New Releases by Don Winslow

En Irak, Charles Sprague a sauvé la vie de Frank Decker. Aujourd''hui, l''heure est venue pour Frank de prouver sa reconnaissance Kim, la superbe, la parfaite épouse de Charles, s''est volatilisée dans un luxueux centre commercial de Miami. La spécialité de Frank, c''est de retrouver les personnes disparues. Pour récupérer Kim, il sillonne l''Allemagne, où une bande de mafieux ukrainiens tient un florissant réseau de call-girls. Au fil de sa quête, sa loyauté envers Charles est mise à rude épreuve : son ami milliardaire ne fréquente pas seulement la jet-set, mais aussi des gangsters. Et Kim n''est pas forcément l''ange blond que l''on croyait. Il y a de la trahison dans l''air. Reste à savoir qui est le vrai traître ... (www.payot.ch).

Frank Machianno é um assassino de aluguel. Um assassino de aluguel aposentado, na verdade. Quando estava na ativa, era conhecido como Frankie Machine, mas os dias de crime ficaram no passado e ele leva uma vida tranquila no litoral de San Diego, onde é conhecido por ser um empresário comprometido e um pai e ex-marido exemplar.Quando, porém, o filho do atual chefe da máfia lhe pede um favor, Frank se vê obrigado a atender, e as ameaças de sua antiga profissão voltam a atormentá- -lo. Alguém do passado o quer morto e Frank precisa descobrir quem e por quê. O problema é que o rol de candidatos é tão extenso quanto a lista telefônica da Califórnia e o tempo de Frankie está acabando.Ao retratar com riqueza de detalhes a violência inata ao mundo da máfia, Don Winslow construiu um thriller magnífico, repleto de ação e de personagens carismáticos. Combinando bom humor, inteligência e dinamismo, O inverno de Frankie Machine transporta o leitor para os cenários quentes de San Diego e da cultura surfista, com o auxílio de um anti-herói cativante.“Um thriller envolvente. Assim como o personagem principal de seu livro, Don Winslow é bom no que faz.” The Wall Street Journal“Um livro com ritmo cinematográfico, potente ironia e grandes saídas.”People

"In Savages, Don Winslow introduced Ben and Chon, twenty-something best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O. Now, in his high-octane prequel, The Kings of Cool, Winslow reaches back in time to tell the story of how Ben, Chon, and O became the people they are. Spanning from 1960s Southern California to the recent past, it is a tale of family in all its forms--fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends and lovers. As the younger generation does battle with a cabal of drug dealers and crooked cops, they come to learn that their future is inextricably linked with their parents'' history. A series of breakneck twists and turns puts the two generations on a collision course, culminating in a stunning showdown that will ultimately force Ben, Chon, and O to choose between their real families and their love for each other"--Provided by publisher.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CARTEL. When Tim Kearney, a small-time criminal, slits the throat of a Hell''s Angel and draws a life sentence in a prison full of gang members, he knows he’s pretty much a dead man. That’s until the DEA makes Kearney an offer: impersonate the late, legendary dope smuggler Bobby Z so that the agency can trade him for one of their own, who was captured by a Mexican drug kingpin. Knowing his chances of survival are a little better than in prison, Kearney accepts, and he winds up in the middle of a desert at the notorious drug lord’s lavish compound. To his surprise he meets Bobby Z''s old flame, Elizabeth, and her son. At first, it’s a short vacation by the pool, but when things turn bloody, the three of them begin the most desperate flight of their lives, with drug lords, bikers, Indians, and cops furiously chasing after them. Whether he pulls it off, whether he can keep the kid and the girl and his life, makes this compelling novel a hilarious, fast-paced thriller about a con caught in a devil’s bargain.

Running a lucrative marijuana operation in Laguna Beach, sometime environmentalist Ben and mercenary Chon confront a dangerous adversary in the Mexican Baja cartel, which kidnaps their playmate and confidante Ophelia, compelling the duo to plot ingenious negotiations

En Frank Machianno és un sicari a sou retirat que va trencar els seus llaços amb la màfia de San Diego molts anys enrere. El passat, però, no queda tan lluny i un bon dia truquen a la seva porta: ha arribat l''hora de tornar un favor al capo de la família de Los Angeles. En Frank ha d''assistir a una trobada entre la banda de Detroit i la família de Los Angeles, però la trobada resulta ser un parany, una confabulació per matar en Frankie. Algú desitja veure''l mort, i ell haurà d''esbrinar per què, qui i com. El problema és que la llista de candidats és més llarga que una guia de telèfons i a en Frankie no li queda gaire temps.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Border, a “down-and-dirty dip into the treacherous social currents of Southern California” (The Wall Street Journal), in which P.I. Boone Daniels agrees to defend a young man accused of murdering a beloved surfer and local legend. Former cop turned investigator Boone Daniels lives to surf. He begins each day with the Dawn Patrol, a close-knit group of surfers who have one another’s backs in and out of the water. When one of their own, a local legend, is murdered, the small world of Pacific Beach is rocked to its core. But when Boone agrees to defend the young man accused, the outrage from the community is more than he ever anticipated, and as he digs deeper into San Diego’s murkier side, it becomes clear that not just a murder case is at stake. Boone soon finds himself out there alone, struggling to stay afloat as the waves get rougher and rougher...and more deadly.

From the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film). As cool as its California surfer heroes, Don Winslow delivers a high velocity, darkly comic, and totally righteous crime novel. Every morning Boone Daniels catches waves with the other members of The Dawn Patrol: four men and one woman as single-minded about surfing as he is. Or nearly. They have "real j-o-b-s"; Boone, however, works as a PI just enough to keep himself afloat. But Boone''s most recent gig-investigating an insurance scam—has unexpectedly led him to a ghost from his past. And while he may have to miss the biggest swell of his surfing career, this job is about to give him a wilder ride than anything he''s ever encountered. Filled with killer waves and a coast line to break your heart, The Dawn Patrol will leave you gasping for air.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CARTEL. Frankie Machianno, a hard-working entrepreneur, passionate lover, part-time surf bum, and full-time dad, is a pillar of his waterfront community—and a retired hit man. Once better known as Frankie Machine, he was a brutally efficient killer. Now someone from his past wants him dead, and after a botched attempt on his life, Frankie sets out to find his potential killers. However, the list of suspects is longer than the California coastline. With the mob on his heels and the cops on his tail, Frankie hatches a plan to protect his family, save his life, and escape the mob forever. Then things get really complicated.

From the New York Times bestselling author, here is the first novel in the explosive Power of the Dog series—an action-filled look at the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. Book One of the Power of the Dog Series Set about ten years prior to The Cartel, this gritty novel introduces a brilliant cast of characters. Art Keller is an obsessive DEA agent. The Barrera brothers are heirs to a drug empire. Nora Hayden is a jaded teenager who becomes a high-class hooker. Father Parada is a powerful and incorruptible Catholic priest. Callan is an Irish kid from Hell’s kitchen who grows up to be a merciless hit man. And they are all trapped in the world of the Mexican drug Federación. From the streets of New York City to Mexico City and Tijuana to the jungles of Central America, this is the war on drugs like you’ve never seen it.