Resultados para "Dahlia" en Novela negra

De gruwelijke, maar waargebeurde moord op Elizabeth Short drijft de agenten Bleichert en Blanchard van afschuw tot complete waanzin. Een absolute misdaadklassieker. In 1947 wordt Los Angeles opgeschrikt door de vondst van het zwaar verminkte lijk van een jonge actrice. 'De Zwarte Dahlia’ beheerst wekenlang de krantenkoppen, net als de levens van rechercheurs Bucky Bleichert en Lee Blanchard – collega’s, vrienden, rivalen. De zoektocht naar Elizabeth Short's moordenaar voert ze langs de schaduwkanten van het naoorlogse Hollywood, en de zwarte randen van hun eigen duistere verlangens.

Bonus feature includes an original afterword by James Ellroy, titled "Hillikers," read by Stephen Hoye. On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia–and so begins the greatest manhunt in...

Seattle, 1994. Douglas Shea is a college student groomed to go into the family business. That family business is doing the dirty work for a faction of shadowy government operatives. As he is drawn into their world where noble, altruistic ideals are used to conceal crimes on a societal level, Doug discovers the dark reality behind official narratives. When there is no plan to trust and Doug must choose his fate, will he meet an untimely end, like his father before him, or remain a pro with zero deaths?

JESTEŚ JEJ TERAPEUTKĄ. ONA JEST TWOJĄ KLIENTKĄ. ALE TUTAJ, W LESIE... NIC NIE JEST TAKIE, JAK SIĘ WYDAJE. Kristina jest odnoszącą sukcesy terapeutką, która pracuje w centrum Oslo. Z chłodnym profesjonalizmem, dzięki któremu dotarła na szczyt, pomaga klientom rozwiązywać ich życiowe problemy. Ale kiedy jej pacjentka, Leah, znana pisarka, błaga Kristinę, by przyjechała do jej domku w lesie, równowaga zaczyna się chwiać. Terapeutka niechętnie wyrusza w dzikie ostępy, by odnaleźć kobietę, która może być w niebezpieczeństwie. Znajduje niedokończony rękopis Leah, a czytając go, uświadamia sobie, że główna bohaterka jest zatrważająco znajoma.

JEJ CÓRECZKA MIAŁA PIERWSZY RAZ W ŻYCIU NOCOWAĆ U KOLEŻANKI. DZIECIĘCA ZABAWA ZMIENIŁA SIĘ JEDNAK W TRAGEDIĘ… Lucia Blix po szkole poszła się pobawić z nową przyjaciółką Josie. Wieczorem mama Lucii, Elisa, przywiozła do Josie piżamkę i wypiła kieliszek wina z jej mamą. Pocałowała córeczkę na dobranoc i pojechała do domu. Więcej nie zobaczyła już swojego dziecka. Następnego dnia dom świecił pustkami. Nie było mebli, rodziny. Nie było Lucii. TO BYŁA SZCZĘŚLIWA RODZINA.

When a dead man is lifted from the freezing waters of Oslo Harbour just before Christmas, Detective Lena Stigersand's stressful life suddenly becomes even more complicated. Not only is she dealing with a cancer scare, a stalker and an untrustworthy boyfriend, but it seems both a politician and Norway's security services might be involved in the murder. With her trusted colleagues, Gunnarstranda and Frølich, at her side, Lena digs deep into the case and finds that it not only goes to the heart of the Norwegian establishment, but it might be rather too close to her personal life for comfort.

In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself. Her family in Oslo, however, is deported to Auschwitz. In Stockholm, Ester meets the resistance hero Gerhard Falkum, who has left his little daughter and fled both the Germans and allegations that he murdered his wife, Åse, who helped Ester get to Sweden. Their burgeoning relationship ends abruptly when Falkum dies in a fire. And yet, 25 years later, Falkum shows up in Oslo. He wants to reconnect with his daughter.

Suspended from duty, Detective Frølich is working as a private investigator when his girlfriend's colleague asks for his help with a female asylum seeker who the authorities are about to deport. She claims to have a sister in Norway and fears that returning to her home country will mean instant death. Frølich quickly discovers the whereabouts of the young woman's sister, but things become increasingly complex when she denies having a sibling, and Frølich is threatened off the case by the police.

Komisarz Gunnarstranda otrzymuje nagłe wezwanie. Okazuje się, że zamordowano młodą kobietę. Katrine dzień wcześniej uczestniczyła w imprezie zorganizowanej przez dyrekcję ośrodka dla narkomanów, w którym niedawno skończyła terapię. Wydawało się, że zostawiła za sobą mroczną przeszłość. Czyżby ta upomniała się o nią? Komisarz w asyście niezastąpionego Franka Frølicha próbuje rozwikłać zagadkę okrutnej śmierci kobiety. Przed nimi długie i wymagające śledztwo.

FBI Agent Avril Dahl thought she could leave her past behind. But when a prominent CEO is murdered in Stockholm, her fragile peace is shattered. Known for her relentless pursuit of justice, Avril is recruited to infiltrate an eco-activist group suspected of turning to violence—and agrees, hoping to find a new purpose in the shadows.

Thrillermästaren Michaela Winglycke är tillbaka med tredje delen i sin hyllade serie om juristen "Dahlia Wester." Dahlia är föräldraledig med sitt första barn och sambo med juristkollegan Philip. Men oron växer över en hemlighet som hon inte har delat med honom, en som kan sätta hela deras förhållande på spel. Samtidigt känner sig Dahlia övervakad och hon befarar att Veera Kauppi och hennes kriminella nätverk är ute efter att hämnas tidigare oförrätter. På jobbet får Philip en vårdnadstvist på sitt bord.

FBI Special Agent Avril Dahl has spent a decade chasing shadows—the Frost Killer, a meticulous murderer who stole fifty-three lives, including her mother's. Now, after years of silence, Avril returns to her childhood home in the snowy streets of Täby, Sweden, desperate to leave the hunt behind. But as she sorts through the remnants of her past, she discovers eerie signs that the killer is not only alive but watching her.

Detective Anna Travis is investigating the brutal murder of a young woman whose body was discovered in the Thames, brutalised and severed in half, a red flower in her hair. With the case bearing an eerie resemblance to the famous unsolved murder case of Elizabeth Short—known as the Black Dahlia—media interest intensifies, and fears of a copycat take hold. But with almost no clues, the case is slowly going cold. That is until the killer reaches out to the press.

A serial murderer nicknamed the Blood Dahlia has been terrorizing the quiet suburbs of Pennsylvania. Brutally mutilating his victims in the fashion of the most famous murder in Hollywood, the killer leaves no trace behind. The FBI's elite Behavioral Science Unit, the section responsible for the study and investigation of serial murder, has little evidence on which to go, until they meet Sarah King. Sarah, a mysterious outcast of the Pennsylvania Amish community, claims she has a unique ability: She can speak to the dead. And the victims of the Blood Dahlia are calling out to her.

“A mesmerizing storyteller who seems almost unnaturally able to enter the tormented inner lives of her characters.” —Denver Post Black Dahlia & White Rose is a brilliant collection of short fiction from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, one...

Three rival actresses team up to solve a murder at the stately home of Lettice Davenport, the author whose sleuthing creation of the 1930s, Dahlia Lively, had made each of them famous to a new generation.

New York Times best-selling author Steve Hodel has taken the known facts revealed in BDA, BDA II, BDA III and his subsequent investigations of the Elizabeth Short and LA lone woman murders and sews those facts together with the interstitial tissue of what could have been to create a thrilling courtroom drama in this historical fiction.

From the critically acclaimed author of Invisible City and Conviction, The Missing Hours is a novel about obsession, privilege, and the explosive consequences of one violent act. From a distance, Claudia Castro has it all: a famous family, a trust fund, thousands of Instagram followers, and a...

In acclaimed author Julia Dahl's new standalone, the death of a young mother triggers an avalanche of secrets in a small Hudson Valley town. "Narrators Shahjehan Khan and Jennifer Blom excel as the stakes rise in this suspenseful thriller."—AudioFile Roman Grady is the sole reporter for the...

Mannen i fönstret är en ny pulshöjande nagelbitare i serien om polisen Gunnarstranda och hans kollega Frank "Franken" Frölich polisroman av den prisbelönta författaren till deckarsuccén Täcknamn: Hilde. Den gamle antikvitetshandlaren Reidar Folke Jespersen hittas mördad, naken i en fåtölj i ett skyltfönster. På bröstet finns en sifferkombination inristad, och på pannan har någon målat tre kors. Kommissarie Gunnarstranda och Frank "Franken" Frölich får i uppdrag att utreda fallet.