Vigilante Crime

Paradise hides too many bodies. How would you take on a serial killer? Sophie Ang's lovable dog Ginger has a nose for murder, and leads her tech sleuth mistress through perilous lava fields on the Big Island to a terrible discovery. Sophie is plunged into a new investigation with dynamic partner Jake Dunn, searching for a missing young woman who is just one of many. Sparks fly between the two as they dig into layers of deception and darkness, rousing the attention of true evil.

Previously published as ShadowMan. There is something terribly wrong in Sanctuary City. When Maggie Bychowski starts her new job as a police officer in Sanctuary City, the small northern California town appears as bucolic as its name. But three young girls are beginning to find out that their beloved home town has a dark, writhing underbelly. When Shadowman, an online fantasy character, starts luring local girls into doing his deadly bidding, Maggie is the only one who can save the town from a powerful evil that threatens to destroy everyone and everything in its path.

Nicky is sick of the violence he sees while driving a cab in the city. On the night of his brother Simon's eighteenth birthday, a gang senselessly beat him to death, and Nicky hopes to find the men responsible.

PI Kate Jones lands the case of a lifetime: a young college student with no history of drug abuse dies of an overdose, and the parents come to Kate demanding answers. Soon, Seattle is reeling from dozens more deaths, all with the same chemical markers. At first, police assume that the victims are closet junkies who got hold of a bad combination, but after someone close to her becomes a victim, Kate believes something far more sinister is going on.

In Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs, Arellano closely examines such narratives as well as the work of western historian and archivist Hubert Howe Bancroft, who was sympathetic to them and that of Ida B. Wells, who wrote in fierce opposition to lynching. Tracing the creation, maintenance, and circulation of dominant, alternative, and oppositional vigilante stories from the 19th century frontier through the Jim Crow South, she casts new light on the role of narrative in creating a knowable past.

One man's angel is another man's devil. One man's hero is another man's killer. It's a blurred line between hero and villain, between vigilante and criminal, between decent citizen and maniac - and this is where Jack finds himself. Jack is a man haunted by the failures of a justice system he feels is broken and the seemingly arbitrary punishments measured out to those who have offended the state.

Dennis and Sarah Coleman wake up one Sunday to find the message "You’re all grounded!" on both of their phones. They at first think it’s a prank, but they soon figure out that they and their two young children are locked in the house and their communications with the outside world have been severed. They then get a phone call and learn that they are at the mercy of a psychopath hell-bent on punishing them for their sins. They must do as he says if they ever want to leave their house alive.

When Gemma Kline is reported missing after setting off on a solo hike in the remote Pennines, her sister, Sarah, is dumbfounded. How can someone disappear without a trace? Travelling to the isolated town where Gemma was last seen, Sarah discovers it’s not the first time a young woman has vanished from the hills in mysterious circumstances. As she digs deeper, it quickly becomes apparent that neither disappearance is what it first seems – especially when unwelcoming locals share chilling tales about what’s really lurking on the moors.

Six months ago, Ellie was a newlywed, working the dry land in 1880s Texas. Then the desperados came. They raped her and killed her husband, leaving her for dead. But she hunted them down and, along the way, found an inner strength and relentless determination that no man can match. Ellie thought the killing was over, that she'd put her guns away for good to run a ranch that she'd inherited from a legendary Texas Ranger. She was wrong.

A vigilante is stalking the streets of Kansas City administering his own brand of justice when the justice system fails. Criminals are being executed right under the noses of the police department. In Lady Justice and the Vigilante, a new recruit to the City Retiree Action Patrol steps up to help Walt and Ox bring to an end his reign of terror. But not everyone wants the vigilante stopped.

At hyre en morder har aldrig været farligere... ”Jeg venter på, at der kommer nogen og dræber mig. I aften vil være et godt tidspunkt.” Sytten, verdens mest berygtede lejemorder, har sagt op. Men hvem, der end måtte ønske at blive Snigmorder Atten, må finde og dræbe ham først. Så da en kugle rammer glasset få centimeter fra hans ansigt, ved han, hvem der skød – gør han ikke? Men skytten er ikke den hårdkogte dræber, han forventede. Det er Mireille – et mystisk, tavst barn, efterladt alene i skoven med instruktioner om at trykke på aftrækkeren.

Wanting to wind down after a week-long seminar, U.S. Federal Marshal Stokker Teague finds himself in a hotel bar with plans to celebrate with a few drinks. Seeing a cute female sitting alone a few tables away, he’s interested and decides to make his move to see if she’ll bite. He’s got some time to kill before his flight home in a couple of days, so why not? Diane takes the bait, but their one-night stand ends up being so much more than either of them expected.

A quarant’anni dal processo che li ha visti uno nei panni del pentito che rivela i nomi, l’altro in quelli dell’accusato, due uomini si incrociano su un sentiero di montagna poco battuto. Il primo è vittima di un incidente, mentre il secondo chiama i soccorsi, ma non c’è più nulla da fare. E ora se ne sta di fronte al magistrato che è convinto che quella caduta dalla Cengia del Bandiaracc sia un regolamento di conti, il duello fra due vecchi compagni di lotta e amici di gioventù, ritrovatisi poi l’uno contro l’altro.

What could go wrong when you put together the DEA, the cartel, serial killers, a war dog named Happy, war heroes, a PI, everyday people, vigilantes, human trafficking, and an old jet pilot named Ace? And that’s not all. There is not a single wasted page in his story. The twists and turns start early and keep going.

Three victims have been found, all killed in the same manner. Drowned when their cars were submerged in the Sacramento River. The killer’s trademark is an obscene word written on the side of each victim’s car. The police have few clues, but the victims all have one thing in common: they were aggressive, inconsiderate, mean drivers. They paid the ultimate price. When the vigilante is classified as a serial killer, the FBI steps in to help.

When Carter McCoy learns he hasn't got long to live, it's time to take care of something he has wanted to do for years—kill the man responsible for his daughter's death. But Carter has no experience killing, and isn't even sure he can do it. Breanna needs to escape her toxic home life, or end up living a life of regret. When she happens upon the old man with a rifle, she sees a light at the end of her dark tunnel. Carter may be the answer to her problems, if he lives long enough to help her.

A woman kills a man in the privacy of her home. It is self-defense. It is also the latest time she has had to defend herself against a killer from a secret murder club, of which she knows nothing about. Her name is Gianna Ricci, and she finds herself alone in the world with unseen enemies coming for her from every direction. Gianna knows she must move. She must get off her kitchen floor where her enemy lies next to her and escape her home before more like him arrive. Because there are more, more and more killers who all want the same thing—her death.

Aller guten Morde sind drei! Während seine Richterkollegen an den Folgen der schlecht geplanten Digitalisierungswelle verzweifeln, kann Siggi Buckmann über Schwierigkeiten dieser Art nur müde lächeln. Denn kaum ist er von der Hochzeitsfeier seiner Ex-Frau Britta zurückgekehrt, wird er beinahe von einem Auto überfahren, nur wenig später verfehlt ihn ein herabstürzender Blumenkübel um Haaresbreite. Während sein alter Freund Hauptkommissar Hiller an einen Zufall glaubt, ist Siggi sicher, dass es jemand auf ihn abgesehen hat.

Aller guten Morde sind drei! Während seine Richterkollegen an den Folgen der schlecht geplanten Digitalisierungswelle verzweifeln, kann Siggi Buckmann über Schwierigkeiten dieser Art nur müde lächeln. Denn kaum ist er von der Hochzeitsfeier seiner Ex-Frau Britta zurückgekehrt, wird er beinahe von einem Auto überfahren, nur wenig später verfehlt ihn ein herabstürzender Blumenkübel um Haaresbreite. Während sein alter Freund Hauptkommissar Hiller an einen Zufall glaubt, ist Siggi sicher, dass es jemand auf ihn abgesehen hat.

Was ist richtig und was falsch, wenn ein Mörder Verbrecher jagt? Der packende Ermittler-Thriller über tiefe menschliche Abgründe. Als ein bekannter Vergewaltiger kurz nach seiner Freisprechung brutal ermordet wird, übernehmen die erfahrenen FBI-Agents Carl Maddox und Nici Fulton den Fall. Schnell ergibt sich eine Verbindung zu einem anderen Fall, bei dem ein Mehrfachmörder, der wegen eines Verfahrensfehler davongekommen ist, tot aufgefunden wird. Alles spricht dafür, dass jemand die Justiz auf brutale Weise selbst in die Hand nimmt.