Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

CUANDO EL DESTINO JUEGA SUS CARTAS, NI SIQUIERA LA ETERNIDAD ESTÁ A SALVO. En Frenesí, Margotte Channing nos lleva a la Irlanda de 1884, donde Brianna Harford está dispuesta a todo para salvar a su hermana, incluso vender su sangre a Gale Strongbow, un vampiro que ha perdido el deseo de vivir. Pero cuando sus mundos colisionan, la desesperación da paso a un vínculo peligroso y apasionado, capaz de desafiar el tiempo y la muerte.Mientras tanto, en el presente, Alexis enfrenta una revelación que sacude su vida.

When a remote country house near Trige in East Jutland becomes the scene of a deadly crime, Detective Roland Benito is faced with a case that turns out to be much more than an ordinary home robbery. Meanwhile, journalist Anne Larsen has been laid off and soon after finds herself embarking on a haunting investigation of her own. As homeless people mysteriously disappear from the streets, she uncovers a dark connection that leads her back to the Viking Age. Can the cases be cracked before it's too late?

It’s the perfect Special Forces snatch, kidnapping the Vice President of the USA and killing three of his Close Protection Team? For Brit Jamie Strachan, ex-SAS soldier and long-time friend of Vice-President, Phil Beekman, it looks too perfect. The Veep is ex-Delta Force so he knows how to survive. With the help of feisty New Yorker, Clare Holman, Jamie Strachan is able to access the investigation trying to find him. He is soon mystified and damned curious... Beekman is vying for the Presidential Nomination; he needs to be at the convention.

When a foreign worker is found dead in a Singapore back street, few people care. But then another victim turns up, and then another, all killed with the same weapon. With its reputation as a safe, global city in ruins, Singapore struggles to come to grips with its first serial killer in decades. And when a famous woman disappears, terror takes hold. In desperation, the authorities turns to the one man they loathe almost as much as the serial killer Detective Inspector Stanley Low. Belligerent and unrepentant, Low's insubordination has been punished with a menial desk job.

There is a nuclear weapon in the hands of the Vatican City’s deadliest enemy. And time is running out to stop an attack... Marco Venetti, the only man the Pope trusts, is on the hunt for a traitor. He is willing to do anything to protect the church, and the man at its heart. Even if it means getting blood on his hands... But when Marco finds him, the traitor reveals terrifying new information: the name of a Russian mafioso with a grudge against the Vatican and possession of a nuclear bomb. If Marco doesn’t work with him, the consequences will be deadly.

Evil lurks in the city streets. A man is discovered on a leafy North London street, fighting for life after a brutal beating. DI Matthew Denning and his team are quickly called in to track down the monster responsible. Except the victim is hiding secrets of his own. His name shows that he was reported missing two decades ago - but it's clear that the missing person is not the same man lying broken in a hospital bed. A visit to a squalid East London flat unearths a victim with his throat slit, his body left to decompose.

"How do I keep my family safe, when I don’t know why we’re in danger?" When Felicity Wheeler gets the call that her sister has drowned near the old boardwalk in their hometown, she realizes that she is the only person able to take care of her two nieces. Returning home, Felicity discovers that the town she once left is still haunted by the memories of her past: former friends, heartbreaks and secrets. Secrets that might reveal whether Holly's death was an accident or not. Felicity knows that Holly wouldn't just have let the water take her.

Nancy Lavelle lies still on the floor. With her eyes looking towards her children’s rooms, her hands are clasped in prayer, as if the last thing she wished for was her children to be saved... When Detective Abby Pearce is called to the Beach House, a holiday home in the most affluent part of Martha’s Vineyard, she finds five bodies. An entire family has been killed in a frenzied attack... all except one. Fifteen-year-old Karin is the only survivor. Sitting in the house, surrounded by her family, she stares into the distance and doesn’t say a word.

El sargento Washington Poe está en la corte, luchando contra el desalojo de su amada y aislada granja, cuando lo citan a un burdel callejero en Carlisle, donde un hombre ha sido asesinado a golpes con un bate de béisbol. Todo hace indicar que es un simple asesinato por parte de un proxeneta, pero su asistencia fue solicitada personalmente, por el tipo de personas que prefieren permanecer en las sombras.

Wie sollst du dem Menschen vertrauen, der dich entführt hat? Der Iron Riders MC ist einer der härtesten Bikerclubs der USA. Doch seit der neue Präsident einen menschenverachtenden Prostitutionsring aufgebaut hat, zweifelt Gun an seiner Mitgliedschaft. Aber ein Schwur ist ein Schwur - und so erfüllt er auch den nächsten Auftrag des neuen Präsidenten. Er entführt Lara, die Tochter des Staatsanwalts, um ihn unter Druck zu setzen und von seinem persönlichen Rachefeldzug gegen die Riders abzubringen.

Till sitt yttre är Phillip en stilig svärmorsdröm, framgångsrik och respekterad i sitt yrke. Men countrysångerskan Maggie Bradford känner en annan sida av honom, en mörk och hotfull sida som är livsfarlig för både henne och dottern Jennie. Maggie tvingas ta sin mans liv, innan han tar hennes. När även Maggies andra man, den charmiga fotbollsstjärnan Will Shepard mördas väcks misstänksamhet mot den världsberömda sångerskan.

Ein geheimes Netzwerk und zwei rätselhafte Morde. Emma Klar, verdeckte Ermittlerin in Wismar, hat sich länger mit einem geheimen Netzwerk beschäftigt, zu dem auch Paul Reiter gehört. Als dessen Leiche in einem Waldstück gefunden wird, glaubt Emma einen neuen Ansatzpunkt zu haben. Doch die Todesursache ist nicht eindeutig – Reiter könnte auch Suizid begangen haben. Bald wird jedoch eine zweite Leiche gefunden. Am Strand von Graal Müritz ist ein Mann offenbar erfroren.

Der neueste Fall für Detective Selena Alvarez und Regan Pescoli: In der Kleinstadt Grizzly Falls, Montana, werden mehrere Frauen vermisst. Eine der Vermissten taucht schließlich auf bizarre Weise wieder auf: nackt eingefroren in einen kunstvoll bearbeiteten Eisblock, integriert in ein Weihnachtskrippenensemble. Schon wenig später stoßen die Detectives auf die nächste Frauenleiche – positioniert als eisige Skulptur in einem Vorgarten. Schauerliches Detail: Die Tote trägt ein Schmuckstück von Selena Alvarez. Der "Eismumien-Mörder" macht Schlagzeilen.

Chi è davvero l'addetto alle pulizie trovato morto dentro la vasca dei gentili lamantini? Da dove viene? Qual è la sua storia? E poi perché un omicidio così plateale e assurdo? Queste le domande che si pone Marco Canepa, coadiuvato come sempre dal suo vice Bruno Tozzi e dal PM Tiziana Anselmi, magistrato dai capelli rossi, da tempo innamorata perdutamente di lui.

De Nittis sarebbe un bluesman perfetto se solo sapesse suonare uno strumento: è malinconico, solitario, lunare, dal cuore tormentato e guascone, abita a Ferrara ma vorrebbe tornare in Puglia, vive di musica ma fa il finanziere. Insomma, è un agente sui generis. L'ironia vuole che il suo ultimo compito sia proprio collegato alla musica. In città, infatti, c'è un violino molto prezioso che da decenni è in attesa di essere suonato. L'occasione capita quando una famosissima violinista giapponese giunge a Ferrara per tournée.

Förtidspensionären Anne-Maj Mortensen är på rehabilitering på ett lyxigt spahotell efter en knäoperation. Vilan blir dock inte långvarig - kort efter incheckning hittar Anne-Maj en död kvinna på hotellet och det är tydligt att det handlar om ett mord. Försedd med ett lager smärtstillande medicin sätter Anne-Maj i gång med sin egen förundersökning, vilket inte direkt behagar lokalpolisen. Kort därefter sker ännu ett dödsfall och Anne-Maj blir alltmer insyltad i fallets utredning.

I en hamn i Köpenhamn hittas en ung kvinna död. Hon har blivit brutalt uppskuren på ett sätt som utredaren Felix Jørgensen vet att han aldrig kommer att kunna glömma. När ett lik av en kvinna iförd våtdräkt hittas vid Norges sydkust tror först den lokala polisen att det är en drunkningsolycka. Men under våtdräkten göms tecknen på en ovanligt sadistisk tortyr. Det är till en början inte självklart att de olika morden hänger ihop, men det går snart upp för norsk polis att mordet i Oslo är en internationell angelägenhet. En internationell varning, en black notice, utlyses.

Repubblica di Weimar, luglio 1932. Gereon Rath, commissario della polizia di Berlino si trova di fronte a un enigma. Un uomo giace morto nel montacarichi del locale Haus Vaterland, il più importante ‘tempio del piacere' della città, che ospita, tra le varie cose, il più grande caffè al mondo. Il mistero si infittisce ancora di più perché la causa della morte sembra essere per annegamento. L'omicidio, avvenuto a Potsdamer Platz, sembra riconducibile a una serie di delitti che porteranno Rath a est, verso la Polonia.

A volte il cupo canto dell'upupa può rivelare verità insospettabili. Specie in una terra riarsa dal sole e attutita da silenzi un po' sospetti... Il ritrovamento di un cadavere con la testa fracassata segna l'inizio di una nuova avventura per Saverio Bonanno, maresciallo dei Carabinieri nato dalla fertile fantasia di Roberto Mistretta. Nella tranquilla Villabosco, come da copione, nessuno sembra sapere nulla. C'è chi dice che la vittima avesse un po' troppo a cuore i bambini.

Nell'arco di quattordici racconti a tema investigativo, tinti di screziature noir e ambientazioni storiche estremamente variegate, Riccardo Parigi e Massimo Sozzi ci accompagnano lungo un sentiero misterioso che – in rigorosissimo ordine cronologico – ci porta dalla Toscana settecentesca di "Delitto in agrodolce" fino all'aula di un moderno liceo classico in "Lo stoico perfetto".