Resultados para "Taken" en Novela negra

Summer 1980: Despite the local superstition that the Bendy Man haunts the woods, three girls go into a Minnesota forest. Only one comes out, dead silent, her memory gone. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation. Summer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide—a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls. Van follows her gut. Harry trusts in facts. They’re both desperate to catch a killer before he kills again.

Drowning in the murky waters of the mafia, I’m determined to find a way out. I have my sights set on becoming a film producer and won’t let anything or anyone stand in my way. Then my mother marries a retired Godfather, and I get the head of the Greek mafia as a stepbrother. Nikolas Stathoulis is set on ruining my well-laid plans. His ruthless reputation has me running for the safety of my apartment. But he’s always there. On campus. In my apartment. Expecting me to play by his rules.

After a high-profile model is found dead, FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett finds it hard to accept the findings that it was suicide and pushes for an investigation. But as she delves into the case, she uncovers things she never expected to find.

Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are both high school seniors in the small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. When they disappear from a beach party one warm summer night, police launch a massive search. No clues are found, and hope is almost lost until Megan miraculously surfaces after escaping from a bunker deep in the woods. A year later the best-selling account of her ordeal has turned Megan from local hero to national celebrity.

Does April May have a new career as a ghost detective? A couple of vaudeville-era ghosts have invaded April’s tearoom insisting that she travel to Lavender Falls to find a missing man. The catch? They don’t even know the man’s name.

But April could use a vacation, and the charming tourist town of Lavender Falls sounds like the perfect place for a getaway. As long as she’s there, she can check on any missing person cases.

April soon learns Lavender Falls is not quite what it seems. not by a long shot! Will she uncover what’s really going on before someone else goes missing?

Between her LAPD consulting gig, fledgling indie news blog, and postpartum panic disorder, former TV journalist Corey Tracey-Lieberman is barely keeping it together. Then a mother named Sonja Hart vanishes in her Highland Park neighborhood, and the case is all but ignored. Sparked by maternal...

Des Moines has always felt like a safe haven. The kind of place where serial killers might pass through, but never stay…until now. The Taker, fueled by decades of trauma, has begun his long awaited collection. Can Detective Frank McPatrick find the Taker before it is too late? As Frank begins to unravel the clues, he realizes young women aren't the only ones in danger.

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Every mother's worst nightmare... Don't miss the brand-new, pulse-pounding thriller, perfect for fans of Freida McFadden! 'Had me glued to the pages' Keri Beevis I am accused of the worst of crimes – murdering my baby – and I have hours before this passenger ferry docks in Spain to find him...

The world thought Dmitri Melnikov was dead. Especially Quinn. Why would he have believed otherwise, since the bomb intended for Melnikov had nearly killed Quinn and several members of his team? But Melnikov is not dead. He has been taken by someone who wants to shut him up. And the former chess champion isn’t the only one who has been abducted.

They say that third time's a charm... It's been two years since mass murderer, Giacomo Riondino, disappeared after killing Greta Alfieri. Dr. Claps, devastated and guilt-ridden by Greta's death, has been on a man-hunt for Riondino ever since. Meanwhile, an American girl disappears on the 382nd step of the Cerro trail in Guayaquil, Ecuador. No one saw her disappear. Who took her? And how? When the US authorities contact Claps, he is certain that it must be Riordino. But, unlike Riondino's other victims, the girl has disappeared into thin air.

#taken in the night: They thought they were kidnapping the mistress of one of London’s most powerful gangsters. But they’ve taken the wrong woman. And crossed the wrong detective. #taken underground: Detective Max Wolfe's hunt for the missing woman takes him from New Scotland Yard’s...

Ellie Reckless has carved out her place as London's criminal arbitrator, keeping the peace between warring factions through favours and brutal negotiation. But when slick "business consultants" start circling every major crime family like sharks, offering buyouts instead of bullets, Ellie faces her deadliest challenge yet.

From best seller G. Landy-Kordis book three continues with Detective Tap having a hard time just taking the win and moving on. She worries some bad mojo has been released but at least she has some free time to do a little PI work for her sister who thinks her husband is having an affair. And after a bomb scare, Tap confronts her ex-partner and her old boyfriend who just can't get over her all while finding time to spend with her new lover.

Nine-year-old Chloe Janis is missing. Abby, her mom, is now faced with an impossible decision—revealing seventeen-year-old secrets she's kept hidden, or losing her daughter forever. Everything unravels after Abby receives a cryptic message from a man from her past, someone she'd tried to erase from her memory. But now, he's back. And he's done the unthinkable. As the police begin investigating Chloe's disappearance, Abby tries to suppress the truth that threatens to reveal her years of deception and expose the ultimate betrayal.

Unge nigerianske kvinder bliver lokket væk fra deres landsbyer i hjemlandet med løfte om arbejde i Europa, men hensynsløse bagmænd sender dem til et usselt og hårdt liv i prostitutionsmiljøet i Torino i Italien. Senere bliver kvinderne sendt videre til København, hvor bagmanden Sly afstraffer dem hårdt, hvis de ikke tjener penge nok. For politifolkene på station City på Vesterbro betyder de afrikanske kvinder i gaderne ekstra arbejde. Derudover har de nok at se til, da en gruppe danske traumatiserede soldater hjemvendt fra Afghanistan gennemfører et stort og udspekuleret kup. Et stykke tid efter kuppet står det klart, at en af soldaterne er blevet snydt på det groveste af sine kammerater. Derfor beslutter han sig for at sige "tak for sidst" på en yderst raffineret måde, som koster dyrt.

There are hundreds of casinos in Las Vegas, and Billy Cunningham knows how to rip off every one. His scams are a thing of beauty - so perfectly orchestrated that onlookers believe he and his crew are winning fair and square. In a town where bosses will kill to protect their profits, Billy can't afford to make mistakes, but even the best-laid plans can go wrong...

Carolyn Castle is one of the most famous faces in the UK - a soap opera star known to millions. But when she witnesses a gangland killing, she has to ask herself if her fame could be the death of her. The killer is charismatic gangster Warwick Richards. A man more than capable of killing again to protect his secret. But does he know that Carolyn saw him commit murder?

Kieran Murphy is an Irish mob boss and one of the most powerful men in Boston. When he walks me home, people step aside out of respect for him. He could have any woman he wants. So why does he have eyes only for me? Is it how he has to lift my chin with his fingers to keep my eyes level with his when he scolds me and how I cover my bottom instinctively when he tells me that I've earned a spanking? Or is it how I quiver at the thought of everything I'm too ashamed to beg him to do to me? Maybe it's all of those, but I'm pretty sure there's something else too.

They've taken your daughter. How far will you go to get her back? For Danny Pearson and his team, the answer is simple: across four countries and through hell itself. The call comes from Fergus—Danny's old SAS brother. His daughter Kirsty has been taken by a Slovenian trafficking gang. She's gone. The clock is ticking. And every hour that passes takes her further from reach. But they picked the wrong girl. And they sure as hell picked the wrong father. Danny, Fergus and Chaz don't wait for authorities or negotiators. They go. Immediately. No hesitation. No backup plan.