Résultats pour "The Tree" dans Polars

1941. Rupert and Adelaide Stride are raising their two daughters, Clare and Rosa, in the midst of war. When Rupert is called to fight, he dies on the beaches of Dunkirk, leaving his family to fend for themselves. 2023. Decades later, Clare and Rosa have retreated to the annex, trapped in the place where they were raised: Yew Tree House. When the rooms are put up for rent, Jack Harmon sees the perfect spot for a family holiday with his twins and detective Stella Darnell. But then the children discover a skeleton with a hole in its skull hidden in the brambles of a decommissioned WWII pill box.

The spotlight is on Rio County's first female Sheriff, and everyone wants answers ... Newly elected West Texas Sheriff Mare Carlson prepares for her hometown's 140th anniversary. There are decorations on the light poles, Rosemary is selling her famous burritos at triple-price, and a parade marches from the elementary school to the courthouse ... and there's a murder. It's happened before, but not often, and the man killed was a harmless drunk who was crippled thirty years ago. It's a case with no context, an execution without reason.

This winter, fear comes gift-wrapped. *FROM THE KINDLE TOP 20 BESTSELLING AUTHOR* In the dead of winter, the Pennine Way is treacherous. As snowstorms hit, hikers have been told to stay away. But not everyone has heeded the warning: a lone walker finds a parcel in the snow, addressed to her. But...

È autunno, momento magico di silenzi, di foglie dorate e di funghi e il commissario Bartolomeo Rebaudengo passeggia nei boschi di Ceva. Ma la tranquillità dura poco, subito funestata da un delitto atroce, quasi un rituale che rimanda a un fatto di cronaca nera vecchio di dieci anni. Lo scenario è una bella villa sulla collina di Alassio, tra palme, eucalipti e profumo di mareggiate invernali. Nel frattempo gli uomini del commissariato indagano anche su una vicenda poco chiara che si svolge all'interno di una sfarzosa galleria d'arte e antiquariato appena inaugurata.

After a young woman is found strangled to death, Bliss is called to the scene. When he learns that one of his business cards was found among the victim's clothing and he is told what was written on the back of it, Bliss is immediately troubled. The card was one of five he handed out to trafficked young women he and his team had previously rescued from a shipping container.

When Gail Zigman, town selectwoman and Joe Gunther's companion of many years, is raped, Gunther finds himself caught between the media, local politicians, and a network of well-meaning victims' rights advocates as he tries to put his own feelings aside and follow a trail of evidence. Every lead points to a single obvious suspect, but is the evidence too perfect?

A new mystery featuring the complex and fascinating London policeman John Coffin finds Coffin investigating the apparently accidental deaths of two of his officers, deaths linked to a strange half-dead tree.

Sukey Reynolds is treasuring the late-summer sun, taking long walks in the countryside, and enjoying the golden views across the Cotswold hills. At home, she’s busy cooking up feasts for her growing teenage son - amateur sleuthing is definitely off the menu. When she is called to photograph a crumbling manor, the day suddenly turns cold. In the charming garden, the body of beautiful Una May has been discovered, and all fingers are pointed at the tempestuous owner of the house, who was overheard arguing with Una that morning.... But who is the rotten apple in this beautiful orchard?

Tre män hittas döda i den lilla staden Kristinefors i Värmland. Av allt att döma har de fallit offer för en och samma mördare - som av okänd anledning involverar journalisten Leo Bredberg i sina kallsinniga planer. Leo dras mot sin vilja in i en mörk historia där människoliv står på spel.

The town of Rangeley, Maine is in an uproar: fingers are pointing in every direction. A pattern has started, and the local police department is finally paying attention and placing every piece they can find together.

The serenity of northern Maine's idyllic wilderness is shattered when a logger is mysteriously murdered. Veteran Maine State Police Detective Peter Wallace must solve the case, but finds few clues, no motive, and a dead end at every turn. With pressure mounting to find the murderer, Wallace accepts the assistance of Michael Grant, a young psychic medium who reveals information about the deaths of a group of loggers at the murder location over 100 years before, and a personal message for Wallace.

Nell'ultima delle sue avventure letterarie, il commissario De Vincenzi è chiamato a risolvere un delitto insolito. Lo scenario con cui si apre uno dei capolavori del romanzo giallo all'italiana è il rinvenimento di un cadavere nella Casa di Mode della fascinosa Cristiana O'Brian. Accanto a esso è adagiata un'orchidea, fiore che simboleggia passione e sensualità. Seguiranno altri due omicidi della stessa matrice che porteranno le indagini della detective story a fluttuare tra i salotti della raffinata Milano degli anni trenta e cupe atmosfere d'oltreoceano.

L'autore aveva scritto questi due racconti lunghi, giunti ormai, con varianti, alla terza edizione, nel 1994 e nel 1995, di poco anteriormente al sorgere della moda del giallo e poliziesco italiani. Sono opere basate sulle figure di Vittorio D'Aiazzo, commissario e poi vice questore, e di Ranieri Velli, suo aiutante e amico, personaggi che, l'uno o entrambi, ritornano in altri romanzi e racconti di Guido Pagliarino: è uscito da poco per i tipi dell'Editrice Genesi l`ultimo romanzo sul personaggio D’Aiazzo, il prequel ”L`ira dei vilipesi”.

Montevideo, noviembre de 1957: mientras el novedoso Sputnik ruso surca el espacio, en la casa central del Banco República el empleado Ernesto Robles comete un desfalco. Con una valija llena de dólares huye a Marazul, un balneario oceánico de la costa uruguaya. Allí debe esperar a que un conocido que le debe favores le envíe un pasaporte falso para escapar a Brasil.