Ergebnis für "King of Thieves" in Krimis

1325: Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Simon Puttock are sent to France to guard the King’s son. The King’s son must pay homage to the French King if he is to enable the English to keep hold of vital territory, but they are unaware that King Edward’s wife, Isabella, has grown so disaffected that she has begun to plot her revenge.

On a cold Christmas Eve in Edinburgh, Detective Constable Scott Cullen investigates the gruesome murder of a local businessman. Battling a brutal hangover and with the lure of a promotion dangled in front of him, Cullen has the lingering feeling his days as a cop might just be numbered.

Tom Wade, Detective bei der Major Crimes Unit, dem Dezernat für Schwerkriminalität, hat verdeckt mit dem FBI zusammengearbeitet und sieben seiner Kollegen der Korruption überführt - eine Entscheidung, die zu seiner Verbannung führt. Als gewöhnlicher Streifenpolizisten muss er nun im gefährlichsten Viertel von King City eine Stadtteilwache übernehmen: ohne jegliche Unterstützung und mit nur geringer Lebenserwartung. Doch Wade nimmt den Kampf auf. Er will wieder Ordnung in das heruntergekommene Viertel bringen...

A glimpse into the legendary age of chivalry, on a rollicking journey through a magical Arthurian landscape. Much has already been told of the Knights of The Round Table; but what of the women behind the legends? In Chapman's exciting retelling of The Red Knight, we meet Lynett, a young noble woman, and unwilling bride of the Round Table Knight, Gaheris. When her sister Leonie is held captive by the malevolent Red Knight, Lynett is forced on a perilous journey to find King Arthur and plead for his help.

John Hart creates a literary thriller that is as suspenseful as it is poignant, a riveting murder mystery layered beneath the southern drawl of a humble North Carolina lawyer. When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed facade begin to crack.