Showing results for "Ann" in Crime Thrillers

Paige Barrett was living her dream as a journalist in New York City, racking up bylines as a staff writer at The Razor, a cutting-edge online magazine. But when she’s suddenly fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, she finds herself back home in the quaint seaside town of Shoreham, Florida, waiting tables and living in her sister’s guesthouse. Restless and itching for something meaningful to occupy her time, she decides to launch a true-crime podcast about the death of Jessica Cady, a beloved teacher who died mysteriously 20 years earlier.

Legendary editor, Maxim Jakubowski, delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists.

Holly, jolly, and downright deadly—the third Santa Fe Café mystery unwraps surprises both naughty and nice . . . It’s the most picturesque time of theyear in Santa Fe, and Chef Rita Lafitte of Tres Amigas Café hopes the twinkling lights and tasty holiday treats will charm her visiting mom...

When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the adventure she...

Margaritas, spicy guacamole—and murder—are among this year’s preparations for Cinco de Mayo in the second Santa Fe Café mystery novel Tres Amigas Café chef Rita Lafitte is busy baking her green chile soufflés and chocolate flans for Cinco de Mayo. If only her friend Linda, the daughter...

En sensommerdag i Offerlunden i Marstrand gør en skoleklasse en hårrejsende opdagelse. De finder en kvindekrop iført middelaldertøj knælende ved den gamle Offersten - uden hoved. Kort tid efter får gamle fru Wilson sit livs chok ude i sin have, da hun får øje på et hoved med vajende, gråsprængt hår øverst oppe på espalieret med engelske roser og ærteblomster. Det bliver hurtigt klart for Karin Adler og hendes kolleger fra Drabsafdelingen hos Göteborg Politi, at de står overfor en større efterforskning, da det fra retsmedicinsk side bliver konkluderet, at hovedet fra fru Wilsons have ikke tilhører kroppen fra Offerstenen. Det viser sig, at der har været andre makabre fund den sommer.

New Orleans: live music, endless drinks, brightly coloured attractions, the perfect place for a party. The bachelorette begins on a Friday night; all six women are excited for a chance to escape their everyday lives. But then friendly rivalries turn vicious, and a game of truth or dare turns deadly. By the end of the weekend one of them will be dead.

Emma Bennett sieht sich mit dem schlimmsten Trauma ihrer Kindheit konfrontiert: Zehn Jahre zuvor entdeckte sie an einem frostigen Wintertag in einem Graben die Leiche ihrer besten Freundin. Eine Frau wurde verhaftet, doch nun taucht ein Zeuge auf, der ihr umstrittenes Alibi nach all den Jahren bestätigt. Kommissarin Vera Stanhope würde den Mordfall gerne lösen, doch das gestaltet sich unerwartet schwierig: In dem Dörfchen Elvet findet sich kaum ein Einwohner, der kein Motiv gehabt hätte, die hübsche, verzogene und sehr gerissene Abigail zu töten.

En kærlighed stærkere end døden. En søndag formiddag er to polske arbejdere i gang med at reparere en indre stenvæg på den lille ø Hamneskär ud for Marstrand, hvor fyret Pater Noster fra 1868 snart skal genindtage sin plads. Pludselig styrter murværket sammen og afslører endnu et rum, som engang har tilhørt fyrmesterens familie. I halvmørket derinde ligger en menneskekrop. Ansigtet er vendt mod dem.

When the mutilated corpse of a young Amish woman is discovered in Blood Rock, Sheriff Serenity Adams embarks on her most terrifying case yet, facing a killer unlike anything she’s seen before. Law enforcement and the Amish join forces to unravel the truth and find the person terrorizing the community, and just when Serenity thinks she’s solved the case, she finds out that the nightmare is far from over.

In the dead of night, Josie Bates is ripped from sleep by the sounds of an epic storm raging over Hermosa Beach and a man beating on her door begging her to help Billy Zuni who is drowning in the raging sea. She arrives at the shore just in time to see the teenager pulled from the water, battered and near death. Ready to kill Billy's selfish, neglectful mother, Josie rushes to the Zuni house only to find someone has beaten her to it. Two men lie dead downstairs and Billy's mother clings to life on the floor above.

In the fourth installment of the best-selling Serenity's Plain Secrets series, Serenity must work with US marshals to uncover the truth behind a shockingly brutal 15-year-cold murder. Desperate for answers, Serenity finds herself in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she unravels secrets that threaten to tear her and Daniel apart. But digging up the past is dangerous, and the quaint Amish settlement isn't as safe as it seems.

Wendi Wise is a troubled young woman who snorts her breakfast through a straw and spends more time in rehab than in the real world. Her life is seemingly out of control. But now she has a plan. That plan involves a sharp set of butcher knives. She's going back to where all of her troubles began...Flocksdale. Wendi was lured away from a local skating rink, at the age of 13, and held captive in a place she calls The House of Horrors. Dumped off blindfolded on the side of a dirt road, Wendi soon discovered that she was addicted to the drugs they fed her while she was captive.

Wussten Sie, dass es einen zweiten Papst gibt? Die Kriminalkommissarin Marie Martius hat davon keine Ahnung, als sie zu einem Tatort im Münchner Osten gerufen wird. Vor der Kirche Sankt Loreto liegen zwei Leichen. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass es sich um Opfer und Täter handelt – ein Fall, der schnell zu den Akten gelegt werden könnte. Trotzdem forscht die Kommissarin weiter nach dem Tatmotiv und findet sich bald in ihrem ganz persönlichen Albtraum wieder. Und das nicht nur, weil Maries Hartnäckigkeit ihre Karriere frühzeitig beenden könnte.

Weißt du, wem du trauen kannst? Winter auf den Shetland-Inseln. Still ruht die Welt unter einer weißen Decke. Das Mädchen im Schnee trägt einen roten Schal um den Hals. Um sie herum sitzen Raben. Als Fran Hunter die Leiche der Sechzehnjährigen findet, ist es um die Dorfidylle geschehen. Ein Schuldiger ist schnell gefunden. Die Polizei verhaftet Magnus Tait, einen menschenscheuen Sonderling. Doch dann verschwindet während des Wikingerfestivals "Up Helly Aa" Frans kleine Tochter Cassie.

When a traveling carnival stops in the sleepy countryside, 16-year-old Josie Crowley is psyched to go with her new friend, Freya. But what started out as a fun-filled night of games, candied apples, and Ferris wheel rides quickly spirals into a gut-wrenching encounter with one of the carnival attractions. Once the excitement is over, Lamison is missing one of its residents. When Freya is nowhere to be found, Josie suspects the carnival has something to do with her disappearance.

Not only did her father abandon her five years ago, now 17-year-old Marianna Bertagnoli is being uprooted and forced to move with her mother and new stepdad to a creepy Victorian house they inherited in the even creepier town of Flocksdale. Marianna notices some strange qualities about her new home, and soon realizes she's living in none other than the infamous House of Horrors. The very house where the demented Garrett family ran a drug ring, leading to the kidnappings and murders of 40 young girls.

Tod in der Förde. Ann Lindell will ein paar unbeschwerte Tage auf Gräsö verbringen, nur eins lässt ihr keine Ruhe: Cecilia Karlsson gilt seit vier Jahren als vermisst, doch jetzt ist sie angeblich zurück auf der Insel. Kurz vor ihrem Verschwinden soll ihr Freund Casper in der Förde ertrunken sein - kein Wunder, dass es Ann nun in den Fingern juckt, dem ungelösten Fall auf den Grund zu gehen. Dabei ahnt sie nicht, dass Cecilia, versteckt in einer Hütte im Wald, einen perfiden Plan schmiedet, um endgültig mit der Vergangenheit abzuschließen.

"Han betraktar tyst sitt verk, är nöjd med snittet, så exakt mitt i halsgropen. Vit som snö, röd som blod, svart som ebenholts mumlar han för sig själv. Så torkar han av kniven mot byxbenet och stoppar ner den i bältet. Försvinner in bland granarna." Katjas pojkvän Leif är en entusiastisk jägare. Tillsammans med en udda grupp vänner så har han bildat ett jaktlag, som beger sig ut i den östergötska naturen några gånger per år. Vid årets sista jakt annonserar en av medlemmarna att en fransk utbytesstudent ska följa med jaktlaget ut, för att studera botanik.

Sheriff Serenity Adams teams up with U.S. Marshal Toby Bryant in this heart-stopping mystery thriller when it comes to light that eighteen-year-old women are disappearing from a nearby Amish community every four years. Is it some kind of ritualistic cult activity? Serenity investigates, and the clues lead her to an isolated Nevada brothel in the desert—the perfect place to hide a scandalous and deadly secret.