Thomas Lynley vuelve de su permiso tras la muerte de su mujer porque su equipo no se f?a de la capacidad de la nueva jefe del departamento, la inspectora Isabelle Ardery, cuyo estilo a la hora de liderarlos parece molestar a todos y cada uno de los componentes del equipo. El conflicto empieza cuando se encuentra el cad?ver de una mujer apu?alada en un aislado cementerio de Londres. Mientras que Lynley empieza sus pesquisas en la ciudad de Londres, sus anteriores colegas Barbara Havers y Winston Nkata siguen la pista hacia el sur de la ciudad. All? descubrir?n que las pistas se dirigen hacia el hermoso bosque llamado New Forest. Lo que no saben es que m?s de un oscuro secreto acecha en el bosque y que la investigaci?n va a llevarlos a un final que es tan sorprendente como terrible.
Joseph Wambaugh, maestro del thriller polic?aco, ha vuelto con una adictiva novela focalizada una vez m?s en los oficiales de la Hollywood Station del LAPD; en concreto en el papel que desempe?an los «cuervos», nombre popular dela Oficina de Relaciones Comunitarias (CRO), formado por polic?as que no est?n satisfechos en las calles y que se sienten m?s seguros velando por la «calidad de vida» de los vecinos.
Adam Dalgliesh, wy?szy oficer policji, postanawia si? wybra? do prywatnego o?rodka dla nieuleczalnie chorych, dok?d zaprosi? go zaprzyja?niony stary pastor. Na miejscu okazuje si? jednak, ?e pastor kilka dni wcze?niej zmar?.Adam zatrzymuje si? w o?rodku na pewien czas, by uporz?dkowa? odziedziczony po przyjacielu ksi?gozbi?r, i poznaje pensjonariuszy oraz ??cz?ce ich stosunki, z pozoru tylko proste i bezkonfliktowe. Wydarzenia, kt?re p??niej nast?puj?, utwierdzaj? go w przekonaniu, ?e w o?rodku dzieje si? co? z?ego…
Eberhard Mock powraca. Bohater kultowego ju? cyklu krymina??w Marka Krajewskiego jeszcze raz zmierzy si? z mrocznymi tajemnicami dawnego Breslau.Wroc?aw, lata 20. ubieg?ego wieku. Dwie prostytutki przyjmuj? nietypow? ofert?. Wkr?tce potem policja znajduje ich zw?oki – podczas schadzki dziewczyny zosta?y uduszone, a oprawca wy?ama? im przednie z?by. Spraw? pr?buje rozwik?a? nadwachmistrz Mock, znany ze swojej sympatii do kobiet lekkich obyczaj?w. Niespodziewanie role si? odwracaj? i ?cigaj?cy staje si? ?ciganym.W tym samym czasie pewien m??czyzna o mi?towym oddechu, daj?c do gazety og?oszenie z kondolencjami dla rodzin ofiar, usi?uje nawi?za? kontakt z pot??nym tajnym bractwem. Warunkiem przyst?pienia do grupy jest zamordowanie "cz?owieka-?miecia" i udowodnienie swojej winy…
This is one of some 30 Miss Silver mysteries which Patricia Wentworth wrote during her lifetime. It concerns money motivated marriages and has a complex plot, full of suspense. The author has a large and devoted readership in both Britain and America.
No one can hurt you like your own family.A mother’s love should be the most natural and sustaining thing in the world. But when that love twists into obsession, and from obsession into control, the consequences can be devastating.When glamorous party-planner Viktor Algard is found murdered at one of his own glitzy events, suspicion falls immediately on to a wife spurned. But if Inspector Anders Knutas has learnt anything from his years in the Gotland Police Force, it is that there is no such thing as an open-and-shut case. A second attack confirms that things are not as they first appeared.Knutas’s investigation will take him into the dark and hidden corners of another family’s tragedy – but if he is to catch the killer, he is going to have to face some family secrets of his own.
A superintendent in the Thames River Police, William Monk is on a patrol boat near Waterloo Bridge when he and his men notice a young couple standing at the railing, apparently engaged in an intense discussion. The woman places her hands on the man's shoulders. Is it a caress or a push? He grasps her. To save her or kill her? Seconds later, the pair plunges to death in the icy waters. Has Monk witnessed an accident, a suicide, or a murder? The ensuing investigation leads him toward a conspiracy that reverberates into the highest levels of Her Majesty's government.
In Sonne, Wind und Wellen will der deutsche Herzchirurg Dr. Heinz Volkmar einen erholsamen Urlaub am Mittelmeer verbringen. Doch alles kommt anders: Von Sardinien nach Sizilien entf?hrt, mu? der Arzt erkennen, da? er einem jener ber?chtigten Mafia-Bosse in die H?nde gefallen ist, die dort ihr geheimes Schreckensregiment aus?ben.Mit den raffiniertesten Mitteln wird Dr. Volkmar die Flucht unm?glich gemacht; er verliert seine Identit?t und gilt zu Hause in M?nchen als tot. Denn Dr. Eugenio Soriano, sein immer h?flicher Entf?hrer, braucht seine Dienste. Doch welcher Art die sind, begreift Dr. ...
Die Maschinerie ist bereits in Gang gesetzt, als sich in einer ruhigen Vorstadt in New Jersey eine seltsame Gruppe von M?nnern und Frauen zu einem folgenschweren Wochenende trifft. Nichts Geringeres als die nackte Existenz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika steht auf dem Spiel. Und die Zukunft der gesamten freien Welt.In einem Hinterzimmer in Washington, D.C., wird ein Mann namens John Tanner aufgefordert, sein eigenes Leben und das seiner Frau und seiner Kinder in einem ungeheuerlichen Komplott zu riskieren, dessen genaues Ziel ihm niemand verraten will. In Saddle Valley, New Jersey, wo normalerweise nur nette Leute wohnen — Freunde, Nachbarn, hilfsbereite Menschen, — braut sich eine monstr?se, t?dliche Verschw?rung zusammen.
Troy Phelan ist ein milliardenschwerer Exzentriker, der des Lebens m?de ist. Doch nicht so m?de, da? er sein Imperium kampflos seinen geldgierigen Erben ?berlassen w?rde. Bevor er sich aus dem 13. Stock st?rzt, verf?gt er, da? sein gesamtes Verm?gen an seine bis dato v?llig unbekannte, uneheliche Tochter Kachel geht. In der Phelan-Familie bricht ein Sturm der Entr?stung los, und es wird sofort alles in Bewegung gesetzt, um das Testament anzufechten. Unterdessen versucht der ehemalige Staranwalt Nate O'Riley, mit dessen Karriere es schon seit Jahren bergab geht, die legitime Erbin aufzutreiben. Doch wie ...
Wollie Shelley is a greeting card artist struggling to keep afloat financially and to pursue-despite a series of recent disasters-the search for the love of her life. She reluctantly agrees to be a contestant on the reality television show Biological Clock. The show's premise: six eligible singles date each other, and the audience votes on which couple would make the best parents. Alas, Wollie isn't having much luck finding a man she'd like to date “off the air,” much less father her child. As the biological clock ticks away, Wollie gets caught up in a much more pressing demand ...
For millionaire jockey Alan York, winning is a bonus. For Joe Nantwich, victory means no cushy backhanders; and for Bill Davidson, front running on strongly fancied Admiral, triumph is an imposter. It means murder – his own. Turning private detective, York uses Joe's underworld connections to go on the trail of the killers – only to draw a series of blanks. But when ambushed by a gang of viscious thugs, he picks up some clues along with his cuts and bruises. Bill's murder begings to make more sense. Until York finds himself in hospital, without a memory.
When two young women are murdered on the streets of New York, exactly one year apart, Detective Ellie Hatcher is called up for a special assignment on the homicide task force. The killer has left behind a clue connecting the two cases to First Date, a popular online dating service, and Flann McIlroy, an eccentric, publicity-seeking homicide detective, is convinced that only Ellie can help him pursue his terrifying theory: someone is using the lure of the Internet and the promise of love to launch a killing spree against the women of New York City. To catch the killer, ...
She's a Texas heiress and a brand-new P.I. specializing in adoption cases. But Abby Rose focuses more on what money can't buy-like answers in a case of a baby abandoned years ago and a present-day murder.
Fugitive Mom. That's the tabloid headline that rocks Springfield, Connecticut when one of the town's favorite ladies is discovered to be an escaped convict. With a little help from the always game Lucy Cavanaugh, Paula is hired to find out which of her neighbors is a fugitive from the law and why the long-kept secret has finally come out.
After a six-year absence from the bestseller lists, Dick Francis roared out of the gate with 2006's Under Orders, demonstrating once again every ounce of his famed narrative drive, brilliant plotting, and simmering suspense. Hard on the heels of that triumph comes Dead Heat, set against the backdrop of Britain 's famed Two Thousand Guineas Stakes.Max Moreton is a rising culinary star and his Newmarket restaurant, The Hay Net, has brought him great acclaim and a widening circle of admirers. But when nearly all the guests who enjoyed one of his meals at a private catered affair ...
There's something fishy about the disappearance of two crew members from an Alaskan fishing boat. Investigator Kate Shugak goes undercover and starts casting her net for clues among the toughest crew on the Bering Sea. And if she doesn't watch her back, she could end up being forced to walk the plank.
The Grande Dame of the ballroom, Corrinne Blakely, has had a career in dancing for close to fifty years. She's seen, heard and experienced it all. Now she wants to tell all…but, someone out there will do what it takes to keep that from happening. Unfortunately, when she keeled over at lunch, her dining companion was Maurice Goldberg, one of the instructors at Graysin Motion Dance Studio.The studio owner, Stacy Graysin, is sad to hear of Corrine's passing but when she hears it was murder and that Maurice is the prime suspect, she knows she needs ...
Detective Mac Taylor is a dedicated and driven crime-scene investigator who believes that everything is connected and everyone has a story. He and his partner, Detective Stella Bonasera, lead a team of experts through the gritty and kinetic world of New York City. These skilled investigators, who see New York in a unique light, follow the evidence as they piece together clues and eliminate doubt to ultimately crack their cases.The body of a middle-aged man is found in the elevator of a ritzy doorman building on the Upper East Side. Mac Taylor and Aiden Burn's initial investigation ...
Sheriff Joanna Brady of Cochise County, Arizona, finds herself in the midst of danger and deception when she attempts to exact revenge for the murder of her police officer husband.
The solid 12th entry in bestseller Jance's lively crime series (Exit Wounds, etc.) to feature Joanna Brady, sheriff of Cochise County, Ariz., finds Joanna newly reelected and about to have her second child. When the cops learn that a murdered man with a sordid personal history has links to one of Arizona 's most prominent judges, Joanna's investigation turns up a connection to an early case of her late father's, an honored sheriff. Next, the brutal beating of Jeannine Phillips, an Animal Control officer, leads the sheriff's department, its staff already stretched thin, to a confrontation with a notorious ...
Petros Markaris's crime fiction has won critical acclaim around the world. His suspense novels are propelled by intricate plots and peopled by villains and all-too-human heroes tangled up in the peculiar ways of contemporary Greece, and at their heart is junta-trained homicide squad chief Costas Haritos. Deadline in Athens finds Inspector Haritos called to the scene of a murder: the renowned TV journalist Janna has been killed in the broadcasting studio just as she was about to go on the air with some sensational news. Haritos's investigation sucks him deep into the nasty world of the Greek media. When ...
