Un jeune garçon, Joey, se noie dans dans un lac du nord de l’État de New York, Black’s Creek.Tommy, 14 ans, et ses deux amis ont assisté à la noyade. Tommy a même essayé de sauver son copain, en vain. Les trois jeunes sont sûrs de savoir qui l’a poussé à se suicider : pour eux c’est Norman Amstrong, « l’anormal ».Mais il n’y a pas suffisamment de preuves et les enfants décident de prendre eux-mêmes les choses en main.Cette histoire ...

Sometimes robbing a bank can become a lot more dangerous than you planned.Halloween night. Belfast city centre. In the freezing, pelting rain, three men in wolf costumes decide to rob a bank. Everything goes awry for the bank robbers when the security systems do not run the way they expect!About to flee empty handed, the youngest of the trio, Brian, confronts a customer who is gripping a large briefcase. The man, tall and very muscular strikes an intimating figure,...

'Security guards told the police that they were surprised by assailants who had somehow evaded the sophisticated security system. They could not say how many robbers there were…it appears to be one of the biggest robberies in U.S. history.'New York Times, front pageIn 1993 $7.4 million was stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, the fifth largest robbery in US history. Sam Millar was a member of the gang who carried out the robber...

Bestseller in diversi paesi, On The Brinks racconta in prima persona le due vite di Sam Millar, dall'attivismo nell'Ira alla partecipazione a una delle più famose rapine della storia americana: una storia avvincente e adrenalinica. Del resto di spunti narrativi nella vita di questo ex militante dell'Ira divenuto scrittore crime di successo ce ne sono tantissimi. Dall'infanzia difficile nei quartieri cattolici di Belfast, alle lotte nel carcere di Long Kesh al fianco di Bobby Sands, dalla m...

A tense tale of murder, betrayal, sexual abuse and revenge, and the corruption at the heart of the respectable establishment.

In a wood at night, a young woman witnesses the murder of a whistleblower by a corrupt businessman, owner of an abattoir. Paul Goodman, a would-be snooker champion who works at the abattoir, has never known his father and believes that he deserted him when young. But he is befriended by the one man who holds the key to the mystery of his disappearance, the man responsible for his death.

Braquer une banque à Belfast le jour d’Halloween déguisés en loups semblait être une bonne idée. Se rendre compte que le coffre avait été vidé avant leur arrivée, un peu moins. Mais voler une mallette à un client de la banque qui leur avait gentiment suggéré d’aller se faire voir, c’était signer leur arrêt de mort.À Belfast, on sait qu’il faut être fou pour ne pas perdre la tête, et qu’il ne faut pas s’attaquer à ceux qui ont « l’Alzheimer irlandais » : ceux qui oublient tout sauf ...

A young boy drowns in a tragic accident in a lake in upstate New York. Fourteen-year-old year old Tommy and his two friends are sure they know who drove him to take his own life: the boy's father is also convinced and pressurises the local Sheriff, Tommy's father, to make an arrest. But there is not enough evidence, and the boys decide to take things into their own hands.A gripping tale of power, growing sexuality and the strength of rumours in a small community'Sam...

Young homeless women and drug addicts are being abducted before being brutally mutilated and murdered, and a city is held in a grip of unspeakable terror. The cops are unable - or unwilling - to apprehend the elusive serial killer, and corrupt politicians turn a seemingly blind and almost approving eye to the catalogue of murders.The perpetrator is cunning, wealthy and influential. More importantly, he has never once made a mistake in his grisly calling - until now. By abducting Ka...

Private Investigator Karl Kane returns to the streets of Belfast investigating the discovery of a severed hand. Karl believes it's the work of an elusive serial killer, but the police are claiming a simple vendetta between local criminals. Karl embarks on a nightmarish journey as he attempts to solve the mystery and soon he's suspecting Mark Wilson, his detested ex brother-in-law. But as the winter days become darker, Karl discovers that Wilson is more than a match for him when it comes to...

Karl Kane is a private investigator with a dark past. As a child, he witnessed the brutal rape and murder of his mother. The same man sexually molested Karl, leaving him for dead with horrific knife wounds covering his body. Years later, Karl has a chance to avenge his mother`s murder by killing the man responsible. The opportunity arises on one unforgettable Good Friday night.For reasons he later regards as cowardice, Karl allows the opportunity to slip through his hands, only to ...

1978, periferia di Belfast: in una cava abbandonata una donna semi-agonizzante viene assalita da un branco di cani randagi. Chi l'ha ridotta in fin di vita? Chi sono i personaggi influenti che da anni cercano di insabbiare questa storia? Vent'anni dopo tocca a Karl Kane provare a risolvere questo mistero, in un gioco di specchi che lo porta a scontrarsi con spacciatori, ex gangster, poliziotti corrotti, secondini sadici, e soprattutto con i fantasmi del suo passato. Kane è un investigatore...