Resultados para "Domina" en Acción y aventura

Madrid, 2023. El cuerpo desnudo de una mujer aparece rodeado de velas, con una orquídea y una alianza sobre el pecho. La escena recuerda inquietantemente al modus operandi de un infame asesino en serie encarcelado hace dieciséis años. La inspectora Nausica Yuste, de la Unidad Central de Delincuencia Especializada y Violenta, se enfrenta a un caso perturbador: un copycat, un imitador que parece conocer detalles íntimos de los crímenes pasados.

Jesse McDermitt has done it. He has escaped the ugliness so pervasive in modern society, and along with his family and a few close friends, they have set out aboard a boat he designed himself for living long periods totally off the grid. The first couple of months are peaceful, uneventful, and by today's standards, quite boring. But the crew of Taranis have the sun, sea, and quiet coves to explore, where there aren't even any footprints in the sand. Until they reach their destination.

Ambientato nella Parigi di fine secolo, Marco giovane professore d'archeologia, in occasione dell'inaugurazione di un famoso reperto messicano al museo del Louvre, incontra Clarisse splendida donna dal fascino latino. Incontro fortuito o programmato? Successivamente Clarisse si scopre una ladra perfetta, su commissione di Aquilar, uomo di spicco nella malavita messicana, qualche notte dopo subentra al museo ed asporta il Chupicaro.

From a gang of corrupt policemen to secret Nazis saboteurs out to destroy the Los Angeles Olympics, the beautiful and wily crime-fighter has her hands full in this new quartet of tales. As always, lovely socialite Ellen Patrick weaves her way in and out of trouble, donning her black silk domino mask whenever injustice rears its ugly head. From the time of her father's murder, Ellen has dedicated herself to righting wrongs. She just does it in a most peculiar fashion, becoming the pulps' most alluring and deadly hero: the Domino Lady.

The Domino Lady first appeared in the pulps in 1936. After graduating from the Berkeley College in California, Ellen Patrick goes off to Europe on a joy-filled jaunt. Her trip is cut short when her widowed father, DA Owen Patrick, is murdered by gangsters. Upon her return home she learns the corrupt authorities have no intention of finding her father's killers. Thus she puts on a domino mask and a backless white dress to avenge him.

Los Angeles, the 1930s. The city of angels. Just beneath the surface is a city stinking of corruption with criminal bosses and politicians squeezing the life out of the city. Stunned by the murder of her crusading politician father, socialite Ellen Patrick determines to bring her father's killers to justice - at any cost! Donning a distinctive white dress and a black domino mask, she becomes the Domino Lady, one of the sexiest - and most elusive - crime fighters of all time.

Discovered after more than 40 years, a vintage action-adventure novel set on Domino Island – a Caribbean paradise toppling under murder, corruption and organised crime… ‘Like a dream come true – an undiscovered Desmond Bagley novel … and it’s a great one!’ LEE CHILD Bill Kemp, an...

When mystery/adventure novelist, Jonathan Tyler Springer tires from his routine of writing in the paradise of Key West, a surprise invitation presents him with the opportunity for travel to the Lesser Antilles. Feeling bound to return a favor to his mysterious landlord, Jon ventures to the island of Dominica. Accused of political espionage, he encounters colorful island characters while trying his best to evade the authorities. Making his way back home to Key West during a tropical storm proves to be a more difficult task than expected.

THE YEAR 1932. The alchemist Begg believes the drugs he created will guide people to the highest plane of existence. Drugs that the junkie Roy can't break free from. Drugs that the Runorata Family executive loses to a thief. And where were those packets of white powder manufactured? The young...