Ergebnis für "The Attempt" in Krimis & Thriller

Bay Winchester thinks the only thing on her to-do list is a memory spell to make Aunt Tillie’s archnemesis forget all the bad things that have happened to her in recent months. When the spell almost backfires thanks to an error on Aunt Tillie’s part, things almost spiral out of control and she’s annoyed.

No one knows the dark side of “The Street” better than master storyteller Stephen Frey, author of such riveting novels as Shadow Account and The Day Trader. Now, in his most ambitious work to date, Frey proves that no writer can put a high-powered hero at greater risk, nor offer readers more...

Raven Thorne unpacks the CIA's decades-long obsession with killing Fidel Castro through exploding cigars, Mafia hit men, and poisoned wetsuits. Each episode reveals how operational creativity masked strategic failure and examines what this Cold War campaign tells us about covert action's costs. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

When seventeen-year-old Marcus Sarjeant fired six shots at Queen Elizabeth II during the 1981 Trooping the Colour ceremony, it exposed critical vulnerabilities in royal security. Raven Thorne dissects the incident, the teenager's disturbing motivations, and the threat landscape facing the Crown. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Maxwell Slate investigates political assassins' escape attempts, tracing flight plans, support networks, and capture. From Nazi ratlines to modern lone wolves, discover what happens after the trigger is pulled—and what the run reveals about the killing itself. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

When a 20-year-old climbed a roof in Butler, Pennsylvania with a rifle aimed at Donald Trump, he triggered 16 seconds exposing catastrophic security failures. Host Marc Ellery investigates three assassination attempts, Secret Service vulnerabilities, and the tension between protecting leaders and preserving democratic access.For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable - or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world?

A fun girls’ night out turns into a nightmare when armed robbers barge into the store where Cassidy and her friends are shopping. As the situation escalates and the men escape, a massive manhunt launches on Lantern Beach to apprehend the dangerous trio. In the midst of the chaos, a potential foe asks for Cassidy’s help. He needs to find his sister who fled from the secretive Gilead’s Cove community on the island. But the more Cassidy learns about the seemingly untouchable group, the more her unease grows.

John is my mother’s husband, he has subjected his wife, (my mother) to various forms of abuse, physical, emotional, psychological, financial abuse, isolation, medical neglect, and prolonged mental anguish.My Mom has Alzheimer’s.Having this knowledge, there are ethical concerns about John Wallach’s behavior.—video evidence can be viewed on TikTok.https://www.tiktok.com/@omgbckyMy mom was my best friend, we ran a Fantastic Sam’s hair salon together for several years. My mother and I were like sisters, remaining close my entire life, until John decided (for her) that she was not going ...

"It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." —Harlan Coben Daniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award–winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve...

No one knows the dark side of “The Street” better than master storyteller Stephen Frey, author of such riveting novels as Shadow Account and The Day Trader. Now, in his most ambitious work to date, Frey proves that no writer can put a high-powered hero at greater risk, nor offer readers more...

The First Counterspy is the story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web. Until this case, the FBI had never recruited civilian counterspies to catch a Soviet agent. The first two were Larry Haas, a leading aviation engineer at Bell Aviation, and Leona Franey, head librarian at Bell's technical library. The FBI pitted them against Andrei Ivanovich Schevchenko, operating legally as one of the highest Soviet officials in the United States during WWII, and illegally as head of a wide-ranging spy network hidden within the American aviation industry.

In 1973, Myra Hindley, the most notorious woman in Britain, is serving a life sentence for the moors murders—a case that shocked the world. Behind bars, she has fallen in love. When Hindley is refused parole, she persuades a sympathetic prison officer and former nun to help her break out of London's grim Holloway prison. The women plan to run away together to Brazil. Twenty years after Hindley's death, this extraordinary true story is brought to life in vivid new detail by Howard Sounes, author of the true-crime classic Fred & Rose.

El 5 de febrero de 1970, un hombre de 28 años intentó matar a Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. Falló. Pero el Estado reaccionó con saña maquiavélica y no falló en su intento de matarlo en vida. Después del atentado, Carlos Castañeda fue detenido y torturado. Sin embargo, eso no fue lo peor: una jueza lo declaró «jurídicamente incapaz» y ordenó refundirlo en el manicomio. Lo dejaron ahí 23 años, desecho, ignorado, enloquecido. Cuando al fin fue liberado, en 1993, ya era un hombre sin nombre, sin identidad ni historia. Vagó por las calles hasta su muerte.

Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Harley, 13, has been sectioned under the mental health act after attempting suicide. She was spotted climbing the railings on a footbridge that crossed a busy motorway and pulled to safety by...

ONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'S FIVE BEST BOOKS ON WINE Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine. "A rare book that transcends the narrow interests of wine lovers." —The New York Times In...