Ergebnis für "Leo" in Privatdetektive

Es gibt Situationen, die drängen sich einfach mal so in dein Leben und fordern dich heraus. Sie entreißen dir zunehmend die Kontrolle über dich selbst und lassen dich mehr und mehr verzweifeln. Drücken dich nahezu an die Wand. Wie wirst du darauf reagieren? Gibt es noch eine Rettung aus dieser Ausweglosigkeit? Ja, aber nur mit hohem Risiko. Und das würde bedeuten, sich auf ein Spiel mit dem Teufel einzulassen.

Der durchgeknallte Frankfurter Detektiv Jürgen McBride wird beauftragt, ein geheimes Kochrezept zu finden. Dieses keltische Gericht verspricht fünfzig Jahre lang Jugend und Schönheit. Die Suche führt McBride in die Abgründe eines esoterisch gestimmten Frankfurts. Dabei bekommt er es mit einem sprechenden Blumenkohl, einem exekutierten Ernährungscoach und zwei eiskalten Mafiakillern zu tun. Aber das sind alles nur Peanuts für einen harten Kerl wie McBride.

Returning to Seattle after a business trip, retired PI Leo Waterman is shocked to find his girlfriend, Rebecca Duvall, unconscious on the bathroom floor, her house filled with gas. Officials believe it was a suicide attempt in the wake of a humiliating scandal. Under investigation for dereliction of duty, she'd been suspended from her job as medical examiner for King County. Leo knows Rebecca too well - and is determined to prove her innocence and clear her name. Most important, he wants to find out who tried to kill her.

At the end of an especially raucous day at his neighborhood bar, private eye Leo Waterman is surprised to see his old flame, Rebecca Duval, walk in the door. But King County's medical examiner is here on business, not pleasure. Two dead bodies, covered by an old coat that once belonged to Leo's father, have turned up in the trunk of a car. The only thing that seems to connect the men is a controversial local church and its charismatic pastor.

Why would a teenager with no prior record suddenly assassinate a city councilman? Retired PI Leo Waterman wouldn’t have bothered finding out if an old pal hadn’t asked. But Leo’s girlfriend, Rebecca, thinks the investigation is too dangerous. Especially after Leo is beaten badly. Fortuitously, however, the attack leaves him with a lasting clue about the case that the attackers carved into his chest. Now, this new lead brings Leo into the woods just north of Seattle to infiltrate the dark heart of an impressionable young boy’s sudden violent turn.

After working to free his father from prison in Fox Is Framed, Leo has now left private practice and is working as a public defender in San Francisco. He and his cocounsel, Jordan Walker, are in the midst of trial, brilliantly defending Randall Rodrigues, a mentally ill homeless man whom they contend falsely confessed to the rape of a young San Francisco socialite. After their client is acquitted, Leo and Jordan fall into an intense relationship - until Jordan is found brutally raped and murdered in her apartment.

Adriano Scala detto "Woodstock" e l'ex vicequestore Giacomo Chiesa sono tornati. Ma non se la passano bene. La popolarità è costata cara sia allo Sherlock Holmes della sinistra romana, dotato di straordinarie doti deduttive che si attivano col consumo di stupefacenti, sia all'incorruttibile sbirro che sembrava destinato a una brillante carriera. Entrambi hanno perso ii lavoro, Chiesa ci ha rimesso pure il matrimonio, e adesso cercano una soluzione sul fondo di una bottiglia. Pare che niente possa riscattarli dal fallimento.

Twenty-five years ago, Billy Jo was born to a meth addict and spent her first few months being weaned off the drug. Labeled a difficult baby, she was bounced from foster home to foster home. That was before she was adopted by Chase McCabe. Billy Jo feels resentment for the woman responsible for her 15 years of hell. That has her seeking out leads as to where her real mother is, her last known whereabouts based on the sealed file she isn’t technically supposed to access. Following the rules is not something Billy Jo is known for, especially not when she’s playing amateur detective.