Ergebnis für "Leech" in Krimis & Thriller

Tiefe Trauer - und erhöhte Wachsamkeit veranlassen Jack Reacher an der Beerdigung seines ehemaligen Vorgesetzten und väterlichen Freundes, Leon Garber, teilzunehmen. Weshalb ließ dieser nach so vielen Jahren unter dem Namen seiner Tochter Jodie nach ihm fahnden? Und was hat sie, Jacks unerfüllte große Liebe, damit zu tun? Jodie, bildschön und eine clevere Anwältin, steht selbst vor einem Rätsel. Erst eine unangenehme Begegnung mit Killern und verstümmelten Leichen bringt die beiden auf eine heiße Spur - und ins Fadenkreuz der Mörder.

Sie will die Wahrheit herausfinden und weil ich eine Ablenkung brauche, helfe ich ihr dabei - komme, was wolle. Brook. Mein Ziel, den Baustoffhandel meiner Familie zu expandieren, ging wortwörtlich in Flammen auf. Und das ausgerechnet, nachdem mir ein Konkurrent drohte. Ein Zufall? Wohl kaum. Allerdings denkt die Feuerwehr, mein Vater wolle Versicherungsbetrug begehen. Nur einer von ihnen glaubt uns - Liam, ein viel zu gutaussehender Kerl und Adrenalinjunkie. Vermutlich hilft er mir genau deswegen bei meinem riskanten Plan, die Unschuld meines Vaters zu beweisen.

Benedict Rutland - the darkly handsome earl of Rothay - gained his title too young. His youth was spent clawing back the family fortunes. Now a man in his prime and financially secure, he is betrothed to a strict, sensible, and coolheaded woman who will never upset the balance of his life or disturb his emotions.... But then Miss Skeffington-Fox arrives. And as family members in line for the dukedom begin to die at an alarming rate, all fingers point at Benedict, and Miss Skeffington-Fox may be the only one who can save him.

The Leech was waiting for food. For millennia it had been drifting, without consciousness, across the vast emptiness of space. A planet claimed it, with other stellar debris, and the leech fell, still dead—seeming within its tough spore case. One speck of dust among many, fell to the Earth. Nourishment soaked in, permeating the spore case. It grew—and began to feed.

Emil is Chicago’s most feared food critic—a man who delights in trashing restaurants and terrorizing chefs. When he hears rumors of a restaurant serving an off-menu dessert called Blood of Leeches, Emil’s curiosity quickly turns into a fixation. One taste, and Emil’s curiosity drives him to deconstruct the dish with a hunger reaching far beyond gastronomy—into something older and darker.

Some places are forgotten for a reason. When historian Amanda Devlin travels to the remote Irish island of Blackcross, she is looking for a missing man and answers about why he came there. Instead, she finds an isolated community in crisis. A violent storm is closing in.

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Each year the Christmas card arrives from 'Leech', an unknown member of Timothy Trent’s family asking for money in return for their silence. But this year he’s determined to find out who is behind the cruel Christmas request and put an end to it once and for all....