Resultados para "John of John" en Thriller criminal

Former British Secret Service operative John Beckett thought he’d left the world of espionage behind, living a quiet life in Costa Rica. But when a mysterious woman seeks his help, Beckett is ambushed, blackmailed, and thrust back into a dangerous game with a ruthless CIA adversary. His mission: eliminate Saul Turner, a rogue agent thought to be selling secrets to the enemy.

En un bosque al sudeste de Edimburgo han encontrado el cadáver de un detective privado desaparecido desde hace más de una década. John Rebus conoce bien el caso, porque originalmente formó parte del equipo encargado de la investigación, que estuvo plagada de errores e intereses ocultos. Ahora tanto Rebus como la policía tienen una segunda oportunidad para atrapar al culpable, pero las presiones de la familia de la víctima y la prensa les dejan muy claro que se juegan mucho más que la reputación.

Nina can never forgive Maggie for what she did. And she can never let her leave. They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past. Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there.

Un thriller sobre la lucha a muerte entre un refinado psicópata y sus tres víctimas Solo unos kilómetros de distancia separan a tres mujeres que no se conocen entre sí. Una es doctora; otra, profesora; la tercera, estudiante. Las tres son pelirrojas y vulnerables. Las tres son el próximo objetivo de un psicópata obsesionado. Por llevar a cabo su obra de arte final. Crímenes que serán estudiados en las universidades, de los que se hablara durante décadas, crímenes perfectos.

Nella sala di lettura del British Museum il professor Julius Arnell esala l’ultimo respiro. Sembrerebbe la classica morte per cause naturali. Ma quando dei confetti avvelenati vengono ritrovati nelle sue tasche, all’ispettore Shelley e al suo improbabile compagno di indagini non resterà che usare tutto il loro fiuto per scoprire l’identità del pericoloso omicida.

John Rebus sabe que si su hija Samantha le llama por teléfono de madrugada no es para darle buenas noticias. Angustiada, le confiesa que su pareja, Keith, desapareció hace dos días y no se sabe nada de él. Aunque Rebus no haya sido el mejor padre, Samantha es lo primero, así que pone rumbo al pueblecito costero del norte de Escocia donde ella reside y donde se ocultan más secretos de lo que parece. Es posible que, por una vez, sea mejor no descubrir toda la verdad.

Bobby Saraceno tiene un padre afroamericano a quien nunca conoció y una madre blanca que, por momentos, desearía no conocer. Criado por un abuelo racista e intolerante decide ocultarle la verdad de su familia a todos. Es el año 1995 y en la ciudad de Pittsburgh a sus veintidós años Bobby se hace pasar por blanco.

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.

È primavera e il corpo semi-preservato di una giovane donna ebrea viene trovato sepolto nella foresta del Maine. Risulta chiaro fin da subito che ha partorito poco prima della morte, ma non c'è traccia del bambino. Il detective privato Charlie Parker è ingaggiato dall'avvocato Moxie Castin per seguire l'indagine della polizia e per trovarlo. Ma non è l'unico che lo sta cercando, qualcuno sta seguendo le tracce lasciate dalla donna, qualcuno con un altro interesse oltre ad un bambino scomparso, qualcuno disposto a seminare cadaveri ovunque lascia il segno.

Key Isabella might be small, but it has become a hub for the drug trade into the United States. For the Black Berets—the world’s fiercest mercenaries—the issue of a billion-dollar heroin smuggling operation hits a sore spot they can’t ignore. Arriving in the West Indies, the five-man team of American heroes is tasked with overthrowing Key Isabella’s evil dictator without anyone finding out they’re involved. To make matters more difficult, they soon bump into the additional problem of a police force just as violent and corrupt as the nation’s tyrannical leader.

A coastal town is evacuated after record floods. Three young police officers are left behind. With a killer. The small beachside town of Gloster is on the edge of disaster. After constant rain, floodwaters are rising fast. Detective Constable Craig Watson, exiled to Gloster from Sydney, is a young man with a damaged past and an uncertain future. Constables Ellie Cameron and Larissa Brookes are young women struggling to show their worth as police officers under a misogynistic sergeant.

After putting a stop to one of Edinburgh's most notorious serial killers 3 years ago, DCI Liam Brodie is known as a man who can handle - and solve - the hardest of cases. When a child's bones are unearthed beneath the floorboards of an old house in Fife - the same house where his girlfriend, psychologist Ruth Calder, grew up as a foster daughter - Brodie uncovers a tangled web of lies and jealousy.

George Olsen's life is one big lie. As a witness in a mob-money-embezzlement-operation-turned-deadly, he lives within the WITSEC program and has had plenty of trouble adapting to life. Never look back: It’s one of the sacred rules within the WITSEC program. But when he hears an old flame has moved back to New Mexico and is in danger, he is forced to return to his old stomping grounds only to discover that decision could prove to be fatal.

Longtime detective partners TJ Samms and Shane Jordan are called out to a crime scene in North Seattle. At first, the case appears to be a run-of-the-mill shooting, but quickly turns into something far more complicated. The investigation that follows will alter the lives of everyone involved, and in the end, nothing will ever be the same for the men and women of Seattle Homicide.

Two teens make a horrifying discovery in the sand of Miami Beach. Detective Eva Hernandez is called in the middle of the night to a scene with little evidence to identify the victim. She has no way of knowing the series of events ahead that will draw her into a complicated web of deceit and murder.

A report of a body sends homicide detective Peter Brandt to a murder scene in one of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods. Without realizing it, he has just stepped into the case of his life. It will take all his experience and skill to find a killer unlike anyone he's encountered.

Officer Danny Sullivan has just become Detective Danny Sullivan, the first in a family line of Boston police officers to do so. It's a milestone the whole family can celebrate. But quickly, his new position turns into something more than he ever anticipated. His first case with a new partner throws him into a web of secrets, half-truths, and dead women. The conclusion he draws puts him at odds with everyone in his life, and the young detective must decide whether to risk everything to prove his theory that more women are about to die.

Rob Walker has served in countless operations in combat zones across the globe. Now, his mission is personal. After returning home from a combat deployment to Afghanistan, US Army Special Forces sniper Rob Walker is in a race for time to rescue his kidnapped sister from the clutches of a Mexican drug cartel. Having seen too much during a botched drug deal, she is snatched up off the street and handed over to members of a Mexican cartel who are after their payday. Suspecting her of being sold into sex slavery to satisfy the unpaid debt, Rob must act before it’s too late.

An airline pilot arrives home on Easter Sunday to discover his wife's lifeless body. Experienced detective Kate Walker, and her young partner Tanner Austin, are assigned the case. They have little to go on, and their frustration quickly builds. When a second body turns up, it only deepens the mystery. Fearing there are more victims to come, the detectives push themselves to unravel a bizarre case of Denver Homicide.

DI Gravel and his daughter, Emily, are oblivious to the terrible danger she is in when she accepts a job working for the solicitor Charles Turner. Meanwhile, Gravel is on the hunt for a serial killer. And when Emily becomes the killer’s latest obsession, the murderer will stop at nothing to make his grotesque fantasies reality. But as further bodies are discovered, the killer seeks to befriend DI Gravel and misdirect his investigation. How can you catch a killer who is hiding in plain sight? Can DI Gravel and Emily come away from this case with both their lives intact?