Resultados para "Was" en Thriller criminal

When attorney Elizabeth English and her husband, Paul, catch up to their energetic sons at the end of their hike, they expect to find the two boys waiting by their car. It’s been only minutes since Henry and Nick bolted ahead. But when Elizabeth and Paul emerge from the trail, Henry is gone, and all Nick says is that he saw a lone truck leaving the lot shortly after Henry went to the bathroom. Gritty park ranger Hollis Monroe launches a massive search and teams up with a local detective to investigate the possibility that Henry was kidnapped.

Nat lives a picture-perfect life, but it wasn’t always this way. A victim of horrific bullying when she was a teenager, she will do anything to keep distance between the girl she was before and the woman she is now. But when her best friend is murdered and people begin to point their finger at her, Nat’s new life quickly unravels.

Twenty years ago, Tatia was adopted into a well-off home where she seemed happy, settled. Then the youngest boy in the family dies in an accident, and she gets the blame. Did she do it? Tatia is cast out, away from her remaining adopted siblings Joel and Poppy. Now she yearns for a home to call her own. So when she see families going on holiday, leaving their beautiful homes empty, there seems no harm in living their lives while they are gone. But somehow, people keep ending up dead. Did she kill them?

A young woman is reunited with the famous father she never knew at a secluded lakeside community hiding nightmarish secrets in this immersive modern-day gothic for listeners of psychological suspense by Mary Kubica, Shari Lapena, and Megan Miranda.

A serendipitous crossing of paths between Lisa Barnes, a down-on-her-luck job seeker, and Julie Forman, a personal trainer to an Olympic hopeful, forever changes the course of both women's lives. One winds up dead, and the other finds herself a fugitive, hiding behind lies as a cold-blooded killer methodically hunts her. Desperately trying to stay alive, the terrified woman enlists the help of Forensic Instincts, a rogue investigative team that clandestinely operates in the gray area between legal and illegal.

Hiding out in another country, she believes she's finally escaped the Organization and has a chance at a normal life. Maybe, this time she can finally start over and leave her violent past behind. But unbeknownst to her, someone close to her has a connection to her past. And when he finds out what she's done and the people she's killed in the name of justice, he won't stop until she pays.

'One of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world' - Lee Child Peter James, the number one, multi-million copy bestselling author of the Grace series returns to finally reveal the events of Roy Grace’s tortured past – the truth behind his wife’s...

Some stories are all about the crime. These stories are about the maelstrom of what happens afterward. A hard-bitten crew of professional thieves pull of the score of their lives, coming away with millions in cash, enough to change their lives, make new identities, start fresh. But that's when the real trouble begins. In this linked anthology, we follow each member of the crew of culprits after the heist and watch as this perfect score ends up a perfect nightmare.

“Laura Lippman’s stories aren’t just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today.” —Tess Gerritsen, author of The Mephisto Club Already praised as “a writing powerhouse” (USA Today) and...

Spannend bis zur letzten Seite: der neue Tracy-Crosswhite-Fall des internationalen Bestsellerautors Robert Dugoni. Manche Dinge sind zu schrecklich, um sie zu vergessen; andere zu schmerzhaft, um sich an sie zu erinnern. Vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren verschwand die Reporterin Lisa Childress in einer dunklen Nacht nahe dem Hafen von Seattle spurlos. Ihre Tochter ist noch immer im Unklaren darüber, was damals wirklich geschah. Hat ihr Vater ihre Mutter umgebracht, was die Polizei nie beweisen konnte? Sie wendet sich an Detective Tracy Crosswhite, Spezialistin für Cold Cases.

Ein Kind verschwindet, eine Stadt steht am Abgrund – Chris Whitakers gefeiertes Debüt. Tall Oaks ist eine perfekte kalifornische Kleinstadt. Jeder kennt jeden und das Böse ist hier unbekannt. Die idyllische Fassade bekommt gefährliche Risse, als der dreijährige Harry Monroe eines Nachts aus seinem Bettchen entführt wird. Trotz des riesigen Medienrummels und der verbissenen Polizeiarbeit bleibt sein spurloses Verschwinden ein Rätsel.

Am helllichten Tag wird die einjährige Lea aus dem heimischen Garten entführt. Die Polizei sucht fieberhaft nach dem verschwundenen Mädchen, muss die Suche aber ergebnislos einstellen. Doch Katie, ihre Mutter, fühlt in ihrem tiefsten Inneren, dass ihr Kind noch lebt. Ausgerechnet an dem Tag, an dem die Entführung sich wieder jährt, wird ihre Schwester Maren tot aufgefunden. Die Polizei geht von Selbstmord aus. Aber Katie ist der festen Überzeugung, dass jemand ihre Schwester getötet hat. Kurzerhand reist sie zu Marens letztem Wohnort nach Berlin.

Tod durch einen Sturz aus großer Höhe: Als erfahrene Pathologie-Assistentin weiß Cassie Raven, was sie erwartet, als sie den Leichensack öffnet. Trotzdem ist sie fassungslos, sobald sie die Tote sieht. Es gibt eine Abschieds-SMS, die nahelegt, dass Bronte mit dem Erfolgsdruck nicht umgehen konnte. Als dann auch noch DS Phyllida Flyte in den Fall verwickelt wird, die ebenfalls Zweifel hat, braucht Cassie gute Nerven und ihre besondere Gabe.

Eine Mordserie an älteren, pflegebedürftigen Männern hält die finnische Kleinstadt Pori in Atem. Als Kommissar Jari Paloviita eine SS-Uniform in der Wohnung eines der Mordopfer findet, nehmen die Ermittlungen eine unerwartete Wendung. Es stellt sich heraus, dass einer der Ermordeten in den 40er Jahren freiwillig an der Seite der Deutschen gekämpft hat.

Brought to you by Penguin. BESTSELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE, AND A TOP RICHARD & JUDY SELECTION She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone. Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. And...

Der zweite Fall der Polizeireporterin Gianna Pitti am malerisch-mörderischen Gardasee. Eine unbekannte Frauenleiche, ein Entführungsversuch und geheime Schriften Winston Churchills, die womöglich die Weltgeschichte verändern: Gianna und ihre Familie verstricken sich erneut in brisante Ermittlungen. Die junge Journalistin Gianna Pitti soll auf Bitten ihres Vaters Arnaldo, der zurück am See ist, einen Informanten am Ostufer treffen. Da scheint niemand zu sein. Doch dann sieht sie etwas im Wasser liegen. Eine Frauenleiche!

Five years on from the adrenaline-fueled days of the Cold Case Squad, PI Martina Monroe is now a managing partner at the renowned, Drakos Monroe Security & Investigations. She spends her days running the firm—a safe desk job—allowing her to spend more time with her sixteen-year-old daughter and less time in the line of fire. But her quiet life shatters when a meeting with the desperate parents of Katie Kimble, a young woman missing for two years, pulls her back into the fray.

Brought to you by Penguin. The mysterious stranger seems perfect. But nobody knows who she is and what she has been compelled to do to survive. The gripping new bestseller from Tony Parsons. A bonfire burns on a Cornish beach in the middle of the night. Nearby, a young woman waits for morning...

In the follow-up to That Was Before, Randolph Spiers barely has time to breathe and recover from the con that changed everything - and he's not alone. Sheila Backe has vanished, and the chase is on. Foes become friends as Randolph and Benji Griffin team up as the most unlikely of partnerships goes international, following the trail to the South Pacific island of Fiji.

An hour after Randolph Spiers quits his job as a mechanical engineer, he finally approaches the woman he’s eyed at the supermarket, only to watch it explode minutes later with her trapped inside. The old Randolph would have gone home to his adulterous wife and forgot about it.