Resultados para "Kong!" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Mei ha solo vent'anni quando, dopo la nascita della Repubblica popolare cinese, è costretta a lasciarsi alle spalle Shanghai e l'infanzia. La sua fuga finisce nella Bottega delle Rarità di Madame Volkova, a Hong Kong, dove Mei si dedica al ritaglio delle figure di carta, un'arte antica che ha ereditato dalla madre, scomparsa quando era ancora una bambina, e che lei custodisce gelosamente insieme a un'altra dote: quella di comunicare con gli spiriti. Un giorno, una cliente che si attarda a rovistare nel negozio, ex diva del cinema muto, la invita a partecipare a una singolare sfida.

Kong Salomons sværd' foregår i dag i nutidens Palæstina, i Israel og på Vestbredden. Kvinder aborterer, børn bliver født med alvorlige misdannelser, småbørn dør af uforklarlige årsager, gamle dehydrerer og sygner hen. Værst går det ud over de fanatiske religiøse bosættere i de besatte områder. Er det Guds straf, sygdom, terror? Zew Weissmann, agent i Shin Bet, en af Israels hemmelige sikkerhedsstyrker, går under jorden med falsk palæstinensisk identitet. Rejsen går til Gaza og Egypten.

Det er år 1150 f. Kr., og Ramses III er død som følge af en sammensvaergelse mod ham. Hans søn, Ramses IV, regerer nu Egypten. Men den nye faraos helbred er svigtende, og Egypten er i fare for at blive overtaget af magtsyge maend. Derfor sendes skriveren Semerket til Babylon for at skabe diplomatiske forbindelser med den nye hersker, den elamitiske Kutir, som netop har erobret byen.

Humanity fights for its future as Godzilla and Kong embark on a path of destruction that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in an all-out war! Writer Greg Keyes returns once again to the Monsterverse and takes listeners deeper into the worlds of Monarch, the Titans, and so much more.

Torren Taylor has a gorilla problem. The birthmark on his back says he is supposed to be the new Kong, but he wants nothing to do with his people. Shunning their traditions means his silverback is out of control and on a one-way track to crazy-town. He accepted his shortened life a long time ago, but right now, all he wants to do is live long enough to for a couple last bucket list items. When a rare beauty shows up at his door and offers to keep his animal steady for 200 bucks a week, well, he’s mighty tempted to pay to prolong his life.

Former Navy SEAL Nick Foley reluctantly agrees to help investigate when American CIA operative Peter Yu goes missing in China. But when Yu's mutilated body washes up on a beach near Hong Kong along with dozens of other victims, the case takes a macabre turn. Suddenly Nick finds himself embroiled in another bioterrorism investigation being conducted by China's elite Snow Leopard counterterrorism unit and the Chinese CDC, this time involving illegally harvested organs for an unknown and nefarious end.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In Hong Kong Noir, 14 of the city’s finest authors explore the dark heart of the Pearl of the Orient in haunting stories of depravity and despair.

Emily’s tranquil domesticity with new husband Cyrus is interrupted when she is called to Hong Kong in pursuit of a vanished agent.

One warm night in Chicago's Resurrection Cemetery, paranormal investigators Vaughn and Tommy accidentally summon a beautiful, transparent woman. Their search for her true identity uncovers a dark, hidden history of the city and a deadly alliance between political corruption and demonic science!

Kriminalkommisær Køln er gået på pension og nyder sit otium blandt andet med at undersøge mordet på Erik Klipping i 1286. Denne undersøgelse bringer ham på en spændende vandring igennem kildeskrifter, der leder ham til den tro, at han rent faktisk har fundet frem til, hvem der for over 700 år siden slog kongen ihjel. Jørgen Mathiassen (f. 1933) er oprindeligt uddannet advokat, men har også fungeret inden for forfattergerningen både inden for faglitteratur og skønlitteratur.

KONGEN FRA ESBJERG er en politisk thriller, der tager læseren midt ind i korridorerne på Christiansborg, langt ud på havnen i Esbjerg og dybt ind i magtens blodige centrum.Efter en hård valgkamp bliver Bjørn Svendsen formand for Arbejderpartiet. Det var aldrig lykkes uden hans tro støtter: hustruen Caroline og barndomsvennen fra Esbjerg, Carsten West, som nu er chefredaktør på tabloidavisen Express og overbevist om, at han har føling med alt, hvad der rører sig på den politiske slagmark.

Der ehrgeizige Regisseur Carl Denham möchte endlich einen großen Filmcoup landen. Deshalb macht er sich mit einer Filmcrew auf, eine entlegene, sagenumwobene Insel im indischen Ozean zu entdecken. Dort lebt ein Volk, das dem Riesenaffen King Kong junge Frauen als Opfer darbringt. Um den Affenkönig zu besänftigen, entführen die Eingeborenen den Filmstar Ann Darrow und bieten sie dem als Opfer dar...

DIE KREATUREN RUHEN NICHT – ZEIT FÜR DAS S|SQUAD! Auf der Suche nach gefangen genommenen WHO-Ärzten begibt sich das S-Squad auf eine Mission in den Kongo, die von Anfang an unter keinem guten Stern steht und rasch immer auswegloser wird. Die Truppe wird aufgerieben, isoliert und sieht sich alsbald furchterregenden Kreaturen gegenüber, die längst als ausgestorben galten. Denn in diesem Dschungel geht Mokele-Mbembe um ... und er ist nicht allein ... Monster. Riesige Kreaturen. Kugeln. Und Flüche ... jede Menge Flüche.

In his most dangerous and personal case yet, Denver homicide detective, Nick Teffinger, promises a mysterious young woman from Hong Kong that he will not let anyone murder her.

This time, for Admiral Jake Grafton, the stakes are chillingly personal... Admiral Jake Grafton takes his wife, Callie, along when the U.S. government sends him to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the American consul-general is embedded in political money raising scandal. And why not? Jake and...

Two childhood best friends had a falling out and took over their father's mafia business's and they fight and bicker with each other only be they love each other this is full of love lust and betrayals.

Admiral Jake Grafton takes his wife, Callie, along when the U.S. government sends him to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the American consul-general is embedded in a political money-raising scandal. And why not? Jake and Callie met and fell in love in Hong Kong during the Vietnam War, and the...

Le phénomène du thriller taiwanais : les amours interdites d'un futur chef de guerre chinois. En 1936, Luk Pa-Choi, jeune paysan chinois, fuit la guerre civile comme des milliers de ses compatriotes et se réfugie à Hong Kong, alors colonie britannique. Il y retrouve son frère, immigré depuis plusieurs années, qui occupe un poste important au sein de la plus grande triade chinoise, Hong Men. Gagnant aussitôt la confiance de son chef, Luk bâtit peu à peu son royaume.

Triads and Turbulence: Once Upon a Time in Northeastern China is an epic tale of conflict, royalties, and love set against the backdrop of an industrial wasteland populated by gangsters and outlaws in Northeastern China. This highly acclaimed novel is a tetralogy inspired by true events, from bloody gangster conflicts to industrial city outcasts, amid Communist China’s rapid development following Deng Xiao Ping’s economic reforms in the 1980s. It is also a story of marginalized individuals entangled in the changing fabrics of the society they live in.

The Earth barely survived the Third World War. It isn’t ready for the War of the Worlds. A beam of pure Chaos has descended on the Earth connecting it to the Labyrinth Universe. Monsters will spawn, heroes will level and nations will fall. Chaos will Awaken!