Category: Crime Thrillers

Eigentlich könnte sich Aurelio Zen zurücklehnen: Er lebt mit seiner Freundin Gemma im toskanischen Lucca und bearbeitet Routinefälle. Aber der rastlose Polizist ist froh, als er in die Dolomiten geschickt wird, wo die Leiche eines seit Jahren vermissten Offiziers der Gebirgsjäger aufgetaucht ist. Der Arzt, der die Leiche untersucht hat, berichtet Zen von einer Tätowierung auf dem Arm des Toten: Sie zeigt das Haupt der Medusa. Als bald darauf eine weitere Leiche mit einer Medusa-Tätowierung gefunden wird, merkt der Kommissar, dass er einer Verschwörung auf der Spur ist, in die höchste Kreise des Landes verwickelt sind.

Nadat in haar woning een getuige op gruwelijke wijze is vermoord, en haar guy en kinderen in allerijl in veiligheid moeten worden gebracht, blijft de dreiging voor officier van justitie Sylvia van Maele en haar gezin onverminderd voortduren. Als niet lang daarna een rechercheur omkomt tijdens een aanslag, besluit het rechercheteam het recht in eigen hand te nemen en buiten alle regels en wetten om de strijd aan te gaan met de daders. Wanneer die langzaam beseffen dat het staff illegaal en op eigen houtje opereert, besluiten ze keihard de confrontatie aan te gaan en is er geen weg meer terug. Is het workforce te ver gegaan in hun zoektocht naar gerechtigheid en wraak?

while Jay Desmarteaux steps out of from criminal after serving twenty-five years for murdering a vicious university bully, he attempts to persist with his convict mentor’s recommendation: the simplest revenge resides well.

But questions gnaw at his intestine: the place have his fogeys disappeared to? Why do outdated associates wish him long past? And who wishes him dead?

Teaming along with his highschool sweetheart grew to become felony Valkyrie, a hulking physique store bodybuilder, and a razor-wielding gentleman’s membership condo mom, Jay will get to the bottom of a tangle of deception all of the as far back as the bayous the place he was once born. With an iron-fisted police leader on his tail and a ruthless mob captain at his throat, he’ll want his wits, his fists, and his father’s trusty Vietnam warfare hatchet to hack his means via a poisonous jungle of recent Jersey corruption that makes the gator-filled swamps of domestic think just like the shallow finish of the kiddie pool.

Praise for undesirable BOY BOOGIE …

“Thomas Pluck has introduced himself into the infrequent class of…must learn novels…must re-read…must inform one and all approximately. it really is that high-quality, that compelling. simply tremendous.” —Ken Bruen, writer of the Shamus and Macavity Award-winning Jack Taylor mysteries

“Thomas Pluck’s undesirable Boy Boogie is a vibrant dose of recent Jersey noir with middle, soul and muscle.” —Wallace Stroby, writer of the Crissa Stone series

“My first Thomas Pluck novel won’t be my final. undesirable Boy Boogie is an excellent, taut, little mystery that hits the entire correct notes and sustains its crucial conceits to the final page.” —Adrian McKinty, writer of the Sean Duffy trilogies

“Tough, tight, and taut, undesirable Boy Boogie is a standout. Thomas Pluck is a author who is familiar with his darkish territory in and out. A rattling fantastic learn from begin to finish.” —Hilary Davidson, bestselling writer of the wear and tear performed, the subsequent One to Fall and Evil in All Its Disguises

“Beautiful bad-assery. choked with lyrical eager for a adolescence unfulfilled and the brutal fact of an maturity long gone dangerously mistaken. fabulous. Thomas Pluck may be the bastard love baby of James Lee Burke and Richard Stark.” —Josh Stallings, writer of Anthony and Lefty Award-nominated younger american citizens, and the Mo McGuire series

“Thomas Pluck is against the law author to monitor. Steeped within the genre’s grand culture yet with center and bravery all his personal, his writing is lean, clever and irresistibly compelling.” —Megan Abbott, writer of you are going to understand Me and Queenpin

Dominick Candiotti is a paid murderer hired through the shadowy Brownstone organisation. After one too many assignments, weary of the violence and a lifetime of transitority identities, he desires to go away the occupation. His nameless boss, code-named "Og," is not satisfied with the choice; he turns the tables on his worker and assigns fellow brokers to do away with him. Now at the run, Candiotti fights for his lifestyles, attempting to remain one step prior to lethal pursuers whereas he tracks down his nemesis boss and uncovers secrets and techniques from his personal earlier. it is a gripping story in regards to the fight for strength and a suspenseful video game of cat-and-mouse that leads via numerous U.S. towns. this can be the second one suspense novel that includes Domninick Candiotti by means of Les Roberts. He first seemed in "The unusual demise of dad Candy."

Ob bei Drei im Weckla auf dem Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt,Glühwein am Erlanger Schlossplatz oder kulinarisch-literarischem Genuss zur Adventslesung in Fürth: Das Verbrechen in Franken
schläft selbst im Angesicht der Stillen Nacht nicht. Der introduction öffnet neben festlichem Lichterglanz auch kriminellen Machenschaften Tür und Tor – das bezeugen jedenfalls zwölf namhafte Krimiautorinnen und -autoren, die in Eis und Schnee, bei Wind und Kälte als verdeckte Ermittler unterwegs waren, auf höchst verdächtige Spuren gestoßen sind und deren Verfolgung aufgenommen haben. So möchte mancher das Fest der Liebe lieber ohne seine »Lieben« verbringen, ein Erbe früher antreten, als vom Sensenmann vorgesehen, oder Rache üben für frevelhafte Tat. Nur eins ist sicher: Es wird spannend!

Read extra approximately Clio Boru, Roger Marquette, and Deputy John Slocum during this 3rd installment of the Clio Boru horror / darkish delusion sequence, Sorceress Resurrected.

With their in simple terms desire in a coma, John and Roger needs to retailer the city from an evil strength, yet can they cease it with out the help of Clio’s traditional gifts?

In the small, quiet city of Lake Melts, Wisconsin, 3 associates endure a tragedy whilst Clio Boru is hospitalized and is comatose after a bad accident.

As Clio lies powerless in a clinic mattress, her brain in one other realm, outdated local American superstitions come up in Lake Melts. Deputy John Slocum, beside himself with fear over Clio’s , has to discover a assassin while boys occur lifeless. yet, his internal fears surface—John’s melancholy and being heartbroken, hoping for a miracle for Clio makes it tough to cope.

That leaves Roger Marquette as Lake Melts’ merely wish of discovering the reality. whereas Roger Marquette researches and makes an attempt to fill the void created through Clio’s absence, he's restricted via what he can do.

Meanwhile, historic Rites, whole with an influential family members heritage of heroes from all over again, strength Clio to go back and forth to assorted areas some distance past her subconscious imagination.

Clio lingers far-off, as Roger attempts to determine precisely what this unseen otherworldly probability is and the way to maintain it from the town.

But lurking at the hours of darkness, a extra bad, sinister evil waits its probability to ultimately spoil Clio and all she and her pals carry expensive. Will Clio be robust sufficient to resurrect herself ahead of all is lost?

Readers will take pleasure in this supernatural mystery in regards to the crimes that ensue in small city Lake Melts, Wisconsin and the way the townfolks react to the evil forces inside of their midst.

 

»Bleib hier, so lange du kannst. In deiner Heimat hast du einen Vorteil: Du kennst das Spielfeld.« Sie klopfte ihm auf die Schulter. »Jagdzeit in Westfalen, Atlas.«

Ihn lebend zu bekommen, ist einem mexikanischen Drogenkartell ein hohes Kopfgeld wert: BKA-Zielfahnder Andreas Atlas ist in seiner alten Heimatstadt im Teutoburger Wald untergetaucht, nachdem seine Tarnung als verdeckter Ermittler aufflog. Zu seinem eigenen Erstaunen fühlt er sich unerwartet wohl in der westfälischen Idylle. Der einzige Wermutstropfen: Er kommt nicht an seine unterschlagenen Millionen heran. Denn sein autistischer Ziehsohn Lars hat das Geld entdeckt und versteckt – aus Angst, dass Atlas wieder weggehen könnte.
Die Angst ist berechtigt: Einige Zwischenfälle und mehrere Tote später wird Atlas klar, dass die Mexikaner ihn gefunden haben …

Curator Jason Connor has a fondness for antiquities, so the proposed acquisition of a mysterious old statue of Athena increases annoying questions. what's its foundation? used to be it relatively within the relations of an English lord, or is there a extra sinister historical past at the back of it?

What type of elite army cop is going undercover with the SEALs? Jack Widow was that guy.

From foreign Bestselling writer, Scott Blade comes the third e-book within the Jack Widow Series.

Once an elite army cop undercover with the army SEALs and Marine Black Ops devices, now he is a Drifter. A no one. A Stranger. A Hero.

Jack Widow, the last word loner, waits to trap a bus at a Texas station to nowhere specifically. Seated throughout from him is an aged lady, truly in a nation of misery. 8 hours in the past, her personal son, who simply received out of legal, kidnapped her granddaughter and vanished.

Her son, James Hood, is blended up with the inaccurate people--powerful humans. the type of those that will kill to guard a perilous mystery. Terrified for her granddaughter's lifestyles, she has not anyone left to trust. 

With nowhere to show, she follows their path, on her personal, towards a border city in South Texas.

After exhibiting Widow an image of her six-year-old granddaughter, Claire Hood drops lifeless of normal factors, correct on the bus station, correct in entrance of him.

Jack Widow is not the type of man to permit wrongs pass. He alternatives up her bus price tag and takes her position on a quest that might provide him a cause to kill.

This publication features a bonus preview of with no degree: booklet four within the Jack Widow series.

JACK WIDOW e-book sequence in order:
GONE perpetually booklet #1
WINTER TERRITORY e-book #2
A cause TO KILL publication #3
WITHOUT degree #4
ONCE QUIET #5
NAME now not GIVEN #6

1987 tritt Bruno Heinemann, ein australischer Hirnforscher, sein deutsches Erbe an. Auf dem heruntergekommenen Bauernhof im Münsterland beginnt für ihn die Aufarbeitung seiner familiären Vergangenheit. Seine friedliche Absicht gestaltet sich allerdings schnell zu einem mörderischen Wagnis. Die Vergangenheit hat ihren eigenen Willen. Sie stürzt auf ihn ein und macht ihm das Leben zur Hölle. Dass sich außerdem eine unerklärlich komplizierte Liebe in sein Leben mischt, stellt den renommierten Wissenschaftler vor scheinbar unlösbare Aufgaben.