Resultados para "Joséphine" en Negra y suspense

When Josephine Tey sets out to write a novel about the notorious Finchley baby farmers, her research helps to solve the recent sadistic murder of a young seamstress. The girl's death seems to be the result of a domestic feud, but when a second young woman is involved in an horrific accident, the...

An amazing story of courage and character that you will not want to put down. After two and a half years of deep depression, anger at God, and guilt over the death of her husband and twin girls, all bestselling romance writer Jessica Lynn Morgan wants is to buy a house, get back to writing, and live out her life alone in peace. And the little town of Hope, Wyoming, seems to offer the peace she needs. Or does it? Unfortunately, her dream house is rumored to be haunted.

Clare has lived on St. Isabel Island all her life, except for a few months she can’t recall. A traumatic childhood experience has left a blank spot in her memory and a lingering feeling of having lost more than just a small, painful piece of her past. When the enigmatic Dr. Richard Kelly arrives on her island, she’s found that missing part. Yet she’s certain the man is a stranger to her, until she discovers he’s been hiding something from her, a secret that reawakens her childhood fears and threatens to upset her life again.

In the gritty city shadows, Detective Jake Mercer is immersed in solving a string of gruesome murders. Little does he know that his neglected wife, Emily, has snapped under the weight of loneliness.

1 September 1939 As the mass evacuation takes place across Britain, thousands of children leave London for the countryside, but when a little girl vanishes without trace, it seems that danger can lurk in the quietest village. In the chaos of war, crime novelist Josephine Tey struggles with the...

The latest atmospheric thirties mystery featuring bestselling crime author Josephine Tey. When Josephine Tey inherits a remote Suffolk cottage from her godmother, it comes full of secrets. There’s the infamous Red Barn murders, committed in the grounds a century before, and there’s Lucy Kyte...

Inspector Archie Penrose has invited Josephine Tey to his family home in Cornwall, a struggling but beautiful country estate on a magnificent stretch of coastline. But death clouds the holiday from the outset. When the local theatre proves to be a stage for real-life tragedy, Archie's loyalties...

Zürich, im Oktober 1919: Die junge Witwe Josephine, deren soeben verstorbener Mann eine "Auskunftsstelle für vermisste Personen" betrieben hat, in dem auch sie tätig war, steht vor dem Nichts. Als sie am Abend nach der Beerdigung im verwaisten Büro überlegt, dieses aufzulösen, stürmt eine Frau herein und beauftragt sie mit der Suche nach ihrer verschwundenen Freundin. Diese ist Tänzerin im Cabaret Voltaire, der Wiege der DADA-Bewegung, wo auch die Auftraggeberin als Künstlerin arbeitet. Eigentlich will Josephine den Auftrag ablehnen.

1593. Dramaturge sulfureux, mais aussi espion pour le compte de la Couronne, Christopher Marlowe a le don pour s'attirer des ennemis et des ennuis. À la suite d'une rixe, il quitte précipitamment l'Angleterre pour se joindre à une mission de renseignement à Paris. Vingt ans après la Saint-Barthélemy, la ville ploie sous la coupe d'une Ligue catholique qui fait régner l'ordre et la ferveur. Qu'est-ce qu'un poète en fuite, athée, homosexuel et grande gueule peut s'attendre à trouver là ?

Keith bears scars - both physical and emotional - from his childhood, but he's worked hard to overcome the past. After walking away from his mother and her controlling ways five years ago, he's built a new life in LA. He's also accumulated a fortune of his own. But as soon as he learns of his mother's death, he returns to Fairham. He feels he owes it to his grandfather to put the family empire together again, and he's determined to find his mother's killer.

In the years before the Great War, M.R. James told ghost stories by candlelight to a handful of friends and scholars. Now, twenty-five years later, those men are being killed off one by one. Josephine Tey is in Cambridge, a town gripped by fear as a serial rapist stalks the streets, and Chief...

Dark Academia trifft auf Murder Mystery – intelligent, witzig und völlig unvorhersehbar! »Ich will gleich zu Beginn klarstellen: Ich habe Hugh Henry Van Boren nicht getötet. Ich habe nicht mal dabei geholfen. Na ja, zumindest nicht mit Absicht.« Die 16-jährige Jess passt als mittellose...

Have you ever wanted to bury a secret so deeply that no one will find out about it? With private security firms supplying bodyguards in every theatre of war, who will notice the emergence of a sexual psychopath from the ranks of the mercenaries? Reuters correspondent Connie Burns is no stranger...

One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White was a phenomenal best seller in the 1860s, achieving even greater success than works by Charles Dickens. Full of surprise, intrigue, and suspense, this vastly entertaining novel continues to enthrall audiences today.

Don’t miss Philippa East’s gripping and suspenseful new novel, A GUILTY SECRET, available to pre-order now! ‘Tense’ Araminta Hall ‘Compelling’ Debbie Howells ‘Engrossing, twisty tale’ Nell Pattison But after three months go by without Sarah paying her rent, property manager Jenn...

Investigative journalist Josephine Larson specializes in a few things: holding her own with felons, ferreting out information from reluctant criminals, and writing best-selling books about serial killers. After penning the definitive volume on America’s most gruesome serial killer, Nathan Kelly, otherwise known as the Heartland Hunter, Jo’s been a guest on every morning show and true crime special in the last year.

'Truth is the Daughter of Time' is an old proverb. And The Daughter of Time is Josephine Tey's search for the truth about the murder of the Princes in the Tower. Was the hunchback, Richard III, the monster that Shakespeare and the history books have made him out to be?

Another page-turning story of tragedy and triumph from the No.1 bestselling author of The Loner and The Journey. With her shy smile and kind nature, she fits into the family easily. When Nancy Arnold’s eldest son Frank begins to show an interest in the new arrival, she believes that at long...

Um den Verlust ihrer Schwester zu verarbeiten, begibt Kaya sich auf den legendären Pacific Crest Trail. In der atemberaubenden Wildnis der Westküste trifft sie auf Casper, einen Mann, der ebenso von seiner Vergangenheit verfolgt wird wie sie selbst. Zwischen kristallklaren Seen und dichten Wäldern wächst eine Verbindung, die beide nicht erwartet haben. Doch als ein erschütterndes Geheimnis ans Licht kommt, droht alles zu zerbrechen. In den Schatten der Berge lauert eine tödliche Bedrohung: eine Frau, deren Obsession keine Grenzen kennt.

A light-hearted and comic romp from the nation’s favourite storyteller and author of The Loner. Footloose, fancy free and ready to get back in the game, newly divorced Ben is back home with mum which is just where she wants him. But best mate Dickie has other ideas, and soon they are sharing a...