Résultats pour "The Baron" dans Policier

Alba, Langhe. Matteo Serra, podcaster milanese, compra per caso delle vecchie audiocassette a un mercatino. Su una di esse scopre la voce di Isabella Masconi, ragazza che nel 1977 si dichiara prigioniera nella villa di famiglia, testimone di crimini mai denunciati. Ma Isabella Masconi risulta morta da anni. Quello che doveva essere un semplice episodio diventa un'ossessione. Esistono altre cassette, nascoste tra le colline.

Il barone della droga Gerry Carpenter è detenuto in un carcere di massima sicurezza in attesa di giudizio, ma non è del tutto fuori gioco. Negli stessi giorni in cui la polizia ne celebra la cattura, il pericoloso criminale scatena una vera e propria campagna di terrore: i testimoni che dovrebbero deporre al suo processo vengono minacciati, gli uomini delle forze dell'ordine coinvolti nel caso uccisi, le prove raccolte contro di lui distrutte.

Para la inspectora Indira Ramos ha sido un año repleto de sucesos: cazó a un monstruo al que todo el mundo daba por muerto, perdió a uno de sus mejores agentes en un desgraciado accidente y tuvo que elegir entre los dos hombres de su vida. Pero, cuando todo parecía haber vuelto a la normalidad y se presentaba ante ella una etapa tranquila, la vida se empeña en ponerle las cosas más difíciles que nunca y tendrá que enfrentarse, junto al inspector Iván Moreno, a un caso que les unirá o les separará para siempre.

As lawman, rancher, and Korean War veteran, Ty Dawson has his share of problems in the southern Oregon county he calls home. Despite how rural it is, Meriwether can't keep modernity at bay. The 1970s have changed the United States—and Meriwether won't be spared. A standoff looms when the US Fish & Wildlife Service seeks to separate longtime cattleman KC Sheridan from his water supply—ensuring the death of his livestock. If that's not enough trouble, a Portland detective is found dead in a fly-fishing resort cabin.

En un rascacielos habitado por los multimillonarios de Milán, un famoso exfutbolista aparece muerto en su lujoso apartamento. Colomba Caselli, antigua subjefa de policía que ahora colabora con los servicios secretos, se encargará de un caso que se precipita cuando aparecen más cadáveres entre la clase alta. Necesitará la ayuda de su colaborador Dante Torre, genial y maniático perfilador de mentes criminales, con quien comparte las cicatrices de un pasado traumático.

Book 3 in the Border Knight series. When Prince Arthur is murdered and the French begin to take Normandy, Sir Thomas finds himself isolated and alone. The Norman barons conspire against King John and the English knight has a dilemma. Does he join the rebels or stay true to his beliefs?...

In the haunted heart of Tremé, where the air is thick with incense and unsaid truths, Gabriel Saint-Croix investigates his father’s suspicious death—a decorated Black cop silenced during Hurricane Katrina. But the deeper he digs, the more dangerous the shadows become. Until they consume him. Brutally attacked and left for dead, Gabriel doesn’t just survive—he rises.

Alma Lee isn’t expecting much at the party she has been invited to. The host is one Baron Edmund Inglethorpe, a rather conventional Victorian aristocrat. Things get more exciting when a gruesome murder unfolds and Alma is forced into a central role in the investigation, uncovering secrets and deceit. With her own freedom at stake, Alma is willing to do anything to prove her innocence to the world.

As the youngest of four girls, Miss Eudora Mifford has spent her whole life attempting to catch up with her older sisters. From solving murders to finding husbands, they are always one step ahead—leaving Eudora trailing behind in a perfectly respectable but dreadfully unremarkable existence. So, when she quite literally stumbles over a dead body, Eudora knows this is her chance to finally make her mark. Unfortunately, no one else seems to agree. When a cantankerous viscount is murdered at a house party and the guests find themselves snowed in, Eudora seizes the opportunity to prove herself.

Was soll man mit Bunkern aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg anfangen, die nie genutzt wurden? Wein darin einlagern! Baron Emilio hält das für eine gute Idee. Er ist nur allzu gern bereit, die attraktive Fotokünstlerin Tilda Kneissl auf ihren Ausflügen für ein Fotobuch über die Südtiroler Bunkeranlagen zu begleiten – erst recht, wenn ein guter Tropfen dabei herausspringt. Doch dann finden sie in einem Vinschgauer Bunker etwas deutlich weniger Erfreuliches: die mumifizierte Leiche einer jungen Frau.

El nieto de James Blake sénior, el gran barón del arenque de Smögen, es hallado muerto en la recién renovada atalaya del práctico. Sandra Haraldsson, junto con Nathalie Colette, de la Unidad de Casos Sin Resolver de Gotemburgo, son las primeras en llegar al lugar. Pero lo que a primera...

In una Sorrento di fine estate, affollata di turisti provenienti da tutto il mondo, Osvaldo, che fa il portiere di notte e soffre di insonnia, si imbatte in una strana valigia che arriva dal passato. Si troverà così a seguire il filo che lega quell'oggetto e il suo contenuto all'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, agli anni Sessanta, a Firenze, a Parigi e alla Sorrento di quei giorni. Gli stessi in cui un pauroso incendio devasta decine di ettari di macchia mediterranea tra Baia Bianca e il San Renato.

When a beer barrel containing the body of a man is delivered to the door of 221b Baker Street, an intoxicating new adventure begins for Sherlock Holmes. Together with his faithful companion, Dr. John Watson, Holmes travels north to Burton-upon-Trent to investigate the poisoning of a regiment in India from a contaminated batch of pale ale. The incident threatens the reputation of the mighty brewer, Houghton's, which supplies beer to half the world. But Holmes is not the only detective working the case.

In einem Weinberg wird die Leiche eines bekannten Winzers gefunden – mit einer Rebschere in der Brust. Emilio von Ritzfeld-Hechenstein interessiert das allerdings wenig. Er will sich zu Abwechslung mal gepflegt aus allem raushalten. Schließlich ist der Alltag eines Privatermittlers hektisch genug. Und wenn Emilio eins verabscheut, dann Hektik. Also genießt er die Auszeit auf dem Weingut seiner Freundin Phina, flaniert durch Bozen und kehrt in den einschlägigen Weinbars und Buschenschenken ein. Als jedoch Phinas beste Freundin spurlos verschwindet, fühlt sich Emilio in die Pflicht genommen. Er ahnt nicht, worauf er sich einlässt.

They called her Lady Stewart when she was married to a British aristocrat. They called her Miss Cora when she ran a brothel in Florida. But she called herself Mrs. Crane when she asked Sherlock Holmes to locate her common-law husband, writer Stephen Crane, who'd gone missing in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. In their attempt to fulfil the lady's request, Holmes and Watson encounter a world of celebrity authors, terrorist bombings, and haunted manor houses.

Retired LAPD detective Mike Travis has put thousands of miles between himself and his former life by sailing to Kona, Hawaii, where he runs a private yacht charter business and co-owns a coffee farm. But once a cop, always a cop—especially when someone he cares about needs his help. When a local girl goes missing, her fundamentalist parents don't even file a report. She is eighteen, after all, and seems to be rebelling against her strict upbringing. But Travis knows the dangers that lurk for young women.

Al alba del 9 de enero de 2017, Jacob Fisher, un asesor financiero de San Francisco, encuentra en la cocina el cadáver de su esposa Natalie cosido a puñaladas y con varias mantis religiosas encima. El asesinato coincide con la desaparición de Sharon, la hija adolescente del matrimonio. Al tomar el mando de la investigación, el inspector William Parker se da cuenta de que el modus operandi del homicida es el mismo que el de Victor Black, un asesino en serie que cumple su condena en el corredor de la muerte de la Prisión Estatal de San Quintín.

Dans Le Bayou Tèche, les marais forment un enchevêtrement où il est facile de disparaître. Elise, une Française, s’y est réfugiée pour fuir quelque chose de sombre, d’indicible, qu’elle a laissé en France. Elle est partie du jour au lendemain, abandonnant tout derrière elle. L’indicible est un personnage trouble et difficile à cerner : son mari. Ce roman croise les histoires respectives du laissé-pour-compte en Dordogne, et de la fugitive en Louisiane.

The mystery has fascinated the music industry since 1977—the year when some tapes went missing from the Stone Blossoms' final recording session for one of the most anticipated rock albums of all time. The band's charismatic leader committed suicide on the same day. Retired cop Mike Travis learns about the puzzling history in the worst way possible. After sailing from Catalina to his family's old beach house in Kona, Hawaii, he discovers there's been a bloodbath.

After twenty years at the LAPD Homicide Bureau, Mike Travis is finally retiring and starting over on Santa Catalina Island. In the small town of Avalon, he lives and works on his yacht, sailing and chartering scuba diving trips. There, among tourists and quirky locals, he tries to banish the residual darkness from his mind. It's not that easy, especially when the one case he never solved comes back to haunt him . . .