Résultats pour "Julia Kelly" dans Roman policier

1940, England: Evelyne Redfern, known as “The Parisian Orphan” as a child, is working on the line at a munitions factory in wartime London. When Mr. Fletcher, one of her father’s old friends, spots Evelyne on a night out, Evelyne finds herself plunged into the world of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s cabinet war rooms. However, shortly after she settles into her new role as a secretary, one of the girls at work is murdered, and Evelyne must use all of her amateur sleuthing expertise to find the killer.

After being sidelined for a pesky gunshot wound, typist-turned-field agent Evelyne Redfern is ready for her next assignment with Britain’s secretive Special Investigations Unit. When a British Intelligence informant in Portugal mysteriously disappears just after hinting that he has vital information about German plans that could tip the balance of World War Two, Evelyne and her dashingly irksome partner, David Poole, are sent headed to Lisbon to find him.

What’s happening in Acker’s Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas of the country just like Acker’s Gap? Or were Dean Streeter, Shorty McClurg, and Lee Rader targeted somehow?

"Calin's versatile characterizations, subtle accents, and comfortable pacing capture this privileged world wherein modern ideas clash with traditional values" —AudioFile on The Last Dance of the Debutante With mystery, intrigue, and the hints of romance international bestselling author Julia...

PRAISE FOR CHRIS BRIDGES ‘Hugely gripping’ ABIGAIL DEAN ‘A unique new voice’ ERIN KELLY ‘Full of surprises’ LESLEY KARA –––––––––––––– She’s not there to save her friend. She’s there to silence her. When nurse Laura arrives at her old best friend’s...

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Schottland, Winter 1900. Am Strand von Skerry wird ein lebloser Junge angeschwemmt. Als der Fischer Joseph ihn ins Dorf trägt, erntet er ungläubige Blicke, denn das Kind ähnelt auf unheimliche Weise dem Sohn der Lehrerin Dorothy, der in einer längst vergangenen Nacht ans Meer ging und nie mehr gesehen wurde. Ausgerechnet Dorothy erklärt sich bereit, das rätselhafte Kind aufzunehmen, bis seine Herkunft geklärt ist.

November 1888: Als Scotland Yard den toten Joseph Harrison am Ufer der Themse findet, versucht Sherlock Holmes, den Kontakt mit Rahel Howells wieder aufzunehmen. Von Howells erfährt er, dass sie den Anführer der Londoner Unterwelt-Organisation identifiziert hat, aber für die Herausgabe des Namens stellt sie Bedingungen. Holmes ringt Inspektor Lestrade einen Handel ab: eine neue Identität für Howells gegen den Namen des Verbrecheroberhaupts. Während Lestrade die Papiere organisiert, wird Holmes von dem jungen Hall Pycroft kontaktiert, der befürchtet, einer betrügerischen Firma aufgesessen zu sein.