Island Crime

As the New York Times has said, “Few writers can manipulate a plot with [Chris] Bohjalian’s grace and power.” Now he is back with an ambitious new novel that travels between Jay Gatsby’s Long Island and rural New England, between the Roaring Twenties and the twenty-first century. When...

Die Leiche eines Kindes wird in der Parkanlage eines Wohnblocks entdeckt. Es ist ein frostiger Januartag, und die herbeigerufenen Beamten der Kripo Reykjavík sind schockiert: Der kleine, dunkelhäutige Junge liegt mit dem Gesicht nach unten, im eigenen Blut festgefroren, offenbar brutal ermordet.

In einer hellen isländischen Sommernacht wird die nackte Leiche eines jungen Mädchens gefunden. Sie liegt auf dem mit Blumen geschmückten Grab des isländischen Freiheitskämpfers Jón Sigurdsson. Kommissar Erlendur und seine Kollegen Sigurður Óli und Elinborg von der Kripo Reykjavík finden schnell heraus, dass es sich bei der Toten um eine Drogenabhängige handelt. Warum aber wurde die Leiche gerade auf dieses Grab gelegt?

Was zunächst aussieht wie ein typisch isländischer Mord, schäbig, sinnlos und schlampig ausgeführt, erweist sich als überaus schwieriger Fall für Erlendur von der Kripo Reykjavík. Wer ist der tote alte Mann in der Souterrainwohnung in Nordermoor?

An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey’s wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in...

In einer Baugrube am Stadtrand von Reykjavík werden menschliche Knochen gefunden. Wer ist der Tote, der hier verscharrt wurde? Wurde er lebendig begraben? Erlendur und seine Kollegen von der Kripo Reykjavík werden mit grausamen Details konfrontiert. Stück für Stück rollen sie Ereignisse aus der Vergangenheit auf und bringen Licht in eine menschliche Tragödie, die bis in die Gegenwart hineinreicht.

Der junge, grüblerisch veranlagte Erlendur Sveinsson hat vor kurzem seine Tätigkeit als Streifenpolizist in Reykjavík aufgenommen. In den Nachtschichten lernt er die dunklen Seiten der isländischen Hauptstadt kennen: betrunkene Autofahrer, häusliche Gewalt, Einbrüche, Drogenhandel. Ihn bewegt das Schicksal von Randfiguren der Gesellschaft. An einem Wochenende wird ein Obdachloser in einem Tümpel am Stadtrand ertrunken aufgefunden, und eine junge Frau verschwindet spurlos.

Ein Toter wird im Kleifarsee bei Reykjavík entdeckt. Nach einem Erdbeben hatte sich der Wasserspiegel gesenkt und ein menschliches Skelett sichtbar werden lassen. Es ist an ein russisches Sendegerät angekettet. Ein natürlicher Tod Ein Toter wird im Kleifarsee bei Reykjavík entdeckt. Nach einem Erdbeben hatte sich der Wasserspiegel gesenkt und ein menschliches Skelett sichtbar werden lassen. Es ist an ein russisches Sendegerät angekettet. Ein natürlicher Tod ist ausgeschlossen. Wer ist der Ermordete?

Beneath a sky of limpid sapphire blue, the research ship Gorgon rolls gently on the scintillating waters of the Caribbean Sea. Below, two men in a bathysphere, lowered more than a 150 fathoms into the crushing depths. But when the sphere is raised, there is only one man inside … and he has a knife in his back! Now Sexton Blake must answer an impossible question: How did the killer escape?

Paradise has a price. For Jesse McDermitt, that price is his moral compass and a bullet. The retired Marine and charter skipper takes on a passenger in Nassau, a young woman who is a breath of fresh air. She introduces him to the laid-back cruising crowd on an idyllic small cay in the Berry Islands. Jesse takes to the relaxing lifestyle like a fish to water. Living each day on its own terms is a new experience for Jesse, but it doesn't last long. Trouble always seems to find him.

After a terrible defeat in Key West, where the subject of Jesse McDermitt’s identity fraud investigation gets away, and which almost costs him dearly, Jesse returns home to his island in the Content Keys, determined to keep those he loves safe from harm. He makes plans to fly his family and friends to the Leeward Islands for a very special occasion, unaware of events taking place on one small uninhabited island located a short distance from his destination—events that will suck him right back into the fray, as a past nemesis rears their head.

Jesse McDermitt is starting a new chapter in his life. As captain of the research vessel Ambrosia, his mission is to study the oceans and seafloor, searching for rich oil deposits. His unstated mission is to locate and eradicate the enemies of society on behalf of Armstrong Research, a secretive organization funded by some of the richest men in the world. When word gets out about a massive drug and human trafficking cartel moving tons of illegal drugs, along with hundreds of slave laborers, out of Venezuela, Jesse is tasked with stopping them at all cost.

Detective Inspector Jack Dawes and his bride, Corrie, join eight other holidaymakers bound for a tiny Greek island, ready for a bit of sun, sea and sand. Mayhem ensues when a storm destroys the island’s primitive communications, cutting it off from civilisation. It’s a perfect opportunity for murder. First one victim is poisoned, followed swiftly by another. Then a woman is found badly beaten in a quiet cove and a body is found in a grotto to St. Sophia, the island’s patron saint. The island’s visitors are being picked off one by one.

Detective Liam O'Reilly is bored. Life on the peaceful island of Guernsey is quiet, but it's too quiet for his liking. In the middle of an insurance fraud investigation, he confides in his daughter and tells her he'd give anything for a juicy murder case to sink his teeth into. "Be careful what you wish for, Dad." Her words are still fresh in his mind when O'Reilly stumbles upon two dead bodies while investigating a fire at a container depot. The bodies have been burned beyond recognition. Soon it becomes very clear that something sinister is happening on the sleepy island.

A man is found dead on a beach on a small island off the coast of Germany. The gruesome discovery rocks the close-knit community of Amrum: in a town where nothing stays secret for long, who among them has a motive for murder? DI Lena Lorenzen is brought in to investigate. For her, it is an unwelcome homecoming to the isolated island she turned her back on fourteen years ago. But now her past - and the island’s - is catching up with her.

It’s been three months since Jesse McDermitt had any time off to go back home to Florida. When two surprise openings on the leave roster open up, he and his friend Rusty Thurman jump on it, and head back to the Keys for some scuba diving. The husband of a local reporter’s friend has nearly been killed. Not once, but four times in less than a month. The reporter is Jesse’s new girlfriend and they become curious. How does a man survive four attempts on his life?

Jesse McDermitt is finally ready to retire. But life has other plans. While diving on a remote reef deep in the backcountry of the Florida Keys with his wife, son and two friends, he discovers of all things, a car. Not just any car, but a 1928 Duesenberg Model J, the most powerful and stylish automobile of its time. The car was once owned by a Saudi prince who was attempting to develop Johnston Key in the heart of Turkey Basin before Henry Flagler even finished the rail line to Key West. But that’s not all Jesse discovers and what he finds next will make him the target of one of his own.

When her position with the government is eliminated, Charity Styles is faced with an uncertain future. The only part of her previous life that she truly enjoyed was sailing her classic sloop. The cruising lifestyle is wonderful and helps keep her mind centered, as she sails from one anchorage to another, looking for her true calling. But there are hidden dangers: marauding pirates, psychopaths, and drug smugglers run rampant throughout the Caribbean, leaving pain and suffering in their wake. In the Bahamas, someone close to Charity falls victim to the brutality.

In the jungles of Venezuela, a land baron controls the native population with an iron fist and a security team with over-indulged libidos and quick trigger fingers. The indigenous people live in fear; all but one old shaman, who has a vision of the future. A vision that includes piranha and crocodiles. Charity's target is a single man. But when she learns of the atrocities committed by the land baron, and the carnage inflicted on the defenseless Wanadi people by his security team, will she stop at that? Can she keep her bloodlust in check this time?

What happens when a gang of vicious drug dealers hit the sleepy Canadian town of Serendipity? After waking up to the sound of gunshots, Annie rushes over to Ben "The Butcher" Rough's meat shop, only to find out the man has been shot and killed. Digging deeper, she discovers disturbing connection with the now-deceased butcher and the Canadian criminal underworld. Struggling with schizophrenia, Annie attempts to piece together the clues.