David Miller is in a funk. He recently slumped down the journalistic food chain from the Wall Street Journal to a finance rag called Manhattan Business. The reason for Miller's fall: his unhealthy obsession with his sister only increased after she died of cancer. In addition, the young reporter lost his friends after rejecting their prescient assessment of his girlfriend as "psychotic"-and she's repaid his loyalty by partying the nights away with another man. So when Miller's lost wallet leads to a shakedown by a junkie hooker, he figures it's just another bad episode in the bleak sitcom ...
Jack Ryan, Detroit's best process server, sets out to find a missing stockholder and finds himself part of a vicious, potentially lethal triangle, the perils of which are complicated by his growing love for Lee, a vulnerable alcoholic.
F?nf Kriminalgeschichten, in denen Elizabeth George ihr ganzes meisterhaftes K?nnen entfaltet: Vom pl?tzlichen Touristentod im Herrenhaus bis zur Trag?die einer jungen Witwe, vom m?rderisch eifers?chtigen Ehemann oder dem kleinen Schullehrer mit fiesem Karrieretick bis zu einem veritablen Spukhaus in bester Wohnlage. Dazu liefert die Autorin jeweils ihre ganz pers?nliche »Geschichte zur Geschichte«, die sich mitunter selbst wie ein Krimi liest.
Соня смотрела на труп любовника и ловила ртом воздух, как рыба, выброшенная волной на горячий песок. Хотелось кричать.Но надо было бежать. Бежать от этого ужаса. Скрыться с места преступления. Это она преступница. Это от ее рук гибнут люди. Нет никакого невидимого врага. Есть только безумие… И страсть… И надо жить дальше…
