Ergebnis für "Noir" in Weibliche Detektive

Ein brutaler Mord in den stillen Fjorden Islands wird zum Echo einer uralten Sünde. Für Kommissarin Elma beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen einen Mörder, der fünfundzwanzig Jahre auf seine Rache gewartet hat. Für Kommissarin Elma soll es nach ihrer Babypause ein ruhiger Wiedereinstieg werden. Die winterliche Gemütlichkeit in dem kleinen isländischen Städtchen Akranes wird jedoch brutal zerstört, als eine Leiche in einem abgelegenen Sommerhaus entdeckt wird. Der vierzigjährige Þorgeir wurde mit sieben Messerstichen ermordet.

Vermont 1950. Idlewild Hall ist ein Ort für Mädchen, die keinen anderen Platz in der Gesellschaft haben. Abends erzählen sich die Schülerinnen Schauergeschichten von der "schwarzen Mary". Doch als eines Nachts eine von ihnen unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben kommt, wird der Schrecken real. 2014 ist das Internat eine Ruine, aber die Journalistin Fiona Sheridan kann nicht von Idlewild Hall lassen: Hier wurde vor 20 Jahren ihre Schwester ermordet.

Il silenzio di un pomeriggio come tanti al 1601 di Iris Drive viene spezzato da cinque colpi di pistola. Allison Vickery, ex poliziotta diventata investigatrice privata, giace senza vita in cucina. Al piano di sopra, sua figlia Mandy, sedici anni, lotta tra la vita e la morte. Emmy Clifton si trova nuovamente a indagare su un caso che scuote l'intera comunità di North Falls, questa volta con l'aiuto della sorella Jude Archer, ex agente dell'FBI tornata a casa dopo quarant'anni.

On a Friday in Åre, six university students arrive for a week of skiing and partying. By Sunday morning only five are alive. The body of their friend Filippa is found in the brutally cold outdoors, showing no signs of assault. It’s as if the barefoot young woman just curled up in a snowdrift to die. It appears to be a tragic misfortune. And Detective Inspectors Hanna Ahlander and Daniel Lindskog, both at turning points in their personal lives, aren’t anxious to get involved. But Hanna can’t ignore her gut instinct. This is no accident. This is another murder in Åre.

The serial murders of elders in Åre hide a blood-chilling motive in a riveting novel of suspense by the #1 internationally bestselling author of Hidden in Lies. In Åre, a ninety-year-old home care patient is found dead in his bed. It’s assumed he passed away peacefully in his sleep. His...

A true crime podcast sets a trophy wife's present life on a collision course with her secret past in this "blazingly intense" Reese Witherspoon book club pick and New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year (A. J. Finn). The day Anna McDonald's quiet, respectable life exploded started off like...

'A cracking read' – Susan Calman 'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic – and different' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, Blood, Rust and Steel is darkly funny and gripping Scottish...

Two homicides, two tarot cards, two sisters divided by the past: an electrifying mystery from acclaimed Italian crime writer Barbara Baraldi. Two murders shake Trieste’s upper middle class. The victims appear to have nothing in common, but a tarot card is found at each crime scene...

Step into the dark heart of small-town Australia in this gripping follow-up to the award-winning The Unbelieved – perfect for fans of Chris Hammer’s Scrublands and Jane Harper’s The Dry. After a calm start to the summer holiday season, the small coastal town of Deception Bay is rocked by a...

Tenerife, 2019. Mario y Laura Ardoz, hermanos mellizos, visitan las islas Canarias: él acaba de recibir su última sesión de quimioterapia; ella cree que ese viaje es la mejor manera de volver a empezar tras el cáncer. Pero Mario sufre una recaída que lo mantiene ingresado en el hospital un par de días. A su salida descubre que su hermana ha desaparecido y su móvil la ubica en un paraje desolado por la lava. Se inicia así una búsqueda contrarreloj y una lucha con el fuego que parece abrirse bajo sus pies.

The small community of Akranes is devastated after a young man dies in a mysterious house fire. When Detective Elma and her colleagues from West Iceland CID discover the fire was arson, they become embroiled in an increasingly perplexing case. For the dead man's final online search raises fears that they could be investigating not one murder, but two.

A dead man’s secret. A government that kills to keep it. And a PI who won’t let go. When PI Callie Munro finds her tech specialist murdered inside his fortress-like Edinburgh flat, she knows the killing wasn’t random. He let his killer in. What he left behind is far more dangerous...

A terrible act of violence. A chance occurrence or something more sinister? On a beautiful summer afternoon, Stacey Sullivan is getting married to Mark James. But then screams smother the laughter, police sirens drown out the church bells. Out of nowhere, a drug-fuelled gunman opens fire on the...

Dall'autore di gialli numero uno Blake Pierce, è in arrivo un nuovo capolavoro di suspense psicologica. "Tracce di speranza" è il libro finale della serie di Keri Locke, che porterà la storia a una drammatica conclusione. In "Tracce di speranza" (Libro 5 della serie thriller di Keri Lock), Keri Locke, detective dell'unità persone scomparse della divisione omicidi del dipartimento di polizia di Los Angeles, è più vicina di quanto sia mai stata a ritrovare sua figlia. Finalmente trova una pista nuova - e stavolta farà tutto ciò che occorre per portare a casa Evie sana e salva.

When entrepreneur Flosi arrives home for dinner one night, he discovers that his house has been ransacked, and his wife Gudrun missing. A letter on the kitchen table confirms that she has been kidnapped. If Flosi doesn't agree to pay an enormous ransom, Gudrun will be killed. Forbidden from contacting the police, he gets in touch with Áróra, who specialises in finding hidden assets, and she, alongside her detective friend Daniel, try to get to the bottom of the case without anyone catching on.

What do you do when your child disappears? 'A hugely compelling story of loss, grief and vengeance, The Empty Room is probably the best novel yet by one of our finest mystery writers. Unmissable.' John Connolly 'The tension and heartbreak kept me turning the pages' Patricia Gibney 'A searing...

The sins of the dead are all consuming . . . Sins of the Dead is the thrilling thirteenth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod. 'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' – Daily Mail While illegally street racing in the underground tunnels...

Can Jane Tennison uncover a serial killer? The fourth in the Sunday Times bestselling Jane Tennison thrillers, MURDER MILE is set in 1979 at the height of the 'Winter of Discontent' when economic chaos has led to widespread strikes across Britain. Jane Tennison, now a Detective Sergeant, has...

A masterful twist on the serial killer novel from the award-winning author Lauren Beukes: the girl who wouldn't die hunts the killer who shouldn't exist. Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who was never meant to have a future. Kirby is the last...

After witnessing the execution-style murder of a taxi driver, Emilia replaces him behind the wheel. Undercover with a false identity, she’s determined to catch the killer who is part of a shadowy gang extorting protection money from the upscale taxi service. Yet no one in Acapulco has heard of the gang. The investigation is soon stuck in neutral even as the threat of another murder has all the drivers, including Emilia, scared to death.