Resultados para "The Privateer" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

For Jaison, it was always his family which came first. Even when he worked tirelessly, it was to provide for them, to give them a better life. Running a financial firm, he does not make much to get by, but still hopes for a good future. Life, however, has other plans in store for him. One fateful night, the unexpected happens and he finds himself in a situation he has no control over.

When Julia Fouquet lands a job as a private cook for a wealthy family in Malibu, she thinks she’s living the dream. But her new employer, Erica Drake, is far from the glamorous star Julia expected. Her moods range from fawning to furious in an instant and most mornings start with a glass or two of rosé. Her erratic behaviour soon makes Julia wish she’d never set foot in their expansive, beach-side home. As the family’s secrets bubble to the surface, Julia must keep a cool head. She’s worked hard to get so close to the picture-perfect Drakes.

Can Vita Carew expose the truth behind a ruthless doctor and his lethal assistant, save an injured man, and escape unscathed with time to resume her vacation studying?

Michael Cochrane stars as a green-fingered private sleuth in a series of murder mysteries A perfect listen for any fans of cosy crime, this series is packed with four brilliant stories to enjoy. Meet Jim Thackeray, a renowned landscape gardener who also happens to be a first-class private...

Private investigator Sebastian Clifford and his partner Birdie step into the world of celebrity when a star of children's TV turns to them for help. She's being blackmailed by someone who knows about her murky past, and she's desperate to keep it hidden. But silence comes at a price, and it's one she can't afford to pay. Clifford, who knows better than anyone what it's like to be punished for one mistake, agrees to help. As they dig deeper, they discover that everyone has secrets, and some are dark enough to kill for.

Prima indagine di Duca Lamberti. Nella periferia milanese una giovane commessa viene trovata morta. Duca Lamberti, un ex medico radiato dall’Ordine per aver aiutato un’anziana paziente a morire, dopo tre anni trascorsi in carcere ha bisogno di lavorare. Accetta così di prendersi cura del figlio alcolizzato di un ricco imprenditore, Pietro Auseri, e di aiutarlo a disintossicarsi. Le due vicende si intrecciano quando Lamberti scopre che il giovane si è dato all’alcol poiché si ritiene colpevole della morte della ragazza ed entra nell’indagine condotta dal commissario Carrua.

Wanneer een ex-minnaar dood in Jacks bed wordt gevonden, is hij meteen hoofdverdachte. Terwijl Jack door de politie onderzocht wordt, krijgt hij de opdracht om $30 miljoen aan gestolen medicijnen terug te vinden en vraagt de aantrekkelijke manager van een luxe hotelketen hem om een reeks moorden op hun eigendommen te onderzoeken. Jack vecht voor zijn leven aan beide kanten van de wet en beseft dat hij zichzelf deze keer misschien niet kan redden.

Twin gynecologists are found dead in their trash-littered Upper East Side Manhattan apartment. Who killed them? And why? Based on a true story that Linda Wolfe was the first journalist to write about, her novel explores the mystery behind the deaths of these wealthy and prominent doctors, and the dark and perverse secret that ruled their lives - one that they tried desperately to hide until the final moments of their deaths.

Olivia was the best thing that ever happened to me. But she's a good girl, and I have a side that is far too dark for a minister's daughter. When she started talking about plans after graduation, the only thing I could do was run back to Italy-to protect her from me. But she's back in my life, and I need a wife before I can take full ownership of our failing vineyard and hotel. Only problem is, I want her again. No way can I put my hands on her. One kiss, one taste, could unleash the side of me that would only scare her.

My wife just shot our waiter between the eyes when he came in with breakfast! But, he had it coming to him as he had a gun on the tray and was going to give us eggs Benedict with a Glock! Join Marsha and I as we work really hard to protect the Sea Empress and her passengers from threats from every direction. There have been so many shots taken at this ship by terrorists that the cruise line thought their business would sink. That is why we were hired to provide security.

No matter how hard I tried to push her away, fate thrust us together again. Screw relationships. My motto: Hit it and quit it. Simple worked. Feelings weren't on the line, hearts weren't able to be broken, and I could keep my life simple. My friends told me to move on and find "the one", but I wasn't ready to love again. Until I met her. A dirty-mouthed temptress with a killer body that had me questioning everything. I knew I could ruin her forever, but not without losing myself.

Outlaw Bikers, strippers, murder. When you hang around a strip club run by bikers, you have to play by their rules.

When 14-year-old Zoe Johnson doesn't come home on a Monday night in early December, the alarm bells in Kings Lake Central police station do not ring straight away - after all, she's from the Dockmills, one of the toughest estates in the town. But for Detective Sergeant DC Smith, due to retire in just three weeks' time, there are some strange echoes of the case that has haunted him for the past 13 years. Maybe it's simply his over-developed sense of irony, or maybe, in his final days as a police officer, Smith must look once more into the eyes of a serial killer.

A female private investigator in San Francisco in the 1940s and her adventures.

In this locked-room mystery set in 1960, a washed-up actor puts his on-camera detective skills to the test when a suspicious death shatters the quiet peace for a group of strangers staying at an isolated Greek island resort. Perfect for fans of White Lotus, Benjamin Stevenson, and Anthony...

Everyone hides a secret from the past...but Lucien's secret is inescapable. A living thing that has followed him across the world, from the horrors of Southeast Asia to the penthouse suites of the rich and famous. Everyone craves money, power, and sex...but Lucien can satisfy his every urge, every decadent impulse, every erotic whim - for a price. Everyone has private demons...but Lucien's demon is all too real. All too powerful. All too hungry...for human souls.

Er ist ihr Bodyguard, Gefühle sind da fehl am Platz. Aber sie macht es ihm verdammt schwer. Liam Johnson hat die Hölle auf Erden durchgemacht. Was ihm von seinem letzten Militäreinsatz bleibt, sind die unzähligen Narben, die seinen muskulösen Körper zieren. Er ist es gewohnt, von Fremden wie ein Monster angesehen zu werden. Während seiner Arbeit für eine Sicherheitsfirma kommt ihm dies sogar gelegen. Die Menschen fürchten ihn... und dann wählt ausgerechnet diese winzige, zart gebaute Frau ihn als ihren Bodyguard.

"Prisco sapeva di doversi muovere lentamente, di dover respirare piano, che persino il pensiero stesso del rumore avrebbe potuto metterlo nei guai..." Pubblicato nel 2005, "Indagine privata" rappresenta la terza indagine per l’avventuroso commissario Prisco, a capo del Commissariato "La Bella Napoli" del fittizio paesino appenninico di Rocca San Severo. Un anziano meccanico è scomparso di casa e viene ritrovato morto in un piccolo cimitero militare di montagna. Ben presto risulta che quello stesso cimitero, lungi dall’essere solo un luogo adibito ai defunti, è in realtà molto frequentato.

Roberto Cherchi è stato con­dannato all'ergastolo per quattro omicidi ed è ricercato dalle forze dell'ordine. Quando, durante la sua latitanza, scopre che l'avvocato Antonella Deme­las è in coma in seguito a un ag­guato, decide di trovare il responsabile. Un sentimento di profonda gratitudine, infatti, lega il fuggiasco alla donna e il deside­rio di vendetta è più forte di qua­lunque rischio.

A psychological thriller before its time, James Hogg’s Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, published in 1824, takes us back to the world of 18th-century Scotland, into a mind haunted by religious obsession, and driven to commit murder. The events are told from several different viewpoints, so that truth and reality appear to dissolve in this disturbing story of the dark legacy of Calvinist doctrine, and how it led one man to madness.