Ergebnis für "The Tempest" in Krimis & Thriller

Während sich die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan von einem neurochirurgischen Eingriff erholt, erhält sie eine Reihe von rätselhaften Nachrichten nebst Fotos von einer Leiche ohne Gesicht und Händen. Wer ist dieser Tote, und warum schickt man ausgerechnet ihr diese Bilder? Um Antworten auf diese und andere Fragen zu finden, muss Tempe den vorgeschriebenen Dienstweg verlassen - denn ihr neuer Vorgesetzter will sie um jeden Preis von dem Fall fernhalten. Je mehr sie aufdeckt, desto düsterer erscheint das Bild.

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back in this explosive new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Wenn du dich mit diesem Mädchen anlegst, bekommst du einen Arschtritt. In dem Moment, in dem du nachlässig wirst und denkst, du hättest dein Leben im Griff, vermasselst du es. Ich reiße mir täglich den Arsch auf, um die Ecken und Kanten zu glätten, nachdem ich mit meinem Freund zusammengezogen bin, um mich bei wütenden Mitmenschen zu entschuldigen und um mich mit den feindseligen Schwiegereltern zu versöhnen. An der Heimatfront läuft es gut, mit meinem Job, meiner Familie und meinen Freunden. Ich habe alles im Griff, richtig? Falsch!

Das Leben ist vergänglich. Der Tod ist unbestechlich. Tempe Brennans Arbeit als Forensikerin bringt manche Gewissheit mit sich...

Nine months ago, Beatrix Rose had her family brutally taken from her. Now all that matters is getting her daughter back. And Beatrix is no ordinary mother - she’s a skilled assassin who will do whatever it takes to find her child. Danny Nakamura deserted his post in Vietnam and disappeared into Hong Kong’s Walled City, vowing never to go home again. Decades later, his health failing, he’s suddenly found a reason to return to LA: the discovery of a daughter he never knew he had. But getting home won’t be easy....

His code name was Tempest, and his enemy caught him. Stratus did unspeakable things to him until, out of his mind, he prayed for death — but he’d never broken faith with his brothers. God, how he wished they knew that. He had not compromised them. He’d told Stratus nothing. Cast aside as useless, left to starve or die of his injuries, his broken body lay in a bare cell, forgotten, and Tempest knew his prayer for the end would be answered shortly. Until her. She made him want to live — if only to help her escape.

Ein neuer Fall für Ermittlerin, Wissenschaftlerin und Kultfigur Tempe Brennan. Während sich die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan von einem neurochirurgischen Eingriff erholt, erhält sie eine Reihe von rätselhaften Nachrichten nebst Fotos von einer Leiche ohne Gesicht und Händen. Wer ist dieser Tote, und warum schickt man ausgerechnet ihr diese Bilder? Um Antworten auf diese und andere Fragen zu finden, muss Tempe den vorgeschriebenen Dienstweg verlassen - denn ihr neuer Vorgesetzter will sie um jeden Preis von dem Fall fernhalten.

Die Wahrheit der Knochen. Grauenvolles erwartet die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan, als sie in den kleinen Ort St. Jovice gerufen wird: ein niedergebranntes Haus mit sieben Leichen, zwei davon Babys, denen das Herz fehlt. Nur zu gern widmet sie sich deshalb ihrem anderen Auftrag - der Exhumierung der Ordensschwester Elisabeth Nicolet zwecks posthumer Heiligsprechung. Doch erst liegt die Nonne in einem falschen Grab, und dann entdeckt Tempe gemeinsam mit Detective Ryan eine entsetzliche Parallele zu dem Fall von St. Jovice.

Nur wer ihre Sprache versteht, kann die Geheimnisse der Knochen lüften.

In "Die Sprache der Knochen" sieht sich die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan vor einige Rätsel gestellt - darunter auch, was sie auf den Heiratsantrag von Detective Andrew Ryan antworten soll. Doch die Fragen zu ihrem Familienstand treten in den Hintergrund, als ein Hobbydetektiv behauptet, eine Gruppe menschlicher Überreste in Brennans Labor identifizieren zu können.

Tempest is a wild ride from start to finish! Imagine living the same year over 2,000 times – that’s the life of Laura, our fierce and determined protagonist. The story keeps you on edge as Laura uncovers a massive conspiracy while trying to break free from this time loop. The stakes are high and the action is intense. The international setting is a fun bonus – The UK, Spain, Brazil, and the USA all make appearances. And the F/F relationship is written with care, adding heart to this otherwise gritty adventure.

Leaving the Big Apple for the quaint town of Divinity, New York, Sunny is determined to make it on her own as a psychic. With an ancient Victorian house as her place of business, Sunny uses various psychic methods to aid the town's residents. But when she uses tea leaves to give a reading for a frazzled librarian, what she finds at the bottom of the cup is anything but helpful.

After learning about the web of secrets between my father and Leo, I'm more determined than ever to save Tempest from the monsters ruling it. I’ll do whatever it takes to destroy them… even if it means stealing from the earl at his ball.

In the brooding, dark landscape of England, with its rolling hills and forgotten castles, the dark breeds evil in every shadow. Well, almost every shadow. Some of them have stupid in them instead.

Carrie is a successful TV producer in a high pressure job. She’s talented, liked, and well-respected. She and her husband, Adrian, an award-winning screenwriter, decided years before that they didn’t want children. But now, just as they’re both at the pinnacle of their careers, she has discovered she is pregnant and is shocked to find that she wants to keep the baby. But in a competitive industry where time off is seen as a sign of weakness, Carrie looks on the prospect of maternity leave with trepidation.

Mr. Fluffikins is the small black cat responsible for overseeing the most powerful supernatural beings in the small Southern town of Beech Grove. He's also charged with keeping the world of magic hidden from those without it.

When Ellery walked out of my life, I never wanted to see her again. Now she's back and desperate for my help. I didn't believe it was possible to hate her even more… until she proves me wrong.

After feigning her own death in Cornwall to escape from Moriarty’s perilous attention, Charlotte Holmes goes into hiding. But then she receives a tempting offer: Find a dossier the crown is desperately seeking, and she might be able to go back to a normal life. Her search leads her aboard the RMS Provence. But on the night Charlotte makes her move to retrieve the dossier, in the midst of a terrifying storm in the Bay of Biscay, a brutal murder takes place on the ship.

On a good day, wearing the Fianna mark tosses me into topsy-turvy trials. It's a scramble but I manage to hold it together with the help of amazing family and friends: mythical, magical, and mortal. But despite best-laid plans, collateral damage occurs.

I’m not sure what to expect after being away from Tempest for over a year, but the once thriving realm has deteriorated beneath the leadership of its new ruler. I made a promise to my dead king to look over Tempest if something happened to him, but after surviving Doomed Valley, I’m done with politics and war. Until unexpected events change everything.

After years of struggling in the Chicago theater scene, ambitious actress Kira Rascher finally lands the role of a lifetime. The catch? The mercurial Malcolm Mercer is the director, and he’s known for pushing his performers past their limits - on stage and off. Kira’s convinced she can handle Malcolm, but the theater’s cofounder, Joanna Cuyler, is another story.