Ergebnis für "The Fall of Light" in Krimis

On Memorial Day, 1992, three decorated navy officers disappeared in the sleepy beach town of Hansville, Washington. Thirty years later, their medals were found in the marshlands of Foulweather Bluff. So were their bones. For private investigator Thomas Austin, this case hits close to home. The son of a JAG lawyer, Austin grew up around the navy. To solve the case, he must piece together clues buried in the marshlands and dark secrets hidden in navy history.

Die um die Welt reisende Starfotografin Ella Shepherd wird von Polarlichtern an die Nordseeküste gelockt, um die Pfahlbauten von St. Peter-Ording besonders in Szene zu setzen. Noch in der gleichen Nacht postet sie die ersten Fotos in den sozialen Medien – am darauffolgenden Nachmittag wird sie tot in ihrem Bungalow in der Weißen Düne aufgefunden. Torge Trulsen gehört wieder zu den Ersten am Tatort und fühlt sich persönlich betroffen, weil er Ella bereits im Sommer begegnet war und sie eine Reportage über ihn plante.

Award-winning No.1 bestselling author Michael Connelly's ninth Bosch book. Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch has retired from the Los Angeles Police Department - but the discovery of a startling unsolved murder among his old case files means he cannot rest until he finds the killer. When he left the LAPD...

Small-time hustler Arthur Abdel Simpson ekes out a living in Athens by robbing gullible tourists. But when an attempted theft backfires, he finds himself out-smarted and blackmailed into driving a highly suspicious car across the border to Istanbul. Then the Turkish secret police get involved, and Simpson becomes embroiled in something far deeper, and more dangerous, than he could imagine. Featuring a heart-stopping jewel heist, this compulsive, morally complex thriller became the basis for the classic film Topkapi.

When Detective Madison Harper arrives at a remote summer camp in Shadow Falls, Northern California, her heart breaks for Jenny, the sweet little girl last seen splashing in the lake with her friends before she vanished. Peering into the silent cabins filled with rows of neatly made beds, Madison knows this idyllic place is hiding a terrible secret.

Berlin, 1919: Die Nachkriegszeit und deren Verbrechen schreiben Geschichte. Der legendäre Berliner Kriminalrat Ernst Gennat herrscht mit strenger Hand im Polizeipräsidium am Alexanderplatz. Ein junger, angehender Kriminalist macht sich auf den Weg in die Hauptstadt, um von dem Besten zu lernen. Sein Name: Franz Wilhelm Darkowitsch. Zugleich muss Gennat einen komplizierten Fall lösen: Wer erschoss am Weihnachtsabend den jungen, schönen Leutnant?

When a revered sports legend falls victim to a brutal home invasion, a nation is shaken to its core. Outrage swells and the press and powers that be demand answers. DCI Evan Warlow, fresh from a well-earned vacation, is thrown into the cauldron to lead the investigation. But the victim, despite his iconic status, has secrets of his own. Amidst the chaos of jealousy and rivalry that swirls around the case, a darker underbelly emerges. The pursuit of truth transforms into a gripping hunt, but whose truth is the team hunting?

Debauched, divorced, and courting death, Billy Ray Schafer is a comedian who has forgotten how to laugh. Over the course of seven spun-out days across the American Southwest, he travels from from hell gig to hell gig in search of a reason to keep living in this bleak and violent glimpse into the psyche of a thoroughly ruined man. Ex-inmate, ex-husband, ex-father - comedian is the only title Schafer has left. Trapped in the wreckage of his wasted career, Billy Ray knows the answer to the question: What happens when the opportunity doesn't come - or worse - it comes and goes? 

Hale Bennet wird vergiftet aufgefunden. Der beliebte und erfolgreiche Krimi-Autor ist selbst Opfer eines Verbrechens geworden. Ein erster Verdacht richtet sich gegen seine Ex-Frau. Diana Elling hat nicht nur einen privaten Rosenkrieg mit Bennet geführt, sondern musste als seine Verlegerin auch zahlreiche berufliche Kämpfe mit ihm ausfechten. Welche Rolle spielte das letzte Manuskript des Autors, auf das nicht nur die Krimi-Freundin Lady Bedfort sehnsüchtig gewartet hatte?

Five early stories unpublished since their first magazine appearances in the ’20s and ’30s, finally unearthed 21 years after Agatha Christie’s death, already showing the deft touch of the Queen of Crime in the making. While the Light Lasts The Actress The House of Dreams The Edge Within a...

The mysterious, violent death of a prominent New England patriarch exposes a nest of dark family secrets in New York Times bestselling author Richard North Patterson’s twentieth compelling novel. From #1 bestselling author Richard North Patterson comes a spellbinding psychological puzzle...

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “Breathtaking . . . a remarkable blend of murder mystery, love story, political intrigue, and tragedy of manners.”—USA Today The year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model...