Résultats pour "David" dans Détectives amateurs

DON CAVELLI UND DER TOTE KARDINAL: Obwohl er kein Mann der Kirche ist, hat Geschichtsprofessor Don Cavelli im Vatikan lebenslanges Wohnrecht und genießt zahlreiche Privilegien. Vertraute hat er wenige, umso schockierender ist die Nachricht vom Tod seines Freundes Eduardo Fontana: Was trieb den Kardinal dazu, in der israelischen Wüste den Tod zu suchen? Cavelli beginnt nachzuforschen – und kommt einer Verschwörung auf die Spur, die die ganze Welt erschüttern könnte...

A cryptic murder pulls a former soldier turned financial analyst deep into the corruption and menace that prowl beneath the opulent world of finance, in #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci’s new thriller. Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his...

London, 1905: Law student and military veteran Balvinder dev Singh has found an extralegal way to fund his studies. As friend and accomplice to the infamous gentleman thief AJ Raffles, he rubs shoulders with the upper crust—and steals their valuables. That is, until their next mark, an imperialist general, is grotesquely murdered in the library of his Mayfair mansion. Bal and Raffles find themselves implicated in a series of killings that soon attracts the attention of Scotland Yard—and the aging Sherlock Holmes himself.

When a well-known British TV historian, Marmaduke Godolphin, is found murdered in the canals of Venice during carnival, stabbed by a stiletto blade, the Venetian police are eager to have the case solved and cleared up within a day—murder is bad for tourism! The police recruit the help of retired archivist, Arnold Clover. Godolphin had hired his services on arriving in Venice to help sort through some historical papers of note. These dusty documents may contain previously unknown information about the assassination of the murderer, Lorenzino de' Medici, 500 years previously.

Rick Montoya, eager to experience more of his Italian mother's culture, heads to Rome to start his own translation business. He's armed with curiosity and an appetite for local food and wine. Rick's maternal uncle is a Roman cop with one eye to his nephew's welfare and another to how Rick might be useful, perhaps widen his career choices. So Commissario Piero Fontana pulls Rick into an investigation: the murder of Count Umberto Zimbardi.

When an old college friend leading a religious tour in Assisi asks interpreter Rick Montoya to fill in for their guide who's gone missing, Rick is happy to oblige. He's looking forward to seeing his old friend, and the food and wine of Umbria sound like the perfect reward for a tense translation job he's just completed for the police in Palermo involving witness testimony against the mafia. But when the shady tour guide is found dead the next morning under suspicious circumstances, Rick's relaxing gig turns into an unofficial job assisting the local police inspector.

Everyone told him he needed a holiday. His life had fallen apart around him. His marriage had failed, and he had been dishonourably discharged from the military. He needed to recharge his batteries and make a new start and a break on the Costa Blanca was the opportunity to re-set his life. Two weeks of relaxing, enjoying the sun, and having a few drinks was just what the doctor ordered. It started so well. How was he to know that this was the prelude to the vacation from hell? He soon becomes enmeshed in murder and intrigue, and meets a beautiful young woman.

Der Wüstensand fühlt sich an wie glühende Kohlen, die Sonne brennt erbarmungslos herab. Der alte Kardinal hat keine Chance, dieser Hölle zu entkommen ... Geschichtsprofessor Don Cavelli ist vielen im Vatikan ein Dorn im Auge: Obwohl er kein Mann der Kirche ist, hat er dort genau wie seine Vorfahren lebenslanges Wohnrecht und genießt zahlreiche Privilegien. Cavelli hat nur wenige Vertraute, daher erschüttert die Nachricht vom Tod seines Freundes Eduardo Fontana ihn umso mehr: Was trieb den Kardinal in das Inferno der israelischen Wüste?

David Loogan is living in Ann Arbor with Detective Elizabeth Waishkey and her daughter, Sarah. He's settled into a quiet routine as editor of the mystery magazine Gray Streets - until one day he finds a manuscript outside his door. It begins: "I killed Henry Kormoran." Anthony Lark has a list of names: Terry Dawtrey, Sutton Bell, Henry Kormoran. To his eyes, the names glow red on the page. They move. They breathe. The people on the list have little in common, except that 17 years ago they were involved in a notorious robbery.

The murderer has a perfectly logical reason for his kills. Logical, but insane. Wounded soul and single dad Nick Clayborne uses a radio scanner to listen in on private conversations. It’s virtually his only adult contact. He fills notebooks with what he hears in hopes of an eventual book deal. Then three of those strangers are murdered. Panicking, he reaches out to a long-time favorite he's been listening in on for years.

Året er 1949. Aloysius Archer er en ærlig mand, han er krigsveteran fra Anden Verdenskrig, og så er han netop blevet prøveløsladt efter at have været fængslet for en forbrydelse, han ikke havde begået. Udstyret med en lang liste med regler for prøveløsladte begynder han sit nye liv i Poca City. Han får et job som gældsinddriver for byens største forretningsmand. Men jobbet viser sig ikke at være så ligetil, som det ser ud.

Stevie 'Minto' Milloy, former star footballer-turned-rookie reporter, finds himself trailing the story of a young Eastern European student whose body has been found on remote moorland outside the city. How did she get there from her hostel at the Sovereign Grace Mission?

After a gruelling stint as the most powerful woman in the world, Angela can finally put her feet up. With her quantum-chemist husband Achim, her bodyguard Mike and their new pug Putin, she has retired to the idyllic north German village of Kleinfreudenstadt-on-Dumpfsee. But it isn’t easy to settle into country life. Baking and hiking just aren’t as exciting as global financial meltdowns or deranged American presidents. And Angela’s fellow villagers all seem to want something, from her xenophobic AfD-voting namesake to the local aristocrat desperate to bury her family’s Nazi past.

David Blazen spent 50 years comfortable in his work routine but now is retired and desperately searching for purpose in his life. He ultimately finds it in the most unlikely of ways: by becoming a self-proclaimed detective. Travel through a labyrinth of adventure in this award-winning novel, where suspense lurks around every corner and laugh-out-loud moments break through the tension. Follow along as David’s search for truth and justice gets him caught in a web of contentious cases, all within his first week on the job.

Insurance investigator Charlie Novak doesn't investigate murders. He commits them. But he didn't commit this one. The victim? Like all his previous victims, she was married to his partner. And insured by him. It's all part of their ongoing black widower scheme. Charlie stages fatal accidents nobody looks at twice. But this one has homicide cops crawling all over it. Charlie monitors the case for the insurance company, hoping to steer it away from the husband with the million dollar motive.

Weltweit sorgt ein geheimnisvolles Medikament für Furore, das die Leistungsfähigkeit des Menschen angeblich um ein Vielfaches steigert. Die Geburt der Übermenschen steht kurz bevor. Schon bald wird die Welt wie wir sie kannten eine andere sein. In dieser Zeit des Umschwungs begibt sich der Student Alexander auf eine Reise in seine Vergangenheit. Vor zwölf Jahren verschwand sein Vater, ein bekannter Chemiker, plötzlich aus seinem Leben. Zeitgleich wurde Alexander Zeuge einer unfassbaren Bluttat an seiner Schule.

Shawn Crowley and his new bride join up with a cattle drive. After the past few months both need a break. But those hopes are shattered as rustlers attack the herd. In the aftermath they learn that the cattle were never the target. The rustlers were after the artifacts buried in a nearby Ute burial ground. Shawn hurries to investigate. What he finds floors him. The burial ground doubled as the nest of a pair of dragons. Now Shawn has just one week to find and return the egg. If he fails then the pair will drown the country in a sea of blood and fire.

Es ist Winter in Innsbruck. Ein Obdachloser rettet sich in eine seit langem leerstehende Wohnung am Waldrand. Im Schlafzimmer findet er eine Leiche. Sie liegt dort seit zwanzig Jahren. Ein gefundenes Fressen für David Bronski, den Pressefotografen. Gemeinsam mit seiner Journalistenkollegin Svenja Spielmann soll er vom Tatort berichten. Was dieser Fall jenseits des Spektakulären mit ihm zu tun hat, verschweigt er. Seit er denken kann, fotografiert Bronski das Unglück. Richtet seinen Blick auf das Dunkle in der Welt.

Ein neuer Fall für Pressefotograf Bronski - und die Fortsetzung der spektakulären Krimireihe von Bernhard Aichner. Frühling der Wunder. Deutschland erlebt das Unfassbare. Ein Blinder kann plötzlich wieder sehen, ein Terroranschlag wird verhindert, und eine Prophezeiung erschüttert das ganze Land. Verantwortlich dafür ist ein Mann, der aus dem Nichts kam. Ein Mönch, unscheinbar und bescheiden, das Volk glaubt an einen neuen Messias. Nur David Bronski und seine Kollegin Svenja Spielmann zweifeln.

Bronski ist zurück - Teil zwei der neuen Krimi-Reihe von Bestsellerautor Bernhard Aichner. Es ist Sommer in Berlin. Ein Mann fällt vom Himmel. Ein blinder Passagier, versteckt im Fahrwerkraum eines Flugzeugs. Ein Leben, das im Garten einer hübschen Jugendstilvilla endet. Die fünf Rohdiamanten in seiner Hosentasche verschwinden, bevor die Polizei auftaucht.