Ergebnis für "3 Corruption" in Belletristik

Corruption at Turner Creek reveals the struggle in the early life of Parson Bane Barlow. The past he had buried long ago comes back to haunt him through an un-expected twist. Will his integrity be enough to bury it again? Does character matter? Bane gave up a life headed in the wrong direction to follow the call of God. Ride the trail with him as he carries a Bible in one saddlebag and a six-gun in the other while proclaiming the gospel message to a tough generation, filled with lawlessness and greed.

Harry Sanders is found dead in a derelict pub. The authorities call it a tragic accident, but Victor recognises the signs of something far more sinister. He knew Harry from his own days on the streets—and Harry had been scared, convinced someone was following him. Working with private investigators Kasper and Zofia Dąbrowski, Victor inherits Harry’s dog, Cleo, causing friction with Oscar, his own wilful dog, and uncovers a disturbing pattern. Homeless men with dogs are disappearing across the city.

Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, is having a record-breaking season in his first year as a New York Yankee. Larger than life on the field and off, Ruth is about to discover what the Chicago White Sox players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series are learning - baseball heroes are not invulnerable to scandal. With suspicion in the air, Ruth's 1918 World Series win for the Boston Red Sox is now being questioned. Under scrutiny by the new baseball commissioner and enmeshed with gambling kingpin Arnold Rothstein, Ruth turns for help to Speed Cook, now a promoter of Negro baseball.