Resultaat voor "Lisa" in Hardboiled-mysteries

In the dark shadows of Savannah, a serial killer strikes. It's an act of sinister precision that has happened many times before - every victim an offering to a hunger that can never be sated. Catilyn Montgomery Bandeaux wakes, covered in blood. But Caitlyn has no memory of the night before, when...

1959. Delpha Wade killed a man who was raping her. Wanted to kill the other one, too, but he got away. Now, after 14 years in prison, she's out. It's 1973, and nobody's rushing to hire a parolee. Persistence and smarts land her a secretarial job with Tom Phelan, an ex-roughneck turned neophyte private eye. Together, these two pry into the dark corners of Beaumont, a blue-collar, Cajun-influenced town dominated by Big Oil. 

'Dark, unnerving and gets right under your skin from those first pages... loved this book' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Lisa Jackson delivers exactly what thriller fans hope for - suspense, secrets, and plenty of twists' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Some secrets are best left buried... When...

He was curious. It was the cop in him. That flame was still alive. The neon "Strange Investigations" sign may be flickering in disrepair outside his office, but private investigator Derek Strange is still accepting new cases. When a flashy drug lawyer hires him to prove an alibi for an accused...

She wakes in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the sound of earth being thrown. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she's being buried alive, and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear. To Nikki...

Un serial killer aveva terrorizzato Atlanta per tre anni. Quando la temperatura raggiungeva i massimi livelli e l'atmosfera si faceva tesa, l'assassino andava all'attacco. Le sue vittime erano sempre due ragazze, uscite una sera e mai più rientrate a casa. La recluta dell'FBI Kimberly Quincy farà di tutto per decifrare gli indizi e sarà persino disposta a infrangere le regole nel tentativo di sconfiggere un feroce criminale.

A cold case. A recent discovery. A very real threat... Amongst the ruins of the old Beaumont mansion lies a terrible secret. In the cellar are three graves - but only two skeletons. They belong to Holly and Poppy Duval who disappeared 20 years ago. But where is their missing youngest sister?...

The heart-hammering thriller from the queen of the London crime scene. 'Spine-tingling suspense!' LISA GARDNER A serial killer is being closely watched by one young boy. Barney knows the killer will strike again soon. The victim will be another boy, just like him. He will drain the body of blood...

En el acomodado barrio de Back Bay, en Boston, el agente de la Policía Estatal de Massachusetts, Bobby Dodge, observa a través de la mira de su rifle de francotirador cómo se desarrolla una tensa situación con rehenes. Al otro lado de la calle, un hombre armado se ha atrincherado con su...

Bestsellerforfatteren Lisa Jewell er tilbage med en spændingsroman om alt det, vi fortæller hinanden – og alt det, vi aldrig afslører. ÅRETS KRIMI I ENGLAND ÅRETS ROMAN VED TIKTOK AWARDS 2024 Da den populære true crime-podcaster Alix Summer fejrer sin 45-års fødselsdag på den...

À Boston, la famille Jones donne toutes les apparences d'un foyer ordinaire, jusqu'au jour où surgit le drame : Sandra Jones, jeune femme de 30 ans, mère de famille et professeur, disparaît subitement de chez elle sans laisser de traces. Adoptant tour à tour les points de vue des suspects...

La agente especial del FBI Kimberly Quincy sigue las pistas digitales dejadas por Jacob Ness, un secuestrador y asesino en serie ya fallecido. Un perturbador hallazgo hace que se ponga en contacto con la sargento D. D. Warren para que forme parte de una unidad especial de investigación, a la que también se incorporan la informante Flora Dane y el experto en true crime Keith Edgar. Al llegar a un pequeño pueblo aparentemente idílico en las colinas de Georgia, les invade la inquietante sensación de que no todo es lo que parece.

The stakes have never been higher... Detective Caelan Small is leading a quiet life, lying low and off the force until her old boss calls. A woman is in trouble, threatened with kidnap or worse. Back in the Met, she goes undercover with a vicious drug dealer, entering a dark underworld of drugs...

A tortured body is found in a basement. Drug dealing and people smuggling is on the rise. Then police start going missing! There seems to be no connection between the crimes, but Detective Caelan Small senses something isn’t right. Plunged into a new investigation, lives are on the line. And...

Dans la pièce, cinq corps. Ceux des membres d'une même famille. Une balle dans la tête, le père respire encore faiblement. De toute évidence, cet homme couvert de dettes a décidé d'assassiner les siens avant de se donner la mort. Appelée sur les lieux, l'enquêtrice D. D. Warren comprend...

Un hombre es abatido a tiros en el despacho de su casa, y cuando llega la policía, su mujer embarazada sostiene el arma. Cuando la sargento D. D. Warren acude al lugar de los hechos, identifica a la mujer como Evie Carter. Hace muchos años, el padre de Evie murió por un disparo que se consideró un accidente. Pero ahora D. D. no lo tiene tan claro; dos muertes por arma de fuego son demasiada casualidad.

Quando la figlia muore in quello che la polizia definisce un semplice incidente, secondo l'agente speciale e profiler dell'FBI Pierce Quincy rimangono troppe domande senza risposta. È convinto che qualcuno abbia ucciso sua figlia ed è disposto a rischiare tutto per scoprire cosa sia davvero successo. C'è solo una persona disposta ad aiutarlo: la sua amica ed ex agente di polizia Rainie Connor. Ma la persona che cercano è diversa da qualsiasi altro killer che i due esperti professionisti abbiano mai incontrato prima.

Private investigator Rae Donovan’s relationship with her father is distant to the point of estrangement. But when she learns he’s dying in hospice, she drops everything to be at his side. By the time she arrives, he’s already too far gone to speak, and a doctor says his death is consistent with poisoning. As she scours his isolated Adirondack home for clues, she discovers a hidden room filled with surveillance equipment, weapons, and a safe full of cash—maybe her father wasn’t the unassuming retiree she’d imagined.

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