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Vittorio Curtoni

    Blameless in Abaddon
    True Crime
    Undue Influence
    The day after tomorrow
    Altered Carbon
    Hap & Leonard
    • Hap & Leonard

      Una stagione selvaggia - Mucho mojo - Il mambo degli orsi

      • 746pages
      • 27 heures de lecture

      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.

      Hap & Leonard
      4,2
    • Altered Carbon

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      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

      Altered Carbon
      4,1
    • The day after tomorrow

      • 692pages
      • 25 heures de lecture

      A thriller which weaves together three stories of international intrigue. In the first a doctor has to confront his father's killer, in the second a detective investigates a series of horrific murders, and in the third an international organization devises a masterplan of apocalyptic dimensions.

      The day after tomorrow
      4,1
    • Undue Influence

      • 462pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Defense attorney Paul Madriani is mired in a complex web of intrigue and murder when the sister of his late wife, embroiled in a bitter custody battle with her former husband, becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her ex-husband and his new young wife.

      Undue Influence
      4,0
    • True Crime

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      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.

      True Crime
      4,0
    • Blameless in Abaddon

      • 420pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      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.

      Blameless in Abaddon
      4,0
    • 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...

      Phantoms
      4,0
    • Compelling Evidence

      • 608pages
      • 22 heures de lecture

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

      Compelling Evidence
      3,9
    • Manipulations

      • 318pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Enceinte, les sentiments de la jeune danseuse Jennifer Schonberg sont mitigés ; et plus encore ceux de son mari, Adam : à la veille d'une brillante carrière médicale, il doit abandonner ses études et entrer à la compagnie pharmaceutique Arolen. Le monde médical croit connaître le pouvoir d'Arolen, mais le complot que va découvrir Adam dépasse l'imagination de tous : au large de Miami, les plus grands médecins participent à de bien étranges croisières; à Porto Rico, dans des laboratoires bien gardés, des apprentis sorciers jouent avec la vie... Mais l'horreur peut aussi prendre le visage de la respectable clinique Julian, à New York, où les sourires dissimulent d'étranges pratiques. Adam va se livrer à une course poursuite infernale pour déjouer le projet Arolen car dans ces manipulations, la vie de sa femme et de son enfant est en jeu. Un terrifiant suspense médical dans un monde que l'auteur, chirurgien lui-même, connait parfaitement. Tout ce qui arrive dans Manipulations pourrait se réaliser demain... ou même aujourd'hui.

      Manipulations
      3,9
    • Altered Carbon - 1: Bay City

      • 509pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      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.

      Altered Carbon - 1: Bay City
      3,7