57. Postcard Killers, James Patterson

514 Páginas

Paris is stunning in the summer 

NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer. 

The killing is simply marvelous

Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim. 

Wish you were here 

Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm--and they think they know where the next victims will be.

56. Os Amantes, John Connolly

354 Páginas

Charlie Parker há muito que enfrenta os seus fantasmas. Depois de ter saído da Polícia de Nova Iorque, e agora que vê a sua licença de detetive privado ser-lhe retirada, decide investigar algo que desde sempre o inquietou: o seu passado. Nomeadamente as circunstâncias trágicas que levaram o pai, Will Parker, a matar um jovem casal de namorados, tendo em seguida posto termo à sua própria vida, num ato tresloucado e sem motivo aparente. Um misterioso casal de amantes, detentores do segredo que tanto atormenta Charlie Parker, obriga-o a mergulhar a fundo na sua própria história, mesmo que isso signifique descobrir verdades incómodas e mentiras comprometedoras.

55. The Casual Vacancy, J.K.Rowling

503 Páginas

When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?

54. Last to Die, Tess Gerritsen

328 Páginas

For the second time in his short life, Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Two years ago, he barely escaped when his entire family was slaughtered. Now, at fourteen, in a hideous echo of the past, Teddy is the lone survivor of his foster family’s mass murder. Orphaned once more, the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turn—until the Boston PD puts detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this young man, Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead just one horrifying part of a relentless killer’s merciless mission. Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school, a sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn the secrets and skills of survival in a dangerous world. But even behind locked gates, and surrounded by acres of sheltering Maine wilderness, Jane fears that Evensong’s mysterious benefactors aren’t the only ones watching. When strange blood-splattered dolls are found dangling from a tree, Jane knows that her instincts are dead on. And when she meets Will Yablonski and Claire Ward, students whose tragic pasts bear a shocking resemblance to Teddy’s, it becomes chillingly clear that a circling predator has more than one victim in mind. Joining forces with her trusted partner, medical examiner Maura Isles, Jane is determined to keep these orphans safe from harm. But an unspeakable secret dooms the children’s fate—unless Jane and Maura can finally put an end to an obsessed killer’s twisted quest.

53. I, Michael Bennett, James Patterson

503 Páginas

Police officers shot 

Detective Michael Bennett arrests an infamous Mexican crime lord in a deadly chase that leaves Bennett's lifelong friend Hughie McDonough dead. From jail, the prisoner vows to rain epic violence down upon New York City-and to get revenge on Michael Bennett. 

Judges murdered 

To escape the chaos, Bennett takes his ten kids and their beautiful nanny, Mary Catherine, on a much-needed vacation to his family's cabin near Newburgh, New York. But instead of the calm and happy town he remembers from growing up, they step into a nightmare worse than they could have ever imagined. Newburgh is an inferno of warring gangs, and there's little the police-or Bennett-can do to keep the children safe. 

Target: Michael Bennett 

As violence overwhelms the state, Bennett is torn between protecting his hometown and saving New York City. A partner in his investigations, federal prosecutor Tara McLellan, brings him new weapons for the battle-and an attraction that endangers his relationship with Mary Catherine.

52. Headhunters, Jo Nesbo

265 Páginas

Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and he’s a master of his profession. But one career simply can’t support his luxurious lifestyle and his wife’s fledgling art gallery. At an art opening one night he meets Clas Greve, who is not only the perfect candidate for a major CEO job, but also, perhaps, the answer to his financial woes: Greve just so happens to mention that he owns a priceless Peter Paul Rubens painting that’s been lost since World War II—and Roger Brown just so happens to dabble in art theft. But when he breaks into Greve’s apartment, he finds more than just the painting. And Clas Greve may turn out to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to Roger Brow.

51. A Flor do Mal - O Aloendro Branco, Janet Filch

425 Páginas

O Aloendro Branco tem como personagem central Astrid Magnussen, a adolescente que narra este romance. Ingrid, a mãe de Astrid, é o motor de toda a história que se desenrola. Dotada de um comportamento agressivo, Ingrid despreza todos aqueles sentimentos que qualifica de menores como a autocompaixão e a fraqueza, fazendo crer a Astrid, através de uma visão romântica típica do seu espírito de poeta, que ambas eram descendentes dos selvagens e destemidos Vikings, os homens que tinham gelo nas veias em vez de sangue e que eram capazes de cometer as maiores atrocidades em nome da sua sede de sangue. Ingrid, consciente da sua beleza e capacidade de sedução e domínio do sexo oposto reaje negativamente ao ser abandonada pelo companheiro do momento. Num acto de frieza inequívoca Ingrid revela-se mais fatal que uma faca de gume afiado e envenena-o com o veneno das delicadas e belas flores do aloendro. Consequentemente Ingrid é presa, julgada e condenada a prisão perpétua. Astrid tem então 12 anos e a sua vida sofre uma mudança que para sempre irá marcar o seu percurso como ser humano. O uso do aloendro branco despoleta uma série de situações ao modificar permanentemente a vida de mãe e filha. A consequência directa resulta na entrega de Astrid aos serviços de adopção, e de casa adoptiva em casa adoptiva, sobrevivendo a agressões e violências gratuitas tanto das novas famílias como da própria mãe que, mesmo na prisão, exerce sobre Astrid todo o tipo de pressões psicológicas, a protagonista envereda por um caminho que a leva à descoberta do seu EU, suportando todos estes suplícios graças à sua impetuosa inteligência e talento artístico.

50. Not in the Flesh, Ruth Rendell

375 Páginas

When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master's first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred pounds. Then the dirt falls away to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and tendons of what is clearly a human hand. In "Not in the Flesh," Chief Inspector Wexford tries to piece together events that took place eleven years earlier, a time when someone was secretly interred in a secluded patch of English countryside. Now Wexford and his team will need to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the dead man among the eighty-five people in this part of England who have disappeared over the past decade. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that's become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise.