Ergebnis für "Else" in Krimis & Thriller

The city of Vukovar, situated on Croatia's easternmost periphery, across the Danube River from Serbia, was the site of some of the worst violence in the wars that rocked ex-Yugoslavia in the early '90s. It is referred to only as "the city" throughout this taut political thriller from one of Europe's most celebrated young writers.

Introducing DI Marnie Rome, Someone Else's Skin will enthral fans of Val McDermid and Mo Hayder. Devastating, brilliant, and heralding an outstanding new talent in crime fiction, this is the crime debut of the year. Some secrets keep you safe, others will destroy you.... Detective Inspector Marnie Rome. Dependable; fierce; brilliant at her job; a rising star in the ranks. Everyone knows how Marnie fought to come back from the murder of her parents, but very few know what is going on below the surface.

When three young women are discovered strangled and mutilated in a Glasgow park, it is up to DCI Lorimer to find their killer. Frustrated by a lack of progress in the investigation, Lorimer is forced to enlist the services of Dr Solomon Brightman, psychologist and criminal profiler. Together they form an uneasy alliance. But when a homeless man is brought in for questioning, the investigation takes a bizarre turn.

When Charley finds herself suddenly single on Christmas Day, it feels like her world has fallen apart. Forced to move back in with her parents, she embarks on a journey of re-invention. When she meets Ed, who is on honeymoon alone after being jilted at the altar by a bride he's never met, it looks like her life may be taking a turn for the better. Fate, however, has other ideas, and she and Ed are forced apart.

Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house, and soon the body count starts to rise. Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them? And who – or what – is the Beast in the Cellar?

Else Strohmeier ist an Einfachheit kaum zu übertreffen. Gedemütigt von ihrem diktatorischen Mann lebt sie ein unterwürfiges Leben im Rosenhaus 9. Gegen den Willen von Theo lernt sie ihre verwitwete Nachbarin kennen, durch die sie auf eine dubiose Idee kommt: Sie wird ihr Leben grundlegend verändern... Rosenhaus 9: Ein mysteriöses Haus in der Innenstadt Kölns. Doch der Name trügt: Wer hier einzieht, ist nicht auf Rosen gebettet. Verrückt vielleicht. Oder mutig. Lebensmüde könnte man meinen. Rosen oder Dornen - wer weiß das schon?

Després de la guerra civil, i en un petit indret del País Valencià, cinc homes són salvatgement executats una nit i soterrats en una fossa comuna. Ningú no sap el parador concret dels cossos fins que, setanta anys després, l'arqueòloga Júlia Ardid i el seu jove equip intentaran descobrir...

In this fifth volume of his True Crime series, Germany's bestselling True Crime author, Adrian Langenscheid, unleashes a heart-pounding, addictive reading yet again. A breathtaking and deeply harrowing portrait of the human abyss, it arouses powerful emotions with its chilling, matter-of-fact descriptions. Free from sensationalism, eighteen True Crime short stories retell some of the most spectacular French criminal cases in recent decades. A gripping collection of murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, abuse, fraud, betrayal, and theft accounts that take the reader to the limits of the bearable.

Un nen desapareix en pocs segons a la platja de Sant Pere Pescador, un home conviu amb el cadàver de la seva dona al llit, un cadàver de fa milions d’anys o una personalitat que vol viure per sempre més. Narcís Bardalet, un dels forenses més reconeguts del nostre país, se situa en l’escena del crim per trobar les respostes que determinen les causes de la mort i que permeten fer justícia. Els millors casos del forense Narcís Bardalet recull els casos més rellevants de tota una vida dedicada a estudiar el crim.

Els Mossos d’Esquadra, que viuen un moment complicat i tens a dins del cos a causa de la situació política del país, hauran d’investigar el cas d’unes noies que han aparegut assassinades en el que sembla un ritual. És amb aquest context de partida que Marc Pastor torna a la novel·la negra i construeix un relat urbà i addictiu amb un protagonista molt potent.

Thirteen years ago, Miranda Steele's abusive husband stole her newborn baby daughter and gave her up for adoption. Now Miranda thinks she's close to finding her. Until she finds the body of a young teen in the woods. Is this her daughter? And will the handsome detective investigating the case help her? Or drive her crazy? He thinks she can be a private investigator, too.

L'Albert Martínez, de vacances a Nova York, rep un missatge: "Han matat una dona a la Boqueria." Un matí de finals d'estiu, el famós mercat de la Rambla ha despertat amb una escena macabra que trasbalsa la ciutat. El que hauria d'haver estat un dia tranquil en un dels racons més acolorits i bulliciosos del centre de Barcelona, ha quedat tenyit per la sang d'un crim esfereïdor.

Una aventura que va acabar en assassinat al principi dels anys 80 és la clau del retrobament fortuït d’uns personatges molt diferents entre ells en un bar que aleshores simbolitzava la llibertat, el Rainbow. Com a centre neuràlgic de la tragèdia, al Rainbow és on tornen a trobar-se al cap dels anys per compartir els seus records i entrellaçar el passat i el present, ja que tot no és sempre el que sembla. Quina relació tenen aquestes persones amb el que va passar? I entre elles? Què és veritat i què és mentida del que expliquen?

Un thriller que segueix la cerca del secret millor amagat de Salvador Dalí. En Guillem està investigant la bogeria que va acompanyar els últims anys del pintor. Per fer-ho, viatjarà a Figueres i Portlligat, junt amb un antic company d'estudis, l'Hèctor i la seva parella, Vicky. L'obsessió d'en Guillem pel Dalí a poc a poc s'anirà tornant més fosca. Què tenen en comú en Guillem i el pintor? Què amaga el jove? Una novel·la apassionant que endinsa al lector dins del món esbojarrat de Dalí.

In the gritty follow-up to the War Saga, Walid Wales gets a cryptic call that sends him deep into the treacherous underbelly of Belize. His entire family’s held hostage, and the architect of this nefarious plan is none other than his own twin, Ace Wales, a loose cannon who’s hellbent on stealing their billionaire father’s empire. Ace, in cahoots with his girlfriend Arbella and his manipulative mother-in-law, Faye, orchestrates a billion-dollar heist, intending to bleed his father’s accounts dry. No witnesses can be left behind when all is said and done, and blood ties ain’t worth a damn.

Dans le cinquième volume de sa série True Crime, Adrian Langenscheid, auteur allemand de best-sellers sur les grandes affaires criminelles des dernières décennies, nous propose une fois de plus une lecture passionnante et addictive. Cette peinture à couper le souffle des abîmes glaçants de l’esprit humain réveille des émotions puissantes précisément en raison de la froideur et de la neutralité du récit.

The Invention of Everything Else is a luminous imagining of an unlikely friendship between the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla and a young hotel chambermaid. Louisa, obsessed with radio dramas and the secret lives of the hotel guests, first catches sight of the hotel's most famous resident on New Year's Day, 1943, and is determined to befriend the strange man.

When Max Brennan’s estranged father and then his own girlfriend go missing in quick succession, he turns to his old friend Detective Jake Porter for help. As Max is then attacked in his own home, Porter and his partner Nick Styles waste no time in investigating. But when their main suspect turns up dead, alongside a list of other targets, it seems the case is much bigger than it first appeared. With events spiralling, can Porter and Styles catch the killer before another victim is claimed?

A novel of psychological suspense in which a private adoption's dark consequences play out years later, at an elite prep school in the Berkshires.

I count down the days until we can leave the city behind and return to the beach house. Where James and Katie can roam free over the dunes, like they did as children, and Peter will swap his six a.m. starts for the stacks of fluffy pancakes he lovingly serves up for our family breakfasts. These sun-drenched, golden days, just the four of us, are what I hold on to all year long. But this summer, Katie’s best friend will be coming with us. I tell myself the girls will have fun together, pushing aside the doubts I have about this uninvited guest. Isa.