Resultados para "William" en Misterios y delitos internacionales

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS. Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring...

As Bob Burke’s 737 lands at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, he sees a man strangling a woman on a rooftop below. Whether or not anyone believes him, Bob Burke isn’t the kind of guy to let a thing like that rest. He knows what he saw, and it isn't going to end well for the men responsible. Mild-mannered and slight of build, this telecommunications company executive is easily dismissed as the "phone guy".

Retired Chicago homicide detective Jack Starkey is living what he calls every cop's retirement dream by owning a successful bar, the Drunken Parrot, and residing on a houseboat in Fort Myers Beach on Florida's Southwest Gulf Coast. Mostly, it's been working out just fine. He's dating the lovely Marisa Fernandez, who owns a real estate agency and supplements his usual diet of Pop-Tarts and diner food with gourmet Cuban cooking. But long-term serenity has never been Jack Starkey's destiny.

In 1906, an Egyptologist uncovered a map carved in stone inside an ancient temple. Convinced that it pointed to a lost city of gold somewhere deep in the desert, he set out on another expedition the following year. He was never seen again. In present day Yale, a professor is brutally murdered on the university campus, and a mysterious artefact is stolen from its vaults.

Bill Buckley has created a handsome American hero, Blackford Oakes, who, by coincidence or not, happens to be an irreverent Yale- and CIA-trained superspy. The year is 1954. Stalin has died in Moscow, and a deadly earnest power play nears its conclusion. Meanwhile British and American commandos, their mission to liberate a Soviet satellite country, have met a disastrous end. Jinxed. The communications system between English and American intelligence has been penetrated. Jinxed. There is a spook in their midst. High Jinx.

Una nuova indagine per William Warwick. QUATTRO CASI. QUATTRO ASSASSINI. E UN SOLO UOMO IN GRADO DI FERMARLI. Londra: la Polizia Metropolitana istituisce una nuova squadra speciale che si occupa di casi irrisolti, la Unsolved Murders Unit, con l’obiettivo di catturare i criminali più inafferrabili. Quattro omicidi. Quattro assassini a piede libero. Ginevra: Miles Faulkner, un ricchissimo collezionista d’arte condannato per furto e contraffazione è stato dichiarato morto da due mesi. Ma allora perché il suo losco avvocato lo rappresenta ancora?

William Warwick, appena promosso ispettore, ha ricevuto un nuovo incarico che si prospetta assai più delicato e pericoloso dei precedenti. Perché non solo dovrà occuparsi, come al solito, dei crimini commessi in città, ma dovrà anche portare alla luce la corruzione che dilaga all’interno della stessa Scotland Yard. I suoi stretti collaboratori, agendo sotto copertura, si concentrano subito sul sergente Summers, un giovane ufficiale le cui abitudini di vita sembrano molto al di sopra di ciò che si può permettere con lo stipendio da poliziotto.

Brought to you by Penguin. BRITAIN'S MOST BELOVED STORYTELLER RETURNS WITH A TWISTING ADVENTURE OF OBSESSIVE LOVE AND ELEGANT ESPIONAGE . . . Gabriel Dax, travel writer and accidental spy, is back in the shadows. Unable to resist the allure of his MI6 handler, Faith Green, he has returned to a...

Surviving a terrorist explosion, a tutu incident, and a night of celebratory drinking, hungover hero DCI Jack Austin proposes an ill-advised alliance with a newly-turned criminal informant. After a string of high-profile murders is committed, Austin goes deep undercover - and uncovers a villainous scheme that threatens the Star Chamber. His world turned upside down, Austin needs to rely on courage, skill and improbable luck. But can he bring the perpetrators of the far-reaching scheme to justice?

What secrets lie in the ledgers of the Royal Government Bank? After Harry Paterson is summoned to London following his father's murder, he finds out that the late Lord Elliot Paterson had discovered hidden information dated all the way back to 1936...and a vast quantity of money erased from the accounts. Mysterious initials and an address in Leningrad - a major port in former Soviet Union - are his only clues. Together with the attractive Judith Meadows, Harry must unravel his father's mysterious death - and figure out the mystery hidden in the files of the Royal Government Bank.

Una giovane cameriera ucraina viene trovata assassinata in uno squallido appartamento di Sampiardarena. Tra le braccia stringe un orsacchiotto con la maglietta del Genoa. Si occupa del caso l'ispettore della squadra omicidi Marco Canepa, grande poliziotto e pessimo giocatore di ping pong. Le complicate indagini si muovono tra i caruggi della città vecchia, le dighe di Begato, il lungomare Bettolo di Recco e arriveranno fino ad Odessa, in Ucraina.

Ex-cop Bierce has been in prison for over 20 years, following his conviction for the murders of his wife and son. He has no memory of the tragedy and has never been able to say with certainty that he didn't do it - except he cannot imagine why on earth he would have killed his beloved family.

Non lo direste mai, incontrandoli per strada in un giorno d’estate a Torino. Non indovinereste che sono quattro ex detenuti fuggiti dalla Francia. Dal momento in cui il furgone che li stava portando al carcere di Lione è stato coinvolto in un disastroso tamponamento, sono scappati oltreconfine e si sono rifatti una vita. A unirli, da allora, è quell’enorme segreto. Marsigliese, ex rapinatore di banche, Max Ventura ha messo in piedi un ristorante. Grazie alla buona cucina e all’amore della sua compagna, i clienti non mancano mai.

Two best friends forge a bold path to freedom from abuse and financial bondage as Tampa police homicide detective Mike Ash matches wits with a silent, unseen killer who leaves no forensic clues behind; a woman finds freedom from deep seated shame through an unlikely romance.

Efter en uheldig episode i Nyhavn, forflyttes jurist og tidligere jægersoldat, William Hammer, til Færøerne, hvor han sættes i spidsen for en særlig gruppe. Gruppen får af britiske MI6 til opgave at opspore en mystisk mand, der måske overlevede et flystyrt i 1970. Manden skal have været ombord på et passagerfly, som forulykkede på øen Mykines i september 1970. Men ingen har set skyggen af ham siden. Det viser sig hurtigt, at sagen trækker tråde helt tilbage til 2. verdenskrig og til en af Færøernes største erhvervs­virksomheder.

James Rollins’s shocking thriller is now an Earphones Award Winner! Acclaimed narrator Simon Vance gives voice to a wide cast of characters and pulls the listener into this desperate chase to unlock one of the world’s greatest mysteries. From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of...

Detective Superintendent Lord Terrence Reid hopes for a quiet week with his family in the Cotswolds while his wife, Lady Anne, restores Whitethorn Manor’s famous walled garden. The manor’s Summer of Chefs program promises seven nights of haute cuisine from a celebrated mystery chef, just the respite his family needs after his father’s recent heart attack. But when the mystery chef turns out to be his mother’s former lover—a man whose talent for creating exquisite dishes is matched only by his appetite for cruelty—Reid realizes his family’s invitation was no coincidence.

Dieter Webber, a former Jump Armor pilot, lost his war. Years later as a broken ex-pat, half a galaxy away, the former combat pilot is haunted by the ghosts of the war and looming debts to organized crime. An encounter with an Android, Reis, serves as an invitation from his former commander to a reluctant escape: Mercenary work in her company, Valkyrie LLC.

Historian Dr. Nina Gould is visited by her stepbrother, whom she had not seen for ages. With him, he brings a man holding him hostage. Nina has to help them locate a man reputed to own the Holy Grail, or else her stepbrother would be implicated in a serial killing spree. Her research on the Grail reveals that a unit of Allied soldiers, called the Perceval Chapter, were entrusted with the Grail during the North African Campaign in 1944, tasked to keep it out of Nazi hands.

Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, the Order of the Black Sun series is a thrilling journey for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue. Join a series and a cast of characters that will keep you entertained long into the night. Two complete full-length novels, The Fountain of Youth and The Vault of Hercules, are included in this best-selling epic adventure box set.