Political Crime

Colonel Dan Blake's 18-year career in the British Army comes to an abrupt end when he fails a psychiatric evaluation when in line for the top job in counterterrorism at MI5. Finding himself unexpectedly unemployed, Blake travels to Moscow to visit his one real friend, Edwin Mallory, himself a high-achieving Cambridge peer 18 years into a high-flying career with MI6. In Mallory's Moscow circle, Blake meets oil billionaire Sheikh Mohammad al Hussein. The meeting leads to a job offer for Blake's unique skill set.

Jacopo Brancas, detto Ticchie, è stato trovato morto dalla polizia. Ticchie, un classico topo di biblioteca, stava studiando "Historia Fiorentina", un vecchio manoscritto al cui interno si celerebbero delle sconvolgenti rivelazioni sulla morte del grande pittore Masaccio. Il tutto dovrebbe essere collegato a un quadro dell’artista, ‘La Sagra’, andato misteriosamente perduto. L'indomito avvocato fiorentino Corrado Scalzi si trova assegnato al caso e dovrà, ancora una volta, usare tutto il suo ingegno per risolvere l'enigma.

Tras la brutalidad de la Revolución, los sobrevivientes necesitaban una esperanza y el nacionalismo se la dio. Pero a un costo altísimo: muerte y mentira.

På ytan verkar diplomatsonen Mårten Leijon leva ett ordnat liv som doktorand i statsvetenskap och volontär på Stadsmissionens härbärge i Stockholm. I det fördolda är han också socialdemokraternas rörmokare, den som fixar läckor och löser akuta problem. För Mårten är detta uppdrag viktigare än allt annat och han har räddat rörelsen ur flera kriser. När en paparazzifotograf under valrörelsen 2006 tar bilder på en otrogen justitieminister går allt snett. I stället för att ta emot pengarna som Mårten erbjuder gör fotografen våldsamt motstånd.

På en lyxkryssare i medelhavet sprängs en bomb. Tusentals människor dör, och dagen efter tar en terrororganisation på sig dådet. USA:s president krävs på en miljard dollar och nyheterna om händelsen når hela världen. Samtidigt sker något underligt i Sverige. En man hittas död i Gästrikland, i något som ser ut att vara en vargattack. Därpå följer ytterligare en rad oförklarliga dödsfall och snart finner sig Ockelbos lokala polisstyrka inblandad i en brottslig härva på global nivå.

Livet går ganska bra för kriminalinspektör Sune Bergström. Han har nyktrat till efter allvarligt alkoholmissbruk och en längre tid på Norrtäljeanstalten. Nu är han sambo med den vackra journalisten Annika Strömberg och de har fått en dotter. Han är tillbaka i tjänst och blir snart indragen i en ny utredning kring vapensmuggling. Sune konfronteras av representanter från alla möjliga delar av den kriminella världen och samhällets utmarker.

Nr justitieminister Karin Landberg ppnar drren till sitt inre rum p Rosenbad knner hon genast att ngot r fel. I morgondunklet mts hon av lukter som inte borde finnas dr - och snart ser hon ngot som skakar henne i grunden. P sngen ligger hennes vn tillika statssekreterare Beatrice Chiquin, blodig och medvetsls. Ngon har utsatt henne fr en brutal attack - frgan r bara vem. Det blir kriminalinspektr Margareta Davidsson som fr ta sig an det hrt mediabevakade verfallet i regeringsbyggnaden.

Il primo attentato di matrice islamica mai realizzato in Italia sconvolge Milano, durante una gara podistica di fine estate. Il paese si paralizza, piange e sopporta gli strilli di politici, giornalisti e sciacalli. La nazione si distrae così dall'ultimo trauma: Paolo Bonomelli, politico stimato e in grande ascesa, è appena stato travolto da uno scandalo sessuale.

This thriller begins with Special Agent Rick Clark recovering from a traumatic loss that has turned his world upside down. Determined to discover the truth behind the grisly murder of his dear friend, he departs for Peru where his key witness has mysteriously fled. With the help of the Peruvian intelligence services and a charming Peruvian special agent, Clark hunts down clues that bring him into direct confrontation with those who possess the means and the will to crush any opposition. Mercilessly and completely. This is a powerful story about courage, commitment, and personal loss.

Der wichtigste Beamte eines Ministers ist verschwunden–er wurde entführt! Der charismatische Wiener André Heidergott ist der Kommissar, dem die Mächtigen Deutschlands vertrauen. Er deckt auf: Das Opfer war ein Meister der Lügen und Intrigen.

Lance Bear Wolf and his Shadow Tier operators must stop the rebirth of The French Connection and its terror funding connection to the Taliban. By any means necessary. When the resurgent Sinaloa cartel attacks Wolf and his wife, Elle Parker, on the Crow Indian reservation, the safety of his people becomes Job One—until the president of the United States orders Shadow Tier to stop the Taliban's opium trade. The president's underlying message: The drug war is a failure. Fix this now, or your funding disappears.

During the blizzard of 1978, a woman is discovered face down at the edge of her Delaware estate, a dog half-dead by her side. Nearby, a CIA officer lies buried under two feet of snow. Their secret meeting—sabotaged. When Emma Quinn gets a call in her Manhattan apartment—your grandmother, found dead—she has no reason to suspect foul play. But she is drawn into an intrigue that harks back to the beginnings of the Cold War—and forced to confront the truth about her family and history as we know it.

Fortunato es un asesino a sueldo, culto, elegante y discreto. Cuando se le encarga que elimine a una política corrupta, recuerda su infancia y juventud, cómo sintió crecer la violencia dentro y qué hizo para controlarla y usarla, según él, en beneficio propio y de los demás. Pero esta educación sentimental es solo el principio de un viaje que le llevará por los escenarios más oscuros y violentos de nuestra sociedad y le hará replantearse su papel en ella.

When Denmark’s erstwhile Minister of Justice and Foreign Secretary dies suddenly from what appears to be a heart attack, down-on-his-luck journalist Ulrik Torp finds himself drawn into the case. Relegated to writing obituaries for a local paper, Torp is tasked with crafting the notice of the man’s untimely death—and then a former Member of Parliament expires under similarly suspicious circumstances. But who may have killed these two political archrivals, and why?

Until his untimely death, Nena’s mentor was the backbone of the Tribe. With his leadership position unfilled and despite the Tribe’s newfound misgivings about her, Nena has stepped into a new role she never wanted. Politics is an entirely new venture for her, and now one of the Tribe’s own has been kidnapped, forcing her back to her origins as an assassin. But the only person qualified for such a rescue mission is Nena Knight—and a new team whose trust in her continues to waver.

Former CIA Russia expert Max Geller is recovering from an intense mission while lying low in Australia, enjoying his sudden wealth in the company of his new girlfriend. But his beachy bliss is short-lived when Max, while relaxing by the ocean, is ambushed by the CIA.

Ray Carner, hijo de un miembro de la mafia local y padre de familia modélico, regenta la tienda de muebles de la calle Ciento veinticinco, en Harlem. Ray intenta alejarse de la vida de delincuencia que su padre le mostró de niño, pero con un segundo hijo en camino necesita sacarse un dinero extra revendiendo artículos robados. Ahora, su primo Freddie le ofrece participar en algo más peligroso: el robo del famoso hotel Theresa, el Waldorf de Harlem.

Ein skrupelloser Immobilienhai fällt über Hamburg St. Pauli her. Seiner Profitgier stehen Arme, Obdachlose und Alteingesessene nur im Wege, also säubert er den Stadtteil auf brutalste Art und Weise von ihnen. Simon Stark und seine Freunde kommen den Machenschaften auf die Spur und wecken damit einen Gegner, der weit gefährlicher und mächtiger ist, als sie geglaubt hatten. Wer ist dieser Psychopath in Nadelstreifen, der sich Bertrand Boyle nennt? Warum kann er scheinbar tun und lassen, was er will?

Mere days before a critical parliamentary election in Denmark, a muckraking independent journalist is killed by a car bomb. Then, a promising young civil servant in the Danish Interior Ministry is found murdered, execution-style. It seems the two victims had recently gotten wind of widespread fraud and corruption at the highest levels of government.

"Komm, wir gehn gemeinsam jemanden ermorden..." Temporeiche Höchstspannung von Ursula Poznanski: Im zweiten Wien-Thriller der Bestsellerautorin steht Ermittlerin Fina Plank unfreiwillig auf der ganz großen Bühne. Die Inszenierung von Richard III am Burgtheater trieft förmlich von Theaterblut, daher fällt kaum jemandem aus dem Publikum die echte Leiche auf der Bühne auf. Ulrich Schreiber, altgedienter Garderobier, wird tot auf einem Thron sitzend von der Unterbühne ins Rampenlicht gefahren.