Résultats pour "The Priest" dans Policier

Faith McGuire is a lawyer with a firm that represents individuals who claim they were abused by clergy in the archdiocese of Baltimore. When a well-regarded pastor of an inner-city church is accused of sexual misconduct after his funeral, the priest’s diaries cause her to doubt the claims. Faith hires an investigator and asks two reporters for help.

Christian Windsor's odd genius brought him and his FBI unit fame when he stopped the sadistic murderer called The Surgeon. Christian's genius couldn't reveal the sociopath working right next to him, though: the world-renowned psychiatrist, Luke Titan. Dead bodies begin showing up again, but this time, Christian knows them. The killer doesn't want other people: He wants Christian. A delusional psychopath thinks Christian can bring God's return, which gives Luke Titan the perfect opportunity to continue his own sick purpose.

When a prominent landowner goes missing, private investigator Atticus Priest is drawn into a web of secrets that stretch from the rolling fields of Wiltshire to the darkest corners of the past. The ancient estate of Brookmere—seat of the once-mighty Ainsley family—is crumbling, its future threatened by inheritance disputes, hidden debts, and buried scandal.

Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Dieses Buch enthält 12 seiner schönsten Fälle. Inhalt: Das blaue Kreuz / Der geheime Garten / Die verdächtigen Tritte / Israel Gows Ehre / Der Unsichtbare / Missgestaltet / Die Sternschnuppen / Die Sünden des Prinzen Saradin / Der Hammer Gottes / Das Auge des Apoll / Das Zeichen des zerbrochenen Schwertes / Die drei Todeswerkzeuge

Isabella entdeckt bei ihrer morgendlichen Joggingrunde durch den Wald ein abgestürztes Kleinflugzeug. Dieses Flugzeug ist bis zum Rand gefüllt mit Kunstwerken unbekannter Herkunft. Noch verstörender ist der Fund, den Isabella am Steuer des Flugzeugs macht: die Leiche eines Mannes in einem Priestergewand. Sie eilt zurück ins Kloster und kontaktiert augenblicklich Matteo. Doch als die beiden unmittelbar darauf gemeinsam die Absturzstelle aufsuchen, ist zwar das Flugzeug noch da, aber sowohl der Priester als auch die Kunstwerke sind verschwunden.

In the house of a Roman Catholic bishop a man lies in a pool of blood. Out in the bishop’s diocese the quiet life of parish priest Father Vincent Ross is about to be thrown into turmoil by a terrifying revelation. There are ugly scandals being hidden by the church, and a murderer is on the prowl. The police and the authorities are groping in the dark, but Father Ross has been given special information that he cannot disclose to anyone.

Liverpool, 1539. A pregnant novice nun, Agnes Moore, ejected from her convent, claims to have been attacked in the ancient chapel of St Mary del Quay by Satan himself. Her former abbess, Lady Katheryn Lukeley, comes to her aid, but Agnes refuses to identify her lover.

Ten years ago, his wife died in his arms. God saved him for Himself. Now, he wants his first love to catch her killer. Tom Greer left Myerton six months after his wife Joan’s death, determined to leave the painful memories behind. Ten years later, now-Father Tom Greer returns for a four-month assignment as the temporary pastor of Saint Clare's Parish in Myerton. His only desire is to serve God's people quietly, then leave again. But the past won't leave Father Tom alone…

She was leaning against the door. Her smile was a sickly twisted grimace; the sort a prisoner gives a judge when he's asked if he has anything to say before he's sentenced. Russell Haxby is a ruthless used-car salesman obsessed with manipulating and cavorting with married women. In this classic of hard-boiled fiction, Charles Willeford crafts a wry, sardonic tale of hypocrisy, intrigue, and lust set in San Francisco in the early '50s.

A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective try to solve a murder in this “ebullient tap dance of a mystery” (Christopher Moore, New York Times bestselling author)—perfect for fans of Lisa Lutz’s The Spellman Files and Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan series. Meet Leda Foley...

Invited to the remote island of Dearth, far across the Dream Archipelago, to talk at a conference, he finds himself caught up in a series of mysteries. How can Dearth claim to be completely crime-free yet still have an armed police force? Why are they so keen for him to appear but so dismissive when he arrives? Is his sense of time confused, or is something confusing happening to time itself?

Watson erreicht die anglikanische Kirche von Saint Mary. Der dortige Priester nimmt ihn freundlich auf und weiß einiges über die familiäre Vergangenheit von Bruder Emanuel zu berichten.

An assassin sent by Arma Dei disappears into the night, with him a collection of heretical art and writings. For five centuries, the satchel—containing sketches and writings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and many others—is pursued by kings, popes, princes, and scavengers. The Paletti notebook lives on through rumor and legend, which also suggest that it contains the infamous Gospel of Matthias, thought to be lost forever.

​From the New York Times bestselling author of Coffin Dancer and The Final Twist comes a gripping story about Two men of words, one who seeks only peace—the other, violence. Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman...

​From the New York Times bestselling author of Coffin Dancer and The Final Twist comes a gripping story about Two men of words, one who seeks only peace—the other, violence. Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman...

Watson erreicht die anglikanische Kirche von Saint Mary. Der dortige Priester nimmt ihn freundlich auf und weiß einiges über die familiäre Vergangenheit von Bruder Emanuel zu berichten.

Watson erreicht die anglikanische Kirche von Saint Mary. Der dortige Priester nimmt ihn freundlich auf und weiß einiges über die familiäre Vergangenheit von Bruder Emanuel zu berichten.

Eigentlich sollte die Eröffnung der 800 Jahrfeier von Gutts Hill ein Tag für die Gemeinde werden, an den sich jeder noch lange Zeit erinnern würde...