Resultados para "Jam" en Novela negra

Cuatro cadáveres. Un sospechoso. Ninguna pista … Primera novela de la serie de misterio del detective Roy Grace, un hombre atormentado por el recuerdo de su mujer muerta. A Michael Harrison pretenden gastarle una broma inolvidable en su despedida de soltero; algo que jamás pueda olvidar: enterrarlo vivo durante unas horas. Todo se complicará cuando sus amigos, que son los únicos que conocen el verdadero paradero de Michael, mueran esa misma noche en un accidente de tráfico.

Un hecho cotidiano hace que una familia caiga en las redes de una peligrosa organización. Cuando Tom Bryce encuentra un CD que alguien ha olvidado en el asiento contiguo del tren en el que viaja, hace lo que cualquier persona decente haría: lo recoge y, cuando llega a casa, intenta averiguar a quién pertenece para poder devolvérselo. Sin embargo, su buena fe topará con el escalofriante contenido del disco: un estremecedor asesinato. A partir de ese momento, su vida y la de su familia comienzan a correr peligro.

La vida de Lynn Barrett se convierte en una pesadilla cuando a su hija Caitlin se le diagnostica un cáncer de hígado terminal. La escasez de órganos hace que la desesperada Lynn recurra a un traficante de órganos, quien casi enseguida le confirma que ha encontrado a una donante perfecta. Entretanto, Roy Grace está trabajando en un caso en que a los restos de tres jóvenes que han aparecido en las profundidades de la costa de Brighton les faltan los órganos vitales.

Cold case reporter Sloane Grayson has come to a small mountain town in Virginia to solve a mystery. Thirty years ago, her mother was one of four women who vanished during a music festival. The event’s promoter was eventually convicted of their murders, and Sheriff CJ Taggart closed the case. But for Sloane, it’s still open. Because the bodies were never found. With Taggart now long dead, Sloane must make do with questioning the victims’ families and the few remaining witnesses once again. If they’re still willing to dredge up memories of a crime that made their town notorious.

Una noche, Michael Fitzgerald descubre a una joven muerta en su bañera al volver del supermercado. Al lado del cadáver hay una pluma de gorrión. Aterrorizado, llama a la policía, que le interroga sobre la víctima, Alyssa Tepper, a la que él asegura no conocer. El detective Dobbs y la agente Gimble, del FBI, unen fuerzas en lo que parece un simple asesinato: cuando salen a la luz fotos en las que Michael aparece besando a Alyssa, es arrestado de inmediato, pero a las pocas horas aparece otra víctima con el mismo patrón: una pluma de gorrión colocada al lado del cuerpo.

FBI agent Sarah Cole is stunned to receive an invitation to the “Game of Nines,” the most secretive and longest-running murder puzzle in history. Thrust into a mystery that has confounded law enforcement for decades, she proves to be an unexpectedly formidable "player"—and might finally end the deadly game once and for all.

Upstate, Nueva York, 1982. En toda ciudad de dimensiones modestas como Fell, en el estado de Nueva York, existe un motel como este, el Sun Down. Hay gente que se aloja en él cuando va de paso, es gente de fuera que se dirige a otro lugar, un lugar mejor. Pero otros son gente de la localidad; gente que acude allí para guardar sus más oscuros secretos. Viv Delaney trabaja en el Sun Down como recepcionista de noche, pues necesita dinero para mudarse a la ciudad de Nueva York.

After the killing of a prominent mob lawyer, NYPD homicide detectives Jacob Jackson and Caitlin Grimes start receive chilling, written “rules” for how to commit the perfect murder. "Rule number one for the perfect murder: Evidence is your enemy. Leave none behind." Jackson (Reid Scott) and Grimes (Cobie Smulders) race to find the killer, setting them on a collision course with the city’s crime underbelly, and a perpetrator who seems happy to toy with them. “Rule number two. No crimes of passion. The perfect murder is always business, never pleasure.”

Sri Lanka, 2009. Decades of civil war and bloodshed are being brought to an end at last – by any means necessary. In the capital, Colombo, tenacious journalist Ameena Fernando is murdered, execution-style, on a busy street near her home, with no witnesses. With pressure growing to find Ameena’s killers, CIA agent Ellie Harper is sent to seek justice for the journalist’s death with strict instructions: Find something, but not too much. It’s her first time returning to the island after her last mission went tragically awry four years prior, and Ellie has more than one ghost to lay to rest.

When the Capo dei Capi of the Cosa Nostra comes to Sicily to give his approval for his cousin, Stefano, to take me as his bride, I know my fate is all but sealed. Marrying Stefano is the last thing I want, but being a woman, I don't have a say in the matter. Damiano Falco is merciless and rules the Cosa Nostra with an iron fist. Everyone fears him and won't dare go against him. I'm still trying to accept that I'll have no choice but to marry Stefano when Damiano utters the last word anyone expects to hear. "No." He doesn't give his approval, nor does he offer any explanation.

When her son goes missing, a single mother will stop at nothing to find him, even if it means exposing secrets about herself. As a single mother, Bella thought she had her life under control. But when her ex-husband's new fiancé starts to interfere in the joint custody of their son, Phillip, things start to unravel. And when Phillip goes missing, the list of suspects only grows. Bella is determined to find her son and will stop at nothing, even if it means revealing secrets about herself that she's kept hidden for years. Can she uncover the truth before it's too late?

It is the autumn of 1880, and Dr. John Watson has just returned from Afghanistan. Badly injured and desperate to forget a nightmarish expedition that left him doubting his sanity, Watson is close to destitution when he meets the extraordinary Sherlock Holmes, who is investigating a series of deaths in the Shadwell district of London. Several bodies have been found, the victims appearing to have starved to death over the course of several weeks, and yet they were reported alive and well mere days before.

1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world’s great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes’s retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it’s a suicide. The victim, a young man, recently suffered a disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a place where the desperate and depressed leap to their deaths. Holmes, however, suspects murder. As he and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy with shocking ramifications.

Anna is a nurse in a maximum-security prison. What's starts out as an ordinary day of examining a death row inmate turns into a sick, twisted, story time. Inmate Jules beings telling her where more bodies are buried. Things start getting creepy as Anna notices some of the people Jules murdered are loved ones and people she once knew. She begins to wonder what their connection is how does a death row inmate knows so much about her and her life.

DALL’AUTORE AL PRIMO POSTO NELLE CLASSIFICHE MONDIALI, UNA NUOVA MISSIONE PER GABRIEL ALLON. UN OMICIDIO BRUTALE. UN CAPOLAVORO SCOMPARSO. UN CASO CHE SOLO GABRIEL ALLON PUÒ RISOLVERE. Provetto restauratore e spia leggendaria, Gabriel Allon è a Londra per partecipare a un ricevimento alla Courtauld Gallery in onore del ritrovamento di un autoritratto rubato di Vincent van Gogh. Ma quando un amico del Devon e la polizia della Cornovaglia chiedono il suo aiuto per risolvere uno sconcertante caso di omicidio, si ritrova suo malgrado a dare la caccia a un nuovo avversario, potente e pericolosissimo.

At the office, Samantha is mouthy AF and hellbent on testing my patience. So you can imagine my surprise when my new personal assistant walked into my club with a very specific fantasy. When the man Samantha's paired with doesn't stick to the rules, I step in to take his place. Wearing a mask protects my identity, and soon, the little wildcat from the office is telling me all her darkest secrets and fantasies.

My mother is a lost cause I can't get rid of, and I work my fingers to the bone just trying to keep my head above water. To ease the stress bearing down on my shoulders, I like to dance. Working as a janitor at a ballet company makes it easy for me to steal thirty minutes at night when the place is empty. Or so I thought. Just my luck that the dangerously handsome owner catches me red-handed. He thinks I'm a hardworking ballerina, and I don't bother correcting him... because, you know, I'd like to keep my job.

Drowning in the murky waters of the mafia, I’m determined to find a way out. I have my sights set on becoming a film producer and won’t let anything or anyone stand in my way. Then my mother marries a retired Godfather, and I get the head of the Greek mafia as a stepbrother. Nikolas Stathoulis is set on ruining my well-laid plans. His ruthless reputation has me running for the safety of my apartment. But he’s always there. On campus. In my apartment. Expecting me to play by his rules.

When I finally get a life-saving kidney transplant, I think the worst is behind me. Boy, am I wrong. I start feeling eyes on me wherever I go. I'm being watched. Stalked. Hunted. It's downright scary. Then, the hunter steps out of the shadows, and my life implodes. I'm taken by Renzo Torrisi, a dangerous and unforgiving man.

Il libro cult di James Ellroy. Nessuno più di lui ha saputo raccontare il lato oscuro di Los Angeles. Quel lato oscuro che ha ucciso Elizabeth Short. 15 gennaio 1947, il cadavere martoriato di una bellissima giovane donna viene ritrovato in un terreno abbandonato tra i palazzi di Los Angeles. Sui giornali si parla di lei come della «Dalia Nera». E così inizia la più grande caccia all'uomo della storia della California.