Ergebnis für "Wicked River" in Weibliche Detektive

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Staatsanwältin Chastity Riley haut ab nach Glasgow. Da ist nämlich erstens dieser Brief von einem Anwalt, der sie in die Geburtsstadt ihres Ur-Urgroßvaters lockt. Und zweitens ist ihr Leben in Hamburg in einer traurigen Sackgasse angelangt. In der rauen, schottischen Stadt trifft sie auf Tom, der den Schlüssel zum Familiengeheimnis der Rileys kennt - einem Panorama aus Gewalt und Verlust. Davon hatte sie zwar immer eine Ahnung, aber sie hat nie gewagt, sich den schmerzhaften Wahrheiten über sich selbst zu stellen.

Amber Olivier awakens in a cold sweat, the bitter taste of blood in her mouth and her head throbbing. Not even a hint of light reaches her. She reaches left, right, and above, but within inches, her hands meet a solid structure covered with satin. She bangs on the top of the enclosure, but the cushioned fabric only creates a dull thud. Beyond panicked, she screams until her throat burns and she doesn’t have another breath of air in her.

Twenty years ago, five teenage campers disappeared. Two eventually turned up, bound and left for dead on the Columbia River’s rocky shore. Only Devin Bonner miraculously survived, but with no memories of what happened in the Oregon forest. After decades, the cold case generates heat for FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick and her husband, Police Chief Truman Daly. They’re investigating the murder of a true-crime podcaster found at the river’s edge in the same location, and with the exact same manner of death.