Vittorio Curtoni Books

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.

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

This assured debut thriller delivers a gripping narrative as a young American doctor, haunted by his father's murder, becomes embroiled in a chilling international conspiracy. Dr. Paul Osborn, while in Paris, recognizes the man who stabbed his father in 1966. Determined to uncover the truth behind his father's unsolved death and seek revenge, Osborn's plan leads to a series of gruesome killings, revealing the involvement of powerful forces. He teams up with Vera Monneray, a Paris medical student, as they evade the police, Interpol, and an L.A. cop investigating a string of surgically precise decapitations. Meanwhile, Joanna Marsh, a physical therapist, accompanies Elton Lybarger, a Swiss national recovering from a stroke, back to Zurich, where he is celebrated by influential German business leaders. As a Nazi resurgence plot unfolds, the tension escalates with shocking twists, including Joanna's drug-fueled escapades and a catastrophic train wreck. A massive explosion in secret chambers beneath Berlin propels Osborn on a thrilling chase through Europe and the Alps, ultimately exposing the dark ambitions of a bygone era. This is a page-turner that demands readers' full attention, whether at the beach or during an all-nighter.

When Laurel Vega is arrested for the murder of her husband, her defense attorney uncovers a few skeletons in the Vega family closet.

Science fiction. Returning to Harlan's World to achieve retribution for a lost love, Takeshi Kovacs becomes caught up in political intrigue when he comes to the aid of a woman being hunted by a savage young Envoy who claims that he is Kovacs himself

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.

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.

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...

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

The bestselling “master of the medical thriller” (The New York Times) confronts one of the most compelling issues of our time: personality-altering drugs and the complex moral questions they raise. When neuroscientist Edward Armstrong begins dating Kimberly Stewart, a descendant of a woman who was hanged as a witch at the time of the Salem witch trials, he takes advantage of the opportunity to delve into a pet theory: that the “devil” in Salem in 1692 had been a hallucinogenic drug inadvertently consumed with mold-tainted grain. In an attempt to prove his theory, Edward grows the mold he believes responsible with samples from the Stewart estate. In a brilliant designer-drug transformation, the poison becomes Ultra, the next generation of antidepressants with truly startling therapeutic capabilties. But who can be sure the drug is safe for consumers? Who defines the boundaries of “normal” human behavior? And if the drug’s side effects are proven to be dangerous—even terrifying—how far will the medical community go to alter their standards of acceptable risk?