Ergebnis für "Hard Times" in Krimis

Ein Auftrag. Ein Fehler. Ein Mann auf der Flucht. Jon Reznick ist ein »Geist« – ein Spezialist für verdeckte Operationen, der seine Befehle von zwielichtigen Vorgesetzten und sein Gehalt von der US-Regierung erhält. Sein neuester Auftrag: ein Anschlag auf höchster Ebene. Reznick weiß nur, dass es wie ein Selbstmord aussehen muss. Doch etwas läuft schief. Das Ziel ist nicht der Mann, den er erwartet hat. Reznick selbst wird zum Gejagten. Er ist mit dem Mann, den er töten sollte, auf der Flucht.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

It starts with a few near-accidents: A car almost swipes Mike Hammer when he’s crossing the street. A junkie robs the notoriously hardboiled detective at knifepoint. A fight on a subway platform comes close to pushing him in front of a train. While any one of these could be a coincidence, together they make a conspiracy—one that Hammer will have to end in order to survive. And when it comes to finishing something—or someone—nobody does it better than Hammer.

In this epic showdown from "one of the best crime novelists alive" (Dennis Lehane), police officer Derek Strange hunts his brother's killer through a city erupting with rage...

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.

Pulp Confidential authors Tim Bruckner and Derek Lantin bring listeners the experience of the shadowed corners of crime in the mold of the 1930s pulp magazines. First up is Tim Bruckner's "Scared Pretty": It is the 1930s and a sadistic serial killer is on the loose in Hollywoodland. What follows is writer Derek Lantin's Bangkok thriller "The Missing Beauty": British accountant Jack Walters is in Bangkok for a new job. What he finds instead is an exotic beauty - leading him into a web of kidnapping and murder!

A comic vignette in which a carnival barker's valuable watch gets stolen during an illegal poker game. The local sheriff seems in no hurry to apprehend the thief, until a reward is offered.