Ergebnis für "Fool Me Once" in Krimis & Thriller

Fast zwei Jahre ist es her, dass Emery ihre Heimat Harpers Ferry fluchtartig verlassen hat. Doch der Tod ihrer Großmutter zwingt sie, an den Ort zurückzukehren, an dem sie alles verloren hat – erst ihre beste Freundin, dann ihre große Liebe Luke. Denn an Stellas erstem Todestag hat Emery etwas beobachtet, das Lukes Leben zerstören könnte. Um sein Geheimnis zu bewahren und ihn zu beschützen, musste sie gehen. Als sie ihm jetzt in Harpers Ferry erneut gegenübersteht, sind all die überwältigenden Gefühle wieder da. Aber ist Luke noch der, in den sie sich einst verliebte?

In Fool Me Once, renowned expert Kelly Richmond Pope shows fraud in action, uncovering what makes perps tick, victims so gullible, and whistleblowers so morally righteous, while also encouraging us to look at our own behaviors and motivations in the hopes of protecting ourselves and our companies.

By the time you finish this book, you'll have a better understanding of—and perhaps more compassion for—perpetrators; a renewed connection to victims; and an appreciation for those who blow the whistle.

Thirtysomething Piper Harris and her grandmother, former members of a motorcycle gang, are struggling to adjust to their new life in Bitter End, Florida, after being relocated there at a retirement complex as part of the witness protection program. Let’s just say Gran laundered money so well, she washed away their freedom. It’s crucial for Piper and Gran to lay low, but how can they do that when they get involved in another murder investigation? Lloyd and Tammy Feldman are financial managers, offering investments to the seniors of the Bitter End retirement community.

In this stunningly twisty thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce's college days comes back to haunt him. His memory is clear, but all these years later, the facts don’t add up…which is something he cannot ignore. Sami...

Er war die Liebe meines Lebens. Bis ich ihn verlassen musste. Jetzt ist er der Mann, der mich gefangen hält. Rylee hätte nie erwartet, als Hauptverdächtige im Keller des Weißen Hauses verhört zu werden, nachdem der Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten entführt wurde. Dumm nur, dass alle Indizien gegen sie sprechen. Immerhin war sie die Einzige, die sich im Raum mit ihm aufhielt, als dieser verschwand. Und das Blut an ihrem Körper entlastet sie auch nicht unbedingt. Doch das ist nicht Rylees einziges Problem. Jetzt soll sie dem Secret Service den Aufenthaltsort des Präsidenten nennen, obwohl sie sich an rein gar nichts erinnern kann.

With a glittering career, spanning several decades representing the privileged and the wealthy, behind him the focus of the investigation inevitably turns toward cases and clients past and present, but was his death linked to his work or is there another, darker and far more sinister motive at play? No matter how successful, privileged or elevated in society one person can be, one universal rule applies; we all bleed the same.

Pulling off an impossible crime is the only way he can stay alive. Stealing a Faberge egg. Surviving a double cross. And pulling off the most incredible robbery ever, for the world’s most demanding—and dangerous—collector. This will be the challenge of thief extraordinaire Riley...

Ex-model Paige McCarty is fed up with being just a pretty face. After her ex-husband’s gambling problem left her royally screwed and tragically shoeless, she started Fool Me Once Investigations with her best friends, Lorlei and Kennedy, to prevent other women from being similarly played and dismayed.

For Lorelei Warner, being perfect isn't everything it's cracked up to be. She did what her straitlaced parents wanted: Became a lawyer, married her college boyfriend. But since her husband ran off with another man and her career became a nonstop bore-fest, Lorelei has turned to her best friends and Fool Me Once Investigations to find fulfillment and adventure.

In Los Angeles, FBI counterterrorism agent Quinn Traynor receives an urgent call from CDC agent Madeline Hamilton. She’s discovered the first victim of a lethal, unfamiliar virus. Their joint investigation uncovers an imminent bio-terror attack, and their only hope is to identify the terrorists carrying the disease. With just two days remaining before it’s too late, the FBI and the CDC race to prevent a pandemic. The ensuing nightmare will hit closer to home than they ever anticipated, and one of them will pay an unimaginable price for protecting the country.