Resultados para "Matilda" en Negra y suspense

Burgos, 1200. La visita de la legendaria Leonor de Aquitania coincide con el hallazgo de un cadáver en el monasterio de Santa María la Real, un bastión de poder inexpugnable. Doña Elvira, la maquiavélica abadesa, intenta averiguar quién se oculta tras el macabro descubrimiento antes de que sus enemigos utilicen esa información en su contra, quedando atrapada en una peligrosa red de conspiraciones. Mientras tanto, una misteriosa doctora siciliana avanza hacia la ciudad, portando la más insospechada y poderosa de las armas: el conocimiento.

Ally D'Aplièse está a punto de competir en una de las más peligrosas regatas de yates del mundo cuando recibe la noticia de que su padre acaba de fallecer. Al reunirse en la mansión familiar en Suiza con sus cinco hermanas descubren que su padre, un misterioso multimillonario conocido cariñosamente como Pa Salt, ha dejado a cada una de ellas una carta con información sobre sus orígenes.

I've spent my life in a cage designed by my father—at his mercy and whim. I'm penniless, powerless, and frequently reminded that I'm nothing more than property to barter amongst his powerful friends. Until the eve of my twentieth birthday, when I learn my future holds more misery than my past. It's the day he's waited for—the day he sells my hand to the highest bidder. I have no choice and no voice. But that's not how my story ends. They say a wolf will chew off its foot to escape a trap, and that's precisely what I do when I flee into the arms of my father's greatest enemy.

Garry Hartshorn and Softie Monaghan were never love's young dream. Not even on their wedding day. Softie was sophisticated, a career woman, who owned a nice apartment overlooking St Kilda Beach. Garry had a few rough edges, plus one failed marriage and an assortment of jobs under his belt. But Softie's body clock was ticking, and Garry wanted children....

Cuando Tiggy D'Aplièse acepta trabajar en una de las zonas más recónditas de Escocia, en concreto en la enorme finca Kinnaird, nada le hace sospechar que el misterioso terrateniente, Charlie Kinnaird, está a punto de alterar su futuro e, irónicamente, revelarle su pasado. En su nuevo hogar Tiggy descubrirá que tiene un don, el sexto sentido, una herencia de sus antepasados gitanos.

Old secrets. Missing teenagers. In this small island town, something horrifying is afoot. A mysterious young girl seems to bring out powerful abilities in Emma's special-needs son. As she combs her small Danish island for clues about both mysteries, she realizes the killer and the strange girl are somehow connected. Before the killer strikes again, Emma must risk it all to uncover the frightening truth about what lies beneath her isolated island home.

Everything I've always wanted is mine for the taking. My uncle makes me an offer I can't refuse—marry Camila Castro, youngest daughter of the most powerful drug lord in Mexico, seal our shaky alliance, and then rule the Five Families. It's the chance to reclaim my birthright and lead my family.

When one of his best guys calls in sick, he's happy to lend a hand. The client is paying top dollar for kid gloves, and they'll need all the help they can get. That's when he meets Wren York, a pampered princess who thinks she can do his job better than him. She's an uptight control freak who needs to supervise every move he makes. She's cute but insufferable. Hot but a colossal pain in the butt. He just wants to do his job and go home. But she's making it impossible. If only he could figure her out. If only he could make her smile. Because the longer he stays, the more he's tempted.

The morning after a wedding reception at a beautiful suburban home in Sheffield, the bride’s entire family are stabbed to death—in a frenzied attack more violent than anything DCI Matilda Darke could have imagined. Forensics point to a burglar on the run across the country. But cracks are starting to appear in Matilda’s team, someone is playing games with the evidence—and the killer might be closer to home than they thought.... 

Un oscuro arqueólogo alemán convence a la joven Luciana Bo para que se sume a una expedición en busca del legendario “Corazón de Adán”, una piedra preciosa de incalculable valor, siguiendo unas pistas que solamente ella podría descifrar. Antes de morir, el padre de Hammet, que trabajaba para el Tercer Reich, legó a su hijo un manuscrito misterioso de un historiador hebreo donde cuenta de la existencia de tres figuras, tres caballos - uno de cobre, otro de plata y otro de oro- en el que en uno de ellos se esconde el “Corazón de Adán”.

Bloomsbury presents The Waiting List by Matilda Wilding, read by Bea Holland. 'Clever and brilliantly observed' Emily Edwards, author of The Herd 'Gripping, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down' Emily Freud Whose life means the most? 'Clutched tight in my hand is a scrawled list of...

Nach Überzeugung des Vatikans kann und darf es sie nicht geben: die sterblichen Überreste Jesu Christi. Doch genau danach sucht die Paläographin Ottavia Salina gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann Farag Boswell und ihrem alten Freund Kaspar Glauser-Röist. Die Spur führt das Trio von der Mongolei über Istanbul bis nach Israel. In den Katakomben des Berges Meron erwarten sie neun mörderische Prüfungen, alle mit Bezug auf die Seligpreisungen der Bergpredigt.

‘Will keep you up at night… I can’t get enough’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow. Michael Wood has done it again… I definitely felt my heart rate increase’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ *** A FAMILY SLAIN When Detective Inspector Foley is called out to a crime scene, nothing could have prepared him for the...

‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths A short story and prequel featuring DCI Matilda Darke, star of Michael Wood’s darkly compelling crime series. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid. It’s Christmas in Sheffield. But not everyone is...

DCI Matilda Darke is back. And it might be her most personal case yet. ‘Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths FIVE PERFECT MURDERS DCI Matilda Darke receives an anonymous email from someone claiming to have committed the perfect murder. Experience tells her this isn’t...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of the best books ever, in one of the best series ever! It is THAT good!’ NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A master of horror and suspense’ NetGalley Reviewer ‘Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths A MISSING DETECTIVE DCI Matilda Darke has been...

He took her voice She took it back Don’t miss the next nerve-shredding instalment in the DCI Matilda Darke Thriller series… A CENSURED DETECTIVE WITH NO LEADS DCI Matilda Darke and her team have been restricted under special measures after a series of calamitous scandals nearly brought down...

Matilda Darke is back… APRIL 2020: LOCKDOWN DI Brady has been tracing victims of systemic abuse at a local children’s home after a high-profile accusation pitched it into the spotlight – a case that couldn’t be more personal. As Matilda and her team piece together the disturbing picture...

Nine months ago, DCI Matilda Darke survived a bullet to the head. The brutal attack claimed dozens of lives, including those she loved most, and the nightmares still plague her every waking thought. Now, she’s ready to get back on the job. But a new terror awaits. A woman is found murdered and her wounds look eerily similar to several cold cases. Desperate to find a lead, DCI Darke and her team must face a terrifying truth: a serial killer is on the loose in Sheffield.

Starling House is home to some of the nation’s deadliest teenagers, still too young for prison. When the latest arrival is found brutally murdered, DCI Matilda Darke and her team investigate, and discover a prison manager falling apart and a sabotaged security system. Neither the staff nor the inmates can be trusted. The only person Matilda believes is innocent is facing prison for the rest of his life. With time running out, she must solve the unsolvable to save a young man from his fate, and find a murderer in a house full of killers....