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På föräldrakooperativet Solhatten i Saltsjöbaden ska barnen just lägga sig för vilostund. Förskolläraren Inger smiter ut för att ta ett samtal–men när hon återvänder möts hon av en levande mardröm: barn skriker, flera är skadade och mitt i rummet ringlar en lång orm över golvet. Chocken är total. Och snart visar det sig att det inte rör sig om en olycka–någon har medvetet släppt in faran bland barnen.

Human sacrifice still goes on uncomfortably close to home - cases have been found in the U.S., Europe, and the United Kingdom. In other parts of the world, such as South America, ritual killing is almost commonplace. Human Sacrifice investigates the terrifying current spate of human sacrifices and ritual killings. Jimmy Lee Shreeve draws on police reports and interviews with the victims' families to paint a horrifying picture of ritual sacrifice at home and abroad.

Newly moneyed Jimmy can’t seem to get a certain girl out of his head. He’s never even spoken to her—the two have merely shared looks and smiles while traveling on an ocean voyage. But when he takes a bet to break into a house, and is caught by the owner of the house, (the chief of police, no less), a series of complicated events is set in motion. The first of which is the unaccountable appearance of his mystery girl. Soon Jimmy must show his true mettle, while demonstrating his singular gift for intrusion.

Efter sex år som legosoldat för det ökända företaget Black Water återvänder den före detta Säpo-agenten Nicholas Warg hem. Han ska hjälpa en vän med ett jobb och få loss de pengar han desperat behöver för att kunna dra sig tillbaka och leva i fred. Men i Sverige går allt snett. Nicholas dras in i ett spel där inte bara hans eget liv hotas - även nationens intressen står på spel. Samtidigt kommer frilansjournalisten Lova hem till sin lille son och villan på Ekerö efter ännu en slitig arbetsdag.

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New York City, 1933: King Kong is premiering at Radio City Music Hall, and Fay Wray is about to become the most famous actress on earth. So what's she doing hanging around a rundown Manhattan speakeasy? This Hollywood scream queen has come to see Jimmy Quinn, a limping tough guy who knows every gangster in New York - and does his best to steer clear of them all. A blackmailer has pictures of a Fay lookalike engaged in conduct that would make King Kong blush, and Fay's movie studio wants the threat eliminated.

Kelp has a plan, and John Dortmunder knows that means trouble. His friend Kelp is a jinx, and his schemes, no matter how well intentioned, tend to spiral quickly out of control. But this one, Kelp swears, is airtight. He read it in a book.

In county lock-up for a traffic charge, Kelp came across a library of trashy novels by an author named Richard Stark. The hero is a thief named Parker whose plans, unlike Kelp and Dortmunder's, always work out. In one, Parker orchestrates a kidnapping so brilliant that, Kelp thinks, it would have to work in real life.

Carrying out wartime patrols from Malta with the famous "Fighting Tenth" Submarine Flotilla, HM Submarine Rugged has orders to disrupt Axis supply convoys. Deep in enemy waters, Rugged encounters deadly mines, depth-charges, and torpedoes! Hunted down by the remorseless destroyers of the Trapani First Eleven, the crew of Rugged, fast running out of oxygen and slowly poisoned by carbon dioxide, must call on every ounce of their reserve if they are to evade the enemy and escape with their lives.

Jimmy Quinn is delivering a bribe for the infamous racketeer Arnold Rothstein when a bomb goes off on Wall Street, killing 30 people and scaring every banker in the city down to his spats. Twelve years later, Rothstein is dead, and Jimmy is doing his best to stay out of trouble, running a quiet Manhattan speakeasy. At a bad moment for him and his favorite waitress, a blast rocks the alley outside and draws him right back into the madness of 12 years ago.

Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines—in the 20th anniversary edition of this shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett. It's not on any chart, but...

Growing up, Dean Perrasani always dreamed of following in the footsteps of his idol and older brother, Tyler. At 19 his dream would be fulfilled. Dean is now president of Phi Beta Regnum, the very fraternity Tyler ran nearly 10 years earlier. To the outsider Regnum is your typical fraternity. But that’s what they want everybody to believe. Secretly it’s a crime syndicate created by one of the most ruthless mobsters in the world, Alfred Calarone.

On a clear, moonlit night in December, police detective Jimmy Vega races to the scene of a reported home invasion in an upscale New York community. As Vega arrives, he spots a Hispanic man who fits the description of the armed intruder running from the victim's estate. Vega chases him into the woods. When the suspect refuses to surrender - and reaches into his pocket - Vega has only seconds to make a life-or-death decision.

Busy concentrating on family issues, Jimmy hasn't taken a new case in nearly three months, and when a call comes in from Philip Connelly, who wants proof that his wife, Myra, is cheating, Jimmy is torn. Take the case or say no. He rejects it, only to learn a week later that Philip has been found dead in a park on Staten Island. The police believe it was suicide, but Myra - a self-admitted adulteress - is convinced he was murdered.

Jack Veeder is dying. Soon. And that impending event brings his son Jimmy back to the Imperial Valley of southern California just north of the Calexico/Mexicali border. Jimmy hopes he can spend what time his father has left laughing and reminiscing. But Jack’s got one dying request. He needs Jimmy to find a Mexican prostitute named Yolanda. Enlisting the help of his boyhood friend Bobby Maves, the pair stumbles through the violent, the exploited, and the corrupted of Mexicali.

Jimmy Veeder and Bobby Maves are back at it, two years after the events of Dove Season - they’re not exactly the luckiest guys in the Imperial Valley, but, hey, they win more fights than they lose.

Settled on his own farmland and living like a true family man after years of irresponsible fun, Jimmy’s got a straight life cut out for him. But he’s knocking years off that life thanks to fun-yet-dangerous Bobby’s booze-addled antics - especially now that Bobby is single, volatile as ever, and bored as hell.

Psychic medium Kristine Fredheim has been communicating with the spirit of Jimmy Hoffa, who wants his body to be found. Follow two friends, Christina Vovas and Kristine Fredheim, on their journey to grant the wishes of Jimmy Hoffa. All episodes available now!

A young man named Jimmy Pierce, who is obsessed with detective novels of the 30s and 40s, suddenly finds himself in the middle of a mystery of his own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En ung svensk kvinna, Caroline, har försvunnit i Thailand och Nicholas Warg får i uppdrag att hitta henne. Det låter enkelt och Nicholas lockas av att kunna stanna kvar och fira jul i värmen med sin familj. Under hösten har han och hans specialgrupp, med Diana Lilja i spetsen, infiltrerat en grupp våldsbejakande islamister. För att lyckas med det har de haft stor hjälp av en ung kille, Salim. Väl i Thailand leder sökandet efter Caroline in Nicholas Warg i en oväntad våg av kriminella uppgörelser och våld.

LES RENCONTRES POLAR DE JIMMYLes Rencontres Polar de Jimmy est un podcast qui explore, titille, et met en lumière deux auteurs spécialistes du Polar à l'aide de chroniqueurs sous la forme d'une émission littéraire en mode Talk Show, enregistrée en public à la médiathèque Marguerite Yourcenar de Faches-Thumesnil. Au fil des épisodes, découvrez l'éclairage et l'univers des auteurs, leurs sources d’inspiration, leurs méthodes et leur actualité au travers d'échanges avec les intervieweurs, Jimmy et le public.Produit par Poadcast by la Fabric et Jean-Marc Demetz.Les ...

The definitive portrait of the powerful, corruption-ridden Teamsters union and its legendary president Jimmy Hoffa - organizer, gangster, convict, and conspirator - with a new afterword by the author.