Resultados para "Max" en Novela negra

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.

In 1968, Nate Heller is there when Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel. Heller takes it upon himself to investigate the murder when a friend of his and Bobby’s raises doubts about the LAPD’s investigation. Heller strongly suspects the involvement of Jimmy Hoffa (currently imprisoned), but Hoffa seems to be in the clear as the private eye looks into the possible presence of CIA enemies of RFK’s on the murder night, the apparent manipulation of Sirhan Sirhan into a Manchurian Candidate-style assassin, and a probable second shooter.

Homicide Detective Max Rupert never fully accepted his wife's death, even when he believed that a reckless hit and run driver was the cause. But when he learns that in fact she was murdered, he devotes himself to hunting down her killers. Most of his life he had thought of himself as a decent man. But now he's so consumed with thoughts of retribution that he questions whether he will take that last step and enact the vengeance he longs for.

Max and Angela are going down. When we last saw Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos, Max was being arrested by the NYPD for drug trafficking, and Angela was fleeing the country in the wake of a brutal murder. Now both are headed for eye-opening encounters with the law - Max in the cell blocks of Attica, Angela in a quaint little prison on the Greek island of Lesbos.

In Eastern Europe four CIA agents are dead - geopolitical pawns caught in border dispute cross fire. Why were they there? Who sent them? Not even the President knows. Back in Washington, the Secretary of the Interior dies from an apparent allergic shock. As details emerge, so do suspicions that she was murdered. Investigating their respective cases, ex - Secret Service agent Joe Reeder and FBI Special Situations Task Force leader Patti Rogers recognize a dangerous conspiracy is in play.

Sanger Entertainment is more than an event planning business. It covers up many evils for another business, which is more profitable. There are four original partners of Sanger Entertainment. Are these men as evil as the business they conduct? Sanger Entertainment Event Planners: No party too big or too small. Max is the fourth partner this series explores.

La Rochelle, mois de juillet. Une femme est retrouvée égorgée chez elle face à son fils de dix ans ligoté, qu'un bandeau et un casque audio ont préservé de l'intolérable spectacle. C'est la deuxième en l'espace de quelques semaines et les flics n'ont pas la moindre piste. Le commissaire Baccaro va alors faire appel à Victor Caranne, psychologue carcéral et oreille préférée des criminels multirécidivistes de la prison de l'île de Ré. Mais le tueur est une ombre insaisissable qui va bientôt faire basculer la ville dans la psychose.

In remote Montana. Did Lucy Smith's husband deserve to die? She thought so; she killed him. Now she's on the run from his family - The Snakes. They are meanest band you will ever see - purveying "Snake Rock", gratuitous violence and drugs. Lucy makes it to San Francisco, but can her new friends, her new songs, or Skulk Rock save her? Can Jimmy "English" Smith (no relation) help her? Do they have Guardian Angels? Hell's Angels maybe? Pray for Lucy. Pray for James. Pray for San Francisco. Just pray; The Snakes are coming!

Orpheline, Marguerite est recueillie par son tuteur, Sir Evérard, dans le domaine de Malbackt, en Ecosse. Le luxe de la demeure, isolée dans une nature sauvage, ne parvient pas à dissiper l'intense malaise qui saisit la jeune Française dès son arrivée. Marguerite n'éprouve aucune sympathie pour Sir Evérard, un homme cynique. Cruel, même... Son sentiment devient angoisse lorsqu'elle découvre que le neveu de son hôte, Roland, est séquestré dans le donjon.

Max Donovan, a man who uses his knowledge of far-flung corners of the earth and a fair bit of muscle to "fix things," is relaxing by the sea in Senegal. But his much-needed holiday after a botched operation in Malaysia, where he broke more than he fixed, is abruptly interrupted when a man is knifed on the beach.

The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hit man into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one—why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead? And why in hell does he care?

After nearly fifty years in the killing business, the hitman known as Quarry was enjoying a comfortable retirement–until the grown daughter he only recently met mysteriously went missing. Now it’s up to the old man to show he hasn’t lost a step and, with the help of a femme fatale from his past, prove he’s as ruthless, deadly and unstoppable as any man half his age.

Telefon ze szpitala to dopiero początek. Informacja przekazana przez dyspozytorkę wzbudza niepokój komisarza Deryły. Coś się stało z jego partnerką, Tamarą Haler. Po przeprowadzeniu serii badań kobieta zniknęła ze szpitalnego oddziału i nie ma po niej śladu. Gdzie jest? Dlaczego przepadła bez wieści? Kolejny telefon jest niczym ziszczenie się najgorszego koszmaru. Szaleniec twierdzi, że uprowadził Haler i uwolni ją tylko pod jednym warunkiem. Deryło musi wykonać pewne zadanie. Jest ono nie tylko czystym szaleństwem, ale co gorsze, komisarz dostaje na nie jedynie dwanaście godzin.

KONIEC ŚWIATA JEST JUŻ BLISKO. BĄDŹ PRZYGOTOWANY. Takie przesłanie powtarza w swoich mediach Profet, samozwańczy prorok. Z dnia na dzień jego hasła zyskują coraz więcej odbiorców. Tymczasem na obrzeżach Gdańska dochodzi do włamania do domku kempingowego. W jego trakcie ginie mężczyzna, a kobieta w ciąży zostaje poddana okrutnej torturze i cudem uchodzi z życiem. Na miejscu przestępstwa śledczy odnajdują starą zabawkę z upiorną wiadomością. Kim jest jej autor i co dokładnie chciał przekazać? Śledztwo przejmuje komisarz Liza Langer, którą coraz mocniej dręczą demony nawracającej depresji.

Vietnam veteran Max Donovan is in Bangkok, and very hungover, when his friend “Fat” Freddie Fields is arrested in San Francisco for the murder of an Australian diplomat. He knows his old buddy would never hurt a fly, so he rushes back to the Bay Area to help. There he locks horns with the District Attorney who seems intent on pursuing the case. Suspecting Freddie is being framed, Donovan tries to rustle up some cash to bail him out, but only succeeds in getting into trouble with the local mob. He’ll have to solve the case on his own.

After a large bank is attacked with no sign of the perpetrators, MI5 Cyber is called in to help the Met investigate. Max must follow his instincts, and in chasing down leads, he infiltrates a suspect data company. His personal, military, and professional loyalties are tested. To maintain his cover, he’s forced to participate in a daring crime of passion. A foreign power then blackmails them to undertake an outrageous heist for revenge, striking at the seat of power to humiliate the United Kingdom. To find out what they’re planning, Max must join them in the crime of the century!

Wymarzony wyjazd do USA przeradza się dla małżeństwa Zawadzkich w koszmarną komedię pomyłek. Znani z poprzednich części serii "Podróże ze śmiercią" bohaterowie sami stają się podejrzanymi, a to za sprawą pechowej Joanny, żony Michała Zawadzkiego, na którą w niecodziennych okolicznościach podczas jazdy autostradą spada... nieboszczyk. Konsekwencje tego zdarzenia zmienią ich pobyt w niebezpieczną przygodę. Michał będzie musiał zmierzyć się z bezwzględną korporacją naftową, która za wszelką cenę dąży do przejęcia cennych przyrodniczo gruntów.

Nathan Heller, star of MWA Grandmaster Max Allan Collins’ most acclaimed series of novels (more than 1 million copies sold to date!), comes to Hard Case Crime for the first time in an all-new thriller drawn from the pages of history. A millionaire’s son is kidnapped and private eye Heller is called in to help. But when half of the record $600,000 ransom goes missing, Heller must wade through a morass of deception and depravity to blow the lid off a notorious crime whose consequences reach into the corridors of power in Washington D.C.

Max investigates the surprising assassination of an influential chief executive of a large utility firm. As he digs into the victim’s background, associates, and business dealings, the likelihood of favoritism, bribery, and insider trading becomes more apparent. Max chases down evidence and suspects in the UK, Italy, West Indies, and America, whilst the Order decides he must be silenced. Culminating in a deadly mix of infiltration, cunning, and bluff, with a race to secure vital proof, can Max bring down and expose the dangerous sect?

W nadmorskim pensjonacie pod Dubrownikiem zamordowana zostaje modelka. Wszystko wskazuje na to, że ktoś zamordował ją nocą, dusząc poduszką, podczas gdy w sąsiedztwie trwała impreza zapoznawcza wczasowiczów. Oficjalne śledztwo prowadzi ekscentryczna para chorwackich policjantów - mały korpulentny detektyw i jego wysoki, chudy partner. Zagadkę usiłuje też rozwikłać bohater powieści - Michał Zawadzki, by przy okazji oczyścić się z podejrzeń.