Résultats pour "Morgan" dans Fiction criminelle

De la Norvège à la Russie, un thriller intense aux confins sauvages de l'arctique. Archipel du Svalbard, Longyearbyen, la ville la plus au nord du monde. On découvre le corps d'une femme vraisemblablement déchiquetée par un ours. Norvège continentale, les îles Lofoten. Le cadavre d'une ex-journaliste est retrouvé sur une plage isolée. A priori rien ne lie ces victimes si ce n'est qu'elles s'intéressaient de près aux mammifères marins. L'une était doctorante en biologie arctique, l'autre, à la tête d'une agence d'excursion en mer.

Un cadavre atrocement mutilé suspendu à la façade d'un bâtiment. Une ancienne ville soviétique envoûtante et terrifiante. Deux enquêteurs, aux motivations divergentes, face à un tueur fou qui signe ses crimes d'une hirondelle empaillée. Et l'ombre d'un double meurtre perpétré en 1986, la nuit où la centrale de Tchernobyl a explosé.

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.

When a body is found, FBI agent Mike Atkins teams up with his new partner Chelsea Turner to unravel the clues. Confusion mounts when it seems the victim was murdered by two different methods. Was there one killer or two? Mike and Chelsea are no closer to solving the murder when the killer or killers strike again. Will they figure it out before more people die or will they too become victims?

April 1284. As a newly widowed lady-in-waiting to the very pregnant Queen Eleanor of England, Catrin never expected to return to Wales again. She was definitely unprepared to be confronted with murder when she got there - or to find herself face-to-face with Rhys, the childhood friend she lost 20 years before. Rhys had never intended to return home either, but a lifetime of war has deposited him right back where he started - impoverished and owing service to Catrin's older brother.

As the low winter sun begins to rise over the river Deben, a body is found, caught up amongst the reeds in the river that runs through the small Suffolk town of Deben Quay. Detective Inspector Morgan could never have imagined the secrets that are about unfold, as he finds himself caught up in a web of lies and deceit that reaches far beyond his life as a detective.

Tre månader har gått sedan Arthur Blidsjöös begravning och händelserna som föranledde hans död har tagit hårt på både Morgan och Cortina. Men livet måste fortsätta och Cortina föreslår att Morgan ska ta över som kyrkoherde. Själv är han inte säker på att han lämpar sig som präst längre. När Morgan väl bestämt sig för att ta tag i sitt liv gör han en fruktansvärd upptäckt. Under en bro springer han på två mördade tonåringar. För att kunna gå vidare tvingar han sig själv att skjuta undan den hemska synen.

When an elderly book lover is murdered in an attic full of books, DI Grant McKenzie and his team are baffled regarding the motive. Everybody insists they loved the man and would never wish him harm. The only clue may lie in the bookkeeper’s last social media post, in which he stated he had in his possession the ‘Whitlock Tome’, a book said to have been written during the First World War, that disappeared during the 1920s and is rumoured to have encoded within it the whereabouts of a valuable family heirloom or secret.

November 1147. Gareth and Gwen have again been called to a castle belonging to Robert, Earl of Gloucester, this time by Prince Henry, who insists his uncle was murdered. Allying with Normans doesn’t come easily to Gareth and Gwen, but initial doubts are swept aside as more losses come to light. Because Robert's death has upended the balance of power in England, friends and foes alike have a vested interest in keeping the truth from coming out, and it is up to Gareth and Gwen to stop the killer before he claims another victim—and maybe a country.

May 1147. Gareth and Gwen have traveled to Deheubarth in the retinue of Prince Hywel. The Prince of Gwynedd has temporarily allied himself with King Cadell and his Norman relations in order to finally evict the hated Flemings from south Wales. But while the battle goes well, the celebratory feast afterwards does not, leaving Gareth and Gwen among the few left standing. And it is to them, as always, that the investigation falls and on whom peace in Wales may well depend.

Als frisch gebackener Vater eines kleinen Wunderbabys namens Lilly-Ann fasst Dexter den Entschluss, ab jetzt ein anständiges Leben zu führen und seine blutrünstigeren Hobbies an den Nagel zu hängen. Als dann jedoch ein junges Mädchen verschwindet und die verdächtigte Gruppe äußerst merkwürdige Praktiken an den Tag legt, hilft der Rechtsmediziner doch wieder seiner Schwester Deborah bei der Aufklärung. Zumal bald der Verdacht des Kannibalismus im Raum steht.

When a young influencer is found dead in an Edinburgh graveyard, the contents of her last video provide an enigmatic, if not downright cryptic, view of the woman's last moments. DI Grant McKenzie cannot shake the feeling that the woman was trying to communicate more than a historical tale to her followers. Did she know what was about to happen? As more influencers fall prey to the same killer, the DI and his team face a heart-stopping race to find an evil psychopath who sneaks up on preoccupied prey; the person the press has named The Gimbal Killer.

August 1146. Prince Hywel has called all the bards of Wales to him for a music festival to mark the third anniversary of his rule over Ceredigion. He has invited all the lords of Wales too, including his father, his uncle, and his neighbor to the south, King Cadell. But with the highborn also come the low: thieves, spies, and other hangers-on. And when a murderer strikes as the festival starts, Gareth and Gwen are charged with discovering his identity—before the death of a peasant shakes the throne of a king.

Ein gestrandeter Wal, eine tote Frau und das kalte Schweigen des Nordpolarmeers - dieser Thriller, der in der rauen Natur Spitzbergens und der Lofoten spielt, entfaltet einen unentrinnbaren Sog. Longyearbyen auf Spitzbergen, die nördlichste Siedlung der Welt: In einer entlegenen Bucht wird neben einem gestrandeten Pottwal die Leiche einer Studentin der Meeresbiologie gefunden. Ist die junge Frau einem Eisbären zum Opfer gefallen? Die ermittelnde Polizistin Lottie hat immer stärkere Zweifel.

Dawn Hildegard’s dream is to become a doctor, but for a woman in the 1920s, this is no easy task. When her best friend Rose is kidnapped by “The Dollmaker,” a crazed serial killer who creates “art” from his victim’s bodies, she drops everything to find her. With the help of a handsome new acquaintance and his mysterious brother, Dawn investigates the fascinating case: Women found dead at the scene—their limbs skillfully removed, only to later be found stitched back together, suspended in doll-like positions throughout town in a grotesque display.

After the devastating loss of her husband in Iraq, Morgan Dane returns to Scarlet Falls, seeking the comfort of her hometown. Now, surrounded by family, she’s finally found peace and a promising career opportunity - until her babysitter is killed and her neighbor asks her to defend his son, Nick, who stands accused of the murder.

Haley Powell wakes up covered in blood, with no memory of the night before. When she sees a man lying in the backyard, stabbed to death, she has only one terrified thought: What have I done? Agreeing to take the case as a favor to her PI friend Lincoln Sharp, Morgan must scale a mountain of damning circumstantial and forensic evidence to prove her client innocent.

Yvonne Parker is enjoying an early morning hack through the fields on the outskirts of Shaftesbury in Dorset, with her horse Toby, when they discover a dead body. Jewellery is strewn on the ground, and the identity of the body is unknown. Who is the man who appears in the field? Is he involved in the crimes? Yvonne and Toby have stumbled across a tragedy which will reveal more about her home town and friends than Yvonne could ever imagine.

When DI Grant McKenzie's world is thrown into chaos by the sudden disappearance of his twenty-one-year-old nephew, he is determined to uncover the truth no matter the cost. As he and his team are plunged into a dark and sinister web of organised crime, McKenzie must face a wealthy and elusive kingpin who believes himself untouchable. With the fate of his nephew hanging in the balance, McKenzie and his team will stop at nothing to bring the criminal mastermind to justice. Set in Scotland, this heart-stopping mystery thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat.

He's the Alpha I can't resist, a dangerous Silver fox Mafia Boss wrapped in seductive allure. Adrian, who had put me in several positions within minutes one night, making me melt like ice under his touch, now stands before me as the parent of my most challenging student. With his chiseled body and deep blue eyes I sat in disbelief, thighs clenched at the meeting. This grumpy single dad, who wont take no for an answer, contracts me to be Sophia's private tutor at his home. His dominance extends when he also contracts me to a fake marriage to protect his secrets and daughter.