Resultados para "The Raven" en Novela negra

Winter, 1987. Detective Jamie Day arrives in London determined to prove himself. After years policing a quiet seaside town, his promotion to the Metropolitan Police feels like the opportunity he has been waiting for. But the capital is a very different world. On his first day in plain clothes, Jamie makes a grim discovery: the dismembered body of a young man, left in a dark corner of the city. What should have been a routine first shift quickly becomes the beginning of a major murder investigation. Then another victim is found.

During the waning days of the Cold War and the dawning of the internet, computer hacker Raven has been selling high technology secrets to the Soviet Union and eluding capture by the FBI. Recently expelled college student Mev Hayes unexpectedly lands a position at a top lab at MIT where she's encouraged to continue her controversial computer research. But when the search for Raven points her way, Mev finds that opportunity comes at a cost in a struggle for technological dominance.

Raven, assassin-for-hire, finds her reputation tarnished when a rival steals her contracts out from under her. She goes on the hunt, attempting to track him down before he destroys her name completely. The vultures of the criminal underworld are circling, waiting until she is at her weakest before finishing her off. On top of that, she's being pursued not only by a gang of neo-Nazi meth dealers but a psychotic torturer, who is intent on claiming her magnificent raven feather tattoos as his prize. 

Lucas Rurik used to be part of the Raven Guild. That is, until someone murdered all of its members—except for him. That was seven years ago. Now, Lucas keeps to himself, avoiding getting too close to anyone lest they become targets themselves. But when one of his oldest friends at the Rift-Crime Unit calls upon him for help with a case that’s already taken down people who mean a lot to him, Lucas can’t resist stepping back into the fray. Something is killing FBI and RCU agents alike—something unlike anything Lucas has ever seen before, on Earth or in the Rift.

When the owner of a Scarborough cocktail bar is gunned down during a winter light show, DCI Tom Raven is drawn into a web of intimidation, vengeance, and a chilling connection to his own past. As a vicious crime family infiltrates Scarborough’s businesses, evidence begins to mount, pointing at Raven himself. Suspended from duty and hunted by his own colleagues, he is forced underground to uncover the truth. When his daughter Hannah is dragged into danger, the emotionally charged conclusion brings Raven full circle, forcing him to face the consequences of past choices.

Johnny Delarosa’s past collides with his future when hired to stop a blackmail scheme against a local celebrity, former pro football star - turned car dealer - Stan Shelton. When a young woman’s body is found in front of Stan’s building, allegations surface of his involvement with an escort service owned by Talia Thorne, the alluring woman with long, raven hair. But Stan has a bad habit of fumbling the truth, and with his back against his own goal line, the pressure builds for Johnny to keep the old pro’s name out of the news.

Detective Chief Inspector Beth Fellows is thrown into the biggest case of her career: the brutal murder of Rose Danes. She quickly realizes Rose’s murder is linked to a cold case she investigated two years previously. The victim, 14-year-old Celine Wilson, survived but now languishes in a coma. Both girls were branded with the image of a raven. The only lead is a vague description and a first name, Simon.

Gertrud and her foster sister, Hanna, used to be inseparable. But as the years pass, Hanna becomes the beautiful one while Gertrud remains plain. Their once unbreakable bond is strained by jealousy - until Gertrud is brutally murdered and Hanna disappears without a trace.

Chaz Scalise controls a vast crime organization. He's vicious and calculating. His whims decide who lives, who dies and who gets sold. Getting an agent of the law close to him is next to impossible. Little does he know that a reluctant bride will serve him his downfall with a cup of gourmet coffee.

Book 1 of the Rising Calls Series. A Clean Tactical Romance Novella Cassie Bennett survived domestic violence and vowed never to feel helpless again. She turned that vow into action, becoming a 911 dispatcher and making personal safety a lifestyle through firearms training and emergency preparedness. Now, back in her hometown to raise her kids, a string of home invasions shatters her newfound peace and puts her community on edge. Cassie doesn’t trust easily, and especially not the new cop in town, Justin Shepherd. But as the threats escalate, she may have to rethink her feud with him..

Ardelia Spinola, di professione medico legale, sta esaminando la scena di un crimine, di quella che sembra a tutti gli effetti una rapina finita male. L'incredibile coppia di indagatori si ritroverà a scavare nei segreti della famiglia e nella storia di un intero paese per sciogliere un caso che affonda le proprie radici nel passato non troppo lontano della Seconda guerra mondiale. Il sesto senso di Ardelia inizia a farsi sentire, e così contatta subito l'ex commissario Rebaudengo, amico ed ex amante, ma soprattutto collega fidato di molte indagini.

What happens when a dysfunctional family gets all mixed up with a crime family? The lines between what is business and what is personal get blurred to the point of being nearly completely erased. Personalities clash and family ties of both types get stretched to their limits. Money can justify just so much when family loyalties are at odds with good business practices. Family ties can only justify so much bad behavior. When family and ‘family’ clash, something has got to give and deals for family members’ lives have got to be made.

In the shadowy corners of Wolf Lake, a small town filled with secrets, a series of chilling murders paralyze the community. Women who live alone are found dead, each with an ominous calling card beside their bodies—a dead crow. Sheriff Thomas Shepherd zeroes in on a suspect, while Raven Hopkins, a private investigator with an instinct for truth, becomes entangled in the investigation. She's the only person who believes in the suspect's innocence, putting her at odds with Thomas and the sheriff's department.

A killer who strikes every year during the holidays. A new hot shot detective on his tail. Five women at the mercy of a mad man. But he has made a mistake this year and he has taken more than he is prepared to deal with. It’s a race to cross a finish line of blood. Who will win; the killer, the cop or the memory come back as a haunting ghost.

The Muffin Man is widely regarded as the first documented serial killer. He prowled the streets of the Seven Dials neighborhood of London just three and a half miles from White Chapel and possibly the most famous of all killers. When a prostitute witnesses the Muffin Man take a life and decides blackmail is a better option than going to the police, the Muffin Man seeks out help to deal with her.

She was a blue blood socialite. He was an organized crime kingpin. His business never spilled over into her restaurant, until her best friend and one of his henchmen caused a problem. How do you get rid of a dead body when the police have cameras watching all the exits? Through the kitchen, of course.

Some killers are made through years of systematic abuse. Some killers are the product of the societal misfortune of not being able to escape the worst portions of the lowest economic areas. Then there are the killers like Mercy. The rare ones. The ones who are born evil and are drawn to violence and the suffering of others with the same natural inborn instinct that allows any predator to hunt.

When one woman returns from college to find a bloody house and her family dead, it is her duty to strike back. Her family has honed their killing skills for nearly 1,400 years, and their influence has been felt through some of the biggest events in history. Kings, popes, generals, and presidents have all fallen at their hands. How one man and a team of hired mercenaries hopes to stand up against the deadliest family the world has ever known is anyone’s guess. The attempt to wipe them out was unsuccessful.

Bartolomeo Rebaudengo e Ardelia Spinola sono una strana coppia. Commissario in pensione lui, pacato, cortese e incline solo al vizio di gola; schietta e ruvida lei, che di mestiere fa il medico legale. Amici da una vita ed ex amanti, non smettono mai di punzecchiarsi, ma insieme sono formidabili. Se c'è un segreto da svelare, un pettegolezzo da confidare, una voce da riportare, la gente di Langa è a loro che si rivolge. Così succede con la telefonata della signora Costanza, di mestiere chirurgo plastico, rimasta l'unica superstite della famiglia Alfieri dopo la morte della madre.

Regna la pace al confine tra il basso Piemonte e la Liguria di Ponente, tra un cielo pallido di fine inverno e il tenero verde delle colline. Ma è solo apparenza. Ci può scommettere l'ex commissario Bartolomeo Rebaudengo. A richiamarlo all'azione dal suo ritiro a vita privata provvede Ardelia Spinola, il medico legale che non ha mai imparato a mettere la giusta distanza tra sé e i cadaveri distesi sul tavolo autoptico. Adesso il poliziotto deve vedersela con una scia di sangue che parte da Alassio e si perde in Alta Langa, con una serie di delitti dietro cui sembra celarsi la mano di un serial killer.