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

Dezember 1948: Wer war Minna Schaade? Als Kriminalkommissar Heinrich Klemmer die grausam zugerichtete Leiche der Medizinerin im Berliner Tiergarten zum ersten Mal erblickt, erkennt er sofort: Ein gewöhnlicher Raubmord war das nicht. Bei seinen Ermittlungen in den Ruinen der Stadt gerät der junge Westpolizist schon bald in ein Netz aus Intrigen – und ins Visier des sowjetischen Geheimdienstes. Heinrichs Vorstöße werden immer leichtsinniger, er ermittelt im Ostsektor und damit auf verbotenem Terrain.

Los habitantes de Santa Rita, con sus problemas e historias, y dos cadáveres – uno, un bebé cuyo esqueleto se acaba de encontrar entre los restos de un muro derribado, en la zona antigua de Santa Rita, junto a unos cuadros muy valiosos de la escuela expresionista ""Der Blaue Reiter"", el otro, un conocido especialista de historia del arte que tenía que hacer el peritaje de los cuadros - forman el núcleo narrativo de la nueva obra de Elia Barceló, un Noir Mediterráneo, con guiños a clásicos del suspense como Colombo o Dexter.

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.

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.

How do you prove you’re innocent, if you don’t remember your own name? They find me covered in blood-red flowers on the side of a country road. They tell me my wounds look defensive. But they think I’m guilty of a terrible crime. People from my past – strangers now – help me piece together my story. But who can I trust when I can’t trust myself? I could never have hurt anyone.

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.

Jean Angus pours the last of the lukewarm tea into her chipped cup, shivering as she looks outside into the dark night. Her eyes are drawn to a slow movement not far from her cosy farmhouse. She’s not expecting visitors. And as the back door opens with a bang, she doesn’t even have time to shout for help. On a dark winter night, the bodies of Malcolm and Jean Angus lie cold and still in a pool of blood in their kitchen. Detective Jessie Blake is called in to find out what happened to the reclusive pair.

London is angry, divided, and obsessed with foreigners. A murdered Asian and some racist graffiti in Chinatown threaten to trigger the race war that the white supremacists of Make England Great Again have been hoping for. They just need a tipping point. He arrives in the shape of Detective Inspector Stanley Low. Brilliant and bipolar. He hates everyone almost as much as he hates himself. Singapore doesn’t want him, and he doesn’t want to be in London. There are too many bad memories. Low is plunged into a polarised city, where xenophobia and intolerance feed screaming echo chambers.

När en stor svensk myndighet utsätts för ett förlamande cyberangrepp är frågorna fler än svaren. Vem ligger bakom detta? Och varför? Under ledning av terroristexperten Hannah Kaufman sätter Säpo ihop en grupp som får i uppgift att utreda händelsen. Förutom ödeläggelsen bland Migrationsverkets register har angriparna dessutom lämnat en diskret ledtråd i form av en kodremsa med ordet "Maimonides", vilket visar sig vara namnet på en judisk filosof från 1100-talet.

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.

Gwen convive da sempre con il peso del suo potere, che la porta a viaggiare e a cambiare nome in continuazione, senza possibilità di legarsi a luoghi o persone. Tutto cambia quando attira l’attenzione del dottor Peter Collins: affascinato dal suo dono, l’uomo le propone di fargli da assistente nella città in cui è stato chiamato a operare; e Gwen, messa alle strette da una serie di eventi, non può fare altro che accettare. Una decisione obbligata, che la vedrà costretta a fidarsi di un uomo che ancora non conosce, andando incontro, per la prima volta, a un futuro che non ha progettato lei...

Una storia di cui è noto non solo il giorno della fine, ma anche il luogo e l’ora: a bordo di un aereo di linea, il 27 Giugno 1980, nel tratto tra l’isola di Ponza e quella di Ustica. Ciò che è invece meno noto sono le ragioni, le sottotrame che precedono l’incidente aereo più tristemente noto della storia italiana. In questo romanzo, che si muove tra realtà e finzione, entreranno con forza tutti quegli elementi misteriosi che da decenni ne oscurano il quadro. E così, terrorismo, mafia, e politica si mischieranno per dar vita a un thriller storico intricato e mozzafiato.

När den kvinnliga ägaren till Parkhotel Deutscher Hof i den idylliska turiststaden Rudesheim i Rhendalen i Västtyskland öppnade dörren till rum nr 63 möttes hon av en fasansfull syn. Hela rummet var översköljt av blod och i badkaret låg en avklädd man, uppskuren med 25 knivhugg i ryggen, magen och bröstet.

Under 1960-talet exploderar användandet av narkotika i norden. Cannabis och kokain introduceras på den svarta marknaden och allt fler unga fastnar i drogträsket. Den 10 juni 1971 står unga Eva Hansen i rättegångssalen och inväntar sin dom. Hon står åtalad för innehav, användning och omsättning av narkotiska medel. Hon är 20 år gammal när hon döms till tre års fängelse.

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.

In der Unterwelt von Tokio begegnen drei kaltblütige Auftragskiller ihrem Meister: einem von Rache getriebenen Mathematikprofessor. Drei Auftragskiller mit eigenen Methoden: Die Zikade tötet mit dem Messer. Der Pusher stößt Menschen vor Autos. Und der Wal treibt seine Opfer dazu, sich selbst das Leben zu nehmen. Die Drei gelten in Tokios Unterwelt als unerreichte Meister ihres Fachs. Das ändert sich schlagartig, als sie auf Suzuki treffen, einen einfachen Mann und ehemaligen Mathematikprofessor, der ein glückliches Leben führte, bis seine Frau ermordet wurde.