Résultats pour "Deadline" dans Policier

A dying convict's last request thrusts small-town newspaperman Jefferson Morgan into a deadly maelstrom as he explores a 50-year-old case of child murder - a wound his town still isn't ready to scrape open. Under the heaviest deadline of his life, and amid threats from unexpected foes, Morgan must struggle with his own conscience to tell a story no matter the consequences, dig deep into the town's past, and unveil a killer who's managed to remain hidden in plain sight for almost 50 years.

It was supposed to be over. But nothing in Jack Noble’s world ever stays that way. Captured. Transported. Delivered straight into the hands of his former handler, Frank Skinner. The man Jack once spared is now calling in the debt—and the cost is higher than Jack ever expected. Forced back into the shadow world of covert operations, Jack is tasked with one last mission. But this one isn’t about justice. It’s about survival. A woman he thought was dead has resurfaced, and her enemies have declared war. The only way out is to go in deeper than ever before.

An ambitious reporter haunted by memories of the war in Afghanistan follows an FBI tip to investigate the mysterious disappearance -- and likely murder -- of a former Marine. Dawson Scott is a haunted man. A well-respected journalist recently returned from an assignment in Afghanistan, he's...

Detectives Thane and Moss embark on a manhunt, and a gripping game of cat and mouse unfolds in a dual narrative that plunges listeners into the heart of a bygone era in Scottish crime, with every twist leading the detectives towards a pulse-pounding showdown with a criminal who has nothing left to lose.

Det er aften, du kommer sent hjem fra arbejde – og huset ligger i mørke. Du går indenfor, og telefonen ringer. Du tager den – og din verden bliver vendt på hovedet. Din fjortenårige datter er blevet bortført, og hendes kidnappere forlanger en halv million pund i kontanter. De giver dig 48 timer til at skaffe pengene. Hvis du ringer til politiet, dør hun. Mens mareridtet udspiller sig, kan du være sikker på to ting: at du vil gøre hvad som helst for at få din datter levende hjem – og at tiden rinder ud...

Meet Jack McMorrow, a hard-hitting crime reporter for the New York Times, now living in the backwoods of Maine, near the paper plant in Rumford. Jack's there to run the local paper, but when a unpopular photographer is found drowned in a nearby canal, Jack gets drawn into a complicated game that has kept members of the town silenced and in fear for their lives. Maine may be the place where life is as it should be, but McMorrow finds out staying alive may be harder than he thought.

When TV reporter Cora Baxter attends the scene of a murder in a London park, she's horrified to discover the victim is someone she knows and devastated when one of her best friends is charged with the crime. Suddenly the fun-filled life of Cora and her eccentric camera crew takes a darker turn. Cora is convinced that her friend is innocent, but with seemingly solid evidence, the police investigation team - reluctantly led by Cora's boyfriend, DCI Adam Bradberry - believe the case is closed.

When a young drifter is found murdered in the desert outside of Palm Springs, the police start their investigation - but it's crime reporter Sam Perry who gets to the bottom of the story. Working her way backward to piece together the victim's mysterious life, Sam gets drawn into the seedier side of the glamorous resort town, a world of strip clubs, blackmail, and betrayal. All suspicions point toward former A-list actress and now mayoral candidate Ellen Konrad, a woman that Sam can't quite figure out.

If living well is an art, then Toots Loudenberry is a modern-day Michelangelo. She and her best friends - Sophie, Ida, and Mavis - have shared joys and troubles, forged new businesses and love interests, and discovered talents they never knew they possessed - like Sophie’s blossoming psychic gift. The foursome returned from a trip to Sacramento to discover another situation demands their attention. Laura Leigh, a Hollywood starlet whose main talent seems to be landing in trouble, is missing.

Pensionen närmar sig med stormsteg för Annika Vestander, och trots påtryckningar från chefen tänker hon inte jobba en dag över tiden. Nej, den 2 februari 2018 blir hennes sista dag och det är inte förhandlingsbart. Mordet, som skett i polishuset, har förstås högsta prioritet även om det inte är hennes ärende. Annika blandar sig också i en annan händelse som skedde 50 år tillbaka i tiden. Kommer hon klara sin deadline?

A series of bizarre and mystifying murders plunges Tessa Vance into a hunt for an obsessive killer while a terrifying shadow from the past threatens to overwhelm her. In her first case with her new homicide division, Tessa has to prove herself, especially to her new partner, Steve Hayden. She knows there won't be any second chances. And this killer is clever, ruthless and implacable. The grotesque clues left at the crime scenes lead nowhere. The murderer's victims seem to have nothing in common. But Tessa knows that the deaths form a pattern.

When the lifeless body of crime journalist Tom Pinder is fished out of the river near Jack's barge, it seems that the hardened old drinker may just have had one too many... and accidentally slipped to a watery death. But Pinder's young colleague doesn't buy that explanation, and asks Jack and Sarah to investigate. As they dig deep into the stories that Pinder was working on, Jack and Sarah soon discover that he had made some very dangerous enemies prepared to stop at nothing to keep a dangerous truth buried.

Reward seeker Colter Shaw faces a ticking clock with murderous consequences in this riveting short story. A serial kidnapper is on the loose in a small town in Maine, targeting wealthy women and demanding a huge ransom in bitcoin for their safe return. When his latest victim’s husband claims...

Life as a vampire journalist was finally settling down. I had my dream job at The Oracle, a loyal (if slobbery) pup, and a maybe-relationship that didn’t involve murder investigations. Then my long-lost mother crashes back into my life with a revelation that rewrites everything I thought I knew about my family…Before I can process the truth, another story lands on my desk, pulling me into a dangerous game of demon bargains, shifting alliances, and bodies piling up faster than I can chase the leads.

A writing convention, a guest list full of secrets, a murder to solve in three days. Lori Sykes is invited to be the keynote speaker at the writer’s convention in Bleakridge, Maine. While walking that evening she witnesses a chilling murder under the moonlit pier. The victim, a renowned author known for his gritty crime novels, had been brutally strangled. Ryker McKay, a one-man shop, small town newspaper man with a reputation for unearthing hidden truths, is intrigued by Lori's story and the undeniable chemistry between them.

From the moment one of his sources takes a dive off a downtown skyscraper, a newspaper columnist is plunged into a harrowing maze of murder, intrigue, and secrets that powerful forces intend to keep hidden at all costs. The columnist joins with an aggressive young reporter to see if one explosive story can save his dying newspaper—and much more.

Avery Shaw is on the hunt for action and adventure. The last place she thinks she’s going to find it is at a motivational retreat in northern Macomb County. I mean…how strong can someone be if they’re only eating tree bark, right? When one of the guests turns up dead, however, Avery gets assigned the story. She’s barely interested…until she realizes the camp is designed like a certain village from one of her favorite movies. Huts dispersed through various trees, with a huge platform and an open fireplace? Sounds like heaven…in a suburb far, far away.

Five murders across Europe, each victim found dead with an exotic lop-eared Sumxu cat, animals considered extinct for 300 years. Only Henri Fox knows why—and that knowledge could kill her. To survive she must pursue a madman across China with partner, Cass Farraday, but the hunters soon become the prey. Desperate and on the run in Shanghai, pursued by the Tong and the police, they must break into the Chinese Gold Exchange for the proof they need to prevent a megalomaniac billionaire’s Armageddon assault on Britain’s Air Traffic Control.

Paris, 1926. Newspaper reporter Toby Keats, a veteran of the Great War and the only American in Paris who doesn't know Hemingway, has lived a quiet life - until one day he comes into possession of a rare eighteenth-century automate, a very strange and somewhat scandalous mechanical duck. Highly sought after by an enigmatic American banker, European criminals, and the charming young American Elsie Short, the duck is rumored to hold the key to opening a new frontier in weapons technology for the German army, now beginning to threaten Europe once more.

There’s nothing Avery Shaw loves more than a challenge....at least when it comes to tracking down a story. The challenge she’s facing this time is the one thing she might not be able to overcome, though. Vacation. That’s right, not only is Southeastern Michigan’s busiest reporter off work for a week....but she’s also on the receiving end of a visit from her boyfriend’s mother. Eliot Kane is tough as nails but he’s obviously nervous about the two most important women in his life crossing paths.