Showing results for "The Fall" in Mystery

Odense, Dänemark. Ermittler Roland Benito ermittelt in den eigenen Reihen: Der 6-jährige Sohn eines Polizisten wurde vor den Augen seiner Eltern entführt. Sein Vater steht im Verdacht, einer skrupellosen Verbrecherbande Geld gestohlen zu haben. Hat der Kollege die Tragödie selbst zu verschulden – oder steckt womöglich etwas viel Abgründigeres dahinter? Zur gleichen Zeit wird in Aarhus eine junge Frau tot in ihrer Wohnung aufgefunden. Die ungewöhnlichen Umstände ihres Todes rufen die Journalistin Anne Larson auf den Plan.

If Detective Frank Bennett tries hard enough, he can sometimes forget that his partner, Eden Archer, is also moonlighting as a serial killer. Thankfully their latest case is proving a good distraction. Someone is angry at Sydney's beautiful people, and the results are anything but pretty. On the rain-soaked running tracks of Sydney's parks, a predator is lurking, and it's not long before nighttime jogging become a race to stay alive.

Fagernes, Norwegen: Krimi-Podcaster Markus Heger plant eine Serie über die vor 15 Jahren verschwundene Leah, doch dann bleibt es bei einer Folge. Obwohl ihre Leiche nie gefunden wurde, kam Leahs Vater Tobias für den Mord an ihr ins Gefängnis. Als eine Journalistin, die sich für den Fall interessiert, verschwindet, nimmt Markus die Ermittlung selbst auf. Und je tiefer er in die Abgründe der Vergangenheit eintaucht, desto überzeugter ist er, dass der wahre Täter noch frei herumläuft.

Ein abgelegenes Château und ein ungeklärter Todesfall – der dreizehnte Band der Provence-Krimi-Reihe von Bestseller-Autor Pierre Lagrange. Herbststürme fegen über die Provence, als Ex-Commissaire Albin Leclerc einen merkwürdigen Brief erhält: Der reiche Industrielle Charles Agnel lädt zu einem Gourmet-Wochenende in sein abgelegenes Château ein. Erst vor Ort erfährt Albin, warum er hier ist: Einer der Anwesenden hat vor Jahren Charles' Ehefrau ermordet, und Albin soll nun den Schuldigen entlarven.

Aufgrund seiner nötigen Zeugenaussage vor dem Unions-Gericht, kann Sherlock Holmes wieder in seiner Heimatstadt als Detektiv tätig sein. Auch die Menschen der Zukunft haben dieselben Probleme wie jene in der Vergangenheit. Mit Hilfe von Dr. Watson gelingt es Holmes in Erfahrung zu bringen, wo ein erfolgreicher Autor steckt.

Sunning himself in the south of France, Johnny has started to believe that his life is finally on the up. But the arrival of a face from his past drags him back down to earth with a harsh dose of cold reality. Johnny Klein once again finds himself walking the tightrope between redemption and despair. When his daughter is in danger of getting consumed by the sins of Johnny’s own past, and a dark secret threatens to engulf people he holds dear, light at the end of the tunnel feels further away than ever.

Summer's last breath meets autumn's first kill in Greenville, Maine. On a moonless stretch of backcountry road, Detective Brock Justice stares down at a crime scene that refuses to play by the rules. A woman lies dead, the apparent victim of a lethal roadside crash—until a stab wound is found hidden beneath her clothing. Two causes of death. Zero easy answers.

What would you do if the man you love was accused of murder? Bad things never happen to Charlotte. She's living the life she's always wanted and about to marry wealthy banker, Dan. But Dan's been hiding a secret, and the pressure is pushing him over the edge. After he's arrested for the vicious killing of a nightclub owner, Charlotte's future is shattered.

For years FBI agent Cameron Daggett has been on the trail of an international triggerman responsible for planting at least two nearly undetectable explosive devices on airplanes. When a strange murder takes place in a Seattle aircraft training installation, Daggett suspects that his nemesis is involved. The man who was murdered was a specialist in training pilots to fly the Duhning 959-600 - a new breed of ultra-sophisticated aircraft - and he was killed in a Duhning flight simulator.

Diesmal muss sich der Meisterdetektiv mit einem scheinbar banalen Fall abgeben: Wettbetrug beim Pferderennen. Doch die Pferde sind künstlich, die Kriminellen kaltblütig und ein Verdächtiger ist bald mausetot!

When a wealthy banker's daughter goes missing from Edinburgh University, Detective Inspector John Rebus has little to go on in his investigations. It's difficult to know whether she's dead or alive, whether she has been kidnapped or is simply on the run. Before long, however, Rebus has a hunch that there is more to this missing person's report than meets the eye.

They climbed up from the streets of Glasgow to the top of the world. Now these Hollywood icons are heading for a fall. Three stars, three tales of struggle and success. Now they’re discovering that in Hollywood, happy endings don’t last for ever. Sometimes they’re just the calm before the storm.

On Good Friday, the verger of St Albans cathedral was supposed to be preparing the Easter service. Instead he discovers a man lying dead, fallen from the famous 50-foot-high spire. Did he jump, or was he pushed? For DCI Maarten Jansen, it's a simple case of suspected suicide. Until a stranger, Willow, who witnessed the jump, prompts a deeper investigation into a long-buried past, involving a mental hospital, a pregnant woman and 50 years of silence. As Willow's own family history entwines with the case, Jansen starts to wonder how everything is connected.

Most of us are lucky that some simple action - one that we've performed a hundred times - doesn't suddenly plunge our entire life into a private hell. But undeserved or not, unheralded or not, that's what happens to Joanne Lessing, a freelance photographer and the divorced mother of a teenage son.

The Chicago PD is on high alert when two city aldermen are found dead: one by apparent suicide, one brutally stabbed in his office, and both with thirty dimes left on their bodies—a betrayer’s payment. With no other clues, the question is, Who else has a debt to pay? Detective Harriet Foster is on the case before the killer can strike again. But even with the help of her partner, Detective Vera Li, and the rest of their team, Harriet has little to go on and a lot at risk. There’s no telling who the killer’s next target is or how many will come next.

Damaged but not broken after his ordeal in the Tasmanian wilderness, park ranger Taylor Bridges believes his ghosts are in the past - until a raging forest fire lays bare the remains of a young woman...and a decades-old killing ground. After the police enlist Taylor in their investigation, the evidence points to a preacher who reigned over The Falls a century ago. But when a crucial witness and a policewoman disappear, it's clear that the killer is alive and dangerous.

Die galaktischen Fälle des Sherlock Holmes (Band 10): Der großartige Sherlock Holmes braucht nicht auf die Wiederauferstehung des Fleisches zu warten! Über 200 Jahre nach seinem Ableben benötigt die Crew des Raumschiffes Ultimo-1 dringend einen cleveren Detektiv und reist in die Vergangenheit, um ihn abzuholen. Leicht irritiert vom technischen Fortschritt und teils lockeren Sitten, kann Holmes dennoch seine Logik zielgerichtet einsetzen und knifflige Fälle lösen, denn das Böse lauert immer und überall...

When Lacey's friend is haunted by a nighttime prowler only she can hear, it's up to Lacey to decide if the prowler is imaginary or not - a life-altering decision.

When a corpse is discovered by a mountain, Lacey McCrae must trade in her Christmas shopping for Victim Services in order to find the killer before they strike again.

When a Hollywood director’s wife dies during a local movie shoot, filming is suspended. The death also spells the end of ex-Mountie Lacey McCrae’s latest temporary job. At loose ends, Lacey volunteers to help in the search for an aging oil baron and his son who have disappeared in the foothills of the Rockies. As drone operators scan the forested valleys from the air and rock-climbers rappel down narrow chasms in search of the pair, Lacey dons her Victim Services’ cap to ease tensions among the missing oilman’s four adult sons and three ex-wives.