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Traum oder Albtraum. Billys Lustgefühle treiben ihn nachts in dunkle Gassen. Krankenhäuser sind ihm daher nicht fremd. Auch Polizisten kennt er zu Genüge. Einer von ihnen, Sergeant Sam Nolan, unterbreitet Billy ein verlockendes Angebot. Er will ihn auf eine Party mitnehmen, die ganz nach seinem Geschmack sei. Von dem Risiko, sich einem wildfremden Kerl auszuliefern, lässt Billy sich nicht abschrecken. Er liebt die Gefahr. Aber mit einer Bedrohung wie Officer Hunter hätten weder er noch Sam je gerechnet.

Toda historia tiene un comienzo… Y toda historia debe tener un final… Él es el asesino en serie más peligroso con el que se ha encontrado nunca el FBI. Y acaba de escapar. Junto con el FBI, Robert Hunter, en el caso más personal y devastador al que se había enfrentado, destapó los crímenes de Lucien Folter, su antiguo amigo y compañero de la universidad, y el asesino más meticuloso y peligroso de la historia de Estados Unidos. Ahora, Lucien ha escapado y quiere hacer sufrir a la persona que lo llevó ante la justicia: su némesis, Robert Hunter.

Introducing Jack West a tenacious Houston Homicide Detective, a man who believes even the dregs of society deserve justice. After solving an exhausting murder case involving teenagers, Jack and his partner, Dawson Luck are assigned a cold case dating back 25 years. One case: an unsolved murder of a woman, found dead behind a seedy motel; the other about a missing prostitute. Digging into the cases, a fresh murder case is called in. A wealthy couple is found dead in an affluent residential area. It appears to be a murder- suicide and this new case takes precedence.

It should have been a simple drive, from San Francisco International Airport, to Boulder, Wyoming, despite the snow. Was it because Lacklan was tired? Was it because he was thinking about the woman he loved, or the international crisis he had recently caused? Or was it the crazy blizzard that came out of nowhere and blinded him? Whatever it was, it made him turn the wrong way, it made him turn onto Bloody Creek Road, to the ghost town of Independence, population twenty-five.

L’ormai famosa agenzia Strike ed Ellacott ha risolto molti casi inestricabili. Quello che rimane non risolto è il rapporto trai due soci, segnato da un’amicizia profonda e inquieta, tra slanci imprevedibili e sotterranee gelosie. Quando l’anziano Sir Colin Edensor chiede il loro aiuto per tirar fuori il figlio Will da una setta che lo ha plagiato, i due accettano senza esitare. In nome della lotta per un mondo migliore, la Universal Humanitarian Church allontana i suoi membri dai loro affetti e li induce a elargire enormi donazioni, diventando sempre più potente.

"Narrator Dion Graham's lilting West African accent for Boubacar...is nothing short of mesmerizing. A master voice talent paired with a master storyteller--what could be better?" — AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner) Award-winning author Tochi Onyebuchi’s new standalone novel is hard-boiled...

Die Sylter Journalistin Jette Johannsen will gemeinsam mit ihrem früheren Kollegen Ben Dahl aus Stuttgart einen Skandal aufdecken, der aus seiner Heimatstadt direkt nach Sylt führt. Doch dazu kommt es nicht, denn Ben wird bereits am zweiten Tag mit durchschnittener Kehle am Strand von Westerland aufgefunden. Jette glaubt, dass sein Tod mit den Recherchen zusammenhängt. Der Polizist und Ex-Ehemann Falk Richter ermittelt in dem Fall. Die angereiste Witwe des Opfers hat kein Vertrauen zu ihm, sondern den Eindruck, dass die Polizei den Mord eher als eine Zufallstat ansieht.

'This novel stands successfully on its own, its characters fleshed out and in full possession of their idiosyncrasies — all magnificently conveyed by narrator Steve Worsley...He captures perfectly the novel’s dark wit and the region’s pugnacity, bringing a sense of festivity to the police...

Cole Harper came to Atlantic City for a break—a few days to clear his head, sip a drink, and forget the mess he left behind in Philly. But when a redhead with a Southern drawl and a face he almost recognizes wins big in a backroom casino, then ends up bound to his hotel bed, vacation is over.

Hard-boiled 1920s private detective Buck Baxter is used to solving crimes of passion, but when his latest client turns out to be his own boyfriend, Harry Hart, Buck discovers that nothing is what it seems when it comes to the mysteries of love.

Patrick Kenzie und Angela Gennaro sind verheiratet und Eltern einer vierjährigen Tochter. Vier Jahre alt war auch Amanda McCready, als sie entführt und schließlich von Angela und Patrick wiedergefunden wurde. Nun ist Amanda ein Teenager und erneut verschwunden. Ein weiteres Mal macht sich Patrick auf die Suche nach ihr. Doch in welche Abgründe ihn diese Suche führen wird, kann nicht einmal ein abgeklärter Ermittler wie Patrick Kenzie erahnen.

Carly Savage has lost the two people she loved the most – first her father and then Jack, local gangland boss and love of her life, was brutally attacked and died in Carly’s arms. Grief has changed her. Carly’s sisters Jane and Rose are worried she may never recover. But the need for revenge drives Carly now and she will stop at nothing to destroy her enemies, Cole Alexander and her cousin Dean. When the Savages’ boss, Queen of Glasgow Toni McVay’s reign comes under attack from Cole, Carly realises this is her chance.

The only thing Detective Clint Wolf wants to do is spend a quiet Sunday with his wife and daughter. Unfortunately for him, fate has other plans. When a weekend getaway for a father and daughter turn deadly, Clint is forced to cancel his own family plans and launch an investigation into the brutal murder. Although more than sixty rifle rounds were fired in the senseless killing, there were no witnesses and no video surveillance, because the act occurred in the primitive camping area of the Waxtuygi Wildlife Nature Park.

Sam Monroe thought his steamy love affair with Manhattan socialite Laura Nielson was dead and buried, but when she didn’t show up after unexpectedly calling him late at night and asking to meet, he decides to investigate. He finds her naked on her penthouse balcony, strangled, his dog tags wrapped around her neck. With a bull’s-eye on his back as the prime suspect, Sam begins a search for the killer that reveals Laura’s involvement with several men, some with ties to a well-known crime family.

It started as an investigation of a simple insurance claim, but soon the Continental Op is embroiled in murders, narcotics, a religious cult, and a supposed family curse. No one is who they seem, and the bodies continue to pile up.

Birgitta Björkhammar och hennes väninna Anita är ute och plockar bär i Svartedalen när de hör skott avlossas mellan träden. Det dröjer inte länge innan de hamnar i korselden, och när Anita träffas i låret tvingas Birgitta lämna henne för att söka hjälp. På sin väg genom skogen söker Birgitta skydd i en övergiven stuga, där hon snabbt inser att personerna som rör sig i området inte är okända för henne. De är kopplade till fall hon tidigare har utrett – och skottdramat visar sig ha starkare kopplingar till hennes eget liv än hon först anat.

廃棄処分を免れたボイルドとウフコックは、"三博士"のひとりクリストファー教授の指揮の下、9名の仲間とともにマルドゥック市へ向かう。

Als Livies Herz von einem Moment zum anderen wieder zu schlagen beginnt, glaubt sie zunächst an eine Art Belohnung. Und auch ein Aufenthalt an der Küste Cornwalls klingt im ersten Moment eher verlockend als abschreckend. Doch schon bald wäre sie lieber wieder tot in ihrer Dachkammer als lebendig in Venice Garden. Denn an diesem Ort stellt sich nicht mehr die Frage, ob, sondern wie viele ihrer Freunde sterben müssen.

Este es el primero de los tres audiolibros que conforman la saga literaria en la que se inspira la serie "Lupin". A bordo del transatlántico Provence, cuyas autoridades han sido puestas sobreaviso de la presencia del ladrón, Lupin conoce a Nelly Underdown, una millonaria que le roba el...

Listen to the conversation as you sit in the corner of the snug in Mulligan's pub. The Teacher, The Sergeant, and the Parish Priest, aided by the Barman, are in session, and little of what happens in this Dublin inner city parish will escape their attention.