Ergebnis für "Kurt" in Polizei

Kurt Wallander ist 43 Jahre alt und hat außer einem Mordfall auch noch eine Menge privater Probleme zu lösen. «Es war der 8. Januar 1990. Es dämmerte noch nicht. Kurt Wallander schlief...» Auf einem abgelegenen Hof in der Nähe von Ystad wird ein altes Ehepaar überfallen und auf...

Das Unfassbare geschieht: Vor den Augen von Kriminalkommissar Kurt Wallander bringt sich ein junges Mädchen um. Ohne dass er eingreifen könnte, verbrennt sie sich in einem Rapsfeld. Das Bild lässt Wallander nicht mehr los. Kurz darauf findet man einen Mann tot auf, mit einer Axt erschlagen...

This collection of five stories traces the growth of Swedish Inspector Kurt Wallander into a first-rate detective, from rookie cop to young father to middle-aged divorcé, illuminating new facets of a now-canonical character. In “Wallander’s First Case,” the twenty-one-year-old...

Kurt Wallander ist am Ende. Seit diesem Zwischenfall, bei dem er in Notwehr töten musste, ist er beurlaubt, er lungert herum und trinkt. Daneben unternimmt er einsame Strandwanderungen. Er ist entschlossen, seinen Dienst zu quittieren. Da liest er in der Morgenzeitung vom Tod des Anwalts Sten...

Kurt Wallander ist 22 Jahre alt, Polizist in Malmö und am Beginn seiner Karriere als Kriminalkommissar. "Wallander hatte frei. Es war der 3. Juni 1969…" Als Wallander seinen ersten Fall löst, ist er Anfang Zwanzig, ein junger Polizist in Malmö und bis über beide Ohren in Mona verliebt. In...

When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers back in 1990, he was a senior police officer, just turned forty, with his life in a mess. His wife had left him, his father barely acknowledged him; he ate badly and drank alone at night. The Pyramid chronicles the events that led him to...

In an African convent, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are brutally murdered, and the death of the unknown woman is covered up by the local police. A year later in Sweden, Inspector Kurt Wallander is baffled and appalled by two strange murders. Holger Eriksson, a retired car dealer and...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell, read by Sean Barrett. Four nuns and a fifth woman are killed in a savage night-time attack in Africa. A year later, Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher and discovers a...

Acht neue, spannende Fälle, führen die Ermittler wieder rund um den Erdball: Indien, Schweden, Südafrika, Deutschland, die Niederlande und die Schweiz sind diesmal die Handlungsorte für die Jagd nach dem Täter. So beschäftigt die Ermittler ein mysteriöser. Mord am Matterhorn ebenso, wie ein geheimnisvolles Phantom, das anscheinend nachts durch die Appartements reicher Amsterdamer Kunstsammler spukt. Wichtige Indizien sind in anderen Fällen ein Eilbrief und ein zertrümmerter Aschenbecher.

In this latest atmospheric thriller, Kurt Wallander and his daughter, Linda, join forces to search for a religious fanatic on a murder spree. Just graduated from the police academy, Linda Wallander returns to Skåne to join the police force, and she already shows all the hallmarks of her...

It was a crime of senseless violence. On a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer was bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die with a noose around her neck. As if this didn’t present enough problems for Ystad police inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word...

After nearly thirty years in the same job, Inspector Kurt Wallander is tired, restless, and itching to make a change. He is taken with a certain old farmhouse, perfectly situated in a quiet countryside with a charming, overgrown garden. There he finds the skeletal hand of a corpse in a shallow...

Congress can’t pass a budget and Biscayne National Park is paying the price. With Special Agent Kurt Hunter out of work, two rivals gangs start a turf war in the park. But when a body is found hanging from the railing of the iconic Boca Chita Lighthouse, Kurt refuses to sit back and fish while the gangs take over his park. Lies and deceit run rampant through the gangs, forcing Kurt deep into the labyrinth of Miami’s counterculture to solve the murder.

When an officer's murder in Biscayne National Park threatens to expose a corrupt agency, one man is tasked with finding the killer, but he’s running into a wall of organizational conspiracy built to conceal a devious plot. Special Agent Kurt Hunter is fighting to find the truth hidden behind a maze of twisted coworkers and interagency tensions. From the glamorous Intracoastal Waterway of Miami to the natural beauty of Biscayne National Park, this new mystery from best-selling author Steven Becker reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly of South Florida. 

Get three bestsellers for the price of one. Backwater Bay: When a body is found floating in the mangroves of Biscayne National Park, Special Agent Kurt Hunter has his first real case. Backwater Channel: Kurt is thrown into a rift between warring environmentalists and power-hungry corporate executives all trying to advance their own agendas. Backwater Cove: When agent Hunter finds a woman washed up in Biscayne National Park the case leads him to the world of high rolling boosters and the young players who will do anything to make their mark.

All the colorful characters, tropical locations, Florida history, and marine action that listeners and readers have come to expect in the Kurt Hunter Mysteries series. Fans of Wayne Stinnett, Clive Cussler, and John D MacDonald will enjoy this South Florida adventure. A devoted fan writes: “Grab a cold beer and relax while you follow Kurt Hunter. You won’t be sorry!”

Its been twelve long years since Detective Kawika Wong was tasked with solving the brutal murder of the infamous real-estate developer Ralph Fortunatoa case that led to more bodies than answers and a slew of complicated and ancient secrets, a case that made his career. Now, the once rookie...

Skyrocketing boat sales have made the waters of South Florida increasingly dangerous by turning quiet backwater coves into venues for huge sandbar parties - and not everyone is there for a good time. Along with the fun-seeking crowds come the worst elements of Miami society. When a boat is found adrift in the national park with the body of a DEA agent aboard, Special Agent Kurt Hunter is caught in the crossfire between the city’s seedy underbelly and the natural habitat he’s sworn to protect.

When Special Agent Kurt Hunter is forced to follow the trail of a killer to the small ex-smuggling town of Everglades City, he faces some unique challenges—one of which is staying alive.

Tom Garrison remembers everything. The rain. The headlights. The sound of impact. When a cyclist is killed in a late-night hit-and-run, Tom steps forward as the perfect witness—calm, precise, and certain of every detail. Police praise his clarity. The media calls him a good Samaritan. His testimony helps close the case. But Detective Mara Linwood hears something wrong in Tom’s voice. As inconsistencies surface and buried memories begin to crack, Tom’s carefully ordered reality starts to unravel. Nightmares bleed into waking life.