Résultats pour "William" dans Crime

The first novel in the Inspector William Fox series. A fortune worth killing for. A woman worth dying for. And a man running out of time. RCMP Inspector William Fox doesn't always play by the rules—like when he's chasing gangsters through the St. Lawrence in his cigarette boat, The Midnight Fox. But after a near-fatal assassination attempt and a string of boat bombings, he's pulled from the case and reassigned.

William Warwick, appena promosso ispettore, ha ricevuto un nuovo incarico che si prospetta assai più delicato e pericoloso dei precedenti. Perché non solo dovrà occuparsi, come al solito, dei crimini commessi in città, ma dovrà anche portare alla luce la corruzione che dilaga all’interno della stessa Scotland Yard. I suoi stretti collaboratori, agendo sotto copertura, si concentrano subito sul sergente Summers, un giovane ufficiale le cui abitudini di vita sembrano molto al di sopra di ciò che si può permettere con lo stipendio da poliziotto.

A True Story is a story about the nature of reality and the intrinsic unreliability of perspective. It is allusive literary fiction disguised as a cheap, pulpy crime novel where You, the listener, become the detective and the story itself becomes suspect. Nothing exists outside of the frame of the narrator. No character can have a true voice—only impersonation. The difference between truth and lies becomes meaningless; everything becomes a reflection of itself.

Questa non è una detective story, questa è la storia di un detective. William Warwick ha ottenuto una promozione, è diventato sergente e lui e il suo team sono stati riassegnati alla Squadra Narcotici. Il loro primo incarico è catturare Assem Rashidi, un noto trafficante di droga la cui rete controlla gran parte del territorio a sud di Londra.

William Warwick desiderava fare il detective dall'età di otto anni, dopo aver risolto il caso delle barrette di Mars scomparse, e da allora nessuno è riuscito a dissuaderlo dal suo proposito, nemmeno suo padre, Sir Julian, che sperava sarebbe diventato un eminente avvocato come lui. E infatti, subito dopo la laurea in storia dell'Arte, il caparbio giovane si arruola nella Polizia metropolitana di Londra dove, grazie alla brillante intelligenza e all'aiuto del suo mentore, un veterano della polizia a un passo dalla pensione, diventa rapidamente detective dell'unità Arte e Antichità.

When Caldwell Ellis commissions a 'find and retrieve' mission in Papua New Guinea to find Ropen eggs, Jim and Moira find themselves in a bit of a pickle when a cheese-loving Pterodactyl hatches from the egg that Moira inherits on Ellis' death, along with Ellis' cottage. Ollie is a clever soul, who bonds with Jim and Moira and communicates telepathically. Her existence creates all kinds of trouble and adventures for the Tipham crew!

There’s a storm brewing in Oklahoma Territory, and this time, it’s deadly serious. Local cattle ranches are being targeted by Texas rustlers—and the only man who can keep it from turning into a bloodbath is U.S. Deputy Marshal Will Tanner. The newly married lawman hates to leave his beautiful bride Sophie, but duty calls—for better or worse. In Tanner’s experience, it’s usually worse. An unexpected confrontation with outlaws is just the bloody beginning. Then an escaped convict catches wind of the fact that Tanner killed his brother. Now Will’s really in the crosshairs.

Peaky Blinders—but with women! In the thrilling final installment of Beezy Marsh’s riveting crime trilogy about a real-life London gang that began with Queen of Thieves, we go back to crime queen Alice Diamond’s bold beginnings in 1920s Soho. London, 1922. Orphan girl Alice dreams of more...

The Queen of Thieves is back! Queen of Clubs is the second in Beezy Marsh’s thrilling UK historical series about a ring of all-female gangsters in 1950s London. London, 1957: After rising up against gangland’s queen, Alice Diamond, formerly downtrodden Nell is living the perfect life of...

Madcap mobsters intertwined in several underworld confrontations. Bad guys, dangerous dames, and bumbling local vagabonds all attempt to make it through one more day in the Florida Keys.

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘'A moving and confident novel about the preciousness of life' Nikesh Shukla 'A brilliant debut' (Ian McEwan) picked as one to watch by the Guardian, Observer, Vogue and Stylist Three weeks ago I was only a schoolkid but now I’m a detective and also a tea-shop...

A mob hit gone perfectly. Except for that one witness. Now, the killers have to track down and eliminate that witness before their elaborate plans fall all apart. But this witness has connections of his one. Old ones, but nonetheless, dangerous ones. Connections of the most dangerous kind who are never to be trifled with. For you see, this witness has a knack of surviving in the dangers of the shadow world. He didn't get to be 68 by luck alone.