Resultados para "Das Talent" en 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.

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.

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 vitaha avuto tutto, fa nascere un’idea diabolica nella mente di Tom: non potrebbe sostituirsi a lui e vivere una vita perfetta?

Ein Mann, eine Schicksal, eine Chance, zur Legende zu werden. Das 17-jährige Basketballtalent Samuel Sooleyman stammt aus dem Südsudan, einem vom Bürgerkrieg zerrissenen Land. Eines Tages erhält er die Chance seines Lebens: Mit einem nationalen Jugendteam darf er in die USA reisen und an einem Showturnier teilnehmen. Talentscouts werden auf ihn aufmerksam, doch dann erhält er schreckliche Nachrichten von daheim. Sein Dorf wurde überfallen, seine Familie ist auf der Flucht. Nur wenn er den Erfolg in Amerika erzwingt, kann er sie retten.

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 un tiepido pomeriggio di giugno del 1969, Wallander viene svegliato di soprassalto da un forte rumore che si insinua nei suoi sogni. Uno sparo. Non gli ci vorrà molto per scoprire il corpo senza vita del suo vicino: una macchia di sangue intorno al cuore, un revolver accanto alla mano. Agente poco più che ventenne, ambizioso e ancora innamorato di Mona, Wallander si trova così a collaborare con la squadra investigativa di cui da sempre sogna di far parte, una scelta che porta ad amari scontri con il padre.

In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, Ripley becomes enamored of the moneyed world of his new friend, Dickie Greenleaf. This fondness turns obsessive when Ripley is sent to Italy to bring back his libertine pal, but he grows enraged by Dickie's ambivalent feelings for Marge, a charming American dilettante.

随着一宗宗惊心动魄的绝世千局铺开，陆钟却陷入了深深的彷徨之中……隨著一宗宗驚心動魄的絕世千局鋪開，陸鐘卻陷入了深深的徬徨之中……

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.

""What a killer read! A Talent For Murder is the thrilling tale of a woman who suspects her husband is a serial killer. As the bodies stack up, so does the paranoid tension until I was feverishly turning pages in the dark, desperate to know what happens next. A fast, exciting read with twist...

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...

Read the first Kate Martinelli Mystery by New York Times bestselling, Edgar award-winning novelist Laurie R. King. In Grave Talent, the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series of shocking murders has occurred, the victims far too innocent and defenseless...

Pass dich ihnen an. Sonst wirst du es bereuen. Die forensische Psychologin Rebecca Lekmann kehrt nach vielen Jahren wieder in ihre Heimatstadt Djursholm zurück, um sich um ihre kranke Mutter zu kümmern. Dafür lässt sie ihre Ehefrau und auch eine glänzende Karriere in den USA zurück. Eines Nachts erhält sie einen Anruf von ihrem ehemaligen Kollegen Leo: Rebeccas alte Highschool-Freundin Louise wurde in ihrer luxuriösen Villa brutal getötet. Rebecca beginnt, auf eigene Faust den Mord um Louise aufzuklären. Wer hat sie getötet und warum?

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.

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.

Rylee Scott is a New York private investigator with a secret: she's psychic and allergic to her cat. But only one of these secrets has the power to break her. When she's hired to find a missing woman, she finds herself racing against the clock to save her before she becomes the next victim of a prolific serial killer, the Toy Maker, who turns his victims into beautiful and horrific life-size versions of classic toys. After years of living under the radar, Rylee will have to enlist the help of the NYPD if she has any hope of bringing the woman home safe.

The Algie family are held in high esteem within the small Murray Valley town, Howard and Elizabeth being pillars of society. Yet all is not what it seems. Mother and daughter have a strained relationship; father and one of the sons are antagonistic to each other, to the point of murderous intent; and the youngest child is introverted. What dark family secret lurks beneath the happy facade that is so carefully nurtured by Howard and Elizabeth? A secret so soul-destroying that hatred threatens to turn to murder—and madness.

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.

Calvin and Darren, two grade school friends, go off to college to become police officers. Instead, they receive a crash course in criminal justice. After veteran officer Harrison loses his family at the hands of a drunk college kid, he vows to seek revenge. He and his circle of fellow officers form a tag team on a murder frenzy designed to get payback. Calvin doesn't drink, and he warns Darren after learning of this deadly coalition. Darren doesn't listen until Calvin falls prey to these officers. Now his guilt forces him to avenge the death of his friend.