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Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne

Tato série sleduje napínavé případy dvou policistů z Filadelfie, kteří se potýkají s temnými stránkami města. Sledujte jejich cestu plnou akce, zvratů a morálních dilemat, když se snaží nastolit spravedlnost v nelítostném prostředí. Každý díl vás vtáhne hlouběji do jejich profesního i osobního života.

The Killing Room
The echo man
Badlands
Broken Angels
The Skin Gods
Vrah s růžencem

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  1. Vrah s růžencem

    • 271 stránek
    • 10 hodin čtení

    Z temných uliček a páchnoucích zákoutí kolem South Street ve Filadelfii vyráží pedofilní zločinec, aby vyhledával své oběti. Detektiv Kevin Francis Byrne z oddělení vražd potřebuje napravit svou pověst, pošramocenou přehmatem v předchozím případu, a tak se vydá po stopách sadistického fanatika. Nemá to však jednoduché: jeho dlouholetý parťák byl ze služby odvolán a Kevin se musí spokojit s novou posilou oddělení Jessicou Balzano. Podaří se novému tandemu uspět?

    Vrah s růžencem1
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  2. The Skin Gods

    • 544 stránek
    • 20 hodin čtení

    In this electrifying sequel to "The Rosary Girls," Philadelphia detectives Jessica Balzano and Kevin Byrne are on the trail of a maniacal killer, who is recreating Hollywoods most famous murder scenes and casting real-life victims.

    The Skin Gods2
    3,8
  3. Broken Angels

    • 528 stránek
    • 19 hodin čtení

    When the first body is found, mutilated and strangled on the riverbanks, Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano suspect yet another case of random urban violence. Then it happens again. And again

    Broken Angels3
    4,1
  4. Badlands

    A Novel of Suspense

    • 416 stránek
    • 15 hodin čtení

    Set against the gritty backdrop of North Philly's Badlands, the story follows detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano as they investigate the mysterious drowning of a teenage runaway. A shocking confession reignites the case, leading the detectives into a chilling web of murders orchestrated by a madman. As the body count rises, they must race against time to unravel a sinister puzzle that threatens the lives of the innocent, while navigating the dark underbelly of the city and confronting a shadowy figure behind the horror.

    Badlands4
    4,0
  5. It is fall in Philadelphia and the mutilated body of a man has been found in one of the poorest neighbourhoods. When homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano investigate, they soon realise that their crime scene is linked to an unsolved case. Eight years ago, another body was found in the same position, killed in the same manner. Apart from this killer's unusual calling cards, the crime scene photos are identical. As another body appears, then another, it becomes horrifyingly clear that someone is recreating unsolved murders from Philadelphia's past. And the killer is closer than they think ...

    The echo man5
    3,9
  6. The Killing Room

    • 434 stránek
    • 16 hodin čtení

    Packed with ingenious twists and relentless excitement, and starring two of the most compelling heroes in crime fiction, The Killing Room is a major thriller event: the best novel yet from one of the world's best suspense writers

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    4,0
  7. The Stolen Ones

    • 458 stránek
    • 17 hodin čtení

    Destroyed by fire years ago, the infamous Philadelphia State Hospital was known as a warehouse for the criminally insane. But one man never left. By night Luther walks Philadelphia's backstreets; by day he roams the catacombs beneath the city. Luther is everywhere and nowhere; he's is in your dreams - and your nightmares. Then Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are called to a bizarre murder scene: a man has been killed by a railroad spike driven into his head. But this is just the beginning of a trail of evil that will lead Byrne and Balzano back to the hospital, to a missing girl and to a horror they could never have imagined ...

    The Stolen Ones7
    4,0
  8. The Doll Maker

    • 485 stránek
    • 17 hodin čtení

    The terrifying new Byrne and Balzano case from the author of The Killing Room and The Stolen Ones.

    The Doll Maker8
    4,1
  9. Your face is a blur to him. But your body still bleeds. The Farren family has been a plague upon Philadelphia's most dangerous neighbourhood, the Devil's Pocket, for generations. There, row after row of tumbledown houses hide dark secrets - none darker than Billy, the youngest Farren. Afflicted by a syndrome that means he can't recognise faces, Billy must use photographs to identify his family - and his victims. And when your life has bled away, he takes a final, gruesome picture for his wall. But what is the meaning of the horrific ritual Billy enacts with every murder? And is there any connection to a childhood event Detective Kevin Byrne has buried so well it's hidden even from his former partner Jessica Balzano?

    Shutter Man9
    3,8