Resultados para "An Encounter" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Dawn breaks, but the nightmare only intensifies in the shocking finale of The Boy in the Iron Box. In a final confrontation, the true nature of the Boy is coming to light. In a stone chamber, the familiar young figure lingers with an unsettling calm. He has a question for Liev: Do you want to stop me? Now, for two merchants of death, each with his own purpose, one last contest lies ahead.

In an encounter straight out of fiction, Katie might have met Mr Right on the long-haul flight from Melbourne to New York. Richard Sinclair is charming, handsome, wealthy, cultured—and married. In an open marriage, according to him. When he invites her to join him in his lush lakeside villa in Italy as his son’s au pair, it might just be the opportunity for a reset that Katie has been longing for.

When the 14-year-old daughter of a British government minister leaves the country to join ISIS, MI7 dispatches a cohort of agents to Turkey to intercept her en route. However, maybe not everything is as it seems. How to explain, for example, her long-standing prior antipathy to Islamofascism? Her sudden conversion to radicalism on the very day of her departure? The fact that there is neither sight nor sign of her in Istanbul - or elsewhere?

Anfang Oktober erscheint Heike Niemeyer nicht an ihrem Arbeitsplatz in der Ferienanlage Weiße Düne. Greta Petersen ist beunruhigt. Hat die neue Kollegin das lange Wochenende wie geplant in Hamburg verbracht oder ist sie bereits vorher verschwunden? Um die Frage zu klären, ob überhaupt ein Verbrechen vorliegt, verfolgen die Kommissare mehrere Spuren aus dem privaten Umfeld der Vermissten. Doch dann wird ihr Leichnam gefunden—auf skurrile Weise zur Schau gestellt—und der Fall erhält neue Brisanz.

Dezi Gianni is a very much a man used to getting what he wants. Tall, fine, and gorgeous; rich, powerful, and deadly, he’s just set his sights on the beautiful woman dining in the restaurant where he and his partner are having lunch. Kayla DeWitt is the focus of Dezi’s affection. Beautiful, sexy, sophisticated, she’s searching for the ideal man to fill the emptiness left by her ex-boyfriend's betrayal. Her best friend Taea is convinced they’ll find compatibility with the two wealthy hustlers. Kayla is just hoping they don’t get killed.

He stole my first kiss in the dark. The shadows welcoming him like a lover's touch. Every night since, the dark brings him back to me. He's my demon, my nightmare, and my dream all rolled up into one. He tells me I'm his but during the day I cannot find him. Until my demon has no choice but to come for me, to save me, to rescue me from the tower I am locked away in. But does my black-eyed demon just wish to free me of those chains to fit his own? Or am I strong enough to break their lock and find the man underneath?

Englishman Edward Prendick finds himself shipwrecked on the open ocean. When a passing ship takes him aboard and revives him, things are starting to look less gloomy for the young scientist. Yet little does he know things about to get much worse. He is taken to an abandoned island occupied only by Dr. Moreau, a disgraced English scientist for his unethical treatment of live creatures. Prendick finds that the Doctor has been up to old habits, using the island's animals to create animal-human hybrids.

'ಎನ್ ಕೌಂಟರ್' ಕುಂ.ವೀರಭದ್ರಪ್ಪ ಅವರು ಬರೆದಿರುವ ನೈಜ ಘಟನೆಯಾಧಾರಿತ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. ಈ ಕತೆಯ ಮೂಲ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಐಪಿಎಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ಶಂಕರ ಬಿದರಿಯವರು ಹೇಳಿದ ನೈಜ ಘಟನೆಯೊಂದರಿಂದ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಕಾರ ಕುಂವೀ. ಶಂಕರ ಬಿದರಿಯವರು ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭೀಮ್ಲಾ ನಾಯಕ್ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಕುಖ್ಯಾತನನ್ನು ಎನ್ ಕೌಂಟರ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು 1990, ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ ಮಾಹೆಯಲ್ಲಿ. ಆ ಎನ್ ಕೌಂಟರ್ ನ ನೆನಪುಗಳನ್ನು ಲೇಖಕ ಕುಂ.ವೀರಭದ್ರಪ್ಪನವರಲ್ಲಿ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡ ಬಿದರಿ ಅವರು 'ಈ ಕುರಿತು ಬರೆಯಿರಿ ' ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯನ್ನು ಬರೆದದ್ದಾಗಿಯೂ ಲೇಖಕರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

A former assassin, a disgraced cop, and a cybersecurity expert race to stop a relentless cyberterrorist determined to sell death and destruction to the highest bidder. When three performers from a prestigious Seattle nightclub are murdered, former assassin Leine Basso is called in by a close friend to help investigate.

Sloane Ellis has a secret—actually, she has many. Working in a sex club wasn't part of her life plan, yet neither was her best friend vanishing without a trace. The club and her missing friend go hand and hand. One secret leads to another, until the lies pile up. After months of working in the club her friend frequented, Sloane's no closer to finding answers, the police have no leads, and time is quickly running out. The last thing Sloane needs is the newest member of Club Joi, Adam Newcomb, complicating her mission and stealing her heart. Yet with one kiss, she falls....

Colonel Jake Burnes had never imagined himself a spy. But the acclaim he won for rescuing a French Resistance hero and bringing a traitor to justice lead to a more clandestine assignment.

1934: Something is deadly wrong with the lake...When Chief Petty Officer Charles Emery receives a cryptic, urgent message from his old mentor, Captain Donovan, he immediately responds - and finds himself in a lake-side resort town in the grip of an unknown terror. Someone - or something - has been attacking swimmers and fishermen. And Captain Donovan is convinced he knows why.

When novice detective Atalanta Ashford is whisked away to Italy by her friend, race car driver Raoul Lemont, she anticipates a happy holiday under the Tuscan sun. But a chance meeting on the Orient Express with Italian heiress Catharina Lanetti leads to a party invitation…and front row seats for a mysterious murder! With their new friend under suspicion Atalanta and Raoul set to work trying to discover who really murdered Catharina’s father. But with more than half a dozen suspects – all with compelling motive – Atalanta may just be facing her toughest case yet!

Riku Hiroshi spends his days in the shadows. A skilled and lethal ninja, he is at the top of his game. The one thing he is missing is that special someone to share his life with, but how can he when danger lurks around every corner? His carefully manicured life is thrown into chaos the day his path crosses Natasha Smith, and he saves her life. A young teacher visiting Japan, she is taken off-guard when Riku sweeps in to protect her from a gang of street thugs. Feeling obligated, she invites him to dinner to show her appreciation.

In the wild world of modern romance, *Digital Duds: My Misadventures in Modern Dating* takes listeners on a hilarious and cringeworthy journey through the highs, lows, and outrageous misadventures of digital dating. When our witty, sharp-tongued protagonist swipes right on a seemingly charming guy, she never imagines that her night would end with him pulling out her chin hair—with his teeth!

In the heart of a high school reunion, Fullen reemerges from obscurity, his past transformed into a web of intrigue and revenge. He seduces the unattainable Andrea, a former school model, only to vanish, leaving behind questions that threaten to unravel. As whispers of Fullen's dark motives spread, Andrea & Lilly unearth a chilling conspiracy. High school secrets resurface, and the alumni community must decipher the truth before they fall prey to Fullen's enigmatic vendetta.

In the heart of a bustling city, two strangers' lives become forever entwined by a chance encounter on a Monday morning bus. Michele, a spirited dreamer with aspirations that reach for the sky, finds herself seated next to Joshua, a charismatic artist whose world is painted with creativity and passion. Their journey begins with stolen glances, whispered conversations, and a spark that neither of them saw coming. From that moment, their connection deepens, setting the stage for a love story as breathtaking as the sunrise over the cityscape.

A missing scientist and deep pockets pull Colonel Carl Butler out of retirement, investigating another mystery that puts him and his team—and the future of relations with alien species—in danger in COLONYSIDE, the exciting follow-up to Planetside and Spaceside...read by R.C. Bray! A...