Resultados para "Max" en Novela negra

When Russian terrorists seize control of New York's iconic Empire State Building, FBI crisis negotiator Theo Requa is thrust back into action. Still reeling from an incident that left his FBI partner dead just months ago, Theo faces a shocking revelation: the terrorists' spokesperson is none other than Christine Travers, his former FBI partner, who he’s sure he watched die in the line of duty. The terrorists claim they want $119 million from a prominent senator, but their true target may be something far more valuable.

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.

Für die Teenager Simon und Mark gibt es kaum etwas Schlimmeres, als mit ihrem Vater von Berlin in die Einöde Brandenburgs zu ziehen. Stattdessen nimmt ihr Vater sie mit auf einen Ausflug zu einer angeblich ganz besonderen Schule. Eine Schule mit den Fächern Fallen stellen. Opfer jagen. Menschen töten. Ein Ort, an dem nach einem Lehrplan unterrichtet wird, wie man ihn sonst nur aus der Hölle kennt. Jeder Schritt auf der Insel bringt Simon und Mark näher an einen Abgrund, aus dem es kein Zurück zu geben scheint.

The concluding Hammer novel begins with a 21st-century funeral before flashing back to summer, 1973. Nine years after the events of Dig Two Graves, Hammer takes another unlikely vacation—this time on Long Island to help look after his partner Velda Sterling’s seventeen-year-old sibling, Mikki. When Mikki gets hooked on heroin, Hammer—filled with contempt for dope dealers—goes on a rampage. He will find those behind the drug racket and teach them what shooting up is all about.

Legendary editor, Maxim Jakubowski, delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists.

A prisoner in a psychiatric ward confesses to killing two children and leads the Berlin police to their bodies. The police are certain he is also the kidnapper of a six-year-old boy, Max, who disappeared a year ago. But they only have circumstantial evidence, and the murderer is now refusing talk. In the many months since Max vanished, his father Till’s life has spiraled out of control. His wife has left him, he’s lost his job, and all he can do is obsess about what happened to his son.

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.

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.

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.

Thirteen bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors are contained in this first of volume of a must-listen collection.

When private investigator Mike Hammer accompanies a conservative politician to Moscow on a fact-finding mission, he is arrested and imprisoned by the KGB on a bogus charge. He quickly escapes, creating an international incident by getting into a firefight with Russian agents. On his stateside return, the government is none too happy with Hammer. Russia is insisting upon his extradition, and various government agencies are following him. A question dogs our hero: Why him? Why does Russia want him back, and why was he singled out to accompany the senator to Russia in the first place?

Mike Hammer is summoned to a meeting with Jamie Winters, a US senator from New York, and Jamie's lovely, very smart wife, Nicole, considered by many to be the power behind the throne. Winters is being blackmailed, and Hammer is given a list of suspects who may be behind the threats to the senator's career. But when the suspects begin to drop like flies, Hammer realizes there is more to this case than just a salacious tape.

The delegates—or as Kirill thought of them, “The Seven Deadly Sins”—were not people who had brought happiness into the world. For the sake of his own survival and longevity, he had to remain on guard for the entire duration of the conference. Some periods in life are quite literally life-or-death moments, and this conference would be a long series of such moments.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.