Minette Walter (112 results)

Softcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. The book has been read, but remains in very good condition. No marks or notes from previous owner. Fine, clean copy. Language - English.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. A woman doctor in an English village finds herself the center of some nasty attention from police as well as villagers. The will of a murdered woman names her the sole beneficiary and people assume she killed her. By the author of The Sculptress.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten. Minette Walters has had an illustrious career, in the respect that her first three novels won a major prize, and The Sculptress was adapted as a major BBC drama. The Echo is her latest novel in the crime genre.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. A 20-year-old murder, committed during a climate of intolerance, is at the center of this superb psychological novel. When "Mad Annie" Butts, a black woman afflicted with Tourette's syndrome, dies in the street in front of her London home, police call it an accident. But M. Ranelagh, the young teacher who finds her dying neighbor and tells the story, believes otherwise. And Ranelagh's obsessive quest for justice or, as some believe, revenge leads her to pursue the case for years while living abroad, before personally investigating and confronting her former neighbors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. A man is shunned by the people of his community because they believe him guilty of his wife's murder.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. Winner of the CWA John Creasey Award for Best First Novel of the Year - and the start of Minette Walter's long list of bestsellers.It was evident, if there were no other entrance to the ice house, that the body had at some point traversed this thorny barrier . . . The big question was, how long ago? How long had that nightmare been there?' The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange - not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly, inexplicably, vanished. Ten years later a corpse is discovered in the grounds and Phoebe's nightmare begins. For once they have identified the body the police are determined to charge her with murder . . . 'The most impressive first novel in years' Daily Telegraph 'A seductive writer with an imagination that makes her dangerous to know' Sunday Express 'Terrific first novel with a high Rendellesque frisson count' The Times.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt. A shattering new novel by Edgar Award-winner Minette Walters, The Echo unveils the secrets and betrayals, past and present, that always come home to haunt the ones who try to bury them. A destitute man has been found dead on the property of a wealthy socialite. Who is he? Why did he go there to die? A reporter investigates the man's identity--and is swiftly ensnared in a web of deception as tangled and complex as the hearts and minds that spun it.--back cover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. Thirty years after the death of an innocent man in prison, a social anthropologist discovers his case file and determines to track down the real killer. But sleeping dogs are best left alone.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. In prison, they call her the Sculptress for the strange figurines she carves - symbols of the day she hacked her mother and sister to pieces and reassembled them in a blood-drenched jigsaw. Sullen and menacing, Olive Martin is burned-out journalist Rosalind Leigh's only hope of getting a new book published. But as she interviews Olive, in her cell, Roz finds flaws in the Sculptress's confession. Is she really guilty as she insists? Drawn into Olive's world of obsessional lies and love, nothing can stop Roz's pursuit of the chilling, convoluted truth. Not the tidy suburbanites who'd rather forget the murders, not a volatile ex-policeman and her own erotic response to him, not an attack on her life. Not even the thought of what might happen if the Sculptress went free.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. A chilling novella of prejudice, ambition and cunning as villagers react to a brutal double murder.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt. When elderly Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden, dressed only in nightclothes and with blood stains on the ground near her body, the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy, landowning husband, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A Coronerâs inquest gives a verdict of ânatural causesâ but the gossip surrounding James refuses to go away. Why? Because heâs guilty? Or because resentful women in the isolated Dorset village where he lives rules the roost? Shenstead is a place of too few people and too many secrets. Why have James and Ailsa cut their children out of their will? What happened in the past to create such animosity within the family? Any why is James so desperate to find his illegitimate grandchild? Friendless and alone, his reclusive behavior begins to alarms his London-based solicitor, Mark Ankerton, whose concern deepens when he discovers that James has become the victim of a relentless campaign which accuses him of far worse than the death of his wife. Allegations which he refuses to challenge.Why? Because theyâre a motive for murder..…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht. With this stunning debut--a marvelous marriage of classic convention and contemporary sophistication--Minette Walters sets a new standard of excellence for the mystery novel. The three women living in seclusion at an elegant Hampshire country house have long been fodder for village gossip.even whispers of a witches' coven. So when a faceless corpse of uncertain vintage is found in the Streech Grange ice house, Chief Inspector Walsh can't wait to make a case of it. Lady of the manor Phoebe Maybury, still haunted by Walsh's relentless investigation of her husband's strange disappearance ten years ago, is calm. She and her two housemates--sensitive, charming artist Diana Goode and pretty, earthy Anne Cattrell--seem as puzzled as the police. But do they have something to hide? While Walsh strives to nail Phoebe for murder, sexy young Detective Sergeant McLoughlin turns his attention to the exasperating and magnetic Anne. Soon his inquiry and his impulses will draw him into a tangled thicket of love, loyalty, and deadly intrigue.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. Thirty years after the death of an innocent man in prison, a social anthropologist discovers his case file and determines to track down the real killer. But sleeping dogs are best left alone.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. Walters' newest thriller is a haunting psychological tale about a scarred Iraq war veteran whose physical trauma may reflect the inner life of a killer.…

Softcover. Condition: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. A terrific example of innovative crime fiction with a new cover treatment.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten. Twelve hours after a women's broken body is washed up on shore, her traumatised 3-year old daughter is discovered 20 miles away, alone & abandoned. Police suspicion falls on an actor whose boat is moored yards from the toddler & the victim's husband.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. Acid Row is a crime-infested housing project that exists by its own laws. When news comes that a child has been kidnapped, the frustration and anger that has been seething on the streets of Acid Row is ignited. And no one will be safe.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. In a gripping thriller, a sexual psychopath emerges among mercenaries as private security firms proliferate in war zones. When five women are brutally murdered in Sierra Leone, journalist Connie Burns questions the arrest of three rebel soldiers but is ignored. In a post-civil war environment where the rape and murder of women are overlooked, she suspects a foreigner--a man claiming to be an SAS operative and working as a bodyguard for a Lebanese diamond trader--might be behind the crimes. Connie recalls his past as a mercenary in Kinshasa and believes he exploits the chaos of war to fulfill sadistic fantasies against women. After enduring a harrowing experience in a Baghdad cellar, Connie goes into hiding in England, struggling to reclaim her former self. There, she forms a bond with Jess Derbyshire, a reclusive local who has distanced herself from the Dorset community. Finding strength in Jess, Connie decides to confront the serial killer once more, fully aware that he will come after her. The tension mounts as she navigates her fears and the dangerous path ahead, determined to seek justice despite the risks.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. Suffering from posttraumatic amnesia, a respected fashion director and millionaire's daughter is placed in an exclusive private clinic after she is involved in a mysterious car accident. She soon begins to recover, but her memories are filled with desperation and absolute terror. A spellbinding tale of psychological suspense from the Edgar-winning author of The Sculptress.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. Suffering from posttraumatic amnesia, a respected fashion director and millionaire's daughter is placed in an exclusive private clinic after she is involved in a mysterious car accident. She soon begins to recover, but her memories are filled with desperation and absolute terror. A spellbinding tale of psychological suspense from the Edgar-winning author of The Sculptress.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Mathilda Gillespie parlait trop, buvait trop et terrorisait son entourage. Elle etait richissime, avare et fabulatrice. Sa fille se droguait, sa petite-fille la volait. Son testament, ignore de tous, les desheritait. On la retrouva noyee dans sa baignoire, enguirlandee d'asters et d'orties blanches, comme Ophelie, et affublee d'une museliere en fer rouille, comme une sorciere medievale. Ce suicide, ou plus vraisemblablement ce meurtre, etait une sorte de chef-d'oeuvre, une enigme resultant d'une vie entiere de mensonges, d'amours etranges, de haines et de violence. Seul le journal intime de Mathilda pourrait peut-etre en livrer tous les secrets. Mais ce journal a disparu.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. La premiere fois que j'ai vu Harwood j'etais a Kinshasa. La deuxieme fois, j'etais en Sierra Leone en tant que correspondante de guerre. Puis, des annees plus tard j'ai croise son chemin en Irak et, a chaque fois, dans son sillage, des corps de femmes violees, lacerees. Des meurtres mis sur le compte de " dommages collateraux ". Alors j'ai su. Il s'est senti traque. J'ai ete sequestree pendant trois jours. Puis relachee. Sans explication. Pour moi, il n'existait qu'un seul refuge possible pour tout oublier : un manoir isole au coeur de la campagne anglaise. Je me demande encore comment j'ai pu etre aussi bete.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht. I Sierra Leone blir fem kvinnor brutalt mördade, och tre unga rebellsoldater arresteras för brottet. Journalisten Connie Burns ifrågasätter deras skuld, men ingen lyssnar. Efter ett våldsamt inbördeskrig, där hundratusentals dödades, är våldtäkten och morden av fem kvinnor av liten betydelse. De anklagade barnsoldaterna har tvingats till erkännande genom misshandel. Connie, som bevittnat ett brutalt övergrepp på en prostituerad, är övertygad om att en man med kopplingar till Special Air Service är skyldig. Hon minns honom från Kinshasa, där han var legosoldat, och misstänker att han utnyttjar krigets kaos för att agera ut sina sadistiska fantasier. Två år senare möter hon honom i Irak och försöker avslöja honom. Efter att ha kidnappats och utsatts för tortyr i Bagdad släpps hon fri. Förödmjukad och oförmögen att berätta sin historia flyr hon till England, där hon möter Jess, en ensamstående kvinna med liknande hemligheter. Connie ser paralleller mellan dem och inspireras av Jess mod. Hon fattar ett riskfyllt beslut att återigen försöka avslöja mördaren, medveten om att han letar efter henne och vill tysta henne.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. [Mrs.] Ranelagh is convinced one of her neighbors on Garden Street is guilty of murder. Was it racism or greed that drove one of them to leave poor Mad Annie Butts for dead in the gutter? Her compulsion to solve this case is to magnetic that you are there with her every step of the way.--Sheri Kraft, Alibi Books, Glenview, Ill.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. Dans un pub mal famé de Bournemouth, petite ville de la côte anglaise, Jonathan Hughes, anthropologue spécialiste des erreurs judiciaires, a rendez-vous avec Georgina, conseillère municipale, rondelette et un peu ridicule. Trente ans plus tôt, lui raconte-t-elle, un jeune déséquilibré a été accusé injustement d'avoir assassiné sa grand-mère. Jugé et condamné, Howard Stamp s'est pendu dans sa cellule. Jonathan se laisse convaincre par la joviale Georgina de réétudier l'affaire. L'improbable couple de détectives fait bientôt le rapprochement entre ce fait divers et le viol, à la même date, dans un parc de Bournemouth, d'une adolescente de treize ans par trois jeunes garçons. Les violeurs comme la victime connaissaient Howard Stamp. Que sont-ils devenus ? Quel lien entre le meurtre de la vieille dame et le drame de Colliton Park ? Un suspense merveilleusement tricoté. Une étude de caractères ensorcelante. Minette Walters est à juste titre considérée comme la nouvelle reine du thriller à l'anglaise.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. Charles Acland, un jeune lieutenant britannique rescape de la guerre en Irak, se reveille a l'hopital, defigure et amnesique. Un psychiatre tente de l'aider a recouvrer la memoire et a percer le secret de son identite morcelee. Comment l'officier surdoue, l'homme chaleureux qu'il a ete, peut-il etre devenu cet individu introverti, distant et violent, qui manque d'etrangler son ancienne fiancee quand elle vient lui rendre visite ? Contraint de revenir a la vie civile, livre au desoeuvrement et a la solitude, Charles connait bientot des acces de rage imprevisibles. Au meme moment, d'anciens soldats homosexuels sont trouves battus a mort et violes a leur domicile, et plusieurs indices semblent bien l'impliquer dans cette affaire sanglante. Mais jusqu'a quel point ? L'enquete policiere recoupe peu a peu l'enquete d'Acland sur lui-meme, et s'apparente a la terrifiante et fascinante therapie d'une ame torturee par la culpabilite.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. De belangstelling van een journalist is gewekt wanneer een zwerver aan ondervoeding sterft naast een gevulde vrieskist in de garage van een Londense villa.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. "When elderly Alisa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden, dressed in her nightclothes and with bloodstains on the ground around her, the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy husband, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A coroner's investigation deems it death by natural causes, but the gossip surrounding James refuses to go away." With James friendless and alone, his reclusive behavior begins to alarm his attorney, whose concern deepens when he discovers that his client has become the victim of a relentless campaign accusing him of far worse than the murder of his wife. James is unwilling to fight the allegations, choosing instead to devote his energies to a desperate search for the illegitimate granddaughter who may prove his savior as he battles for his name - and his life.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. Een vrouw probeert de waarheid over de dood van een alleenstaande zwarte vrouw, twintig jaar eerder, te achterhalen.