Resultados para "Hannah" en Novela negra

Aunque todo apunta a un simple suicidio, Alison descubre que antes de morir Howard estaba escribiendo un libro sobre un famoso caso que quedó sin resolver: la muerte de Hannah Larson, de diecisiete años, brutalmente asesinada en 1993 cerca del río Hudson, a pocas manzanas de Manhattan. Su muerte salpicó a varios miembros de la alta sociedad neoyorquina y a la campaña de uno de los candidatos a la alcaldía de la ciudad.

Hannah Rosenbaum steht vor einem Rätsel. Sie hat ein Opfer, das offenbar von einem Scharfschützen getötet wurde, aber es gibt weder ein eindeutiges Motiv noch irgendwelche Spuren. Selbst die Kugel aus der Mordwaffe ist verschwunden. Jürgen Zimmermann – ihr Partner, beruflich wie privat – kann ihr bei diesen Ermittlungen auch nicht helfen, da er nach einem betrunkenen Eklat auf der Beförderungsfeier eines Kollegen vorläufig suspendiert wurde.

Basada en la historia real de la última mujer decapitada en Islandia, acusada del brutal asesinato de dos hombres, Ritos funerarios es una novela de suspense y de pasiones íntimas con el trasfondo del paisaje helado de la Islandia del siglo XIX. Agnes, mientras espera la hora de su ejecución, es confinada en la granja de un matrimonio y de sus dos hijas. Horrorizada, la familia ni siquiera quiere hablar con ella. Tan solo el joven ayudante de un pastor intenta comprenderla y salvar su alma.

Hercule Poirot è in viaggio da Londra su un lussuoso pullman diretto verso l'esclusiva tenuta di Kingfisher Hill, dove Richard Devonport lo ha convocato per dimostrare che la sua fidanzata, Helen, è innocente dell'omicidio di suo fratello Frank, avvenuto in quel complesso residenziale. Ma c'è una strana condizione legata a questa richiesta: Poirot deve nascondere il vero motivo per cui si trova lì.

Evie Gordon ha sempre pensato di essere speciale: brillante, diligente, ottimi voti. Nata e cresciuta nel paese del merito per eccellenza, era convinta che sarebbe diventata qualcuno. Ma dopo la laurea in un'università d'élite, il debito studentesco l'ha sommersa e, per ripagarlo, dà ripetizioni ai figli dei milionari di Los Angeles. Tutto cambia una domenica pomeriggio. Arrivata per la lezione settimanale nella tenuta dei Victor a Beverly Hills, al posto della sua allieva trova i resti insanguinati dei genitori nel giardino e una giovane donna, sporca, puzzolente e magrissima, rinchiusa nel sottoscala.

Commissioned by Audible and written especially for audio format this collection brings together six crime stories through the themes of discovery, destination and arrival. Top narrators bring these gripping tales to life acknowledging the Scandinavian tradition of oral storytelling.

Dopo il difficile processo in cui è stata difesa dall'avvocato Josie Bates da un'ingiusta accusa di omicidio, la sedicenne Hannah Sheraton sta provando a rimettere insieme i pezzi della propria esistenza. Ma la vita è stata così crudele con lei che, quando le succede qualcosa di buono, trova difficile credere che sia reale... E infatti, ancora una volta, Hannah tocca con mano che mentre una prova è finita, sta per iniziarne un'altra, più profonda e infida.

Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the brutal killing of a man on Newcastle’s Quayside gives Daniels another chance to get it right, and her first case as Senior Investigating Officer. When Daniels recognises the corpse but fails to disclose the fact, her personal life swerves dangerously into her professional life. But much worse, she is now being watched. As Daniels steps closer to finding a killer, a killer is only a breath away from claiming his next victim....

Mandy Rose...vulnerable, scared, clearly in big trouble. No match for the men who would do her harm. All her money and status don’t matter in dark and dangerous New Orleans. Yet here she is...and all alone.

Everyone’s hunting for the missing children. A mountain of hurt unearthed. Can any of these kids be saved? Mandy Rose Bokum feels alone. Still suffering from the effects of her own tortured childhood, she trudges on. She’s determined to make a life for herself—with or without her kidnapped daughter Hannah. If Hannah comes back to her, what’s the damage from a shattered childhood and innocence murdered? Can the horrors ever be undone, or is the trauma permanent? When does the abused become the abuser? And is Hannah’s father Clyde the answer?

Mandy Rose Bokum wanted to go home. Her mind and body were getting sicker. Three lonely years living in one room in California were enough. She yearned for peace. She craved love. She wanted answers. Why was her child stolen? Did the thief know her? Was it somehow her fault? The townies blamed her. Accused her of murder. It was time to tell Clyde Boudreaux that he was Hannah's daddy. Clyde fought his own demons. He was seven when he'd watched his granddaddy get lynched. Mandy struggled for years with her own dark secrets. Maybe two halves could make a whole.

From the makers of the award winning TV series comes a new story following the women inmates of Wentworth Correctional Facility. Maddie, Scarlett and Anna are three 18-year-olds on the threshold of the rest of their lives. Or they will be, once they finish serving their sentences at  Mockridge Juvenile Centre. With release dates fast approaching, the girls are out of chances - one more altercation with the law and it’s adult prison.

Years after the death of her brother and the theft of her heirloom jewelry, ex-con Elle is on the run—until she spots a stranger wearing a signature piece. Determined to take back what is hers, Elle stalks and befriends the woman, using her gemology skills as a ruse. Elle offers to appraise and clean the jewelry, replicating and replacing the pieces instead. Olivia is drowning. She maxes out credit cards behind her financially strict husband's back in order to pay for fertility treatments. When Olivia meets Elle, she finally feels understood…and inspired.

After a fire subsides enough to enter Jack Easton’s 40-foot sailboat, Sanctuary, investigators discover his body on board with a crushed skull. The police are quick to suspect Alex Hart, the owner of a neighboring boat, when his winch handle is determined to be the murder weapon. His sister, Hannah Hart, a novice private eye, struggles to prove his innocence with the help of a Boston police detective she once helped solve a previous case. Their shadow investigation leads them into the dark corners of the murder victim’s life where they discover several others with motives for the murder.

Mae Byrne has the quiet, peaceful life she's always dreamed of: a handsome husband, a baseball star son, and a bright, academic daughter. For Fiona Byrne, Mae's daughter, life has become unbearable; her first boyfriend ghosted her, her former best friends are bullying her, and her honors schoolwork is overwhelming. Then she signs up for the Thistler app. By inputting her phone and social media history and answering a series of questions, she creates Calvin: an AI boyfriend tailored specifically for her. What starts as a fun distraction quickly becomes more than just an app.

Detective Mary Hume stares at the crime scene in confusion. She's in an empty flat. Peeling wallpaper. A bloodstained chair in the middle of the room. But no body. Her sergeant hands her a burner phone. On it is a video clip. It shows a woman. Tied to the chair in the flat, a carving knife pressed to her throat. Placed in the woman's lap is a piece of cardboard. Written on it in blood-red is one word: DEADTOWN.

The first book in an intense thriller series featuring Inspector Hannah Kaufman. On her way to work one ordinary Wednesday morning, Inspector Hannah Kaufman is unexpectedly called to Stockholm South Hospital, where she’s confronted by a far from ordinary event. Armed men are inside the children’s hospital, threatening to kill one child an hour if their demands aren’t met. Hannah and her colleagues face a dramatic hostage situation with enormous media attention. Meanwhile, inside the hospital walls, the clock is ticking for the innocent children imprisoned with the terrorists.

När en stor svensk myndighet utsätts för ett förlamande cyberangrepp är frågorna fler än svaren. Vem ligger bakom detta? Och varför? Under ledning av terroristexperten Hannah Kaufman sätter Säpo ihop en grupp som får i uppgift att utreda händelsen. Förutom ödeläggelsen bland Migrationsverkets register har angriparna dessutom lämnat en diskret ledtråd i form av en kodremsa med ordet "Maimonides", vilket visar sig vara namnet på en judisk filosof från 1100-talet.

At Glentivar Plantation, Virginia, enslaved workers find the body of a white baby hidden amongst logs. Judy and Richard Randolph along with Nancy are staying at the plantation. Screams were heard coming from Nancy's room during the night. Gossip quickly spreads throughout Virginia society: Nancy Randolph had given birth to a child by Richard, people whisper. Together they murdered the child to protect their reputation. Richard is tried for murder and the sensational trial shakes the new American nation to its core. The events of that night ripple down the years.

A bloodstained coat. Three missing women. One dead body. Detective Mary Hume reckons she's seen it all. But she's never seen anything like this. It begins with the discovery of a broken body in a lift shaft in an old Victorian warehouse. The postmortem reveals the bloodstains on the dead man's coat belong to three different people. DNA identifies one of them as Julie Cross, whose body was discovered six months earlier, covered in horrifying wounds.