Ergebnis für "The Evil Shepherd" in Krimis & Thriller

A former defense attorney turned righteous crusader is the hero of this blockbuster novel from an early master of the thriller genre. A businessman is found stabbed through the heart, the obvious suspect his partner: Oliver Hilditch, a cold-eyed fellow with a paper-thin alibi. Hilditch seems destined for the gallows, but he is saved by brilliant defense attorney Francis Ledsam, who uses every legal trick he knows to free his client.

Sie sind Elitesoldaten der ganz besonderen Art, denn sie stehen allein im Dienste Gottes: DIE RITTER DES VATIKAN. Auf ihrem Flug in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika bringen Angehörige einer Terrorzelle die SHEPHERD ONE, das Flugzeug Papst Pius XIII, in ihre Gewalt. Sie fordern die Exekution der fünf ranghöchsten Mitglieder des MOSSAD, oder der Papst wird sterben – und mit ihm unzählige Menschen, denn an Bord befindet sich noch ein nuklearer Sprengsatz. Sie nennen sich die "Muslimische Revolutionäre Front", und ihnen ist das Unmögliche gelungen – die Maschine des Papstes zu entführen.

When a businessman is gruesomely murdered, all fingers point towards his business partner, Oliver Hilditch. Known for his legal prowess, defense attorney Francis Ledsam steps in to save Hilditch from the noose, securing a not guilty verdict. However, the victory is short-lived when Hilditchs wife reveals that her husband is a perpetrator of even more heinous crimes than murder. Now, Ledsam is caught in a moral quandary, torn between his feelings for a captivating woman and his overwhelming urge to seek justice, regardless of the personal cost. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

On 11 July, 1982, Elisa Sordi was beautiful. Commissario Michele Balistreri was fearless. Italy was victorious. A killer was waiting.... On 9 July, 2006, with Sordi’s case 24 years cold, and Balistreri haunted by guilt and regret, Italian victory returned. And so did Sordi’s killer.... But this time Michele Balistreri would be ready. This time he would fear no evil.

London is under siege - not by criminals, but by a new breed of vigilantes. Cops, crooks, and businessmen alike are taking the law into their own hands, punishing those they feel have escaped justice. Streaming their crimes online while wearing latex masks of famous politicians, they gain...