Showing results for "daniel" in Traditional Detectives

No death could have been more welcome than Evan Morgan's, or more fitting for the Welcome Home celebrations in the village of Llanddewi. For Morgan had spent the war making money and enemies down in the Vale of Glamorgan with about equal facility. In fact, on the night, it seemed as if a whole posse of murderers had beaten a path to the door of the Manor House.

When an old man makes a bequest to investigate the mysterious death of his son, English detective Daniel Leicester follows a trail leading to one of Bologna's wealthiest families - makers of some of the world's most coveted supercars - and discovers that beneath the glitz and glamour of the Formula One circuit lurk sinister interests that may be prepared to kill to keep their secrets. Time and tide wait for no man - or woman - and while biology obliges one of Faidate Investigations' team to finally undergo a long-delayed operation, history catches up with another.

When a toddler goes missing in the middle of a bustling Bradford park in broad daylight, Detective Daniel Ward is put on the case. It ought to be an open and shut investigation, but the hours tick by, and Millie Thompson is nowhere to be found. There’s only one conclusion DI Ward can come to: She was taken. When a known child-killer is spotted in the vicinity, Ward fears the worst. He has to catch up with the only lead he has before the infamous Hunters - merciless vigilante justice seekers who will seek retribution at any cost - catch up with his suspect first.

When a woman is found brutally murdered just outside the quiet town of Bingley, DI Daniel Ward and his team lead the case. The ex-boyfriend with an anger problem is an obvious suspect, but this case isn’t as open-and-shut as DI Ward would like when the forensics delivers a twist he wasn’t expecting. In the middle of the autumn burglary season, with the Varga case still running rings around them all and his personal life in tatters, an unsolved murder is the last thing Ward needs the DCI breathing down his neck on.

Getting his client off death row could save his career...or make him the next victim. Daniel Pike would rather fight for justice than follow the rules. His unique ability to "connect the dots," to observe what others do not, has made him the most notorious criminal lawyer in St. Petersburg. But when his courtroom career goes up in smoke, he fears his lifelong purpose is a lost cause. A mysterious job offer from a secretive boss gives him a second chance but lands him an impossible case with multiple lives at stake.

Die Suche nach seinem verschollenen Großonkel führt Stefan und seine Freunde in eine andere Welt, in der die uns bekannten Naturgesetze nicht zwingend gelten. Eine Welt am Rande des Kosmos, bevölkert von Kreaturen, die jeder Beschreibung trotzen. Und sie werden von einem bekannten Feind gejagt.

Ett larm inkommer om att Jukkasjärvi kyrka brinner. Björn, som är först på plats, blir vittne till den fruktansvärda ödeläggelsen som elden orsakat. När en man staplar ut ur den brinnande kyrkan inser Björn snabbt vem han är: Wilmas pappa. Korpfjädern som ligger placerad på marken kan bara betyda en sak.

Ward and Nowak are assigned to investigate a death outside Keighley and when the pathology report arrives, more than a few eyebrows are raised. As more victims drop, Ward realises he’s onto a serial killer with a list to hit. Only this one is so insidious, their tracks are nigh impossible to trace. Ward has to find the culprit. As if that’s not enough, a breakthrough on the Varga caseload delivers a target of such high value Ward will do anything to set this one in his crosshairs. The only trouble is Ward’s not done with Varga yet...and Varga’s not done with Ward.

Yorkshire's golden boy is dead. And everyone's glad. When a local business tycoon is murdered, the sleepy town of Skipton is stunned. However, not all is as it appears. Behind the multi-millions, the business awards, and the flashy life is a man hated by everyone. Daniel Ward soon has a line of suspects longer than a rush-hour traffic jam on the A629. Yet, every enquiry he makes only leads to more questions and suspects, all of whom have shocking, scandalous, and shameful secrets they're trying to keep. But which one is a murderer, too?

Le train roulait de plus en plus vite. II passa sur un aiguillage qui le fit tanguer comme un navire pris dans les vagues d'un chenal agité par le vent. Les yeux écarquillés de Karine s'abaissèrent vers le plancher. Sous le siège 66, la poignée du sac avait basculé en pleine lumière. Elle s'accroupit et le tira vers elle, et ce fut soudain comme si elle avait pu voir au travers du tissu. Comme si cette forme oblongue qui le déformait lui avait murmuré quelques mots funestes à l'oreille.

Lisa Heslin est officier de policier judiciaire dans un commissariat parisien. Elle est aussi la fille d'un juge d'instruction célèbre, assassiné au début des années quatre-vingt-dix. Lorsqu'elle apprend que sa mère, avec laquelle elle n'a plus aucune relation depuis bien longtemps, est à l'agonie, elle met de côté sa rancœur, saute dans un avion pour Nice et rejoint la clinique. Au même moment à Paris, ses collègues sont appelés sur le lieu d'un meurtre crapuleux : un modeste coursier parisien a été retrouvé exécuté de deux balles dans la tête.

Die Suche nach den Worten der Macht ist für die Sonderermittler bisher eine einzige Enttäuschung, immer wieder scheint der Zirkel der Sieben ihnen ein Schritt voraus zu sein. Endlich bietet sich eine Gelegenheit, die Bemühungen des Geheimbundes zu durchkreuzen. Die Hinweise mehren sich, dass ein weiteres Artefakt im Himalaya verborgen liegt. Oscar Wilde bricht zu einer Expedition auf, die ihn auf das "Dach der Welt" führen soll. Noch ahnt niemand, welche Gefahren im Hochgebirge lauern. Denn für viele, die den Pfad der Toten betreten, wird es eine Reise ohne Wiederkehr.