Showing results for "Ronnie" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Frankie James is a young man with a lot on his shoulders. His mother disappeared when he was 16, his father's in jail for armed robbery and he owes rent on his Soho snooker club to one of London's toughest gangsters. Things, you'd think, can only get better. Actually, they're about to get a whole lot worse.

From his abusive childhood, his inevitable journey into crime and his role in the dangerous underworld of south London’s gangland through to his eventful spells in many of Britain’s most secure jails, Ronnie Field is ready to recount his incredible story for the very first time. It’s a new take on the criminal fraternity of the 1970s and 80s from one of the last men standing. A raw, honest and sometimes humorous portrayal of a life in the fast lane of organised crime, Nefarious is a reflection on a bygone era from which there are few regrets. Though some things are best laid to rest.

The Kray twins were Britain's most notorious gangsters. Ruling London's underworld for more than a decade, as gang lords they were among the most powerful and feared men in the city. Photographed by David Bailey and even interviewed for television, they became celebrities in their own right and are infamous to this day.

Set in rural South Carolina in 1995, a veteran detective is forced to reconcile the errors of a past case when a woman she convicted of murder is exonerated after 10 years in prison. Meanwhile, a series of grisly and ritualistic murders rock their decaying town, and our heroine is put at odds against her ambitious partner as they race to put the pieces together.

Detectives Coleen Clayton and Lester Pruitt are searching for a missing person when they turn up a dead body. Fitting into a pattern of gruesome homicides hitting South Carolina, the case bears an unnerving resemblance to one from 30 years ago—one that still haunts Exeter. The killer has become a legend, spawning countless ghost stories and Halloween costumes. A killer named Crouchback. But Crouchback died in prison 30 years ago, right?

Following the shocking reveals of season one, Colleen and Pruitt are forced to reopen a highly controversial cold case, which happens to be one Colleen could never solve. During the investigation into the murder of a pair of beloved local teens, they are forced to investigate their own friends and family. In order to finally put the case to rest, they must find new leads from an eight-year-old case, sift through long-buried secrets, and get to the shocking truth of what really happened.

Frankie James thought that his troubles were behind him. He's busy running his Soho Club, and his brother's finally out of jail. But he's stopped in his tracks when a postcard arrives from Mallorca. The card is signed off with a kiss, and it reminds him of his mother. The mother who's been missing for eight years, presumed dead....

It’s 1997, and Cool Britannia’s in full swing. Oasis and Blur are top of the pops, and it feels like the whole country’s sorted out for E’s and wizz. But it’s not just UK plc that’s on a high. Life’s looking up for Frankie James, too. He’s paid off his debts to London’s fiercest gang lord, Tommy Riley. His Soho Open snooker tournament is about to kick off at his club. He might even have fallen in love. But then Frankie finds himself being blackmailed by a face from his past. They want him to steal something worth millions. Enough to get him killed.

Few people in Britain have not heard of the Kray twins, the infamous East End gangsters who murdered in cold blood with barely a backward glance. And more than 30 books, hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, a blockbuster movie, and the spectacular funerals that brought the East End to a standstill have ensured that the twins' fearsome reputation lives on. But what did Ronnie and Reggie sound like? Did their voices match the terrifying violence that made them part of criminal folklore?

When Teddy Colne arrives in the small town of Rye, he believes he will be able to leave his past behind him. Little does he know that fear blisters through the streets like a fever. The locals tell him to stay away from an establishment known only as Berry & Vincent, that those who rub too closely to its proprietor risk a bad end. Despite their warnings, Teddy is desperate to see what really hides behind the doors of his shop. Ada moved to Rye with her young son to escape a damaged childhood but she’s lonely and ostracised by the community.

After the sudden death of her sister, devastated detective DS Ronnie Blake relocates to Cambridge to help her brother Alex raise their sister's young son, Noah. She reports for her first day but instead finds herself being questioned by a special investigations unit, nicknamed the DEAD Team. With a small group of six, led by DI Fenton, the once-successful DEAD team has a single outstanding case, Operation Byron, and the failure to resolve it threatens the unit's existence.

Friday, 12th February, 1993. Two outwardly unremarkable 10-year-old boys began the day by playing truant and ended it running an errand for the local video shop. In between they abducted and killed a two-year-old boy, James Bulger. In search of an explanation, award-winning journalist David James Smith looks behind the misinformation, misunderstanding and sensational reporting to an exact account of the events of that day. A sensitive and definitive account, The Sleep of Reason achieves a unique understanding of the James Bulger case.

What is life on the run really like? Featuring never-before heard interviews, this ground-breaking audio original gets you closer to the reality than ever before. Join Nick Reynolds as he explores the reality of the life of a fugitive. Using his own experiences of growing up on the run with the Great Train Robbers in Central America, Nick talks with some infamous fugitives and their families as they share their extraordinary experiences.

When sisters Lily and Della Pedley are persecuted for the shocking murder of their parents, they flee from their home in Cornwall to a remote and unnamed island in Scotland - an island known for its strange happenings, but far away from the whispers and prying eyes of strangers. Lily is terrified of what her sister might do next, and she soon realises that they have arrived at a place where nothing is as it seems.

Ronnie is a beautiful, strong-willed, and ruthless young woman. She comes off as a demure, sweet little thing. Ronnie and her clan are a low-level troop of Romany Gypsy grifters. Fraud is the family business. She and Logan have the classic love/hate relationship. Ronnie plays him, but for Logan it is love at first sight; and for that reason he cannot escape her many charms.

John has a perfect life until the day his daughter goes missing. Maisie cares for her patients but hides her own traumatic past. Miller should be an innocent child but is obsessed with something he can’t have. They all have something in common, though none of them know it - and the truth won’t stay hidden for long....

Last Stop, Ground Floor is a horror-thriller novel about a young man who learns that spending eternity in the place of eternal punishment for the crimes he committed during his lifetime wasn't what he expected, nor what he could have imagined. It didn't surprise Nick that he ended up in hell for what he'd done, but he wasn't prepared to follow the rules.

Staff Sergeant Mack Murphy is on a routine reconnaissance mission in the mountains of Afghanistan to gather intelligence on the emerging insurgency. His Force Recon team stumbles into battle-hardened insurgents from the surrounding Arab states. Forced into a game of cat and mouse, Mack harnesses his skills as a Marine Sniper to keep the enemy from gaining the upper hand, but the situation becomes more dire with each passing moment. Mack didn't think things could get any worse, and then they did.

Ronnie is a young, beautiful, and elusive con-man. She cannot be taken at face value. Just when you think you have her figured out, you find that you don't. She died in prison, or did she? What you see, is not always what you get. She's cold, and hot, but don't think you know her. She'll take your money, and/or your life, and not regret either.

Podcast with discussions of true crime, unsolved mysteries, or whatever I feel like talking about!