Résultats pour "Georges" dans Détectives privés

An eighty-year-old man is found murdered in his home. His age and standing in the community makes finding his killer difficult–why would anyone harm an elderly man? What threat could he possibly be to anyone? With no apparent motive, DS George Cross canvases the community for potential suspects but the man was known as generous, charitable, community-minded. Each interview about who the man is muddies the picture further. So Cross decides to look for who he was–revealing a past that is far less honourable than his present . . .

Hvordan kan han bevise at det var mord? Ingen fingeraftryk. Intet våben. Ingen vidner. Kan kriminalassistent Cross bevise at det var mord? Kriminalassistent George Cross stoler ikke på gætterier, og han har ikke tid til falske formodninger. Han er en betjent som arbejder ud fra de beviser der er for næsen af ham, ikke 'intuitioner' eller 'mavefornemmelser'. Han ved ikke hvad de er. Da en ung kvinde bliver fundet død, er Bristols Efterforskningsenhed hurtig til at erklære at der er tale om et selvmord da kvinden havde en fortid med stofmisbrug.

“George’s mystery unfolds with great psychological depth, finely drawn characters and gorgeous portraits of the English countryside. . . . [George] is an essential writer of popular fiction today.” —The Washington Post The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s award-winning series...

He's the man you call when you need it done—no matter what "it" is. Freelance troubleshooter George Valentine is likely to catch absolutely any kind case—from the silly to the sinister. Bob Bailey stars radio's jack-of-all-mysteries in sixteen exciting exploits from 1950. Virginia Gregg co-stars as Brooksie, along with Ken Christy as Lieutenant Johnson and Joseph Kearns as Caleb, the sardonic elevator attendant.

Hector's parents, wealthy east coast college professors, raised him to work towards making the world a better place. In New Liberty, Arizona, gangs have ravaged the city. As a young police officer who lost his mentor, he struggles with the question. Why did his partner kill himself? Across town, a sickly-looking, small man approaching fifty is about to make a move. DeShawn "The Knife" Galloway has a reputation as a contract assassin who prefers to kill with the Japanese Tanto. It's time to take control. The war will start on his terms.

Paul Temple star Francis Matthews gives his best Cary Grant impression as suave PI Dick George in these three comedy adventures, with Margaret Robertson channelling Katherine Hepburn as his glamorous ex-wife, Dora; 'Man in Black' Edward de Souza as his valet, Blore; and Ronald Herdman as Pasta the dog.

Blændende smukke, men blinde Sherry Moore har været indhyllet i mørke, så længe hun kan huske det. Selvom hun har været blind siden barndommen, har hendes usædvanlige talent for at ”se” døde menneskers sidste erindringer hjulpet til at løse mange forbrydelser og redde utallige liv. Hendes liv har været alt andet end normalt, men på grund af sit forhold til Brian Metcalf, NAVY SEAL i Søværnet, som hun mødte under en dramatisk redningsaktion på Mount Denali, har Sherry aldrig været lykkeligere.

Der furiose Auftakt der Thriller-Serie um Strähnchen und den Killer! Ermittler. Saboteur. Spion. Mörder. Seine Feinde würden wohl entweder das Wort Krimineller oder Verräter benutzen, um ihn zu beschreiben. Falls sie ihn je zu sehen bekommen, natürlich. Der zwielichtige Problemlöser Robert Capou wird engagiert, um einen verschwundenen Enthüllungsjournalisten zu finden. Schnell wird Capou klar, dass er sich mit einem äußerst gefährlichen Gegner angelegt hat, der bereit ist, alles zu tun, damit seine Verbrechen niemals ans Licht kommen.

Als Sherlock Holmes während seiner verdeckten Ermittlungen Zeuge eines nächtlichen Überfalls wird und einem jungen Mann das Leben rettet, gerät er unversehens zwischen die Fronten zweier verfeindeter Schmugglerbanden. Je tiefer er in die Geheimnisse der Firma Monteverdi eindringt, desto klarer wird ihm: Hinter den lokalen Machtkämpfen verbirgt sich ein weitaus größeres Netzwerk, und die Fäden führen zurück zu seinem alten Erzfeind Moriarty - oder vielmehr zu dessen Erben.

Robert Capou hat seine professionelle Distanz verloren. Er hasst es, wenn das passierte, aber die Sache war zu etwas Persönlichem geworden. Die Jagd auf den sadistischen Söldner Karsten Bläsberg führt den eigenbrötlerischen Ermittler nach Somalia und in den Jemen. Seine Beute aufzuspüren ist fast zu einfach, und plötzlich beginnen die Ereignisse, sich zu überschlagen.

Die Welt steht am Rande des Abgrunds, gefangen im Würgegriff des finsteren Moriarty-Netzwerks. Sherlock Holmes, der brillante Meisterdetektiv, wagt das Undenkbare: Um den übermächtigen Feind endgültig zu zerschlagen, täuscht er seinen eigenen Tod vor und begibt sich auf eine atemberaubende Flucht durch die Abgründe Europas. Von den eisigen Schluchten der Schweizer Alpen, über die lebendigen Straßen Mailands bis in den Nahen Osten jagt Holmes nicht nur Moriartys Erben, sondern krallt sich auch verzweifelt an die Schatten seiner eigenen Menschlichkeit.

IRS agent turned PI Mortimer Angel is relaxing in a hole-in-the-wall bar in a Reno casino when an attractive young girl hires him to find out who left her a cryptic message demanding a million dollars. At the girl’s house, Mort finds the body of missing rapper Jonnie Xenon - Jo-X to his legions of fans - hanging from the rafters with two bullet holes in him. Mort is shocked when he learns the identity of the girl’s father - and even more shocked when the father hires him to investigate the murder.

Railway Baron Sir Martin Malprelate has been laying waste to the warren of Camden; buying up houses and clearing streets for his new railway line linking King’s Cross with the prosperous town of Middlemarch. He stands to make his fortune ever more vast and to earn the loathing of all who attempt to stand up to him. Little wonder, then, that he meets a violent end on a foggy street after walking out of a particularly bitter meeting with outraged residents facing eviction. But the cause of his death causes more wonder.

Why did a chemistry professor write a text on a medieval practice from the viewpoint of a practitioner? And, why would a chemist for a suntan lotion company take such an interest in that professor and her hobby three and half decades later? Finally, and most important, why did they both vanish and where did they go? That was what Miami Beach private detective Nicholas Pierce was trying to figure out when he realized that it was no coincidence that two police detectives investigating the case had been found dead.

Das Wetter ist schlecht und die Finanzlage auch: Daher übernimmt Privatdetektiv Elmar Mogge gar nicht ungern den Auftrag seiner Exfrau, eine Freundin von ihr auf Ibiza zu suchen. Das klingt nach leicht verdientem Honorar. Doch die Suche nach der ehemaligen Stewardess gestaltet sich anders, als Mogge sich das vorgestellt hat. Denn unter all den Aussteigern, Tagträumern und Nachteulen, die die Insel bevölkern, gibt es auch Leute, die den Ermittler aus dem Ruhrgebiet von seiner Arbeit abhalten wollen, und zwar mit wenig zimperlichen Mitteln.

In mid September of 1943, Detroit private detective Sam Flanagan is contacted by the husband of a woman who drowned in their backyard pool six weeks ago. Along with the Detroit Police Department, Wayne County Coroner Fergus Macgregor is calling it “accidental”. And without any real evidence pointing in a different direction, that’s all they can do. The husband, Victor Girard, just wants to make sure he knows the whole story behind this tragic occurrence. There are troubling thoughts that continue to linger in his mind.

Over dinner in a Brooklyn restaurant, Marshall learns that his former NYPD colleague owes money - a lot of money - to the wrong people. But the conversation is cut short by gunfire, and, suddenly, Ray is lying dead on the restaurant floor. As Marshall investigates the murder, tracking down the drug dealers, bag men, bent cops and mob players within Ray’s orbit, it becomes clear there’s far more to the killing than just a debt. But who is responsible for Vialoux’s death…and why?