Resultados para "Alibi" en Novela negra

A suburban wife and mom escapes from the grasp of a psychotic serial killer - only to wind up murdered weeks later. Was it a coincidence? Or is there a serial killer out there playing a sick game of catch and release - and catch again? Can famed FBI Agent Jessie Hunt, 30, shake off her personal trauma and enter this killer’s mind? Can she save the next victim - and maybe even herself - before it is too late?

Renee Beale is done settling for dead-end jobs and living on her parents’ tree farm in rural Virginia. But just as her life starts to look up, personal tragedy knocks her back down. Desperate for an escape, her only prospect is working for a wealthy Richmond couple with a deadly backstory. Ed Weatherup is a family man, successful, and the perfect employer—except for the fact that he may quite possibly be a murderer. He served five years for his wife’s death before the Innocent Blood podcast helped overturn his conviction.

Born into a fine old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is determined to be the city's next district attorney-without sacrificing his integrity. Prosecuting the sensational murder of real estate magnate Lute Pettijohn could be his ticket into the office. Yet while Hammond anticipates his success...

Born into a fine old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is determined to be the city's next district attorney-without sacrificing his integrity. Prosecuting the sensational murder of real estate magnate Lute Pettijohn could be his ticket into the office. Yet while Hammond anticipates his success...

Alibi Island is a legendary paradise hidden away deep in international waters. The only law is money. You’ve got to pay to play, but it’s all fair game if you’re rich enough. It's a lucrative business. What happens on the island stays on the island. That’s the promise. But it is a lie. Everything that happens is recorded. All of that footage becomes blackmail material down the line, as the island's secret power brokers look to cement their stranglehold on power. And when a senator’s daughter’s disappearance is linked to the island, all of its darkest secrets are at risk.

Secrets, lies and revenge brim to the top in this gritty thriller. Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers. A perfect crime needs a perfect alibi… Crime reporter Beth Chambers is committed to uncovering the truth – and she’s not afraid of bending the rules to get there...

"Mitt namn är Kinsey Millhone. Jag är privatdetektiv med licens för att bedriva verksamhet i Kalifornien. Jag är trettiotvå år, skild två gånger, inga barn. I förrgår dödade jag en människa och det tynger mig." Nikki Fife har spenderat de senaste åtta åren i fängelse - dömd för mordet på sin make, skilsmässoadvokaten Laurence Fife. Att hon är oskyldig är det ingen som tagit någon notis om. Inte förrän nu. När Nikki äntligen släpps fri är privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone hennes första stopp på vägen mot upprättelse.

Ein „Kottan ermittelt“ Kriminalrätsel, wer ist der Mörder? Für den letzten von Major Kottans Gruppe aufgeklärten Mordfall gab es gute Presse; allerdings nur für die Gruppe. Präsident Pilch findet sich – wie so oft – zu wenig gewürdigt. Er steht schon eine Viertelstunde in Kottans Büro und beklagt sich über die ungerechten Journalisten. Weil ihm doch niemand zuhört, bricht er sein Lamentieren plötzlich ab. Im nächsten Moment entdeckt er einen verchromten, älteren Wandautomat; etwa in der Größe eines öffentlichen Fernsprechers.

Kriminalgeschichte mit Adolf Kottan: Rudi Stransky, seit drei Tagen 26, ist seit ein paar Minuten wach. Die auf dem Kieferbrett über dem Doppelbett abgelegte Armbanduhr zeigt sieben Uhr zehn. Brigitte, die rechts neben ihm liegt, kehrt ihm den gebräunten Rücken zu, die Steppdecke reicht ihr bis zum linken Ohr. Stransky zögert noch, fröstelt beim Gedanken an die Dusche und zählt stumm bis zwölf. Bei zwölf setzt er sich ruckartig auf und sucht mit den Füßen seine Holzpantoffeln.

Kriminalgeschichte mit Adolf Kottan: Rudi Stransky, seit drei Tagen 26, ist seit ein paar Minuten wach. Die auf dem Kieferbrett über dem Doppelbett abgelegte Armbanduhr zeigt sieben Uhr zehn. Brigitte, die rechts neben ihm liegt, kehrt ihm den gebräunten Rücken zu, die Steppdecke reicht ihr bis zum linken Ohr. Stransky zögert noch, fröstelt beim Gedanken an die Dusche und zählt stumm bis zwölf. Bei zwölf setzt er sich ruckartig auf und sucht mit den Füßen seine Holzpantoffeln.

Philip Russell, a US Park Ranger for a small island in the Pacific Northwest, has stumbled across a dead body in the forest. Unsure if the dead woman is a local or someone from the mainland, the new female sheriff has come to Rockfish Island to find out if the community has anything still to fear. Eager to help solve the mystery, both instantly find themselves at odds with each other. Philip, defending the people he's known his whole life, and Sheriff Lane, giving no one the benefit of the doubt...not even Philip.

When crime lord Jimmy Nunzio is caught, knife in hand, over the body of his daughter’s lover and his own archenemy, he turns to Mick McFarland to take up his defense. Usually the courtroom puppeteer, McFarland quickly finds himself at the end of Nunzio’s strings. Struggling to find grounds for a not-guilty verdict on behalf of a well-known killer, Mick is hamstrung by Nunzio’s refusal to tell him what really happened. On the other side of the law, Mick’s wife, Piper, is working to free Darlene Dowd, a woman sentenced to life in prison for her abusive father’s violent death.

Ethan Calder thought his life was ordinary—until an envelope arrives containing recordings of conversations he cannot remember having. The voice is his. The words are precise. And the instructions are clear: listen carefully, follow the plan, and do not trust familiarity. As Ethan uncovers evidence of a carefully constructed alibi tied to a future event, he learns that his memory was deliberately erased to protect him from making the wrong choice.

UNA FAMIGLIA TOSSICA. OTTO OSPITI SOSPETTI. UN SOLO ASSASSINO. TUTTI SONO COLPEVOLI... MA CHI HA UCCISO MERCY MCALPINE? Qui tutti mentono, ma solo uno tra noi è anche un assassino. Benvenuti al McAlpine Family Lodge: una vacanza in questo lussuoso resort in alta montagna, nel cuore dei Monti Appalachi, sembra l’ideale per trascorrere un po’ di tempo lontano dalla frenesia della vita moderna e ritrovare se stessi. Se non fosse che qui tutti mentono. Mentono sul proprio passato. Alla loro famiglia. A se stessi.

Dalla regina incontrastata del crime, un thriller cupo e incalzante. Sono passati ventotto anni da quando una brutale aggressione ha sconvolto l’adolescenza di Charlotte e Samantha Quinn. Quel giorno la loro madre è stata uccisa, il padre, un noto avvocato difensore, non si è mai ripreso del tutto dalla tragedia e a poco a poco la famiglia si è disintegrata. Charlie ha cercato di andare avanti con la propria vita, ha seguito le orme del padre e da brava figlia modello lavora con lui nel suo studio legale, ma i segreti legati a quella terribile notte nel bosco continuano a tormentarla.

John Beckett stands accused of the brutal murder of his wife, but he knows the truth: he is innocent. However, his alibi only makes things worse—he was committing premeditated murder at the time of his wife’s death. As the evidence stacks against him and the investigation, led by a driven female detective, grows more intense, Beckett must face the horrifying reality that someone has framed him for his wife’s murder. Was it the police chief, a jilted lover seeking revenge on Laura for leaving him to be with Beckett?

Murder brings the FBI to her door. Past secrets could get two old friends killed. When Allie Foster becomes the prime suspect in a murder, the small-town loner reaches out to the one person she can trust. Convinced Allie’s innocent, Colby Agency investigating attorney Steve Durham uncovers a...

Eight thrilling tales from the writer of Brothers in Law, featuring courtroom cases, legal wranglings, conspiracy and blackmail Barrister and county court judge, Henry Cecil wrote numerous comic stories set in the legal world, most famously Brothers in Law. Collected here are eight vintage...

John Blake seems to have committed the perfect crime. He has killed Thomas Evers, just as he told Blackie that he would. Blake also has a perfect alibi and seems to be making a fool out of Blackie! John Blake, a student of crime, has come urgently to see Blackie. He wants to know why a murderer is always caught? Blackie replies, “That’s easy because they always make a mistake.” John Blake would like to differ and informs Blackie that he is going to murder a man named Thomas Evers, he won’t tell him where or when but defies Blackie to prove it.

Ein Ermittlungserfolg mit 400 Jahren Verspätung Inspector Alan Grant von Scotland Yard muss mit einem gebrochenen Bein das Bett hüten – und fühlt sich wie im Gefängnis. Erbärmlicher noch, denn im Krankenhaus ist Haftverkürzung selbst bei guter Führung ausgeschlossen. Beinahe so demütigend wie die Erinnerung an seinen lächerlichen Sturz ist der schroffe Ton der Krankenschwestern. Am schlechtesten aber erträgt Grant die Langeweile. Eine Freundin rät ihm, sich an einem der vielen ungelösten Rätsel der Kriminalgeschichte zu versuchen, und versorgt ihn mit Porträts berühmter Verbrecher.