Resultados para "Noah" en Novela negra

After witnessing the murder-suicide of his parents as a child, Noah suffers from a form of PTSD that has left him without emotion, without a conscience, and without the ability to function as a normal human being. Noah finds structure in the US Army and becomes an exemplary soldier, but when his self-imposed programming is put to the test by the murderous acts of his superior officer, Noah finds himself quickly made expendable. Now, an ultrasecret organization known as E & E wants Noah's talents, offering him a chance to survive - as the most deadly assassin the world has ever known.

En god far er en intens, psykologisk roman om en læges spændingsfyldte søgen efter at komme ind i sindet på en formodet politisk snigmorder.

En almindelig dreng med et almindeligt liv anklages for at have myrdet USA?s næste præsident.

Dr. Paul Allen er en respekteret læge, der lever et lykkeligt og behageligt liv med sin anden kone og deres to drenge. Men en aften banker det på døren, og hans verden bryder sammen. En populær præsidentkandidat er blevet skudt, og politiet hævder, at det var Pauls søn af første ægteskab, der gjorde det.

In a small town near Berlin, schoolkids are dying to fulfill a string of dangerous internet challenges. A pretty girl plunges off a bridge while posing for a picture. A young man electrocutes himself in front of an online audience. Chief Inspector Marc Wulf, along with his new partner, Tine Stolz, discovers a dark truth behind the challenges: They are not random, and neither are the victims. Wulf and Stolz race to uncover the identity of the app developer before the next challenge drops...along with another body.

Ein Mörder auf einem sehr persönlichen Rachefeldzug: Jetzt werde ich mich für ihren Tod rächen und ihnen dabei zusehen, wie sie für ihre Sünde sterben müssen, ohne dabei um Gnade flehen zu können. Weil ich es so bestimmt habe.

In Berlin treibt ein Serienmörder sein Unwesen. Professor Johannes Hornoff unterstützt auch in diesem Fall den mürrischen Oberkommissar Karl Breuer, doch den beiden läuft die Zeit davon. Hornoff und Breuer müssen schnell handeln und rasch zu Ergebnissen gelangen, denn der Gejagte schreckt vor nichts zurück. Er quält seine Opfer mit immer brutaleren Methoden, später stellt er sie öffentlich zur Schau. Was den Ermittlern bleibt, ist die Gewissheit, dass der Mörder, der sich selbst 'das Opferkind' nennt, auf Rache aus ist und nur von ihnen gestoppt werden kann.

Er kennt all ihre Ängste und all ihre Geheimnisse. Er weiß, wovor sich seine Opfer fürchten. Das, was sie einst geliebt haben, verwandelt er in einen Alptraum. Psychologe Johannes Hornoff und Hauptkommissar Breuer stehen vor einem Rätsel: Warum lässt der Serienkiller seine Opfer wieder frei, nachdem er sie gefangen und gefoltert hat, um sie dann später doch zu töten?

Ich habe sie getötet, weil mir mein Mädchen genommen wurde... Meine Atmung geht gleichmäßig. Klick... Klack... Klick ... Klack... Ich stehe auf dem Dach und sehe zu, wie eine junge Frau mit einem Baseballschläger totgeprügelt wird.

Der dritte Teil der "Johannes Hornoff"-Thrillerreihe von Bestsellerautor Noah Fitz. Er kommt in der Nacht. Wie ein Albtraum schleicht er sich in das Leben von Frauen, immer dann, wenn sie schlafen. Seine Opfer sind verzweifelte Mütter. Wenn sie geweckt werden, stellt er ihnen eine einzige Frage: "Welches deiner Kinder ist dir das liebste? Johannes Hornoff und Kommissar Breuer haben nur sehr wenige Hinweise, um den Wahnsinnigen stoppen zu können. Er nennt sich selbst "Seelenretter". Bei seinen Übergriffen hinterlässt er keine Spuren - bis eines der Kinder erwacht.

Der 'Schmetterlingskiller', wie der Serienmörder von der Polizei getauft wurde, entführt Frauen. Bei seinen Übergriffen trägt er eine Babymaske und hinterlässt keine beweiskräftigen Spuren. Mit einem scharfen Gegenstand ritzt er seinen Opfern Schmetterlinge in die Haut ihrer Rücken und legt ihre Leichen zwischen Mülltonnen ab. Karl Breuer sucht erneut Rat bei Doktor Hornoff und dessen Zwillingsbruder. Die Suche führt die Ermittler in eine Sackgasse, doch dann begeht der Mörder einen frappierenden Fehler - er weicht von seinem Plan ab.

Auftakt der "Johannes Hornoff"-Thrillerreihe von Bestsellerautor Noah Fitz. In einem kleinen Städtchen in der Nähe von Berlin verschwinden zwei Mädchen, Jackie und Michi. Nach mehreren Monaten erfolgloser Fahndung hat die Polizei eine erste Spur. Dann findet sie ein Mädchen, das nicht als vermisst gilt. Es ist tot. Nicht weit vom Fundort entfernt macht die Polizei eine weitere grausige Entdeckung: Familie Frühling wurde in ihrem eigenen Haus brutal ermordet. Nur einer hat das Massaker überlebt: Leopold, der psychisch kranke Sohn des Ehepaares.

Small-town boys Caleb and Jake Boyd spend their days splitting logs and barely scraping by in the badlands of New Mexico. Caleb, a decorated war hero, wants to put his fighting days behind him, find a decent job, and start a quiet life with his new fiancée. But Jake is always dreaming bigger than he should, and when he stumbles across a large crop of marijuana hidden in the wilderness, he thinks he has finally hit the jackpot.

After losing his knighthood, Crispin Guest has found a new calling as the Tracker, a private investigator who can locate anything—or anyone. Now famed French alchemist Nicholas Flamel needs Crispin to locate his wife, Perenelle, and his apprentice, Thomas Cornhill. But the case takes a sinister turn when Flamel's apprentice is found murdered. The kidnapper promises that Flamel's wife will be next...unless he hands over his precious Philosopher's Stone, a magical object that can turn lead into gold.

Considered by many to be the first Beat novel, this underground classic follows a clique of young bohemians from dive bar to dance hall in 1940s New York. Recently fired from his job and not yet ready to find a new one, aspiring author Blake Williams begins his evenings at the Sporting Club Bar in Greenwich Village, where he knows he will find Henry Porter.

Based on a true story: A magnificent portrayal of chaos, darkness, and adventure in Asia's Golden Triangle as the war wages in Vietnam. Adrift at the end of the Vietnam War, Paul Roberts and his girlfriend, Fay, are arrested at the Burmese-Thai border for smuggling a couple of ounces of hashish. Stranded in a small Thai prison, they become part of a grisly contest played out by opium warlords, corrupt border patrol police, and two AWOL GIs. The war echoes through their intrigues and jailbreak attempts, especially when a regiment of North Vietnamese joins the skirmish.

In a pawnshop alleyway, James Hawker finds a body mutilated beyond recognition. She was beautiful once, he knows, but life in this hardened Los Angeles neighborhood took its toll. Starnsdale was once a working-class community, but now it is a battlefield ravaged by warring gangs who kill without thinking and care nothing for the ordinary citizens crushed beneath their feet. The toughest gang is called the Panthers - and Hawker has come to hunt them down.

The CIA wants James Hawker dead. For years, his one-man campaign against organized crime has struck fear into America's most corrupt politicians, and now they're striking back. Hawker escaped the United States by the skin of his teeth, and has spent the last months living the life of a glamorous expatriate in Latin America: fast cars, lovely women, and all the champagne his Swiss bank account can buy him. For some men, it would be paradise. For Hawker, a life without action is a living hell.

Since losing his knighthood, Crispin Guest has reinvented himself as an investigator for hire known as the Tracker. But his reputation will once again be put to the test with his latest case. Jacob of Provençal, a Jewish physician at the king's court, is missing a set of documents that he claims contain the power to bring forth a dangerous demon. Meanwhile, it seems a monster has already been unleashed on the city. Vulnerable street children are being abducted and murdered, their mutilated bodies the only clues left behind.

A man holds 12 children hostage at gunpoint. Across the street, James Hawker dangles from a skyscraper, watching the terrorist through a sniper's scope. Hawker has a shot, and he wants to take it, but the police brass say no. By the time he gets permission, it will be far too late. The terrorist opens fire, killing two of the children before Hawker can take him out. When the smoke clears, the madman is dead, and Hawker's career is toast. No longer a cop, he's about to become America's deadliest defender.

When the police department told him to hold his fire, Hawker pulled the trigger anyway - and killed a dangerous terrorist. Since losing his badge, this hardnosed vigilante has been exiled from Chicago, the city he loves more than any other. He returns for the sake of one man: Saul Beckerman, a friend from the old neighborhood who has become one of the richest people in the city. Since Hawker began his nationwide war against organized crime, Beckerman has gotten into trouble with the wrong people.

Outside the cabana, an assassin waits for James Hawker, the country's most dangerous vigilante. Hawker's nationwide crusade against organized crime has led him to the Fister Corporation - one of the most corrupt businesses on the planet - and for that, he has been targeted for death. The assassin draws a .38 and screws on a silencer, planning a quick and quiet kill. But it won't be so easy. He bursts into Hawker's room, gun drawn, but Hawker is waiting. The gunman is dead within seconds, and Hawker is safe - for now.