Résultats pour "Sins" dans Policiers et crimes internationaux

Jake Tillard is back in Egypt with his flame Libby Joyce. Their geologic training leads to a gold prospect in the shadows of St Catherine’s monastery. Once again the science is simple compared to problems created by Russian and Chinese partners. Greed, blackmail, activism, and murder conspire to derail Jake and Libby from producing gold in the shadow of the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Sinai Gold provides twists, turns, and rich descriptions from the Middle East to Moscow to Montana, with a surprise around every corner.

International oil exploration normally attracts large companies, big money, giant egos, and unscrupulous corruption. Against this backdrop, Montana-born geologist Jake Tillard pursues his dream to discover natural gas in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Unprepared for a nasty battle to control a previously worthless patch of desert, Jake encounters murder, kidnapping, espionage, and blackmail. Helped by a desert Bedouin, he struggles to outwit Israeli power brokers, Islamic fanatics, and US government agents to save his daughter and achieve his dream.

"A dark, brutal ride through the underbelly of LA." —Anthony Horowitz, author of Magpie Murders In this follow-up to Nicolás Obregon’s critically acclaimed Blue Light Yokohama, Inspector Iwata returns—in a murder case in his new home of Los Angeles. After a brutal murder investigation...

El comisario Christian Habersaat lleva diecisiete años intentando en vano esclarecer la muerte de una joven que apareció colgando cabeza abajo de un árbol. Desesperado, le pide ayuda a Carl Mørck, que, malhumorado como siempre, no le hace demasiado caso. Poco después, Habersaat muere en...

In this intriguing mystery, Jeffrey Sinclair has a thief in his midst. One of his highly sensitive prototypes has gone missing, and he's on a timeline to recover it to avoid bankruptcy. In his search he finds himself in the middle of a deadly game where trust is a luxury he can't afford. The last person to have the devices has been killed and now his only link to the stolen property is the man's widow.

Lives untangle, fates converge and blood is spilled as Inspector Iwata returns. Inspector Kosuke Iwata, formerly of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, is now working as a private investigator in California. He may have left his home country behind him, but the crimes he has to face here are just as horrific and as mystifying.

 London, November 1890. Crime-scene photographer Sarah Bain Barrett faces a perfect storm of events. She and her husband Detective Sergeant Barrett are riding on a train that crashes. While rescuing other passengers, they find a woman who's been strangled to death.

It's a brutal winter in Des Moines, Iowa, and the city is gripped by fear. A serial attacker known as the Sin Eater is stalking women and has just struck again. It's a tough time and a tough place for Riley Fisher, a former small-town sergeant, to be reporting for duty as an FBI agent on her first assignment. Teamed with a man she's not sure she can trust and struggling to prove herself - while fighting the pull of her old life and family dramas - Riley is tasked with investigating a vicious death threat against the newly elected female state governor.

It’s the year 2000 in Dublin and, following some traumatic events, Detective Bunny McGarry is taking a well-earned break from the force. Bunny’s former partner died in the line of duty under dubious circumstances, but his murky background has suddenly resurfaced, threatening Bunny’s reputation as well. As if that isn’t enough, a young boy is in danger and a woman from the big fella’s past is trapped in a loveless marriage to a monster. They both need Bunny’s help, but he must get to work fast - it seems someone is trying to frame him for murder.

La desaparición en pleno rodaje de un director de cine es el primer caso que investiga la inspectora Mar Lanza al ser destinada a Cantabria. Escapando de un turbio asunto que la ha convertido en una paria entre sus compañeros de la Policía Nacional, Lanza se enfrenta a un asesino misterioso y a un caso que conmociona a la opinión pública. Pocos saben que ella misma fue la única superviviente de otro caso polémico jamás resuelto y que ha marcado su vida desde que era una niña.

Vinho verde und grausame Morde im Alentejo. Archäologen entdecken bei Ausgrabungen in der Hafenstadt Sines alte Skelette und finden dabei einen Hinweis auf eine erst seit Kurzem vermisste Person. Wie ist das möglich? Dann werden zwei Leichen gefunden, darunter die des Vermissten, und Inspektor Nuno Cabral übernimmt die Ermittlungen. Wie hängen die beiden Morde zusammen? Bald gerät die Umweltaktivistin Teresa Pinto, auf die er ein Auge geworfen hat, unter Verdacht. Als Cabral an den Leichen seltsame Symbole bemerkt, beginnt er die grausame Wahrheit zu begreifen.

Inspektor Nuno Cabral hat abgeschlossen - mit seiner Vergangenheit, seinem Heimatort Sines und seiner Karriere bei der Polícia Judiciária. Doch dann stirbt sein Vater, und er kehrt widerwillig in die kleine Hafenstadt zurück. Kurz nach seiner Ankunft wird dort ein Mann unter höchst rätselhaften Umständen ermordet. Cabral wird zum Tatort gerufen, und schon bald steckt er tief in den Ermittlungen. Zusammen mit der Journalistin Joana Meireles sucht er in der Vergangenheit des Opfers nach Hinweisen auf den Mörder - und stößt dabei auf einen düsteren Abschnitt in der Geschichte Portugals.

My main concern is protecting those I love. I keep them out of harm’s way and out of legal trouble. These are my brothers through and through. And I would do anything for any of them. But when one our own is kidnapped and tortured, it’s up to me to take care of her—whether her brother likes it or not.

Laos, 1979: Dr. Siri Paiboun, the twice retired ex-National Coroner of Laos, receives an unmarked package in the mail. Inside is a handwoven pha sin, a colorful traditional skirt worn in northern Laos. A lovely present, but who sent it to him, and why? And, more importantly, why is there a severed human finger stitched into the sin's lining?

A year ago today, my father died. That day, I nearly lost everything. But I'm alive and well in Sicily. It's 1947. My only desire is to continue my father's legacy by running his businesses. I've stayed away from the mob's influence. My late father, did as well. Now, one hitman's obsession to take me out has brought it to my doorsteps.