Ergebnis für "George" in Noir

For a new kind of killer roams the streets of the Arab ghetto, a madman whose bootlegged personality cartridges range from a sinister James Bond to a sadistic disemboweler named Khan. And Marid Audrian has been made an offer he can't refuse.The 200-year-old godfather of the Budayeen's underworld has enlisted Marid as his instrument of vengeance. But first Marid must undergo the most sophisticated of surgical implants before he dares to confront a killer who carries the power of every psychopath since the beginning of time.

Verheiratet mit einer Fremden. Ein Mann steht vor den Trümmern seiner Existenz. Hôtel Gardénia in der Nähe der Champs-Élyséess: In Zimmer 44 liegt eine Frau tot im Bett, sie trägt ein weißes Seidenkleid, in den Händen hält sie einen Strauß verwelkter Rosen, auf einem kleinen Tisch steht eine leere Champagnerflasche. Jeanne hat sich mit Schlaftabletten das Leben genommen. Und ihr Mann Bernard versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Was hat seine Frau in diesem Hotel gemacht, woher hatte sie das teuere Kleid?

Marid Audran has become everything he once despised. Not so long ago, he was a hustler in the Budayeen, an Arabian ghetto in a Balkanized future Earth. Back then, as often as not, he didn't have the money to buy himself a drink. But he had his independence.Now Marid works for Friedlander Bey, "godfather" of the Budayeen, a man whose power stretches across a shattered, crumbling world.

Quando il professor Azhar torna a casa e scopre che la figlia di nove anni è scomparsa insieme a quasi tutte le sue cose, non può che bussare disperato alla porta accanto e chiedere aiuto alla sua vicina e amica, il sergente Barbara Havers. Presto si scopre che a portar via la bambina è stata la madre, trasferitasi in Italia, a Lucca, per seguire il suo nuovo amore. In bilico tra i sentimenti e la ragione, Barbara si impegna a indagare ufficiosamente sul caso, ritrovandosi presto nei guai con i superiori a causa delle ingiustificate assenze dal lavoro.

Mard Audran has risen from hustling on the streets of the decadent Budayeen ghetto to being the right-hand man of one of the Maghreb's most feared men. As an enforcer for the powerful Friedlander Bey, Mard is just beginning to enjoy his newfound wealth and privilege, when he and Bey are betrayed by a rival and accused of murder.

Teo, una donna di origine nigeriana che lavorava per la polizia di Londra, ha cessato da poco di respirare. Una morte apparentemente inspiegabile, finché l'autopsia non rivela il trauma letale causato da un gesto omicida, oltre a un'ombra cupa che risale al suo passato. È stato questo passato a tenderle una trappola fatale, o la sua tragica fine è legata al difficile caso al quale era impegnata sotto copertura? E se le due cose fossero collegate?

Bretagna, una camera d’albergo d'estate, una storia di amour fou che infrange ogni regola e precipita verso il delitto. Considerato uno dei romanzi più avvincenti di Simenon, si apre con un incipit memorabile: una donna giace nuda sul letto sfatto di un albergo, dopo aver fatto l'amore in un pomeriggio d'estate. I due amanti, la sensuale Andrée e il mite emigrante italiano Tony, s'incontrano da undici mesi nella camera azzurra che dà il titolo al romanzo, dove vivono la loro travolgente passione.

Când în Pratoni de Vivaro, o localitate din apropiere de Roma, o mamă dispare împreună cu fiul ei, inspectorul-șef adjunct al Unității Mobile din capitala Italiei își cheamă în ajutor asistenta cea mai de încredere, pe Colomba Caselli. Împreună cu neobișnuitul Dante Torre, Colomba Caselli pornește fără voie o anchetă care le pune amândurora viața în primejdie. Ce încredere poate avea cu adevărat în ciudatul ei aliat? Ce legătură există între răpirea unui copil în urmă cu peste treizeci de ani, un atentat cu bombă la Paris și dispariția din Pratoni?

This second volume of a must-listen collection contains 15 bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors.

Jonas Milk, "il signor Jonas" per i commercianti della place du Vieux-Marché, ha una libreria d'occasione, un temperamento mite e una moglie, Gina Palestri, giovane, bella e con una pessima reputazione. Quando Gina scompare nel nulla, nel cuore della notte, portando con sé alcuni preziosissimi francobolli, al libraio crolla il mondo addosso. E tutti sembrano sospettare che il piccolo ebreo, giunto da una remota città russa, sia la causa di questa sparizione.

Thomas Lynley torna a indagare affiancato dalla sua collega Barbara Havers e da Winston Nkata, da poco promosso detective, e il caso che devono affrontare richiederà tutte le loro abilità deduttive. Per le strade di Londra si muove un sinistro assassino. Sulla sua strada ha lasciato il corpo nudo e mutilato di un giovane adolescente e una serie di macabri indizi lasciano pensare all'opera di un serial killer. Lynley scopre presto che l'assassino ha già colpito altre tre volte, senza che la polizia sia arrivata a collegare i casi o a dare loro importanza.

D Hunter è un nero vestito sempre di nero. Dovrebbe essere solo un bodyguard, ma per questioni di amicizia si ritrova a fare il manager di hip hop e per questioni di famiglia il detective. Night è il nome del cantante che deve accudire; Big Danny è invece il nonno tanto amato, che è stato ucciso mentre era alla guida della sua Buick Electra 225 del 1970.

Jeffrey Chaussier is trying to escape his past by performing at theaters in the Midwest. When his father dies in New Orleans under suspicious circumstances, Jeff returns to the city he loves to probe into that death. Jeff is no detective, but he is a dutiful son. He reconnects with his former New Orleans life: his musician brother; the fire fighter brother; the brother who can fix anything; his formidable mother; his politician uncle.

Former bodyguard D Hunter has moved to Los Angeles to become a talent manager. Business is good: He has signed a hot Atlanta rapper named Lil Daye for management and negotiated a lucrative endorsement with a liquor band. However, when D learns of the liquor CEO's unsavory sexual habits and reactionary political views, he worries that he has sold his soul. Back in Brooklyn, a body has been found in the waters near the Canarsie Pier, a body that connects D and the retired hit man Ice to incidents from back in The Plot Against Hip Hop, the second book in the series.

When retired Navy Commander George Praddle vanishes without a trace, his wife turns to private investigator Cole Harper for help. With a sharp wit and a knack for uncovering hidden truths, Harper dives into a labyrinth of lies, betrayal, and dangerous motives. Set in 1947, against the gritty backdrop of post-war Philadelphia, this gripping noir mystery thrusts Harper into a shadowy world where trust is scarce, and peril waits at every turn.

Randi Wade is a survivor. She followed in the footsteps of her father, became a cop, and now is working the P.I. trade. But her past still haunts her. And the vicious animal attacks that took her father's life have sprung up anew, claiming victims once again in this sleepy town. George R.R...

In July 1933, a gangster staged the kidnapping-for-ransom of an Oklahoma oilman. He would live to regret it. What started clean soon turns messy as two of “Machine Gun” Kelly’s partners cut themselves into the action, a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission, and his wife, ever alert to her own self-interest, starts playing both sides. Set in the first days of the modern FBI, Infamous is a blend of historical novel and crime story featuring an unexpected hero, some of the most colorful supporting characters in recent crime fiction, and femme fatale Kathryn Kelly.

It's 1975, two years before the murder of Delores Fogel shocked the Central Texas town of Elysium, setting up the chain of events that would lead to the post-millennium conclusion to the mystery in Murder In Elysium. Michael Lee "Mucho Love" Harper, Elysium's Chief of Police, has a double-murder on his hands, and this is the strangest killing of his career.

Sam Monroe thought his steamy love affair with Manhattan socialite Laura Nielson was dead and buried, but when she didn’t show up after unexpectedly calling him late at night and asking to meet, he decides to investigate. He finds her naked on her penthouse balcony, strangled, his dog tags wrapped around her neck. With a bull’s-eye on his back as the prime suspect, Sam begins a search for the killer that reveals Laura’s involvement with several men, some with ties to a well-known crime family.

Stellt euch vor, ihr seid mit eurem hart erarbeiteten Maserati unterwegs. Es ist spät in der Nacht und ihr wollt nur noch nach Hause. Das Telefon klingelt. Ihr nehmt den Anruf entgegen, obwohl ihr eigentlich keine Lust habt. Die Stimme am anderen Ende der Leitung klingt über die Freisprechanlage angenehm und kultiviert. Möglicherweise ein lukrativer Geschäftskontakt? Allerdings möchte sie etwas von euch, das ihr auf keinen Fall tun wollt. Ihr macht so etwas nicht mehr. Ihr habt damit abgeschlossen, die ganze Sache tief in eurem Hirn und der Vergangenheit begraben.