Ergebnis für "Lady Susan" in Krimis & Thriller

Wegen ihres wissbegierigen Verstandes hat sich Charlotte Holmes nie mit der Sittsamkeit wohl gefühlt, die in der Oberschicht vom schönen Geschlecht erwartet wird. Aber selbst sie hätte nie gedacht, dass sie einmal eine gefallene Frau sein würde, die sich auf den Straßen Londons durchschlagen muss. Als die Stadt von drei unerwarteten Todesfällen heimgesucht wird und der Verdacht auf ihre Schwester und ihren Vater fällt, ist Charlotte verzweifelt bemüht, die wahren Schuldigen zu finden und den Namen der Familie reinzuwaschen.

Lady Hermione Merryhew, daughter of an impoverished marquess, already has her share of problems. The last thing she needs is an intruder in her bedroom, especially not a fugitive thief. She should scream, but the shabby rascal is a man from her past. Six years ago, at her first ball, dashing Lieutenant Mark Thayne failed to steal a kiss, but succeeded in stealing a little of her heart. She's older and wiser now. She can't toss him to the wolves. Besides, she wants that kiss. Now Viscount Faringay, Mark has never forgotten Lady Hermione, but he mustn't involve her in his dangerous life.

Sie ist die Frau ohne Gesicht. Manche beleidigen sie, manche ignorieren sie. Manche geben etwas. Manche nur wegen des Hundes an ihrer Seite. Sie ist eine Pennerin, die genau weiß, wie die Straßen von London riechen. Doch Diese abgeklärte Lady Bag war nicht immer eine Baglady. Als eine ganz normale Frau geriet sie in die älteste Falle der Welt und wurde ruiniert. Jetzt will sie nichts mehr, nur die Gesellschaft ihrer Hündin und ihren gewohnten Rotweinpegel. Bis eines Tages ihr persönlicher Dämon ihren Weg kreuzt – mit finsteren Absichten, wie sie aus Erfahrung weiß.

She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as alluring and seductive as possible to them. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless. The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. His company’s human resources department has already paid out settlements to a couple of his young victims - but they don’t know that his crimes go far beyond workplace harassment. Lady Justice knows. And in one shocking night of brutality, she makes him pay a much steeper price.

Last year, Maddie Schwartz was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she’s bolted from her marriage of almost 20 years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl - assistance that leads to a job at the city’s afternoon newspaper, the Star. Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake.

When the ancient waters of Lady’s Well in the rural village of Holystone begin to run red, it seems to be a nasty Hallowe’en prank and nothing more. But things take a sinister turn when the entire village suffers severe poisoning, and one old man turns up dead. Accusations abound in the small close-knit community, and ‘old’ religions spar against ‘new’ while fear runs like wildfire through the streets. With so many potential motives and countless opportunities, there’s only one man who can help solve this particular mystery.

When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie Klimek, Moulay Hassan, Kate Bender? The narrative we’re comfortable with is the one where women are the victims of violent crime, not the perpetrators. In fact, serial killers are thought to be so universally, overwhelmingly male that in 1998, FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood infamously declared in a homicide conference, “There are no female serial killers.”

In an almost unprecedented response to a past tragedy, Lady Madison Abbott is now the scion of the Abbott family, and heir not only to their magnificent estates in the English countryside and London, but to her father's dukedom as well. But nothing is as it seems in Madison's world. When her university friend falls unexpectedly ill and dies at a charity polo match, Scotland Yard does not believe that it could have been murder. Her once and possibly future lover may have been the killer. Or he may be the next to die.

Jessica is headed over to her new neighbor Martha’s house one evening after casually volunteering to help her get settled in. Both are young nurses and, turns out, survivors of toxic relationships; in fact, they’ve got plenty in common. Plus, a fun and friendly peer is a welcome upgrade to their sleepy, suburban street bordered by woods.