Resultados para "Rita" en Novela negra

Estamos en Santa Rita, un antiguo balneario, que luego fue sanatorio y ahora es la casa de una escritora anciana, Sofía, (que escribe novelas de misterio con un pseudónimo y novela rosa con otro), donde viven unas cuarenta personas de todas las edades apoyándose unos a otros y trabajando juntos, en un concepto de "comunidad cordial" transgeneracional. La protagonista, Greta, sobrina y traductora de Sofía, llega para quedarse una temporada y, a través de ella, vamos conociendo a los personajes de la historia.

Basada en la historia real de la última mujer decapitada en Islandia, acusada del brutal asesinato de dos hombres, Ritos funerarios es una novela de suspense y de pasiones íntimas con el trasfondo del paisaje helado de la Islandia del siglo XIX. Agnes, mientras espera la hora de su ejecución, es confinada en la granja de un matrimonio y de sus dos hijas. Horrorizada, la familia ni siquiera quiere hablar con ella. Tan solo el joven ayudante de un pastor intenta comprenderla y salvar su alma.

En las ruinas de un pabellón de Santa Rita aparecen los huesos de un recién nacido junto a unos valiosos cuadros de la escuela expresionista Der blaue Reiter. El especialista suizo encargado de peritarlos es asesinado unos días después en el pasillo de su hotel de Benalfaro. La inspectora Lola Galindo, con la ayuda del ex-comisario Robles y otras personas, investiga, en pleno mes de agosto, un caso lleno de ramificaciones, cuajado de secretos, tanto en el pasado como en la actualidad.

After a dog walker discovers human remains in a badger sett in the idyllic Salisbury countryside, DI Ford is called in to lead the ensuing murder investigation. When a second victim turns up in a nearby pond, Ford is determined to find the connection. Both victims met their fate near the sprawling Alverchalke Estate, ancestral home of a decorated war hero and his family. One was a dogged eco-activist and vocal critic of Lord Baverstock. The other was a petty criminal and poacher, youngest brother of a notorious local crime family.

As the boss of the Bratva, I live my life by a code: Always stay in control. But I broke my own rule on the night I bought Annie. She was so delicate and desperate up on that stage. I'd pay any price it took to own her. She says she can't be bought. But she doesn't know how this game is played. In my world, everything has its price. And like it or not, she's mine now - my property, my possession.

Tinsley Jensen survived the torturous clutches of an elusive masked killer dubbed the Skull, only to be held hostage by her nightmares. She’s terrified of leaving her cottage on Seahawk Island, knowing that the madman is still out there. FBI special agent Wyatt Camden knows it too. He may have rescued Tinsley, but her captor got away. Now he’s driven by guilt, the need for vengeance, and the desire to protect - at any cost - the woman he’s come to love.

Still haunted by his wife's murder - and stained by the blood of avenging it - FBI special agent Hatcher McGee can't believe he's being teamed up with rookie agent Korine Davenport. She is his most guilty secret - the one-night stand who almost cost him everything. Korine has her own demons. As a child, she witnessed her father's murder, and she's spent her life waiting for the killer's return. She and Hatcher are both looking for closure, but the disturbing case that draws them together could be their last.

Vienna, 1894. Augustin Rothmayer, il singolare becchino del cimitero centrale, uomo colto che sa tutto sulla morte, riceve un'insolita richiesta dall'ispettore Leopold von Herzfeldt, con cui ha già collaborato in precedenza: deve raccontargli tutto sulla conservazione dei defunti. La richiesta nasce dal nuovo caso che Leopold è stato incaricato di risolvere: nel Kunsthistorisches Museum è stato rinvenuto un sarcofago contenente un cadavere. Ma non si tratta di una mummia vecchia di secoli. Il morto è un famoso professore di egittologia il cui corpo è stato preparato solo di recente secondo un antico rito.

DCP Rita Ferreira is called into the investigation after a third corpse is discovered in Mumbai, which confirms it is the work of the same killer who paints his victims’s lips with dark red lipstick. The Lipstick Killer, like all serial killers, is fast decompensating—the time interval between the murders shortening, the victims shifting from street-side hookers to high-heeled wives … and he watches everything and everyone—the news of his exploits, Rita, the investigation—and talks.

Ron Jogani, a jeweler from Mumbai, is in Belgium to buy a consignment of loose diamonds worth over ten million Euros. Hours later he’s dead in his hotel room in Brussels—murdered. The perpetrators are extremely tech-savvy and have defeated all the​ CCTV cameras in the hotel … but one concealed camera in the elevator has snapped one of the guys. When one of the stolen diamonds is sold in Mumbai, the Belgian Police reach out to their Indian counterparts. The case is assigned to DCP Rita Ferreira.

A young woman desperate to save her mother turns to her last resort: a ruthless mob boss in search of an heir. What starts as a business arrangement explodes into passion that neither expected. But can Camille survive in Erik's dangerous world?

Southern Sweden: Beautiful countryside, endless forests, coastal walks, dark days - and even darker nights. But beneath the beauty lies a dark heart... Skåne, 1986: On the night of Walpurgis, the eve of May Day, where bonfires are lit to ward off evil spirits and preparations are made to celebrate the renewal of spring, a sixteen-year-old girl is ritualistically murdered in the woods beside a castle. Her stepbrother is convicted of the terrible deed and shortly after, the entire family vanishes without a trace.

Archaeology professor Carla James is reeling following the death of her husband. Desperate for a change of scene, she takes a job at an elite New England college. On her first day, Carla is asked to represent the department at a murder site. She initially believes there is nothing notable about the scattered debris that surrounds the body, but there is more to the case than meets the eye. This victim is just the latest in a series of unsolved deaths. Nothing obvious links them but Carla is convinced - there is a methodical killer operating in the shadows.

When a young girl goes missing from a Hutterite colony, the case is personal for Tuper. So, his tech-loving sidekick, Lana, volunteers to go undercover in the isolated community and dig for the truth. She quickly learns that Rita has a love interest on the outside, but as they start to think she eloped, another Hutterite girl disappears.

When the corpse of a drug dealer turned federal informant is fished out of Lake Michigan, Special Agent Amelia Storm knows it’s more than just a drug deal gone bad. Not only is the body hideously mutilated and the blood drained, but a number has been carved into the victim’s chest. And he isn’t the only one.

Dem Eberhofer kommt das auch spanisch vor – oder eher italienisch! Und so kraxelt er auf den Spuren des vermeintlichen Mordopfers in den Dolomiten herum. Und der Rudi, der muss derweil beim Hauptverdächtigen auf dem Campingplatz ermitteln – inkognito, versteht sich.

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A shrill scream pierced the night air. She caught the fluttering bedroom curtain and held it aside. Her little sister stared over her shoulder, trembling. A figure they knew, in a dark coat and ski hat, emerged from the bushes and stared at the window. If they tried to stop him, they’d end up in the ground… When the skeletal remains of a teenage girl are discovered buried in a deserted graveyard it’s a chilling case for Detective Ellie Reeves. Her heart catches with emotion as she examines the grave for clues and uncovers a haunting detail.

As the snow falls and a bitter wind blows, Detective Ellie Reeves is devastated to discover the bodies of two little girls, alone and frozen on an icy lake, in the isolated town of Cold Mountain. The girls are holding hands, with matching bows in their blonde curls, and when Ellie realizes they are twin sisters, her heart breaks for their mother, who must be desperately wondering where her little darlings are. But, back at the police station, she is horrified to discover that nobody has reported the sisters missing. Are their parents in danger too?

I den brændende hede sommer hærger en række skovbrande i bjergene, da liget af en ung kvinde findes i en flod. Liget er omgivet af en cirkel af sten, og i vandkanten ligger en perlekæde. Da endnu en ung kvinde findes død og omgivet af sten, indser Ellie Reeves, at hun er oppe imod en uhyggelig seriemorder.