Resultados para "Ein Kind" en Psicológica

Ndiya Grayson returns to her childhood home of Chicago as a young professional, but even her high-end job in a law office can't protect her from half-repressed memories of childhood trauma. One evening, vulnerable and emotionally disarrayed, she goes out and meets her equal and opposite: Shame Luther, a no-nonsense construction worker by day and a self-taught piano player by night. The love story that ensues propels them on an unforgettable journey from Chicago's South Side to the coast of Kenya as they navigate the turbulence of long-buried pasts and an uncertain future.

For Robert Aldridge, once a gifted jazz pianist, memory has become a broken instrument. For his daughter Margaret, it’s a part she must learn—whether or not it belongs to her. Each Sunday, Margaret Hollis visits her father at Willowbrook Memory Care, bracing herself for the steady erosion of his mind. But one afternoon, his face lights with a rare affection and he calls her “ma chérie.” Only he isn’t seeing Margaret—he’s mistaking her for Naomi, the estranged half-sister Margaret has resented all her life. Instead of correcting him, Margaret makes a radical choice: she becomes Naomi.

To cool-headed, fastidious Pricilla Messing, Italy will be an escape, a brief glimpse of freedom from a life that's starting to feel like one long decline. Rescued from the bedside of her difficult mother, forty-something Cilla finds herself called away to Rome to keep an eye on her wayward teenage niece, Hannah. But after years of caregiving, babysitting is the last thing Cilla wants to do. Instead she throws herself into Hannah's youthful, heedless world - drinking, dancing, smoking - relishing the heady atmosphere of the Italian summer.

Als Paula aus der Zeitung erfährt, dass eine gefährliche Psychopathin aus dem Maßregelvollzug ausgebrochen ist, bleibt ihr fast das Herz stehen. Ihre Sorge gilt sofort ihrem kleinen Sohn Elias, denn die Nachricht reißt alte Wunden wieder auf, die bis heute nicht verheilt sind. Die Geflohene lebt seit Jahren in dem Wahn, Elias sei ihr Kind und hat Paula und ihren Freunden schon einmal unsagbares Leid zugefügt. Was auch immer diese Psychopathin in ihrem kranken Kopf plant, Paula wird ihren kleinen Sohn vor ihr beschützen ‒ auch wenn es sie das Leben kosten könnte.

From award-winning author Tom Piccirilli comes what Lee Child calls “perfect crime fiction,” a wholly original novel introducing the Rands, a vipers’ nest of crooks and cons, one generation stealing from the next. Upon the razor-thin edge between love and violence lives a pair of brothers...

When a nine-year-old boy makes a horrifying discovery in the pond behind his house, things in his life go from bad to worse. He can’t tell anyone about what he’s found—not his father, his mother, or even his little sister. Neither can he share how he feels, because the thing floating in the pond is more than just terrible. It’s curious, disgusting, and wonderful.

Mike Hayes fought his way out of a brutal childhood and into a quiet if lonely life - before he met Verity Metcalf. V taught him about love, and in return Mike has dedicated his life to making her happy. He’s found the perfect home, the perfect job; he’s sculpted himself into the physical ideal V has always wanted. He knows they’ll be blissfully happy together. It doesn’t matter that she hasn’t been returning his emails or phone calls. It doesn’t matter that she says she’s marrying Angus. It’s all just part of the secret game they used to play.

Alex is caught in a nightmare. His mother is dead, his sister troubled, and his father Kensington’s angry fists are gaining strength. The killing of spiritual leader Joshua Davidson has left New Zealand in crisis. The Queen is ruling through the Governor General, but now Kensington’s eyes are turning to Parliament. With Alex’s brilliant mind, he can invade; with Alex’s vulnerable heart, he can conquer.

Rachel Connor has qualified as a physician, but her brother’s pain is haunting her. Locked in prison for murder, he carries the power of life and death in his hands. New Zealand has settled in an uneasy peace, but Rachel’s father, the Prime Minister, sees the threat of a nuclear holocaust on the horizon.

Een ijzingwekkend spannende standalone-thriller van de meester van de domestic suspense. Dertig jaar geleden werd er een kind gevonden in de bossen, een kleine jongen. Hij was volkomen verwilderd en had geen idee wie hij was of hoe hij in de bossen terecht was gekomen. De naamloze jongen werd Wilde gedoopt. Nu is er weer een kind verdwenen, Naomi Pine, maar niemand is er zeker van of het meisje niet gewoon een soort uit de hand gelopen verstoppertje speelt. Zelfs haar eigen vader lijkt zich niet al te veel zorgen te maken.