Showing results for "Specials" in Crime Fiction

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal...because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit.

Germany, 1945. British agent Stephen Felinski is parachuted into Hitler's fast-collapsing empire with orders to reorganize a group of Soviet agents abandoned by Moscow. Thirty years later, a top British politician defects to the Russians, and Felinski is called out of retirement to help - because of a friendship formed among the ruins of Nazi Germany. The link is The Special Collection, a daring and meticulously planned Soviet attempt to bring social and industrial chaos to Britain.

In diesem Hörbuch erwarten uns vier weitere packende Fälle aus der Krimireihe um den New Yorker Ermittler Owen Burke. Einblicke in die Drogenszene der Weltstadt, verschwundene Kinder und brutale Hinrichtungen bringen selbst den mittlerweile abgebrühten Special Agent an seine Grenzen – doch er setzt alles daran, die Täter für immer hinter Gittern zu bringen...

When Special Agent Emily Ray is assigned to verify the identity of Kaveri Miller Browne, a missing heiress who's reappeared after 18 years, it should be routine. DNA proves identity. Case closed. But then Emily discovers another found woman claiming to be Danica Hansen—a name buried in Emily's past.

Schauplatz: New York. In der Krimireihe "Special Agent Owen Burke" begleiten wir den erfahrenen Ermittler Owen Burke bei dem Aufdecken von kniffligen Mordfällen und Entführungen, die selbst für ihn und sein Team manchmal nur schwer zu ertragen sind. Ein packendes Hörbuch, bei dem man am liebsten gar nicht mehr auf Pause drücken mag.

In den ersten drei Teilen der Krimiserie "Special Agent Owen Burke" muss der FBI-Ermittler knifflige Fälle lösen. Brutale Morde, eine Entführung, regelrechte Hinrichtungen und ein Serienmörder, der immer am Freitag, den 13. sein Unwesen treibt, halten Burke in Atmen. Doch auch spärliche Beweise und gefährlicher Zeitdruck sind für den erfahrenen Polizisten, für den der Tod zum Alltag gehört, kein Hindernis.

In November 1964, Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara went to the Congo with two hundred men, intent on making it his first step in taking over Africa and South America. He failed, thanks in large part to the efforts of an intrepid band of Green Berets. Licking his wounds, he retreated to Cuba to recruit more men and try the same thing in Bolivia. He failed there, too. In fact, he died there, and thus, despite his incompetence, became a glorious martyr to the cause. But who was trying to kill him, really - and who was trying to keep him alive?

A night of passion leads into an occult nightmare – and more lives are at risk. The Special Dead is the thrilling tenth book in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod. 'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' – Daily Mail When Mark is...

In this exciting new series, W.E.B. Griffin reveals a city police force with all the authentic detail and drama that made THE CORPS and BROTHERHOOD OF WAR phenomenal bestsellers. Here is an explosive novel of the men and women behind the badge--a unique brotherhood of courage, loyalty, and trust...

"This is the end of my presidency. I'm fucked." -President Donald Trump Imagine Special Counsel Robert Mueller got so frustrated with the U.S. attorney general that, instead of letting the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election speak for itself...

Set against a layered Manhattan landscape, The Special Power of Restoring Lost Things explores a fractured family through the alternating perspectives of the mother, father, and brother of a young woman during the aftermath of her disappearance. A year of silent but collective anguish culminates in the fateful 30 hours after a body with a striking resemblance to hers is found, and we see her buttoned-up Upper West Side family spiral in different, dangerous directions.

Meet Mike Daley. Ex-priest. Ex-public defender. And as of yesterday, ex-partner in one of San Francisco's most prominent law firms. Today he's out on his own, setting up practice on the wrong side of town. Then his best friend and former colleague is charged with a brutal double murder, and Daley is instantly catapulted into a high-profile investigation involving the prestigious law firm that just booted him. As he prepares his case, Daley uncovers the firm's dirtiest secrets.

Magnus "Steps" Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are especially indispensable, Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and follow trails over any surface better than anyone else. But there's a secret to his success. Steps has a kind of synesthesia, an ability that allows him to see whatever a person has touched in a unique color - what Steps calls "shine".

Seit einiger Zeit verschwinden in New York Kinder spurlos. Es gibt keine Anhaltspunkte. Die Kinder kommen allesamt aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Die Polizei vermutet, dass es sich um Entführungen handelt - doch in keinem der Fälle wurden Lösegeldforderungen geltend gemacht. Special Agent Owen Burke und sein Partner Ron Harris haben einen entsetzlichen Verdacht. Als Agenten beim FBI haben sie schon oft in die Abgründe der menschlichen Existenz geblickt. Doch dieser Fall lässt selbst die hartgesottenen Agenten nicht ungerührt.

Quando alla radio l’oroscopo del mattino preannuncia un incontro inaspettato nel corso della giornata, Ferruccio Pammattone si fa una grassa risata: non crede a certe cose. Ma poco dopo deve ricredersi. Perché sulle scale della Questura fa davvero un incontro che gli riporta dolorosamente alla memoria una difficile indagine di quindici anni prima, condotta insieme agli inseparabili amici Luc Santoro ed Eugenio Mignogna. Era il novembre 2003.

Magnus "Steps" Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are particularly needed, he works as a tracker. The media dubs him "The Human Bloodhound", since Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and follow trails over any surface better than anyone else. But there's a secret to his success. Steps has a special ability - a kind of synesthesia - where he can see the "essence" of a person, something he calls "shine", on everything they've touched.

Ramnaresh Agarwal, an elderly businessman, is arrested for murder of a youth who is found dead in the backyard of his house. He goes to Detective Parshuram to help him prove that he's not the murderer. Can Parshuram find out who's the killer?

Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent Tyrone Benhoff is in purgatory. That’s what agents call it when they find themselves on the wrong side of command and are transferred to a place like Djibouti, Africa. He tried to open a case in Virginia that was too close to the wrong people. Now he’s being watched for even the slightest screw-up so his enemies at headquarters can drive him out of the agency. When a sailor on leave from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, is killed outside a wildlife preserve in Zimbabwe, Ty is hand-picked to lead the investigation.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of One False Move by Robert Goddard, read by Fiona Hampton and Alistair Petrie. What value can be put on a human mind? How Joe Roberts does what he does is a mystery. He has a brain that seems able to outperform a computer. To a games company like...

Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS be able to find an IRA sniper, before he finds them…? 1989, South Armagh: cheering mobs stand over the body of a British soldier. He is the ninth to have been killed by the so-called Border Fox, an IRA sniper whose activities have helped...