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Douglas Skelton

    Tento autor si vypůjčuje ze své rozmanité minulosti – od práce v bance po práci vyšetřovatele – aby vytvořil napínavé a propracované příběhy. Jeho práce, kdysi zakořeněná v dokumentární kriminální literatuře, nyní prozkoumává fiktivní světy s osobitým stylem. Jeho schopnost zachytit složitost lidské povahy rezonuje napříč žánry a zajišťuje mu místo mezi předními vypravěči. Jeho nejnovější díla slibují pokračování v poskytování podmanivých a myšlenkově provokujících zážitků.

    Thunder Bay
    Where Demons Hide
    Blood City
    A Rattle of Bones
    Children of the Mist
    Devil's Knock
    • Devil's Knock

      • 224 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      4,8(4)Ohodnotit

      The Davie McCall series returns in Devil's Knock.

      Devil's Knock
    • The fifth book in Douglas Skelton's critically acclaimed Rebecca Connolly series. Set in Rannoch, Perthshire, Children of the Mist sees reporter Rebecca on the trail of a story that proves blood may be thicker than water but can still be easily spilled.

      Children of the Mist
    • Book three in the Rebecca Connolly Thrillers - set against the stunning backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, A Rattle of Bones is a tale of injustice and mystery, and the echo of the past in the present.

      A Rattle of Bones
    • Blood City

      • 224 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      4,0(7)Ohodnotit

      Davie McCall has a troubled past. Under the guidance of Glasgow's Godfather, Joe the Tailor, he hopes to rid himself of the demons that fuelled his father's murderous rage.

      Blood City
    • Fourth book in the Rebecca Connolly thriller series. Something scared Nuala Flaherty to death. When her body is found in the centre of a pentagram on a lonely moor, Rebecca is determined to find out what. Was she killed by supernatural means, or is there a more down-to-earth explanation?

      Where Demons Hide
    • Thunder Bay

      • 320 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení
      3,7(42)Ohodnotit

      When reporter Rebecca Connolly is told of Roddie Drummond's return to the island of Stoirm she senses a story. Fifteen years before he was charged with the murder of his lover, Mhairi. When he was found Not Proven, Roddie left the island and no one, apart from his sister, knew where he was or what he was doing.Now he has returned for his mother's funeral - and it will spark an explosion of hatred, bitterness and violence.Defying her editor's wishes, Rebecca joins forces with local photographer Chazz Wymark to dig into the secrets surrounding Mhairi's death, and her mysterious last words of Thunder Bay, the secluded spot on the west coast of the island where, according to local lore, the souls of the dead set off into the after life.When another murder takes place, and the severe weather that gives the island its name hits, she is ideally placed to uncover the truth about what happened that night fifteen years before.

      Thunder Bay
    • A Thief's Blood

      A totally gripping historical crime thriller

      • 304 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení

      Set against the backdrop of London in 1718, the story unfolds with the gruesome discovery of a slaughtered family in a rundown area, igniting a fierce turf war among rival gangs. Driven by a sense of duty, investigator Jonas Flynt delves into the dark underbelly of the city, uncovering secrets and rivalries that threaten to engulf him. The narrative explores themes of survival, loyalty, and the harsh realities of life in a city plagued by crime and desperation.

      A Thief's Blood
    • The Blood is Still

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení

      "When the body of a man in eighteenth-century Highland dress is discovered on the site of the Battle of Culloden, journalist Rebecca Connolly takes up the story for the Chronicle.Meanwhile, a film being made about the '45 Rebellion has enraged the right-wing group Spirit of the Gael which is connected to a shadowy group called Black Dawn linked to death threats and fake anthrax deliveries to Downing Street and Holyrood. When a second body - this time in the Redcoat uniform of the government army - is found in Inverness,Rebecca finds herself drawn ever deeper into the mystery. Are the murders connected to politics, a local gang war or something else entirely?"--Publisher description.

      The Blood is Still
    • Crow Bait

      • 224 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení

      PRAISE for Blood CityThe city's dark underbelly complete with knives, razors, guns and gangs... DAILY MAILYou follow the plot like an eager dog, nose turning this way and that, not catching every single clue but quivering as you lunge towards a blood-splattered denouement.

      Crow Bait