Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in International Mystery & Crime

Connor Fitzgerald is the CIA’s most deadly assassin. On the brink of his retirement, he is sent to Russia for one last hit. Except this isn’t just another job. After a fall out between the CIA and the White House over the assassination of a prominent Colombian politician, his boss is now using the Russian Mafia to cover her tracks. Fitzgerald is not going to St Petersburg to kill, he’s going to die. A page-turning, political thriller about espionage and betrayal by the acclaimed British writer, Jeffrey Archer.

Wanneer rioolwerkers het levenloze lichaam van een gewurgde prostituee ontdekken, begint rechercheur Yvon Matiber aan een spannend kat-en-muisspel. Ze neemt de leiding in het onderzoek, bijgestaan door de scherpzinnige Fred Benter. Wat volgt is een explosieve reeks gebeurtenissen met onvoorspelbare consequenties. Yvon, Benter en De Wacht belanden in een angstaanjagende wereld vol geheimen en corruptie, diep in Zuid-Amerika.

Book 1 in the best-selling "Roland Benito" series. On a humid and rain-filled summer day in the Danish suburb of Brabrand, the body of a ten-year-old girl is found lifeless in a dumpster. Detective Inspector Roland Benito is immediately put on the case. Reporter Anne Larsen and freelance photographer, Kamilla Holm, are covering the case for The Daily News and the deeper they look into the story, the more entangled they become. It quickly becomes apparent to all involved, that the crime is linked to an internet chat site where the murdered girl had a profile.

Abbie, Winnie, Serena en Bryah besluiten tot een spontane vakantie naar Monte Carlo. Ze geven zich volledig over aan de luxe van het hotel, het zwembad, de sashimi, de champagne - en de mannen. Hun weekend van grenzeloos genot neemt echter een duistere wending als ze wakker worden op een jacht, omsingeld door de politie. De vrouwen worden gearresteerd en beschuldigd van verschrikkelijke misdaden die ze niet hebben begaan - toch?

Seventeen years ago, two boys committed an unthinkable crime and vanished into new identities under witness protection. Now, a series of brutal attacks on women is shaking the city, and Ravn's client fears his old friend is the perpetrator. As Ravn digs deeper, he's drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, where nothing is as it seems and everyone has something to hide.

New propulsive thriller from Denmark’s King of Crime Criminal investigator Thomas Ravnsholdt—better known as Ravn—is on leave from Copenhagen’s special crime unit following the brutal murder of his wife. Racked with guilt over her death, Ravn must navigate the seedy underbelly of Stockholm he'd hoped to leave behind when he is informed of a young woman's strange disappearance. As he races to determine if the woman is still alive, Ravn's investigation takes a dangerous turn when he is drawn into the web of a sadistic murderer...

Der Bundesermittler Aaron Falk ist auf dem Weg ins südaustralische Weinland, um bei einer Taufe dabei zu sein. Genau vor einem Jahr ist dort eine Frau verschwunden: Kim Gillespie hat offenbar ihr schlafendes Kind auf einer Kirmes zurückgelassen. Danach hat sie niemand mehr gesehen. Das Rätsel ihres Verschwindens ist immer noch nicht gelöst, und eine neue Suche beginnt. Falk versucht, die letzten Schritte von Kim zu rekonstruieren. Er begreift, dass die Ermittler vermutlich einen Fehler begangen haben: Sie haben das gesehen, was sie sehen wollten – und sind auf eine große Täuschung hereingefallen.

Nach ihrer Scheidung ist die fünfundvierzigjährige Ruth dankbar, einen Job gefunden zu haben. Auf der Privatinsel Edward Lensingtons, einem Milliardär, der durch die Folgen eines Schlaganfalls eingeschränkt ist, hofft sie, als dessen Pflegekraft neu anfangen zu können. Doch die vorerst glückliche Idylle verliert schnell ihren Glanz, als Ruth in einer stürmischen Nacht selbst mysteriöse Lichter in der Nähe des stillgelegten Leuchtturmes erblickt und Schreie vernimmt.

Eine mörderische Jagd durch die eisige Wildnis Kanadas. Tara ist auf der Flucht vor den Männern, die ihr nach dem Leben trachten. Ist sie doch im Besitz einer Speicherkarte mit höchst brisanten Daten, die niemals an die Öffentlichkeit gelangen dürfen. Nathaniel, der ein Einsiedlerleben in der Wildnis Nova Scotias führt, findet die junge Frau mehr tot als lebendig in den verschneiten Wäldern Kanadas. Er weiß, er muss handeln, wenn er sie retten will.

Stockholm. Des corps figés dans la glace. La police se tourne vers l'entourage d'Ellie. Ellie pensait enfin pouvoir laisser derrière elle l'horreur de l'été précédent et recoller les morceaux avec Johan, mais le fragile équilibre qu'elle a réussi à trouver menace à nouveau de s'effondrer lorsque des cadavres aux allures de sculptures de glace apparaissent à Stockholm, plongeant la ville dans la terreur. Pendant que la police piétine, les drames du passé ressurgissent, menaçant tout ce qu'Ellie a construit.

When a child vanishes, a city's darkest secrets rise to the surface – and in the shadows of Catalonia, justice comes at a price. Detective Elisenda Domènech is no stranger to grief. Haunted by personal loss and worn down by infighting within the force, she's already on the edge. Then a young boy disappears – the son of a powerful local politician, just days before an election. As pressure mounts to find the child, a wave of violent break-ins is terrorising the city, and Elisenda's key informant has disappeared.

Unearth the past and face the shadows... When a body is discovered at an archaeological dig site in Catalonia, Detective Elisenda Domènech is pulled into a chilling case. The victim, killed in the fashion of an ancient tribal ritual, dates not from ancient times, but from the 1980s. As Elisenda investigates a tangle of missing persons, academic rivalries, celebrity archaeologists and illegal antiquities, another brutal murder rocks the case. With danger closing in on all sides, she must face long-buried secrets and her personal demons.

France. Il y a 25 ans. Le petit Thomas, 11 ans, disparaît lors d'une sortie en forêt. Londres. De nos jours. Une fillette, Maggie, est enlevée à son tour. Sur le pas de sa porte, une fleur de lotus blanche est retrouvée, et Meredith Williams, profiler de renommée, en est certaine : il s'agit bien là de la signature de L'Ogre, un psychopathe réputé pour des crimes sacrificiels. Pour retrouver la petite Maggie à temps, Meredith va devoir replonger dans un passé qu'elle avait préféré effacer, et affronter le monstre incontrôlable qu'elle n'a jamais réussi à intercepter.

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?

Kriminalkommissarie Thomas Ravnsholdt, även kallad Ravn, är sjukskriven från arbetet på Köpenhamnspolisens specialenhet efter att hans sambo Eva blivit dödad under ett inbrott. Full av självförebråelser efter Evas död har Ravn flytt till sin gamla båt i Christianshavns kanal i centrala Köpenhamn. Där bor han tillsammans med hunden Møffe – en åldrande engelsk bulldogg med kroniska magproblem. Ravn slits ur sin dvala när en nära vän ber om hjälp med att hitta en ung kvinna som är spårlöst försvunnen sedan ett par år.

Una banda di rapinatori, in giro per l'Europa, assalta le gioiellerie più prestigiose assicurandosi bottini milionari. Da Pamplona a Parigi, da Biarritz a Ginevra, in breve tempo, grazie alle loro operazioni spregiudicate, diventano la bestia nera delle polizie europee; la stampa li elogia e li rende degli autentici eroi ribattezzandoli Pink Panthers, le "pantere rosa", dopo che ad Amsterdam viene ritrovato un diamante blu dentro un tubetto di crema come nel famoso film interpretato da Peter Sellers.

Una giovane cameriera ucraina viene trovata assassinata in uno squallido appartamento di Sampiardarena. Tra le braccia stringe un orsacchiotto con la maglietta del Genoa. Si occupa del caso l'ispettore della squadra omicidi Marco Canepa, grande poliziotto e pessimo giocatore di ping pong. Le complicate indagini si muovono tra i caruggi della città vecchia, le dighe di Begato, il lungomare Bettolo di Recco e arriveranno fino ad Odessa, in Ucraina.

Anne Larsen descobre que a advogada de defesa morta acabou sua carreira pouco depois de perder um caso, e que o cliente, o infanticida Patrick Asp, foi para a cadeia. O pai da advogada, magistrado da Suprema Corte, sumiu sem deixar traços. Anne está na prisão, entrevistando o diretor sobre o prisioneiro que morreu de overdose, quando Patrick Asp discretamente consegue lhe passar uma carta. Ele escreve que foi condenado injustamente e que sua mulher é um dos culpados por isso. Anne procura a mulher no restaurante onde ela trabalha.

Anne Larsen, jornalista da TV2 da Jutlândia Oriental, está cobrindo o caso do policial de Silkeborg que foi atropelado e morto, aparentemente por um colega de corporação, na frente da própria casa. O seu interesse é seriamente despertado por um incêndio acidental que ele estava investigando secretamente. Ela começa a examiná-lo em mais detalhes. Por que Johan Boje estava tão interessado naquele caso? Por que ele não conseguia aceitar que tinha sido apenas um vazamento acidental de gás?

Bertram está com medo de ir à polícia e mostrar o que achou na jaqueta roubada, já que ele é procurado e não quer se envolver com as autoridades. Uma noite, bêbado e após fumar alguns baseados, ele tenta fazer um telefonema anônimo, mas a polícia não leva a sério. Quando Bertram descobre que sua mãe está em perigo de vida, ele tenta avisá-la, mas ela também não leva a sério. Ele começa a segui-la e descobre que ela está se encontrando com um homem que ele não conhece.