Showing results for "Eleven" in Modern Detectives

When Brandon Fisher joined the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, he knew he’d come up against psychopaths, sociopaths, pathological liars, and more. But when his first case takes him and the team to Salt Lick, Kentucky, to hunt down a ritualistic serial killer, he learns what nightmares are truly made of. Beneath a residential property, local law enforcement discovered an underground bunker with circular graves that house the remains of 10 victims.

When a well-loved family of five are found dead sitting around their dining table with an untouched meal in front of them, it sends shockwaves throughout the community. Was it a murder suicide, or was someone else involved? It's one of DCI Whitney Walker's most baffling cases, and even with the help of forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish, they struggle to find any clues or motives to help them catch the killer.

Young Imogen Burnhope and her maid Rhoda board a non-stop train to Oxford to visit her Aunt Cassandra, who waits on the platform at Oxford station where the train terminates, to greet them. Only they never arrive. All the passengers alight but the two women are nowhere to be seen. The train is searched and the coachman swears he saw them board onto first class, but they seem to have vanished into thin air. The Railway Detective must unravel the mystifying web of their disappearance before Imogen and Rhoda vanish into oblivion for good.

Pinion, Minnesota: a huge city of all of 700 folks who define the phrase ‘small town’. Nothing has ever happened in Pinion, and nothing ever will...until the mayor of sorts comes up with a scheme to put Pinion on the map. He’s heard of a place where a floating image of the Virgin Mary turned the whole town into a shrine, attracting thousands of curious people and making the townsfolk rich overnight. Why not stage a prank in Pinion and do the same? What could go wrong? And then a dead body shows up.

A wealthy old man laid up in the hospital is desperate to understand the last months of his daughter's life before she was killed in a car crash in Mexico. It was puzzling. She'd cleaned out her considerable bank account, left Miami and hadn't been heard from again. Travis McGee ventures into the steep hills and strange backwoods of Oaxaca through a bizarre world of dropouts, drug freaks, and kinky rich people - and begins to suspect the beautiful girl's death was no accident.

Things have never been better between Jimmy and Diana. The Southside Restoration is practically on autopilot, and Diana is able to devote her professional time to the Working Sisters Foundation. But someone wants to take it all away from her, including Jimmy. Add in a couple of murders, a mystery assassin, a weaponized aphrodisiac, and wedding festivities and proposals – Jimmy has a lot of figuring to do.

It starts off simply enough. (Doesn't it always?) Jack has been on hiatus since the tragic events in Harbingers. With his beloved Gia's encouragement he dips his toe back into the fix-it pool.Christy Pickering's 18-year-old daughter is dating Jerry Bethlehem, a man twice her age. Christy sensed something shady and sinister about him, so she hired a private investigator to look into his past. But the PI isn't returning her calls. Will Jack find out why?

A Seed for Murder delves into the timely and gripping subject of genetically modified crops, exposing a tangled web of deceit and greed that is ripped straight from today's headlines. As with all of Parr's works, the truth may not be apparent at first glance, making for yet another thriller.

FBI Special Agent Kim Otto finds the perfect bait to lure Jack Reacher to the surface when she discovers his nephew, Jake Reacher, in this gripping new suspense thriller. In Lee Child's 23rd Jack Reacher novel, Past Tense, Reacher found his roots and a heap of trouble in Laconia, New Hampshire. A young Canadian couple took the spoils at the end of the war. Now, the real owner will stop at nothing to get back what belongs to him. Reacher wasn’t there to protect his only brother, Joe, who was killed in the line of duty years ago. Will he show up to protect his brother’s son?

Sydney Rye is in Miami, surrounded by friends and co-conspirators who share her values and goals. People who believe in her. For the first time since her brother’s murder, Sydney Rye is finding a way to live in peace, but also isn’t helping anyone in need. Unfortunately, this peace can’t last. Sydney is in the eye of a storm.

Detective Madison Knight shows up at the local train station in the aftermath of a fatal shooting, and finds two women killed on scene. One was expecting her first child. The other was a wife and mother of two children and has Madison seeing a ghost from her past. She’s convinced the woman is her missing college friend, but why would she change her identity? And where has she been all this time?

Wenn du nach Hilfe rufst, aber das Böse antwortet ... An einem kalten Aprilmorgen wird der Frankfurter Unterhafen zum Schauplatz eines brutalen Verbrechens. Auf dem Weg zur Arbeit macht Agnes eine beunruhigende Beobachtung, die sie wenig später das Leben kosten wird. Ein Unbekannter greift sie hinterrücks an und ermordet sie.

Quarry is a pro in the murder business. When the mysterious man he works for becomes a target himself, Quarry is sent south to remove a traitor in the ranks. But in this wide-open city - with sin everywhere and betrayal around every corner - Quarry must make the most dangerous choice of his deadly career: who to kill?

Fra en helikopter højt over den øde californiske ørken bliver en mand kastet ud i natten ... I Chicago erfarer en kvinde, at et elitehold af tidligere militære efterforskere er ved at blive udslettet en efter en ... Og på gaden i Portland bliver Jack Reacher – soldat, politimand, helt – revet ud af sin strejfertilværelse af en kodebesked, som kun ganske få andre ville kunne forstå. Lige fra de første chokerende optrin i Lee Childs højenergiske nye roman bliver Jack Reacher sendt som en kniv i hjertet på en sammensværgelse, der slår hans gamle venner ihjel – og er på vej mod noget endnu værre.

Henry Rohmers New York Detective Reihe vereint spannende Kriminalfälle mit dem authentischen Bild der Großstadt New York. Rasant erzählt und immer am Puls der Zeit, taucht der Privatdetektiv Bount Reininger tief in die Unterwelten der Metropole ein, auf der Spur von Kleinkriminellen, Terroristen und Serienmördern.

Was ist der Grund dafür, dass der Mann am Strand so übel zugerichtet wurde? Andresen und sein Team stehen vor einem Rätsel, denn der Tote hatte nichts mehr, womit man ihn identifizieren konnte. Nackt und ohne Finger wurde er am Fuße der Steilküste entdeckt. Einer neuen IT-Forensikerin in der Kriminaltechnik ist es zu verdanken, dass man dennoch seine Identität herausfinden konnte. Dank ihr lässt sich schnell ein mögliches Tatmotiv finden, doch wie sich herausstellt, ist es so einfach nicht.

HVIS DU TROR, DU ER ALENE, TRO OM IGEN. En skraben mod vinduet. En banken på døren. Hvad hvis der, denne gang, er nogen derude? En tavs morder kaster en skygge over byen, vælger dem, der er alene hjemme om aftenen, og leger et dødeligt spil katten efter musen med ofrene. Mens panikken breder sig, leder kriminalkommissær Helen Grace efterforskningen, men hun er selv en jaget kvinde. For hvert skridt, hun tager, bliver hun skygget af en hensynsløs psykopat, opsat på at få hævn. Mens hun leder efter morderen, får Grace mistanke om en chokerende barsk sandhed, der forbinder de brutale forbrydelser.

W Londynie ma miejsce seria samobójstw wśród starszych osób. Policja nie widzi w tym nic podejrzanego, zamyka jedną sprawę po drugiej. Tylko jeden człowiek podejrzewa, że w grę wchodzi coś bardziej złowieszczego. Inspektor Tom Thorne, przeniesiony niedawno karnie do służby mundurowej, ma przeczucie, że w tych zgonach ktoś maczał palce. Krok po kroku, narażając swą i tak już mocno nadszarpniętą reputację, podupadającą karierę i ledwie rozpoczęty nowy związek oraz przyjaźń i dalsze kariery swych nielicznych przyjaciół, rusza tropem mordercy.

När en jägare hittas död i skogen blir det startskottet för att flera sanningar avslöjas. Kommer kriminalkommissarie John Wagner till slut att få reda på vad som faktiskt hände med sonen Mattias? En mycket obehaglig kvinna dyker upp i December och ställer frågor om stadens poliser. Samtidigt faller taket på polisstationen och uppdagar en fyrtio år gammal hemlighet.

Kriminalkommissær Erlendur Sveinssson er tilbage på sin barndomsegn og bor i familiens gamle, faldefærdige hus i. Fortiden martrer ham. Han nages ikke alene af problemerne i sit eget liv, men også af nogle årtier gamle, uløste sager. Der er de dystre omstændigheder i forbindelse med en gruppe engelske soldater, der forsvandt i en snestorm i bjergene. Enkelte overlevede, andre ikke. Samme nat forsvandt en ung kvinde i samme område og er aldrig blevet fundet - fuldstændig som hans egen lillebror blev væk, da de var børn.