Am Strand einer Insel im Bundesstaat Maine wird ein Toter gefunden. Au?er ein paar M?nzen und einem P?ckchen Zigaretten tr?gt er nichts bei sich. Woran er starb, kann nicht eindeutig gekl?rt werden. Nur der Hartn?ckigkeit zweier Lokalreporter und eines jungen Gerichtsmediziners ist es zu verdanken, dass der Unbekannte – ?ber ein Jahr sp?ter – identifiziert wird. Doch damit beginnt das R?tsel erst. Denn je mehr sie ?ber den Toten und seine Herkunft herausfinden, umso weniger verstehen sie den Fall: ein scheinbar unm?gliches Verbrechen.Original: The Colorado KidAus dem Englischen von Andrea Fischer
In Comeback, seinem drei?igsten Roman, setzt Dick Francis den vielen namenlosen, unbesungenen Helden hinter den PferdesportKulissen, den Tier?rzten, ein Denkmal. Tatort ist Cheltenham, Schauplatz des j?hrlich ausgetragenen Cheltenham Gold Cup. In der Tierklinik des aufstrebenden jungen Tierarztes Ken McClure sind kurz nacheinander vier vollbl?tige Gold-Cup-verd?chtige Pferdepatienten auf unnat?rliche Weise j?mmerlich verendet.
In the wake of his wife's murder, agent Grady Shields turned his back on the FBI – and everything else – to retreat into the vast solitude of Montana, grieve for his lost love, and forget the world. But after years in seclusion, his sister's wedding draws him to St. Dennis, a peaceful town on the Chesapeake Bay. Though he swears he isn't interested in finding love again, Grady can't ignore the mutual sparks that fly when he meets Vanessa Keaton.Although her past was marked by bad choices, Vanessa has found that coming to St. Dennis is the best ...
Tim Rackley, un agente federal norteamericano, ve que su vida queda destrozada cuando asesinan a su hija. La pol?cia cuenta con numerosas pruebas contra el asesino, un hombre con problemas mentales y antecedentes penales llamado Kindell. Sin embargo, ?ste acaba libr?ndose de la condena por un tecnicismo legal y queda en libertad. Rackley est? convencido de que Kindell no actu? en solitario y en su desespero por encauzar su dolor, por entrar en la Comisi?n.
A protest group hits the headlines when unrest explodes into murder. Already on the scene, journalist Lindsay Gordon desperately tries to strike a balance between personal and professional responsibilities. As she peels back the layers of deception surrounding the protest and its opponents, she finds that no one – ratepayer or reporter, policeman or peace woman – seems wholly above suspicion. Then Lindsay uncovers a truth that even she can scarcely believe…
Un d?a en una fiesta, el psic?logo infantil Alex Delaware se reencuentra con un viejo amor, Sharon Ransom. Ella solicita su ayuda, pero Alex, demasiado embebido en sus propios asuntos sentimentales, no le hace caso. Dos d?as m?s tarde, Sharon se suicida. Alex no puede dejar de sentirse responsable de la desesperada decisi?n de Sharon.Y en parte por ello, en parte por resolver los enigmas de aquella relaci?n -la mayor?a creados por la oscura personalidad de Sharon- el psic?logo se embarca en una investigaci?n en la que el dinero, el azar de los genes y un pasado tr?gico configuran el escenario de una prolongada org?a de sexo, dominio y manipulaci?n psicol?gica al servicio de los menos nobles impulsos del ser humano.
Cameron, reporter del Caledonian e maniaco di computer game, si mette sulle tracce di un nemico crudele, un uomo solo che si erge a giudice, giuria e boia di tutti coloro che hanno commesso un errore troppo grave per essere perdonato. Quale oscura complicit? lega Cameron all’inafferrabile serial-killer?
n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal actA few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source — could be big, could be very big — in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully-paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper.The source is pretty thin, but Cameron senses a scoop and checks out a series of bizarre deaths from a few years ago — only to find that the police are ...
"Great psychological suspense." – Harlan CobenDr. Frank Clevenger, a brilliant forensic psychiatrist, is eager to leave the world of the criminally insane behind-until he receives a chilling phone call. Close friend and former colleague North Anderson, now the Chief of Police on the exclusive island of Nantucket, is desperate for help in solving a shocking case: One of the infant twin daughters of billionaire Darwin Bishop has been murdered in her crib at the family's estate. The suspected killer is her adopted brother Billy, and investigators believe that the fugitive teenager has targeted the surviving twin.But as ...
The mid 1920s introduced Americans to a new type of murder: two immensely wealthy eighteen-year-old university graduates from Chicago randomly kidnapped and murdered a little boy, attempted to obliterate the identity and sex of the body before hiding it and then tried to collect the ransom – simply as an intellectual experiment. Levin attempts to discover the psychology of the two young men, to understand how the two of them, Leopold and Loeb, one of them handsome and popular, the other quiet and scholarly, were capable of an act so far beyond rational understanding. For drama, for horror, and for the deepest kind of compassion and comprehension, COMPULSION has rarely been equaled among contemporary psychological novels.
Lissa was committed with Chris for some time. He was the owner of the hotel where she sang and they knew from a young age. Lissa not understand why he was not married until it appeared Luc Ferrier, a professional player.
Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and the darkest side of a glittering city fuel #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman’s brilliant storytelling. And no one conducts a more harrowing and suspenseful manhunt than the modern Sherlock Holmes of the psyche, Dr. Alex Delaware.A tipsy young woman seeking aid on a desolate highway disappears into the inky black night. A retired schoolteacher is stabbed to death in broad daylight. Two women are butchered after closing time in a small-town beauty parlor. These and other bizarre acts of cruelty and psychopathology are linked only ...
Un caluroso domingo del verano de 2010, el comisario Jaritos asiste a la boda de su hija Katerina, esta vez por la Iglesia y con fanfarria musical. Al d?a siguiente, poco despu?s de llegar a Jefatura, le informan del asesinato de Nikitas Zisim?pulos, antiguo director de banco, degollado con un arma cortante.El macabro homicidio coincide con una campa?a que alguien, ampar?ndose en el anonimato, ha emprendido contra los bancos, animando a los ciudadanos a que boicoteen a las entidades financieras y no paguen sus deudas e hipotecas. Lo cierto es que Grecia, al ...
Guido Guerrieri es un abogado muy especial. Despues de anos de defender a personajes impresentables y de tocar fondo en todos los aspectos de su vida, Guerrieri, quiza en busca de alguna modesta redencion, empieza a trabajar en casos de esos que no aportan dinero ni gloria sino tan solo nuevos enemigos. En Testigo involuntario era un inmigrante senegales acusado del brutal asesinato de un nino. En Con los ojos cerrados, Guerrieri se topa con el caso de una mujer golpeada que ha tenido el valor de denunciar el acoso de su ex pareja. Hasta ahora, ningun abogado quiere representarla por temor a los poderosos personajes implicados. Pero cuando un inspector de policia se presenta en su despacho para pedirle ayuda, y lo hace acompanado de Sor Claudia, una monja que, mas que religiosa, parece una mujer policia, Guido Guerrieri se da cuenta de que este puede ser el caso mas interesante, y mas dificil, de toda su carrera
C'est beau, un porte-jarretelles.C'est musical.Y en a qui pr?f?rent la guitare ?lectrique, libre ? eux, tout le monde peut pas avoir ma sant?.Moi,le collant, j'admets pour les danseurs ? la rigueur. Mais reconnais qu'une frangine, son triangle de panne est beaucoup mieux en situation sous les branches d'un porte-jarretelles en fleur, non ?La couleur de ?ui d'ici j'te la dirai pas, t'as qu'? m'acheter ; pour le prix que ?a co?te, ? l'heure d'aujourd'hui, ?a vaut m?me pas la peine de m'emprunter.D'autant que dans ce gros book il est pas question que de porte-jarretelles.Y a aussi le reste.Et crois-moi, ce sont de beaux restes, tu verras !
What if life as you know it was a lie?What if the world was not truly ours?What if there were old gods dwelling in the earth beneath our feet?And what if they came back?From award-winning authors Kealan Patrick Burke and Harry Shannon comes a vision of the apocalypse that will make you question everything you thought you knew about the world in which we live.
In der Datenzentrale der Earth Resources Technology Services (E.R.T.S.) in Houston, Texas, wartet Dr. Karen Ross auf die routinem??ige Telekommunikation mit einem Team aus dem menschenleeren Nordosten Zaires, das dort nach speziellen, industriell noch nicht herstellbaren Diamanten sucht. Doch die Kongo-Expedition meldet sich nicht. ?ber Satellit bietet sich Karen Ross ein entsetzliches Bild: brennende Zelte, Leichen - und ein unheimliches schwarzes Wesen, das die Kamera zerschmettert. Dann rei?t die Verbindung ab. Die n?chste Expedition leitet Karen Ross selbst und macht bald eine aufsehenerregende Entdeckung: graue Gorillas, die offenbar ?ber eine hochentwickelte Intelligenz verf?...
