Resultados para "Jane" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Under the plain gray skirts of Miss Beatrice Lockwood's gown, a pistol waits at the ready. For Beatrice is a paid companion on a secret mission—and with a secret past—and she must be prepared to fight for her life at any moment.

När Birger och Sophia inte får ta sig an nya fall börjar Sophia följa ett spår om sin försvunna mamma–ett namn på en lapp. Tillsammans med Birger och pojkvännen Mikael nystar hon i fallet, men ledtråden leder till något mycket större: ett gammalt mord, en mörk hemlighet och någon som är beredd att döda igen för att sanningen inte ska avslöjas. Om du gillar den här bokserien så rekommenderar författaren även serien Arvidsträsk av Sofia Rutbäck Eriksson! Missa inte heller Jan-Erik Ullströms nya bokserie "Polisstation Tranemo".

Una novela sobre la fuerza de la magia chispeante y la pasión por los libros Belladonna Blackthorn no ha perdido su pizca mágica, pero tampoco la ha usado en mucho tiempo. Entre compaginar su trabajo en la librería Lunar Books y ocultar su magia, la joven está agotada. Pero, cuando su...

When the quaint English town of York hosts a Jane Austen Society conference, bookseller Erin Coleridge is glad to get out of Kirkbymoorside for a while—until featured speaker Barry Wolf suddenly perishes from what appears to be a heart attack. Erin is suspicious, since Barry had no history of heart disease. But who did him in? Was it the decedent's assistant, Stephen, who was observed chatting to Barry's young wife Luca earlier that night? Might it have been Barry's ex-wife Judith, who was seen arguing with her erstwhile betrothed at the bar? 

Jane Ladling cordially invites you to the world’s most romantic wedding. But first, there's a few items to check off her to-do list: actually plan the festivities, find a way to pay for said festivities, and avoid finding a dead body . . . OOPS—solve a murder. As the owner of a landlocked...

When police officer Josh Mason is sent to investigate a complaint at Cooper's Stables, he expects nothing more than an awkward conversation with the yard's notoriously difficult owner. What waits behind the locked gates will haunt him forever. Amidst the carnage, two things give Josh pause–a cryptic note clutched in a corpse's hand: For Freddy. Tell Giles. But Giles Cooper is among the dead. So who was meant to receive this message? And two tarot cards. One viciously defaced with red slashes scored across a child's face.

My mission is simple yet deadly—pose as the newly hired bodyguard for Vera Ivanova and assassinate her father. But Vera, clever and defiant, doesn't want a bodyguard. Instead, she proposes a dangerous game: I'll be her fake husband in public. Vera is unlike anyone I've encountered—intelligent, gorgeous, untamed and untouched. Everything I want and nothing I can have. The utter destruction and demise of my ultimate plan. Consumed by desire, I choose a new tactic: seduction.

¿Y si tu perfecta vida se convirtiese en la peor de tus pesadillas? Jenny es una doctora casada con un famoso neurocirujano y madre de tres adolescentes. Cuando su hija de quince años, Naomi, no regresa a casa después de la escuela, la vida perfecta que Jenny creía haber construido se desmorona. Las autoridades dan la voz de alarma y comienza una campaña nacional para buscar a la pequeña, pero sin éxito: Naomi se ha esfumado y la familia está destruida.

My life is black and white. Every choice is designed to protect my family and crush our enemies. Trust is a luxury I can't afford. Then she comes—Isabella Morales, disguised as a boy, burning with defiance and danger. Forbidden fruit, the daughter of a rival cartel. She holds secrets that could unravel everything I've fought for. Letting her live could be my demise. But now she's mine.

Erin Coleridge's used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England, is a meeting place for the villagers and, in particular, for the local Jane Austen Society. At the Society's monthly meeting, matters come to a head between the old guard and its young turks. After the meeting breaks for tea, persuasion gives way to murder with extreme prejudice when president Sylvia Pemberthy falls dead to the floor. Poisoned? Presumably, but by whom? And was Sylvia the only target?

Venice, 1927: As romantic as it is mysterious, the Floating City is a dream destination for the newlyweds, but they’ll soon discover the twisting canals hide more mystery than they expected. It begins when they are invited to an elaborate party at Clara Morton’s stunning palazzo on the Grand Canal. The affair is as eccentric as the hostess, who is dressed as Medusa, and features everything from snakes to her pet cheetah to tarot card readings.

Rachel Goodchild tiene cuarenta y nueve años y es una doctora consumada y de prestigio. Ya no se entiende con Nathan, su marido, y su hija Lizzie está cada vez más distante. Cuando Luc, un nuevo paciente, acude a ella desesperado, Rachel se involucra tanto en su historia que decide darle su número de teléfono como recurso en caso de urgencia, pero en el fondo también porque la atracción entre ambos es inmediata. Sin embargo, lo que comienza como una simple aventura acaba arrastrando a Rachel a una red de mentiras, secretos y traiciones que pondrá en peligro todo lo que tiene.

El lujoso hotel Mena House en El Cairo se convierte en el escenario de un asesinato en un cozy crime que arrancará más de una sonrisa a los lectores. De la autora ganadora del premio Agatha 2021 Egipto, 1926. Jane Wunderly, una joven viuda, y su tía Millie se alojan en el lujoso hotel Mena House, donde la alta sociedad de todo el mundo puede olvidarse de las secuelas de la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Born into the ruthless underworld, I've been cast aside. I'm locked in a cage of lies and betrayal, now framed for a crime I didn't commit. But then he came for me. Ollie Romanov, the savage enforcer, believes I'm a traitor. He's ruthless, merciless, and prepared to make me pay for my sins. To him, I'm nothing more than a pawn to punish. A traitor to be broken. Yet beneath the cold, brutal exterior, I see something more—a darkness that calls to my own. I shouldn't crave the twisted connection we share. I swear the man has no conscience… Except when it comes to me.

From the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, in Odd Girl Out, Elizabeth Jane Howard reveals with devastating accuracy a marriage put in a most destructive situation. Anna and Edmund Cornhill have a happy marriage and a lovely home. They are content, complete, absorbed in their...

England, 1926: Wedgefield Manor, deep in the tranquil Essex countryside, provides a welcome rest stop for Jane and her matchmaking Aunt Millie before their return to America. While Millie spends time with her long-lost daughter, Lillian, and their host, Lord Hughes, Jane fills the hours devouring mystery novels and taking flying lessons - much to Millie’s disapproval. But any danger in the air is eclipsed by tragedy on the ground when one of the estate’s mechanics, Air Force veteran Simon Marshall, is killed in a motorcar collision.

I've always heard there's a fine line between love and hate. No one told me that line could destroy me. Noah Fontaine. King of the school. My living nightmare. The object of my fantasies. My new stepbrother. I did whatever it took to survive him. Every day he took more of me. I just didn't expect him to take my heart. Because of the boy I once hated, I'd never be the same girl again.

Jane’s days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. She’s just the kind of woman middle manager Steven Hepsworth likes - meek, insecure, and willing to defer to a man. No one has any idea who Jane really is. Least of all Steven. But plain Jane is hiding something. And Steven’s bringing out the worst in her.

Océano Atlántico, 1926. A bordo del lujoso transatlántico Olym­pic, Jane Wunderly se embarca en una travesía hacia Nueva York, donde no solo el glamour y el lujo la esperan, sino también un inquietante misterio que amenaza con desbaratarla. Haciéndose pasar por la esposa del encantador señor Redvers, Jane se une a los servicios secretos británicos para desenmas­carar a un espía alemán que se oculta entre los pasajeros. Pero cuando la rica heredera Vanessa FitzSimmons denuncia la desaparición de su esposo la situación se complica, y Jane está convencida de que hay algo más siniestro en juego.

They never considered how his wife might react, or that by the end of the summer a man would be dead. But Blakely always got her way, and the others followed her lead—even when they knew it was dead wrong. The girls had been friends from day one at Camp Pendleton, a haven for gifted children. But their senior summer was different. When Mr. Crosby, the handsome tennis coach, wound up murdered after a reckless lie, Blakely, Grace, Meg, and Thera swore themselves to secrecy. And never spoke to each other again.