Resultados para "Black" en Novela negra

John Milton a eu plusieurs vies : assassin, fugitif, justicier. Mais après des mois de sobriété durement gagnés, il a réussi à se remettre sur les rails… jusqu’à ce qu’un black-out dans une chambre d’hôtel à Manille vienne tout changer. Milton se réveille sans le moindre souvenir de la nuit précédente, avec une femme morte dans la pièce d’à côté et du sang sur les mains. Arrêté et jeté dans l’une des prisons les plus dangereuses d’Asie du Sud-Est, il comprend rapidement qu’il s’agit d’un coup monté.

Rowan Jackman and Marie Evans are the detectives who take on the toughest cases on the Lincolnshire fens. This time trouble comes in threes. 6 a.m. on a dark autumn morning. Retired detective Bob Ruston is about to feed the dog when the doorbell rings. The man on the doorstep has blood running down his cheek and a look of terror on his face. 'Please! Let me in! They're going to kill me!' Bob sees a handcuff dangling from the man's lacerated wrist.

Dominic Cavalli, un hombre sin escrúpulos, de palabras intensas. Es cruel, oscuro e impredecible. Viste de traje como un filántropo, y es tan intenso como un dios. Fingiendo ser perfecto ante el mundo. Sus manos están manchadas de sangre y llenas de secretos aterradores. Es un monstruo sediento de sangre.

El nuevo alcaide de la insólita penitenciaría controla a todos y cada uno de los convictos que hasta allí son arrastrados. Los reclusos pronto descubrirán que no son personas normales, ni han sido encerrados allí por azar. La condena que les aguarda transcurrirá a la sombra de una siniestra amenaza. No tardarán en averiguar que de la resolución del misterio de Black Rock depende mucho más que su propia vida.

Tercera entrega de la Serie "Black Rock". ¿Cuál es la peor condena que le puede caer a un preso de Illinois? Ni la cadena perpetua, ni la inyección letal. El peor castigo es el destino a la prisión de Black Rock, una fortaleza de negros muros cuya localización exacta nadie conoce.

For the first time in her life, DCI Emma Gardner finds herself unable to concentrate on the job she loves. Her thoughts are now always with her old colleague Paul Riddick, who lies desperately ill in hospital - a tortured man in life, now facing death. When a young woman dies from seemingly natural causes, Emma can’t help feeling that something isn’t quite right with the case, but she needs her team to pick up the slack whilst she focuses on Paul. The case proves more complex than anyone imagined and will test the team like never before.

A female killer calling herself “Black Death” is murdering men around Chicago’s less-than-respectable establishments. Each body is found with a black rose, together with the same cryptic calling card, leaving authorities baffled as to her identity. When the latest victim turns out to be a well-respected police officer, the city’s mayor reaches out for help.

El nuevo alcaide de la insólita penitenciaría controla a todos y cada uno de los convictos que hasta allí son arrastrados. Los reclusos pronto descubrirán que no son personas normales, ni han sido encerrados allí por azar. La condena que les aguarda transcurrirá a la sombra de una siniestra amenaza. No tardarán en averiguar que de la resolución del misterio de Black Rock depende mucho más que su propia vida.

In The Coldest Case: A Black Book Audio Drama, homicide detective Billy Harney sends his new partner, Kate, deep undercover in a notorious Chicago drug ring. When several members of the ring soon turn up dead, Billy abruptly pulls Kate out, blowing her cover. Kate’s informant inside the gang quickly disappears. As does the ring’s black book.... When Billy can’t find the informant, he wonders if Kate is secretly harboring her, since the two grew close during Kate's weeks undercover.

Et underligt lys på bunden af Dragør Havn får politiet til at tilkalde en specialist i våde gerningssteder. I vandet ligger en bil med liget af en ung kvinde. Drabsefterforsker Felix Jørgensen bliver sat på sagen, og hans nye assistent, Kathrine Nymark, får sin ilddåb, da det står klart, at en brutal morder er på fri fod. På en forreven klippestrækning i den allersydligste del af Norge finder en hundelufter et delvist skeletteret lig iført våddragt.

Et mord på en syrisk kvinde i Danmark får norsk og fransk politi til at tegne en profil af en racistisk morder – en teori, drabsefterforsker Felix Jørgensen dog ikke køber. Den komatøse kvinde, som blev fundet i en skovsø nær Holte, vågner og er i stand til at uddybe sit signalement af gerningsmanden; han har en karakteristisk øjenskade, som gør, at hans ene pupil ikke kan trække sig sammen. Ved hjælp af overvågningskameraet i den franske sportsbutik identificeres de to våddragtslig.

Dashiell Hammett created the character Sam Spade for his crime story The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and an unflinching determination to exact his own justice. For most people, Spade is most closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played him in the third and most famous film version of The Maltese Falcon. In 1946 one of radio's top producers, William Spier, brought Sam Spade to the airwaves in a radio show starring newcomer Howard Duff.

For at finde frem til det norske våddragtsligs identitet beslutter politiet sig for at udsende en efterlysning gennem Interpol – en black notice. Samtidig kædes liget sammen med mordet på kvinden i Dragør Havn, da begge ofre er blevet udsat for samme kirurgiske indgreb i underlivet. Da en motionsløber finder en livløs kvinde med et identisk snit i en skovsø nær Holte, står det klart, at der er tale om en nordisk serieforbryder.

Kathrine bliver bortført af seriemorderen i sin lejlighed, og politiet får hurtigt anholdt en mistænkt i sagen. Men snart står det klart, at de har fat i den forkerte. Drabsefterforsker Felix Jørgensen ved dog, at han er på rette spor, da det viser sig, at en speciallæge i gynækologi har fået forbud om at praktisere på grund af grov forsømmelighed, og sporene leder til et forfaldent hus på Lolland. Befinder Kathrine sig i huset, og ved morderen, at politiet har forsøgt at lokke ham i en fælde?

This was supposed to be my last hush money payment to a dirty cop for a crime I didn't commit. I've been tethered to danger since I was a little girl because of my last name. Of course, when I see the light at the end of the tunnel, it's stripped from me… by him, a ruthless up-and-coming mob boss with no business being this hot. Donny's the guy they call to kill the hitmen. And now he's trapped me for the rest of my days. I scheme and plan and try to escape, but he's always one step ahead of me. He's been hunting prey since I've been hiding from mobsters.

Bic Green, a.k.a. Black Ghost, is a world-class contract killer. Tormented by his inner demons, he clings to absolution from his evils by channeling his funds toward his goddaughter, Gracie, to help in her quest to cure cancer. In his final job, Bic plans each murder meticulously, creating elaborate ways to make each death look accidental.

Created in 1934 by American mystery author Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe is one of the most iconic private investigators in crime fiction. As Watson did for Holmes, Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's confidential assistant, narrates the cases of the detective genius. Wolfe was an armchair detective who rarely left his luxurious brownstone in New York, so Archie would collect the facts and report back. Wolfe would probably not have taken on many cases had he not needed his client's money to pay for his two true passions: fine food and his orchid collection.

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by "the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine" ( Booklist).

>From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask.

The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” (Booklist).

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture.