Showing results for "prophecies" in Crime Fiction

Frannie is delighted when a chance meeting with a handsome man and his son leads to a romance. The fact that the relationship is marred by gruesome tragedies, she dismisses as an unsettling coincidence. But eventually she can no longer ignore the fact that she is the only thing linking these horrible events. Is it a murderous practical joke? Or worse?

From the number one best-selling author. ex-SAS operative Ben Hope decided to give up rescuing kidnap victims in favour of the theology studies he abandoned years before. He should have known that fate would decide differently. Searching for missing biblical archaeologist Zoë Bradbury, Ben finds himself embroiled in his riskiest mission yet. What is the ancient secret that Zoë uncovered? And just who is willing to do anything to protect it?

There is a killer loose on the streets of London, one that evades security cameras, is not held by locks, and savagely mutilates his victims. When the murderer switches from unknown prostitutes to Julie Longmuir, a beautiful actress at the height of her success, no woman feels safe. As the press begin to draw uncomfortable comparisons with Jack the Ripper, Jane Sullivan, heading up the police investigation, grudgingly has to agree.

A beloved professor of theology and archaeology at Harvard, Cal Donovan has achieved renown—but he drops everything when he is called by his friend Pope Celestine to investigate the potential existence of a mysterious prophecy. And it soon becomes clear that another party is desperate and willing to kill for the same information.

A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome and untimely end.

What would you do if you had been falsely imprisoned? What would you do if while in prison your wife and your children had been brutally murdered and no one cared? For Samuel Maxwell, the decision was easy. He would spend his time in prison learning everything he could to carry out his plan for revenge. Duke Becker is called to Police Chief Rockwell's office because a letter of prophetic murder has come true, and the Chief is sure that more will follow, including one meant for him.

Roma: Un sacerdote aparece asesinado en extrañas condiciones, todo indica a que el homicida no se detendrá ahí. El asistente Paolo Salvano, de la Polizia di Stato, intentará atrapar a lo que parece ser el asesino en serie perfecto. Madrid: Un inesperado billete de avión, llevará al inspector de la Policía Nacional Nicolás Valdés tras los pasos de una peligrosa hermandad milenaria, además de tener que enfrentarse a sus propios fantasmas del pasado. Ninguno sospechará que sus caminos andan unidos.

Roma: Un sacerdote aparece asesinado en extrañas condiciones, todo indica a que el homicida no se detendrá ahí. El asistente Paolo Salvano, de la Polizia di Stato, intentará atrapar a lo que parece ser el asesino en serie perfecto. Madrid: Un inesperado billete de avión, llevará al inspector de la Policía Nacional Nicolás Valdés tras los pasos de una peligrosa hermandad milenaria, además de tener que enfrentarse a sus propios fantasmas del pasado. Ninguno sospechará que sus caminos andan unidos.

Ein Mitarbeiter des englischen Geheimdienstes verschwindet während seines Urlaubs in Mauritius auf mysteriöse Weise. Sein Kollege Jack Holborne erhält den Auftrag, ihn zu suchen. Vor Ort angekommen findet er heraus, dass sein Kollege Jonathan Green Ermittlungen im Blue-Penny-Museum angestellt hat. Dort sind zwei echte Exemplare der legendären blauen und roten Mauritius ausgestellt. Green will vor seinem Verschwinden herausgefunden haben, dass die Marken falsch sind.