Résultats pour "Georges" dans Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense

Kriminalassistent George Cross bliver tilkaldt, da liget af en munk bliver fundet brutalt myrdet i et skovområde nær Bristol. Man ved intet om broder Dominics fortid. Hvordan kan Cross opklare forbrydelsen, når han ikke ved noget om offeret? De finder ud af, at broder Dominic ikke havde nogen fjender – eller i hvert fald ikke nogen, der er åbenlyse. Men hans fortid afslører, at han engang var en velhavende mand, og at han ofrede det hele for sin tro.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Flanqué de l'inspecteur Apputiku, Qaanaaq va mener l'enquête au pays des chamans, des chasseurs de phoques et du froid assassin. Il remontera peut-être ainsi jusqu'au secret de ses origines, à la source de ses démons. La neige omniprésente, les icebergs à la dérive, la lumière crépusculaire : la vie au Groenland semble paisible. Pourtant, passée la blancheur virginale de ces paysages, les tensions entre autochtones et colons ainsi que la dangerosité immanente au lieu menacent.

Sous les ruines d'un monde ancien grouille la vie... Dans une ville croulante, sur une planète mourante et oubliée de tous, le jeune Annelyn profite de la fête organisée à l'occasion de la nouvelle Mascarade solaire. Superbe dans son costume de soie, son arrogance est à la hauteur de sa beauté. Quand il est moqué devant ses nobles amis par le Viandard, chasseur de grouns, il échafaude un plan de revanche. Mais la terrible vérité qui se cache derrière l'histoire de son ennemi va transformer sa tentative en une inexorable descente aux enfers.

Il est toujours là. Comme un fantôme. Un échec. Une plaie béante. Personne n'a oublié les nuits du chasseur... Ni les victimes, ni le parquet, ni les flics, ni les journalistes... 20 ans après son procès, Guy Georges, le premier serial killer français, pourrait demander sa remise en liberté. Tous ceux qui l'ont approché le martèlent, ce serait de la folie.

Teo Bontempi, membre d'une brigade luttant contre les violences faites aux femmes, succombe à l'hôpital après avoir été retrouvée inconsciente dans son appartement londonien. Thomas Lynley et ses adjoints, Barbara Havers et Winston Nkata, découvrent bientôt lors de leur enquête que la policière, d'origine nigériane, avait été excisée dans son enfance. Teo s'intéressait d'ailleurs à une clinique qu'elle soupçonnait de mutilations génitales médicalisées, une pratique qui suscitait l'hostilité des exciseuses locales.

Que peut le meilleur des flics quand une enquête en vient à ébranler sa raison ? Sous la beauté impassible des paysages du Groenland couvent les passions les plus noires. L’inspecteur danois Qaanaaq Adriensen ne pensait jamais s’habituer aux rudesses du climat groenlandais. Cela fait pourtant sept mois qu’il officie sur la grande île blanche, comme chef de la police locale. En compagnie de son adjoint, l’Inuit Apputiku Kalakek, il trompe son ennui en jouant à la roulette groenlandaise. Jusqu’au jour où, dans la baie touristique de Diskø, un cadavre est retrouvé, figé dans la glace d’un iceberg.

George Cross: unfailingly shrewd. Uniquely brilliant. 'One of the most iconic British fictional detectives of the 21st century.' DAILY MAIL 'One of my favourite detectives.' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Reaffirms everything that has made this series a bestseller.' VASEEM KHAN 'A joy to read, beautifully...

George Hunt wants to get married. The fact that he does is utterly amazing and a huge leap of faith for a man who’s always been certain that happily ever afters only happen in fairy tales. The thing is, though, ever since Christmas, when Dr. Kurt Butler, the man he loves, gave him a ring, he’s changed his mind about what’s possible.

A spirited factory worker on a mission. A nerdy manager with a propensity for puzzles. An unexpected adventure. Charmingly British and off-beat, Miscellaneous 0125 is a story about following your dreams, healing past traumas, and the joy of truly being understood.

Parigi, cinque del pomeriggio di un venerdì d'agosto, Jules Maigret avrebbe voglia di una birra fresca, invece è costretto ad attendere una chiamata. Il giorno prima si è concretizzata la minaccia. Un certo Mascouvin, impiegato in un'agenzia immobiliare, dice di essere entrato in un bar e di aver letto casualmente un messaggio rimasto impresso sulla carta assorbente: qualcuno ha scritto che ucciderà un'indovina, e si è firmato Picpus.

The investigation of a vicious murder exposes a quiet community’s sinister web of secrets—the “spellbinding” (Chicago Sun-Times) first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Inspector Lynley series Don’t miss the upcoming BritBox streaming series Lynley! “Pure entertainment from...

'Up there with the very best . . . Kanon writes beautifully, superbly . . . He is the master of the shadows of the era' THE TIMES From the author of The Good German (made into a film starring George Clooney), Leaving Berlin is a sweeping post-war story and an international bestseller. Berlin is...

A Londra un produttore di musical si suicida inspiegabilmente dopo la trionfale prima della sua nuova opera. Tre mesi più tardi, nella brughiera del Derbyshire, vengono trovati i corpi senza vita di Nicola, figlia di un ex poliziotto, e di un giovane ucciso a coltellate. Quale può essere il legame tra i due eventi? L'ispettore Linley di Scotland Yard comincia la difficile indagine senza la sua partner abituale, Barbara Havers, degradata per insubordinazione, che condurrà invece un'indagine parallela.

Le retour de Lynley et Barbara Havers, à la recherche d'une enfant disparue en Toscane. Le sergent Barbara Havers est catastrophé. Hadiyyah, la fille de son cher ami Azhar, a été enlevée par sa mère et aucune poursuite judiciaire n'est possible. Azhar n'a jamais épousé Angelina et l'enfant ne porte pas son nom. Alors qu'Azahar se désespère, Angelina refait finalement surface avec une nouvelle alarmante : Hadiyyah a été kidnappée sur la place d'un marché toscan.

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents - horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the nineteenth century despite trying his utmost to escape them all. Flashman, soldier, duellist, lover, imposter, coward, cad, and hero triumphs in this first installment of The Flashman Papers.

A new and highly anticipated Inspector Lynley TV series releasing this fall from BritBox Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George. Michael Lobb has just been found dead on...

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...

George Hunt is certain that spending time with his boyfriend’s family over the holidays will be a disaster. How can it not? For starters, he knows nothing about families, never having had one, as for the rest…talk about pressure. What if he messes up, says the wrong thing, and ends up losing the most important person in his life? Dr. Kurt Butler is his miracle; George can’t afford any missteps. But if he’s careful and does everything right, perhaps they’ll see his good qualities instead of the lethal ones.

The career of George, the famed Greek mob boss, gets off to a bad start. As a teenager, he kills Joey, the man who might have been his father. Joey's twin brother, Lazarus, vows revenge. All George has to do to survive is to marry a Greek girl picked by his family. Unfortunately, George falls in love with Kelly, a girl who isn't Greek. She loves him. All she asks is that he leave his family. This is the first book in The Saga of George trilogy, a satire of mob novels. Set in the late 1960s, it blends Greek culture, mythology, and religious themes with sex, drugs, and rock and roll.