John Verdon
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Retired New York Police Department homicide detective Dave Gurney is called in to consult on a serial killer investigation in which the murderer seems to be clairvoyant, and, as he makes progress, tragic facts from his past begin to haunt him and he realizes he must face them and work out his problems in his marriage if he is ever going to solve the case.
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Dave Gurney, retired NYPD homicide investigator, is back in Shut Your Eyes Tight, the sequel to the international bestseller Think of a Number
Dave Gurney, a few months past the Mellery case that pulled him out of retirement and then nearly killed him, is trying once again to adjust to his country house’s bucolic rhythms when he receives a call about a case so seductively bewildering that the thought of not looking...
Dave Gurney, a few months past the Mellery case that pulled him out of retirement and then nearly killed him, is trying once again to adjust to his country house’s bucolic rhythms when he receives a call about a case so seductively bewildering that the thought of not looking...
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The most decorated homicide detective in NYPD history, Dave Gurney is still trying to adjust to his life of quasi-retirement in upstate New York when a young woman who is producing a documentary on a notorious murder spree seeks his counsel. Soon after, Gurney begins feeling threatened: a razor-sharp hunting arrow lands in his yard, and he narrowly escapes serious injury in a booby-trapped basement. As things grow more bizarre, he finds himself reexamining...
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 5
Language
English
Description
"The former NYPD star homicide detective is called upon to solve a baffling puzzle: Four people who live in different parts of the country and who seem to have little in common, report having had the same dream--a terrifying nightmare involving a bloody dagger with a carved wolf's head on the handle. All four are subsequently found with their wrists cut--apparent suicides--and the weapon used in each case was a wolf's head dagger. Police zero in quickly...
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's always a pleasure to watch a keen mind absorbed in a difficult puzzle, which is how Dave Gurney distinguishes himself in John Verdon's tricky whodunits." -- The New York Times Tensions have been running high in White River as it approaches the anniversary of a fatal shooting of a black motorist by a local police officer. The racially polarized city is on edge, confronted with angry demonstrations, arson, and looting. In the midst of the turmoil,...
6) The viper
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 8
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tennis bad boy Zeko Slade is serving twenty years for the grisly murder of small-time criminal Lenny Lerman. The facts of the case-and Slade's checkered past-seem indisputable. What begins as a cursory review of the case as a favor to Dave Gurney's wife's friend soon spirals into something much more complicated. When Gurney's involvement threatens to expose a viper's nest of corruption, he finds himself framed for murder and pursued by a sensational...
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 7
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The idyllic community of Larchfield is rocked to its core when Angus Russell, its wealthiest and most powerful man, is found dead in his mansion on Harrow Hill. A preliminary analysis of DNA gathered at the crime scene points to the guilt of Billy Tate, a dangerous local weirdo whose hatred for the victim was well known. However, Tate fell from the roof of a local church and was declared dead by the medical examiner the day before Russell was killed....
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 4
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Helping his former partner to investigate the murder of a politically ambitious real-estate developer, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney is targeted by a murderous cop and a Greek assassin.
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Superstar detective Dave Gurney's renewed efforts to retire are halted by the brutal murder of a young bride at her wedding reception, a crime subsequently linked to a brilliant criminal who targets Gurney's family to further his agendas.
David Gurney se sentía casi invencible hasta que se topó con el asesino más inteligente con el que jamás había tenido que enfrentarse. Dave Gurney el protagonista de la primera novela de John Verdon, Sé lo...
Author
Publisher
Keter
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
עברית
Description
"The idyllic community of Larchfield is rocked to its core when Angus Russell, its wealthiest and most powerful man, is found dead in his mansion on Harrow Hill. A preliminary analysis of DNA gathered at the crime scene points to the guilt of Billy Tate, a dangerous local weirdo whose hatred for the victim was well known. However, Tate fell from the roof of a local church and was declared dead by the medical examiner the day before Russell was killed....
12) El ángel negro
Author
Series
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Angus Russell, un poderoso hombre millonario aparece muerto en su mansión de Harrow Hill con la garganta cortada de lado a lado. Las huellas dactilares y el ADN encontrado en la escena del crimen señalan como culpable a Billy Tate, un bicho raro del pueblo relacionado con temas de brujería y con un conocido rencor contra la víctima. Pero hay un problema. Tras caer desde un tejado, Tate fue declarado muerto el día anterior al asesinato de Russell....
Author
Series
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"El que fuera detective estrella del Departamento de Policia de Nueva York tiene que resolver un enigma desconcertante. Cuatro personas que viven en partes diferentes del pais, y a primera vista con muy poco en comun, explican que han tenido el mismo sueno: una pesadilla aterradora en la que aparece una daga ensangrentada con la cabeza de un lobo en la empunadura. Los cuatro hombres son posteriormente hallados con cortes en las munecas presuntos suicidios...