Author: Hugh Pentecost
Publisher: Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN: 9049983650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The night before an interview with a terrorist, a reporter is killed at the Beaumont Hotel For a madman with an itch to kill someone famous, there could be no better venue than the Beaumont Hotel—Manhattan’s headquarters for the international elite. The omniscient manager Pierre Chambrun oversees the landmark, with the help of his press man, Mark Haskell. When the rich and famous arrive, Chambrun and Haskell can help them hide from the limelight or bask in it. But it’s difficult to keep a low profile when death comes to call. Geoffrey Hammond is one of the world’s most respected—and loathed—television journalists. A fearless questioner of presidents and kings, he is in New York preparing an interview with an infamous Middle Eastern terrorist. But when the room service waiter comes to collect his breakfast tray in the morning, the journalist has been strangled. It will take all Chambrun’s powers to solve this mystery—especially since the future of the Middle East is at stake.
Random Killer
Author: Hugh Pentecost
Publisher: Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN: 9049983650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The night before an interview with a terrorist, a reporter is killed at the Beaumont Hotel For a madman with an itch to kill someone famous, there could be no better venue than the Beaumont Hotel—Manhattan’s headquarters for the international elite. The omniscient manager Pierre Chambrun oversees the landmark, with the help of his press man, Mark Haskell. When the rich and famous arrive, Chambrun and Haskell can help them hide from the limelight or bask in it. But it’s difficult to keep a low profile when death comes to call. Geoffrey Hammond is one of the world’s most respected—and loathed—television journalists. A fearless questioner of presidents and kings, he is in New York preparing an interview with an infamous Middle Eastern terrorist. But when the room service waiter comes to collect his breakfast tray in the morning, the journalist has been strangled. It will take all Chambrun’s powers to solve this mystery—especially since the future of the Middle East is at stake.
Publisher: Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN: 9049983650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The night before an interview with a terrorist, a reporter is killed at the Beaumont Hotel For a madman with an itch to kill someone famous, there could be no better venue than the Beaumont Hotel—Manhattan’s headquarters for the international elite. The omniscient manager Pierre Chambrun oversees the landmark, with the help of his press man, Mark Haskell. When the rich and famous arrive, Chambrun and Haskell can help them hide from the limelight or bask in it. But it’s difficult to keep a low profile when death comes to call. Geoffrey Hammond is one of the world’s most respected—and loathed—television journalists. A fearless questioner of presidents and kings, he is in New York preparing an interview with an infamous Middle Eastern terrorist. But when the room service waiter comes to collect his breakfast tray in the morning, the journalist has been strangled. It will take all Chambrun’s powers to solve this mystery—especially since the future of the Middle East is at stake.
To Catch a Killer
Author: J. B. Davis
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595271006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595271006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The I-5 Killer
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593441370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"Previously publisher under the pseudonym Andy Stack."--Title page verso.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593441370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"Previously publisher under the pseudonym Andy Stack."--Title page verso.
Killer's Choice
Author: Louis Begley
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
ISBN: 0385544952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Marine-turned-novelist Jack Dana is back in Louis Begley's most intense, suspenseful, and deadly adventure yet. With the death of his nemesis, corrupt business mogul Abner Brown, retired Marine infantry officer Jack Dana thought he could finally return to his peaceful career as a novelist. And after falling hard for Heidi Krohn, the glamorous high-powered lawyer who helped avenge his best friend's death, Jack is beginning to dream of starting a family of his own. But dark forces intervene to upend Jack's comfortable new life when two of his uncle Harry's closest friends are brutally murdered in their own home. Quickly it becomes clear that these murders are a message, sent by a shadowy criminal Jack comes to call "the Monster." His warning to Jack: a fate even more cruel awaits you. Indeed, despite the best-laid precautions, there seems to be no escape when Heidi and her nephew are kidnapped. With their lives in the balance, Jack must take the only step honor will allow and face the Monster alone, whatever the consequences. In Killer's Choice, master stylist Louis Begley returns to Jack's Upper East Side and Sag Harbor settings and concludes Jack's chilling saga with his most powerful crescendo to date.
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
ISBN: 0385544952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Marine-turned-novelist Jack Dana is back in Louis Begley's most intense, suspenseful, and deadly adventure yet. With the death of his nemesis, corrupt business mogul Abner Brown, retired Marine infantry officer Jack Dana thought he could finally return to his peaceful career as a novelist. And after falling hard for Heidi Krohn, the glamorous high-powered lawyer who helped avenge his best friend's death, Jack is beginning to dream of starting a family of his own. But dark forces intervene to upend Jack's comfortable new life when two of his uncle Harry's closest friends are brutally murdered in their own home. Quickly it becomes clear that these murders are a message, sent by a shadowy criminal Jack comes to call "the Monster." His warning to Jack: a fate even more cruel awaits you. Indeed, despite the best-laid precautions, there seems to be no escape when Heidi and her nephew are kidnapped. With their lives in the balance, Jack must take the only step honor will allow and face the Monster alone, whatever the consequences. In Killer's Choice, master stylist Louis Begley returns to Jack's Upper East Side and Sag Harbor settings and concludes Jack's chilling saga with his most powerful crescendo to date.
Killer Time
Author: Bill Edwards
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039128815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the spring of 1987, Ed Underwood is happy with his life: he has a good job as personnel manager at a successful jewelry company, a loving girlfriend, and in his spare time pursues his passion for karate. Then one day Henry Cohen, the company president, summons him to his office. Cohen has received an anonymous note, both cryptic and threatening, and he asks Ed to call on his psychology training to interpret it. Unsure what the note means, Ed also doesn't realize that its arrival is about to upend the security of his life. At the same time, experienced homicide detective Mike Langan is struggling to solve a murder which appears to be a mugging gone bad, but with no clues to the killer. Soon, he encounters another death which is equally inexplicable, and with nothing to indicate the two crimes are actually related. As Detective Langan searches for leads, crime reporter Stan Osciewicz begins covering the cases, hoping for the big story that could be his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize. Soon all three will be drawn together, grappling with circumstances that they never imagined possible, while a diabolical killer continues his plans for revenge....
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039128815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the spring of 1987, Ed Underwood is happy with his life: he has a good job as personnel manager at a successful jewelry company, a loving girlfriend, and in his spare time pursues his passion for karate. Then one day Henry Cohen, the company president, summons him to his office. Cohen has received an anonymous note, both cryptic and threatening, and he asks Ed to call on his psychology training to interpret it. Unsure what the note means, Ed also doesn't realize that its arrival is about to upend the security of his life. At the same time, experienced homicide detective Mike Langan is struggling to solve a murder which appears to be a mugging gone bad, but with no clues to the killer. Soon, he encounters another death which is equally inexplicable, and with nothing to indicate the two crimes are actually related. As Detective Langan searches for leads, crime reporter Stan Osciewicz begins covering the cases, hoping for the big story that could be his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize. Soon all three will be drawn together, grappling with circumstances that they never imagined possible, while a diabolical killer continues his plans for revenge....
Killer Komix 2
Author: Antonio Ghura
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952328810
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
At last! The long awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed first vol. From a team of top artists comes a savage and at times poignant indictment of serial killer psychosis. Several notorious crime cases are represented in adult comic strip form, deconstructing the media circus surrounding the phenomenon of the serial killer, while at the same time recognising the impact these pariahs have had on (mis)shaping the Twentieth Century.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952328810
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
At last! The long awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed first vol. From a team of top artists comes a savage and at times poignant indictment of serial killer psychosis. Several notorious crime cases are represented in adult comic strip form, deconstructing the media circus surrounding the phenomenon of the serial killer, while at the same time recognising the impact these pariahs have had on (mis)shaping the Twentieth Century.
Killer Dad
Author: Robert Scott
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780786018185
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Victim once lived in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780786018185
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Victim once lived in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
The A to Z of Unsolved Serial Killer Cases
Author: Richard Kirkwood
Publisher: epubli
ISBN: 3758462576
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
From the A6 Disappearances to the Zodiac Killer, and all points between, here is a definitive A to Z of the many serial killer cases through history that were never solved. Jack the Ripper, The Freeway Phantom, The New Orleans Axeman, The Thames Torso Murders, Charlie Chop Off - they are all here. Read about these unsolved serial killer and murder cases in history in this book
Publisher: epubli
ISBN: 3758462576
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
From the A6 Disappearances to the Zodiac Killer, and all points between, here is a definitive A to Z of the many serial killer cases through history that were never solved. Jack the Ripper, The Freeway Phantom, The New Orleans Axeman, The Thames Torso Murders, Charlie Chop Off - they are all here. Read about these unsolved serial killer and murder cases in history in this book
The Ladykiller
Author: Martina Cole
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755350715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
He's every woman's worst nightmare... THE LADYKILLER is the first book in the DI Kate Burrows series: the only time the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times bestseller Martina Cole has written from the perspective of the Old Bill. A killer is on the loose. It's up to DI Kate Burrows to stop him. But Kate has a problem. The Grantley Ripper has attacked the daughter of one of London's most infamous gangsters, Patrick Kelly, and now Kate's investigation, along with her heart, are dangerously entwined with him. As the worlds of crime and law collide, will Kate take down the Ladykiller, or will he be her undoing? Her unique take on London's criminal underworld will have you hooked, so don't miss the rest of the DI Kate Burrows series, BROKEN, HARDGIRLS and DAMAGED
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755350715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
He's every woman's worst nightmare... THE LADYKILLER is the first book in the DI Kate Burrows series: the only time the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times bestseller Martina Cole has written from the perspective of the Old Bill. A killer is on the loose. It's up to DI Kate Burrows to stop him. But Kate has a problem. The Grantley Ripper has attacked the daughter of one of London's most infamous gangsters, Patrick Kelly, and now Kate's investigation, along with her heart, are dangerously entwined with him. As the worlds of crime and law collide, will Kate take down the Ladykiller, or will he be her undoing? Her unique take on London's criminal underworld will have you hooked, so don't miss the rest of the DI Kate Burrows series, BROKEN, HARDGIRLS and DAMAGED
The Want-Ad Killer
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110166746X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a true crime story of a serial killer who was sentenced to die—yet lived to murder again....and again.... After committing his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death, using want ads to lure his young female victims. And time after time, justice was thwarted by a killer whose twisted legal genius was matched only by his sick savagery. Complete with the testimony of the officers who put him behind bars and the women who barely escaped with their lives, The Want-Ad Killer is one of the most shattering and thought-provoking true-crime stories of our time.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110166746X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a true crime story of a serial killer who was sentenced to die—yet lived to murder again....and again.... After committing his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death, using want ads to lure his young female victims. And time after time, justice was thwarted by a killer whose twisted legal genius was matched only by his sick savagery. Complete with the testimony of the officers who put him behind bars and the women who barely escaped with their lives, The Want-Ad Killer is one of the most shattering and thought-provoking true-crime stories of our time.