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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
To close murder cases under open skies, he's your man. Out of bestselling author Craig Johnson's mystery novels strides Walt Longmire, the charismatic and unflappable sheriff of Absroka county and the world-weary yet dedicated lead character of this spellbinding hit series.
2) Flight
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
3) Blue velvet
Series
Criterion collection volume 977
Language
English
Formats
Description
Home from college, Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) makes an unsettling discovery: a severed human ear, lying in a field. In the mystery that follows, by turns terrifying and darkly funny, writer-director David Lynch burrows deep beneath the picturesque surfaces of small-town life. Driven to investigate, Jeffrey finds himself drawing closer to his fellow amateur sleuth, Sandy Williams (Laura Dern), as well as their person of interest, lounge singer...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
While on an investigation into a series of grisly murders, veteran detective Dave Robicheaux navigates his way through the Louisiana bayou and the dark, sultry world of New Orleans mobster 'Baby Feet' Balboni. Layers of corruption and long-dead secrets reawaken grudges and a lethal alliance.
5) Twixt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Hall Baltimore, who is a writer, is on a book tour and uncovers a disturbing murder that could be the source material for his next novel. But as Hall investigates the killing, he finds himself confronted by chilling nightmares, including the ghost of a young girl. As he uncovers more horrifying revelations, Hall will discover that the story has more to do with his own life than he could ever have imagined.
6) Watchmen
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the United States, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. But, when one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up, but no less determined, masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover the plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers, Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging...
7) Gattaca
Series
Language
English
Description
As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realize his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete. Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a beautiful co-worker. When a flight director...
8) Night moves
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Former football player and present private detective Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as an aging Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her stepdaughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection with the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Season eight begins six months after LaGuerta's murder, and Dexter is still managing life as a dad, brother, and serial killer. As Deb struggles to deal with the consequences of her actions, a mysterious woman comes to work with Miami Metro, offering firsthand information on Dexter's past.
10) The thin man
Language
English
Description
The thin man: Nick and Nora Charles investigate the disappearance of an inventor.
After the thin man: "New Year's Eve and a new mystery surrounding the philandering husband of Nora's cousin."--Container.
Another thin man: "And baby makes three. Meet Nick, Jr. (and join the boithday bash thrown by some of da boys) in this breezy outing that takes the Charleses to the Long Island estate of an industrialist who turns out to be a murder target."--Container.
Shadow...
11) La orden
Author
Series
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Gabriel Allon se ha deslizado silenciosamente a Venecia para pasar unas vacaciones muy necesarias con su esposa y sus dos hijos pequeños. Pero cuando el Papa Pablo VII muere repentinamente, Gabriel es llamado a Roma por el leal secretario privado del Santo Padre, el arzobispo Luigi Donati. A mil millones de fieles católicos se les ha dicho que el Papa murió de un ataque al corazón. Donati, sin embargo, tiene dos buenas razones para sospechar que...
Series
Language
English
Description
Charlotte was a Southern belle preparing to elope with her married lover-- until he was murdered. Now, 37 years later, she lives alone in her mansion, slowly going mad as she is haunted by the memory of the unsolved crime and tormented by the local townspeople who believe she killed him. But when her cousin comes to visit, the skeletons begin to tumble out of the closet-- and that's when the terror really begins.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"¿Qǔ secretos esconde la misteriosa desaparici̤n de una leyenda del rock de los noventa? Lola Acosta viaja de Madrid a Londres tras la pista de su padre biol̤gico, Peter Russ, la mayor estrella de la m͠sica espąola de los noventa, que desapareci̤ veintitřs ąos atr̀s al inicio del concierto m̀s importante de su carrera. Su investigaci̤n ir̀ revelando c̤mo el suceso transform̤ a todo su entorno: el hermano del cantante, la exnovia, el...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Matt Passmore is back as Jim Longworth, a Chicago detective who relocates to South Florida, in the compelling and wryly humorous season of The Glades. When he's not hitting the links, Longworth is haunted by old ghosts, facing an intriguing caseload of baffling homicides ... everyone is a suspect. Meanwhile, Jim and Callie's fledgling relationship is threatened when her husband is released from prision and an old flame reappears"--Container.
15) Freelancers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss wants to see if he has what it takes to be rogue. When the truth about his father₂s death is revealed, he won't stop until justice has been served.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Vietnam veteran turned private investigator Thomas Magnum works as head of security on the luxurious Hawaiian estate of wealthy, but absentee owner Robin Masters. With the mansion and its amenities - including a 308 GTS Ferrari - at his disposal, Magnum investigates his cases while clashing with the estate's strict caretaker, Jonathan Higgins, an ex-British Army soldier.
Author
Series
Atlee Pine volume 01
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
El autor superventas n.°1 del New York Times presenta a una extraordinaria nueva protagonista que deberá enfrentarse al mismo tiempo a nuevas amenazas...y a antiguas pesadillas. Atlee Pine vive marcada por la terrible experiencia que vivió en su infancia: cuando tenía seis años, un desconocido secuestró a su hermana gemela, Mercy, y nadie volvió a verla nunca más. Tres décadas después, Atlee se ha convertido en una agente del FBI con extraordinarias...
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