Ergebnis für "darkness" in Internationale Krimis

The body of a young Russian woman washes up on an Icelandic shore. After a cursory investigation, the death is declared a suicide and the case is quietly closed. Over a year later Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir of the Reykjavík police is forced into early retirement at 64. She dreads the loneliness, and the memories of her dark past that threaten to come back to haunt her. But before she leaves she is given two weeks to solve a single cold case of her choice.

Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer's block, Hannah has the feeling that she's doing something wrong. When she expresses her contempt for genre fiction, Hanna is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in 30 days. Scared that she will lose face, she accepts, and her editor sends her to Húsafjöður; a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colourful local characters - for inspiration.

When Fiona Griffiths is tasked to look through a stackload of cold cases, her bosses don't expect her to find anything of interest. But then she finds that an impossible robbery really happened. That a nailed-on suicide was anything but. That the dead security guard was almost certainly murdered. Before long, Fiona is embroiled in what will become the toughest case of her career so far - one that forces her to enter the heart of darkness, and a journey that will test her mental toughness to its very limits.

This program is read by actor Sam Woolf, known for his roles on Call the Midwife, Humans, The Crown, and The Witcher. He currently stars in the World War II drama We Were The Lucky Ones. Fresh off his career-changing standalone co-written with Icelandic PM, Reykjavík, #1 Icelandic bestseller...

From the outside, Bee Iverson and her fiancé, Aidan Shepard, look like any other happy couple - but looks can be deceiving. Not long into their engagement, secrets seep out of her past, lies surround them, and unwelcome surprises leak into their lives, breaking down Bee’s confidence not only in herself but in their relationship, too. Secret: Bee’s keeping a piece of her past from Aidan - for him. Aidan knows Bee’s a serial killer, preying on men as often as she can. In fact, their shared passion of such dark desires fuels their love for each other.

A mansion with a hellish past. A serial killer with a shadow. A city about to boil over. Having received a letter about a murder in the country mansion of Wild Boar Hall, Alderman James is only too happy to leave the city to investigate. For too long the seemingly endless cycle of murders in the Liberties has weighed on him. While the Alderman investigates this pastoral distraction, a sinister plan is set in motion back in Dublin. One that has James at the very heart of it all! Fear and paranoia return to the streets and things are made worse still when a new killer realizes he has a fan.

In the dense jungles of Indonesia's remote island of Sumba, a forgotten temple stands shrouded in mystery and danger. Its ancient stone walls are veiled in creeping vines, concealing secrets that could shake the world to its core. Now, Noah Wolf's mission takes him deep into this untamed wilderness, where he discovers the heart of darkness lurking within the labyrinthine corridors of the temple.

A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: Two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as “The Chinaman”, starts to investigate.

After surviving a dysfunctional childhood caring for her alcohol and drug addicted mother while her father buried himself in his criminal law practice, 39-year-old attorney Maeve Shaw has painstakingly constructed the perfect life. Her husband, Patrick, is a handsome senior manager at a prestigious consulting firm. They have two adorable boys, Declan and Seamus. And if Maeve just keeps her billable hours up and her mouth shut, she could actually have a shot at making partner at her male-dominated law firm.

In a quiet London pub, Bob Renwick, founder of counter-terrorist agency Interintell, is handed a list of names. The Minus List has been compiled by the ruthless executive of an international munitions firm, engaged in training terrorists and arms dealing, and he intends to remove anyone who might get in his way. To be on the list means death for the target, their friends and family, and Renwick’s name is third. On a desperate mission that takes him from New York to Paris, from Zurich to Djibouti, Renwick must unmask his nemesis to save all that he holds dear.

San Francisco, 1979. When ex-con PI Colleen Hayes is hired to find a missing person, she discovers an international vigilante group hunting down ex-Nazis. A World War II banknote and a 1942 SS ID of a German officer long thought dead lead her to Italy, where she uncovers a secret project hatched in a concentration camp. Colleen has no choice but to push ahead if the killing is to stop and justice prevail.

Simon Valette, a cultured and successful Parisian, moves his family to Castillac looking for peace and quiet. But before they've had a chance to settle in, someone is found murdered in the library. Molly and Ben work double-time to disentangle all the lies - including those told by their own friends. Will they manage to trap the killer before another victim trusts the wrong person and winds up dead?

Twenty-five years after a young girl goes missing from her home in South-East England, most have given up hope of ever finding closure. But when a renowned psychic has visions of a murder the police reopen the case, placing the puzzle of the "woodlands killer" in Ashley McCoy’s capable hands. Firmly set in the harsh reality of a world where the young and beautiful are not safe from dangerous hands, A Walk Into Darkness navigates the ups and downs of Ashley’s life; desperate to solve the cold case without letting the trials and intrigues of life get in the way.