Ergebnis für "Eden" in Krimis

Professional treasure hunter EDEN BLACK is no stranger to action. After all, the artifacts she spends her life returning to their rightful owners aren’t always easy to access. When Eden’s father dies in a plane crash, her life’s turned upside down. Grief turns to fear when she learns that it wasn't an accident. Everyone involved in an archaeological dig twenty years ago has met with a similar untimely end. Everyone that is, but Eden who was ten at the time.

When an orb is discovered in the ruins of an ancient Mexican city, archaeologists around the world start to speculate. The orb’s strange markings point to a civilization even older than the city itself – could this be the lost city of ATLANTIS? Before the orb can be analyzed, it and the team of archaeologists responsible for its discovery vanish without a trace. Enter EDEN BLACK. Determined to uncover the truth and rescue her colleagues, Eden and her team embark on a dangerous mission to unravel the mysteries of the orb.

Alois Jäger hat alles erreicht, was man im Leben erreichen kann: Dank modernster Medizin hat der Multimilliardär bereits seinen hundertfünfzigsten Geburtstag hinter sich und lebt luxuriös in einem eigenen Schloss im Weltall. Als er James auf einen Technologiedieb ansetzt, könnte dies für den Cyberdetective der lukrativste Auftrag seiner Laufbahn werden. Doch ein paar Klauseln im Vertrag seines Klienten lassen James stutzen und schon bald bekommt er es mit einer ganzen Armee kybernetischer Killer zu tun.

The new Kings Lake Central murder squad is about to spend its first morning on team-building exercises and reviewing cold cases when the call comes in that the body of one of the city's rough sleepers has been found in a shop doorway. It happens, someone says, he isn't the first to die on the streets and he won't be the last, but the story the new team begins to uncover is far from routine.

Most homicide detective teams run on trust, loyalty, and the shared desire to put killers behind bars. Frank Bennett's partner, Eden Archer, thrives on darkness and danger. She has a rare talent for catching killers - but her idea of justice has little to do with courtrooms. Now three girls are missing, and Eden is going undercover to a remote farm where the troubled hide and blood falls more often than rain. Frank’s job is to keep an eye on his partner while she's there - but is it for Eden's protection, or to protect others from her?

Cambridge, 1939. Wieder einmal zieht Detective Inspector Eden Brooke ruhelos durch die nächtliche Stadt. Seitdem er in Gefangenschaft gefoltert wurde, findet er keinen Schlaf mehr und leidet unter extremer Lichtempfindlichkeit. Nur in den verdunkelten Straßen fühlt er sich noch wohl - bis sich mehrere Sperrballons losreißen und eine Explosion im Stellwerk auslösen. Am nächsten Morgen wird eine Leiche am Fluss gefunden - auseinandergerissen von einer unglaublichen Kraft. Ist einer der Sperrballons daran schuld oder steckt mehr dahinter?

Winter, 1940. Schnee fällt. Inspector Eden Brooke streift wie so oft durch das nächtliche Cambridge. Die friedliche Ruhe wird jäh durch Hilferufe unterbrochen: In einem Sack verstaut, wurde ein kleiner Junge in den eiskalten Fluss geworfen. Brooke tut alles, um ihn zu retten - vergeblich. Brookes Ermittlungen ergeben, dass es sich bei dem Jungen um ein vermisstes Kind Irisch-Katholischen Glaubens handeln muss. Als eine Bombe in einer Fabrik explodiert und am Tatort ein Irisch-Republikanischer Slogan gefunden wird, vermutet der Inspector einen Zusammenhang zwischen den beiden Fällen.

Winter is leaving the residents of Glenkillen snowbound, but Eden isn't about to let the weather dampen her spirits. With only a little time left in Scotland, she's determined to make the most of it - starting with attending a fancy whisky tasting with local looker Leith Cameron. But her classy date turns into a major party foul after a woman is found drowned in one of the vats of alcohol.

Hunter I wasn't looking for his kind of trouble. It found me anyway. Tall. Dark. Addictive. He unravels me with his ferocity. Melts me with his touch. It's impossible not to become consumed by him. Until I find out who he really is. He has a hidden agenda far beyond his craving for me. Something menacing and sinister. I need to run. From him. From the danger. But running from the hunter means I've now become the prey.

Kaum von ihrer dramatischen Expedition in das Nordpolarmeer zurückgekehrt, wird auf Aaron Fogg in einem New Yorker Hotel ein Mordanschlag verübt. Phileas Fogg zeigt sich besorgt, doch sein Bruder ist offenbar nicht gewillt, über den Vorfall zu reden. Es kommt zu einem Streit zwischen den Brüdern, nach dem Aaron nicht nur das Hotel, sondern am nächsten Tag auch die Stadt verlässt. Er ahnt jedoch nicht, dass sich Phileas Fogg in Begleitung seiner Frau Aouda und ihrem gemeinsamen Diener Passepartout bereits an seine Fersen geheftet hat.

It's early September in Glenkillen, Scotland, when American expat (and romance novelist) Eden Elliott is recruited by the local inspector to act as a special constable. Fortunately it's in name only, since not much happens in Glenkillen. For now Eden has her hands full with other things: preparing for the sheepdog trial on the MacBride farm, a fundraiser for the hospice, and helping her friend Vicki with her first yarn club skein-of-the-month deliveries. Everything seems to be going well until the head of the welcoming committee is found strangled to death with a club member's yarn.

Eden Mercer, a determined young officer in the fog-shrouded, tight-knit town of Nightfall, Oregon, is haunted by her past in a fundamentalist cult. With her loyal K-9 partner, Shadow, by her side, she’s eager to prove herself in a department dominated by machismo. When a couple stumbles upon a woman’s body in a ritualistic burial deep within the dense, misty forests, Eden is thrust into a chilling mystery. As she delves deeper, disturbing clues and unsettling secrets tied to a local cult emerge.

"Un esprit de la forêt. Voilà ce qu'elle avait vu. Elle le répéterait, encore et encore, à tous ceux qui l'interrogeaient, au père de Lucy, à la police, aux habitants de la réserve. Quand on lui demandait, avec douceur, puis d'une voix de plus en plus tendue, pressante, s'il ne s'agissait pas plutôt de Lucy."

Ireland. AD 672. The hamlet of Cloichín is said to be a veritable Eden, with its prosperous farms and close-knit, friendly community. But when Sister Fidelma and Eadulf arrive, a new priest has ordered the villagers to lynch a man accused of murdering a local farmer, his wife and two sons. The only evidence they hold against him is the fact that he is a stranger to their land. Saving the man's life, Fidelma is determined that the villagers must give the newcomer a fair trial.

Silvia è morta. A Giulia, sua sorella, come ricordo è rimasta soltanto una lunga lettera spiegazzata, che le viene recapitata poco dopo il funerale. Una lettera che la costringe a tornare a un passato doloroso di cui aveva cercato di cancellare la memoria. E che le fa dubitare che Silvia si sia suicidata, come sostiene la polizia. Per questo decide di trasferirsi e accettare un lavoro a Bologna, la città in cui la sorella viveva, con l'obiettivo di scoprire cosa le sia accaduto davvero.

When K-9 Officer Eden Mercer enrolls in an elite search and rescue training course in remote Juniper Wells, Arizona, she has a hidden agenda. Her estranged father has finally offered a chance to reunite with her dying mother—if Eden agrees to meet his cult's representatives alone at the Utah border. But when a former military K-9 handler is murdered before he can expose dangerous secrets, Eden and her loyal shepherd Shadow find themselves entangled in a deadly conspiracy.

They were only supposed to have a professional relationship, but FBI agent Kyle McKenzie has been fantasizing about his sexy partner, Cadence Hollow, from the moment they first met. It takes the darkest case of their careers to finally bring their hidden desire bubbling to the surface. Once they’re in each other’s arms, though, they swear that nothing short of death will part them.

Best-selling lesbian author Erin Wade continues the LGBTQ epic about two women who travel the world and beyond to uncover the mysteries hidden in the universe. The Garden of Eden: Dark Justice, Book 2 continues the courageous adventures of Courtney and Sage Southerland as they produce documentaries of the strange and unexplained. The truth is that their secret is as dangerous, bizarre, and inexplicable as any they document.

Eden faces a final reckoning when the cult's past victims hunt them down in this explosive, high-stakes thriller in the Sacramento series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose. For decades, Eden has remained hidden in the remote wilds of the Pacific Northwest, “Pastor” keeping...

My desires have always stopped at vengeance. She's made me want more. My vendetta will destroy everything in my path, and I won't risk bringing her into my world. I never suspected she'd snake her way in on her own. I craved a bite of her sugar and spice, but my little vipera is fangs and venom. Now, all I want is to be bitten.