Ergebnis für "The Block" in Thriller

"Appealing. Day’s choice to withhold both victim and perpetrator ratchets up the tension nicely, and her jabs at suburban repression are sharp. This is wicked fun."—Publishers Weekly “Narrator Megan Tusing gives an emotive and affecting performance as Alex and provides distinct voices for...

Matt Scudder is drawn into the case of a serial killer targeting criminals who the law cannot touch. The Will of the People, egged on by a vitriolic newspaper columnist, kills a sex offender, a mobster and a racist cult leader, despite their seemingly impenetrable security. Then Scudder gets a...

Falkenberg. Le commissaire Bergström découvre le cadavre terriblement mutilé d'une femme. Londres. Profileuse de renom, Emily Roy enquête sur une série de meurtres d'enfants. Les corps présentent les mêmes blessures que la victime suédoise : trachée sectionnée, yeux énucléés et un mystérieux Y gravé sur le bras. Étrange serial killer, qui change de lieu de chasse et de type de proie… En Suède, Emily retrouve Alexis Castells, une écrivaine spécialisée dans les tueurs en série. Ensemble, elles se lancent dans une traque qui va les conduire jusqu'aux atrocités du camp de Buchenwald, en 1944.

Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial. An AI company's chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation? To do...

In DER PERFEKTE BLOCK (Band #2) sammelt die Nachwuchsprofilerin Jessie Hunt, 29, die Scherben ihres zerbrochenen Lebens auf und verlässt die Vorstadt, um ein neues Leben in der Innenstadt von Los Angeles zu beginnen. Aber als eine wohlhabende Person des öffentlichen Lebens ermordet wird, befindet sich Jessie, die mit dem Fall beauftragt wurde, plötzlich wieder in der Welt der malerischen Vorstadt und jagt einen geistesgestörten Mörder inmitten der falschen Fassaden der Normalität von soziopathischen Frauen.

In this first in a series of wickedly funny mysteries, best-selling author Lawrence Block introduces Bernie Rhodenbarr, sometimes burglar, sometimes sleuth. Pulling only an occasional, very discreet job, Bernie manages to maintain his comfortable New York City apartment and keep his unorthodox vocation a closely-guarded secret. Every burglar knows never to trust anonymous phone calls. But when the caller offers easy money for an hour's work, Bernie can't ignore the job.

Ein Doppelpack der Bücher Nummer 1 (Die perfekte Frau) und Nummer 2 (Der perfekte Block) von Blake Pierces Jessie Hunt Psychothriller-Serie! Dieser Doppelpack bietet Buch eins und zwei in einer praktischen Datei. In Die perfekte Frau ist sich die auszubildende Profilerin Jessie Hunt sicher, dass sie ihre düstere Kindheit endlich hinter sich gelassen hat. In Der perfekte Block versucht die neue Profilerin Jessie Hunt, 29, die Scherben ihres zerbrochenen Lebens aufzusammeln und verlässt die Vorstadt, um ein neues Leben in Downtown L.A. zu beginnen.

Keller ist ein Killer. Durch und durch Profi, cool, selbstsicher, kompetent, zuverlässig. Aber er ist auch eine vielschichtige Persönlichkeit: in sich gekehrt und zurückgezogen, eiskalt und gnadenlos effizient, aber zugleich anfällig für Selbstzweifel und Einsamkeit, Albträume und Zukunftssorgen. Seinem Therapeuten gegenüber gibt er sich als "Troubleshooter" eines großen Unternehmens aus, aber sein eigentliches Metier ist Mord.

Falkenberg, Sweden. The mutilated body of talented young jewellery designer, Linnea Blix, is found in a snow-swept marina. Hampstead Heath, London. The body of a young boy is discovered with similar wounds to Linnea's. Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1944. In the midst of the hell of the Holocaust, Erich Hebner will do anything to see himself as a human again. Are the two murders the work of a serial killer, and how are they connected to shocking events at Buchenwald?

The Block In the year 2050, the world has experienced a near total economic collapse, destroying the global monetary system. After years of struggle, a new form of exchange arose: cryptocurrencies called scripts, digital IOUs centrally managed through programs called blockchains. And the ambitious Proctors, who control the blocks, restlessly seek to expand their power. Milt Bruckner investigates blocks to counter fraud and is struggling to keep his script-chasing business afloat when a mysterious woman enters his establishment in need of his help.

Edgar Award-winning author Lawrence Block has been named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. A Drop of the Hard Stuff continues Block’s popular series starring New York private detective and recovering alcoholic Matthew Scudder. Scudder is already struggling with his sobriety when his friend and fellow AA member Jack Ellery is found murdered. Now the only thing keeping Scudder from the bottle is his obsession with finding the culprit.

Hard Case Crime, die außergewöhnliche Krimi-Reihe als exklusive und ungekürzte Hörbuchproduktionen: Willkommen in einer Welt, in der die Sonne nur scheint, um tiefe Schatten zu werfen und in den Augen verkaterter, übernächtigter Männer zu brennen. Einer düsteren, brutalen Welt der Ganoven und Huren, in der die scheinbar ehrbaren Bürger moralisch verkommen sind, die Polizisten sowieso.

It’s hard to ignore someone with his hands in your mouth. Bernie Rhodenbarr’s all ears when Dr. Sheldrake, his dentist, starts complaining about his detestable, soon-to-be-ex wife, and happens to mention the valuable diamonds she keeps lying around the apartment.

Matt Scudder is well and truly off the booze, but he still spends time with some of his old drinking pals including Mick Ballou. Mick is worried - a garage full of bourbon has been ripped off and two of his henchman killed in cold blood. Micks wants Scudder to look into it - he reluctantly...

Chi è la ragazzina di colore che giace inerte in un letto del reparto psichiatrico del Children's Hospital di Buffalo? Qual è il suo nome? E perché non parla? Sono solo alcune delle domande senza risposta su cui la dottoressa Zoe Goldman deve far luce. Dal giorno in cui la polizia l'ha soccorsa mentre si aggirava in stato di alterazione mentale per le vie della città, la giovane non ha dato più segni di voler cercare un contatto con l'esterno.

The hooker was young, pretty...and dead, butchered in a Greenwich Village apartment. The prime suspect, a minister's son, was also dead, the victim of a jailhouse suicide. The case is closed, as far as the NYPD is concerned. Now the murdered prostitute's father wants it opened again--that's where Matthew Scudder comes in.

Battling the bottle one day at a time, ex-cop, sometime PI Matthew Scudder finds that next to staying sober, staying alive seems easy. But in the mean streets of New York City it never is. Not for the prostitute who wanted out and got her beautiful self slashed to ribbons. Not for a pimp named Chance who is betting his life that the broken-down detective can find her murderer. And not for Matthew Scudder - just trying to stay alive in a city that knows nothing better than how to die.

Keller is a regular guy. He goes to the movies, works on his stamp collection. Call him for jury duty and he serves without complaint. Then every so often he gets a phone call from White Plains that sends him flying off somewhere to kill a perfect stranger. Keller is a pro and very good at what he does. But the jobs have started to go wrong. The realization is slow coming, yet when it arrives, it is irrefutable: Someone out there is trying to hit the hit man. Keller, God help him, has found his way onto somebody else's hit list.

She doesn’t remember that night. But she will never be the same. One moment, Dahlia is a successful Harvard student; the next, she wakes up from a party, the victim of a brutal assault. Her life veers into a tailspin, and what’s worse — her memory of the attack has been ripped away...

A scientist's quest to understand consciousness intertwines with a doctor's search for a soulmate in this haunting psychological thriller. Alaina Ryan, a renowned scientist, travels to Chicago and meets Jake Matthews, a doctor, their connection is life-altering. After an incident that leaves her trapped between life and death, Alaina explores the nature of consciousness. Jake connects with Alaina through dreams, their shared dream world becomes a haven. Alaina learns about the power of connection, while Jake struggles with loneliness, his dreams providing hope.