Résultats pour "Evan" dans Fiction criminelle

Evan Smoak, einst Orphan X – der gefürchtetste Auftragskiller eines geheimen Programms – und heute als »Nowhere Man« die letzte Hoffnung für Verzweifelte, steht am Wendepunkt: Eine persönliche Krise zwingt ihn zum Rückzug. Doch als seine Nichte Sofia ihn bittet, ihren verschwundenen Hund zu finden, kann er nicht Nein sagen. Was wie ein harmloser Gefallen beginnt, eskaliert zum größten Einsatz seines Lebens.

Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin. Evan was Orphan X - until he broke with the program and used everything he learned to disappear. But now someone is on his tail.

On a windswept moor, a child emerges from the mist with a story no one wants to believe. The farmer who finds her assumes she’s simply lost. But when she utters a chilling phrase—“We went to see the old ones”—he realises something is terribly wrong. As Detective Evan Warlow battles his own demons, he and the team are pulled into a case of ritualistic secrets, long-buried crimes, and the whispers of something darker lurking in the mist.

This time, it's more than personal. Within the tranquil confines of a west Wales village, peace gives way to pandemonium as a trivial theft transforms into a devastating tragedy. DCI Evan Warlow confronts what initially appears to be a straightforward case, only to find himself ensnared in a web of deceit. And when a routine press assignment also exposes a team member to a malevolent scheme, chaos begins to spiral. From idyllic coastlines to rugged peaks, Warlow races across diverse landscapes in pursuit of answers and to foil a deadly adversary.

Evan Warlow is a man with enemies. As a DCI in the Dyfed Powys force, that comes with the territory. But when two of his most vicious critics are abducted and turn up dead in a macabre tableau, tough questions need to be asked. The uncomfortable answers lead Evan and the team back to his roots and an old case that has haunted him for years. The deaths in the forest have all the hallmarks of a dangerous killer with no fear of consequences. And when one of Evan’s fellow officers becomes the next target, it’s clear that the murderer isn’t finished yet.

In the shadow of California's Sierra Nevada mountains lies Darkness, a town where secrets run as deep as the valleys and some families' roots are stained with blood. Interim Sheriff Izar Llewellyn has enough on her plate, trying to prove herself worthy of her badge while battling small-town politics and her own painful past. But when a local mechanic is found hanged in the library's historical reading room, what looks like suicide soon reveals a darker truth.

In broad daylight, on a quiet rural road, six-year-old Osian Howells disappears from his own front garden. In the blink of an eye he’s a missing person, taken, in the words of a headline hungry press, for nefarious purposes. DCI Evan Warlow knows that the first hours after an abduction are crucial. Decisions have to be made quickly. Evidence can get lost or compromised, persons of interest need to be interrogated. And one or two have the team’s antennae twitching.

Sheriff Izar "Izzy" Llewellyn is growing into her role in Darkness, California, but now faces a contentious special election. The last thing she needs is a dead body high in the Sierra Nevadas, or the FBI agents who sweep into her small town, bringing painful reminders of the career—and life—she left behind. When evidence in the case points to local doctor Cole Barrow, Izzy's personal and professional lives collide.

ماذا حقًّا لم يسألوا إيفانز؟ , وهل يكون هذا الشخص له معرفة بخيوط تلك الجريمة التى تكاد تكون متكاملة؟ رواية رائعة من روايات أجاثا كريستى" تتابع فيها مقتل رجل فى ظروف غامضة

In the quiet of Cornwall, a monster lurks. Jem Fielding, a ruthless pimp and drug lord, has terrorized the lives of women for years. When he abducts mute teenager Carly Taylor and leaves her to die, he sets in motion a chain of events that will threaten everything he’s built. Carly survives, but the trauma transforms her into a woman consumed by vengeance. With her mind unraveling, she becomes determined to destroy Fielding—no matter the cost.

DCI Beniamin Dinescu faces his darkest case yet in the heart of West Sussex. This gripping British police procedural crime thriller takes readers through dark tunnels, priest holes, and labyrinths of secrets and lies, set against the backdrop of Chichester and the Sussex Downs. When a brutal murder strikes a prestigious private school, Dinescu finds himself entangled in a complex investigation, including the mysterious disappearance of a schoolgirl in the 1980s. How are these two cases connected? Dinescu is joined by a new sergeant, DS Emily Summers, in the Chichester Major Crimes Team.

A man wanders lost on a filthy night in the Black mountains of Wales. Despite the valiant efforts of the rescue services, he does not survive. Is this an accident? Or malice aforethought? DCI Warlow and team are drawn into a mystery that soon spirals into more deaths and a poisonous trade. A devious killer is abroad. One that cares for nothing other than their own twisted greed. The dragon's breath taints everything it touches.

Plenty of retirees have hobbies; Gloria's just happens to be murderous . . . An entertaining new crime thriller by the author of Bang Bang, You're Dead. At this stage of her life, Gloria Jones just wants peace, quiet, and as little stress as possible. But her habit of helping others in need is...

A little old lady turns vigilante on the streets of London in this gritty, witty crime thriller. Gloria Jones has had enough. She's sixty-five, approaching retirement, and nearing the end of her tether. When someone flings away a gun in her local park, it ends up in Gloria's hands and changes...

"A fascinating and intelligent WWII home front story." —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author for The Physicists' Daughter Can a family’s dark history repeat itself? Estella Ecker has returned to Rockfall House, the last place on earth she wants to be. Years after she ran away from...

Bobby Jones och Dr Thomas avnjuter en trevlig golfrunda på den walesiska landsbygden. Utöver ett par mindre bedrövelser - Bobby skjuter visst gärna bort sin boll - ställer inget till deras goda humör. Så är det i alla fall fram tills Bobby råkar springa på en döende man vid en hög klippa. Det sista den svårt sargade mannen säger är den kryptiska meningen: "Varför bad de inte Evans?" Detta blir upptakten till ett komplicerat mysterium som Bobby börjar nysta i tillsammans med den avlidne mannens syster ...

After Evan’s latest case ends in disaster, he’s at the end of his tether — until fate throws him headlong into Linda Clayton's desperate world and a long-dead investigation that everybody wants to stay that way. But Evan never does what everybody wants, and he vows to find answers for her that he can’t find for himself. As the suspense ratchets up, he’s caught in a desperate fight for his life with a stone-cold killer who will stop at nothing to protect his secrets....

In the remote and unforgiving Cambrian Mountains, two bodies are found, sparking fears that a long-buried nightmare has returned. DCI Warlow is plunged into a chilling mystery, hunting a murderer who disappeared without a trace—leaving only blood and silence behind. As Warlow’s team battles against mounting pressure, they face a haunting question: is this the work of a twisted imitator, or has The Bowman, a ruthless killer thought to be gone forever, resurfaced?

One wrong does not justify another in the desolate landscapes of SENTA, the Bannau Brycheiniog army training grounds, DCI Warlow and his seasoned investigators find themselves ensnared in a deadly game of shadows. A man, recently released from prison after a 20-year wrongful conviction, is discovered dead, igniting a storm of doubt and suspicion. As long-buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the line between truth and deception blurs. With everyone involved in the original case now a potential suspect, they must tread carefully and confront the crimes of old as well as the present.

Ex-CIA Officer Patrick Evans is too late to save his colleague from a drug overdose—but just in time to kill the Chinese spy responsible. The two killings trigger an avalanche of twisted connections, treason at the highest level, and grim deaths in quiet places. Drafted to investigate by his Congresswoman employer, Pat follows a trail of chemicals and money from the Chinese provinces to Mexico City, and back home to Washington DC—where the Fentanyl boom is secretly financing one man's political machine.