Showing results for "December" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. The trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves; and though the U.S. doesn't know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor. Spanning the entirety of World War II, Five Decembers is a beautiful, masterful, powerful novel that will live in your memory forever.

After decades of brutal conflict, Terran forces finally capture Commander Gordon Monihan—a feared Spacer officer believed to be part of an inhuman hive-mind. But when Lieutenant Lucian Aris breaks protocol and removes Monihan’s helmet, he finds not a monster, but a man. Imprisoned and cut off from the neural network that once filled his mind with constant presence and connection, Monihan is plunged into a deafening silence that begins to unravel his sanity. Worse still, the Terrans subject him to a tribunal designed to prove he is not human. Every emotion is reclassified as programming.

A call in the middle of the night summoned psychiatrist Laura McCaffrey out into the rain-swept streets of Los Angeles. The police had found her husband—beaten to death. But what of her daughter, Melanie, whom he had kidnapped six years earlier? At the brutal murder scene, the police lead Laura into her husband's makeshift lab—and open the door to a rising tide of terror that has trapped Melanie in its midst...

When an anonymous parcel turns up at the shop where Sophie works, she’s surprised to find a beautifully bound classic novel, one that eerily seems to chime with her own story. Enigmatic Harry lives in a crumbling manor house, spending solitary days patching up leaks in the roof. The subject of unwelcome gossip in the village since his return from London, he prefers to keep to himself. As Christmas draws near and the gifting season arrives, Sophie attempts to get to the bottom of her mysterious parcel.

Den sindssyge læge Dylan McCaffrey kidnapper sin treårige datter, Melanie, og udsætter hende for en række hårrejsende eksperimenter, der kombinerer videnskaben med det okkulte. Da Dylan seks år senere bliver brutalt myrdet, finder man Melanie vandrende nøgen rundt i Los Angeles‘ gader. Hun bliver overladt til sin fortvivlede mor, men vil det nogensinde lykkes Laura at trænge gennem den mur, som Melanie har bygget op om sig selv?

After more than a decade away, Mira James isn’t keen on returning to her Minnesota hometown for the holidays. Her childhood memories aren’t particularly jolly. Even less festive is the news of a serial killer on the loose. With only ten shopping days till Christmas, the Candy Cane Killer has been very busy slashing through the snow. Eager to earn her official PI stripes, Mira is anxious to track him down. But when the latest victim is a woman from her high school graduating class, the investigation hits a little too close to home.

Jay Porter, the newest employee at NorthEastern Insurance in New Hampshire, is investigating an accident claim when he learns the teenager behind the wheel was arrested for minor drug possession and sentenced to a hardcore behavioral modification center. At the county courthouse, Jay meets Nicki, a young college intern, who tips him off to a possible scandal - first-time juvenile offenders being shipped to private institutions for political kickbacks.

He's respected - not very respected - chief had been grumbling all the way from London, and now the speeding Alvis was well into the wild and hilly country of Derbyshire, he was more caustic than ever. When Chief Inspector Bill 'Ironsides' Cromwell accepts an invitation to spend Christmas at his sergeant's family seat, Cloon Castle, he doesn't realise the mysteries he'll encounter. First, there is a mysterious figure who leaves no footprints, despite the heavy snow.

En lejemorder kommer til den lille svenske by December, og John Wagner bliver trukket ind i endnu en hæsblæsende og dødsenfarlig jagt på liv og død. Er hun nødt til at sælge sin sjæl til djævlen for at fortsætte sin intense private efterforskning? I denne serie er der ingen, der holder sig tilbage, hverken hovedpersonerne eller deres modstandere.

En intens jagt på seriemorderen, Døden i december, er i gang. Kim Cordells liv er i fare, og John gør et desperat forsøg på at redde hende. Samtidig finder han et spor af sin søn Mattias, der forsvandt. Måske er han tættere på, end John troede.

Einen Tag nach Pearl Harbor versammeln sich die schockierten Amerikaner vor ihren Radios und müssen mit anhören, wie Franklin D. Roosevelt den Kriegseintritt der USA erklärt. In Los Angeles plant unterdessen der deutsche Spion Martin Browning einen Anschlag auf den amerikanischen Präsidenten. Er will Roosevelt am Weihnachtsabend töten, wenn dieser vor dem Weißen Haus den Weihnachtsbaum erleuchtet. Wer wird ihn aufhalten?

En kvinna hittas mördad vid sitt hem i Decembers tjusigare delar och John ställs inför ett till synes omöjligt uppdrag. Han behöver hjälp med att låsa upp Saras dator. Finns det information i den som kan ge ledtrådar till hennes försvinnande? Kim Cordell rotar i det förflutna och använder alla medel för att ta kontroll över de oförrätter hon utsatts för. Men hon är på gränsen till nervsammanbrott och nära att släppa helvetet lösI den här serien är det ingen som håller igen, varken huvudkaraktärerna eller deras motståndare.

En våldtäktsman härjar i December, hans offer får ingen nåd och skammen lägger sig som en kvävande dimma över staden. Till och med medlemmar i poliskåren berörs. John överraskas och förvirras av information om Saras förflutna. Kim får en ny familj på halsen och det visar sig inte vara vad hon tänkt sig. I den här serien är det ingen som håller igen, varken huvudkaraktärerna eller deras motståndare. Men en sak är säker – när du kommit till December blir det svårt att lämna.

Liget af en mand bliver fundet i skoven uden for den lille svenske by December. Liget er uden arme, og manden har fået mystiske pile gennem kroppen. John Wagner får sagen, og sporene fører ham til en lyssky og hemmelig kult, der virker fuldstændig lukket.
Kim Cordell får uventet besøg af en ung pige, og samtidig må hun tage sig af sin helt egen private efterforskning, som John ikke skal vide noget om. Der er nemlig sket en række mystiske mord på kvinder i December for nylig.

John Wagner bliver blandet ind i en voldelig gidseltagning, og det viser sig, at Decembers mest prominente familie, Ackermann-familien, har en finger med i spillet. Kim Cordell er mere hot end nogensinde, og John er splittet mellem sin tiltrækning til hende og tabet af sin forsvundne kone. Er Sara overhovedet i live? Måske har hendes voldelige ekskæreste Bert Strand svaret? Glæd dig til andet bind i den hæsblæsende serie Døden i December. I denne serie er der ingen, der holder sig tilbage, hverken hovedpersonerne eller deres modstandere.

Layla Reyne spins off from her pulse-pounding Agents Irish and Whiskey books with Imperial Stout, the first installment in the Trouble Brewing series It’s a good thing assistant US attorney Dominic Price co-owns a brewery. He could use a cold one. Nic’s star witness has just been kidnapped...

Orson Welles both starred in and directed The Campbell Playhouse, a radio drama (1938-40) produced by Welles and John Houseman. The episodes include adaptions of classic novels and plays, as well as radio versions of the era's popular films.

Lorimer Shenher is a former Homicide detective, forensic interviewer, journalist, and author of "That Lonely Section of Hell: The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Away" chronicling the failings of Vancouver's Missing Women investigation. He brings his unique perspective and an MA in Communications to shine a powerful light into the dark corners of policing as an unjust system and a profession & culture that's boundlessly fascinating to film, television, and reading audiences. In conversation with a new guest each week, Lorimer explores the intersections of policing, race...