Resultados para "Illusion" en Misterio

Attorney Sabre O. Brown takes on three disconcerting new cases, each with its own illusion: a woman claiming she's been impregnated by a ghost, a threatening parent prone to violence, and a child bride with a heartbreaking First Amendment issue. At the same time, Sabre tries to protect her mother, who is dating a suspicious widower she met online. In Sabre's search for justice, she is found near death after a magician's illusion deviously goes wrong.

Sharon Davis, tenacious NYPD homicide detective, is determined to catch a ruthless serial killer who disfigures the faces of beautiful, young women before killing them. Sharon's pursuit of the elusive killer leads her to the glamorous fashion world and threatens to unveil the dark secret of an influential socialite in New York's elite. The detective uncovers the involvement of a famous supermodel gravely unaware of the great danger lurking. The more she investigates, mind-taunting discoveries begin to scratch the surface.

A fabled illusion performed by a stage magician who claims to possess real supernatural powers. A treasure from the colonial era in India when international supremacies vied for power. A phantom trading ship lost over 200 years ago. And a ninja whose murderous intentions in present-day Japan connect the deeds of a long-dead trader who was much more than he seemed....

Hunter becomes the hunted. Sacramento Detective Emily Hunter is exposed to inhumanity on a daily basis—it's the unfortunate baggage that comes with police work, and she's mostly learned how to shoulder the load. But it all turns personal when her fellow cop and boyfriend, Brian Conner, is caught in the blast of a targeted church bombing. Brian is gravely injured, suffering a traumatic brain injury. But the attacks don't stop there—soon, more officers come under fire, and Emily searches for a connection.

Paul Max lived the dream. A mansion in the Hills. A face on every magazine. Money. Power. The kind of girlfriend other men envied. But the dream was a mask. And someone was tearing it off. The notes began small. Then more, appearing everywhere... even at home! Each one reminding him of a secret he thought he buried long ago. Then came the murder. Brutal. Shocking. The first of many.

Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly—and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. An accomplished assassin and mistress of disguise and deception, she has set in motion the boldest act of terrorism yet conceived. Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval...

Centuries-old alchemist Zoe Faust is tired of running from her past. She's finally got her life on track in Portland, Oregon, gardening and cooking in her fixer-upper house with her mischievous best friend, Dorian the gargoyle chef. It seems like the perfect life for Zoe, until she discovers that her old mentor Nicolas Flamel, who she thought had abandoned her, has been imprisoned. A local artist holds the secret that could lead Zoe to her mentor, but the artist is murdered and the painting containing the hidden clue is stolen.

Irish immigrant and private detective Molly Murphy is thrilled to have a ticket to see world-famous illusionist Harry Houdini. But before he can even take the stage, the opening act goes horribly wrong—and the sensational Signor Scarpelli’s lovely assistant is sawed in half. In the aftermath, Scarpelli accuses Houdini of tampering with his equipment. Who else but the so-called Handcuff King could have got a hold of his trunk of tricks, which he keeps under lock and key?

Ex-journalist James Bradford and Brooke Harris, great-granddaughter of Miller Harris, are looking for a secret codex that is found to be intimately linked to their family history and that of the presidents of the United States. Their journey will be punctuated by pitfalls, perpetrated by an occult international organization that will stop at nothing to recover this precious codex, which conceals their manipulations, their history, and, ultimately, their goal: to control, at all costs, the global economy - and especially that of the United States. The stakes: money and power.

Der neue Saint-Tropez Krimi. Das junge Studentenpaar Miriam und Claude will mit seinem Citroën 2CV zum Geburtstag von Miriams Großmutter von Aix-en-Provence nach Cogolin fahren. Es ist November. Ein Unwetter zieht auf. In einem Waldstück kommen sie von der Straße ab. Landen inmitten von Bäumen. Zwei Tage später werden sie in einem provenzalischen Dorf aufgegriffen. Sie haben ihr Gedächtnis verloren. Denken, sie wären Leila und Laurent, die seit zehn Jahren vermisst werden. Commissaire Lucie Girard wird in einen Fall hineingezogen, der ihre eigene Identität infrage stellt.

The conflict with Cornelius Marx is over. Determined to move forward, Adelynn Spencer eagerly charges into her new marriage to Detective Inspector Baze Ford and steals away with him to the countryside city of Bath. While Adelynn wrestles to escape her recurring nightmares of the Irish magician—both waking and sleeping—Baze seeks the city’s legendary waters, hoping they’ll cure his damaged leg and break his growing opium addiction.

Le Secret des Présidents suit la quête de l’ex-journaliste James Bradford et de Brooke Harris, arrière-petite-fille de Miller Harris, un conseiller politique de l’ombre de John F. Kennedy. Ils sont à la recherche d’un Codex secret qui s’avère intimement lié à leur histoire familiale et à celle des Présidents des États-Unis.