Ergebnis für "Shilling" in Krimis & Thriller

Charles Shilling has always had a soft spot for the poor and downtrodden, so when his friend comes to him with the case of a missing runaway, he wants to give it his best. Unfortunately, there’s more on his mind than one missing girl. The case is fighting for dominance with the more pressing issues of his personal life, and a rather intriguing discovery he is honoured to have been brought in to investigate – by the only person in the world who can leave him star-struck.

Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful young film actress is found lying dead on the beach one morning. However, it soon becomes clear that darker motives were afoot, and potential suspects in the death of Christine Clay stack up at a rapid pace. As the case grows murkier, the man who spent the last week of Clay’s life living with her in a remote cottage goes on the run, and Inspector Alan Grant must race to uncover the truth.

Charles Shilling is about to begin his day with a funeral… and it will only get worse from there. What seems like a harmless little investigation turns dark fast, and Shilling is in no state to hold back the tide of cruelty coming his way. Worse, with the rate he’s falling for Florin, he’s never been so vulnerable to revenge…

It was supposed to be over, but the Jack of Hearts is back… Charles Shilling nearly managed to get his life together. Happy, sober, and engaging with the closest thing to therapy he would probably ever consider… Then the next body showed up. Another dead woman, a victim of the Jack. Except the Jack is dead. Shilling helped bury them. Now the papers are claiming that was a set up and he’s the real killer… Amelia Florin is certain of two things: that she and Shilling caught the right murderer the first time, and that her Charlie isn’t the killer. Now she just has to find a way to prove it.

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes a thrilling new WWII story about a village busybody—the mighty Mrs. Braithwaite—who resolves to find, and then rescue, her missing daughter Mrs. Braithwaite, self-appointed queen of her English village, finds herself...

The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of Tey's 8 major novels in one audiobook, including all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series.

Based on Nigel Fairs' 'murder mystery serial' that has been running for over 21 years (new episodes performed every month in country houses, steam trains, jailhouses, castles and restaurants throughout the UK), Shilling & Sixpence Investigate takes place in a sometimes quirky, sometimes dark world where nobody is quite whom they seem.

As a powerful insurgent army closes on Liberia's capital, London is forced to act, and HMS Beaufort is despatched to West Africa to pull British nationals from the teeth of encroaching danger. But when the volatile situation ashore unravels, the frigate's crew must draw deep on reserves of skill, ingenuity and sheer bloody mindedness to save it. And with time running out Beaufort's Captain makes the decision to take his ship up river....

Charles Shilling is a walking disaster. While having embraced that aspect of his personality some time ago, his friends and loved ones do their best to keep him on the straight and narrow – as much as anyone can. Unfortunately, he’s worse than ever after what happened with Kopeck and Florin. It seems like no one can talk sense into him now. Until a new form of tragedy strikes close to home, and stokes the beast that Kopeck woke…

Bain met Diana, a.k.a. Luce, the night before he was set to deploy to Afghanistan. It’s not every day that you take your brother’s girlfriend to prom because he refuses to put out the effort. That night was one of the best nights of his life, and the next day, he leaves and doesn’t see her again.