Ergebnis für "jonah" in Krimis & Thriller

Gegen trübe Gedanken hilft nur eins: der neue Roman von Bestsellerautor Jonas Jonasson! Småland 1852: Algot Olsson, Sohn eines Schweinezüchters, bleibt nach dem Tod seines Vaters nur ein Kartoffelacker und ein Destillierapparat für den Hausgebrauch. Doch Algot hat Grips, Geschäftssinn und eine Idee: Für die Gleisarbeiter, die gerade die ersten Eisenbahnschienen verlegen und wie alle Schweden nur grauenvollen Fusel gewohnt sind, brennt Algot richtig guten Schnaps und ist damit so erfolgreich, dass der missgünstige Graf Bielkegren ihn mit allen Mitteln sabotiert.

Undurchdringlicher Nebel umgibt das heruntergekommene Hotel, im alten Gemäuer sitzt klamme Kälte. Inmitten eines Wintersturms ist Dr. David Hunter im walisischen Snowdonia gestrandet. Das "Forest Hotel" wird von einem Ehepaar geführt, das sich alles andere als freundlich gibt, doch der forensische Anthropologe hat keine andere Wahl, als hier die Nacht zu verbringen. Er ist der einzige Gast. Die starren Blicke der ausgestopften Tiere auf den Fluren machen den Aufenthalt ebenso unbehaglich wie die deutlichen Spannungen zwischen dem Ehepaar.

Als Jonah das Blut roch, war ihm klar, dass er in Schwierigkeiten steckte. Jonah Colley ist Mitglied einer bewaffneten Spezialeinheit der Londoner Polizei. Seit sein Sohn Theo vor zehn Jahren spurlos verschwand, liegt sein Leben in Scherben. Damals brach auch der Kontakt zu seinem besten Freund Gavin ab. Nun meldet Gavin sich überraschend und bittet um ein Treffen. Doch in dem verlassenen Lagerhaus findet Jonah nur seine Leiche, daneben drei weitere Tote. Fest in Plastikplane eingewickelt, sehen sie aus wie Kokons...

Als Jonah das Blut roch, war ihm klar, dass er in Schwierigkeiten steckte. Jonah Colley ist Mitglied einer bewaffneten Spezialeinheit der Londoner Polizei. Seit sein Sohn Theo vor zehn Jahren spurlos verschwand, liegt sein Leben in Scherben. Damals brach auch der Kontakt zu seinem besten Freund Gavin ab. Nun meldet Gavin sich überraschend und bittet um ein Treffen. Doch in dem verlassenen Lagerhaus findet Jonah nur seine Leiche, daneben drei weitere Tote. Fest in Plastikplane eingewickelt, sehen sie aus wie Kokons...

Jonah Bennett wasn’t like his family. The mafia business was firmly what his brothers did, not him. That changed the day a rival family killed his fiancée.

Was hält dich am Leben, wenn die Hoffnung stirbt? Gwen Proctors Leben ist die Hölle. Man hält sie für die Komplizin ihres Ex-Mannes, eines Serienkillers. Wo immer sie ist, schlägt ihr und ihren Kindern Hass entgegen. Schlangen im Briefkasten, Morddrohungen: Gwen weiß, wie es ist, gejagt zu werden. Als sie eines Tages den Anruf einer verzweifelten Fremden aus Wolfhunter bekommt, will sie helfen. Kurz darauf ist die Frau tot und ihre Tochter verhaftet. Gwen trifft eine riskante Entscheidung: Sie will die Wahrheit in dem abgelegenen Dorf herausfinden.

Als Ex-Frau des Serienkillers Melvin Royal trägt Gwen eine schwere Last. Mit ihren Kindern ist sie untergetaucht, hat eine neue Identität angenommen und gelernt, sich gnadenlos zu verteidigen. Vergeblich hofft sie, dass der Albtraum vorbei ist: Melvin ist aus dem Gefängnis entkommen. Gwen weiß, dass sie nirgends mehr sicher ist. Sie muss den Mann, der ihr Leben vergiftet, endgültig zur Strecke bringen. Die Kinder lässt sie bei Freunden, und die Jagd beginnt. Sam Cade, dessen Schwester eines von Melvins Opfern war, steht an ihrer Seite.

Half light. The shadow of his past was always with him. But he never knew what it was, or when it would strike next.Sent to a small coastal town to investigate drug smuggling, Kelso stumbles onto a dangerous organisation and, suddenly, more than just his life is at stake. It's his past, his future, his sanity. Through torture and drugs he discovers the terrifying secret of the The Jonah. And learns, in the most horrifying way, that it can destroy him as well as others.

The New York Times bestselling True Crime Files series continues with this haunting collection of the dangers lurking among those we trust the most—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me. Doomed relationships and deadly betrayals are at the heart of this...

Despite considerable press coverage and a lengthy trial, the full story of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints has remained largely untold. Only one man can reveal the whole, astounding truth: Sam Brower, the private investigator who devoted years of his life to breaking open the secret practices of the FLDS and bringing Warren Jeffs and his inner circle to justice.

But after their perfect first date, Kalista’s world shatters with a discovery that leaves her breathless—Jonah has a past darker than she ever imagined. Convicted of a double murder at just seventeen, Jonah spent more than two decades behind bars before earning parole. Against all reason, Kalista can’t walk away. Something inside her knows there’s more to Jonah’s story—and to the man who stole her heart.

Following the harrowing story of Roy Adler’s journey up the ever-infamous North Carolinian Mountains, one rescue team, led by Jonah Smythe, was sent to scour for any survivors. What they found was a holy terror the likes of which none of them could’ve imagined in their wildest nightmares! The only testament to the rescue team’s existence, and the utter terror that brought about their end, is Jonah Smythe’s Journal...

When reporter Evelyn Drake turns up dead, Detective Declan Marr is assigned the kind of case nobody wants: no witnesses and no motive—at least not at first glance. The more Marr pulls at the threads Evelyn left behind, the more he uncovers a quiet network of men who move money, favors, and threats through the city without ever being seen. A network people whisper about but never name. And they’ve already marked their next target.

A wealthy children's book author is compelled by the availability of real estate in a small American downtown to purchase property and set up a series of bookstores. In her attempts to turn the town into a minor tourist attraction, she has problems with her employees (three local girls and a boyfriend). A death occurs, and a mystical consideration about the powers of books is had by all.

In a city where corporations own the skyline and the streets belong to the desperate, Eddie Howlett makes a living doing the jobs no one else wants to touch. He's good at it, too good. And he's spent years pretending that the violence he deals out is just another part of the ecosystem he was born into. But when a name from his past resurfaces, Eddie is dragged into a hunt he's avoided his entire life. What begins as a simple lead spirals into a collision of old loyalties, buried truths, and the kind of enemies who don't stay dead long enough to matter.

Six friends. One killer. Who do you trust? A teen girl is missing after a night of partying; thirty years later, the discovery of her body reopens a cold case in “a scorching portrait of friendship and its betrayal.” (Nicci French). “This enjoyably chilling suspense tale . . . conveys...

From Tehran to Los Angeles, The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. is a sweeping saga that tells the story of the Soleymans, an Iranian Jewish family tormented for decades by Raphael's Son, a crafty and unscrupulous financier who has futilely claimed to be an heir to the family's fortune. Forty years later in contemporary Los Angeles, Raphael's Son has nearly achieved his goal - until he suddenly disappears, presumed by many to have been murdered. The possible suspects are legion.

To the people of Great Falls, Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was just another friendly face. He attended church, hosted barbecues, and was a neighbour you could trust. But inside his freezer were secrets far darker than anyone imagined. Children disappeared. Rumours spread. And when the truth began to thaw, investigators uncovered something unspeakable – recipes that didn’t name the meat, bones buried in the yard, and stories of a man consumed with control who indulged every urge.

“A spellbinding literary thriller packed with psychological suspense and profound questions about motherhood, trauma and how death illuminates life.”—Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins “Barbara Graham is a literary alchemist. What Jonah Knew not...

Liv becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of Jill Brannigan, a summer intern at the limestone mine Liv manages near Fort Collins, Colorado. In doing so, she inadvertently puts her friends, her family, and herself at risk of being swallowed in the belly of a madman bloated with perverse appetites for women, surrealistic art, and renown. Perhaps a bit too daring (and at times irreverent) for her own good, “Boots,” as Liv’s eight siblings call her, soon realizes she has a knack for outsmarting and tracking down the Venus de Milo murderer - and she enjoys it!