Howard Linskey Bücher

David Blake leitet die Geschicke des organisierten Verbrechens im nordenglischen Newcastle, und er weiß genau, dass er diesen Job nicht kündigen kann. Denn aufhören kann man nur als Toter. Und langsam wird es eng für David. Die Polizei sitzt ihm im Nacken, russische und serbische Syndikate, die vor keiner Brutalität zurückschrecken, machen ihm sein Territorium streitig. Es geht ums Ganze – und vor allem ums Überleben …

David Blake hat eine weiße Weste. Soweit man in§Newcastle eine haben kann, wenn man als Berater für§einen skrupellosen Gangsterboss arbeitet.§Als zigtausend Pfund Schutzgeld verschwinden, kommt David jedenfalls reichlich ins Schwitzen.§Er hat 72 Stunden, das Geld wieder aufzutreiben - sonst ist er ein toter Mann.§§'Ein Dashiell Hammett aus Newcastle!' The Times

Eigentlich könnte David Blake es sich gutgehen lassen. Er ist jetzt Newcastles Don Corleone, der oberste Pate, der Mann, der alles kontrolliert, was sich per organisierter Kriminalität zu kontrollieren lohnt. Dumm nur, dass er vorher den Vater seiner Freundin Sarah umbringen musste, um seine Haut zu retten ... »Heftig, gemein und unverschämt amoralisch.« Daily Mail Platz 9 der KrimiZEIT-Bestenliste im September!

Temporeicher BritCrime - der neue Thriller von Howard Linskey, einem der besten britischen Krimi-Autoren der neuen Generation Vier entführte Teenager, vier Leichen – und ein fünftes Mädchen vermisst: Detective Ian Bradshaw versucht mit allen Mitteln, eine alte Schuld zu begleichen; der suspendierte Enthüllungsjournalist Tom Carney ist dagegen vor allem daran interessiert, seinen Job zu retten. Ein Leichenfund, der nichts mit dem Fall zu tun zu haben scheint, bringt beide Männer schließlich zusammen. Während die Ermittlungen auf der Stelle treten, kann Tom erste Erfolge vorweisen. Doch je tiefer er gräbt, desto fragwürdiger erscheinen ihm die eigenen Methoden. Und der Mörder läuft noch immer frei herum … »Howard Linskey begeistert mit einem makellosen Gespür für Zeit und Ort sowie unerbittlichem Tempo.« The Times

Based on the extraordinary true story of two men who risked everything in a mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the Reich's third-in-command after Hitler and Himmler. In 1942 two men - Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik - were trained by the British SOE to parachute into their native Czech territory to kill the man ruling their homeland. Their attempt of Heydrich's life was one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War.

The greatest writer who ever lived... turns spy. London, 1592. 28-year-old William Shakespeare is the rising man of English theatre. But plague has hit the capital, and the playhouses are to be shut. Livelihoods, and lives, are at stake. Lady Celia Vernon is one of the first to perish but did she really die of plague? Her cousin, the Earl of Southampton, orders Will to discover the truth in a London filled with conspirators and traitors, assassins and spies. The Queen's spymaster, Robert Cecil, suspects the Earl of treason and orders Will to spy on him in return. Caught between two of the most powerful men in the kingdom, Will cannot possibly serve both masters, and could easily become the next victim of the killer he is trying to catch. With his future, safety and life on the line, Will uncovers a devastating secret, and changes the course of his, and the world's, destiny forever. An utterly compelling historical mystery offering a new and fascinating look into the personal life of the great William Shakespeare.

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THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DON'T LET HIM IN You will inherit everything. The house. The money. There's just one condition. You have to catch a killer first . . . _________ When Sarah's Aunt Evelyn passes away, she discovers a hidden fortune has been left to her, including a foreboding mansion in a small Northumberland town. But it comes with one condition. For most of her life, Evelyn had been haunted by the loss of a friend who went missing in Cragsmoor - the very house Evelyn has left to Sarah. Now, Evelyn's final wish is for Sarah to return to Cragsmoor and uncover the truth. If she does, she will inherit everything. But someone wishes for the secrets of Cragsmoor to remain hidden. Someone who may have killed once before . . . _________ PRAISE FOR HOWARD LINSKEY: 'Dark, creeping and compelling, with the claustrophobic sense of a killer waiting around every corner' T.M. LOGAN 'This story will cause nightmares, it is that good' DAILY MAIL 'Dark, clever and engrossing' C.L. TAYLOR

An unidentifiable murder victim may be the missing piece of the puzzle for a massive expose that journalist Helen Norton is writing about the links between politics, business and crime in the north-east. Her former colleague Tom Carney receives a letter from a convicted murderer who insists he is innocent.

The NEW NOVEL from Howard Linskey Someone knows where the bodies are buried... Little Susan Verity went missing during the heatwave of 1976. An unprecedented amount of police resource went into finding her, but to no avail. Until now. from the publisher's description