Showing results for "Lullaby" in Crime Fiction

Julie Hayes has come up in the world. Her days as a starving actress behind her, she is married to a globe-trotting journalist, keeping up with her friends from her fortune-telling days, and celebrating a year of gainful employment at the New York Daily. But one of her colleagues is found shot dead in his office - and Julie may have been the last person to see him alive. With a reporter's nose for a scoop, Julie investigates the violent death of one of New York's most infamous - and despised - gossip columnists.

Peter Alan Nelsen is a super-successful movie director who is used to getting what he wants. And what he wants now is to find the wife and infant child he dumped on the road to fame. It's the kind of case that Cole could handle in his sleep, except that when Cole actually finds Nelsen's ex-wife, everything takes on nightmarish proportions - a nightmare which involves Cole with a nasty New York mob family and a psycho killer who is the son of the godfather.

My soldiers threw Charlotte at my feet and told me what she was. A thief. A liar. A sneak. I chained her in the cell beneath my mansion with a plan to get rid of her at dawn. But something made me change my mind.

When the body of mother Charlotte Brannon is discovered by her husband, Adam, in their bedroom, Detective Natalie Ward is first on the scene. The killer has left a chilling calling card: The word Why? written on the wall in blood. As Natalie begins to delve deeper into the couple’s lives, she discovers that Adam has a dark past he’s been hiding, and she’s sure that the Brannons' teenage babysitter, Inge, has secrets of her own.

An old man crawled down the Ozarks from Elsinore to Gideon. He was dying and wanted to find his son. Six-year-old Sybil sat braiding the hair of a doll while the old man yelled his sad story through her window. Spit shot through the gaps of his missing teeth and splattered against the glass. But in rural Missouri, that was no excuse for a lack of hospitality.

When 14-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother’s murder, he’s not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But her need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser where he lives - they’re the very characteristics he abides by.

After a woman's body is found in a local beauty spot, her heart surgically removed, D.I. Andy Ross and his team are called in to investigate. But this time, they face a criminal mastermind unlike any they have before, who soon becomes known as The Doctor. All evidence points to romantic connections between the killer and his prey, with an eerie lullaby left playing on an old tape recorder next to the victims.

Detective Angie Pallorino took down a serial killer permanently and, according to her superiors, with excessive force. Benched on a desk assignment for twelve months, Angie struggles to maintain her sense of identity—if she's not a detective, who is she? Then a decades-old cold case washes ashore, pulling her into an investigation she recognizes as deeply personal. Angie's lover and partner, James Maddocks, sees it, too. But spearheading an ongoing probe into a sex-trafficking ring while keeping Angie's increasing obsession with her case in check is taking its toll.

Sarah descubre al volver del trabajo que su hermana Olivia ha desaparecido llevándose a su bebé con ella. Desesperada acude a la policía a denunciar la desaparición de su hijo y empieza una carrera contra reloj para encontrarle con vida. En el camino descubre que su vida es una mentira llena de lagunas, que nadie la cree, que no puede contar con nadie y que el mal, muchas veces es demasiado familiar para reconocerlo.

Sarah descubre al volver del trabajo que su hermana Olivia ha desaparecido llevándose a su bebé con ella. Desesperada acude a la policía a denunciar la desaparición de su hijo y empieza una carrera contra reloj para encontrarle con vida. En el camino descubre que su vida es una mentira llena de lagunas, que nadie la cree, que no puede contar con nadie y que el mal, muchas veces es demasiado familiar para reconocerlo.

In the enthralling tale of intrigue and passion, "Made for Sin”, chaos unfolds as Jasmine finds herself drawn into the dangerous orbit of Enzo Ferrari, all in a desperate attempt to retrieve a crucial chip for Adrian's high-stakes mission. Adrian, characterized by his arrogance and edgy demeanor, pushes Jasmine to the brink, creating an explosive dynamic between them. What begins as an undeniable chemistry between the two spirals into a complex game of emotions.

Sarah descubre al volver del trabajo que su hermana Olivia ha desaparecido llevándose a su bebé con ella. Desesperada acude a la policía a denunciar la desaparición de su hijo y empieza una carrera contra reloj para encontrarle con vida. En el camino descubre que su vida es una mentira llena de lagunas, que nadie la cree, que no puede contar con nadie y que el mal, muchas veces es demasiado familiar para reconocerlo.

Experience the riveting climax of the Sinner's Lullaby trilogy by delving into "Fallen Sinner." Immerse yourself in this explosive conclusion that promises to unravel lingering mysteries and deliver a satisfying finale to the gripping narrative.

Robert Flynn's body is lying in the study of his ornately decorated mansion at Bruenwild Farm in South Central, Ireland. Although it appears that he died of blunt-force trauma to his head, there are no witnesses. But who would want the elderly horseman to meet such a tragic fate? The sad truth is, who wouldn't? All this and more as the intriguing who-done-it takes you from the majestic Bluegrass of Kentucky to the emerald pastures of Ireland's most prestigious horse farm.