Resultados para "The Kill" en Novela negra

Un peculiar detective del siglo XVII llamado Capablanca, junto con su inseparable ayudante Fray Hortensio, se verá envuelto en un misterio, justo cuando está a punto de embarcar rumbo hacia las Indias. Se han producido una serie de asesinatos, sus víctimas siempre son mujeres y las muertes parecen obedecer a una especie de ritual sangriento. Capablanca descubrirá que el Madrid barroco de los bajos fondos y las altas esferas del poder no están tan alejados como cabría pensar.

La novela relata una intriga sorprendente sobre una serie de asesinatos en plena época nazi, con la figura omnipresente de Heydrich, considerado el heredero de Hitler y muerto en 1942. Klaus Rotter, miembro de las SS y antiguo inspector de policía, es detenido en mayo de 1945 por soldados británicos. Al interrogarlo, descubren que es un elemento importante de los servicios secretos del Tercer Reich e íntimo colaborador en su día de Reinhard Heydrich.

Roma: Un sacerdote aparece asesinado en extrañas condiciones, todo indica a que el homicida no se detendrá ahí. El asistente Paolo Salvano, de la Polizia di Stato, intentará atrapar a lo que parece ser el asesino en serie perfecto. Madrid: Un inesperado billete de avión, llevará al inspector de la Policía Nacional Nicolás Valdés tras los pasos de una peligrosa hermandad milenaria, además de tener que enfrentarse a sus propios fantasmas del pasado. Ninguno sospechará que sus caminos andan unidos.

It was supposed to be fun. A relaxing trip to a remote mountain retreat where there’s no phone reception. Three couples, friends since high school, are looking forward to a weekend of drinking, reminiscing and flirting. When someone suggests swapping partners, it doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. The lights will be switched off, for privacy. It’s not really cheating if you don’t know who you were with, right? But when the lights come back on, one of the men is dead. No-one can agree who was in which bedroom with whom.

Just when DI Tom Mariner seems to be settling down with his new girlfriend...everything kicks off. First, a badly decomposed body of a young woman is found in a Birmingham sewer. The police can't identify her and dub her "Madeleine". Then, an important politician and his wife are shot on an isolated road. "Vengeance is mine" is scrawled in blood at the scene. Finally, a bomb explosion in the busy city kills five people, causing chaos and panic. Can Detective Mariner and his team get to the bottom of crimes that will come very close to home for him and his team?

El sheriff Burt se ve mezclado de nuevo, en una serie de crímenes espantosos, que parecen ser obra de un imitador del asesino apodado Jack pies de pluma, quien dejó un reguero de chicas muertas en el frío invierno. Peter todavía distante de su amor platónico Ann, aunque recuperada la amista de su hermano Denny, se ve involucrado otra vez en una espiral de asesinatos de chicas jóvenes de la escuela secundaria News Academy. Burt decide cerrar el centro, durante el otoño lluvioso, pero los cadáveres aparecen en cualquier parte.

La danza de los tulipanes nos sumerge en la ría de Urdaibai, un lugar mágico donde el mar y la tierra se abrazan al compás de las mareas que mecen las tranquilas vidas de sus habitantes, que se ven repentinamente sacudidas por la brutal irrupción de un asesino complejo e inteligente, capaz de rivalizar con los ritmos de la naturaleza que desde siempre han gobernado la comarca.

Eat Pray Love meets American Psycho in a seductive and sinister debut literary thriller. Food critic Dorothy Daniels indulges in her homicidal urges by murdering her lovers and devouring their organs in this intense, visceral, and lushly told tale of food, sex, power, and the pursuit of a very particular taste set between New York and Italy. Please Note: A Certain Hunger contains adult language and depictions of violence. Discretion is advised.

Someone has to die.... Henning Juul sits in a boat on a dark lake. A man with a gun sits opposite him. At the man's feet is a body that will be soon be dumped into the water. Henning knows that the same fate awaits him. And he knows that it's his own fault. Who started the fire that killed Henning's young son? How is his sister, Trine, involved? Most importantly, who can be trusted?

Quando rientra all’alba, esausta dopo notti di bevute e sesso occasionale, Elena Blanco ha un rito: esaminare le immagini di una fotocamera che ha piazzato davanti al portone del suo palazzo. Chi ha paura di vedere? O meglio, chi più di ogni altra persona al mondo vorrebbe vedere? C’è un caso irrisolto nel passato di questa eccezionale ispettrice di polizia. L’unico della sua carriera. È molto più di una delusione, è un profondo trauma che ha sconvolto la sua vita e che continua a perseguitare ogni secondo della sua esistenza.

Peter Bray el del "Brillo" solo tenía ocho años cuando vivió su primera experiencia con su don. Tocó suavemente aquella mano desmembrada y la oscuridad se apoderó de él. Tres asesinatos en los que aparecen tres cuerpos de tres niñas descuartizadas, excepto la cabeza, traen de cabeza al sheriff Aston que no sabe cómo actuar ante este panorama. La hija de Bob el Grande; Carietta. Ha desaparecido. Todos dudan de si está viva o si ya está muerta. En la búsqueda se une el alcalde, gran amigo del padre de Carietta.

Han er den farligste seriemorder, FBI nogensinde har fanget. Og han er lige flygtet fra fængslet. De mødtes første gang på universitetet, hvor de var værelseskammerater. To af de dygtigste studerende, der nogensinde havde taget afgangseksamen fra det psykologiske fakultet på Stanford University. Robert Hunter blev senere leder af LAPD’s Ultravoldsenhed. Lucien Folter blev den farligste og mest aktive seriemorder i landets historie.

“Il Coccodrillo” lo chiamano i giornali: perché, come il coccodrillo quando divora i propri figli, piange. E come il coccodrillo è una perfetta macchina di morte: si apposta, osserva, aspetta. E colpisce. Tre giovani, di età e provenienza sociale diverse, vengono trovati morti in tre differenti quartieri, freddati dal colpo di un’unica pistola. L’ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono è l’unico che non si ferma alle apparenze, e riuscirà a trovare il collegamento, apparentemente inesistente, tra i delitti.

Seriemorderen er ikke under anklage. Han sidder i juryen … De var Hollywoods hotteste par. Verden lå for deres fødder. Men nu er en af dem død, og filmstjernen Robert Solomon er tiltalt for det brutale mord på sin smukke, unge kone. Det er århundredets retssag på Manhattan, og forsvaret vil have en bestemt mand med på holdet: svindleren, der blev advokat, Eddie Flynn. Alle beviser peger på, at Robert Solomon er skyldig, men da retssagen begynder, får en række alvorlige hændelser Eddie til at tvivle på, hvad sandheden er.

When a local school is the target of a bomb threat, DI Louise Blackwell finds herself embroiled in her most personal case to date. Not only is her niece among the terrified pupils—there’s also a chilling note hidden under the device: Next time you won’t be so lucky, DI Blackwell… The explosion of a nearby caravan offers a connection…and a suspect. But when he hangs himself after interrogation, leaving another note promising more carnage, Blackwell fears there’s an accomplice.

In The Boy Who Followed Ripley, Highsmith explores Ripley's bizarrely paternal relationship with a troubled young runaway, whose abduction draws them into Berlin's seamy underworld. More than any other American literary character, Ripley provides "a lens to peer into the sinister machinations of human behavior." (John Freeman, Pittsburgh Gazette).

Kate Marshall was a promising young police detective when she caught the notorious Nine Elms serial killer. But her greatest victory suddenly turned into a nightmare. Traumatized, betrayed, and publicly vilified for the shocking circumstances surrounding the cannibal murder case, Kate could only watch as her career ended in scandal. Fifteen years after those catastrophic events, Kate is still haunted by the unquiet ghosts of her troubled past. Now a lecturer at a small coastal English university, she finally has a chance to face them.

FBI special agent Clarke Sinclair doesn’t give up easily. She’s spent years tracking serial killer Simon Cross, forced to follow his twisted clues and photographs across the country. Clarke knows that Cross selects only redheaded women and that he doesn’t target another victim until Clarke discovers the previous one. He’s never broken pattern...until now.

A serial rapist is kidnapping teenage girls. But he’s not interested in just any teenage girls - only virgins. He hunts them by following their status updates and check-ins on social media. Once captured, they’re locked away in his sound-proof basement until they’re groomed and ready. He throws them away like pieces of trash after he’s stolen their innocence. Nobody escapes alive. Until Ella. She risks it all to escape, setting herself and the other girls free. Only the girl who's been captive the longest gets out with her. And soon Ella discovers her nightmare's far from over.

When Matt Ballard was starting out his career, three boys were murdered in the same area, the remote and bleak Gibbet Fen. When the main suspect was killed in a hit-and-run, the killings stopped. But Matt was not satisfied that the real murderer had been caught. Over 25 years later, Matt gets a photo in an unmarked envelope. It's of the Gibbet Fen crime scene. And the picture was taken before the murder took place. More photos arrive, relating to the historic murders, as well as intimate pictures of Matt's very secret private life.