Resultados para "Lydia" en Negra y suspense

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.

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.

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...

My name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental. My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I should be at my father's side as a royal princess. But as a half-breed, bastard child, that isn't going to happen. The King is missing and his mind is cracked. It is up to me to find him before the Rim is taken over by the bloodthirsty heir to the throne.

In his three novellas, In Short Measures, Strong Conspirators, and Sally Forth, Michael Ruhlman delves deeply into the nuanced complexity of romantic and sexual love - and the inevitable evolution of the heart over the span of years and decades. Each novella asks questions about the nature of love in terms of loyalty and fidelity - what are one's obligations toward one's spouse, one's family, and one's heart?

Nathan wakes one evening to find a strange note in his mailbox. The handwritten invitation is to an exclusive vampire party, and it promises all of his appetites will be fulfilled. Concerned that someone knows what he is, he attends the party and discovers that the invitation was left in innocence, but that the party's human host claims to be a vampire. Nathan can't allow the attention caused by such a claim to continue.

Ein Haus in einem alten Geisterdorf in Italien, ein Traum, der zum Albtraum wird ... Ein Haus in Italien für einen Euro: Für die deutsche Architektin Tilda ist die verfallene Villa auf Sardinien ein Glücksgriff. Sie will alle Brücken hinter sich abbrechen und stürzt sich in die Renovierung. Doch die vermeintliche Idylle des verwinkelten Ortes trügt. Ist das Geisterdorf wirklich so verlassen, wie es den Anschein hat? Sonntags läuten die Glocken, und Unbekannte behaupten, ein Fluch liege auf Tildas Haus.

Acclaimed artist Julian Ross has just been found standing over her husband’s bloody corpse in their New York City apartment. Julian claims that she slept peacefully beside him while he was violently stabbed in their bed. But police are skeptical, especially since Julian’s first husband was killed and mutilated in exactly the same way. Julian turns to the tough-as-nails crime writer Lydia Strong, who plunges into the case with her signature grit and the help of her partner, P.I. Jeffrey Mark. Meanwhile, Lydia learns that Jed McIntyre, the serial killer who murdered her mother, is on the loose in New York.

In the final installment of her Lydia Strong series, best-selling author Lisa Unger, writing as Lisa Miscione, brings us her most shocking and emotionally wrenching case yet. An NYPD detective visits Lydia and her husband, P.I. Jeffrey Mark, to inform them that Lily, one of Lydia’s former writing students, has been missing for more than two weeks. Before she disappeared, Lily had tried to get in touch with Lydia, seeking her help. Could this have had something to do with the death of Lily’s brother, which Lily refused to accept as a suicide?

Düsseldorf in der Vorweihnachtszeit. Die zehnjährige Antonia Bruckmann wird mit gebrochenem Genick zu Hause aufgefunden...

Business has been slow for Jack Nightingale, but an appointment with a Catholic priest leads to an interesting new case. Eleven-year-old Christine Warren has been showing worrying signs of developing an alternate personality, who goes by the name of Lydia. It's up to Nightingale to find out whether she's been possessed, or if there's something more to Lydia....

The childhood murder of Lydia Strong’s mother has turned her into a woman obsessed with bringing brutal killers to justice. The reclusive, best-selling true-crime writer and investigative consultant has made a life out of chasing monsters. And her powerful intuitions rarely fail her. When three adults - loners, drifters - go missing, no one seems to notice except for Lydia. Enlisting the help of her friend, former FBI agent Jeffrey Mark, Lydia starts an investigation of her own.

Nach einer durchzechten Nacht wird Hauptkommissarin Lydia Louis im Morgengrauen zum Tatort gerufen...