Résultats pour "kill" dans Détectives privés

When a major network offers a TV deal to a group of new writers, the stakes couldn't be higher. They'll have a workshop in Cherringham to shape their show ideas - and win the prized contract. But when the writers get ominous threats, it seems their lives are in danger. Can Jack and Sarah find the culprit in time ... before there's a real 'killer pitch'?

Promises are meant to be kept. Especially a promise like this. Jack Widow is submarine-watching near Kitsap Naval Base, outside Seattle, when he runs into an old friend. In a hurry, his sailor buddy takes him to a prestigious medal ceremony: the Navy Cross. The event is a “big deal” because the medal is going to the first Native American woman recipient. Who is she? Lou Cosay is a highly decorated former sailor-turned-NCIS agent. She’s smart, tough, and deadly.

Energetic and eager to make his mark on what Time Magazine called the next great boom town, Bucky Ontario leaves his Louisiana home and hops a bus to Defiance, Oklahoma, a town not particularly adverse to murders, just the embarrassment of them. While helping his friend, Kindra, search for a ring that once belonged to her dead mother, Bucky is told, "Find the baby, find the ring."

Although Tina Alvarez escaped a trafficking ring, her newborn daughter wasn’t so lucky. Sold on the black market, the baby vanished without a trace. Most people would’ve given up, but Tina never stopped searching. When Ari Wilburn offers to help, it sounds easy enough: Find the child. It should be simple. It isn’t. Because the deeper Ari digs, the more twisted the threat becomes. People connected to the case are turning up dead. And the clues point to one disturbing truth: This isn’t just about a missing child—it’s about Ari. Her past. Her secrets. And a killer who is watching. Waiting.

Tim Rackley, a deputy U.S. marshal, watches helplessly as his daughter's killer walks free on a legal technicality. He is suddenly forced to explore his own deadly options -- a quest that leads him into the welcoming fold of ""the Commission."" A vigilante group made up of people like himself --...

A wild and wickedly funny series debut, introducing readers to the irresistible and irrepressible private investigator, Peter Key. "Everything you want in a great mystery."—Steven Rowley "Peter Key is my new favorite amateur sleuth."—Elle Cosimano Meet Peter Key: self-proclaimed “laziest...

When the bodies of several sex workers begin popping up across New York City, Special Agent Jerrod Shelby of the FBI reluctantly requests the under the table help of Bruce Westman, a Purple Heart Iraqi War Veteran turned private investigator. After cracking the Waterway Killer case in Connecticut, impressing Agent Shelby with his unique ability to literally enter the killer’s mind, Bruce is ready to take on another killer. Now the two of them are chasing a madman who likes to display his victims as if they were praying, pinning them to the ground like bugs under glass.

When private detective Cooper "Coop" Harrington meets record label mogul Grayson Taylor at a swank gathering of country music artists and politicians he never imagines he'll be investigating his brutal murder less than twenty-four hours later. The suspects are plentiful. More than a handful of people could have wanted him dead. Retained by Taylor's widow, Coop works alongside his best friend and Chief of Detectives, Ben Mason. The investigation leads Coop and Ben to scandalous indiscretions, secrets, and hints of corruption that swirl in the midst of their pursuit of the killer.

Donna Carley, a renowned celebrity concealing a sinister truth, heads a nefarious organization with ambitions of acquiring power and riches by harnessing the potent force of drug-induced dreams. When Savannah Ryder, a troubled journalist, is abducted by Donna to serve as an experimental subject, she plunges into a harrowing abyss. Trapped within the hallucinatory realm of drug-induced slumber, Savannah must outwit her captor to endure until Hunter can rescue her.

Dreamland Creations rockets to Fortune 500 under CEO Olivia Montgomery. But beneath success lies an enigmatic toy, a radical defense plan, and a string of murders. LAPD's Hunter Harden must untangle the web, but murder is just the start. Step into a world where corporate ascent meets enigma, shadows harbor secrets, and a nation's fate teeters. As the web tightens, alliances blur. Will the truth illuminate or plunge all into darkness?

Hunter Harden, an LAPD investigator, refuses to be defeated by a severe injury and a career setback. His latest assignment appears insurmountable: a series of murders targeting charity CEOs, carried out with brutal precision and leaving no trace. The common thread? DonorScale, an innovative software employed by these philanthropic titans.

Het leven van Janice Kepler verandert in een regelrechte nachtmerrie. Het levenloze lichaam van haar dochter Lorna wordt in het bos gevonden en is al zo ver ontbonden dat ze de oorzaak van haar dood niet meer kunnen vaststellen. Was het een ongeluk? Zelfmoord? Of toch moord? Privédetective Kinsey Millhone begint een onderzoek naar de dood van Lorna om haar moeder de rust te geven die ze verdient. Wat is er met haar gebeurd? Heeft Lorna's eigenzinnige karakter haar in de problemen gebracht?

Die wortkarge Außenseiterin Alicia Petersen arbeitet in einer exklusiven Klinik am Starnberger See. Ihrem tristen Dasein entflieht sie durch Tagträume von der Nordseeinsel ihrer Kindheit sowie durch die Freundschaft mit Miriam Morgenroth – einer betagten und vermögenden Patientin. Als Miriam spurlos verschwindet, glaubt nur Alicia an ein Verbrechen. Sie bittet Hauptkommissar Chris Winkler, der sich von einer Chemotherapie erholt, um Hilfe. Ihre Suche nach Miriam führt die beiden in eine Welt aus Verrat, Hass und Mord, dessen Motive bis weit zurück in eine entsetzliche Vergangenheit reichen.

A trail of bodies reveals the M.O. of a serial killer. It can only be the work of a copycat. After all, the real killer died years ago. If that’s true, then why are his prints left at the crime scenes?

FBI Agent Jo Pullinger arrives in Seattle, Washington. She is grateful to leave behind her old life. One that involved having a transplant of a killer’s heart. When a wealthy family is murdered in their mansion, the daughter’s boyfriend is taken into custody. He was found at the scene of the crime, cradling the daughter’s body, with the murder weapon at his side. Jo’s instincts tell her the boyfriend is not guilty, even though, all the evidence is stacked against him.

Springtime on the Cornish coast and Porthpella’s artistic community are throwing open their doors, welcoming visitors to the annual Arts Trail. And this year, celebrity artist Harrison Loveday is the guest of honour. However, the light mood soon darkens when there’s a dramatic death at the opening-night party, and after threatening messages start appearing around the village, fear takes over. Before long, Porthpella is shocked by a second brutal murder, and whisperings of a ‘serial killer’ start to circulate.

The first four books in the Amazon best-selling Mackenzie and Manny killer mystery series. Mackenzie August's new life doesn't suit him. When he quit the LAPD to open up a private shop, he expected to settle into a quieter lifestyle, hiring out to law firms, home by dinner. Now, however, the feisty detective is bored and missing the action of a hot homicide investigation. It's a good thing, because the sleepy city is about to erupt...

They say nothing compares to striking gold… well, that person was never pregnant with twins and launching a PI business! Join all the usual suspects in gold country as Kate and Vicente Domingo take a romp in his old town, Golden,…oh–and a dead body or two are sure to appear! Can Kate solve her most dangerous case before the killer strikes again?

When the shadowy circumstances of a relative's death are brought to light, Jane and Lila are plunged into the recesses of an underground drug operation with links to a burgeoning fascist movement. The Pool sisters have gone into business together: a down-home if unequal P.I. enterprise. That is...

We arrived at a villa on the Amalfi Coast, ready to enjoy a sun-soaked weekend with our oldest friends - and one new face. By the end of the weekend, my husband is found dead. But how can I mourn him, when on the day of his funeral I discover he was having an affair? The only suspects are the women we went on holiday with. My oldest, closest friends. Do I really want to dig into my husband's secret? Do I really want to know who betrayed me?