Ergebnis für "Owen" in Weibliche Detektive

Unerklärliche Todesfälle - Sara konfrontiert den blauen Tod. In diesem Thriller von Marley Alexis Owen stellt sich die mittlerweile Jungmutter Sara in Hamburg einem Serienmörder in den Weg, der sich an den Schwächsten der Gesellschaft vergreift.

Ex-Scharfschützin Sara will eine entführte Schwangere retten und riskiert dafür nicht nur ihr eigenes Leben. Morgenübelkeit statt Bundeswehr: Sara gewöhnt sich nur langsam an das Leben als Zivilistin. Doch dann sind ihre besonderen Fähigkeiten wieder gefragt. Der Mann ihrer neuen Freundin Finya wird getötet und deren Liebhaber gerät ins Visier der Polizei. Als Finya dann auch noch entführt wird, muss Sara sich entscheiden: Wird sie weiter auf Recht und Gesetz vertrauen oder die Sache selbst in die Hand nehmen und damit nicht nur sich, sondern auch ihr ungeborenes Kind gefährden?

Afghanistan ohne Bundeswehrmandat – Sara Konrad allein im Kampf gegen den Taliban Ihr erster Einsatz für die geheimnisvolle Sisterhood treibt sie zurück nach Afghanistan – einem Land, dem sie gehofft hatte für immer den Rücken zu kehren. Ihr Auftrag: Eine Frau vor den religiöse Fanatikern der Taliban zu retten und geheime Dokumente zu sichern, die den Weltfrieden bedrohen. Doch nicht nur dass der Feind übermächtig ist – Verrat lauert ausgerechnet in den eigenen Reihen. Selbst unter Lebensgefahr ist Rückzug keine Option für Sara. Eine fatale Entscheidung.

Keiner glaubt an seine Unschuld – nur sie. Die Ex-Scharfschützin Sara stellt sich der Herausforderung, die Unschuld ihres Schwagers zu beweisen, der unter dem Verdacht steht, seine Firma erpresst zu haben. Knallhart verfolgt sie mit Hilfe des Geheimnundes Sisterhood eine Spur bis in den Dschungel Kambodschas. Internetkriminalität in ihrer brutalsten Form. Ein spannender Suspense-Thriller über ein modernes Verbrechen an der Menschlichkeit – mit tödlichen Folgen! Klappentext:. Gefangen im Netz der Lügen – Saras größter Kampf beginnt.

Wenn du ihr hilfst, muss jemand sterben. Sara findet ihre traumatisierte Babysitterin bei sich zu Hause und zieht den Täter zur Rechenschaft – mit tödlichen Folgen. Dabei torpediert sie unfreiwillig eine Mission ihres eigenen Auftraggebers und gerät ins Visier eines mächtigen Schmugglerrings. Für die heißt es jetzt Auge um Auge.

Lynn’s ability to see things outside human perception makes her the ideal candidate to join the multiverse police. After a bungled first mission and an unfortunate encounter with a basketful of anchovies, Lynn starts to wonder if she’s really cut out for multiversal work. When she turns to her copy of the Field Agent’s Manual for reassurance, she stumbles across a faded note that leads her to a cover-up spanning two decades and several worlds. Now, Lynn must work to uncover the damning secret behind the note before the next End of the World, Amen.

The third Owen Allison mystery, following Contrary Blues and Highway Robbery, finds the transportation inspector defending his Aunt Lizzie against a murder charge. With her land threatened by the construction of a shopping mall, Lizzie parks herself at the edge of her property, shotgun in her lap, vowing to do whatever it takes to stop the dump trucks; then, suddenly, a truck driver is dead. Did Aunt Lizzie really shoot him? Owen smells a rat, but Lizzie seems determined to refuse his help.

After chess master Wilson Hopkins is found dead, the police dismiss it as an accident, but his brother Bosco is convinced it was murder. Bosco hires Vegas to uncover the truth. With her sharp-witted mother Eleanor and the ever-loyal Bassett Hound, Buttermilk, by her side, Vegas dives into the world of competitive chess—only to discover it's more dangerous than it seems.

Trixie Bigotti is back and feeling good! The bad guys are defeated and she’s enjoying some quality time with a certain FBI Special Agent... Codename: Hot Stuff. It’s been two months since Trixie put her past to bed and things are finally getting back to normal. She has a shiny new driver’s license with her real name and she’s not hiding from anything or anyone... except maybe commitment. And men with machine guns. Despite her best efforts, Trixie and the people she loves are once again at the center of a storm of trouble.

An explosion in St. Albinus rocks more than just the town centre when the victim turns out to be someone from Maggie’s past. Mack pretty quickly decides the two of them have to find the killer, because the victim had a lot of skeletons in his closet—literally —and it’s going to take someone who was around back in the day to get to the bottom of this. Meanwhile, someone around town is spreading rumours about Mack, and she’s pretty sure she knows who’s behind them. And how come Aksel seems to magically be involved in every case Mack decides to investigate?

Taylor Herron's mom is missing, and her life is unraveling at the seams. Deciding which way to turn and who to trust has proven to be a monumental task. Detective Aleena Shaw has been assigned the case of finding Gwen Herron. Both a stunning and complicated woman, she soon becomes Taylor's only hope. The path to finding her mom soon uncovers more questions than answers, and leaves doubt in place of hope. Love and lies are an outcome Taylor didn't expect—but the truth will always be revealed no matter the cost.

It is 1898, and Professor Concordia Wells has come to expect the hectic routine of classes, clubs, teas, and the inevitable student pranks at the women's college. If only she could avoid the cantankerous dean, Randolph Maynard, who has learned about her past experiences as a "lady sleuth." To Concordia’s dismay, he scrutinizes her every move for evidence of unseemly conduct. Then a mysterious woman claims that Concordia's young friend, the eleven-year-old Eli, is her long-lost child. Soon after, they find the woman murdered and the boy gone.

The year is 1896, and college professor Concordia Wells has her hands full: teaching classes, acting as live-in chaperone to a cottage of lively female students, and directing the student play, Macbeth. But mystery and murder are not confined to the stage, especially when the death of Concordia's sister, Mary, appears to be foul play. To make matters worse, the women's college is plagued by malicious pranks, arson, money troubles, and the apparent suicide of a college official.

When a killer crashes the honeymoon, three’s a crowd...It’s the summer of 1899, and Professor Concordia Wells - now Mrs. David Bradley - eagerly anticipates their honeymoon in the Hamptons. She has one errand along the way, to visit a former student seeking advice. About a love interest, no doubt. If only it were that benign. The young lady, now employed as a switchboard operator, inadvertently eavesdropped on a murder plot involving the high finance world of the Stock Exchange Luncheon Club. How to notify the police without losing her position?

Renowned inventor Peter Sanbourne - working on Project Blue Arrow for the navy - heads the school's new engineering program, and literature professor Concordia Wells prepares to leave to marry David Bradley. The new routine soon goes awry when a bludgeoned body - clutching a torn scrap of the only blueprint for Blue Arrow - is discovered on the property Concordia and David were planning to call home.

It is the fall of 1896, and Miss Concordia Wells is hip-deep in the usual tumult of a lady professor's life: classes, clubs, student pranks, and the unending drama generated by the girls she lives with on campus. Events take a grave turn, however, when an ancient Egyptian amulet donated to the college mysteriously disappears, the donor is found murdered, and his daughter - Concordia's best friend - confesses to killing him.

Sometimes life is about trust and love. And occasionally, murder. When Rachel and Joe retired in a 50-plus condo, they did not anticipate encountering amusing and eccentric residents - or the murder of Rachel’s friend, who owned an animal shelter. The suspects are many: The shelter caretaker, an abusive husband, a mistaken hit-man and a strange man in a top hat. While investigations of the murder ensue, trouble erupts for the couple who seemingly have the perfect marriage. But what will it take to convince them both that trust and love conquers all?

After surviving a terrifying assault during her last investigation, Maria Kallio traded in her badge for a comfortable desk job. But when the head of social affairs for the Finnish Athletics Federation is murdered - the victim of an apparent poisoning - Maria is drawn back into a race against more than murder. A series of crimes has unfolded, and to Maria’s trained eyes, they look like the makings of a conspiracy. As Maria follows the track to a doping scandal, a money-laundering scheme, domestic abuse, and explosive death threats leveled against a sports reporter, she collects the pieces of a baffling puzzle.

After completing a dangerous mission training police officers in war-torn Afghanistan, Detective Maria Kallio returns to Finland as the head of a new special crimes unit. But what awaits her in her home country is her most challenging and unsettling case yet. Three immigrant Muslim girls, all members of the same social club, have gone missing under mysterious circumstances. When the body of a fourth girl is found in the snow, strangled with her own headscarf, the investigation takes on a grim new urgency.

It is the summer of 1898. Professor Concordia Wells is eager to accompany her friend, Pinkerton Detective Penelope Hamilton, on a cross-country train trip to San Francisco. But Concordia should know there is no such thing as a free ride. When the Pinkerton Agency switches assignments at the last minute, she and Miss Hamilton have their work cut out for them. Fellow passengers prove to be both help and hindrance: a lady reporter in hiding, a con man...and a corpse or two.