Showing results for "Kill for Me" in Literature & Fiction

The course of true love never did run smooth for PI Mike Hammer. His secretary and partner, Velda, has walked out on him without explanation, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered - a cop who once worked with Velda on the NYPD Vice Squad. What's more, Mike's pal, Captain Pat Chambers, has discovered that Velda is in Florida, now the moll of gangster and drug runner Nolly Quinn.

Sie sind Schwestern, und sie bekämpfen einander mit allen Mitteln. Denn beide wollen sich das Imperium ihres verstorbenen Vaters sichern, eines Drogenbosses in Guatemala City. Der blutige Streit dauert bereits Jahre, und die amerikanische Drug Enforcement Administration versucht von heimischem Territorium aus vergebens, den Drogenkrieg zu beenden. Die Fehde fordert immer neue Todesopfer, zudem hat sich nun eine der Schwestern eine ganz besondere Waffe in diesem Kampf gesichert: Victor.

JJ has a good life. One where he lives with the people he loves, gets to work in Saintly Sweets with his delicious boyfriend, and takes things a day at a time. Of course, that is until he comes across a broken boy so lost in a nightmare that he vows to do everything he can to help him wake from it. There's nothing Shepard Saint won't do for his JJ. Even help him figure out how to save someone who may be lost to the darkness. He knows this won't be easy, and the deeper they go, the harder it becomes to climb out.

When your life is a lie, who can you trust? When Maggie Taylor accepts a new job in Manchester, she is sure it is the right move for her family. The children have settled well, although her husband, Duncan, doesn’t appear to be so convinced. But nothing prepares her for the shock of coming home from work one night to find that Duncan has disappeared, leaving their young children alone. His phone is dead, and she has no idea where he has gone or why.

Some say the Wild West is no country for old men. But apparently no one told Eli Doolin and Casey Tubbs. This rowdy pair of cowboys may be a bit long in the tooth but—thanks to the success of their new business venture, the D&T Cattle Company—they’re riding high in the saddle. And raking in the cash. What’s their secret? They rob banks. Disguised as even older men than they are, Doolin and Tubbs have managed to pull off a string of bank jobs without a hitch, making just a few withdrawals to help fund their ranch.

Samantha Leiffer is trying to get a grip on reality. Her live-in boyfriend, detective John Krull, isn't deeply troubled, he's just quiet. Her ex isn't a stalker, he's just trying to be friendly. And the nerdy stranger who gives Sam a note warning her of danger unless she calls him, is just hitting on her-until one by one, people vaguely connected to her start getting killed. Now Sam knows she's not imagining the murderer - and that he's closer than she thinks.

What happens when The Firm meets Anita Blake? You get the Halls of Power - our modern world, but twisted. Law, finance, the military, and politics are under the sway of long-lived vampires, werewolves, and the elven Alfar. Humans make the best of rule by “the Spooks”, and contend among themselves to affiliate with the powers-that-be, in order to avoid becoming their prey. Very loyal humans are rewarded with power over other women and men. Very lucky humans are selected to join the vampires.

Damiano is a young man and lives his everyday life being carried along by events, until suddenly life takes him to Mozambique. It's a place he gets to know through the eyes of an inexperienced traveller. He searches for the girl he has fallen madly in love with, who seems to have disappeared. Following her trail, Damiano crosses a country that surprises him with its dynamism, its contrasts, the presence of international interests, and its environmental and social challenges. But also with its music, art, activism, superstition—his own and others'. "Kill Me Now" is a podcast that aims to ...

Karl und Ada lieben einander. Karl ist allerdings mit Maya verheiratet, mit der er die kleine Tochter Lilly hat. Ada meint, ihre Gefühle unter Kontrolle zu haben, bis sie eines Morgens spürt, was für eine mächtige Gewalt in ihr schlummert. Sie sehnt sich zurück nach der unbekümmerten Leichtigkeit des Seins und ist dafür jetzt sogar bereit, ihre eigenen Grenzen zu übertreten. «Eine emotionale Geschichte über die Liebe. Wild wie ein Gewitter, zart wie eine Feder.

En un tiempo ignoto (mayo de 2007) y en un Madrid terrorífico, roto en zanjas por las excavadoras y con la población presa del pánico por la gripe aviar, el protagonista de esta historia vaga de cuerpo en cuerpo intentando averiguar su propia identidad, intentando no enamorarse de una muchacha hacia la que sus distintos cuerpos lo llevan, intentando ver una película en la que sorprendentemente se hallan las claves de lo que le ocurre e intentando que no suceda un crimen del que ya ha sido testigo y del que conoce casi todo: el asesino, el arma homicida, el día y la hora. Todo menos la víctima....

Death by Chocolate is her favorite dessert. And those knitting needles aren't just for craft projects. To most people, Gin Bombay is an ordinary single mom. Then again, they don't know she's from a family of top-secret assassins. Somewhere between leading a Girl Scout troop for her kindergartner - would nooses count for a knot badge? - and keeping their puppy from destroying the furniture, Gin now has to take out a new target.