Résultats pour "Morgan" dans Fiction criminelle

Il y a un an, Élodie a quitté son travail pour se consacrer à l’écriture et devenir romancière. Publier un livre serait un moyen de briller aux yeux de tous et de surpasser pour une fois sa sœur Ada, la fille parfaite dont ses parents sont si fiers. Mais au fil des mois, Élodie n’a essuyé que des refus d’éditeurs. Alors, la jeune fille décide de mettre en scène sa propre disparition, persuadée que cela attirera l’attention d’un éditeur et qu’elle pourra enfin être publiée. Élodie pense avoir tout planifié : elle se cache pour susciter l’inquiétude, puis prévoit de réapparaître en héroïne.

In Hollywood, everyone's got secrets. Some are big, hairy, and ready to rip you apart under a full moon. Broke PI Vince Lockwood thinks he's hit the jackpot when a lawyer offers him more money than he's seen in months. Find a missing person. Simple. The job leads him to Alena DeLuca, mobster's...

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.

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.

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.

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.

The cottage sits pretty with ornate, stone walls and embers still glowing cozy in the fireplace within, the remnants of a happy, sheltered life. But a woman's body lies still on the floor, her frozen face smeared with blood-red lipstick. Detective Morgan Brookes thinks she’s seen it all, but goosebumps prickle her flesh as she walks inside a beautiful limestone cottage in Rydal Falls to find an innocent young woman strangled to death. The killer has applied lipstick to Rachel Hart and pressed her lips to a letter to seal it with a kiss.

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.

Two things threaten to destroy several areas of Daron Kincaid’s life—the tracking device he developed to locate victims of sex trafficking and an inherited membership in a mysterious outfit called The Castle. The new developments set the stage to dismantle the relationship with Cameron, the...

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. Set in Scotland, this heart-stopping mystery thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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.

Gathered together for the first time and featuring two brand new stories, this collection contains all of the short stories and novellas featuring Bunny McGarry, star of the million-selling Dublin Trilogy. Spanning his entire career in law enforcement and beyond, these stories give a whole new perspective on Ireland’s most truly unconventional police officer as he juggles being a force for justice and managing the world’s worst under-12s hurling team.

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.

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.

Step into the shadowy world of true crime with UNSOLVED: THE MOST BAFFLING TRUE CRIME CASES, a gripping exploration of some of the most perplexing, unsolved mysteries in criminal history. From high-profile cases like the Zodiac Killer and the tragic disappearance of Flight MH370 to the haunting story of the Sodder children and the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, this book uncovers the chilling details and unanswered questions that continue to baffle investigators and captivate the public.

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.

In a world obsessed with appearances, it's easy to be fooled by the charming smiles and composed facades of those who seem harmless. But beneath these facades lies a dangerous reality—psychopaths who are masters of manipulation, blending in and thriving in plain sight. The Mask Slips: True Stories of Charming Psychopaths and the Lives They Ruined offers an eye-opening journey into the lives of individuals who wore the mask of respectability and used their charm to manipulate, deceive, and destroy.

The story before the story. Wolfgang, before he was Wolfgang. Deep in the heart of West Virginia, a conspiracy is brewing to rob innocent locals of their mineral rights. The people behind it are both violent and heartless, willing to do whatever it takes to get what they want. A fourteen-year-old boy with a head full of dreams and knowledge of the plot may be all that stands in their way. Listener's Note: That Time in Appalachia is a prequel novella that tells the history of Wolfgang before he became an espionage operative.