Showing results for "Luca" in International Mystery & Crime

Fear grips the city. Frank’s fight with cancer continues, but it’s not keeping him off the job. This killer is clever. As chemo clouds his mind, he struggles with a nagging feeling that something isn’t right. Is the killer toying with him? Will he choose justice or vengeance? His partner, Mary Ann, has her doubts, too. The leads are few and seem to be telling different stories. Her profiling skills are put to the test as she wonders if they’re chasing a single killer. Is she letting her affection for Frank cloud her judgment?

Hörbuchempfehlung für Alex Sol Fans: Mark Dawsons weltberühmte John Milton Serie jetzt anhören! Band 3 der erfolgreichsten Krimi Serie Frankreichs (Kann unabhängig von den anderen Büchern gehört werden) Ein Zug. Ein Kind. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Kommandantin Elise Duromain will gerade von einem entspannten Wochenende nach Paris zurückkehren, als ein Schrei die Ruhe im Zug zerreißt. Eine Mutter fleht um Hilfe – ihr kleiner Sohn sei verschwunden. Elise erkennt sofort: Das Kind hat sich nicht verlaufen, es wurde entführt.

Picardie, France, 1964, the exclusive Clos du Lac sanitarium: A man is discovered standing in the therapy pool. But he's not there for his health; someone has chained him to the bottom and left him to die very, very slowly. Inspector Lucas Rocco believes it's an unusual and elaborate method of execution. But nobody seems to have heard or seen anything, the staff are resolutely unhelpful - or dead - and ministry officials sent from Paris to 'assist' attempt to impede Rocco's efforts to find answers.

La riscoperta delle proprie radici si accompagna a una serie inevitabile di nuove sfide, spesso estremamente pericolose… Dopo il successo del romanzo "Il cinese" (2018), Andrea Cotti torna a narrare le avventure del suo personaggio più amato, il vicequestore italo-cinese Luca Wu. Tormentato dai problemi coniugali con Anna – complici, se non altro, i ripetuti tradimenti di lui – l’investigatore trova l’occasione per allontanarsi momentaneamente da Roma e dall’amato figlio Giacomo.

Luca Brassoni ermittelt wieder. "Diamanten, Feindschaft...", flüsterte der Mann mit letzter Kraft, dann sank sein Kopf zur Seite. Ein strenger Wind weht schon seit Tagen über die Lagunenstadt. Lose Fensterläden klappern im eisigen Zug der orkanartigen Böen, Gondeln schaukeln in den hohen Wellen der Kanäle und die wenigen Passanten senken im Laufen die Köpfe, um sich dem Sturmwind entgegenzustemmen. Der beliebte Juwelier Fabio Caliano ist von einem seiner Wachleute beraubt und niedergeschossen worden, der zweite Wachmann tot.

Cabo San Lucas looked to be a great getaway. Until bodies started falling off roofs. The Judge found himself caught amongst shifting loyalties as police and politicians scrambled to hide corruption reaching to the highest levels of Cabo society.

Lucas Rocha has defied death many times in his rapid rise in Rio’s most powerful gang. But corrupt military police are brutally claiming favelas that have become valuable sites for the World Cup. Colombian cartels are battling for the same turf. Lucas and his sisters have nowhere to run. DEA agent Daniel Burke’s undercover identity has been compromised. His enemies know his every move, and time is running out. Leaving Rio and the one he loves is the only way to keep her alive.

All that serenity was broken by human behavior gone off the rails. Philanthropist Marilyn Boggs, is murdered on her private island near Naples. Though irresponsible and spoiled, Marilyn was a pillar of the community. Who'd want her dead? There's a huge difference between fear and being afraid and the suspects in this murder feared their existence was in jeopardy. Det. Luca instincts point to the husband whose motives are clear but inconveniently, other, credible suspects surface. Full of betrayal, tension, and suspense, Det. Luca is back in another hard-boiled mystery.

The military police are hunting him. Rio de Janeiro’s most feared drug lord wants him dead. Lucas is caught in the middle while desperately trying to save his younger sisters, one of whom is critically wounded. Daniel, a DEA agent on leave after a Boston drug bust gone bad, is vacationing in Rio to learn about his birth family. But all he’s uncovered are the grim realities of life in the favelas. Now it’s Lucas’ turn to rescue Daniel. But as a fugitive who’s caught in the crossfire, how can he possibly succeed?