Ergebnis für "Rook" in Krimis

Ein kleiner Junge muss mit ansehen, wie seine Geschwister und Eltern ermordet werden. Ein Mann löscht gewaltsam seine Familie aus, bevor er sich selbst erschießt. Dann wird eine Kriminalkommissarin von einem unbekannten Attentäter aus dem Hinterhalt brutal hingerichtet. Profiler Dr. Carl von Wuthenow und seine Partnerin Verena Hofer vermuten, dass es zwischen den Fällen eine Verbindung geben muss. Mit fast nichts in der Hand nehmen sie die Jagd nach dem Serienkiller auf, um das Monster aus seinem Versteck zu locken und zu enttarnen.

Seltsame Dinge ereignen sich in der ländlichen Idylle Cumbrias im Nordwesten von England. Immer wieder werden dort verwirrte Menschen auf den Landstraßen aufgegriffen, denen nichts als das Hemd auf dem Leib und keinerlei Erinnerung geblieben ist. Die Anwaltskanzlei ›Harrowmore Souls‹, die von Allison Harrowmore und ihrem Partner Conny Bligh geführt wird, erhält den Auftrag, diese Frage zu beantworten. Als ihr Weg die beiden selbst ernannten ›Anwälte für Geister‹ in das bescheidene Mayflower Hotel führt, sind sie der grausamen Wahrheit bereits gefährlich nahe gekommen.

Felix Faber hat genug von Deutschland. Er wandert nach Gran Canaria aus und heuert bei einer aufstrebenden Zeitung in Las Palmas an. Sein Start verläuft vielversprechend. Als kurze Zeit später auf dem Roque Nublo, einem der höchsten Berge der Insel, eine Leiche gefunden wird, stellt Faber eigene Ermittlungen an. Dabei bekommt er es nicht nur mit der taffen Ermittlerin Ana Montero zu tun, sondern lernt auch die dunklen Seiten der Touristeninsel kennen.

Im Nobelkaufhaus Harrods liegt ein lebloser Körper auf Eis zwischen den teuren Champagner- Flaschen – ausgerechnet vor der feierlichen Neueröffnung! Der einfältige Inspector Littlechild verhaftet eine junge Obdachlose. Millie und Eliza zweifeln an deren Schuld und ermitteln heimlich im Kaufhaus. Hinter der mondänen Luxus-Fassade stoßen sie auf giftige Intrigen.

Ein skrupelloser Mörder, der mit der Polizei spielt und ihr immer einen Schritt voraus ist. Der packende Stockholm-Thriller über menschliche Abgründe. Kommissar Elias Svensson und sein Sonderermittlungs-Team bei der schwedischen Polizei stehen vor einem äußerst komplexen Fall: Ein Täter, der bereits mehrere brutale Morde verübt hat, hinterlässt keinerlei handfeste Beweise. Trotzdem ist Elias überzeugt zu wissen, wer der Mörder ist. Doch das Wissen allein reicht nicht für eine Verurteilung. Er sucht Hilfe bei der Autorin Cornelia Lind, denn der Verdächtige ist hochintelligent, manipulativ und zeigt keine Reue.

London 1884. When a thief robs Fleet Street reporter Penny Green, she finds herself caught up in a horrifying murder. Someone is terrorizing the residents of St Giles Rookery, and Scotland Yard sends Inspector James Blakely to investigate. When the serial killer claims a victim outside the slums, Victorian London is sent into panic. Can Penny's friendship with the people of St Giles uncover the culprit? She and James must overcome their complicated relationship to work together, but each new murder threatens to derail their work for good.

Still reeling from a personal tragedy, investigative journalist Rooker Lindström finds a grim hideaway from the world. It’s the dilapidated cabin on Minnesota’s Deer Lake bequeathed to him by his late father—one of the most notorious serial killers in the state. If the walls of this murder house could talk, they’d scream. Detective Tess Harlow needs something from Rooker only he can provide: a window into the mind of a murderer. A copycat is on the prowl, following in the footsteps of Rooker’s father.

Cameo characters people this gentle mystery, set in the imaginary town of Potterton and centered around its marina. Deaths, kidnapping, rescues and a mild romance weave in and out of the story. At the centre is Kevin, a semi-recluse boatman, whose peaceful evening is rudely interrupted when a female neighbour calls for his assistance in rescuing a drowning child.

Rooker Lindström is a reluctant consultant for the Minnesota PD. He can provide a window into evil. His horrifying past gives him the edge. When the body of a woman—missing for eight years—is pulled from the lake, evil comes knocking again. This time with a note meant just for Rooker: Won’t you come out and play?

Everyone in the village loves Joni Blackwood. She is beautiful and bold, and it's no surprise to anyone when on the annual village bonfire, she is crowned 'queen' of the festivities. After all, despite fierce competition from the charity-giving and churchgoing mothers in the village, she has won this honour five years in a row.

Sarah’s life is about to be turned upside down. As the blossoming fashion designer’s best friend suddenly disappears, nobody is able or willing to provide any answers. Completely out of her depth, she turns to the Neon Lights, an underground resistance group, but will the price for their assistance prove too high for Sarah to pay?

Sophie is literally up to her eyeballs in Albins from every dimension imaginable, the town is in jeopardy of completely disappearing and Walter continues to be cagey about what he knows. Sophie must convince him to trust her in order to fix everything that's gone wrong and then finally, maybe she can go home.

Ghosts that reside in an antique store become concerned when new items arrive with no spirits attached. Together they try to unravel a haunting mystery while sharing their own stories, forming an unlikely family.

Minerva is thrilled at the chance to spend a week at the resort, managing a Gatsby-themed role-play event-and chilled when one of the players turns up dead. With a killer on the loose, everyone from the police chief to her overprotective boyfriend wants her to back off and go home. But Minerva can never resist the call of the past.

When Minerva identifies a murder weapon as a priceless sixteenth-century artifact, she's sure her eyes must be deceiving her. Even by Bryd Hollow standards, five hundred years seems like an absurd amount of time to hold a grudge. The knife can't possibly be real. Can it? Each bizarre secret she uncovers leaves Minerva more determined to get to the bottom of the blade's origins. But the deeper she digs, the more she angers and alienates her new friends. And the police. And possibly a few unsavory criminals.

Delighted by the promise of living and working in a glittering Gilded Age mansion, Minerva Biggs moves to idyllic Bryd Hollow, North Carolina with her dog Plantagenet. She's looking for a new beginning; what she finds is five quite possibly deranged people, four French bulldogs, two distracting dimples attached to one inconvenient man . . . and one murder. Nope, make that two murders.

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Twelve years ago, school friends Sofia, Ellie and Rose made a vow. They promised never to talk about that fateful night. Never to tell anyone what they did. Since then, they’ve all followed very different paths but as they come together to celebrate Ellie’s destination wedding it promises to be a weekend to remember. It is meant to be the event of the season, but as things start to go wrong, they suspect someone is trying to punish them.