Ergebnis für "Cinder" in Krimis

Delia Spark has faced her fair share of drama both on and off the stage. But just as she's getting used to being a powerful fire crone, life throws her a twist that would challenge any mother's heart. Contending with revelations about her family's magical legacy, and her impending divorce from her cult-leader ex, Delia must navigate treacherous magical politics, confront long-buried secrets, and race to find the fire dragon before its ancient power falls into the wrong hands.

In this collaboration between “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and bestselling author Alafair Burke, “the snappy pace, layered characters, and many plot surprises will keep readers guessing in this fascinating mystery” (Booklist). Television producer Laurie Moran is delighted when...

Cartea urmăreşte destinul a trei orfani: Christopher Banks, Sarah Hemmings, de care acesta se îndrăgosteşte, şi Jennifer, fetiţa pe care o adoptă. Cele două figuri feminine au în spate o istorie banală, oricît de tragic ar fi faptul de a rămîne orfan. În schimb, în cazul lui Christopher Banks este vorba despre dispariţia misterioasă a părinţilor lui în Shanghai în anii Primului Război Mondial. Cei doi sînt presupuse victime ale traficanţilor de opiu.

Private investigator Johnny Delarosa has seen it all. First as a cop, and now as a private eye. Cheating spouses, embezzlements, and insurance scams are routine. But he meets his match when the alluring, auburn-haired Claire Dixon walks into his bar/office and drops a $20,000 retainer in his lap. She wants the hard-drinking Johnny to find $2 million that was stolen from her mobster family 30 years earlier. But $2 million can be motivating.

Johnny Delarosa’s past collides with his future when hired to stop a blackmail scheme against a local celebrity, former pro football star - turned car dealer - Stan Shelton. When a young woman’s body is found in front of Stan’s building, allegations surface of his involvement with an escort service owned by Talia Thorne, the alluring woman with long, raven hair. But Stan has a bad habit of fumbling the truth, and with his back against his own goal line, the pressure builds for Johnny to keep the old pro’s name out of the news.

Infidelity pays the bills, so says a wise old private eye. But for PI Johnny Delarosa, his routine cheating-spouse case turns into a tangled mess when his client, Mary Ann Bellamy, is run off the road and left for dead. Her husband, the owner of a cutting-edge aerospace technology firm, puts his career and marriage at risk by having an affair with his senior executive, the sexy, enigmatic Keira Kaine - the most brutal femme fatale to ever travel the realms of crime fiction.