Ergebnis für "Hard Times" in Krimis

While driving home after celebrating friend Murray Ryerson's big break into TV hosting, V.I. almost collides with a fatally wounded woman lying in the street. The deceased is Nicola Aguinaldo, former employee of security giant B.B. Baladine and recent prison runaway. Taking on the case, V.I. finds herself plunged into a sinister network of corruption that pits her against the police, the prison and the entertainment industry - with potentially lethal results.

The mage Frank "Half Dead" Johnson is a marked man. Literally. A drunken decision fueled by tragedy has left him with half a soul, sorcerous powers, and two centuries to work off his debt to Scratch (a.k.a. the Devil) himself.   

Der junge, hoffnungsvolle Schauspieler Maxwell Ford wird das Opfer eines gemeinen Komplotts dreier Kollegen. Wie aus dem Nichts taucht daraufhin ein unheimlicher Fremder auf, der sich Mister Hyde nennt. Er bietet seine Hilfe an. Und bereits am nächsten Tag wird der erste der drei Verschwörer ermordet aufgefunden. Maxwell gerät in einen gefährlichen Strudel, bei dem die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Illusion verschwimmen. Ist Mister Hyde wirklich real oder nur das Produkt seiner Fantasie? Sherlock Holmes nimmt sich des Falls an.

An extraordinary crime novel from a rising star, that follows the ripple effects of a tragic shooting throughout a Chicago community from the view of the teachers, police officers, and students impacted “A deeply satisfying story with as much, heart, grit and history as the city that it’s...

Gripping, terrifying, an unputdownable read. Discover Graham Greene's most iconic novel. A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous...

Johns are dying in Barnstow. It was bound to happen eventually, in a city where legal prostitution is a big part of the tourist industry, but not so many so fast. And of course, if there are dead bodies in Barnstow, Detective Jimmy Delaney isn’t far away.

The #1 bestselling phenomenon continues in the eighth Stephanie Plum novel. The stakes get higher, the crimes get nastier, the chases get faster, and the men get hotter. This time Stephanie, Morelli, Ranger. Lula, Valerie, and Grandma Mazur are strapped in for the ride of their lives. Stephanie...

Zane Holden hasn't had the easiest go of things. The only good thing in his life would be Stonewall Investigations, an investigative company he found to work primarily with the LGBTQ community. Lorenzo De Luca is a cocky defense attorney dripping in Italian charm. He's well known as one of the best lawyers in New York City, a title he worked hard to achieve. When he picks up a difficult case, he finds that he needs extra help. This leads him to Stonewall, where he meets Zane for the first time and instantly feels himself falling for the mysterious and stone-cut detective.

Die britische Regierung versteigert die kleine Insel Croll Island. Der Käufer ist der geheimnisvolle Rocamir. Dieser lebt von nun an auf dem Eiland. Doch eines Tages glaubt seine ehemalige Nachbarin Miss Gill, dass Rocamir zurück ist. Jeden Abend um zehn Uhr nimmt sie aus seiner alten Wohnung ein vertrautes Klingelzeichen wahr. Da ihr die Sache nicht geheuer ist, bittet sie Professor van Dusen um Hilfe. Als das Klingeln am nächsten Abend wieder ertönt, finden van Dusen und Hatch einen Toten in der nachbarlichen Wohnung.

New York Times best-selling author Nevada Barr continues her award-winning Anna Pigeon series with this riveting mystery that features the puzzling plot twists, deft characterizations, and sparkling dialogue that have become Barr's trademarks, and which her ever-growing fan base can't get enough of.

The start of a brand new trilogy following MI6’s agents with a licence to kill, that blows the world of James Bond wide open! ‘A boldly innovative James Bond novel' Sunday Times THREE… James Bond is missing and presumed dead. In his absence, MI6 is left struggling to pick up the pieces in...

When a group of homegrown attackers takes aim at cops outside a Fourth of July baseball game, black-ops specialist Jon Reznick and his daughter, Lauren, are caught in the crossfire. Jon hunts down two of the gunmen. But the last member of the group is at large and about to launch a fresh killing spree across the city. Cops are under fire, and Jon must stop this madman before more people are killed. But Jon’s renegade tactics and vigilante justice are starting to ruffle some feathers, and his friends in high places might not be able to help him anymore.

Track a stalker. Catch a killer. The Death Messenger is a tense police procedural following The Silent Room in the thrilling Matthew Ryan series by Mari Hannah. When a mysterious DVD is delivered to Northumbria Police Headquarters, DS Matthew Ryan and Detective Superintendent Eloise O’Neil are...

"Listening to Bernadette Dunne perform the Meg Langslow audiobooks gives listeners a sense of coming home to a beloved family." —AudioFile on The Falcon Always Wings Twice (Earphones Award winner) Listeners will flock to New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews's next installment in the...

In this epic showdown from the writer of the award-winning US crime series, The Wire, police officer Derek Strange hunts his brother's killer through a city erupting with rage. Derek Strange is a rookie cop, the job he's dreamed of since he was a boy. His brother, Dennis, has not been as...

Brought to you by Penguin. Late at night in a New York café army-cop-turned-drifter Jack Reacher orders coffee in a cup made of foam, not china, so that he can move on at a moment's notice. He owns nothing, carries less, has never encountered a female colleague he can't bed, or a case he can't...

A man accused of burglary seems innocent, but two ex-Secret Service agents quickly learn that nothing is more dangerous than the truth in this propulsive thriller from a #1 New York Times bestselling author. A woman is found murdered in the woods. It seems like a simple case but it soon...

Stone Barrington allies with a former foe when his west coast vacation turns into a dangerous situation in this riveting novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. When Stone Barrington embarks on a trip to Bel-Air to check in on some business and personal concerns, he expects a...

The #1 bestselling phenomenon continues in the eighth Stephanie Plum novel. The stakes get higher, the crimes get nastier, the chases get faster, and the men get hotter. This time Stephanie, Morelli, Ranger. Lula, Valerie, and Grandma Mazur are strapped in for the ride of their lives. Stephanie...

Brought to you by Penguin. A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE MONTH 'A wonderfully haunting debut.' JANE HARPER, author of The Dry 'Irresistible, compelling.' PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train When seventeen-year-old Emma leaves her best friend Abi at a party in the woods, she believes, like...