Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Crime Fiction

Joyce-Armstrong is a pilot, whose allies dies while they are trying to break the current height record of 30,00 feet. The man is curious over the mysterious deaths and thinks that his friends have been caught in what he calls "air-jungles". Hay Connor and Myrtle are its two most recent casualties. Connor dies immediately after landing, while Myrtle is found beheaded. Joyce-Armstrong then decides to conduct his own investigation and takes his plane to a height of 40,000 feet.

Anne Larsen, journalist with TV2 East Jutland, is covering the case of the officer from Silkeborg who was seemingly hit and killed by a colleague in front of his home. Her interest is seriously piqued by a fire accident that he was secretly investigating. She starts looking at it closer.

"A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family" is a Gothic short story by Sheridan Le Fanu focusing on a young woman who marries a Scottish landowner with a dark past. A short story whose haunting and semi-supernatural elements might have influenced Charlotte Bronts "Jane Eyre", Le Fanus tale combines a lot of elements horror, romance, thriller, and drama to create a compelling and sophisticated world from which there is no easy escape.

"The Castaway" is a short story by W. W. Jacobs, telling of the return of a husband, who was thought lost and buried at sea for three years. Mrs. Boxer immediately welcomes him, but his mother-in-law suspects him to be a fraud. A visit to the local fortune-teller only deepens her suspicions. "The Castaway" is a brilliant mystery story that questions reality in a remarkable way, leaving no stone unturned and dwelling into each the characters’ suspicions and fears. Recommended to short story fans and mystery fiction enthusiasts. B. J.

"The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu" is the second novel in the Fu-Manchu series, in which the villainous doctor returns to Britain in order to undermine the country's power. He has survived the previous novel’s deadly attackand is now on the move against the forces of good, embodied by detective Smith and Dr. Petrie, who always disrupt his plans. Fu-Manchu’s fanatical devotion to world domination and all things evil make Rohmer’s novel a joyride through the actions and thoughts of his superbly-crafted villain.

Düster und wendungsreich: in Simone van der Vlugts Thriller ist nichts, wie es scheint! Die junge Nathalie bangt um ihr Leben: sie ist Opfer der Gewaltausbrüche ihres Lebensgefährten Vincent. Als Vincent sogar ihr Kind bedroht, beschließt Nathalie, sich zur Wehr zu setzen und zu fliehen. Doch Vincent ist ihr dicht auf den Fersen, und um sie zu finden, geht er womöglich über Leichen. Ermittlerin Julia Vriens wird mit der Aufklärung der Morde beauftragt, und es scheint klar zu sein, wer Täter und wer Opfer ist.

Johan Boje, a police assistant for Mid- and Western Jutland dies after being hit by a speeding car outside his home one late night in March. His boss, Alex Borg, is one of the firsts to arrive at the scene of the crime. It quickly dawns on him that this is not a simple case of hit-and-run, but rather a very brutal murder. Boje's nine-year-old son claims he saw the car, and that it was a police officer behind the wheel.

A couple of old yearbooks from a school in a posh suburb north of Copenhagen show a boy who looks eerily similar to the man with the strange eyes. But with the rest of Europe’s police focusing on border crossings and refugee camps, Felix is now on his own. He believes that the killer has a medical background, perhaps even an employee of Denmark’s largest hospital, Rigshopitalet, where the first victim worked and where the comatose woman was treated. Felix’s deputy Kathrine tries to convince him to let her go to the hospital as a decoy.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has no leads. But after interrogating Johan Boje’s wife and colleagues, Roland Benito is convinced the cop was not a faithful husband. The murderer may have had other motives than those they are working with. They interrogate Johan Boje’s son, Lukas, who was closer to the murder than previously assumed. The investigation takes a new turn when Anne Larsen seeks out Rolando. She tells him what she discovered, and that she suspects that Johan Boje’s interest in the fire was personal.

Set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, this story introduces us to the legendary Conan the Barbarian. After the death of Vendhya’s emperor, Bunda Chad, Conan kidnaps his sister - Devi Yasmina.

Dopo aver abbandonato il liceo, Giorgio, un giovane triestino indolente e scapestrato, lavora come facchino e divide una piccola camera con un suo coetaneo. I soldi scarseggiano e così, in un momento di follia, il giovane deruba e uccide un uomo. Cominciano i rocamboleschi tentativi di sfuggire alla polizia. Più che dalle autorità però, ciò da cui Giorgio vorrebbe fuggire è sé stesso e l'orrore che ha commesso.

Milano, 1958. Leonardo Bruni dirige l'omonima e fortunata casa editrice con sede in Porta Venezia. Tra i suoi collaboratori spicca Alberto Masserini, correttore di bozze poi promosso a redattore capo dopo aver scovato e fatto pubblicare un romanzo di successo. La sua fortuna però si esaurisce presto, perché viene trovato con la gola squarciata nel suo appartamento in via Settala. L'assassinio del giovane e brillante redattore capo porta Arrigoni a indagare in un ambiente per lui del tutto nuovo, quello dell'editoria.

Teresa Maritano si è finalmente decisa a lasciare la polizia. Abbandonato il suo ruolo di ispettrice, ha aperto un bar e trovato la tranquillità che tanto desiderava. Tutto però cambia quando riappare il commissario Marco Ardini, suo ex capo. Una bambina di nome Carlotta è scomparsa da giorni, una bambina che Teresa conosceva abbastanza bene. Deciderà quindi di aiutare Ardini nelle indagini. Queste porteranno i due a scavare in un caso torbido, che li condurrà dapprima a cercare informazioni su un'altra bambina amica di Carlotta, Paola, e in seguito sulla strana madre di quest'ultima.

In diesem Hörbuch erwarten uns vier weitere packende Fälle aus der Krimireihe um den New Yorker Ermittler Owen Burke. Einblicke in die Drogenszene der Weltstadt, verschwundene Kinder und brutale Hinrichtungen bringen selbst den mittlerweile abgebrühten Special Agent an seine Grenzen – doch er setzt alles daran, die Täter für immer hinter Gittern zu bringen...

Schauplatz: New York. In der Krimireihe "Special Agent Owen Burke" begleiten wir den erfahrenen Ermittler Owen Burke bei dem Aufdecken von kniffligen Mordfällen und Entführungen, die selbst für ihn und sein Team manchmal nur schwer zu ertragen sind. Ein packendes Hörbuch, bei dem man am liebsten gar nicht mehr auf Pause drücken mag.

Peter Lime è un fotografo. Un paparazzo, per la precisione, appena arrivato in Costa Brava con l'obiettivo di scattare una foto che cambierà per sempre il corso della sua vita. Allo stesso tempo, un'altra immagine, questa volta di un'enigmatica donna, riemerge dal passato del fotografo danese. Apparentemente non vi è nessuna connessione tra le due foto, ma un efferato omicidio spinge Lime ad interrogarsi su un possibile collegamento, la cui ricerca lo porterà da Madrid alla Danimarca della sua infanzia e dall'ex Repubblica Democratica Tedesca fino ad una gelida Mosca.

Diana findet ihren Mann erschossen in der Scheune des elterlichen Bauernhofs. Sie verdächtigt ihren gewalttätigen Vater. Doch ihre Erinnerungen sind durch den Schock bruchstückhaft, wodurch ihre eigene Rolle beim Tod ihres Mannes fraglich ist. Zum Glück steht Diana ihr Jungendfreund Johannes zur Seite. Aber die Geheimnisse, die ans Licht kommen, stellen alles auf den Kopf, was Diana zu wissen glaubte, und sie gerät selbst in tödliche Gefahr.

Three women are found naked and brutally murdered in central parts of Sydney - and DS Morgan Callaghan is assigned to lead the investigations of what seems to be the work of a serial killer. One of the murder victims is a young Danish citizen - and as Sydney is hosting the World Cup in a few weeks' time, Morgan has added pressure from his superiors and FIFA to find the killer before more people from all over the world descend on Sydney to watch the World Cup games.

Professor Darkk And Miss Shadow are drawn to a haunted house on an abandoned street. They must enter the eerie home and locate the source of the evil that has taken over this section of suburbia. But can they overcome the many horrors awaiting them? Or will they be the next victims to be slaughtered to death by this nightmare of a home? Jeff Walker is a writer from Ontario, Canada. He is the author of several novels and short stories of the science fiction, fantasy and paranormal genre, including "The Long Lost War.

"The Haunted Bookshop" is a so called "bibliomystery" (a mystery story set in the world of books) from 1919. It is the story of the eccentric owner of the Haunted Bookshop, Roger Mifflin, who some readers might remember from "Parnassus on Wheels". This second-hand, Brooklyn bookstore is "haunted by the ghosts of all great literature." It is set around the time of the end of World War I. A young man, Aubrey Gilbert, stops by the shop, trying to sell Mifflin advertising copy. He fails but is intrigued by the proprietor.