Resultados para "Infernale" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

From New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon—a darkly witty supernatural thriller where the Devil's exiled son must solve crimes on Earth or be damned for eternity. Lucian "Luke" Teivel isn't just any exile—he's Lucifer's son, freshly banished from Hell with no forwarding address...

El señor Dugrival, tenía la mala costumbre, que a su mujer desagradaba enormemente, de llevar grandes cantidades de dinero encima, cuando iban a apostar en las carreras de caballos. Un elegante caballero se acercó a él un día, mientras esperaba para apostar y le dijo: -Discúlpeme, pero creo que esto es suyo.Y le entregó un reloj con una cadena de oro.

Hercule Poirot e Arthur Hastings si ritrovano per il caso più arduo delle loro carriere. Quando Poirot riceve una lettera firmata "ABC" che lo avverte di un crimine imminente, i due amici si lanciano in una corsa contro il tempo per decifrare la logica perversa di un assassino che sfida il grande detective annunciando in ordine alfabetico il luogo del prossimo delitto. Ad ogni nuovo omicidio si schiude una nuova cerchia di sospettati. La prima vittima è Alice Ascher, ad Andover, il cui marito violento dispone di un alibi tutt'altro che solido.

Si dice che i primi mesi di matrimonio siano i più difficili… e James e Agatha lo possono confermare. Invece di godersi la felicità coniugale, i neosposi vivono in cottage separati e si lanciano accuse reciproche di infedeltà. Quando poi, dopo una lite particolarmente violenta nel locale pub, James scompare, tutti sospettano che Agatha si sia sbarazzata di lui. E a ciò si aggiunge il fatto che Melissa, la presunta amante di James, viene ritrovata morta di lì a poco.

The Infernal Crown burns its mark into me. Ancient, hungry, inevitable. My three bound mates make a decision that I reject, but it's too late. I had no say, and now I'm trapped once more. The Midnight Spire holds the Sovereign Forge, where crowns of power were once created. Magical boundaries weaken. The Grimoire reveals its final pages. The crowning ritual requires perfect harmony between my mates. I never wanted this power. Now, more than this realm may depend on my claiming it. The Sovereign awaits her crown.

Dead in Days. Emily Glass will be dead in days unless she can overcome destiny. An overlord of Hell has a price on Emily's head and every demon in the underworld wants to claim the prize. She might be the Great Banisher, but even she can't fight off an army of demons. The only way to survive might be to trust an enigmatic Seraphim, and to find the source of her powers. Where does her demon banishing power come from? How can she rip the powers from vampires?

First, the celebrant was murdered during mass. Then the SWAT team knocked down his door trying to kill him. With a million dollar bounty on his head, every gunman and demonic monster is coming out of the pit to collect it. Tommy has to discover who's out to make him a martyr before he becomes a saint for real.

Things at the Institute look darker than ever. I've lost all my friends, my hope, and the person I love. To make matters worse, the prison is planning something nefarious. Experiments are being performed on inmates at the Institute, to satisfy the Warden's craving to find a demigod. I've sworn to uncover the Warden's plans, and go underground to learn just what he's plotting. Unfortunately, I can't find answers without putting my soul on the line. And the consequences are going to propel me straight to the afterlife.

When a smooth-talking artificial-intelligence computer chip known as Friend covertly hijacks the new computer system at CURE, Harold Smith and his supersecret crime-fighting organization log on to turbo trouble. Friend's fiendish strategy screws up the data base so efficiently that both Remo and Chiun quit - bad timing now that Friend has released a stealth virus that will attack systems everywhere, holding the world hostage to technoterrorism.

The Templars have emerged victorious following their battle with the Chiang Shih but paid a high price in doing so. The dead line the halls of the local commanderies, and the survivors are both physically and spiritually exhausted. Estimates suggest it will take years for the Order to recover. 

"The Infernal Trap" is a short story from "The Confessions of Arsène Lupin". Ten gripping short stories in which the world's premier thief looks back on a lifetime of adventure and mysteries. He uses his wit and courage to outsmart criminals, pull wool over the eyes of the French police, and solve terrifying mysteries, always keeping just enough time to save a pretty lady and pocket something for himself. Intelligent, witty, funny: there is the real gentleman thief in all his brilliance!

The ninth Repairman Jack novel begins with a tragedy that throws Jack together with his brother Tom, a judge from Philadelphia. They've never been close and Jack, the career criminal, soon finds that he adheres to a higher ethical standard than his brother the judge. Determined to get to know his brother better, Tom convinces Jack to go on a wild treasure hunt together. Armed only with a map pointing the way to a desolate wreck off the coast of Bermuda, the brothers come across something much stranger, and much more dangerous than mere treasure.

Hercule Poirot riceve una strana lettera in cui un anonimo personaggio lo avvisa che presto, nella città di Andover, verrà commesso un crimine. E infatti Alice Ascher viene uccisa. Dopo di lei, il misterioso assassino annuncia che colpirà a Bexhill, e poi a Churston, e così fa. Le vittime sembrano non aver alcun rapporto tra loro: il diabolico criminale, che si firma A.B.C., pare sceglierle solo in base a un presunto ordine alfabetico. Il serial killer non è intenzionato a fermarsi, ma tre scacchi sono già troppi per un uomo del calibro del detective belga.

Arsène Lupin s'empare avec ruse de la fortune de Nicolas Dugrival, douteux personnage s'il en est. Profondément affecté par cette perte, il met fin à ses jours. Sa veuve fait le serment d'une vengeance implacable à l'encontre de Lupin. Elle conçoit un piège infernal.

Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1936, "La Serie Infernale" è un giallo di Agatha Christie che ha come protagonisti Hercule Poirot e il suo fedele amico, il capitano Arthur Hastings. Un serial killer sta uccidendo barbaramente degli innocenti che sceglie attenendosi ad un folle criterio: segue l'ordine alfabetico delle iniziali del loro nome e della città dove vivono, è così la prima vittima è Alice Asher di Andover, la seconda è Betty Barnard di Bexhill, la terza è Sir Carmichael Clark di Churston e poi... ci sarà anche un quarto omicidio a Doncaster, l'ultimo della serie.

Hell is rising in San Francisco.... Former Navy SEAL Feroz “Roz” Mehran has already been through hell. Disgraced, broken, and living on the streets, Roz has one goal left: prove he can be a father to his 11-year-old daughter before he loses her forever. When a billionaire philanthropist’s suspicious death triggers an invitation to compete in a high-stakes leadership contest, he’s skeptical. But it might just be his last chance to fix his future. The contest’s venue is an Art Deco skyscraper, transformed into a modern-day gauntlet inspired by Dante’s Inferno. Nine levels.

Xlina’s move to Portland, Maine was supposed to be the start of a new life. A normal life. One that didn’t involve her magical-duty-obsessed druid father or her own legacy as a descendant of the Baku: an ancient creature that consumes nightmares. But when the supposed social worker who pointed her toward Portland in the first place turns out to be not-so-human and puts a demon mark on Xlina’s soul, a normal life looks a lot less likely. To survive, she just might need to start listening to necromancer Oxivius, who wants her to embrace her power instead of running from it.

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