Bøger af Robert Wilson

Addictive; terrifying; full-throttle; a thriller you can't look away from . . .

A daughter gone. A father hunting. Two lives at stake. From the CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD-winning author of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

An evocative and atmospheric thriller set along the part of the African coast they used to call the White Man's Grave, The Big Killing is the second novel to feature Bruce MedwayBruce Medway, go-between and fixer for traders in steamy West Africa, smells trouble when he's approached by a porn merchant to deliver a video to a secret location. And just to add to his problems, BB, Medway's rich Syrian patron, hires him to act as minder to Ron Collins - a spoilt playboy in Africa to buy diamonds - in the Ivory Coast.All this could be the answer to his cashflow crisis, but when the video delivery leads to a shootout and the discovery of a mutilated body, Medway is more inclined to retreat to his bolthole in Benin - especially as the manner of the victim's death is too similar to a current notorious political murder for comfort.His obligations, though, keep him fixed in the Ivory Coast and he is soon caught up in a terrifying cycle of violence. But does it stem from the political upheavals in nearby Liberia, or from the cutthroat business of the diamonds? Unless Medway can get to the bottom of the mystery, he knows that for the savage killer out there in the African night, he is the next target...

A crime thriller to take you on a terrifying journey into London's dark side.

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Suitable for students of leisure management, this book guides the reader through financial terms and concepts. It contains case studies, worked examples and self-tests to help students apply their knowledge to industry-specific situations.

'First in a field of one' (Literary Review) Robert Wilson's first novel, a tense and powerful thriller set in the sultry heat of West AfricaBenin, West Africa. Englishman Bruce Medway operates as a 'fixer' for traders along the part of the coast they used to call the White Man's Grave. It's a tough existence, but Medway can handle it... until he crosses the formidable Madame Severnou. Warned off by his client, Jack Obuasi, his energies are redirected into the search for missing expat Steven Kershaw. Kershaw, though, is a man of mystery: trader, artist, womanizer... and sado-masochist.Against background rumblings of political disturbance, in the face of official corruption, egged on by an enigmatic policeman, Medway pursues his elusive quarry across West Africa. Is Kershaw tied to Obuasi's and Madame Severnou's shady dealings? Is he a vicious murderer? Is he, indeed, alive or dead?

A stylish, tough and exciting thriller set in West Africa, the fourth in Robert Wilson's critically acclaimed Bruce Medway series.Bruce Medway, fixer for the great unfixed, does not see the disappearance of schoolgirls off the rain-shattered streets of Cotonou, Benin, as any of his business. That is the domain of his ex-partner, police detective Bagado, and his corrupt boss Commandant Bondougou. Bruce has the more pressing matter of a visit from two sweet-natured mafiosi, Carlo and his 'enforcer' Gio, employees of the Lagos-based capo, Roberto Franconelli. They want him to find Jean-Luc Marnier, a French businessman, who is definitely in for more than a wrist-slapping.In a night of brutal terror with Marnier, Bruce finds himself with a choice to make, followed by a life-saving lie that has to be told. Both choice and lie will rumble over the rest of his days like the interminable rainy season.Then an eighth and very important schoolgirl goes missing and Bruce must descend into a deeper darkness of police corruption, mafia revenge, sexual depravity, illegally mined gold, and the lonely, privileged but psychotic existence of the Nigerian heiress, Madame Sokode.To save himself, Bruce has to conceive a plan. A scam that will excite the natural greed that prevails along this coast and when executed, out on the flat, black waters of the huge lagoon system, will inevitably result in death and destruction. But then innocence has always been the burden of dark experience.

Rafael Vega led en smertefuld død. I et topsikret hus i et velstående boligkvarter i Sevilla bliver han fundet død på køkkengulvet. Tilsyneladende har han frivilligt drukket kaustisk soda. I hånden har han en papirlap med ordene: "... den tynde luft I indånder fra 9/11 indtil alting..."På etagen ovenover ligger hans kone kvalt. Alt tyder på, at Vega først har dræbt hende og derpå begået selvmord. Inspektør Javier Falcón er overbevist om, at det drejer sig om mord, og at motivet og nøglen til opklaringen ligger i Rafael Vegas liv. Ifølge vidner var Vega en hjemsøgt mand. Hvad var det, der plagede ham? Spøgelser fra fortiden eller farlige alliancer i nutiden? Møjsommeligt begynder Javier Falcón at danne sig et billede af den døde, en mand på flugt fra sig selv, en mand med flere identiteter. Men Rafael Vega er ikke den eneste, der tilsyneladende dør for egen hånd i det velstående nabolag. Men hvad er det, der binder de døde sammen?krimi, politi, politiroman, mord, mordgåder, drabsafdelingen, spænding, Spanien, Sevilla , ukraine, 11. september 2001, skandaler, terrorister, 2000-2009

Tredje, selvstændige bind i Robert Wilsons krimiserie om kriminalinspektør Javier Falcón fra Sevilla.Mens kriminalinspektør Javier Falcón forsøger at opklare mordet på en skamferet, ansigtsløs mand fundet på en losseplads, ryster en kraftig eksplosion det ellers smukke og fredelige Sevilla. En etageejendom styrter sammen. Mænd, kvinder og børn bliver dræbt. Medierne er ikke sene til at mistænke islamistiske terrorister for attentatet. Sevilla lider under en tung sensommerhede, panikken begynder at brede sig, og myndighederne sætter regionen i højeste alarmberedskab. Den karismatiske undersøgelsesdommer Esteban Calderón der er gift med Falcóns ekskone Inés og leder efterforskningen af bombeattentatet, har sit eget private helvede at tage sig af.Det samme har Falcóns gamle flamme Consuelo Jiménez. Da Falcón nærmer sig en opklaring af bombeattentatet, rammer en hårrej-sende tragedie der trækker spor langt ind i hans eget liv. Og forbrydelsen viser sig at have mere end perifere forbindelser til hemmelige og stærke kræfter - mordere i skjul. krimi, terrorisme, Sevilla, Spanien