Resultados para "Max" en Suspense

La gran novela sobre la Transición. Justo Gil es un emigrante recién instalado en Barcelona, un joven avispado y ambicioso que, llevado por los vaivenes del destino, acaba convirtiéndose en confidente de la Brigada Social, la policía política del régimen. Una docena de memorables...

The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched firsthand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living - or at least the undead - hell of that dreadful time.

Lorsqu’un corps est retrouvé couvert de peinture blanche sur une plage de Finlande, une pièce d’échecs dans la gorge, Milo, profileur, est appelé en renfort par la police. Un soir de novembre, un corps est découvert sur le rivage d’une île finlandaise, la peau couverte d’une...

A family moves into their dream home—only to discover that it hides an insatiable hunger—in this dread-laced and darkly outrageous domestic horror novel. “Doty’s devilishly voracious novel ended up devouring me.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes and Devil...

College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.

Le fameux détective privé John Blacksad est bien connu pour mettre son museau où il ne faut pas. Des rues sombres de New York à la lumineuse Nouvelle-Orléans, Blacksad devra résoudre meurtres et disparitions, tout en déjouant complots, manipulations et secrets politiques ou familiaux. Du pur roman noir, à travers toute l'Amérique des années 1950, et une plongée audio immersive au coeur de la saga bande dessinée chef-d'œuvre de Juanjo Guarnido et Juan Días Canales.

Vienna, 1904. The body of a man—still sitting in a chair—is discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. He has been shot dead but his face has been horribly disfigured with acid, making identification impossible. In front of the body are three chairs positioned...

Dos desapariciones sin explicación, una biblioteca enorme y una escritora en busca de respuestas. Después de la desaparición de su esposo, Julia Tompson recibe una petición de Max Ventura. Su propuesta: ordenar la extensa biblioteca del hombre. Poco después de enviar el mensaje, él también se desvanece. Julia intentará descifrar el secreto tras las desapariciones. Contará con la ayuda de Arturo C. Dola, amigo suyo y escritor de novelas negras, y de Eduardo, el joven ayudante de Ventura.

Memphis, 1975. "Raunchy" doesn't begin to describe Max Climer's magazine, Climax, or his all-hours strip club, or his planned video empire. And evangelists, feminists, and local watchdog groups all want him out of business. But someone wants more than that, and has hired a killer to end Max's career permanently. Only another hit man - the ruthless professional known as Quarry - can keep Climer from becoming a casualty in the Sexual Revolution.

Max Ringo was once a courtroom star at an elite law firm. Then a car accident left her addicted to painkillers, and her life dissolved into shambles. Now fresh out of rehab and making a comeback as a mediator, she gets her shot at redemption when she is appointed to handle a high-stakes divorce. But as Max begins negotiations between the two notorious power players, the trap is already sprung. The husband kidnaps her teenage son, Nathan, and gives her a chilling ultimatum: settle the case on his terms…or the boy dies.

Sulle rive ventose di Seurasaari, un'isola al largo di Helsinki, viene ritrovato un cadavere: la pelle ricoperta di vernice bianca, un pezzo degli scacchi incastrato in gola. I crimini seguono una logica precisa e gli indizi rimandano a simboli e strategie che sfuggono ai protocolli investigativi. L'omicida non si limita a colpire: provoca, anticipa e orienta l'indagine come su una scacchiera. Per fermare il killer, Milo è costretto a collaborare con Stanislav, campione europeo di scacchi e suo patrigno, l'unico in grado di interpretare il linguaggio strategico dell'assassino.

Vicar Max Tudor, reveling in his new-found personal happiness with Awena Owen, feels that life at the moment holds no greater challenge than writing his Easter sermon. With Awena away, he looks forward to a dinner that includes newcomers to the village like West End dramatist Thaddeus Bottle and his downtrodden wife Melinda. But when one of the dinner guests is found dead in the pre-dawn hours, Max knows a poisonous atmosphere has once again enveloped his perfect village of Nether Monkslip.

Zane Holden, the founder of Stonewall Investigations, has been haunted by the same case for years. He's had loved ones taken by the serial killer known as the Unicorn, and his drive to find the monster is higher than ever. Finally, he feels like he's getting close. Something else that's getting closer? His wedding day to the man of his dreams. Lorenzo De Luca found the love of his life in Zane. He's the happiest he's ever been. His career as a high-powered defense attorney is at a peak, and his daydreams are filled with wedding bells and honeymooning.

Former pilot Jax Rainer once lived for speed—adrenaline, instinct, and split-second decisions. After a mission ended in scandal, he walked away from both the sky and himself. But when he’s drawn into Velocity, an elite strike team built on precision, everything shifts.

Gus Voigt has been many things. A weapons smuggler, a barroom brawler, and the enforcer for a biker gang. After some bad choices, he finds himself hiding out in South America, scraping by as the captain of a river boat on the Amazon. There, he struggles to make ends meet while trying to take care of his wayward nephew, Jesse. Gus’ fortunes suddenly change when a mysterious Hollywood producer approaches him with a film crew and a map to Paititi, an ancient lost city of gold.

Es ist eine Lüge, dass die Zeit alle Wunden heilt. Es ist nicht wahr, dass die Liebe Brücken baut. Es ist nicht wahr, dass man alles hinter sich lassen kann. Gabriel Tretjak scheint alles verloren zu haben - seine Frau, seine Lebensziele, seine Profession, Dinge zu regeln. Doch dann muss er handeln. Jemand ist auf der Suche nach ihm und schreckt vor Morden nicht zurück. Aber warum das Ganze? Wer ist da auf einem Rachefeldzug - und was hat das alles mit Tretjaks kleinem, sehr besonderen Sohn zu tun?

In remote Montana. Did Lucy Smith's husband deserve to die? She thought so; she killed him. Now she's on the run from his family - The Snakes. They are meanest band you will ever see - purveying "Snake Rock", gratuitous violence and drugs. Lucy makes it to San Francisco, but can her new friends, her new songs, or Skulk Rock save her? Can Jimmy "English" Smith (no relation) help her? Do they have Guardian Angels? Hell's Angels maybe? Pray for Lucy. Pray for James. Pray for San Francisco. Just pray; The Snakes are coming!

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln set off a hysterical burst of international conspiracy theories, with all eyes turning first to Canada - once a hotbed of Confederate plots - and then, as evidence mounted, to the Catholic Church and Rome. Now from best-selling author Max Byrd, comes a long forgotten true story: a confidential mission to track down and capture any Europeans (and fugitive Confederates) who may have aided John Wilkes Booth. 

When the story ends, the hunt begins… Jessica Niemi is drawn into a high-profile investigation after the wife of a famous author, Roger Koponen, is killed in a bizarre ritual. As more twisted murders occur in the coming days, it becomes obvious that Jessica is hunting a serial killer - one...

Michal Zawadzki i jego zona otrzymuja dramatyczny list od siostry Joanny, która od kilku lat jest zakonnica w Watykanie i zajmuje sie hotelem dla polskich pielgrzymów. Na miejscu wyznaje ona siostrze i szwagrowi, ze zakochala sie w ojcu Hugonie. Ponadto ktos poznal jej sekret i od tej pory otrzymuje ona niewybredne anonimy. Kiedy zakonnik zostaje zamordowany w tajemniczych okolicznosciach, Zawadzcy próbuja rozwiazac zagadke jego smierci i jednoczesnie chronic bedaca w niebezpieczenstwie zakonnice.