Nailhead publishing jun 2020 (5 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 1946. When a shadowy organization fails to assassinate Mason Collins, they go after his colleagues, his friends, and the love of his life. Mason knows the only way to stop the killings is to cut off the head of the snake.Armed only with the leader's code name, Valerius, Mason treks across Franco's Spain and Italy to war-torn Vienna to kill the man responsible. But discovering the man's identity seems to be an unsurmountable task; everyone speaks his name with awe and fear, but no one knows if he's real or a gangland myth.Mason, desperate for answers, abandons his strict moral code, leading him down a very dark path, and to succeed in hunting one devil, he makes a pact with another.But what Mason doesn't know is that, if he does find his way in the darkness, the man they call Valerius has something special in store for him. To Kill a Devil brings post-World War Two Vienna to life in vivid detail, and if your tastes include a hero who is one part Harry Bosch and one part Jack Reacher, then you'll love this noirish tale of intrigue and revenge. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 1958 San FranciscoStruggling jazz musician, Frank Valentine, suffers a midnight beating, leaving his left hand paralyzed. Jobless, penniless, and desperate, Frank agrees to join his best friend, George, and three other buddies to distribute a gangster's heroin for quick money.What he doesn't know is that George has more dangerous plans.Inexperienced in the ways of crime, Frank quickly slips deeper and deeper into the dark vortex of San Francisco gangsters, junkies, and murderers for hire. To make things worse, Frank's newfound love, a mysterious, dark-haired beauty, is somehow connected to it all.And when it becomes clear that a crime syndicate is bent on his destruction, Frank realizes that the easy road out of purgatory often leads to hell.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It is the winter of 1945, seven months after the Nazi defeat, and Munich is in ruins. Mason Collins-former Chicago police detective, U.S. soldier, and prisoner-of-war-is now Chief Warrant Officer of the American Zone of Occupation. It's his job to enforce the law in a place where chaos reigns. And his job just became much more dangerous.A killer is stalking the devastated city-one who has knowledge of human anatomy, enacts mysterious rituals with his prey, and seems to pick victims at random. Relying on his wit and instincts, Mason must venture into dangerous places that put his own life at risk: from interrogation rooms with unrepentant Nazi war criminals to the dark tunnels beneath the crumbling city.But what Mason doesn't know is that the killer he's chasing is stalking him as well.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Former U.S. Army investigator Mason Collins grapples with a web of lies, secrets, and murder as he races against time to save the lives of abducted teenagers in a case a twisted as the streets of Tangier's medina.1946. Tangier, MoroccoAfter Mason busted up a powerful crime ring in occupied Germany, a shadowy organization has put a contract out on his life. He thought he'd eluded the assassins, but in a plaza in Marseille, France, the assassins now have him in their sights. Just as they close in for the kill, a flamboyant stranger offers Mason a way out, but only if he accompanies the stranger to Tangier, Morocco to investigate the abductions of teenage girls. The man seems as two-faced as Janus, but the plight of the innocent girls boils Mason's blood, and he agrees to go.Once Mason lands in Tangier, he discovers that nothing-or no one-is what it seems. This playground for the super rich is called the wickedest city in the world, where anything goes.As Mason digs deeper into the girls' abductions, he realizes everyone has a hidden agenda, including those who harbor a terrible secret. And just as Mason begins to unravel the mystery, the assassins have once again picked up his trail. Now, Mason must put his life on the line to find the girls and discover who's behind the heinous crimes before it's too late. If he lives that long.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mason Collins investigates a rash of murders only to discover a web of co-conspirators more dangerous than anything he's ever encountered, in a case that will take him from a Hollywood-style nightclub and a speeding train, to the icy slopes of the Bavarian Alps. When the Third Reich collapsed, the small town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen became the home of fleeing war criminals, making it the final depository for the Nazis' stolen riches. There are fortunes to be made on the black market. Murder, extortion, and corruption have become the norm.It's a perfect storm for a criminal investigator like Mason Collins, who must investigate a shadowy labyrinth of co-conspirators including former SS and Gestapo officers, U.S. Army OSS officers, and liberated Polish POWs.As both witnesses and evidence begin disappearing, it becomes obvious that someone on high is pulling strings to stifle the investigation-and that Mason must feel his way in the darkness if he is going to find out who in town has the most to gain-and the most to lose.…