Resultados para "New York" en Suspense

Ten years after her daughter, Melanie, was murdered, Bree Winter is finally moving on with a new love, a new home, and a new beginning. Then a deathbed confession from the convicted killer throws Bree’s life into a tailspin all over again. He readily confesses to murdering four girls. But not Melanie. At first, Bree and her ex-husband don’t buy a word of it. Until inconsistencies about the crime emerge.

Un clásico contemporáneo y una de las obras que consolidaron a Paul Auster como best seller internacional. Tres caras de una misma historia con la que el escritor norteamericano reinventó el género policíaco. En La ciudad de cristal, Daniel Quinn, escritor de literatura policíaca, recibe...

In the sun-baked Nevada desert lies Prosperity, a gold rush town with more buried secrets than residents. Ex-SRR operative Liam Harper isn’t looking for trouble when he rolls into the town; all he wants are answers to his late father’s cryptic past. But Prosperity’s buried secrets don’t stay hidden long—and Harper’s quiet search soon pulls him into a deadly game.

Banks: Buried in the shadows of the city, there's a hotel called The Pope. Ailing, empty, and dark, it sits abandoned and surrounded by a forgotten mystery. But you think it's true, don't you, Kai Mori? The story about the hidden 12th floor. The mystery of the dark guest who never checked in and never checks out. You think I can help you find that secret hideaway and get to him, don't you? I will never betray him. Kai: You have no idea what I seek, Little One. You don't know what I had to become to survive three years in prison for a crime I would gladly commit again.

Snow dusts the cobbled streets of York as tourists flock to its famous Christmas markets. But for DCI Oldroyd, what starts as a peaceful evening on a ghost tour quickly turns deadly. The tour guide’s grim discovery is no theatrical performance—he finds the body of Henry Marlow, a notorious local landlord, in the doorway of a derelict building. Oldroyd soon has no shortage of suspects: a resentful ex-wife, angry tenants, and even the guide who knows every secret passage of the old city.

In una città stravolta e allucinata, in cui ogni cosa si confonde e chiunque è sostituibile, i protagonisti di queste storie conducono ciascuno un'inchiesta misteriosa e dall'esito imprevedibile. Tutto può cominciare con una telefonata nel cuore della notte, come nel caso di Daniel Quinn (Città di vetro), autore di romanzi polizieschi che accetta la sfida che gli si presenta e si cala nei panni di uno sconosciuto detective.

In August 1940 - 18 months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor - Anglo American MI6 agent Roy Hawkins is mysteriously rushed from Nazi-occupied Paris to New York. Enraged at being ordered away from what he believes is the real fight against Nazism and Fascism, he wants to get back to Paris as soon as possible, even though he knows it means almost certain death.

From #1 internationally bestselling author John Katzenbach comes this pulse-pounding thriller that proves there’s nothing more dangerous than digging up secrets from your own family’s past. “Remember what your name means. I’m so sorry.” Just two weeks before her final architecture...

As a raging blizzard wreaks havoc at Lincoln International Airport outside Chicago, airport and airline personnel try to cope with this unstoppable force of nature that is endangering thousands of lives. And in the air, a lone plane struggles to reach its destination. Over the course of seven pulse-pounding hours, a tense human drama plays out as a brilliant airport manager, an arrogant pilot, a tough maintenance man, and a beautiful stewardess strive to avert disaster. 

From bestselling and award-winning author Hilary Davidson, Every Lie I Told is a propulsive, twisty thriller about the devastating consequences of the lies we tell to protect others—and ourselves. How far would you go to protect a killer? Jackie Swift does whatever it takes to succeed. At work...

Outside the cabana, an assassin waits for James Hawker, the country's most dangerous vigilante. Hawker's nationwide crusade against organized crime has led him to the Fister Corporation - one of the most corrupt businesses on the planet - and for that, he has been targeted for death. The assassin draws a .38 and screws on a silencer, planning a quick and quiet kill. But it won't be so easy. He bursts into Hawker's room, gun drawn, but Hawker is waiting. The gunman is dead within seconds, and Hawker is safe - for now.

After the first season of her true crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall is now a household name - and the last hope for thousands of people seeking justice. But she's used to being recognised for her voice, not her face. Which makes it all the...

Liam Harper came to fix his bike. Now he has to stop a war. When ex-SRR operative Liam Harper's motorcycle breaks down in Mercy Crossing—a crossroads town where two state highways meet—he expects a quick repair and an easy ride out. Instead, he's arrested by a sheriff who mistakes him for an enforcer in an escalating biker war. Two rival motorcycle clubs—the Riders and the Scorpions—are tearing the town apart, and Harper's military background and his Triumph bike make him the perfect suspect. By the time he's released, both clubs mark him as the enemy's gun.

“Jeff Abbott is one of the finest thriller writers working today.” —Harlan Coben The latest standalone thriller from New York Times bestseller Jeff Abbott A disgraced intel officer anxious to redeem herself after a disastrous mission, January Holte vows to uncover the identity of a traitor...

Struggling artist Hannah Brennan finds her muse in a gorgeous unfinished painting of a reclining woman at an amateur artist’s estate sale. It’s exactly the mix of classic and avant-garde that she’s aiming for. But inspiration crosses the line when, with just a few polishing touches, she passes off the dead man’s art as her own. Suddenly, Hannah is the one to watch in the New York art scene. And someone is watching. Someone who knows the truth about Hannah’s mysterious muse.

New York, anni Settanta. Paul Benjamin è un professionista di successo, dalla vita quasi perfetta e dal temperamento mite e pacifico. Quando la sua abitazione viene assalita da una banda di teppisti, lui sta consumando un tranquillo pranzo di lavoro e mai potrebbe immaginare che una telefonata stia per stravolgere la sua esistenza: per un bottino di pochi dollari, dei criminali hanno brutalmente aggredito la sua unica figlia Carol e ucciso la moglie Esther.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! “Pure, escapist gold . . . Mr. Child’s tough talk and thoughtful plotting make an ingenious combination.”—The New York Times Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But...

In the privileged world of Manhattan’s elite Dearborn Academy, three mothers—Abby, Kara, and Hollis—form an unlikely bond. Until a student is murdered on a class trip their teenagers attended, and every parent has something to hide. Artistic single mom Abby and career-challenged Kara have always felt like outsiders among Dearborn’s rich, powerful families.

Dans ce nouvel épisode, prolongement du Cabinet du Dr Leng, Preston & Child renouent avec l'univers et les personnages qui ont fait le succès de leur best-seller La Chambre des curiosités. 22e opus de la série mettant en scène l'inspecteur Pendergast, " l'agent du FBI le plus séduisant, le...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Beartown by Fredik Backman, read by John Sackville. Beartown is a small town in a large Swedish forest. For most of the year it is under a thick blanket of snow, experiencing the kind of cold and dark that brings people closer together - or pulls them...