Главный герой, в прошлом полицейский, а ныне рядовой санитар "скорой помощи", оказался втянутым в кровавую историю с участием его коллег. Ему пришлось проявить немалое мужество и сообразительность, чтобы вскрыть темные дела, которые проворачивались под крышей службы спасения.
Prickel ist ein bisschen langsam und spricht kaum mehr als drei Worte. Sein Freund Det ist schlauer und nimmt ihn nach einer Kneipentour mit zu Nina. Dann ist Nina tot, und Prickel sitzt mit einem blutigen Messer auf dem Dach. Von Det keine Spur, und "der Schlächter von Bottrop" wird bis auf weiteres in eine Irrenanstalt eingeliefert. Die schönste aller Anwältinnen Mülheims beauftragt den schäbigsten aller Privatdetektive, den dauerverkaterten Kristof Kryszinski, zu recherchieren ...
First U.S. print edition for this winner of Germany's Bochumer Krimi Preis for Best International Crime Novel.Jerry Oster's noir thrillers are "an urbane, witty update on the hard-boiled detective novel." -Women's Wear Daily.Meet Jerry Oster's most engaging, off-beat, reluctant hero yet, reporter Tom Gillette, in the first-ever English language print edition of this masterful international prize-winning mystery novel. When a local business man takes a tumble from a roof, the question of "did he fall or was he pushed?" becomes all-consuming for Gillette, a movie buff with a nose for news, an eye for beautiful women, and an unerring instinct for trouble. Gillette's search for the truth entangles him with Sharon Douglas, who the business man was visiting at the time of his fall, Sally Holt, an ambitious financial journalist on the way up, a homeless man named John Doe, comely police sergeant Lee Monday, and a host of other intriguing characters. But, as Gillette untangles the motive behind the murder and gets closer to unmasking the killer's identity, what he discovers makes him wonder if he really wants to know the truth after all. Find out why The Chicago Sun-Times hails Oster for his "colorful characters," Kirkus for "hip, evocative, bravura dialogue," and Rex Reed for "force, maturity - wisdom - and fresh insights."" Superb work... realistic ... the characters are fleshed out with conviction ...brilliant ..."New York TimesJerry Oster is a former investigative reporter for United Press International, Reuters, and the New York Daily News. He is the author of 18 crime novels, including the Jake Newman mysteries, and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Роман из сериала о полицейском Валландере, который расследует множество жестоких убийств, происходящих в шведском городе. Сериал переведен на 26 языков В 1999 году роман получил в Германии сразу три премии: фестиваля "Немецкая весна-99"; и .
Before there was Raylan, there was Sisco... U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is on the hunt for world-class gentleman felon Jack Foley in Out of Sight, New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard’s sexy thriller that moves from Miami to the Motor City.
Based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco isn’t about to let a expert criminal like Jack Foley successfully bust out of Florida's Glades Prison. But there’s a major score waiting for him in Detroit, and a shotgun-wielding marshal isn’t going to stop Foley from getting it.
Neither counted on sharing a cramped car trunk—or on a sizzling chemistry that’s working overtime. As soon as Sisco escapes, Foley is already missing her.
Sisco can’t forget Foley either—and she isn’t about to let him go. Too bad the next time their paths cross, it’s going to be about business, not pleasure.
Первое место.