Ergebnis für "Safe House" in Krimis

In Burke, Andrew Vachss gave readers of crime fiction a hero they could believe in, an avenger whose sense of justice was forged behind bars and tempered on New York’s meanest streets. In this blistering thriller, Burke is drawn into his ugliest case yet, one that involves an underground network of abused women and the sleekly ingenious stalkers who’ve marked them as their personal victims. Burke’s client is Crystal Beth, a beautiful outlaw with a tattoo on her face and a mission burned into her heart. She’s trying to shield one of her charges from a vengeful ex with fetishes for Nazism and torture.

Der resignierte Kriminalbeamte Matthias Euler und seine Kollegen werden zum Schutz einer wichtigen Zeugin abgestellt. Doch statt eines modernen Safe House am Rande der Stadt, erwartet sie als Unterschlupf ein heruntergekommener Plattenbau in Halle-Neustadt. Wäre das nicht bereits übel genug, scheint es einen Maulwurf in ihren Reihen zu geben. Als der Gangsterboss Broski ein Kopfgeld aussetzt, geht es ums nackte Überleben.

When an underground safe house collapses in Santa Carina Valley, California, FBI Agent Susan Parker is called to lead the investigation. Still reeling from her husband's murder and struggling to rebuild her life as a single mom to her young daughter, Susan is now faced with her toughest case yet. As Susan digs deeper, she uncovers a chilling truth—this was no accident, but a cold-blooded mass murder. The trail leads to a mysterious figure known as ‘The Saint,’ a supposed savior with a twisted hatred and deadly agenda.

WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 'The most joyously exciting novel I've read in years . . . [The] sense of fun and adventure . . . allied to a remarkable lightness of touch over nightmarish subject matter, makes for the kind of novel that inspired me to write...

As funeral mourners stand in silence at Ragmullin cemetery, a deafening cry cuts through the air. Lying crumpled at the bottom of an open grave is the bloodied body of a young woman, and Detective Lottie Parker is called in to investigate. Knowing the body can’t have been there long, Lottie wonders if it could be Elizabeth Bryne, a young woman who vanished without trace just days earlier. And with a new boss who seems to have it in for her, Lottie is under pressure to solve both cases quickly.

In Safe as Houses, Margery Allingham delivers a gripping short mystery featuring her beloved detective, Albert Campion. When a seemingly straightforward real estate transaction takes a sinister turn, Campion finds himself drawn into a web of deception, greed, and unexpected danger. A wealthy family's estate is at the center of a curious dispute, but what appears to be a routine legal matter soon escalates into a case of fraud, betrayal, and even murder. With his trademark wit, intelligence, and charm, Campion must unravel the hidden motives of those involved before more lives are at stake.