20. The Curse of the Pharaos, Elizabeth Peters

312 páginas

Join our plucky Victorian Egyptologist, together with her devastatingly handsome and brilliant husband Radcliffe, in another exciting escapade. When Lady Baskerville's husband Sir Henry dies after discovering what may have been an undisturbed royal tomb in Luxor, she appeals to eminent archaeologist Radcliffe Emerson and his wife Amelia to take over the excavation. Amid rumours of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, the intrepid couple proceeds to Egypt, where they begin to suspect that Sir Henry did not die a natural death, and they are confident that the accidents that plague the dig are caused by a sinister human element, not a pharoah's curse.

19. O Terceiro Reich, Roberto Bolano

324 páginas

Há uma espécie de detective literário, personagens peculiares e um sem-fim de referências literárias – que darão muito gozo ao leitor. A saber: Udo Berger, que sempre quis ser um grande escritor, mas que tem de se conformar em ser o campeão de “jogos de & estratégia guerra em Stuttgart”, decide ir ao Hotel del Mar, na Costa Brava catalã, com a sua nova namorada, Ingeborg (nome de uma das personagens de 2666). O objectivo é treinar-se para participar num novo jogo de estratégia, justamente Terceiro Reich, e preparar-se para ganhar um torneio internacional. Eles compartilham suas férias com um outro casal alemão, Charlie e Hanna, até que o primeiro destes desaparece misteriosamente depois de se cruzar com dois sinistros personagens que também levantam suspeitas nas autoridades locais: «O Lobo» e «O Cordeiro». Entretanto, Udo Berger é perseguido por um detective estranho e sombrio e, atormentado por essa perseguição sem sentido, acaba por entrar em delírio com a “paisagem surreal da Costa Brava”. Tudo isto acontece quando entra num jogo de vida ou morte com um personagem enigmático e de rosto desfigurado, O Queimado.

18. A Necessary Evil, Alex Kava

490 páginas

As the killing spree continues unabated, it becomes clear to Maggie O'Dell—the FBI profiler assigned to the case—that more than one perpetrator is responsible. As she begins to drill down into the facts, Maggie discovers a disturbing Internet role-playing game for youths who have been victims of male authority figures—including Catholic priests.With the first real lead in the investigation, Maggie wonders if this group has turned cyberspace justice into reality by dispensing their own brand of vengeance. As the ritualistic killings leave America's heartland reeling, Maggie gets a second lead—one that leaves her stunned.For the past four years she has been driven by blind determination to find Father Michael Keller, the human monster whose acts of brutality continue to haunt her to this day. Sick and twisted, the priest seems to have vanished without a trace. But with an irony that only life can offer, now he has become a target. When Keller offers to help Maggie solve the crimes in exchange for protection, she has no choice but to ally herself with the elusive child killer—the person she despises with a conviction that's almost religious in its fervor. Maggie must cross a dangerous line into a world of malevolence and evil from which she may not return unscathed. Maggie knows the bargain is a necessary evil…one that may be made in blood...

17. Wedding Belles, Zoe Barnes

340 páginas

Nothing is going to go wrong with Belle Craine's dream wedding. Her mum won't let it. Unfortunately, nobody's told an Australian girl called Mona Starr, who turns up on the Craines' doorstep without warning and announces that she's Belle's long-lost half-sister. It's bad enough, but Belle also has to face the fact that her fianc, Kieran, is spending an awful lot of time with ex-model Mona - a fact which her teenage sister, Jax, delights in pointing out. Is Belle being paranoid, or has she got a fight on her hands if she wants to keep her man? And more to the point: is he worth fighting for?

16. 9th Judgement, James Patterson

353 páginas

The most personal.

A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in bloodred lipstick.

The most dangerous.

The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar who is about to steal millions of dollars' worth of precious jewels. In just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria.

The most exciting Women's Murder Club novel ever.

Lindsay spends every waking hour working with her partner, Rich--and her desire for him threatens to tear apart both her engagement and the Women's Murder Club. Before Lindsay and her friends can piece together either case, one of the killers forces Lindsay to put her own life on the line--but is it enough to save the city?

15. A Vida nas palavras de Inês Tavares, Alice Vieira

135 páginas

Que fazer, quando se tem 13 anos, se pediu um i-pod pelo Natal e se recebe um diário? Aqui se relata – pelas palavras da própria – um ano da vida de Inês Tavares, com as suas melhores amigas (e dois amigos, porque os rapazes fazem sempre jeito para levar às festas…) e as suas grandes paixões: o chocolate e o Brad Pitt; para além da paz no mundo, claro. Uma fatia da vida dos nossos dias, em tom divertido, com a qualidade da escrita de Alice Vieira.

14. Meia Hora para mudar a minha vida, Alice Vieira

154 páginas

Ela ficou a olhar para o carro, até que ele desapareceu ao fundo da rua. Depois correu para casa abriu a porta,atravessou o corredor, entrou no quarto, abriu a gaveta,encontrou a agenda.Teclou o número no telemóvel. Ela sabe que vai finalmente regressar a casa.Diz-se muitas vezes que a nossa vida é um palco. No caso de Branca, que nasceu no meio de uma enorme salva de palmas, a expressão é mesmo para ser levada à letra —como, mais tarde, ela acabará por perceber.

13. The Twelfth Card, Jeffery Deaver

521 páginas

Geneva Settle is a bright young high school student from Harlem writing a paper about one of her ancestors, a former slave called Charles Singleton. Geneva is also the target of a ruthless professional killer. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his policewoman partner Amelia Sachs are called into the case, working frantically to anticipate where the hired gun will strike next and how to stop him, all the while trying to get to the truth of Charles Singleton, and the reason that Geneva has been targeted. For Charles Singleton had a secret - a secret that may strike at the very heart of the United States constitution, and have disastrous consequences for human rights today. And Sachs is going to have to search a crime scene that's 140 years old before she can stop the killer.