Résultats pour "The Wager" dans Policier

Nicole Nicoletti, Eddie’s lover, has set Chicago on fire with her sports betting picks, and needs his help. Her father, a successful trainer, faces a long suspension for drugging his horses, but insists he was framed. When a murder points to Nicole’s father, the investigation ramps up another notch. The mob’s gambling boss is on his deathbed. After years on the Most Wanted List, the kingpin of the mob’s offshore gambling operation is back in town. The track’s top owner has enlisted Eddie’s help to gamble on his horses. A professor’s stolen lab book might hold the secrets everyone wants.

While investigating an extortion plot involving high-priced Washington call girls and some of America's most powerful politicians, Unit 1 agent Adam Zak becomes embroiled in a deadly scheme to engineer the election of the next President of the United States. During the run-up to the presidential election, Zak and systems analyst Dreu Sason pick their way through an entangling web of murder, blackmail, and political intrigue that asks of both the government and the media who cover it, "Who can we trust" and "How can we know"?

Moonrise Key. Playground of the rich and famous. Overnight Cassandra Monahan has gone from high society darling to infamous criminal. Behind bars, she can't reach out to her family, or the one man she yearns for. Even though she's certain Jack Landry's betrayal landed her in jail, Cassandra can't let him go. The passion between them is undeniable no matter how much she tries to resist it. When she's dealt a lucky hand and makes bail, she realizes she misjudged Jack. But she still can't fall back into his arms or give him her heart.

In The Wager Series, Eddie and his uncle, a former Chicago homicide detective, solve murders for the mob's gambling boss. With the assistance of the mob's underworld insight, Eddie and his uncle approach murder from a unique perspective.

With outlaws wrecking havoc left and right, a cow town in Texas is on the brink of becoming a ghost town. That's when it's time to call in Chicago-based Pinkerton agent Ash Tallman and his partner Vivian Valentine. Going undercover as a handsome, charming drifter, Ash is always ready with his gun and popular with the ladies. And the lovely, vivacious Viv plays the role of a fervent evangelist, offering salvation with the promise of a sweeter reward to any sinner who can give her clues.

Not a day goes by that Father Luis Chavez isn't haunted by the cold-blooded slaying of his brother, Nicolas. But as the years pass and the case remains unsolved, there looks to be no end to his torment. When Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Story discovers a possible link between a murdered prosecutor and Nicolas's death several years before, the priest investigates, uncovering an international money-laundering scheme tying American banks to Mexican cartels.

At the age of 23, Ricky Harris has it all: fame, fortune, and the woman of his dreams, until he discovers her in bed with his best friend. In this his darkest hour, an opportunity presents itself to begin again. Ricky seizes the moment, unaware of the ripple effect he will cause in the waters of fate.