Resultados para "Lydia" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings reunite for their most difficult case yet. When Poirot receives a letter warning him that a crime is about to be committed by the writer: 'A.B.C' the friends find themselves in a race against time to decipher the killer's twisted logic as he taunts the great detective by announcing the next murder location alphabetically. With every new killing a new pool of suspects is uncovered. Can Poirot and Hastings unmask the killer before a final letter seals an innocent victim's fate?

Holly ha dejado su vida en Liverpool. Intenta dejar atrás el drama de su antiguo trabajo y olvidar a esos amigos que, cuando ella más los...

Es la víspera de Nochebuena y todo está preparado para la inauguración del pub de Holly. Todos, Chloe, Ethan y Baptiste, están allí para ayudar y el ambiente es perfecto. De repente Holly recibe una nueva carta con amenazas y Chloe llama a la policía. Junto con los agentes del pueblo, Holly se dirige a su cabaña, donde una misteriosa figura está merodeando con un bidón de gasolina. Ethan empieza a recobrar parte de su memoria y junto a Chloe encuentra nuevas pistas sobre lo que pudo haberle ocurrido a Colin.

Ethan llega a Snowdonia y se enfrenta a las expectativas que su familia tiene sobre él. Los viejos recuerdos comienzan a aflorar y piensa en cómo su padre le exigió que estudiase una carrera para hacerse cargo algún día de las propiedades familiares. Que le hubieran aceptado en el mejor coro masculino de Cambridge carecía de todo valor para su familia. Con el fin de evitarla, Ethan alquila una pequeña cabaña y se inventa rápidamente la historia de que es un escritor que necesita trabajar en paz.

Holly se ha mudado a la mansión de Chloe para escapar del hombre que le envía cartas amenazadoras. Juntas, las dos mujeres llevan a cabo una misión de rescate, sacan al gravemente enfermo Ethan de la soledad de su cabaña y lo llevan a la calidez de la antigua mansión. Holly prepara la gran inauguración del pub, que abre sus puertas un día antes de Nochebuena. Cuenta con la ayuda del apuesto, pero bastante molesto, Baptiste, que resulta conocer al hombre que la está amenazando.

"Questo libro è come un pranzo di Natale preparato da un vero chef. E lo chef sono io!" Così Agatha Christie presenta la sua raccolta in sei gustosissime portate: dall'antipasto al dessert, cinque indagini dell'inossidabile Poirot, alle prese con rubini scomparsi, omicidi simulati o reali, inquietanti sogni premonitori, un cadavere ritrovato in una cassapanca, una coppia di sposi particolarmente litigiosa, un anziano signore dalle abitudini alimentari troppo prevedibili. E in più, come il cioccolatino dopo il caffè, un racconto con protagonista Miss Marple.

Ein verurteilter Mörder ohne Erinnerung. Eine Lügnerin auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit. Ein Romantik-Thriller über Verrat und Vertrauen, über Hass und Obsession und den Mut, einen Menschen bedingungslos zu lieben. Penelope ist pleite, obdachlos und auf der Flucht. Die einzige Möglichkeit für einen Neuanfang sieht sie in der Wiederbeschaffung eines verschollenen Gemäldes des berühmt-berüchtigten Künstlers Drace. Seine verstörenden Werke erzielen Mondpreise auf dem Kunstmarkt - erst recht, seit er den Beinamen Killer-Künstler trägt.

With River Valley Hospital in the midst of negotiations to avert a nurses' strike, a wealthy benefactor is set to give a large donation in honor of the Chief of Emergency Medicine: Dr. Elliott Chin, the brother of private investigator Lydia Chin.

New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke’s sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds on her neck. Bram Stoker’s new novel, Dracula, has just been published, and Tillie’s imagination leaps to the impossible: the murderer is a vampire. But it can’t be - can it? A ravenous reader and researcher, Tillie has something of an addiction to truth, and she won’t rest until she unravels the mystery of her sister’s death.

When Ned chases Anna and their six-year-old daughter from Alaska to Maine, the two go into hiding in a run-down motel on the coast. As his pursuit of Anna and their child moves from threatening to criminal, Ned begins to alter his wife's world in ways she never could have imagined. This double-edged and satisfying story features a strong female protagonist, a thrilling plot, and a creeping sense of the apocalyptic. Sweet Lamb of Heaven builds to a shattering ending with profound implications for its characters.

Nathan thinks he's being followed and wonders if the ghosts of his mistakes are coming for him. Is it Alexandra, a woman he was making love to when her son drove a stake through his chest? Or maybe Iris, the one he chose for a mate so long ago? Would a ghost pose a threat to Terra, the only human he cares about? Terra's temporary new partner is a gorgeous cop from LA, and she wonders how long she can resist his charm. He seems intent on getting to know her better.

Nathan gets a visit from his friend, Terra, a detective with the Atlanta police, and is worried by her appearance. She tells him she's frustrated that she hasn't caught the Slasher, a serial killer plaguing the city. As they talk, Nathan uncovers other problems in Terra's life: Her new partner's a jerk, her boyfriend is a wonderful man but rotten in bed, and her parents want her to bring her new beau to their New Year's party.

Brooklyn, 1942. War rages overseas as brother and sister Will and Maggie Scripps contribute to the war effort stateside. Ambitious Will secretly scouts for the Manhattan Project while grief-stricken Maggie works at the Navy Yard, writing letters to her dead mother between shifts. But the siblings’ quiet lives change when they discover a beautiful woman hiding under their back stairs.

Manhattan, 1850. Born out of wedlock to a wealthy socialite and a nameless immigrant, Cora Lee can mingle with the rich just as easily as she can slip unnoticed into the slums and graveyards of the city. As the only female resurrectionist in New York, she’s carved out a niche procuring bodies afflicted with the strangest of anomalies. Anatomists will pay exorbitant sums for such specimens—dissecting and displaying them for the eager public. Cora’s specialty is not only profitable, it’s a means to keep a finger on the pulse of those searching for her. She’s the girl born with two hearts....

Just beyond the Gilded Age, in the mist-covered streets of New York, the deadly Spanish influenza ripples through the city. But with so many victims in her close circle, young socialite Allene questions if the flu is really to blame. All appear to have been poisoned - and every death was accompanied by a mysterious note.

In Merkaba, everyone thought he was dead and that's exactly how he needs it to stay. Until one day he stumbles across a mysterious dark haired beauty. Only, there is nothing average or ordinary about this secretive woman, and she knows exactly what and who he is. He tries to get close to her, to figure her out and what she's really doing in the field of the state park. But when trouble finds her, he's the only one who can save her; even though she's the one woman who could ultimately be his undoing.

In January, New York City inaugurates its first female mayor. In April, her son disappears. Called in by the mayor’s chief aide—a former girlfriend of private investigator Bill Smith’s—to find the missing fifteen-year-old, Bill and his partner, Lydia Chin, are told the boy has run away. Neither the press nor the NYPD know that he’s missing, and the mayor wants him back before a headstrong child turns into a political catastrophe. But as Bill and Lydia investigate, they turn up more questions than answers.

Introducing the acclaimed Greg Geldard Norfolk Mysteries—your gateway to an enthralling world! Join Tristan Smith, a goat farmer, cheese maker, and weaver, tending her North Yorkshire smallholding, when the unexpected discovery of a skeleton in a deserted World War II bunker by archaeologists sets off a chain of events that unravel a mystery beyond that first casualty.

Imagine yourself fully conscious, but trapped in a completely paralyzed body, with no way of telling anyone you were there. This is exactly what happens to Nina, the young and talented presenter of a popular TV dating show. Unable to move or speak to her fiancé or anyone else around her, slowly...

The death of a powerful Chinatown crime boss thrusts private eye Lydia Chin and her partner, Bill Smith, into a storm of double-dealing, subterfuge, murder, and New York City real estate scandal. Choi has left the Tong headquarters building to his niece, who hires Lydia and her partner, Bill Smith, to accompany her to inspect it. The building is at the center of a tug-of-war between Chinatown preservation interests - including Lydia’s brother, Tim - and a real estate developer who’s desperate to get his hands on it.