Showing results for "Hammer" in International Mystery & Crime

Martin Scarsden's new life seems perfect, right up until the moment it's shattered by a voice mail: a single scream, abruptly cut off, from his partner, Mandalay Blonde. Racing home, he finds an unconscious man sprawled on the floor and Mandy gone. Someone has abducted her. But who and why? So starts a twisting tale of intrigue and danger, as Martin probes the past of the woman he loves, a woman who has buried her former life so deep she has never mentioned it.

Yuwonderie's seven founding families have lorded it over their district for a century, growing ever more rich and powerful. But now—in startling circumstances—one of their own is found dead in a ditch and homicide detectives Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan are sent to investigate. Could the murder be connected to the execution of the victim's friend thirty years ago—another member of The Seven—or even to the long-forgotten story of a servant girl on the brink of the Great War?

Efter en uheldig episode i Nyhavn, forflyttes jurist og tidligere jægersoldat, William Hammer, til Færøerne, hvor han sættes i spidsen for en særlig gruppe. Gruppen får af britiske MI6 til opgave at opspore en mystisk mand, der måske overlevede et flystyrt i 1970. Manden skal have været ombord på et passagerfly, som forulykkede på øen Mykines i september 1970. Men ingen har set skyggen af ham siden. Det viser sig hurtigt, at sagen trækker tråde helt tilbage til 2. verdenskrig og til en af Færøernes største erhvervs­virksomheder.

Bottom line, I put the hammer down. That’s the truth and nothing but the truth. But when the CIA director calls in a favor, I’m forced to comply. Keeping an eye on his feisty, reckless sister goes way beyond my retainer. The relentless bar owner doesn’t know when to throw in the towel, which is why I can’t get enough of her.