Ergebnis für "Das Talent" in Krimis & Thriller

Ein Mann, eine Schicksal, eine Chance, zur Legende zu werden. Das 17-jährige Basketballtalent Samuel Sooleyman stammt aus dem Südsudan, einem vom Bürgerkrieg zerrissenen Land. Eines Tages erhält er die Chance seines Lebens: Mit einem nationalen Jugendteam darf er in die USA reisen und an einem Showturnier teilnehmen. Talentscouts werden auf ihn aufmerksam, doch dann erhält er schreckliche Nachrichten von daheim. Sein Dorf wurde überfallen, seine Familie ist auf der Flucht. Nur wenn er den Erfolg in Amerika erzwingt, kann er sie retten.

Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of horrifying depravity. Assault, theft, sexual abuse, slavery, and murder are commonplace. And a zealous, bigoted tyrant has won his way into the White House. Directly opposed is Lauren Olamina, founder of Earthseed - a new faith that teaches "God Is Change". Persecuted for "heathen" beliefs as much as for having a Black female leader, Earthseed's followers face a life-and-death struggle to preserve their vision.

Pass dich ihnen an. Sonst wirst du es bereuen. Die forensische Psychologin Rebecca Lekmann kehrt nach vielen Jahren wieder in ihre Heimatstadt Djursholm zurück, um sich um ihre kranke Mutter zu kümmern. Dafür lässt sie ihre Ehefrau und auch eine glänzende Karriere in den USA zurück. Eines Nachts erhält sie einen Anruf von ihrem ehemaligen Kollegen Leo: Rebeccas alte Highschool-Freundin Louise wurde in ihrer luxuriösen Villa brutal getötet. Rebecca beginnt, auf eigene Faust den Mord um Louise aufzuklären. Wer hat sie getötet und warum?

""What a killer read! A Talent For Murder is the thrilling tale of a woman who suspects her husband is a serial killer. As the bodies stack up, so does the paranoid tension until I was feverishly turning pages in the dark, desperate to know what happens next. A fast, exciting read with twist...

Alix London hat eine glänzende Karriere als Kunstberaterin vor sich, eine schicke Wohnung im besten Viertel von Seattle und eine tolle Figur. Ihr haftet eine Aura von Elite-Uni und altem Geldadel an. Sie hat einfach alles, was man sich wünschen könnte. Oder trügt der Schein? Außer Alix weiß niemand, dass ihr Image nur ein sorgsam aufgebautes Trugbild ist, das die peinliche Wahrheit verschleiern soll.

Witt's End is in trouble. The small town of artists is at risk of disappearing from the map if Serenity Makepeace can't expand her small grocery store into a mail order enterprise to sell her neighbors' handcrafted goods. High-priced start-up advisor Caleb Ventress was intrigued by Serenity's impassioned letter. A small town grocer wasn't high profile enough for him, but her request earned her a meeting. And Calebs' attraction to her earned her a few more.

The joint NSA/CIA school worked, although not as its designers intended. Some did, indeed, develop usable telepathy. Others were partially successful, able to communicate mind-to-mind, but only with others like themselves. And some gained abilities the school’s designers never intended - psychokinesis or the ability to move objects by mental power alone; levitation, which in practical terms, is the ability to fly; and much more. Much, much more.

In 1989, a school bus filled with young children disappears. It drove into a tunnel, a tunnel with no exits, and did not drive out. Witnesses saw the bus go in. No one saw it come out. It vanished into thin air as a community panics. Everyone panics. Everyone except for a 24-year-old college dropout named Jacob Thorne. In 2004, three people are brutally murdered, two of them in a sealed panic room, a room locked from the inside. A young DC homicide detective suffering from PTSD named Emma Kane.

Read the first Kate Martinelli Mystery by New York Times bestselling, Edgar award-winning novelist Laurie R. King. In Grave Talent, the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series of shocking murders has occurred, the victims far too innocent and defenseless...

After an injury, Carlton Marsh leaves his federal position to work security. His first assignment is protecting paranoid author Mara Shore, pen-name for Leah Beach. When the threat becomes real, he will do his best to keep her safe. The cane he walks with becomes an asset for her protection. At a Comic-Con the criminals threaten Leah for information about a mule that Leah's rescue ranch acquired. Sylvester the mule was malnourished and in poor health when he came to her. She recently added his picture to the comic strip she creates for each weekday.

From the outside, Alix London appears to have it all. Unfortunately for Alix, what you see isn’t exactly what you get. A brilliant, once-promising art student, the daughter of a prominent New York art conservator, Alix and her world were left in ruins when her father went to prison for art forgery. Then she meets Christine Lemay, a novice art collector with deep pockets and a handle on a recently discovered painting by American master Georgia O’Keeffe. Chris needs the painting authenticated....

For nearly 100 years, the Lindbergh Kidnapping still remains a major topic of controversy and fascination. A Talent to Deceive uses investigative journalism to dive into evidence ignored by previous investigators in search of the truth. Who really committed the crime? What really happened the night of March 1, 1932? What was the motive to kidnap and murder the Lindbergh baby? Follow Norris in this history-meets-mystery tale as he performs a thorough investigation to solve the case that will never die.

In this brutal, fast-moving thriller from Ralph Dennis, the author of the legendary Hardman series of crime novels, Kane finds himself caught between the mob, Cuban revolutionaries, and his own government as he seeks retribution for a man murdered for uncovering small-town corruption...and justice for another man on death row, falsely convicted of raping and murdering a child.

Cari Turnlyle was recently promoted from the sports column to a front-page journalist at the Brenington Beagle. She had been enjoying her success until a wealthy member of the community calls her writing drivel. The man, Frederick Kastener, is outraged when no one investigates his daughter’s death in a collision that by all accounts seems to be accidental. Well-connected both socially and financially, Kastener throws his weight around to get the case a second look.

His music could have made Damien Cantwell the star of his generation. But living fast has its consequences, and Damien soon finds himself spiraling into a dark world full of unfettered debauchery and brutal violence.

随着一宗宗惊心动魄的绝世千局铺开，陆钟却陷入了深深的彷徨之中……隨著一宗宗驚心動魄的絕世千局鋪開，陸鐘卻陷入了深深的徬徨之中……

A body in a bookstore. A girl who can move objects without touching them. Kidnappers on the prowl. Claire and Hugh confront red herrings and a ruthless killer as they protect Noon’s exceptional children, including their own, from an encroaching menace.

Marsella Talent has been on the run for two years, ever since her father thrust a ledger into her hands and told her to run from the police swarming their family restaurant. Now, with the cops and her father's men desperate to get their hands on the book, she knows she can never go home.

After 20 years of prison, Bobby is granted her freedom. With no recollection of her past and the events that led to her incarceration, she sets off to build a life for herself. Alone in the world, she cautiously tries to integrate back into society. As she goes about her new daily life, the pieces of her past start exploding around her. ted her own florist shop. Her most rewarding job was raising two beautiful children.

Have you ever come face-to-face with the devil? In a tapestry of sports, business, and dating, there is an evil presence that is not quite visible to anyone: the Bedroom Strangler. A serial killer who scales 15-story buildings, enters through the balcony, and stealthily slithers under the bedroom bed, with the sole intent of raping and murdering innocent women in their sleep. He has been classified as the worst serial killer in Ontario's history and Canada's most dangerous criminal ever, operating at the height of London's 40-year serial killer period, from 1974 to 1978.