile oltre la quale si vede solo il buio assoluto...

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.