Resultados para "Max" en Thriller criminal

Depuis des millénaires, deux organisations de tueurs s’affrontent dans l’ombre : les Sphinx et les Assassines. Le temps du dernier combat est venu... Arrivée en Égypte, sous le nom d’Elisie Ross, Amytis étudie l’archéologie le jour et traque les Sphinx la nuit.

Why would a nurse’s aide terrified of heights hurl herself from a 20th-story rooftop in Queens? Why would an attractive librarian with a water phobia be found naked and floating face-down in the Astoria Park swimming pool? How did the scantily clad body of a young bookstore clerk with a horror of snakes end up inside a Central Park Zoo cage with a 200-pound python? NYPD Detective Max Segal, strung out from a devastating divorce, is determined to find the killer before more women die.

A series of successful professional men are found slashed to death in their beds, apparently during sex, the presumed victims of a gay murderer. Homicide detective Max Segal is on the case, but he’s distracted by his failing marriage and an attractive journalist who is covering the case. Judy Wells has everyone fooled, including the police. She’s been methodically stalking, seducing, and murdering every man who has ever dumped her - and her revenge seems almost justified. But the FBI is closing in.

The attractive redhead at the A&P checkout counter opens her checkbook and begins writing a check, unaware that she’s signing her own death warrant. The man behind her in the dark overcoat memorizes the address on her check. When she leaves the A&P, he follows her home. In the next few weeks he tracks her every move...and when she rebuffs his advances, he stabs her. Five women, chosen at random, fall victim to a man the press dubs the Hyena. The NYPD has no leads until young Babette Watson walks into homicide detective Max Segal’s office.

Telefon ze szpitala to dopiero początek. Informacja przekazana przez dyspozytorkę wzbudza niepokój komisarza Deryły. Coś się stało z jego partnerką, Tamarą Haler. Po przeprowadzeniu serii badań kobieta zniknęła ze szpitalnego oddziału i nie ma po niej śladu. Gdzie jest? Dlaczego przepadła bez wieści? Kolejny telefon jest niczym ziszczenie się najgorszego koszmaru. Szaleniec twierdzi, że uprowadził Haler i uwolni ją tylko pod jednym warunkiem. Deryło musi wykonać pewne zadanie. Jest ono nie tylko czystym szaleństwem, ale co gorsze, komisarz dostaje na nie jedynie dwanaście godzin.

KONIEC ŚWIATA JEST JUŻ BLISKO. BĄDŹ PRZYGOTOWANY. Takie przesłanie powtarza w swoich mediach Profet, samozwańczy prorok. Z dnia na dzień jego hasła zyskują coraz więcej odbiorców. Tymczasem na obrzeżach Gdańska dochodzi do włamania do domku kempingowego. W jego trakcie ginie mężczyzna, a kobieta w ciąży zostaje poddana okrutnej torturze i cudem uchodzi z życiem. Na miejscu przestępstwa śledczy odnajdują starą zabawkę z upiorną wiadomością. Kim jest jej autor i co dokładnie chciał przekazać? Śledztwo przejmuje komisarz Liza Langer, którą coraz mocniej dręczą demony nawracającej depresji.

Nolan and Jon have put their lives of crime behind them—but when a cruel adversary from their past resurfaces, they’re forced back into the heist game with a brutal ultimatum: pull off an insanely ambitious overnight robbery or Nolan’s kidnapped lover won’t live to see the morning. Appearing in bookstores for the first time in thirty-five years and on audio for the first time, this is Nolan’s biggest and deadliest job.

Quando osserva la sua vita, Harry Castellani ancora non riesce a spiegarsi che cosa sia accaduto. Un giorno era un detective della Squadra Omicidi di Miami, sottopagato, frustrato e con la tendenza a fare un uso smodato di alcol, e qualche settimana dopo il suo primo thriller scalava le classifiche di tutti i giornali americani più importanti rendendolo ricco e famoso. Ha cambiato tutto: macchina, casa, frequentazioni, viaggi. Tutto a parte la bottiglia di whisky che continua a fargli compagnia dovunque vada.

Beautiful, homicidal Julie has one lethal solution for every problem. And now Nolan and his sometime sidekick Jon have gotten on Julie's “problem” list. If a pair of out-of-town hitmen can't do the job, Julie will do it herself.

The professional hitman known as Quarry - star of the Cinemax TV miniseries of the same name - has put killing behind him. But after a beautiful writer of true-crime best sellers drops by to announce he's the subject of her next book, killers descend to give him some of his own deadly medicine, forcing Quarry to journey into his bloody past to find the answers - and settle old scores.

Nolan was still alive; his wounds healed and his money was safe - all $800,000 of it. It was Nolan’s birthday, and he was sitting happy. Until Planner was killed. Planner was an eccentric antique dealer; Planner had the $800,000 in his safe. But now he was dead, and the money was gone. Caught up in the sizzling crossfire of double-dealing, danger, and death, Nolan was up against the “Family” again.

The onetime world-class thief Nolan - now happily gone straight with his own restaurant/nightclub - whisks his longtime lover Sherry off to Vegas for a trip to a wedding chapel and a honeymoon stay. But an eye-in-the-sky security cam at a casino spots Nolan, whose past catches up with him when he’s thought to be casing the joint. An old “friend” sees Nolan as the perfect patsy for a scheme to heist the weekly skim haul....

Uno scrittore finlandese. Una trilogia famosa in tutto il mondo. E se l'orrore racchiuso in quelle pagine non fosse più solo una finzione? È una fredda sera di febbraio. Nella sua grande casa, Maria si stringe nel cardigan mentre ascolta la voce carezzevole di Stevie Wonder dal giradischi. È sola, ma ci è abituata: è il prezzo da pagare quando sei la moglie di Roger Koponen, lo scrittore più celebre di tutta la Finlandia. Ma tutt'a un tratto la musica s'interrompe. Maria sente un rumore, si volta.

Mike Hammer is on the case, this time hunting the murderer of his old friend and bootlegger-turned-legit-businessman Packy Paragon. Already torn up by the disappearance of Velda, his beloved secretary, Mike Hammer carves a brutal path for vengeance. Drinking heavily, his relationships fraying, his behavior self-destructive, Hammer has to track down Paragon’s black book, with the names of every corrupt official in town. With deception everywhere, and a whole host of reasons to want the ledger, Hammer has to pull himself together and solve the case before all hell breaks loose.

FBI agent Patti Rogers finds herself paired with the unpopular former agent on a task force investigating the killing of Supreme Court Justice Henry Venter. Reeder - nicknamed "Peep" for his unparalleled skills at reading body language - makes a startling discovery while reviewing a security tape: the shooting was premeditated, not a botched robbery. Even more chilling, the controversial Venter may not be the only justice targeted for death.

Świat wypełniła cisza. Była gotowa na śmierć. Tyle że śmierć nie była najgorsza... W lesie pod Gdańskiem robotnicy odkrywają masowy grób. Wiele wskazuje, że to albo cmentarzysko ofiar seryjnego mordercy sprzed lat, albo miejsce spoczynku pacjentów poddawanych potwornym eksperymentom przez nazistów. Zmumifikowane ciała noszą tajemnicze ślady. Śledczy muszą je rozszyfrować. Jednak nie tylko oni interesują się grobem. Tymczasem lokalny przedsiębiorca otrzymuje przerażającą przesyłkę.

Co kryje umysł potwora? Powieść inspirowana prawdziwą historią seryjnego mordercy, rzeźnika z niebuszewa. Rzeźnikowi z Niebuszewa, dzielnicy Szczecina, przypisano potworne zbrodnie. Zwłoki swoich ofiar wywoził do opuszczonego gmachu magazynów późniejszej szkoły rolniczej. Tam przerabiał je na mięso.Po spuszczeniu wody w stawie przy ulicy Słowackiego odnaleziono kilkadziesiąt ludzkich czaszek, przeważnie dzieci. Rzeźnikowi udowodniono jednak tylko jedno morderstwo. Został skazany na karę śmierci. Wyrok na Józefie Cyppku wykonano 3 listopada 1952 rokuo godzinie 17.45.

Orpheline, Marguerite est recueillie par son tuteur, Sir Evérard, dans le domaine de Malbackt, en Ecosse. Le luxe de la demeure, isolée dans une nature sauvage, ne parvient pas à dissiper l'intense malaise qui saisit la jeune Française dès son arrivée. Marguerite n'éprouve aucune sympathie pour Sir Evérard, un homme cynique. Cruel, même... Son sentiment devient angoisse lorsqu'elle découvre que le neveu de son hôte, Roland, est séquestré dans le donjon.

When private investigator Mike Hammer accompanies a conservative politician to Moscow on a fact-finding mission, he is arrested and imprisoned by the KGB on a bogus charge. He quickly escapes, creating an international incident by getting into a firefight with Russian agents. On his stateside return, the government is none too happy with Hammer. Russia is insisting upon his extradition, and various government agencies are following him. A question dogs our hero: Why him? Why does Russia want him back, and why was he singled out to accompany the senator to Russia in the first place?

The course of true love never did run smooth for PI Mike Hammer. His secretary and partner, Velda, has walked out on him without explanation, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered - a cop who once worked with Velda on the NYPD Vice Squad. What's more, Mike's pal, Captain Pat Chambers, has discovered that Velda is in Florida, now the moll of gangster and drug runner Nolly Quinn.