Ergebnis für "Das System" in Krimis

Eben noch Chef einer aufstrebenden Firma, steht Mark Helius plötzlich unter dringendem Mordverdacht. Was als ein harmloser Systemfehler begann, entwickelt sich schnell zu einer akuten Bedrohung, die sich nicht mehr aufhalten lässt. Hans-Werner Meyer präsentiert diesen packend realistischen Thriller mit Hollywood-Qualität.

Kieran Hart has just gone through a divorce and is starting over with a new job at a DNA discovery site. After finding out she’s adopted years earlier, she sends in her sample, hoping to find her birth parents. Instead, she finds herself in a police station being accused of a crime she didn’t commit because her DNA was a match to a homicide.

Stell dir vor, du hast nur eine Wahl: das Richtige zu tun – oder zu überleben. In "Die Zentrale", dem 2. Teil von Veit Etzolds knallharter Thriller-Reihe aus den Untiefen der Finanzwelt, gerät Bankerin Laura unter Mordverdacht – und das ist erst der Anfang! Für die junge Bankerin Laura Jakobs scheint sich eigentlich alles zum Besten zu wenden: Ihr Arbeitgeber versetzt sie auf ein Spezialprojekt in die Zentrale der Bank, was einer beachtlichen Beförderung gleichkommt. Doch je tiefer Laura in das Projekt eintaucht, desto tiefer werden auch die Abgründe der Finanzwelt, die sich vor ihr auftun.

Venezuela's overcrowded prison system is hell on earth. Murders, corruption, and gang wars are nothing out of the ordinary. On a humid summer's day in the state of Vargas, a new prisoner arrives at "El Infierno," the country's most notorious gulag. Newcomers are subject to savage beatings. They're treated as slaves by the general prison population. But not this time....

Philine Berger, eine prominente Internet-Aktivistin, wird in ihrem Haus erschossen aufgefunden. Die Nachforschungen von Oberkommissar Polanski und seinem Kollegen Lehmann ergeben, dass Philine Berger kurz vor ihrem Tod im Besitz von hochbrisantem Datenmaterial gewesen sein muss. Noch dazu stellt sich heraus: Das Material stammt direkt aus dem Bundesverteidigungsministerium. Von den Daten fehlt allerdings jede Spur. Auch die Überprüfung von Philines Computers fördert keinen Hinweis zu Tage.

Living busily on Planet Earth, we rarely remember that we actually inhabit only a miniscule part of the universe. In The Planets and the Solar System, Jen Green paints the wider picture, and takes us on a journey across billions of kilometers in our galaxy, from our Sun to near and distant planets. Some, like Mercury, have a molten core surrounded with crust and spins quickly; Jupiter, on the other hand, is a big ball of gas.

In a dazzling future where interstellar travel is the norm and the mysteries of the universe beckon, the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion Dr. John Watson embark on their most extraordinary case yet.

The man known as Dewey Decimal works in a near-future Manhattan decimated by terrorism and plague, running dirty operations for the crooked Senator Howard - though he’d prefer to spend his time among the stacks at his beloved New York Public Library. When Dewey is tasked with disrupting unrest from a growing group of outcast civilians, and simultaneously given the assignment of protecting a pair of Saudi royals, he is forced to look within and make some impossible choices - and it will put him at odds with his benefactor and the powers that be....

Nicknamed Dewey Decimal for his obsessive attempts to bring order to the New York Public Library in the wake of disastrous events in the city, the hero of this series earns his keep as a bagman and enforcer for unscrupulous politicians and underworld figures. Now, he’s stumbled upon information concerning the gruesome murder of a prostitute that involves a prominent US senator - and finds himself chasing ghosts and fighting for his life, pursued by private military contractors and the ever-present specter of his own past....

Dubbed “Dewey Decimal” for his desire to reorganize the library’s stock, he gets by as bagman and muscle for New York City’s unscrupulous district attorney. He takes no pleasure in this kind of civic dirty work. He’d be perfectly content alone among his books. But this is not in the cards, as the DA calls on Dewey for a seemingly straightforward union-busting job.

전직 교사 엘렌 홈즈는 학생 한 명의 죽음에 '책임이 있는' 사람이다. 엘렌은 그 사건으로 인해 감옥에 들어갔다가 이제야 막 다시 사회로 나온 참이다. 전국적 뉴스가 됐던 그 사건 때문에 어떤 사람들은 엘렌이 남은 평생을 계속 감옥에서 보내기를 바랐지만... 지금 엘렌이 가지고 있는 계획? 최대한 웅크리고 지내기, 남의 눈에 띄지 않기. 한편으로는 새 일자리인 공원 녹지과 일을 제대로 배우면서, 재사회화위원회의 권고에 따라 탐정 코스도 이수하고, 아무튼 과거에 머물지만은 않기로 결심을 했다.

Bob Bailey stars as detective George Valentine, a likable guy who is confident in his abilities and willing to give just about anything a shot. Frances Robinson gives life and allure to the character of Claire Brooks, George's girl (and girl Friday). Rounding out the regular trio is Lt. Riley, Valentine's reluctant right-hand man down at police headquarters, played to the hilt by Wally Maher, with an endearing mix of frustration and admiration.

In his first novel, The Sixth Lamentation, William Brodrick introduced Father Anslem, the barrister turned monk who found himself plunged into the tangled history of occupied Paris. Now, in The Gardens of the Dead, Father Anslem is brought back to his own past at the Bar, and someone else's secrets. Elizabeth Glendinning QC has lost faith in the legal system to which she has given her life.