Showing results for "The Investigator" in Suspense

A ruthless serial killer stalks the streets of Mumbai, leaving behind a gruesome trail of tortured victims. As the city reels in terror, the authorities grapple with a vital question: what links these seemingly random targets?

A brutal crime...A group of urban terrorists...An investigation of dirty cops...The leads in these supposedly unconnected cases have become tangled in some very ugly--and dangerous--knots. Now Special Operations detective Matt Payne and his colleagues find themselves fearing not only for their...

Narrated by acclaimed British actor Edward Petherbridge, The Last Moriarty is set in London, 1895. On a cold November morning, a young American actress visits 221B Baker Street, desperate for Sherlock Holmes to protect her from the threats of a mysterious, menacing man who has recently appeared in her life. Holmes agrees to help, even though he has just promised the Prime Minister to solve the murder of John D. Rockefeller's security agent before the incident can derail an upcoming British-American summit.

Alfred Preston, ordinario di Storia Antica presso la Fallas University di Filadelfia e la sua assistente Jeannie Madigan scompaiono nello stesso giorno dalla prestigiosa Università americana. Claire Freelander, investigatrice privata, riceve l'incarico dai vertici dell'ateneo di indagare su quella che viene definita dai colleghi dei due accademici, una inspiegabile scomparsa. Seguendo le tracce lasciate dalla ricercatrice, giungerà nella città di Lucca; si troverà risucchiata da un vortice terrificante all'interno del quale opera da oltre duemila anni una pericolosissima setta.

Sam Blackman is an angry man. A chief warrant officer in the criminal investigation detachment of the U.S. military, he lost a leg in Iraq and has been outspoken in his criticism of his medical treatment. Then, ex-marine and fellow amputee Tikima Robertson walks into his hospital room, hinting that she has an opportunity for Sam to use his investigative skills. But before she can return, Tikima is murdered.

There are 96 names on the list. They are those of businessmen, judges, and senators - the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful. And they are all going to die. A man named Takahashi has hired the world’s finest assassins to eliminate these men in secrecy and style, crossing names off the list without raising any suspicion. And they are killing ahead of schedule. But someone has noticed the pattern of these seemingly unrelated deaths, and she knows enough to call Blaine McCracken.

At first, Archy McNally was unofficially enlisted to verify the bona fides of a deal for a rare Faberg Imperial egg, created exclusively for the doomed Czar Nicholas in 1917. But when Edythe Westmore's son and daughter become convinced the trinket is a fake and their mother is being conned, McNally is asked to deep-six the whole deal.

It's been four months since the events of Sight Unseen, and Kendra Michaels is obsessed with trying to track down serial killer Eric Colby. Despite his apparent execution at San Quentin, Kendra is convinced that Colby is still alive. The trouble is, she can't prove it. Even her razor-sharp powers of observation, honed while blind during the first twenty years of her life, have gotten her nowhere. So no one believes her.

A former Medal of Valor winner, Minnesota detective Alexander Rupert is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption. So when he's asked to look into the false identity of a car-accident victim named James Putnam, a man who in fact died 15 years earlier, Rupert sees a potentially big case and an opportunity to regain his respectability. But the investigation puts him in the path of "the Beast", the nom de guerre of Drago Basta, a cunning veteran of the Balkan wars.

Buckle up for Underdogs, an adrenaline-fueled action-thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child and James Patterson. ‘He has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real’ – DAILY MAIL 'A writer at the top of...

Traci Beller was thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha, not far from Los Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family, but Traci never believed it. Now, ten years later, Traci is a high-profile influencer with millions of followers and the money to hire the best detective she can find: Elvis Cole.

It's 1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an outward bound centre. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories of the tight-knit group of friends who took that fateful trip and the flimsy testimony of those living nearby.

Private investigator Heredia spends his days reading detective novels; commiserating with his cat, Simenon; and peering out over the Mapocho River from his Santiago apartment. The city he loves may be changing, but Heredia can't stop chasing the ghosts of the past. This time, they've come to him...

Un ancien gendarme d’élite reconverti en horloger. Une brillante enquêtrice de Marseille. Le père et sa fille arriveront-ils à dénouer la plus complexe des enquêtes de la Côte d’Azur ? Lorsqu’une star du tennis disparaît sans laisser de trace, et qu’un cadavre est retrouvé au fond de la Méditerranée, c’est sans surprise que Roxane Baxter, détective plus que qualifiée de la Section de Recherches de Marseille, est chargée d’enquêter sur ces deux crimes. Mais voilà que son père, l’ancien flic aux méthodes peu académiques et dorénavant horloger, Morgan Baxter, ne cesse d’être mêlé à l’enquête.

When the teenage son of a prominent Boston family vanishes from Lighthouse Harbor—an exclusive institution for troubled teens—private investigator Olive Sterling is called to find him. Posing as a wealthy benefactor, Olive infiltrates the school. But something sinister lurks within. Other students have gone missing. Each time a student disappears, the administrators label them runaways. But Olive doesn't buy it. Strange behavior from the staff, whispers of experimental treatments, and a suspicious death all point to a dangerous conspiracy.

In the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford investigates an old murder that occurred during her childhood in India, and begins a search for the truth that will transform her and leave her pondering a troubling...

Snow dusts the cobbled streets of York as tourists flock to its famous Christmas markets. But for DCI Oldroyd, what starts as a peaceful evening on a ghost tour quickly turns deadly. The tour guide’s grim discovery is no theatrical performance—he finds the body of Henry Marlow, a notorious local landlord, in the doorway of a derelict building. Oldroyd soon has no shortage of suspects: a resentful ex-wife, angry tenants, and even the guide who knows every secret passage of the old city.

Was würdest du tun, wenn dein liebster Mensch plötzlich spurlos verschwände? Würdest du nicht Himmel und Hölle in Bewegung setzen? Dein Albtraum wird wahr... ... wenn jene, von denen du Hilfe erwartest, deine Gegner sind. Der charismatische, aber unerfahrene Privatdetektiv Andorian van Anders wird beauftragt, eine vermisste Studentin zu suchen. Das Ausmaß dieses Falls kann er nicht im Mindesten erahnen. Auch die härteste Kommissarin des Wiener LKA, Danny Friedmann, wird plötzlich in die Geschehnisse involviert.

Ein Geschäft mit dem Teufel? Über diesen Aberglauben kann Sergio Guerri, der berühmteste Religionskritiker Italiens, nur lachen. Darum lässt er sich auch amüsiert auf das Angebot eines Fremden ein: eine Million Euro in bar – im Tausch für seine Seele? Dabei kann es sich schließlich nur um einen Scherz handeln! Doch das Geld ist echt, die Tage vergehen... und niemand fordert es zurück. Stattdessen beschleicht Sergio mehr und mehr das Gefühl, verfolgt zu werden, und kalte Angst kriecht in sein Herz.

Die Grundfesten des Vatikan scheinen unerschütterlich – aber es gibt noch eine zweite Macht in Rom, die unbeugsam und unantastbar ist... Wie eine Giftschlange windet sie sich um die Säulen des alten Kirchenstaates: La Famiglia, die Ehrenwerte Gesellschaft. Als die Witwe eines Mafiabosses einen Deal mit der Polizei schließt, stellt sie eine einzige Bedingung: Zuflucht im Vatikan – auf heiligem Boden, der von der gottesfürchtigen Mafia nicht entweiht werden darf.