Showing results for "Annette" in Crime Fiction

Veterinarian Jessie Cameron agrees to fill in for her mentor, Doc Lewis, at Riverview Racetrack so he can take a long-overdue vacation. When he's tragically killed by one of his equine patients the night before he's supposed to leave, Jessie quickly suspects the death is anything but accidental. Her search for the truth is thwarted by everyone from well-meaning friends to the police, including her soon-to-be-ex-husband.

Erik går till kyrkogården för att sätta nya blommor vid graven. Men på väg hem händer det som inte får hända. Erik hör först ett högt ljud, och ser sedan en bil och ett bylte som ligger framför. Och han vet vem bilföraren är. Femton år senare skakas Hjo när ett barnskelett dyker upp på en byggarbetsplats. Kan det vara nioårige Johan, pojken som aldrig kom fram till skolan den där dagen för länge sedan? Ryktet går och lokalpolisen inser snabbt att de måste kalla på förstärkning. Men Johans mamma är säker på att det inte är han.

Tomi Reyes is a documentary filmmaker who moonlights as a receptionist to pay the bills. It’s an easy gig - until she gets promoted, and her somewhat interesting life goes totally insane. For starters, her new boss, Scott Martin, morphs from nice guy to creepy dictator in the space of five seconds. Then, the bodies of her friends start turning up in their refrigerators. Tomi may suspect Scott, but all of the evidence is pointing to her! She’s wondering what to pack for prison, when a childhood pal Nicholas “Nickels” Turino is the (very hot) FBI agent assigned to the case.

Fed up with household chores and an uncaring husband, English mother Chris Martin, 40, gets a job on the small local paper, trading one form of drudgery for another until she happens on the body of a teacher who appears to have hanged himself, but who really died of a heroin overdose. Chris and wisecracking reporter Pete Schiavo, who soon beds her, uncover blackmail, a crooked real estate deal, bribery, police corruption, and a drug connection.

Andra delen i mysdeckarserien "af Hjo" där mystik, spänning och relationer varvas om vartannat. Anlagda bränder är ett ovanligt inslag i vardagen i västgötska Hjo. Men nu har det plötsligt inträffat två stycken på kort tid. När polisen identifierar samma skoavtryck på båda platserna blir Helena Groop och hennes kollegor på stationen än mer misstänksamma. Har man fått en blivande pyroman på halsen? På Hjo-kurirens redaktion sitter journalisten Sara Blidh i liknande tankar.

Dorthe Annette Hansens "Et bånd af blod" er en spændingsroman om gammel kærlighed og ny tragedie. Politimanden Mark er i Tivoli med sine delebørn, da hans fortid bogstaveligt talt falder ned i hovedet på ham i form af hans første kærlighed Mia. Hun falder ned fra Dæmonen, og inden hun dør, når hun at hviske til Mark: "Det var ikke mig." Mark begynder nu at grave i Mias liv og opdager den nedtur, hendes liv har taget, siden han så hende sidst for mange år siden.

It’s five years since psychiatrist Olivia Hofmann’s husband and daughter vanished without trace, and five years since the body of troubled teenager Lisa Manz was found murdered in a quarry outside Vienna. While the trail of Lisa’s killer has gone cold, Olivia receives an anonymous postcard each year on the anniversary of her family’s disappearance. Who is sending the messages, and why are they sorry? When one of her patients claims he has seen Lisa alive, Olivia joins forces with detective Levi Kant, who was taken off the murder case when he was close to finding answers.

As the January wind whips down the stairs to the train platform, Ellen Randall huddles into her coat, shivering. Suddenly, a flash of red catches her eye and she turns. It’s a scarf. Red and cream, in a large, checked pattern. And the person wearing it— No! It can’t be… Three weeks later. In the dimly lit depths of the abandoned station, an eerie silence hangs heavily in the stale air, wrapping around the young man like an invisible shroud. Every step he takes echoes through the tunnels. Cautiously, he ventures deeper into this forgotten place.

Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury comes from a family of investigators. Her father was a policeman, and her mother Joan often discussed cases with him - on one occasion helping him to solve a tricky murder. Gwen already has a capable, efficient sidekick in the form of DS Henry Jacobs - but nevertheless, her mum insists on helping Gwen with her inquiries.

Warten aufs Christkind mal ganz anders - ein Mordsspaß in 24 Geschichten. Killende Weihnachtsmänner bringen in der Adventszeit 24 Leute um die Ecke: Tote werden mit Lichterketten erdrosselt, Leichen in Schneemännern versteckt, Glühwein, Gans und Knödel vergiftet. Und mittendrin Hobbydetektiv Alfons Friedrichsberg - hochintelligent, trinkt gern, isst noch lieber und hat immer das letzte Wort-, der dem mörderischen weihnachtlichen Treiben auf die Spur kommen will. Es hilft alles nichts: Um diesen Fall zu lösen, muss er ins Weihnachtskostüm springen.