Ergebnis für "Book Elements" in Krimis & Thriller

England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tasting alligators in Peru, escaping bandits in Persia and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic 45-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet. But then, from the edge of a quarry, through the driving rain, Eleanor is shocked to see a man shot and killed in the distance. Before she can climb down to the spot, the villain is gone and the body has vanished.

In the shadow of a threatening volcano, long-haul trucker Kit Garrido wakes up in her crashed big rig, unable to recall what happened or why she's suddenly in possession of someone's baby. Fiercely independent, she has to admit that perhaps this time she could use a little help. As the threat of eruption grows, former cop Cullen Landry refuses to leave his cabin in the evacuation area, which is why he's the only one left who can help Kit escape the crumpled cab of her truck.

After the loss of his wife and child in a plane crash, former NYC firefighter Sebastian Martin is nearing alcoholic oblivion when his brother offers him a last-chance job opportunity as an insurance fraud investigator. Despite his reservations, he soon discovers he has an instinct for the job. A move to Dallas, where he learns it's okay to be alive, proves to be his salvation. Investigating fraudulent claims for a dead child and another for a missing husband, in Honduras, leads him to murders, international car thieves, and torture at the hands of a former KGB agent.

Steve Nicholas knows some things are worse than death. But he’s about to discover that the only thing worse than being buried alive is being buried alive with the restless dead. As Steve and his friend, Trent, search for his missing wife, they are taken captive by his psychotic brother-in-law and thrust into a secluded and haunted mining operation in the mountains.

My name is Emma. That was the name I was given on the first day I remember. The forty years before that remain secret. My only clue to life before the Pages & Potions bookshop is the scar from a botched C-section. It is probably better that my past remains a mystery. Still, I crave answers. Who hurt me? Are people searching for me? What happened to the baby I was carrying? And why can I see the ghost of the customer who died last week?

In An Element of Peril, the 10th Peter Sharp legal mystery, Peter faces a unique triple task: First, he must defend a domestic servant who has been charged with the chainsaw-killing of her boss; second, if he can get the servant acquitted, he must then defend the insurance company from being forced to pay a five-million-dollar life insurance policy on the boss's life by proving that she was not murdered and is still alive; and third, he must discover how the alleged corpse of the servant's boss disappeared.

Magic can’t be real, right? Tell that to the werewolf glaring at me with his near-black eyes or the handsome vampire lounging in the corner. Did I enjoy growing up rejected by everyone I encountered because of my physical abnormalities? Hell no! The only thing I ever wanted was to be accepted by someone. Not everyone, just anyone. A normal job and one solid meal a day would’ve been nice too.

Katie has left. Trent is missing. Steve Nicholas is alone now more than ever. But, the worst of it is still to come: During his search for his missing friend, Steve is led to a small Oklahoma town where a spree of murders has the people shaken and short on trust for strangers. What's more, dark supernatural forces appear to be behind the recent killings, as well as some very old ones. Will Steve uncover the killer spirit in time to save his friend....and himself? Start listening!

Combining corporate culture, the start-up scene, cabin life, and punny coffee drinks, Firebrand takes a campy, loving look at impostor syndrome, authenticity, and the absurdities of the corporate world.

After completing the biggest case of his career, private detective Hank DeShear returns home to start treatment for a disabling genetic condition that could end his life, but he learns his partner on the prior case has just been murdered. Was he wrong to conclude the secretive killer known as The Greyhound had declared a truce? Or, have disciples of The Greyhound surfaced to carry on with the murders?

Working with family is no joke for Jackie Parker. Together with her husband Luke and his brother Logan, Jackie is up against wacky tenants, crazed landlords, and secrets worth killing for.

Maggie Phillips is more fun than a barrel of wet monkeys, and her first four misadventures are available now in one big box set! The books included in this set are: Skeletons in the Closet, Swept Under the Rug, All Washed Up, and Hung Out to Dry.

Thanks to a hair-raising rescue by James Woods in the first book of the Do Not Assume trilogy, Nicoleta has stayed ahead of her genetic history. But now, she and James must think about more than themselves. Smuggling Nicoleta's half-siblings out of Romania and into the United States isn't going to be easy, but the innocent must be protected and hidden from those who would want to use them.

Northeast England, 2046. Daniel is scavenging for treasures in an old landfill. His cousin Michelle is making ends meet with a little coding here, a little hacking there. When a nuclear explosion sends shockwaves around the world, Cameron Silvera, a.k.a. the SimCavalier, knows exactly who’s behind it. The Argentum Associates team mobilizes to secure nuclear facilities. Daniel, helped by Michelle’s creative hacking, starts working with them when he lands a job at his local power station. Stakes rise when a body is found floating out to sea, silenced by the cybercrime syndicate.

The City of London Bank calls in Cameron and the Argentum infosec team when the Speakeasy Worm, a global threat, shuts them down. The white hats crack the code easily, but as they dig into the virus, they discover a hidden message addressed to the SimCavalier. A hurricane of cyberattacks is on the way, and a global crime syndicate is taunting its most dangerous adversary. Cameron’s only protection is anonymity, but a journalist who has been following the SimCavalier for months goes public with the story. The SimCavalier’s identity is compromised, and Cameron’s in danger.