Ergebnis für "Simone" in Für Hartgesottene

Das Grauen hat seinen Meister gefunden. Stockholm im Jahr 1793: Eine verstümmelte Leiche wird geborgen. Arme und Beine fehlen, der Rest ist fast bis zur Unkenntlichkeit entstellt. Zwei Ermittler tun sich zusammen, um diesen grausamen Fund aufzuklären: Jean Michael Cardell, ein traumatisierter Kriegsveteran mit einer Holzhand, und der Jurist Cecil Winge, genialer als Sherlock Holmes und bei der Stockholmer Polizei für "besondere Verbrechen" zuständig. Schon bald finden sie heraus, dass das Opfer mit chirurgischer Präzision gefoltert wurde.

2022 MYSTERY AUDIE AWARD WINNER! From legendary storyteller Stephen King—sometimes growing up means facing your demons... The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to...

Auf einer Konferenz in London wird der geniale Ryan Greene ermordet. Der Attentäter hat es auf die Forschungsergebnisse des jungen Wissenschaftlers abgesehen, doch im allgemeinen Tumult verliert er seine Beute wieder. Ragnar, ein Freund des ehemaligen Soldaten Simon Stark, gelangt in den Besitz der Arbeit. Eine lebensgefährliche Verfolgungsjagd beginnt. Denn die brisanten Forschungsergebnisse könnten die Welt verändern.

“Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book....Even the most hardboiled readers will find themselves moved” (Charles Ardai, Edgar- and Shamus Award-winning editor of Hard Case Crime). Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the...

Ein neuer Auftrag für Simon Stark und sein Team steht an. Aus dem vermeintlichen Routine-Job entwickelt sich schnell ein hochbrisanter Fall. Wer ermordete die Frau, die einen Waisenjungen aufgenommen hat? Was hat es mit den Drohungen gegen den Auftraggeber tatsächlich auf sich? Je tiefer das Team um Simon Stark gräbt, desto alptraumhafter wird es. Als sie erkennen, dass sie es mit einem gewissenlosen Menschenschmuggler zu tun haben, der über Leichen geht, eskaliert die Lage.

Winter storms lash the Isles of Scilly when DI Ben Kitto ferries the islands' priest to St Helen's. Father Michael intends to live as a pilgrim in the ruins of an ancient church on the uninhabited island, but an ugly secret is buried among the rocks. Digging frantically in the sand, Ben's dog, Shadow, unearths the emaciated remains of a young woman. Soon Scilly is cut off by bad weather, with no help available from the mainland. Ben must look beyond the islands to find a vicious killer.

A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls...

Starting a new life in Snowdonia was always DI Ruth Hunter's dream. Until a twisted killer turned it into her worst nightmare. Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter lives with the pain of her partner’s mysterious and unsolved disappearance. About to hit 50, the veteran police officer trades in the crime-ridden streets of London for a more peaceful life in rural North Wales. But Ruth has barely settled into her new position in North Wales Police, when the body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered...with strange symbols carved into her skin.

The historical city of Chester has been rocked by the brutal murders of several young men close to the canal. DI Ruth Hunter is called in to track down the murderer – who the papers have dubbed the Towpath Ripper – before they strike again. Ruth identifies a suspect but just as she is about to pounce, they slip through her fingers.

Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter is still struggling to deal with her stress. So when the body of a businessman washes up on a secluded North Wales shore, the former London cop is anxious to prove she can lead the local investigative team and nail the killer. But as she digs into the dead millionaire’s business affairs, DI Hunter discovers a disturbing link to an infamous Liverpudlian drug lord....

A twisted serial killer. A deadly game of cat and mouse. Can DI Ruth Hunter catch a crazed psychopath who seems intent on destroying her life? DI Ruth Hunter hopes that settling in Snowdonia will melt away the grief of a missing partner. Burying herself in her work, she senses that her current missing persons case isn't all that it seems.

Don’t miss this “whopper” (Publishers Weekly) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs in her “cleverly plotted” (The New York Times) Temperance Brennan series, the inspiration for the hit FOX television series Bones. John Lowery was declared dead in...

Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to center stage in an incendiary new novel by James Lee Burke. A gripping tale of racial violence, class warfare, and the sometimes cruel legacy of Southern history, Sunset Limited is a stunning achievement, confirming Burke's place as one of America's premier...

Here's Mickey Spillane and Mike Hammer in their roughest and readiest—a double-strength shot of sex, violence, and action that is vintage Spillane all the way. It's a tough-guy mystery to please even the most bloodthirsty of fans!...

When the body of a local boat tour operator is found on the beach beside Llandudno Pier, it seems that her murder might be linked to an ongoing rivalry with a new boat tour company. However, when it is discovered that the victim had recently started a relationship with a much younger man, the focus of the investigation changes.

Nach ihrer Scheidung ist die fünfundvierzigjährige Ruth dankbar, einen Job gefunden zu haben. Auf der Privatinsel Edward Lensingtons, einem Milliardär, der durch die Folgen eines Schlaganfalls eingeschränkt ist, hofft sie, als dessen Pflegekraft neu anfangen zu können. Doch die vorerst glückliche Idylle verliert schnell ihren Glanz, als Ruth in einer stürmischen Nacht selbst mysteriöse Lichter in der Nähe des stillgelegten Leuchtturmes erblickt und Schreie vernimmt.

A fanatical religious cult. A growing list of missing teenagers. Can DI Ruth Hunter and DS Nick Evans uncover the dark secrets of Solace Farm before there is another ritual killing?

Detective Ruth Hunter’s ongoing quest for her missing partner has taken a dramatic twist as she continues to live her life away from London in Snowdonia. When a popular rugby coach is brutally murdered, and a young woman vanishes, Ruth must examine the secret lives of a local community in shock. As Ruth and her sidekick DS Nick Evans begin to uncover a confusing mesh of dark deception, she realizes that the answer might lie in the victim’s own clandestine life.

A double suicide. A dark investigation into historic abuse. Can DI Ruth Hunter link the present killings to secrets of the past before the killer strikes again? Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter has resolved to put her past life in London behind her. So when two seemingly routine suicides start to look suspicious, Ruth is keen to throw herself into a new investigation, lead her CID team and solve what appears to be a complex case. However, as the former London detective digs into the past of the victims’ lives, she uncovers a dark web of abuse within the music industry.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, a producer of the Fox hit show Bones, is back with her fifteenth “pulse-pounding” (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring North America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan—a story of infanticide and murder set in the high...