Resultados para "Conni" en Novela negra

They know she killed them. They've just never known why. Connie Cross was a trusted pharmacy assistant when she was arrested for the gruesome murders of at least seven strangers. Now, she's serving a whole-life order for the shocking crimes she refuses to explain. Olivia Lang never forgot Connie...

As San Francisco's Chinatown prepares for the Lunar New Year festivities in the fogbound month of February, astrologer Julia Bonatti finds herself with three new clients, all in desperate straits who don't seem to heed her advice. Tracy is the victim of a brutal husband with nowhere to run and Jeanette is worried sick about her son, whom she suspects has fallen in with a bad lot. But most frightening of all to Julia is Frankie Chang's dilemma.

Life becomes more complicated than usual for LAPD Captain Josie Corsino after she chairs a disciplinary board that recommends firing a five-year police officer with a poor performance record and a history of irrational behavior. During his board of rights, the officer swears vengeance against her and anyone he believes is responsible for ruining his life and career.

Connie Regis never just passed through people's lives—she fed on them. Charming, transient, and untethered, she moved from coast to coast and continent to continent, leaving behind questions no one thought to ask until it was too late... until now. When Zoe Furbish learns that her father has died suddenly in Cape Town, South Africa, the story she's given feels wrong from the start. Her unease turns to alarm when Connie Regis, a woman she has never met steps forward, claiming to be her father's wife.

Luna Rosati found acceptance and a family during childhood, but when she became pregnant at seventeen, she gave the baby up for adoption and left without a word. Now a CIA counterintelligence officer, Luna wants to reconcile her fractured sense of self by finding the only blood family she has left—the teenage daughter she's never met.

November, 1957: Six teenage girls walk in the churning Derbyshire mists. Their voices carrying across the fields, they follow the old train tracks into the dark tunnel of the Cutting. Only five appear on the other side. October, 2014: a dying mother, feverishly fixated on a friend from her childhood, makes a plea: 'Find Valerie.' Mina's elderly mother had never discussed her childhood with her daughter before. So who was Valerie? Where does her obsession spring from? DC Connie Childs is partnered up with new arrival to Bampton, Peter Dahl.

“The thing I love about Connie Briscoe now is the same thing I’ve always loved about Connie Briscoe—she writes highly commercial, pacey, character-driven stories. She was made for domestic suspense.” —Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author The revered New York Times...

Now that Samantha Sweet has a contract to provide her special handmade chocolates for the wealthy jet-set clients of Book It Travel, Sweet’s Sweets bakery is taking on a whole new dimension. It’s almost Halloween, and her pastry shop is bursting at the seams. She needs extra employees, but there is no place to put them. Right before the witching day, she comes upon a large Victorian house she can adapt for the business, but the mysterious, spooky noises at night are way more than the normal creaks and groans of an old building. Something else is going on.

Imagine waking up one morning knowing nothing except you have a huge scar on your head, and its clear someone tried kill you. That's what happened to Ky Taylor. Lucky enough to fall into friendly hands, she is now a blackjack dealer on a Mississippi riverboat casino where's she's healed from her injuries.

Her father murdered. Her sister missing from a cult. Detective Liz Ellisen must infiltrate the cult to find out what happened to her sister in this fast paced, chilling thriller. Liz's search for her sister catapults her into the world of cult leader, Jeremiah Swanson. Is he the kind father figure he likes to portray? Or is he a monster who will do anything to fund his cult...including murder.

Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing.

Middle-aged widow Gwen Lindstrom is the owner of Ranchers’ Café, a restaurant in Dubois, Wyoming. When sorting through old business records belonging to her late husband, she finds something that stands out: a statement for a valuable pension that she had no idea even existed. After meeting with the private investigator Richard Stuckley, Gwen hires him to look into the disappeared pension money. Soon, they both find themselves in mortal danger. With now-defunct companies and Gabe's coworkers seemingly involved in the case, can Gwen and Richard get to the bottom of it?

Middle-aged widow Gwen Lindstrom is the owner of Rancher's Cafe: a restaurant in Dubois, Wyoming. After Donny Myers, boyfriend of Gwen's morning waitress Lacey, is found dead in a barn, the local county sheriff begins to investigate the case. Learning that Myers was shot and killed, Gwen begins to wonder if his girlfriend Lacey might have murdered him. Drugs, poachers and an unidentified man are all somehow connected to the case. Soon, Gwen feels drawn to investigate the murder herself. But when the plan goes terribly wrong, can she figure out who killed Donny - and escape unscathed?

Sarah Windsor is desperate for a fresh start. Newly separated and haunted by her brother's tragic death, she's determined to reclaim her life—until a late-night grocery run with her best friend takes a chilling turn. A strange van in the parking lot. A man with blue gloves inside. A few quick photos snapped from the shadows. By morning, the news is filled with reports of a shocking crime at the very store where Sarah stood the night before.

In the shadowy corners of Wolf Lake, a small town filled with secrets, a series of chilling murders paralyze the community. Women who live alone are found dead, each with an ominous calling card beside their bodies—a dead crow. Sheriff Thomas Shepherd zeroes in on a suspect, while Raven Hopkins, a private investigator with an instinct for truth, becomes entangled in the investigation. She's the only person who believes in the suspect's innocence, putting her at odds with Thomas and the sheriff's department.

Agent Scarlett Bell finds herself thrust into a terrifying investigation that unravels the bounds of trust. Deputy Director Carter places Bell beneath the radar of law enforcement and orders her to investigate alone despite the danger. Why must he ask her to do the impossible? Carter entrusts Bell with an ominous assignment: unravel the twisted web of a serial killer haunting New Jersey. The unsub invades the sanctity of women's homes, severing their hands before murdering them.

When a peculiar figurine arrives at the sheriff's department, Thomas Shepherd's instincts scream danger. At first glance, it appears to be a harmless ivory sculpture. Until the medical examiner uncovers the horrifying truth. The gift was crafted from human bone. Haunted by his past, Thomas unravels the intricate web of The Carver, a malicious killer with a penchant for causing suffering. As the body count rises, Thomas must navigate a treacherous landscape of deception and violence.

Small town sheriff Thomas Shepherd is recovering from a traumatic encounter with a vicious killer. His psychiatrist urges him to avoid kidnapping and murder cases, until his mind processes the nightmarish battle. But when another girl disappears, Thomas has no choice but to lead the investigation. Challenged by Asperger's syndrome, the sheriff must balance his duty and mental wellbeing.

An escaped murderer hunts the wilderness, and a killer storm is thundering toward Wolf Lake. When a dangerous criminal escapes police custody, the sheriff's department rushes to catch him. The unhinged convict is leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. At the same time, Thomas Shepherd and Chelsey plan a long overdue vacation on Laurel Mountain. But the worst storm in decades is dead set on striking the mountain, and the snow threatens to strand them.

Someone is taking New York's children. The police assume they know who the predator is, but an overzealous detective and a lieutenant in over his head allow a serial killer to walk free. When the FBI sends profiler Scarlett Bell to catch the murderer, the deputy director demands she investigates the case alone. No partner to help solve the mystery. No one to watch her back.