Ergebnis für "Quest" in Krimis & Thriller

Paul ist verschwunden. Eigentlich war der leidenschaftliche Journalist nur drei Wochen in einem Kurhotel zur Recherche. Doch als ihn seine Lebensgefährtin Alice vom Zug abholen will, taucht er nicht auf. Alice‘ Anrufe laufen ins Leere, Paul versäumt das vielleicht wichtigste Interview seiner Karriere. Und das Hotel behauptet, er sei schon vor Tagen abgereist. Schließlich checkt Alice selbst dort ein. Sie findet heraus, dass in den vergangenen Jahren gleich mehrere Personen seit ihrem Aufenthalt in dem Hotel nicht mehr aufgetaucht sind.

Bernard Cornwells große Saga um den Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg komplett in einem Hörbuch. „Starbuck: Der Rebell" Der Bostoner Pastorensohn Nathaniel Starbuck flieht nach einem Skandal zu seinem Freund Adam nach Virginia in den Südstaaten. Als der Bürgerkrieg droht, wird er fast als Spion gelyncht, aber von dem reichen Washington Faulconer gerettet, dem Vater von Adam. In dessen Regiment wird er Offizier und später Kriegsheld, bevor er schließlich zu seinem Feind wird.

A cursed Fox. A vengeful Silver. A whole lot of trouble. Lydia Crow has long suspected there is more beneath London than just trains but has never been keen to poke around in the dark. But when Paul Fox, powerful member of the Fox Family, blackmails her into taking a case, she has no choice. Investigating a suspicious death in a disused tunnel of the London Underground for her ex-boyfriend causes friction between her and DCI Fleet - and not the fun kind.

Die Kunststudentin Carly hat in Golden Heights eine neue Heimat gefunden. Wären da nicht die Geheimnisse, die sie sowohl vor ihrer Familie als auch ihren Freunden hat, – und die Tatsache, dass sie hoffnungslos in Ty, den Bruder ihrer besten Freundin, verliebt ist. Es wird Zeit, endlich über ihn hinwegzukommen! Leider sagt sie ihm genau das und auf einmal ist alles anders.

She is omnivorous. No matter age or appearance, physical frailty or imperfection. It is not their flesh that feeds her appetites, but their souls. She devours young and old, men and women. She leaves only a desiccated husk. An unspeakable evil. An impossible gift. Renowned magus Taita is now over 100 years old and has ascended to a new level of wisdom and understanding about his world. But he must prepare himself for the biggest threat Egypt has ever faced: the great plagues and the failure of the Nile, brought about by the fire witch Eos, an ancient force of sheer evil.

On my last stakeout for Quest Investigations, I nearly got clotheslined by a grove of angry dryads. I expected my bosses to reprimand me, but instead they handed me my first solo assignment. Me! Matt Steinitz, the only human on the Quest roster! Okay, so the mission isn’t exactly demanding. Obviously, the bosses wanted to give me something they think I can’t screw up. I’m determined to show them what I can do, however, so I dive right in with no complaints.

Charles Tremayne is a spy out of his time. After a long career spent rescuing prisoners from the KGB or helping defectors across the Berlin Wall, the world has changed. The Wall has gone, and no longer is there a need for a Russian-speaking ice-cold killer. Nowadays, state secrets are transmitted via satellite using impenetrable blowfish algorithms. Counting down the days to his retirement by babysitting drunken visiting politicos, he is seconded by MI6 for one last case.

Lydia has always known she has no power, especially next to her infamous and more-than-slightly dodgy family. Which is why she carved her own life as a private investigator far away from London. When a professional snafu forces her home, the head of the family calls in a favour, and Lydia finds herself investigating the disappearance of her cousin, Maddie.

It is 58 BC, and the mighty Tenth Legion, camped in Northern Italy, prepare for the arrival of the most notorious general in Roman history: Julius Caesar. Marcus Falerius Fronto, commander of the Tenth, is a career soldier and long-time companion of Caesar's. Despite his desire for the simplicity of the military life, he cannot help but be drawn into intrigue and politics as Caesar engineers a motive to invade the lands of Gaul.

March 1889. Midnight. Six strangers meet for the first time outside the great door of Tewkesbury Abbey. They are searching for the tomb of the medieval crusader knight, Sir Roger de la Pole. What they find inside is unexpected and deeply shocking. They were seeking holy relics. But the body they uncover is barely cold. And Sir Roger’s ancient bones are missing. Detective Inspector Ravenscroft and Constable Tom Crabb are called on to solve the crime. They must decipher the strange coded letters on the outside of the Templar's tomb.

After I try a little off-the-books interrogation to locate my selkie almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (don’t ask, it’s complicated), I’m in the doghouse again with my bosses, who bust me back to surveillance. Ugh. So when another human inexplicably storms into Quest Investigations—something our security spells ought to prevent since I’m supposed to be the only human admitted to our offices—I’m reduced to staking out local fast food restaurants to check out the guy’s alleged sighting of a giant, glowing-eyed, dumpster-diving spectral hound.

A 35-year-old unsolved murder. Mary’s murder gripped the town of Partick for years after her death. A cold case reawakened because of the Daily Record with women at the heart of it. The victim, the daughter, the detective, the forensic scientist, the reporter. For 35 years Gina McGavin hunted for her mother’s killer. Mary McLaughlin’s senseless brutal murder ignited in Gina a deep sense of injustice and an insatiable need to seek the truth about her death.

Blutrotes Spiel – Der Einsatz ist dein Leben. BND-Agent Martin recherchiert mit Helena Groß und Maximilian Storm den Suizid eines Kollegen dessen letzter Einsatz in einem Massaker endete. Kurz darauf jagte sich der Agent eine Kugel in den Kopf. Bei ihren Ermittlungen stößt Helena auf einen USB-Stick mit dem überaus blutigen Tagebuch eines psychopathischen Triebtäters. Der Killer bringt Frauen in seine Gewalt und lässt sie qualvoll sterben. Doch von den Opfern fehlt jede Spur.

Bist du meine Tochter? Simone Porter musste mit einem schweren Schicksalsschlag fertigwerden. Vor achtzehn Jahren wurde ihre sechs Monate alte Tochter entführt. Als ein Mädchen mit Namen Grace sich bei ihr meldet und erklärt, ihre Tochter zu sein, glaubt Simone ihr nicht. Doch das Stofftier, das Grace bei sich hat, lässt sie zweifeln. Genau so einen Plüschhasen hat ihre Tochter besessen. Grace aber behauptet noch etwas anderes: dass sie aus Notwehr einen Mord begangen hat und dass sie dringend Hilfe braucht.

Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There’s Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There’s Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London....

Amy Hill, a 19-year-old student, is strangled and her body dumped on open ground in the city. New police partners, DI Jim Neal and DS Ava Merry are called in to investigate this brutal crime. The last person to see Amy alive was Simon, the son of a family friend, but before he can be properly questioned he disappears. Detectives Neal and Merry are led on a trail of shocking family secrets and crimes. Can this duo track down the murderer before anyone else dies? Stopping this tragic cycle of violence will put DS Merry’s life at risk in a thrilling and heart-stopping finale.

London is Lydia Crow’s city so when a man is found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge, she takes it personally. Even when it seems as if the Silver Family might be involved, Lydia refuses to back down. The Silver Family, who run the finest law firm in London, have a gift for persuasion. In the 'Bad Old Days' it was said they could make a man jump off a roof by convincing him he could fly. But that's all in the past...isn’t it?

In the wake of a devastating storm, a body is found on Hambleton peninsula. DI Caroline Hills is called to investigate, and is immediately plunged into a complex case of deception and murder. With the storm cutting off the only road in or out, the killer must still be on the peninsula. As Caroline and her team delve deeper into the victim's last hours, they uncover a web of romantic entanglements, hidden motives, and a mysterious newcomer.

After receiving a hot tip on the whereabouts of my almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (hey, I told you—it’s complicated!), I thought my love life was finally coming up for air. But when we stake out the remote lake, it’s not the ex who surfaces. It’s the Faerie King’s long-missing mother (and I mean really long, as in double-digit centuries), and she wants to hire Quest Investigations.

"Fragen Sie nicht, wer einen Grund hatte, Renate Bergmann zu töten. Fragen Sie lieber, wer keinen hatte." Kommissar Mark Winter aus Dresden wird zur Leiche einer Hotelbesitzerin auf dem Meißner Burgberg gerufen. Spontan bietet Polizeihauptmeister Stier ihm seine Hilfe an. Der jagt sonst Kleinkriminelle, kennt Meißen aber wie seine Westentasche. Auch die Tote ist keine Unbekannte für ihn.Schon nach wenigen Stunden wird klar - es könnte jeder in Meißen gewesen sein. Die knallharte Geschäftsfrau ging zu Lebzeiten selbst über Leichen.