Resultados para "Das Nest" en Misterio

Kate Bishop is in a world of trouble. In the wake of several inexplicable and brutal murders, Kate is thrust into a police inquiry that reveals shocking family secrets. Suddenly exposed to a shadowy network of global evil, her life takes a dramatic turn with the arrival of Jack Raines, an author with a mysterious past who says he has the answers to her questions. What's more, he suggests that Kate herself might be the solution.

O potencial de todas as crianças é determinado por seu número Q. Uma pontuação alta dá acesso às melhores escolas e a um futuro brilhante. Aquelas que não obtêm a nota mínima são enviadas para um internato, sem muita perspectiva de vida. O objetivo é construir uma sociedade melhor: custos baixíssimos para o governo, professores dedicados a classes separadas por desempenho e pais felizes por verem os filhos convivendo com seus iguais.

Saffron Skye has inherited a little piece of Hawaiian paradise. Only it's filled with the leftovers of her late uncle's life and overrun with his enormous flock of chickens. When her new friend, the oldest man in town, dies, no one else finds it suspicious. But as the town's newest poultry keeper, Saffron recognizes "fowl" play when she sees it.   

Hillary Broome begins team teaching an ethnic studies class with her friend, Professor Grover Zale, expecting to deepen her understanding of systemic discrimination. But another professor’s lessons stir violent tendencies in a student with criminal ties, leading to a series of hate crimes targeting Zale and Hillary. She’s survived other horrors, but nothing like the death she faces now.

Whoever said that holidays are relaxing? When Nesta Griffiths is offered a week of free accommodation on the North Wales coast, she finds it impossible to turn down. It’s only after her first night’s stay at the Seashell’s caravan park near Talacre Beach that she realises her last-minute getaway deal might well have been too good to be true. When holiday park owner Beryl Fisher is found dead in her cabin at the hands of a fishing knife, things soon take a peculiar turn.

A HIGH-PROFILE CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY HAS JUST BEEN MURDERED. Deputy DA Audrey Spencer is assigned to handle the murder case of Chad Ventura, a prominent criminal defense attorney who was found brutally slaughtered in a bowling alley. He was obviously tortured before he died. Shortly after Audrey’s arrival at the crime scene, Chad’s wife, Mellicent Ventura, forces her way inside while dragging her young daughter behind her. AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE? Something seems off about Mellicent, and she immediately becomes suspect number one.

Lydia Crow is back. After the turbulent events of The Magpie Key, Lydia is trying to adjust to life without her home. She is living in Uncle Charlie’s house and learning what ‘head of the Crow Family’ truly means. The four magical Families of London are playing nicely… for now, but a new...

Anne Larsen viser Roland et bilde av Uwe Finch, og Roland kjenner ingen noen av trekkene hans. Det er noe med de tettsittende øynene. Men det kan ikke være ham Roland tror det er, for han omkom for mange år siden i en hotellbrann. Da et fingeravtrykk slår fast at det likevel er den han fryktet, blir Roland også interessert i å oppklare hvorfor mannen har vendt tilbake med en annen identitet, og hva han gjør i Aarhus. Bertrams mor har funnet den stjålne skinnjakka på rommet hans og vil levere den tilbake til kjæresten sin.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - or four that have disappeared into thin air. Saffron is on a quest to find the goosenapper before something terrible happens to Cupcake and her goslings. She'd be happy as a lark if Hawaii's wild birds weren't disappearing all over the island and if there wasn't a lion on the loose from an exotic animal show. With Nik back from his surfing trip, an empty nester ruling the Hau'oli ka Moa roost, and five children that Saffron has taken under her wing, this investigation is bound to ruffle some feathers.

The Chasebridge Killer is out, racial tension is rising and the mutilated body of a young Muslim man is found in the stairwell of a tower block in Doncaster. As he gets drawn into the case, Sean Denton's family life and his police job become dangerously entwined. Meanwhile a young woman is trying to piece her life back together, but someone is out there - someone who will never let her forget what she's done.

London's streets are sinister. But what if the real danger lies closer to home? London, June 1759. When a charmless civil servant takes his own life, few are interested in his death. But Lizzie Hardwicke, who plies her trade in the brothels of London whilst also working as an undercover sleuth...

July 1586. Sir Francis Walsingham has dispatched Kit Marlowe to the English College, the school for exiled priests in Rheims, where he suspects the Catholic traitor Matthew Baxter is hiding, the only one of the Babington plotters to have escaped the spymaster's net. Infiltrating the college undercover, Marlowe learns that the community has been rocked by a series of unexplained and violent deaths.

The ambush is in place, he takes aim, and shots ring out. Chicago is officially on notice, and a siege is underway on the city’s men and women in blue. Assigned to the task force investigating the shootings, Jesse McCord and 20 of Chicago’s top-notch detectives work day and night to track down the sniper whose agenda is apparent—to kill as many police officers as possible.

Written in the tradition of her other works, this stunning anthology of short stories features narratives of great emotional depth, nuance and complexity. Exploring social class, family dynamics and failed romances, these stories offer powerful meditations on the profundity of everyday life.

After agreeing to dog sit her daughter’s two cockapoos for a couple of weeks, Nesta decides to make full use of staying in a Flintshire market town by running her own stall. What she hadn’t banked on was another murder to solve. With the added help of her teenage assistant Darren, Nesta is...

Alles sieht zunächst nach einem Routinefall aus, als Privatdetektiv Clyde Briggs den Auftrag erhält, die verschwundene Ausreißerin Shawna Donovan zu finden und sie zu ihrer Schwester nach Hause zu bringen. Briggs findet schon bald Spuren, die auf einen gestohlenen Wagen hinweisen. Allem Anschein nach ist Shawna nicht allein unterwegs. In den Bergen außerhalb von Los Angeles stößt der Detektiv auf ein einsames Haus, das sich jedoch als tödliche Falle entpuppt. Briggs wird gezwungen, in einen dunklen Abgrund zu blicken, in dem Täter zu Opfern werden - und umgekehrt.

Nesta Griffiths had been hoping for a quiet retirement. But when she stumbles on the body of a former school pupil whilst walking her dog, the retired teacher just can't resist getting involved. Aided by her loyal Jack Russell and an unlikely teenage assistant, Nesta is determined to solve the case before her unwanted meddling infuriates the local police.

Es ist ein sonniger Tag im April, als der 15-jährige Oscar verschwindet. Zunächst denkt man, er sei von zu Hause abgehauen. Doch es gibt Anzeichen, die auf Schlimmeres hindeuten. Als die Leiche eines jungen Mannes in einer Müllverbrennungsanlage entdeckt wird, beginnen Anette Werner und Jeppe Kørner mit ihren Ermittlungen. Sie betreten unterirdische Gänge und verlassene Inseln und stoßen dabei auf einsame Seelen und befremdliche Familiengeheimnisse.

Once an artist and teacher, Jen now spends her time watching the birds around her house and tending her lush, subtropical garden near the small town where she grew up. The only person she sees regularly is Henry, who comes after school for drawing lessons. When a girl in Henry's class goes...

Par une nuit glaciale, le père Lamandre recueille une fillette de six ans venue frapper avec insistance à sa porte. L’enfant aux yeux admirables tremble de froid et de faim. Elle a les pieds en sang dans ses souliers à boucles d’argent, mais refuse de répondre aux questions qui lui sont posées. Le vieux prêtre ne saura que son prénom : Anne. Vingt ans plus tard, Anne est devenue Lady Clarick. Richissime, courtisée, elle a l’oreille des grands et le cardinal de Richelieu ne jure que par elle.