Showing results for "Hell" in Crime Thrillers

Ein atmosphärischer, wendungsreicher und preisgekrönter Australien-Thriller: Im Sommer 1999 verschwand Mina McCreerys Zwillingsschwester spurlos in den Weiten Australiens. Der Fall ging durch alle Medien und machte Mina zur unfreiwilligen Berühmtheit, für einige sogar zur Hauptverdächtigen. Heute lebt sie allein auf der abgelegenen Farm ihrer Familie. Als der junge Privatdetektiv Lane Holland ihr anbietet, den Cold Case neu aufzurollen, lehnt sie zunächst ab. Erst nachdem Lanes unkonventionelle Methoden rasch zu einer neuen Spur führen, beginnt sie, ihm zu vertrauen. Doch Lane hat seine eigenen, dunkleren Gründe, den Fall lösen zu wollen.

Hell's Corner is the blockbusting finale to David Baldacci's phenomenal Camel Club series. For better or worse, much of him belonged to this town, even with all the pain it had caused. Oliver Stone – leader of the Camel Club, and once his country's most skilled assassin – is called to the...

Fired from the service due to his unorthodox methods, Imran starts private practice with his newfound associate Roshi, and successfully combats an international conspiracy.

Torben Helle - art historian, Danish ex-pat and owner of several Scandinavian jumpers - finds himself dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. At the dinner table their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, makes some shocking revelations. And when these are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits...and their trust. Snowed in and cut off, surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, not to mention a peculiar last will and testament, suspicion quickly turns to panic.

Icelandic sisters Áróra and Ísafold live in different countries and aren‘t on speaking terms, but when their mother loses contact with Ísafold, Áróra reluctantly returns to Iceland to find her sister. But she soon realises that her sister isn’t avoiding her...she has disappeared. As she confronts Ísafold’s abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend Björn, and begins to probe her sister’s reclusive neighbours, Áróra is led into an ever-darker web of intrigue and manipulation.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Hellbent by Greg Hurwitz, read by Scott Brick. A TOP TEN AUDIOBOOK on Audible. EVAN SMOAK, THE HERO OF ORPHAN X and THE NOWHERE MAN, must save and protect his old mentor Jack. 'OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY' LEE CHILD ______________ 'Do you need my help?'...

Betrayed and left for dead, Caine is hiding off the grid in Pattaya, Thailand. But when human traffickers target a woman Caine swore to protect, the vengeful assassin wages a bloody one-man war to get her back. Facing off against the Thai underworld, a jungle militia, and an insane criminal warlord, Caine will stop at nothing to save his friend.

All Nadeem Sayed Khatib, aka Nadeem Chipkali, wants to do is stay in his apartment all day, watch some TV and ignore his mounting worries. He is not in the best shape, cash-wise and otherwise, but let's be honest: people seriously have it out for him. Sometimes, dangerous people. Things change...

With one phone call from a man he barely recalls meeting years ago, South Florida detective Louis Kincaid heads to the Michigan town of his college days to reopen a disturbing cold case -- and finds himself confronting his own painful past secrets...secrets that risk his future with the woman he loves, detective Joe Frye.

The fourth installment in the Music and Murder Mystery series, edited by Don Bruns, Bat Out of Hell is a nonstop thrill ride of engrossing mysteries from some of the best authors in the business. An anthology unlike any other, this collection includes a brand-new Jack Reacher story from Andrew Child, a never-before-seen Pignon Scorbion prequel from Rick Bleiweiss, as well as exciting new mysteries from Heather Graham, Don Bruns, John Gilstrap, Dave Bruns, C. J. Kudlacz, and Charles Todd.

Sean Egan, ex-SAS operative and private investigator, is hired by wealthy American to investigate the murder of her stepson - a student who has been brutally killed and his corpse used to transport a deadly consignment of drugs. Investigate, and avenge...Egan is initially unwilling to take the job, but when he discovers a personal link, choice becomes a luxury he can no longer afford. The hunt is on for a ruthless man with links not only to drugs but also international terrorism, and the old Sicilian proverb has never been more true: the price for revenge is a season in hell.

A domestic dog attack on a child leads to a complex case - the macabre discovery of indiscernible body parts amongst bin bags littering a road on the outskirts of town. Meanwhile, a team of criminals spreads its tentacles across the sordid underworld of people trafficking, dog fighting, prostitution and murder. Is there a link between these cases, and can DCI Bennett catch a twisted killer before he strikes again?

A year after the devastating events of Not Even Past, Jackson Donne has gone into hiding in the forest of Vermont. Under the guise of Joe Tennant, Donne has been recovering - and even enjoying his life up north. Until one of the few friends he's made goes missing. Meanwhile, back in New Jersey, someone is killing ex-cops - the ones who Donne used to work with.

A back-alley murder carries André Derain from the streets of New Orleans to the sun-drenched hell of the Cayman Islands. It's quiet in the Garden District, and André Derain can't sleep. After a lifetime as a fashion photographer in New York and the French Quarter, he needs noise, excitement, action - and he's about to get more than he can handle. A call comes in from the New Orleans homicide department, tipping Derain off to a grisly shooting on Tchoupitoulas Street. He grabs his camera and charges out the door.

After 20 years of loyal service, Detective Jane Bauer is just two months and one case away from leaving the NYPD for a cushy desk job. Her last assignment: working for a special unit that tackles unsolved crimes. At a crossroads in her personal life, Jane relishes the chance to lose herself in a challenging investigation. Four years ago, Arlen Quill was found dead in the entryway to his apartment building - leaving no clues, no witnesses, and no leads.

Bail enforcement officer Jack Keller is doing a skip trace on a young woman from the right side of the tracks who somehow got involved with the wrong kind of man. But Laurel Marks' history doesn't matter to Jack - she's wanted on a parole violation, and his paycheck depends on tracking her down.

Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2016. From the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, comes Every Night I Dream of Hell, a dark and thrilling Glaswegian crime drama. Nate Colgan: a violent man; 'smart muscle' for the Jamieson organization. Someone to be...

אוואן סמוק הוא "האיש משומקום", איש הצללים שרק הנואשים ביותר מגיעים אליו – והוא עושה הכול כדי לעזור להם. כשג'ק, האיש שגידל ואימן את אוואן בילדותו, מוצא להורג בדם קר, העניין הופך להיות אישי והאיש משומקום יוצא לנקום. בדרך מצטרפת אליו ג'ואי, יתומה כמותו שכוחות חסרי מעצורים מנסים לשים עליה את ידיהם בכל מחיר. אך האם ג'ואי היא המטרה האמיתי שלהם, או אולי מדובר באוואן עצמו? "זהו ספר אדיר. העלילה נעה במהירות של רכבת קליע, ומעולם לא ראינו את אוואן סמוק כה חשוף מבחינה רגשית. אל תחמיצו!" 

NYPD detective Sheryn Sterling has had her eye on Alex Traynor ever since his friend Cori fell to her death under suspicious circumstances a year ago. Cori’s death was ruled a suicide, but Sheryn thinks Alex - a wartime photojournalist suffering from PTSD - got away with murder. When Alex’s fiancée, Emily, a talented and beloved local doctor, suddenly goes missing, Sheryn suspects that Alex is again at the center of a sticky case.