Resultados para "Nevada" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

William Kenward, vice-chefe da polícia de Surrey, está investigando o desaparecimento da escritora de romances policiais Agatha Christie. Ela sumiu na área de Newlands Corner, onde seu carro foi encontrado. Kenward se depara com um caso complexo que envolve a imaginação vívida da mulher desaparecida, o véu de hipocrisia em torno do marido dela e outros personagens misteriosos. Agatha Christie, uma presença perturbadora ao longo da série, se torna uma obsessão de Kenward.

Accomplished storyteller Nevada Barr captivates fans with her tightly-woven plots, vibrant descriptions, and believable characters. In this thrilling mystery, her resourceful sleuth, middle-aged park ranger Anna Pigeon, travels to northern California where she joins the forces battling an out-of-control forest fire.

With each breathtaking, New York Times best-selling entry in her acclaimed Anna Pigeon mystery series, author Nevada Barr earns more and more fans. Loaded with intrigue and adventure, High Country showcases Barr at the top of her game. Anna is lodged in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel when four employees disappear. Sensing evil, Anna hikes a snowy trail to the high country, only to discover a disturbing reality that may end her adventures once and for all.

Vacant homes in a new housing development are erupting into flames in broad daylight with no apparent cause. It’s a perplexing mystery for dogged arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his restless new partner, Andrew Walker, an ex-US marshal who craves action. But as they puzzle over the blazes, another home miles away burns to the ground, leaving a man’s corpse in the ashes and homicide detectives Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone demanding answers.

Joe Biden is fresh out of the Obama White House and feeling adrift when his favorite railroad conductor dies in a suspicious accident. To unravel the mystery, "Amtrak Joe" re-teams with the only man he's ever fully trusted - Obama. Together they'll plumb the darkest corners of Delaware, traveling from cheap motels to biker bars and beyond, as they uncover the sinister forces advancing America's opioid epidemic. Hope Never Dies is essentially the first published work of Obama/Biden fan fiction - and a cathartic listen for anyone distressed by the current state of affairs.

When a covert deal goes sideways in Athens, Agent James Burke is thrust into a pulse-pounding mission to recover a briefcase packed with explosive secrets. Teamed with the fierce and fearless Lyndsey Archer, Burke must navigate betrayals, ambushes, and a shadowy terrorist organization with global ambitions. From heart-stopping cliffside infiltrations to explosive showdowns in the ancient streets of Athens, Burke battles enemy agents in a game where trust is scarce—and survival is never guaranteed.

The life of 15-Year-Old Dustin Douglas changes horribly when his best friend Jimmy Becker confesses of murdering an old man—and then is accused of killing a classmate. As he tries to help his friend, Dustin's world gets upended when a local girl is murdered. His Father—the well-liked Pastor—is arrested for her death, and Dustin's mother decides to sell the Family home. Dustin's only refuge is the Tree House his Father built—a magical place that brings calm and peace. Mysteriously, Dustin's mother abandons him and the family house burns down leaving him homeless.

When 17-year-old Maddy Pruitt vanishes from her sleepy town, word on the street is that she ran away. The daughter of an abusive alcoholic with a quick temper, she had every reason to leave in search of something better, and everyone who knew Maddy knew the type of company she kept wasn't always ideal. But when a second 17-year-old girl from a local, affluent family turns up missing shortly after Maddy's disappearance, the circumstances become suspicious.

Detective Mark Weller was just another passenger on a turbulent flight—until the woman beside him leaned in and whispered a confession: I killed someone. Her voice was steady. Her eyes were certain. And in that moment, Mark knew nothing about his life—or hers—would ever be the same. What began as a near-death exchange in a storm-tossed cabin unravels into a tense, morally tangled investigation. As Weller chases the ghost of her words through city streets and shadowed memories, he’s forced to confront questions the badge can’t answer. Was she telling the truth… or crafting the perfect lie?

A young man murdered, a young girl kidnapped, an ordinary family with extraordinary powers, until now have been kept hidden, dare they use those powers to save the girl, and if they do what are the consequences, astral projection, smelling death and hearing voices are just a few in an extraordinary chase against time, running to a wonderful nail-biting climax.

A global battle for the world’s most precious material. Deadly events swirl under the watchful eyes of spies and a ruthless billionaire. With thousands of lives at stake, a reluctant Case Lee enters the scene. Never bet against the little guy. It was a low-key investigation. Until signals flared that danger lay ahead with people’s lives a throw-away commodity.

For ex-SAS and current MI5 Officer Dave Lomu, Fiji was his childhood home. Leaving under a cloud and not looking back for 20 years means there is little left for him in paradise. But when his family call for help, he returns to a world of ruthless developers, police and government corruption, and the murder of a boy and the disappearance of the half-sister he never knew he had. Lomu has a particular set of skills and is determined to get answers.

Lainey Frost finds herself embroiled in a dark mystery, one where choosing who to believe is paramount and putting her faith in the wrong person could turn out to be a fatal mistake. Can Lainey trust her haunted heart, or will that trust be buried deep in the cold, iron-hard ground to be hidden forever by the never-ending silent fall of white? After all, some secrets are never to be told.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! Never Go Back is a novel of action-charged suspense starring “one of the best thriller characters at work today” (Newsweek). Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! Never Go Back is a novel of action-charged suspense starring “one of the best thriller characters at work today” (Newsweek). Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to...

A year ago, Solomon Drift was the main enforcer for a multi-national crime organisation calling itself "The Group". He had it all, everything a man could want—status, wealth, and power. But then he met Connie Turner, "Connie bloody Turner" who turned his world inside out and upside down.

Strange signals pulse from an icy planet in a remote star system. Enter Lilline Renault, GAM-OPs secret agent extraordinaire. To ordinary citizens she's Keely Larkin, an adventure company guide with a flair for the daring and a penchant for writing trite poetry.

Anna has been assigned a three-week posting on Georgia's isolated Cumberland Island. Despite the breathtaking natural setting, Anna finds time weighing heavily as she works tedious fire pre-suppression duty. Her boring routine is shattered when a sudden plane crash in the inland palmetto thickets calls her and the other members of the fire crew to action. When Anna and the crew investigate, they discover the plane was sabotaged. Suspicions smolder over the accident which killed both the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's lone law enforcement ranger.

It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own - or died in the park.

John Milton is used to operating in the shadows, weaving his way through dangerous places behind a fake identity. Now, to avenge the death of a close friend, he must wear his mask of deception once more. Beau Baxter was brutally murdered by a drugs cartel but that doesn’t stop Milton from blaming himself for his friend’s death. With the help of a trusted team of undercover experts and Beau’s son, Milton is determined to track down the killers. And he isn't just after the man who gave the order. He’s heading right for the top.