Resultados para "Das Talent" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

En "El talento de Mr. Ripley", la más célebre novela de Patricia Highsmith, aparece su más fascinante personaje: el inquietante y amoral Tom Ripley, figura prototípica de un género que Highsmith inventó, situado entre la novela policíaca y la novela negra, entre Graham Greene y Raymond Chandler, donde el más trepidante suspense se aúna a un vertiginoso análisis psicológico.

Una ciudad sin mar de la que desaparece gente por la noche, de la noche. Un medio poeta cansado de equivocarse por su cuenta que confía las decisiones a un puñado de cerillas. Una mujer fuerte con el corazón frágil. Un bar en el que se dan cita los locos de la ciudad. Una puta virgen que recibe vestida de novia. Un boxeador convertido en peluquero de señoras. Un camello enamorado. Un Apostador de sueños. Un pasado que siempre se cobra las deudas. Un policía pequeño y malo. Otro enorme y ya veremos. Un virtuoso de la flauta que sólo toca sentado en el inodoro.

Finalmente in audiolibro il capolavoro di Patricia Highsmith, il thriller che ha scolpito per sempre nella storia della letteratura un personaggio indimenticabile: Tom Ripley. Napoli, anni Cinquanta. Tom Ripley, giovane spiantato, ha il compito di riportare l'indolente Dickie Greenleaf dal ricchissimo padre, nella grigia New York. Ma l'incontro con Dickie, splendido ragazzo che dalla vita ha avuto tutto, fa nascere un'idea diabolica nella mente di Tom: non potrebbe sostituirsi a lui e vivere una vita perfetta?

The joint NSA/CIA school worked, although not as its designers intended. Some did, indeed, develop usable telepathy. Others were partially successful, able to communicate mind-to-mind, but only with others like themselves. And some gained abilities the school’s designers never intended - psychokinesis or the ability to move objects by mental power alone; levitation, which in practical terms, is the ability to fly; and much more. Much, much more.

Margherita Fiori ha sessant’anni e agli altri è sempre sembrata una donna senza qualità. Impiegata al tribunale, immersa nei suoi appunti costellati di piccoli schemi, per anni ha continuato a essere dipinta come la definivano a scuola: stramba, distratta, poco portata. Solo più tardi ha...

Neste primeiro volume da série de cinco livros que narra sua trajetória, ele tenta se estabelecer em Manhattan após fugir de seu lar mais do que disfuncional. Bom de lábia, exímio imitador e piadista, praticante de furtos e pequenos golpes, Tom vê sua sorte mudar ao receber uma proposta inusitada. Ele deve ir a uma aldeia na Itália e convencer Dickie Greenleaf, o filho de um rico industrial, a voltar para casa e assumir os negócios da família. O problema é que o vigarista é seduzido pelo estilo de vida refinado do playboy.

From the outside, Alix London appears to have it all. Unfortunately for Alix, what you see isn’t exactly what you get. A brilliant, once-promising art student, the daughter of a prominent New York art conservator, Alix and her world were left in ruins when her father went to prison for art forgery. Then she meets Christine Lemay, a novice art collector with deep pockets and a handle on a recently discovered painting by American master Georgia O’Keeffe. Chris needs the painting authenticated....

They say music soothes the savage beast, but in Gloamington, it's more likely to summon one. When Gloamington hosts its first talent show, the stage is set for more than just performances. It becomes the perfect venue for murder when a famous pop star dies. Malcolm Fawkes and Ella Bloom must...

Marsella Talent has been on the run for two years, ever since her father thrust a ledger into her hands and told her to run from the police swarming their family restaurant. Now, with the cops and her father's men desperate to get their hands on the book, she knows she can never go home.

In 2019, veteran journalist Mark Seal began investigating the suspicious death of music mogul Peter Ikin. Just 32 days before he was found dead in his Paris hotel room, Ikin had married a handsome, debonair Frenchman named Alexandre, who would claim to be entitled to his late husband’s fortune. As Seal dug into the case, he had no idea that tracing the incredible life of Alexandre Despallieres would take him from Paris to London to Beverly Hills, and unspool a web of intricate plots and deceptions.

Los crímenes de la calle Morgue, también conocido como Los asesinatos de la calle Morgue o Los asesinatos de la rue Morgue, es un cuento del género policiaco y de terror del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe, publicado por primera vez en en la revista Graham's Magazine, de Filadelfia, en el mes de abril de 1841.

For nearly 100 years, the Lindbergh Kidnapping still remains a major topic of controversy and fascination. A Talent to Deceive uses investigative journalism to dive into evidence ignored by previous investigators in search of the truth. Who really committed the crime? What really happened the night of March 1, 1932? What was the motive to kidnap and murder the Lindbergh baby? Follow Norris in this history-meets-mystery tale as he performs a thorough investigation to solve the case that will never die.

In the second installment in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf and his team investigate a notorious philanderer - a wolf of a man whose bad reputation may be all bark and no bite.

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Francesca Mari's "The Talented Mr. Khater" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program. The layered story of "The Talented Mr. Khater" begins with Callie...

Catch Me If You Can meets Patricia Highsmith in this electrifying page-turner of greed and obsession, survival and self-invention that is a piercing character study of one unforgettable female con artist. ""Becky Farwell is one of the most wickedly compelling characters I've read in ages -- a...

After an injury, Carlton Marsh leaves his federal position to work security. His first assignment is protecting paranoid author Mara Shore, pen-name for Leah Beach. When the threat becomes real, he will do his best to keep her safe. The cane he walks with becomes an asset for her protection. At a Comic-Con the criminals threaten Leah for information about a mule that Leah's rescue ranch acquired. Sylvester the mule was malnourished and in poor health when he came to her. She recently added his picture to the comic strip she creates for each weekday.

Alix London hat eine glänzende Karriere als Kunstberaterin vor sich, eine schicke Wohnung im besten Viertel von Seattle und eine tolle Figur. Ihr haftet eine Aura von Elite-Uni und altem Geldadel an. Sie hat einfach alles, was man sich wünschen könnte. Oder trügt der Schein? Außer Alix weiß niemand, dass ihr Image nur ein sorgsam aufgebautes Trugbild ist, das die peinliche Wahrheit verschleiern soll.

His music could have made Damien Cantwell the star of his generation. But living fast has its consequences, and Damien soon finds himself spiraling into a dark world full of unfettered debauchery and brutal violence.

A master of the psychological crime genre, Patricia Highsmith is most famous for her quintet of best-selling Ripley novels, and her groundbreaking thriller Strangers on a Train (notably adapted as a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock). This extensive collection encompasses her best-known works, as well as selected short stories and three programmes about the author herself and her greatest creation, charismatic anti-hero Tom Ripley.

After 20 years of prison, Bobby is granted her freedom. With no recollection of her past and the events that led to her incarceration, she sets off to build a life for herself. Alone in the world, she cautiously tries to integrate back into society. As she goes about her new daily life, the pieces of her past start exploding around her. ted her own florist shop. Her most rewarding job was raising two beautiful children.