Ergebnis für "bethlehem" in Thriller

A London policeman and his highly-educated wife investigate a series of murders involving members of Parliament.

For decades, Omar Yussef has been a teacher of history to the children of Bethlehem. When a favourite former pupil, George Saba, is arrested for collaborating with the Israelis in the killing of a Palestinian guerrilla, Yussef is convinced that he has been framed. With George facing imminent execution Yussef sets out to prove his innocence. As Yussef falls foul of his headmaster and the local police chief, time begins to run out for Saba.

Although set in Jesus’ time, Bethlehem’s Brothers sounds like an adventure novel set in a third world country during a violent revolt. Two brothers are swept into the conflict early in their lives and struggle to find the strength to survive amidst the death and destruction. Each searches for a savior, but success eludes them until they finally discover one who has been ruthlessly hunted since he was two years old. Who is this revolutionary who challenges the status quo, and should he be trusted?

Travis Brody is an arrogant, antagonistic fry cook with a chip on his shoulder the size of Arkansas. He’s been fighting his own demons for over a decade and wonders why he even bothers any more. When Travis comes across a scared little boy and a dying man on a bitter February night while on his way to fulfill an obligation he should never have made, his first reaction is to turn around and ignore them. However, his heart refuses to turn from a crying child. Now, Travis and the kid are on the run from people who are trying to kill them.

Detective Clarissa Tempest knows firsthand that vamps are real, but now there are new problems that seem to be pointing toward...werewolves? Seriously? It’s bad enough it took Clarissa endangering herself to convince her fellow officers that vamps are real, but now there’s a rash of killings with animal markings from wolves or another large animal, only Bethlehem, PA definitely isn’t home to those kinds of predators. But then she witnesses an animal attack...and the animal shifts into a man.