Showing results for "Hell" in International Mystery & Crime

To some he was Orphan X. Others knew him as the Nowhere Man. But to veteran spymaster Jack Johns, he was a boy named Evan Smoak. Taken from an orphanage, Evan was raised inside a top secret programme designed to turn him into a deadly weapon. Jack became his instructor, mentor, teacher and guardian. Because for all the dangerous skills he instilled in his young charge, he also cared for Evan like a son. And now Jack needs Evan’s help....

Icelandic sisters Áróra and Ísafold live in different countries and aren‘t on speaking terms, but when their mother loses contact with Ísafold, Áróra reluctantly returns to Iceland to find her sister. But she soon realises that her sister isn’t avoiding her...she has disappeared. As she confronts Ísafold’s abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend Björn, and begins to probe her sister’s reclusive neighbours, Áróra is led into an ever-darker web of intrigue and manipulation.

Sixteen years ago, rookie cop Tommy Bergmann was on the scene when a teenage girl's mutilated body was discovered in the woods. Schoolteacher Anders Rask confessed to the murder, along with five others. He was sentenced to live out his days in a mental institution outside of Oslo, and the case appeared closed. That is, until now...

Ein Haus in den Dünen von Skagen, ein Ehemann, der sie kulinarisch verwöhnt und eine familiäre Polizeistation - für Helle Jespers könnte das Leben kaum behaglicher sein. Bis ein brutaler Mord ihre kleine Gemeinde erschüttert. Der ehemalige Gymnasialdirektor wird mitten in der Hauptstadt Kopenhagen, im weltberühmten Vergnügungspark Tivoli, ermordet aufgefunden. Helle ist sich sicher, dass die Spur zurück nach Skagen führt, doch sie ahnt nicht, wie nah der Täter ihr ist.

August, 1944: US Army detective Billy Boyle is assigned to track down a French traitor, code-named Atlantik, who is delivering classified Allied plans to German leaders in occupied Paris. The Resistance is also hot on his trail and out for blood, after Atlantik’s previous betrayals led to the death of many of their members. But the plans Atlantik carries were leaked on purpose, a ruse devised to obscure the Allied army’s real intentions to bypass Paris in a race to the German border.

Kadmon wants to open the portal between our world and Hell, to create a twisted, demonic version of our world over which he will reign supreme. Now, Morgan and her partner — Jake Timber, the enigmatic agent who recruited her for ARKANE — are on the run. From the holiest cities in Israel to underwater cities lost to history, they must follow this trail to the end. To find a way to stop Kadmon before he offers the final sacrifice.

Powiesc z pogranicza sensacji i fantastyki. Polskie i amerykanskie sluzby specjalne zawieraja porozumienie w sprawie wspólpracy polegajacej na inwigilacji ugrupowan terrorystycznych w Polsce. Do pomocy amerykanskiemu agentowi polskiego pochodzenia oddelegowany zostaje Kamil Stochard z ABW. Jednak juz wkrótce okazuje sie, ze ich celem nie sa znane grupy terrorystyczne, a pomioty Cthulhu znane jako guimony. Te przybierajace postac staruszków stwory zeruja na ludzkich emocjach wraz ze swoim mistrzem Fn’thalem. Nie maja jednak zamiaru tak latwo dac sie zniszczyc. Polowanie utrudnia fakt, ze guimony maja mozliwosc odradzania sie po smierci. Ksiazka Debskiego to gwarancja rozrywki na wysokim poziomie.

Mogul Jack Roman was perfectly happy living the life of a high-powered and charismatic philistine. He had time, money, women, and a penchant for the fast life. Until he met his match in Samantha Wyatt, and his obsession with her would take him to hell and back....

The Thirteenth Disciple: America After the Deal is a must-listen, a gripping thriller rooted not only in fantasy but in contemporary American and international events. The audiobook's fast-paced action and bold conspiracies span the globe, but unlike most military and political suspense novels, its epicenter is not Washington, Moscow, or London. Rather, it is a small town in middle America, a town with a long, colorful history that has become a refuge of the rich and famous: Aspen, Colorado.

Pamela Morgan is afflicted with a moderate traumatic brain injury that has affected her memory. As the only witness to the death of her abusive cousin, Pamela lives with the guilt of not remembering the details of his demise. Julia, her best friend, is the only one who Pamela feels comfortable talking to about that night, so when Julia announces that she and her mother are moving to Jamestown, North Dakota, Pamela panics.

Ein junger Mann wird hingerichtet. Der Henker des Verurteilten nimmt sich kurz darauf das Leben. Offenbar hat er selbst Schuld auf sich geladen. Sherlock Holmes allerdings vermutet etwas anderes. Doch was hat Oscar Wilde mit der ganzen Sache zu tun?