Resultados para "Deadline" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

National best-selling author Kiki Swinson always ups the ante with shocking twists, relentless characters, and a hard-edged portrait of Southern living - and dying. Now all bets are off as a newbie journalist desperate for the spotlight plunges into a killer story.... 

'We've got your daughter.' It's evening, you're back late from work - and the house is in darkness. You step inside, and the phone rings. You answer it - and your world is turned upside down. Your fourteen-year-old daughter's been taken, and her kidnappers demand half a million pounds in cash...

An incendiary political thriller set in the dog-eat-dog world of tabloid journalism. Journalist Jonno Bligh is headhunted to London by Russian media mogul Borya Bolshakov to be editor of his flagship tabloid UK Today. When Jonno and ace reporter Shiv O’Shea investigate the murders of a...

It was supposed to be over. But nothing in Jack Noble’s world ever stays that way. Captured. Transported. Delivered straight into the hands of his former handler, Frank Skinner. The man Jack once spared is now calling in the debt—and the cost is higher than Jack ever expected. Forced back into the shadow world of covert operations, Jack is tasked with one last mission. But this one isn’t about justice. It’s about survival. A woman he thought was dead has resurfaced, and her enemies have declared war. The only way out is to go in deeper than ever before.

Det er aften, du kommer sent hjem fra arbejde – og huset ligger i mørke. Du går indenfor, og telefonen ringer. Du tager den – og din verden bliver vendt på hovedet. Din fjortenårige datter er blevet bortført, og hendes kidnappere forlanger en halv million pund i kontanter. De giver dig 48 timer til at skaffe pengene. Hvis du ringer til politiet, dør hun. Mens mareridtet udspiller sig, kan du være sikker på to ting: at du vil gøre hvad som helst for at få din datter levende hjem – og at tiden rinder ud...

Involved in a tragic accident under suspicious circumstances, award-winning journalist Jake Woods teams with detective Ollie Chandler to uncover the truth. This alluring repackage of the R andy Alcorn bestseller finds Jake drawing upon all his resources in an ever-intensifying, dangerous murder investigation.

A dying convict's last request thrusts small-town newspaperman Jefferson Morgan into a deadly maelstrom as he explores a 50-year-old case of child murder - a wound his town still isn't ready to scrape open. Under the heaviest deadline of his life, and amid threats from unexpected foes, Morgan must struggle with his own conscience to tell a story no matter the consequences, dig deep into the town's past, and unveil a killer who's managed to remain hidden in plain sight for almost 50 years.

In Southeast Minnesota, a school board meeting is coming to an end. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed due to personnel issues. Issues is correct. The proposal up for a vote is whether to authorise the killing of a local reporter. Meanwhile, Virgil Flowers is helping out a friend by looking into a dognapping when he gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A murdered body has been found, and the victim is a local reporter....

Die Passagiere dachten, das Flugzeug bringt sie nach Hause. Doch die Pilotin hegt einen tödlichen Plan … In freudiger Erwartung besteigen Jill und ihre Kollegen nach einer Vorstandssitzung den Privatjet ihrer Firma, um nach Hause zu ihren Familien in Portland zu fliegen. Das Wetter ist gut, die Sicht klar, Turbulenzen sind nicht zu erwarten. Doch kurz nach dem Abflug meldet sich die Pilotin über die Lautsprecher. Anstatt Jill und ihre Kollegen zu begrüßen, hat sie den Jet aufs offene Meer hinausgesteuert und stellt den Passagieren ein schockierendes Ultimatum.

Shayne Winter thought she had it all: a dream job at the LA Chronicle, a sleek new apartment, and a picture-perfect LA lifestyle. But day one is a disaster—her apartment is a wreck with a roguishly handsome squatter, and her new job as chief reporter has been reduced to writing obituaries after her predecessor, Ben Kosina, waltzes back in. When her first assignment—the accidental death of washed-up child star Chucky Barnard—takes a twist, Shayne sees her shot at redemption. Chucky’s sister insists it was murder, and Shayne is determined to uncover the truth.

Pensionen närmar sig med stormsteg för Annika Vestander, och trots påtryckningar från chefen tänker hon inte jobba en dag över tiden. Nej, den 2 februari 2018 blir hennes sista dag och det är inte förhandlingsbart. Mordet, som skett i polishuset, har förstås högsta prioritet även om det inte är hennes ärende. Annika blandar sig också i en annan händelse som skedde 50 år tillbaka i tiden. Kommer hon klara sin deadline?

From the moment one of his sources takes a dive off a downtown skyscraper, a newspaper columnist is plunged into a harrowing maze of murder, intrigue, and secrets that powerful forces intend to keep hidden at all costs. The columnist joins with an aggressive young reporter to see if one explosive story can save his dying newspaper—and much more.

Adam Ferranti was drinking away his waking hours, getting by in a regional newspaper in the North of England. A talented American journalist, he moved to England to escape the media glare that followed his spectacular fall from grace at the Washington Post, only to be thrust back in it when a mysterious serial killer decides to make him his confidante.

Deadline is a suspenseful and haunting story where fear and family secrets intertwine in a race against time. To uncover the truth about her mother’s mysterious disappearance years ago, the estranged daughter of a renowned illusionist must overcome her fear and spend three nights in her father’s secluded gothic mansion, where he has vowed to return from the grave. Helped by an adventurous reporter, she discovers a terrifying childhood.

As transfer deadline day looms, Ander Anaia is about to make the deal of a lifetime. All that stands in his way is a rival agent. Or so he thinks. The Table, a secret cabal of super agents involved in "off-pitch" criminal activities, have other ideas. And they’ve kidnapped his daughter, Joska, as collateral. David Miller is about to make his first serious deal. A deal that would bring Ander’s world crashing down around him. Now Ander must do everything in his power to stop him. Or risk losing the deal—and his daughter.

A series of bizarre and mystifying murders plunges Tessa Vance into a hunt for an obsessive killer while a terrifying shadow from the past threatens to overwhelm her. In her first case with her new homicide division, Tessa has to prove herself, especially to her new partner, Steve Hayden. She knows there won't be any second chances. And this killer is clever, ruthless and implacable. The grotesque clues left at the crime scenes lead nowhere. The murderer's victims seem to have nothing in common. But Tessa knows that the deaths form a pattern.

Five murders across Europe, each victim found dead with an exotic lop-eared Sumxu cat, animals considered extinct for 300 years. Only Henri Fox knows why—and that knowledge could kill her. To survive she must pursue a madman across China with partner, Cass Farraday, but the hunters soon become the prey. Desperate and on the run in Shanghai, pursued by the Tong and the police, they must break into the Chinese Gold Exchange for the proof they need to prevent a megalomaniac billionaire’s Armageddon assault on Britain’s Air Traffic Control.

A writing convention, a guest list full of secrets, a murder to solve in three days. Lori Sykes is invited to be the keynote speaker at the writer’s convention in Bleakridge, Maine. While walking that evening she witnesses a chilling murder under the moonlit pier. The victim, a renowned author known for his gritty crime novels, had been brutally strangled. Ryker McKay, a one-man shop, small town newspaper man with a reputation for unearthing hidden truths, is intrigued by Lori's story and the undeniable chemistry between them.

My life is about the story. I've risked my life for it. Many times. I chase the story so I can escape having to face my own. But this one is different. This story will make my career. My life. Or it will end it. The Sons of Templar MC. The most notorious and dangerous outlaw motorcycle club in the country. And I'm going to get the scoop. Or I'll die trying.

Detectives Thane and Moss embark on a manhunt, and a gripping game of cat and mouse unfolds in a dual narrative that plunges listeners into the heart of a bygone era in Scottish crime, with every twist leading the detectives towards a pulse-pounding showdown with a criminal who has nothing left to lose.