Resultados para "Lucien" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Quand Neiss intègre un nouveau lycée en cours d'année, elle n'aspire qu'à une chose : oublier son passé. Blessée après un terrible accident, le lourd secret qu'elle dissimule l'empêche de vivre sereinement. Entre angoisses, insomnies et douleurs, elle s'effondre en silence... jusqu'à lui. Charismatique, attentionné, un regard vert incendiaire, Liam réveille en elle des désirs qu'elle pensait perdus à jamais.

Nella grande casa spenta in cima alla collina, vive sempre sola una bambina… Si chiama Eva, ha dieci anni, e con lei ci sono soltanto una governante e una ragazza finlandese au pair, Maja Salo. Dei genitori nessuna traccia. È proprio Maja a cercare disperatamente l’aiuto di Pietro Gerber, il miglior ipnotista di Firenze, l’addormentatore di bambini. Da qualche tempo Eva non è più ­davvero sola. Con lei c’è un amichetto immaginario, senza nome e senza volto.

In a time of pandemics and disease, the ailing world finds itself on its knees, desperate for the cure promised by leading geneticist Dr. Lucien Sabara. With his simple EVE-0 treatment, he seemingly offers an answer to the world's prayers. Though as Gabrielle and Chris learn, the geneticist's true agenda is to play God over humankind, forcing women to require medical intervention to conceive, allowing Lucien to edit unborn embryos in order to create a better race, a more equal race, a more evolved race.

Nada é o que parece. Um homem encapuzado sai do carro e abre fogo contra a multidão. Morrem dezenas de pessoas, incluindo bebés. Depois do massacre, tira a máscara e revela a sua identidade: Tomás Noronha. Um polícia na Rússia é alertado para atividades suspeitas na cave de um prédio. O...

Daniel ist ein unsichtbarer Mann. Körperlich gezeichnet, sozial aussortiert, gefangen in einem Leben aus Scham, Wut und Bedeutungslosigkeit. Bis ein Unfall alles beendet. Offiziell ist Daniel tot. Tatsächlich erwacht er an einem Ort, den es nicht geben dürfte. Sein zerstörter Körper wurde...

The Resurrection of Lucian the VampireIn a small northeastern town, an unprecedented evil has been accidentally awoken. Lucian, a centuries old vampire has returned from hell with vengeance on his mind. Vengeance against the town that destroyed him in his last life. This is a story of the courage it takes to stand up to the powerful vampire and includes witchcraft, ghosts, fast paced action and horror as the creature begins its reign of terror.

"A crisp, twisting tale in the hands of a writer in the bloom of his abundant talents." — Graydon Carter A gifted yet financially disadvantaged artist falls victim to the manipulative control of his wealthy, enigmatic Harvard roommate in this incendiary novel from the author of Beautiful...

Nate Burke, ex poliziotto di Baltimora, accetta il posto di capo della polizia di Lunacy - un paesino dell'Alaska che conta 506 abitanti - per fuggire alla crisi causata dal fresco divorzio e dal trauma della morte del suo compagno di lavoro, per la quale si sente in parte responsabile. I primi giorni nella cittadina scorrono tranquilli, a parte qualche piccolo problema di ordine pubblico e una relazione un po' movimentata con l'umorale Meg Galloway, bella e sfacciata. All'improvviso, però, in una grotta nascosta viene ritrovato il corpo del padre di Meg, scomparso sedici anni prima.

Listeners know that few authors are able to create an atmosphere of unease and terror as well as Oates, a fact confirmed by the four novellas presented here. All the novellas in this collection revolve around the theme of love gone wrong - horribly, shockingly wrong.

Adele Schumacher non è la tipica mamma preoccupata. Quando ingaggia Elvis Cole per ritrovare il figlio scomparso, Josh, ideatore di un controverso podcast su UFO e alieni, porta con sé una borsa piena di soldi, bizzarri racconti di cospirazioni governative e una squadra di guardie del corpo professioniste. Trovare Josh dovrebbe essere semplice, ma Elvis scopre ben presto di non essere solo nella caccia: una squadra micidiale di misteriosi sconosciuti è determinata ad arrivare prima di tutti a Josh e alla sua amica Skylar, star del cinema porno.

They wanted a son to fill the silence left by grief. What they brought home was something far older than childhood. When Rafe and Julia Volmer return from Mumbai with their five-year-old son's ashes, the void threatens to consume them. Six weeks later, they stand in a Portuguese orphanage, desperate for redemption, and find Lucien. Eight years old. Perfectly still. Perfectly quiet. The nuns say he was abandoned at a monastery. No birth certificate. No family history. No explanation for why other children refuse to look at him. The adoption is too fast. The paperwork has too many gaps.

Lucie Rizzo is forced to move home to her nutty, mob-infested family. When she parlays her temporary dog-walking gig into a career, she is thrown into a criminal conspiracy straight out of a gangster movie. One that, if she’s not careful, could leave her sleeping with the fishes.

Es ist zu spät, um zu fliehen. Dieses Mal wird sie sterben. Wie der Fuchs. Jonathan 'Johnny' Weiser lebt mit vierunddreißig Jahren noch in seinem Kinderzimmer. Seit der gemeinsamen Kindergartenzeit ist der introvertierte Förster heimlich in die Umweltschutzaktivistin Juli verliebt. Als sein Chef umfangreiche Baumfällungen anordnet, bittet Johnny Juli um Hilfe. Doch bevor ihre Proteste die Arbeiten stoppen können, wird Juli brutal zusammengeschlagen. Kriminalkommissarin Leandra 'Leo' Papadaki vermutet einen rechtsradikalen Hintergrund der Tat.

In questo romanzo affronta il tema della famiglia in tutte le sue sfaccettature: violenta, misteriosa e amorosa. Alcuni personaggi la interpellano come professionista, con storie raccapriccianti, da brivido, dei veri thriller psicologici. Persone che chiedono aiuto per ricordare, capire e perdonare, così da dare nuovo senso e significato alla propria esistenza.

When the brilliant young painter Marianne Glass is found dead in her snow-covered Oxford garden, her closest friend, Rowan Winter, knows it wasn't an accident. Rowan's pursuit of the truth takes her into every corner of her friend's life, from Bohemian east London to the professional art world...

Lucian Marcello is aware of the expectations following him as the oldest son of one of North America's most infamous Cosa Nostra Dons. Family in his world is more than blood and sharing a last name. It's the honor, respect, business, and the life. Being a Capo is just a stepping stone until it's time for him to take on the role of underboss but a chance meeting with her could be the one thing he'd risk it all for.

After the suicide of his uncle, Lucas Heathfield inherits Stoneborough Manor in Oxfordshire. He imagines it as a place where he and his tight-knit group of friends can spend time away from London. But from the beginning, the house changes everything. It begins to have a strange effect on Lucas and he becomes haunted by the death of his uncle, obsessed by ciné films of his uncle's friends at Stoneborough 30 years earlier. Within the claustrophobic confines of the house over a hot, decadent summer, secrets slide out of the past and sexual tensions escalate, shattering the group's friendship and changing their lives irrevocably.

Esistono silenzi che valgono più di mille parole, e David, educatore professionale di comprovata esperienza, lo sa bene. Quando sulla soglia della comunità socioeducativa per cui lavora fa capolino Ariel, una bambina abbandonata alla stazione di Sestri Levante, il suo unico obiettivo diventa restituirle un'identità e, con essa, la speranza di un futuro senza ombre. Improvvisandosi investigatore, si reca nel luogo del ritrovamento con un disegno di lei che indica una casa su un promontorio.

It's a hard fall from grace for Lucie to move back in with her mother until she lands on her feet again. Everything she did before was to get as far away as possible from her mob-infested family. Still, Lucie's determined to make things work. She begins with a part-time gig walking dogs for wealthy clients, and it inspires her to start her own pet accessory line. Frankie Falcone, her smoking-hot ex, wants to start again as if they never stopped. He's no stranger to family ties with "the Family", either, but she's hardly one to throw stones.

This is New Orleans - 1947. It starts as a wandering daughter case when a pretty widow hires New Orleans private eye Lucien Caye to find her 22-year-old daughter. Helen Croix walks into Caye's office with a picture of her missing daughter, Madelyn. She warns Lucien he'll be tempted when he finds the alluring strawberry-blond temptress. Madelyn Croix will most likely seduce him. Helen describes her daughter as rapacious. Lucien has to look up the word to discover it means avaricious, greedy, ravenous - subsisting on live prey.