Résultats pour "The Call" dans Détectives amateurs

Brought to you by Penguin. THE FIRST GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the death, he begins his own investigation, meeting Fennan's widow to...

Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's first novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley. This dramatisation, set in London in the late 1950s, finds Smiley engaged in the humdrum job of security vetting. But when a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide after an apparently unproblematic interview, Smiley is baffled. Refusing to believe that Fennan shot himself, Smiley decides to investigate.

Bloomsbury presents The Good Listener by Holly Watt, read by Nicola Burgess. 'INGENIOUS... PROPULSIVE' Sarah Vaughan 'TRULY ORIGINAL' Ellery Lloyd 'ELECTRIFYING' Fiona Cummins An anonymous call. A mother desperate for justice. The Good Listeners are there for anyone who needs to talk. When the...

When defense attorney Jackson Taylor takes on the case of a lifetime, he's prepared to fight for justice. His childhood friend—the son of a powerful senator—has been accused of a brutal murder. Jackson is certain the man he grew up with couldn't be a killer. But when shocking evidence links his own father, a former small-town sheriff, to the crime, Jackson's unshakable trust in the truth is pushed to the breaking point. Jackson remains steadfast in his quest for justice.

A collection of 6 short stories from the golden age of detective fiction, introducing H. C. Bailey's amateur sleuth Mr. Reginald Fortune, surgeon and general practitioner: a man interested in everything, but not in anything in particular, whose vast store of eclectic knowledge makes him just the man to help Scotland Yard unravel the most complex of murders, no matter how privileged or powerful the perpetrator may be...

Jaded reporter Andrew and his photographer boyfriend, Carlos, are sick of telling just another story. From cartel massacres to corrupt politicians, sifting the dregs of Mexico's drug war, they think they've seen it all. But when they find a body even the police are too scared to look at, what started out as just another reportage becomes the sort of story all reporters dream of. Until Carlos pushes for answers too fast and winds up murdered, leaving Andrew grief-stricken and flailing for answers, justice and revenge. 

Thirty-nine-year-old Enora Andresson is a successful actress and a woman in her prime. But tests have revealed an aggressive brain tumour that could kill her. Already struggling with the wreckage of her marriage and a strained relationship with her teenage son, Malo, she hasn't anticipated the appearance of investigative journalist Mitch Culligan. Mitch is writing a book about entrepreneur and onetime drug baron Hayden Prentice - a multi-millionaire who once crossed paths with Enora, and whom Mitch believes has helped fund the push to take the UK out of Europe.

Still living under the radar in Fort Lauderdale due to her refusal to pay her ex-husband’s spousal support, Helen Hawthorne’s latest workaday job might just be the lowest rung on the employment ladder - telemarketing. While Helen is conducting a phone survey with the wealthy Henry “Hank” Asporth, Helen is convinced she heard a murder being committed. With no solid proof, Helen is driven to find out what really happened with Hank and the mystery woman. But if she’s not careful, she just might end up holding a dead line of her own.

Former big-city photojournalist Callie Cassidy is finally feeling at home again in the mountainside village where she grew up. She’s bought her own townhouse, made friends, and rebooted a romantic relationship with her long-ago boyfriend. She even entered her lovable golden retriever and cantankerous tabby cat into the upcoming Fireweed Festival pet pageant.

Marsali Taylor returns with the eighth enthralling mystery in her gritty and thrilling Shetland Sailing Mystery series. 'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' Ann Cleeves As summer draws to a close in Shetland, indomitable...

Die passioniert Kreuzwort-rätselnde Miss Jessica Shameless, ihres Zeichens. Hobbydetektivin, wird mit einem besonders perfiden Mordfall konfrontiert. In ihrer neuem Heimatstadt Lucky-Crossmountain wird kurz vor der Tombola für. kriegsgeschädigtes Rotwild die schottisch erblindete Witwe Priscilla Bumsborough-Woucestersauce mittels ihrer nichts Böses ahnenden Stricknadel ins Jenseits befördert. Ein Fall, der unsere karitativ beseelte Heldin nebst Faktotum Mister Stinker nicht ruhen lassen kann, und dessen Lösung sie in gefährliche Todesnähe befördert.

Julie Mulhern presents Book 21 in the Country Club Murders series...

Miss Jessica Shameless und ihr Faktotum Mister Stinker kehren nach einem Wanderurlaub in den schottischen Highlands per Benutzung des Regionalexpress Glasgow - London heim, als nach einem ausufernden Abend im Speisewagen ein grausiger Doppelmord verübt wird. Da der Zug im Schneesturm steckenbleibt und die Verbindung zur Außenwelt abbricht, ist wieder einmal an der weltberühmten Hobbydetektivin, das Verbrechen aufzuklären, wobei sie einer Verschwörung auf die Schliche kommt, die sogar das Leben der Queen bedroht.

Die passionierte Hobbydetektivin Miss Jessica Shameless reist nebst Faktotum Mister Sinker nach Seattle, seines Zeichens Gewerbegebiet des idyllischen Küstenstädtchens Windmill-Mablecove, was DC Watson nebst Mutter Tilda unter Kontrolle halten. In der dort angesiedelten Scherzartikelfabrik jedoch kommt es zu einer Katastrophe - einem üblen Verbrechen, das Shameless und Stinker fast das Genick bricht, gäbe es da nicht den erotisch aufgeladenen Sherlock Watson nebst Genius Holmes, die noch so jedes knifflige Rätsel mit erstaunlicher Verve zu lösen verstehen.

When Hope's elderly neighbor perishes in a home fire, she can't help but feel somewhat responsible. Only the day before, Peggy Olson had called her over, having burned a pot on the stove while she was sleeping and filling the house with smoke. In fact, she couldn't even remember cooking. Clearly, it was dangerous for the woman to live alone. But it turns out she wasn't alone. When a second body is discovered in the basement of the burned house, suddenly what appeared to be a tragic accident is beginning to look like premeditated murder.