Showing results by author "R.J. Ellory" in Crime Fiction

After a drugs bust goes wrong, Deputy Sheriff Garrett Nelson is left with a limp and, unfit for active police service, accepts a job at a Florida penitentiary on an old Spanish mission. The prison's chapel, a working bell tower, is now an execution chamber. But after a terrible mistake leads to an escape and manhunt through the Everglades, Nelson must decide whether his first duty is to the law or to himself? And could doing the right thing mean taking an innocent man to the bell tower?

Estranged after a devastating betrayal, brothers Victor and Frank Landis - sheriffs of neighbouring counties - hadn't spoken for years. In truth, Victor didn't care if Frank was alive or dead. Until the day somebody killed him. Crossing county lines in search of answers, Victor is soon on the trail of a sinister conspiracy that takes him deep into the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. From the poorest communities to the most powerful and corrupt organisations, he soon becomes ensnared in a dangerous web of drugs, trafficking and murder.

In 1930s Georgia, 12-year-old Joseph hears of the brutal murder of a young girl, the first of a series of killings that will take 10 lives. Compelled by fear and duty, Joseph and his friends are determined to protect the people of Augusta Falls.

Washington, embroiled in the mid-term elections, didn't want to hear about serial killings. But when the newspapers reported a 4th murder, when they gave the killer a name and details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people who could ignore it. Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case.

Kansas, 1959. A travelling carnival appears overnight, intriguing the townsfolk with acts of inexplicable magic and illusion. But when a man's body is discovered beneath the carousel, FBI Special Agent Michael Travis is sent to investigate. But things are not what they seem, and with each new turn of the investigation, Travis’ faith is challenged as he struggles to open his mind to a truth that defies comprehension.

Running from a troubled childhood, Jack Devereaux left home as soon as he could and never looked back—until the day a stranger calls, begging him to return to his hometown of Jasperville, Quebec. Jack's brother Calvis—the little boy he left behind more than twenty years ago—has viciously attacked a man and left him for dead. Nobody knows why he did it, though Jack suspects it has something to do with the Jasperville girls who were lost all those years ago.

On 22nd November 1963, John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade rode through Dealey Plaza. He and his wife, Jackie, greeted the crowds on a glorious Friday afternoon in Dallas, Texas. Mitch Newman is a photojournalist based out of Washington, DC. His phone never rings. When it does, a voice he hasn't heard in years will tell him his former fiancée Jean has taken her own life. Jean was an investigative reporter working the case of a lifetime. Somewhere in the shreds of her investigation is the truth behind her murder....

Having fled to New York following his involvement in a terrible crime, Irish-born Danny McCabe throws in his lot with Nicolas and Lucia Mariani, Corsican siblings who have come to America to make their fortune. In New York the trio get by, earning money from fighting and - on Nicolas Mariani's part - increasingly illicit activity. Lucia has ambitions of becoming an actress, and, following a fight that goes horribly wrong, the three of them head to Los Angeles, the city of dreams.

Joseph Vaughan's life has been dogged by tragedy. Growing up in the 1940s, he was at the centre of series of killings of young girls in his small rural community. The girls were taken, assaulted, and left horribly mutilated. Barely a teenager himself, Joseph becomes determined to try to protect his community and classmates from the predations of the killer.

No one wanted to see the truth. But when the newspapers reported the fourth murder, when they gave the killer a name and released details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people that could ignore it. Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case. He and his partner begin the task of correlating the details of each crime scene and rapidly things begin to get complicated. The victims do not officially exist. Their personal details do not register on any known systems.

Victor Landis est shérif dans une petite ville de Géorgie. C'est un homme solitaire, qui a voué son existence au travail. Pour toute famille, il ne lui reste que son frère, Frank, avec qui il a partagé une enfance misérable avant qu'une brouille ne les sépare. Lorsque Frank est retrouvé mort dans des circonstances étranges, Victor décide de se rendre dans le comté de Dade, près de la frontière avec le Tennessee, afin d'en savoir plus.

Janine et Carol sont sœurs jumelles. Janine est sourde, pas Carol. En grandissant, Janine prend son indépendance et commence à voir des hommes. Mais un jour, alors qu'elle a rendez-vous avec un inconnu, elle se fait violer et assassiner. Face à l'incompétence des autorités, Carol décide de lui faire justice elle-même.

Vous n'en ferez qu'une bouchée ! San Francisco, 1971. L'inspecteur Garrett Erickson enquête sur une série de meurtres : des jeunes femmes décapitées dont plusieurs organes ont été prélevés. Obsédé par ces victimes dont on ne retrouve même pas l'identité, il est aidé par l'agent Will Slater du FBI, qui l'incite à penser de manière irrationnelle, à penser comme le meurtrier. Peut-il s'agir d'un cannibale ?