Resultados para "Flora" en Thriller criminal

La segunda parte de la serie protagonizada por la Juez Sofí­a Valle. El descubrimiento del cadáver de una mujer cubierto con pétalos de lavanda y la cara destrozada por una brutal paliza, será el detonante que sacará a la luz un caso de corrupción en el Cuerpo de Policía Nacional en...

Cuarta parte de la Saga de "El guardián de las flores". En el Monasterio de Santo Estevo de Rivas do Sil se celebra la entrega de los premios a los gallegos del año. La noche amenaza tormenta y un hecho violento obligará a cerrar el recinto a cal y canto, con lo que todos se convierten en...

A man holds 12 children hostage at gunpoint. Across the street, James Hawker dangles from a skyscraper, watching the terrorist through a sniper's scope. Hawker has a shot, and he wants to take it, but the police brass say no. By the time he gets permission, it will be far too late. The terrorist opens fire, killing two of the children before Hawker can take him out. When the smoke clears, the madman is dead, and Hawker's career is toast. No longer a cop, he's about to become America's deadliest defender.

When a young woman washes ashore on a Fort Lauderdale beach, Sloan McPherson of the Underwater Investigation Unit is called in to consult. Sloan’s instinct says murder, but even then, there are too many questions. For answers she reaches out to Gwen Wylder. The Miami homicide detective is notorious for being manipulative, bitter, a tyrant to her peers, and wicked smart. And she demands something in return from Sloan: fresh insight into seemingly unrelated cold-case murders and disappearances—and a possible serial killer trolling the Florida coast.

Who are cash-strapped George and Jay to say no to a stranger’s offer of $10,000? The gig: fly to Havana and retrieve the old gent’s “family valuables,” hidden in Cuba since the Revolution. All expenses paid. At their disposal is a safe place to stay, a driver, a crudely drawn map, and a translator and guide. And what a guide. She’s a knockout named Carmen, lush and movie-star gorgeous. But their lady in Havana arrives with a warning: Trust no one. To say the least. Because nothing on this scavenger hunt is what it seems.

When movie producer Cody Ziegler goes missing from The Homestead’s Millionaires’ Row, his wife, retired actress Olivia, immediately claims there’s foul play afoot. A million-dollar ransom demand soon follows, with clear instructions not to involve the cops. In desperation she enlists the help of Moira, Rick, Philip and Lizzie, aka the Retired Detectives Club. Racing against the clock, the four retirees set to work.

A distress call draws rescuers Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit to a cruise ship off the coast of Fort Lauderdale that’s sinking from a mysterious explosion. When it appears to be the work of an ecoterrorist and other ships are threatened, it becomes a race against time. More clues are discovered, and evidence is in danger of being washed away by a coming tropical storm. Sloan grows concerned that key details are being ignored, and a strange lack of urgency by authorities sets off alarms.

Als eine Gruppe militanter Modeaktivisten den Klienten am WEF in Davos nach der Präsentation seines intelligenten Öko-Hightech-Kleids «Smarty» entführen, wird Tara schneller, als ihr lieb ist Teil der sie so faszinierenden Modewelt. Tara realisiert rasch, dass im Modeunternehmen - bis auf ein innovatives Material aus feinstem Spinnenfaden - nicht alles Seide ist, was glänzt.

On a sunny winter afternoon, Jarvis is doing nothing special when a new case walks into his life in the form of a beautiful blonde with flashing eyes. Jarvis doesn’t know it yet, but this new client is about to turn his life inside out. Audrey Lambert and her grandfather need Jarvis’ special brand of hardboiled help, and they need it fast.

Retired ex British detective Gibson travels to Florida to recover from a tragic family bereavement. All he wants is peace and quiet, but Jack, a resident of the holiday condo he’s staying at, has other ideas. He persuades Gibson to look at the death of his business partner in bizarre and brutal circumstances. Gibson is hooked, and against his better judgement, agrees to help. He’s soon drawn into a violent corrupt and terrifying world where his very own survival is at risk.

Sussex, 1957: When Flora and Jack hear that Percy Milburn–a newcomer to the area who has ruffled more than a few feathers with his grand plans for modernizing Abbeymead–is missing, they’re determined to find him. But after scouring the village, Flora is shocked to discover the body of the poor man in the cellar of a crumbling farmhouse.

Sussex, 1956: When Flora and her partner in crime solving, Jack, arrive at the charming church of St Saviour’s the last thing they’re expecting to find is the curate, Lyle Beaumont, lifeless on the flagstone floor beneath the bell tower, with a mysterious note in his hand.

For the first time in his life, Logan Dodge is on the wrong side of the law. Framed for murder, the former Navy SEAL fights to retain his freedom as the eyes of the nation glare upon Key West. In the midst of his battle to keep his head above water, Logan’s troubles are amplified when he finds himself pitted against an illegal arms dealer looking to strike it rich by recovering a secret arsenal hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico. Will Logan clear his name or face disgrace and a hefty prison sentence? Can he defeat the powerful, cold-blooded criminal who’s willing to win at any cost?

The young man with the shock of white-blond hair lay spread-eagled on the floor, surrounded by fallen books. His hand reached out to the scattered pages, as though he was trying to tell her something. But who is he? How did he come to be killed in Flora’s ordinary little bookshop? Flora finds out he was staying at the Priory Hotel, and when the gardener suddenly dies in its beautiful grounds only a few days later, she is certain that something untoward is happening in her quiet village by the sea.

Stolen Life is a gripping tale of loss, resilience, and the lengths one woman will go to for the answers she deserves. A heart-pounding thriller that keeps you questioning every twist until the very end.

Sussex, 1955: When bookshop owner Flora Steele goes for a walk along the pier she isn’t expecting to spot a young woman’s body in the stormy waters below. And she’s shocked to discover the victim is someone she knows.... Convinced the death was not an accident, Flora persuades attractive local crime writer Jack Carrington to help her find out what really happened to poor Polly Dakers, a popular young woman with a complicated love life, who’d been at the heart of village life in Abbeymead.

You have good reason to be afraid. . . . It was a case that haunts Bobby Dodge to this day—the case that nearly killed him and changed his life forever. Now, in an underground chamber on the grounds of an abandoned Massachusetts mental hospital, the gruesome discovery of six mummified corpses...

'Clever, immersive and utterly engrossing, The Dark Hours is a triumph' Andrea Mara ‘Subverted my expectations at almost every turn… Jordan shows how the aftermath of violence affects all those who witness it’ New York Times ***** 1994: When Gardaí Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called...

Deux frères se déchirent au sein d'un clan mafieux corse. Un thriller aux airs de tragédie grecque. Un milliardaire serbe égorgé à Londres. Sur la baie vitrée, ces lettres de sang : Chè la mia ferita sia murtale. Que ma blessure soit mortelle... Pour Marie Jansen, l'inspectrice d'Europol, la sentence sonne comme l'écho lointain d'un passé et d'une terre qu'elle pensait définitivement oubliés. Son enquête la plonge soudain deux décennies plus tôt. En Corse. Au temps des braquages en mer.

Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren confronts the strangest case of her career in this exclusive short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author. D. D. Warren was pretty sure she’d seen it all. Then a man walks into police headquarters, attempting desperately to convince the squad that he’s dead. Explaining to him that he’s very much alive, they finally send him on his way…and then hours later, he turns up actually dead. And it’s on D. D. Warren to figure out how and why the dead man died…twice.