Resultados para "Lucien" en Novela negra

Daniel ist ein unsichtbarer Mann. Körperlich gezeichnet, sozial aussortiert, gefangen in einem Leben aus Scham, Wut und Bedeutungslosigkeit. Bis ein Unfall alles beendet. Offiziell ist Daniel tot. Tatsächlich erwacht er an einem Ort, den es nicht geben dürfte. Sein zerstörter Körper wurde...

Nate Burke, ex poliziotto di Baltimora, accetta il posto di capo della polizia di Lunacy - un paesino dell'Alaska che conta 506 abitanti - per fuggire alla crisi causata dal fresco divorzio e dal trauma della morte del suo compagno di lavoro, per la quale si sente in parte responsabile. I primi giorni nella cittadina scorrono tranquilli, a parte qualche piccolo problema di ordine pubblico e una relazione un po' movimentata con l'umorale Meg Galloway, bella e sfacciata. All'improvviso, però, in una grotta nascosta viene ritrovato il corpo del padre di Meg, scomparso sedici anni prima.

"A crisp, twisting tale in the hands of a writer in the bloom of his abundant talents." — Graydon Carter A gifted yet financially disadvantaged artist falls victim to the manipulative control of his wealthy, enigmatic Harvard roommate in this incendiary novel from the author of Beautiful...

Es ist zu spät, um zu fliehen. Dieses Mal wird sie sterben. Wie der Fuchs. Jonathan 'Johnny' Weiser lebt mit vierunddreißig Jahren noch in seinem Kinderzimmer. Seit der gemeinsamen Kindergartenzeit ist der introvertierte Förster heimlich in die Umweltschutzaktivistin Juli verliebt. Als sein Chef umfangreiche Baumfällungen anordnet, bittet Johnny Juli um Hilfe. Doch bevor ihre Proteste die Arbeiten stoppen können, wird Juli brutal zusammengeschlagen. Kriminalkommissarin Leandra 'Leo' Papadaki vermutet einen rechtsradikalen Hintergrund der Tat.

Lucian Marcello is aware of the expectations following him as the oldest son of one of North America's most infamous Cosa Nostra Dons. Family in his world is more than blood and sharing a last name. It's the honor, respect, business, and the life. Being a Capo is just a stepping stone until it's time for him to take on the role of underboss but a chance meeting with her could be the one thing he'd risk it all for.

After the suicide of his uncle, Lucas Heathfield inherits Stoneborough Manor in Oxfordshire. He imagines it as a place where he and his tight-knit group of friends can spend time away from London. But from the beginning, the house changes everything. It begins to have a strange effect on Lucas and he becomes haunted by the death of his uncle, obsessed by ciné films of his uncle's friends at Stoneborough 30 years earlier. Within the claustrophobic confines of the house over a hot, decadent summer, secrets slide out of the past and sexual tensions escalate, shattering the group's friendship and changing their lives irrevocably.

Esistono silenzi che valgono più di mille parole, e David, educatore professionale di comprovata esperienza, lo sa bene. Quando sulla soglia della comunità socioeducativa per cui lavora fa capolino Ariel, una bambina abbandonata alla stazione di Sestri Levante, il suo unico obiettivo diventa restituirle un'identità e, con essa, la speranza di un futuro senza ombre. Improvvisandosi investigatore, si reca nel luogo del ritrovamento con un disegno di lei che indica una casa su un promontorio.

Yurika is a freelancer in the Tokyo underworld. She poses as a prostitute; carefully targeting powerful, high-profile men - who she then drugs takes incriminating photos of to sell for blackmail purposes. She knows very little about the organisation she's working for and is perfectly satisfied...

The body of a blonde young man found in the canal is discovered to be that of a journalist who had been claiming he was onto the story of a lifetime. The area where he was murdered turns out to be subject to a land dispute. A young woman is adamant she remembers a childhood twin brother, but her father swears she’s an only child. And now a second young blonde is missing. Rachel King and her East Manchester CID team must determine what links this all together - or are they being led to draw connections which aren’t there? And if so, who is pulling their strings?

The Bell vibrated with a low, guttural tone—too deep for the ear, but heavy in the ribs. It wasn’t ringing. It was gathering. Calloway turned as Graves and Thorne crossed the threshold. Her eyes didn’t show fear—just fatigue sharpened by defiance. Calloway (dryly): Took you long enough. Graves (already at her wrists): Traffic was hell. Her shackles were lined with symbols—sacramental, but wrong. Graves worked the lock with a practiced flick. Thorne: We stopping a ritual or robbing a bank? Graves: With these bastards, it’s the same thing. Click.

'Best book I've read this year! Amazing police procedural!!... When is the next one coming out !?! I need to know!' Reader Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A TEENAGER FOUND DEAD A FAMILY SEEKING ANSWERS A DETECTIVE WITH A GUILTY SECRET... When teenager Ben Renshaw is found dead, DCI Robin Lyons is plunged...

Robin Lyons is back in her hometown of Birmingham and now a DCI with Force Homicide, working directly under Samir, the man who broke her heart almost 20 years ago. When a woman is found stabbed to death in a derelict factory and no one comes forward to identify the body, Robin and her team must not only hunt for the murderer, but also solve the mystery of who their victim might be.

Lieutenant Sheila Worthy has been viciously slain, and it's up to Major Kara Guidry, the top lawyer in the Judge Advocate General's office, to track down her killer. But Guidry finds she must tread lightly. Rumors have linked the dead lieutenant to General William Beckwith, who was Kara's instructor at West Point and is now on the short list to become the Army's next Chief of Staff. Guidry must also contend with Beckwith's rivals, who would like nothing more than to see the general discredited.

Dismissed for misconduct from the Met’s Homicide Command after refusing to follow orders, unable to pay her bills (or hold down a relationship), Detective Inspector Robin Lyons has no choice but to take her teenage daughter Lennie and move back in with her parents in the city she thought she’d escaped forever at 18. In Birmingham, sharing a bunkbed with Lennie and navigating the stormy relationship with her mother, Robin works as a benefit-fraud investigator - to the delight of those wanting to see her cut down to size. 

Eight years ago, a vicious lie cost Eddie Weaver everything—his job, his friends, his family, his entire life. Branded a monster, he was left to rot alone. Today, he returns to his hometown with nothing but a list of names—and a plan for revenge, eight years in the making.

Die junge Mutter Romy steht vor den Scherben ihrer Existenz: Von Obdachlosigkeit bedroht, stiehlt sie aus Verzweiflung einen Kleintransporter im Bergischen Land, um darin zu wohnen. Ohne es zu ahnen, manövriert sie sich und ihren kleinen Sohn damit in eine gefährliche Lage. Von den Mordfällen, in denen die Kölner Kommissarinnen Maline Brass und Lou Vanheyden ermitteln, ahnt sie nichts - doch durch ihren Diebstahl gerät Romy in unmittelbare Lebensgefahr.

In this sparkling debut novel imbued with the rich intrigue of Kate Atkinson’s literary mysteries and the spirited heart of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, a disparate group of Londoners plunge into a search for a missing American actress. In the dreary days of November 1965, American actress...

Life for Easy is uncharacteristically...easy. He's set up his own agency and is about to propose to his sweetheart, Bonnie. But all that changes when his old friend, Mouse - one of the deadliest men in America - appears at his door, asking for a small favour. The favour is to help the son of a friend of Charcoal Joe who has been wrongly imprisoned. Charcoal Joe is a mythical figure in LA, a man who pulls all the strings but is known to very few.