Ingrid Black Livres

Ex-FBI agent Saxon has dealt with many killers in her time but nothing can prepare her for the night of horror ahead...It's early evening on Halloween when the Dublin Murder squad are called out to the home of wealthy businessman Daniel Erskine. There, in his basement, they discover Daniel's tortured body. Then, just hours later, his friend Oliver Niland also meets a gruesome end. As special adviser to the Dublin Murder squad, Saxon teams up once again with Chief Superintendent Grace Fitzgerald to track down a killer who's closer than they think. But why has he targeted Daniel and Oliver? And what is the significance of the group known as the Second Circle to which they both belonged? The other members of the group might have the answers - but can Saxon and Fitzgerald get to them before it's too late?

The compulsive and terrifying new thriller from the author of THE DEAD

"But in a city of shadows and secrets, that's never easy - especially when the truth is so surprising that even the most astute detective would be shocked into carelessness in the moment of discovery." "And as Saxon knows, it's never wise to be careless in the presence of a killer."--BOOK JACKET.

Marsha Reed was just another aspiring young actress trying to make it in Dublin. But now, she's found fame for all the wrong reasons - as victim of a brutal murder, her body left tied to her bed. With former FBI agent Saxon now living in Dublin, the murder squad have the perfect expert to call on - particularly when it turns out Saxon once knew the victim. However, Saxon is already in the middle of another, more personal, mission - to track down her ex-colleague, Agent Leon Kaminski, who bizarrely seems to be hiding out in the streets of Dublin. It's not the first time he's gone missing - but it's the first time since his wife was murdered...Soon enough, though, it's clear that Saxon's hunt for Marsha's killer and her search for her old friend are disturbingly heading in the same direction...

Ein Serienkiller droht, fünf Frauen zu töten, und der siebte Tag wird entscheidend sein. Die Polizei hält es zunächst für einen Scherz, doch als die erste Leiche gefunden wird, beginnt für Sonderermittlerin Saxon ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um den Mörder, Ed Fagan, zu stoppen.

Ingrid Blacks Thriller folgt der ehemaligen FBI-Agentin Saxon, die nach dem Mord an Fotograf Felix Berg eigene Ermittlungen anstellt. Während die Polizei den Fall als Selbstmord abtut, entdeckt Saxon eine Verbindung zu einem Serienmörder, was sie auf eine grausame Spur führt. Hochspannend und mit scharfem Dialogwitz.

Die im Faksimile und in Uebertragung vorgestellten «Gelegenheitsge- gedichte» der 1633 geborenen C. R. von Greiffenberg sind hier (mit einer einzigen Ausnahme) erstmals veröffentlicht. Die Gedichte werden sowohl vom rein inhaltlichen als auch von den Metaphern her ausführlich kom- mentiert. Die Arbeit vermittelt einen umfassenden Zugang zu Leben und Werk dieser bedeutenden Frauengestalt der Barockliteratur.

Een voormalige FBI-agente probeert met een vriendin die als hoofdinspecteur bij de politie van Dublin werkt, een aantal moorden op prostituees op te lossen.