Resultados para "Else" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Sherlock Holmes can hardly refuse when he’s summoned to the palace to consult on a dognapping case. He brings along Varti Weller, who’s compelled to lie because he’s folk-spelled. In the midst of their investigation, a new knack comes to light. Varti can tell when someone else is lying. So he knows that the Selcouth Queen isn’t telling the truth. Or at the very least, she’s left out an important detail about the reason she needs Holmes’s expertise. Newcomb is besieged. Enzo fulfills his duty. Arty expands his crew. Kel spills royal tea. And the Hound is back on the hunt.

When a local festival comes to a bloody end, Ruby must use her powers of seeing into the future to help the local sheriff find the killer before it's too late. 

The Invention of Everything Else is a luminous imagining of an unlikely friendship between the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla and a young hotel chambermaid. Louisa, obsessed with radio dramas and the secret lives of the hotel guests, first catches sight of the hotel's most famous resident on New Year's Day, 1943, and is determined to befriend the strange man.

When Max Brennan’s estranged father and then his own girlfriend go missing in quick succession, he turns to his old friend Detective Jake Porter for help. As Max is then attacked in his own home, Porter and his partner Nick Styles waste no time in investigating. But when their main suspect turns up dead, alongside a list of other targets, it seems the case is much bigger than it first appeared. With events spiralling, can Porter and Styles catch the killer before another victim is claimed?

When novelist Andy Drake returns to his hometown to care for his ailing father, a reconnection with his childhood friend Rachel escalates into a secret love affair. For Rachel, struggling to maintain the facade of a picture-perfect life, it’s an escape from an emotionally abusive marriage. Then Andy receives an anonymous note warning him to end the affair. Or else.

Kat’s boss has vanished. The police suspect her. But they’ll never find him where he’s gone! Only Kat can help him. Interior designer Kat is broke and desperately needs this commission restoring the Edwardian mansion of Fownhope Priors, but her employer Scott’s wife and mother-in-law are...

When, during a brewing storm, a woman appears on her doorstep looking for shelter, Annie is relieved to have the company and feels an unexplainable bond with her visitor. As the night progresses, Annie realizes the woman is no stranger. Their lives are inextricably intertwined—and Annie might just lose everything.

Else Strohmeier ist an Einfachheit kaum zu übertreffen. Gedemütigt von ihrem diktatorischen Mann lebt sie ein unterwürfiges Leben im Rosenhaus 9. Gegen den Willen von Theo lernt sie ihre verwitwete Nachbarin kennen, durch die sie auf eine dubiose Idee kommt: Sie wird ihr Leben grundlegend verändern... Rosenhaus 9: Ein mysteriöses Haus in der Innenstadt Kölns. Doch der Name trügt: Wer hier einzieht, ist nicht auf Rosen gebettet. Verrückt vielleicht. Oder mutig. Lebensmüde könnte man meinen. Rosen oder Dornen - wer weiß das schon?

Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her mum devastated by losing her longed-for babies, Charlotte wished another woman could give her mother what she so craved. Now Charlotte’s a mum herself and knowing how much love her daughter, Alice, brings into her life, she vows to help others achieve their dreams of becoming a parent. When she meets Malcolm and Brenda on a surrogacy website, it seems she's found the perfect couple. In their late 40s, they have wealth and an enviable life, but there’s one thing missing – a child of their own.

A gripping psychological thriller with a heart stopping ending 💥 Readers of K.L. Slater, J D Kirk and Freida McFadden will not want to put this down... She gave away her children. Now she wants them back. Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her...

In this book, Jim West finds himself traveling to a small, remote hunting lodge in the Pecos Wilderness area in New Mexico to rendezvous with an old friend and do some hiking. His friend stands him up, and Jim is about to return home when a murder occurs in the lodge. Law enforcement jumps in, and Jim’s early departure plans are scrubbed.

"Var god och spänn fast säkerhetsbältena." Sir Stafford Nye och de övriga passagerarna på flygplanet var redan i tur att landa i Genève. Stafford hade varit på en undersökningskomission i Malaysia. Ett enastående ointressant uppdrag, om han själv skulle säga sitt. Men, tristessen är på väg att brytas. En tät dimma tvingar planet att bli omdirigerat till Frankfurt. Medan besvikelsen lägger sig kommer en ung, kvinnlig medpassagerade fram till Stafford. Hon är i knipa och vill ha Staffords hjälp.

The city of Vukovar, situated on Croatia's easternmost periphery, across the Danube River from Serbia, was the site of some of the worst violence in the wars that rocked ex-Yugoslavia in the early '90s. It is referred to only as "the city" throughout this taut political thriller from one of Europe's most celebrated young writers.

Now 18, twins Ace and Walid Wales are grown men. Born to the billionaire Banks Wales, it quickly becomes obvious that paradise is not heaven on Earth for Ace when he feels the pressure of his overbearing father. After a brutal incident on their private island, Banks applies pressure which sends Ace’s already volatile behavior out of control. To make matters worse, the youngest generation, Blakeslee, Riot, Bolt, and Patrick, are taking notice, and it’s obvious if things aren’t reigned in, he will eventually spoil the bunch.

When three young women are discovered strangled and mutilated in a Glasgow park, it is up to DCI Lorimer to find their killer. Frustrated by a lack of progress in the investigation, Lorimer is forced to enlist the services of Dr Solomon Brightman, psychologist and criminal profiler. Together they form an uneasy alliance. But when a homeless man is brought in for questioning, the investigation takes a bizarre turn.

A gripping contemporary novel from a magnificent new talent that tackles the almost unbreakable loyalty of female friendships, the generosity of community and the lengths we will go to save a child. Ren will do anything for her best friend, Anna. The news that Anna's daughter Charlotte has...

We all want to live like a local. Stay in a 'home away from home'. But if it's someone else's house, then you're not the only one with the key. Lauren has finally dumped her dead-weight boyfriend, and what better way to celebrate a breakup than by going on holiday with your best friend? Except the holiday isn't turning out as planned - their cosy twosome has become a three, and while Barcelona might be heaven, their rented apartment is anything but. It's small, shabby but, more than that, Lauren can't help but feel...hunted. 

A KATIE COURIC BOOK CLUB PICK NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense: the story of two women whose secrets and desires entrap them in a deadly love triangle. “McCreight’s new stunner Someone...

In the gritty follow-up to the War Saga, Walid Wales gets a cryptic call that sends him deep into the treacherous underbelly of Belize. His entire family’s held hostage, and the architect of this nefarious plan is none other than his own twin, Ace Wales, a loose cannon who’s hellbent on stealing their billionaire father’s empire. Ace, in cahoots with his girlfriend Arbella and his manipulative mother-in-law, Faye, orchestrates a billion-dollar heist, intending to bleed his father’s accounts dry. No witnesses can be left behind when all is said and done, and blood ties ain’t worth a damn.

After making big-boy moves to get from under his billionaire father, Banks Wales, Ace proves he has the tenacity to live on his own in Baltimore. With millions at his disposal, he doesn’t miss a beat, trading mansions on the beach for penthouses in the city. Soon he misses his twin brother, Walid, and unknowingly allows his ego to present itself in dangerous ways when he’s rejected. This pushes his relationship with his fiancé, Arbella Valentine, into dangerous territories. All the while, it’s clear that Banks knows all and manipulates moves in the background.