William Lashner Bücher

Kopf und Kragen - bk342; Goldmann Verlag; William Lashner; pocket_book; 2001

Justin Chase ist der perfekte Barkeeper, der sein Leben mit der Gelassenheit des Zen lebt. Zumindest bis Birdie Grackle, ein vulgärer, gelbhaariger Alkoholiker aus Texas in seine Bar marschiert, einen Mojito bestellt und ihm ein erschreckendes Geständnis macht. Sechs Jahre zuvor war Justins Leben völlig aus den Fugen geraten, als er seine Mutter erschlagen in der Einganghalle des Familienanwesens gefunden hatte. Nun sitzt Justins Vater eine lebenslange Haftstrafe ab und Justin ertränkt seine Gefühle. Aber als Birdie Grackle behauptet, Justins Mutter als Auftragskiller für Geld ermordet zu haben, wird Justin zurück in das überwunden geglaubte Chaos der Vergangenheit und seiner Gefühle geworfen. Und was noch schlimmer ist, auch sein Vater, den er endgültig hinter sich lassen wollte, tritt wieder in sein Leben. Wer hat Birdie Grackle angeheuert, um Justins Mutter zu töten? Während Justin versucht, alle Puzzleteile zusammenzusetzen, um der Wahrheit auf die Spur zu kommen, verfolgt ihn eine gnadenlose Killermaschine und zieht eine Spur von Leichen hinter sich her. Irgendjemand will die Wahrheit für immer begraben und vielleicht Justin gleich mit.

It means something to be a client. It means he gets my loyalty, whether he deserves it or not. It means he gets my absolute best for the price of an hourly fee. It means in a world where every person has turned against him there is one person who will fight by his side for as long as there is a battle to be fought. --Victor Carl Author of the acclaimed novels Fatal Flaw , Bitter Truth , and Hostile Witness , bestselling writer William Lashner crafts dark, witty, engrossing tales of suspense involving one of the most intriguing characters of modern popular fiction: Victor Carl. A defense attorney who lives his life in shades of gray, Victor Carl fights all the right fights for all the wrong reasons. With a failing legal practice, a dead-end love life, a pile of unpaid traffic tickets, and a talent for mixing it up in tough working-class bars and sparring with obstinate cops, Victor skates on the razor's edge of legal ethics in search of the easy buck. But the one absolute in Victor's life is loyalty, especially to a client--even if he happens to be dead. Like Joey Cheaps, a no-account who takes a knife to the throat down on the waterfront, but not before he shares with his lawyer his part in a terrible crime. With his client murdered, Victor must search for a killer. But solving the crime means investigating the darkest spot in Joey Cheaps's misspent youth, sending Victor on a twisting journey that leads to a missing suitcase stuffed with money, photographs of a mysterious naked woman, and a Supreme Court justice with a secret to hide. And most dangerous of all, Victor steps into the crosshairs of a vengeful enemy with a past full of pain and a taste for blood. As thrilling as it is darkly evocative, Past Due is a superb tale of crime and justice that takes the intrepid Victor Carl into brilliant new territory and confirms William Lashner's place among the top suspense writers of our time

Welcome to Elizabeth Webster's world, where the common laws of middle school torment her days . . . and the uncommon laws of an even weirder realm govern her nights. Elizabeth Webster is happy to stay under the radar (and under her bangs) until middle school is dead and gone. But when star swimmer Henry Harrison asks Elizabeth to tutor him in math, it's not linear equations Henry really needs help with-it's a flower-scented, poodle-skirt-wearing, head-tossing ghost who's calling out Elizabeth's name. But why Elizabeth? Could it have something to do with her missing lawyer father? Maybe. Probably. If only she could find him. In her search, Elizabeth discovers more than she is looking for: a grandfather she never knew, a startling legacy, and the secret family law firm, Webster & Son, Attorneys for the Damned. Elizabeth and her friends soon land in court, where demons and ghosts take the witness stand and a red-eyed judge with a ratty white wig hands out sentences like sandwiches. Will Elizabeth's father arrive in time to save Henry Harrison-and is Henry the one who really needs saving? Set in the historic streets of Philadelphia, this riveting middle-grade mystery from New York Times best-selling author William Lashner will have readers banging their gavels and calling for more from the incomparable Elizabeth Webster.

A young man embarks on a journey to uncover the unsettling truths of his past in this gripping stand-alone novel. As he navigates the complexities of his history, he faces challenges that test his resilience and force him to confront the shadows that have shaped his life. The narrative promises a blend of suspense and deep emotional exploration, showcasing the author's signature storytelling style.

It must have been a hell of a night. One of those long, dangerous nights where the world shifts and doors open. A night of bad judgment and wrong turns, of weariness and hilarity and a hard sexual charge that both frightens and compels. A night where your life changes irrevocably, for better or for worse, but who the hell cares, so long as it changes. It must have been a night just like that, yeah, if only I could remember it. All Victor Carl knows is that he’s just woken up with his suit in tatters, his socks missing, and a stinging pain in his chest thanks to a new tattoo he doesn’t remember getting: a heart inscribed with the name Chantal Adair. My apartment is trashed, my partnership is cracking up, I’m drinking too much, flirting with reporters, sleeping with Realtors. Frankly, I’m in desperate need of something hard and clean in my life, and finding Chantal is all I have. Is Chantal Adair the love of Victor’s life or a terrible drunken mistake? Victor intends to find out, but right now he’s got bigger concerns. His client, a wanted man, needs to come in out of the cold, and he’s got a stolen painting for Victor to use as leverage. But someone is not happy that the painting has surfaced. Or that the client is threatening to tell all. Or that Victor is sniffing around for information about Chantal Adair. The closer Victor comes to figuring it all out, the deeper into danger he falls, as the ghosts of the past return to claim what’s theirs

The woman Victor Carl was once engaged to, reappears in his life and makes him the fall guy for the murder of her husband.

Good intentions: they'll bite you every time. A lifetime ago, brutally efficient fixer Phil Kubiak coldly cleaned up the messes of shady clients from Miami to Las Vegas by any means necessary--short of murder. Now he's one eye and one working leg short of the man he used to be, scarred beyond recognition, and with the feds and criminal organizations in hot pursuit. Throwing back sour beer in a dingy bar, Phil recounts the long story of his bitter life to the only person left to listen . . . Across the splintery table, a journalist in pursuit of a career-making interview has driven into the bowels of the desert, seeking not only an award-winning profile but also something more . . . something darker. Will what she sees in Phil's empty gaze spur her toward forgiveness--or vengeance?