Ergebnis für "George" in Für Hartgesottene

Der kleinkriminelle Fahrradkurier Nico hat nur ein Ziel: Endlich sein eigener Chef sein. Doch als er seinen besten Freund Dave tot auffindet, gerät sein Leben außer Kontrolle. Nico hat nur 48 Stunden, um herauszufinden, wer Dave getötet hat, bevor er selbst untergehen wird.

Maigret est tiré de sa retraite, à Meung-sur-Loire, par un très jeune homme qu'accompagne un vieux notaire de famille ; Jean Maura est inquiet au sujet de son père, important homme d'affaire qui habite New York : ses lettres, toujours d'une grande affection, le montrent angoissé depuis quelque temps. Maigret accepte d'accompagner Jean Maura à New York. Au moment de débarquer, Jean Maura disparaît inexplicablement.

Von zahlreichen Messerstichen zerfetzt und in Blut getränkt: So findet die Polizei einen auf grausame Weise getöteten Mann vor. Der frischgebackene Leiter der Mordkommission Wolfgang Stöhrl erkennt sofort, dass dieser das Opfer ungezügelter Raserei wurde. Zunächst vermutet er eine Beziehungstat, doch als ein weiterer Mord geschieht, werden die Ermittlungen kompliziert. Beide Tote nutzten Dating-Plattformen, um nach unverbindlicher Lustbefriedigung mit einem speziellen Kick zu suchen. Trotzdem glaubt Stöhrl weiterhin an seine ursprüngliche Fährte.

Un coup de téléphone de Porquerolles informe Maigret du meurtre d'un certain Marcellin qui, peu de temps avant sa mort, a prétendu être un "ami" du commissaire. En fait, Maigret l'a connu autrefois, lorsqu'il a fait admettre au sanatorium son amie Ginette qui était tuberculeuse (alors que Marcellin lui-même était en prison). Maigret se rend sur place, en compagnie de l'inspecteur Pyke, de Scotland Yard, venu en France pour étudier les méthodes du célèbre commissaire parisien.

À Paris, une nuit de mars, deux bateliers tirent de la Seine un clochard grièvement blessé. L'un d'eux, le jeune Van Houtte, affirme avoir noté la présence d'une Peugeot 403 rouge sur le quai, peu de temps avant le drame. Maigret retrouve les occupants de la voiture, mais ceux-ci parviennent à prouver leur innocence. L'identification du clochard ne va pas sans surprises : il s'agit d'un ancien médecin du nom de François Keller.

Grausame Morde und eine Reihe unerklärlicher Unfälle erschüttern Gullton, die Stadt, neben der Sin City wirkt wie eine Klosterschule. Detective Deckard stößt bei den Ermittlungen auf immer neue Ungereimtheiten und Geheimnisse, und alles deutet darauf hin, dass Unterweltkönig Nero Roberts in die Sache verwickelt ist. Seine Schwester Melissa sucht nach einer Ausreißerin, während ein junger Krankenpfleger einer Frau begegnet, die sein Leben unwiederbringlich verändert.

DS George Cross's father, Raymond, always takes an annual holiday in a local care home. He enjoys the company it brings him. He busies himself repairing the residents' wheelchairs and has become their self-appointed tech guru. But this time it's different. A new arrival causes a stir – he's convinced one of the older residents, suffering with dementia, is the man who killed his father decades before. The staff say it has to be a mistake, but after Cross investigates, he discovers that a similar murder really did take place.

Repackaged to tie-in with hardback publication of ‘The Reavers’ and to appeal to a new generation of George MacDonald Fraser fans, ‘Mr American’ is a swashbuckling romp of a novel. Mark Franklin came from the American West to Edwardian England with two long-barrelled .44s in his baggage...

Tony Wolf, a troubled man and the FBI’s most esteemed undercover agent, is back after mysteriously vanishing without a trace. A specialist at infiltrating criminal organizations and taking them down from the inside, he lives his life in the shadows. But when he’s forced into the open during the rescue of two kidnapped children, Wolf becomes caught up in a massive federal manhunt. Faced with a traitorous agent and a ruthless, renegade biker gang he has crossed paths with before, Wolf finds himself in danger.

Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida daily, “plotting to resurrect my newspaper career by yoking my byline to some famous stiff.” Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dead in a fishy-smelling scuba...

In the summer of 1976, the nation's capital is gearing up for the Bicentennial. Captain Beefheart's on the eight-track, and the hot new film "King Suckerman" has everyone talking. Two knockaround guys named Clay and Karras are out looking for trouble when they stumble onto a drug deal gone bad...

Tempted out of his bookstore into the world of horseracing, Janeway accepts an invitation from wealthy horse trainer H.R. Geiger to travel to Idaho and look at some rare first-edition books. The books are stunning, flawless children's classics that render the usually eloquent Janeway speechless.

Hvordan kan han bevise at det var mord? Ingen fingeraftryk. Intet våben. Ingen vidner. Kan kriminalassistent Cross bevise at det var mord? Kriminalassistent George Cross stoler ikke på gætterier, og han har ikke tid til falske formodninger. Han er en betjent som arbejder ud fra de beviser der er for næsen af ham, ikke 'intuitioner' eller 'mavefornemmelser'. Han ved ikke hvad de er. Da en ung kvinde bliver fundet død, er Bristols Efterforskningsenhed hurtig til at erklære at der er tale om et selvmord da kvinden havde en fortid med stofmisbrug.

"We’ll drop anything we're doing to read a new Randy White novel and be glad we did." --Denver Post Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford novels have been praised as "witty" (San Diego Union-Tribune), "must-reads" (Chicago Tribune) and "superb." (Denver Post) Now, White's newest thriller takes Doc Ford...

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

Drew Maclane was a star agent - until the day the killing had to stop. He withdrew, and for six years lived the life of a hermit in a monastery. But someone has tracked him down, leaving a trail of corpses...someone who knows all about him, who knows how to draw him back into that electrifying world where no one is as he seems, and where life's most horrifying and harrowing game is played.

A bold, brilliant tale of mystery, revenge, and survival in the 1980s, when cocaine and money ruled the city streets and even the good guys wanted a piece of the action. It's March madness and the college boys are playing basketball on TV. But on the streets of D.C., the homeboys are dealing...

After getting his life on track, a man with a troubled past finds temptation under the twisted floorboards of a house he's remodeling in this mystery filled with "wonderful dialogue" and "action that punches from the shoulder and hip" (John Weisman, Washington Times). Christopher Flynn is trying...

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.

George D. Shuman er med "Fortabte piger" tilbage med en ny vedkommende, intens og åndeløst spændende krimi om efterforskningskonsulenten Sherry Moore - en blind kvinde med evnen til, når hun rører ved et ligs hånd, at se de sidste sekunder i den dødes liv.

Polske Aleksandra og amerikanske Jill er blandt ofrene for menneskehandlere. Aleksandra er politibetjent, og bliver tilfældigt, mens hun er i gang med en efterforskning, fanget på det fragtskib i Gdansk som fragter kvinder tværs over Atlanten til Haiti. Jill er krydstogtsgæst og blot besøgende på Haiti for en dag.