Resultados para "Holly" en Negra y suspense

Cuando Penny Dahl contacta con Finders Keepers para que la ayuden a encontrar a su hija, algo en la voz desesperada de la mujer hace que Holly Gibney se vea obligada a aceptar el trabajo.

Holly Saemann es una mujer agradable que, habiéndose ganado la simpatía del pueblo de Oyster bay gracias a su apariencia amable e inofensiva, da rienda suelta a sus apetitos por la carne humana. En su diario registra todos y cada uno de sus crímenes con un detalle aterrador, así como la parte más dolorosa de su infancia y adolescencia.

The first strike against my new reign wasn't a whisper; it was an explosion. I seized the throne of St. Sebastian's, but the shadowy organisation that runs this academy wants it back. They've declared war, turning our campus into a gilded cage surrounded by mercenaries and watched by drones. They think they can break me, scare my new court into submission, and reclaim their training ground. They've made a fatal mistake.

It's been months since the day we stood above that empty grave that stunk of burnt flesh and secrets. All of us were dressed to the nines, one of us wearing a wedding dress, a day that was supposed to mark the beginning of a new adventure. It marked the bitter end of our vengeance. We have done things that have marked our souls for eternity. But before we get there, we have to go back. Back to where it all started. The place I could find in my sleep.

Stephen Kings Holly betekent de triomfantelijke terugkeer van het geliefde personage Holly Gibney. Lezers hebben kunnen genieten van Holly's ontwikkeling van verlegen (maar ook stoere en morele) einzelgänger in Mr. Mercedes, naar Bill Hodges' partner in De eerlijke vinder, tot ervaren, intelligente, soms wat harde privédetective in De buitenstaander. In Kings nieuwste boek moet Holly het in haar eentje opnemen tegen een stel sluwe en wrede vijanden.

Bodies fall like autumn leaves when you wear the Corbyn-Hale crown, and I've run out of white dresses to bleach. After an attempt on my life, my dad ships me to St. Sebastian's at Cravenmoor Academy. With its Gothic arches and enough mafia heirs to staff a small army, he gifts me a shadow: Viper. Twenty-five, tattooed with sins, answering only to himself. But I hate cages, even the breathing kind. So I make my own rules.

#1 New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of the Year Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling “exploration of grief and delusion, just pure undistilled evil” (New York magazine) as she...

Nuria Badal ist als junge Polizistin in einem bedrückenden Barcelona tätig, in dem Terrorismus, Korruption und Extremismus freies Spiel haben und sich gegenseitig anfachen, während eine neue und schreckliche Bedrohung sich über der Stadt zusammenbraut. Durch einen entsetzlichen Unfall im Dienst, für den sie sich verantwortlich macht, gerät Nuria in eine ungeheuerliche politische Verschwörung. Mitgerissen von einer Spirale der Gewalt und des Verrats, setzt sie alles aufs Spiel, um die Zukunft des Landes zu retten.

Tra sette giorni Jet Mason sarà morta. Jet ha ventisette anni e sta ancora aspettando che la sua vita decolli. Il suo mantra è "lo farò più tardi", pensando di avere tutto il tempo del mondo. Fino alla notte di Halloween, quando viene aggredita in casa sua da un intruso. L'attacco le procura un forte trauma cranico e il medico è certo che entro una settimana la lesione scatenerà un aneurisma mortale. Jet non ha mai pensato di avere dei nemici, ma ora vede tutti sotto una nuova luce: la sua famiglia, la sua ex migliore amica, ora sua cognata, il suo ex fidanzato possessivo.

Privatdetektivin Holly Gibney in den Fängen eines Serienkillers – ihr letzter Fall? Holly steckt in einer Lebenskrise, da erhält sie einen Anruf: "Meine Tochter Bonnie ist vor drei Wochen verschwunden, und die Polizei unternimmt nichts.” Die privaten Ermittlungen führen Holly zu einer weit zurückreichenden Liste ungelöster Vermisstenfälle. Alle spielen im Umfeld eines inzwischen emeritierten Ernährungswissenschaftlers mit dem Spitznamen "Mr. Meat”. Holly hat schon gegen grausame Gegner bestanden, aber hier begegnet sie dem schlimmsten aller Ungeheuer: dem Menschen in seinem Wahn.

Rich. Vicious. Vengeful. Forbidden. The Boys of Clermont Bay had always been untouchable. And Carson Hale was the worst of them all. He was pretentious and a player, and he had hated me for so long I forgot that we were ever anything more than enemies. Brutally beautiful and savagely heartless, his only plan was to ruin everything I loved.

Holly Gibney, l’un des personnages les plus appréciés de Stephen King, fait son grand retour dans ce roman haletant pour percer le mystère de multiples et inquiétantes disparitions qui frappent une petite ville des États-Unis.

Innocent. Blameless. Pure. Heartbroken. Josie Vos belonged to the one family I hated more than anything. And I had forced her to despise me just as much. It didn't matter that I had lost track of my plan and fallen for my enemy. Irrevocably hurt and enraged by my deceit, she had no intentions of doing anything but watching me lose my throne.

Shine and her team, all with supernatural abilities continue their search for the Gladius Diaboli, the ancient weapon that can bring about all their goals and stop the duplicitous Claudia Black. The quest takes the team from Rome to Belize's jungles, seeking Xibalba's entrance, the Mayan underworld. Jessica must fight against betrayals, ambushes and the loss of one of her key allies in the fight. It all culminates in an intense battle against the Midnight project in a final showdown that has been centuries in the making.

Jade possui apenas um objetivo ao chegar ao Vietnã: sobreviver a cinco semanas ao lado do seu pai ausente, enquanto ele restaura uma antiga casa. A garota sempre mentiu para poder se encaixar socialmente e, desta vez, não será diferente. Basta ela ser heterossexual, vietnamita e americana o suficiente para conseguir a única coisa que deseja da complicada relação que tem com o pai: o dinheiro para a faculdade que ele havia prometido. Mas a Casa das Flores tem outros planos.

Fleeing my father's cruelty, the wicked king who robbed me of a future, I face death in the streets, caught between a rebellion and a tyrant's reign. Captured by those sworn to kill me, the rebels remain blind to my true identity—the missing daughter of the despised king. Faced with an impossible choice, I stand before them: join the rebels or face their blades. Yet, Dacre, the son of the ruthless rebellion commander, becomes torn between suspicion and a desire that mirrors my own. He allows no one to touch me, tries to protect me, yet threatens me at every turn.

Jeremy Thorn and his wife, Katherine, have just welcomed the newest member of their family to the world: Their beautiful son Damien. But as the boy grows, so does the terror surrounding him. Fatal accidents, suicides, and unexplained violence seem to follow the Thorns wherever they go - but why? And how can Damien have anything to do with the carnage and bloodshed? He is only a child. But Damien Thorn is like no child on Earth. He bears the mark of the beast. And his time is at hand.

Cuando el Departamento de Policía de Buckeye City recibe una carta de alguien que pretende «matar a trece inocentes y a un culpable» para expiar una muerte innecesaria, la detective Izzy Jaynes no sabe qué pensar. ¿Están a punto de asesinar a catorce personas por venganza? Preocupada, decide acudir a Holly Gibney para que la ayude.

Picking up right where A Longer Fall left off, this thrilling third installment follows Lizbeth Rose as she takes on one of her most dangerous missions yet: rescuing her estranged partner, Prince Eli, from the Holy Russian Empire. Once in San Diego, Lizbeth is going to have to rely upon her sister Felicia, and her growing Grigori powers to navigate her way through this strange new world of royalty and deception in order to get Eli freed from jail where he’s being held for murder.

The King of the North Pole was supposed to be an ally. He wasn't supposed to burn my kingdom in the South Pole to the ground and destroy everything I knew and loved. As the new Queen, I'll take my revenge no matter what it costs me. But Nicholas, the immortal Saint, is far more powerful than I ever imagined. And when he flips the script on my assassination attempt, I find myself running through a frosty woods, trying to outrun and outsmart the vicious and brutal ruler.