Ergebnis für "White Night" in Krimis & Thriller

Wizard Harry Dresden must investigate his own flesh and blood when a series of killings strike Chicago’s magic practitioners in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Someone is targeting the members of the city’s supernatural underclass—those who don’t possess enough...

Ann Cleeves is well known for her 'Vera', 'Shetland', and 'Two Rivers' crime series, all of which have been adapted into hit TV shows. She was presented with the CWA Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 2017, and was appointed an OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours List for services to reading and libraries. This collection includes full-cast dramatisations of the first two 'Shetland' novels featuring Detective Jimmy Perez, as well as three short stories and a discussion with the bestselling author.

One of the wealthiest Russian oligarchs, Alex Volkov is as ruthless as he is magnetic. He always gets what he wants, and what he wants is me, in his bed. He’s the kind of trouble every woman should run from. The bullet his bodyguard took for him proves that. I should stay far away, but for one night, I give in to temptation. Before I know it, he’s pulling me deeper into his world of excess and violence, invading not only my life but my heart. How much trust can I place in a man so dangerous? How much do I dare risk for his love?

Alex Volkov, einer der reichsten russischen Oligarchen, ist ebenso rücksichtslos wie anziehend. Er bekommt immer, was er will, und das, was er will, bin ich, in seinem Bett. Er ist die Art von Ärger, vor dem jede Frau weglaufen sollte. Die Kugel, die sein Leibwächter für ihn abgefangen hat, beweist das. Ich sollte mich von ihm fernhalten, aber für eine Nacht gebe ich der Versuchung nach. Ehe ich mich versehe, zieht er mich tiefer in seine Welt voller Exzesse und Gewalt und dringt nicht nur in mein Leben, sondern auch in mein Herz ein.

Sophie kennt nur das einfache Leben in dem abgeschiedenen Haus mitten im Nirgendwo von Mississippi. Sie glaubt ihrer fanatischen und konservativen Mutter, dass die Welt ein schrecklicher Ort ist, und stellt deren Regeln nicht infrage. Cole hat schon früh gelernt, dass nichts im Leben je einfach ist. Gewalt, Selbsthass und Trauer sind seit Jahren seine ständigen Begleiter. Die Schuld, die er trägt, wiegt zu schwer, weshalb er schon lange niemanden mehr an sich ranlässt.

Mein Instinkt warnte mich, dass Alex Volkov ein gefährlicher Mann war. Mein Verstand sagte mir, ich solle weglaufen, als er mich mit unbeugsamer Entschlossenheit ins Visier nahm. Nicht, dass ich nicht versucht hätte, mich zu wehren, aber Alex hatte einen Plan. Er war mir immer einen Schritt voraus und zog mich geschickt tiefer in sein Netz. Selbst als er mir die Freiheit gab, war es nur eine Illusion.

Of all the hospitals in New York City, he walks into mine. I know from the moment I see him that Alex Volkov is dangerous. He’s the kind of trouble from which every woman should run. The bullet his bodyguard took for him proves that. My attraction to him is not rational, not logical...but it’s too strong to resist. I tell myself it will be just one night. One night to step away from the stress of work, to give into temptation. But before I know it, he’s pulling me deeper into his world of excess and violence, invading not only my life but my heart.

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In this second audiobook of the Shetland Quartet to feature Inspector Jimmy Perez, the launch of an exhibition at The Herring House art gallery is disturbed by a stranger who bursts into tears, then claims not to remember who he is or where he comes from. The next day he's found dead, wearing a clown's mask.

WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 'The most joyously exciting novel I've read in years . . . [The] sense of fun and adventure . . . allied to a remarkable lightness of touch over nightmarish subject matter, makes for the kind of novel that inspired me to write...

My instincts warned me that Alex Volkov is a dangerous man. My mind told me to run when he set his sights on me with unfaltering determination. It’s not that I didn’t try to resist, but Alex had a game plan. He was always one step ahead of me, skillfully drawing me deeper into his web. Even when he gave me freedom, it was only an illusion.

The vicious Mexican cartel war boils over into the Big Bend in the explosive new novel from the author of The Far Empty and High White Sun. In the Mexican borderlands, a busload of student protesters is gunned down in broad daylight, a violent act blamed on the Nemesio cartel. But its aging...

Yes, you should be afraid of the dark.... A powerful demon is hell-bent on revenge, and he knows paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford by name. As Ford wrestles with the uncertain nature of his future, a different kind of evil storms into his world, proving that not all demons are inhuman. Trailing in Lauren Coeburn's wake are some of the most elusive and terrifying paranormal entities in existence - the black-eyed children.

The clock at St. Killian’s chimes as whispers float in the dark staircase above. Snow falls from the black sky beyond the windows, and candles glow - the flames lighting up the longest night of the year. Devil’s Night isn’t the only holiday we celebrate. Tonight, we’re pulling on a different mask. Some call it Midwinter. Others call it Yule. We call it Fire Night.

Past and present collide as Special Agent Pendergast uncovers mysterious connections between a string of 19th century bear attacks in a Colorado mining town, a fabled, long-lost Sherlock Holmes story, and a deadly present-day arsonist. In 1876, in a mining camp called Roaring Fork in the...

Ein Junge wird ermordet in einem Londoner Park gefunden, fast nackt und arrangiert, als würde er schlafen. In seiner Hand befindet sich eine Kette mit einem Engelsanhänger. Der ermittelnde Detective Inspector Bishop bittet Profilerin Holly Wakefield um Hilfe. Es ist ihr zweiter gemeinsamer Fall. Doch sie kommen dem Täter nicht auf die Spur. Stattdessen finden sie eine zweite Leiche. Zahlreiche Jungs im Teenageralter werden in London vermisst. Wie viele von ihnen hat der Mörder bereits auf dem Gewissen?

A lawyer is found dead at sunrise on a lonely clifftop at Dunnet Head on the northernmost tip of Scotland. It was supposed to be his honeymoon, but now his wife will never see him again. The case is linked to several mysterious deaths, including the murder of the lawyer’s last client—Scotland’s most notorious criminal...who had just walked free. DS Max Craigie knows this can only mean one thing: they have a vigilante serial killer on their hands.

The second book in the bestselling Goodreads Choice Award–nominated series about a woman kept within the walls of a terrifying dystopian prison, where her survival means fighting back against the very men who have been raised to subjugate her. The second book in the dark, twisted, and riveting...

The small community of Akranes is devastated after a young man dies in a mysterious house fire. When Detective Elma and her colleagues from West Iceland CID discover the fire was arson, they become embroiled in an increasingly perplexing case. For the dead man's final online search raises fears that they could be investigating not one murder, but two.