Resultados para "Safe Haven" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

It was a beautiful evening. The wind gathered speed, lifting the frangipanis from the grove behind him, pink and yellow petals defying gravity. Beyond the trees, hidden by the foliage and rows of towering palm trees, the detention centre slept fitfully in the heavy summer heat. The palms blocked the ocean gust that now swirled around him, filling his lungs with the taste of temple flowers and salt. It reminded him of home. He took a deep breath, stepped off the escarpment and felt the red sand rush up towards him.

Following a whirlwind romance with an old acquaintance she bumped into at a high-school reunion, pregnant Dena Russell has moved back to her small hometown to start a new life with horse breeder Brian Riley. But something isn’t right. As Brian’s behavior grows increasingly disturbing, Dena flees her new home, finding refuge with an old school friend. Then the bloodstained, battered body is found, and Dena is forced to think the unthinkable: Could the father of her unborn child be a coldblooded killer? And, if so, how can she and her baby escape his clutches?

It's Christmas and snow is falling over Red Forest. Isobel is nine years old; she is running with her father and sister, trying to escape the gunfire tearing through the trees. Civil war is erupting and the family is right in the middle of the battlefield. With nowhere else to go, they have to somehow make it out of the forest. But can they all make it out alive? Safe Haven is a short companion piece to the novel The Running Game. Set two decades earlier, this is the story of where the Reacher girls came from.

It’s been nine months since I left everything behind. Walked away from my friends. My business. My home. Even my dog. All so I could get away. The only thing I took was the truth. Proof of the evil I’d escaped. I thought it would keep me safe. Protect me from the whims of the dangerous man I’d married. I was wrong. My only hope is to fight fire with fire, so I call Alaskan Security, begging for help. Pleading for protection. The man they send is someone I already know.

Betrayed by the governments who used his skills, freelance agent Oscar Reilly has only one choice if he wants to live: to take the authorities offer of safe haven. The catch is, he has to accept a wife as part of his cover. Anna is a young woman with a past of her own and secrets she has no intention of sharing with a stranger. Unexpectedly, she finds herself responding to this mysterious, attractive man. But is her trust misplaced?

After a harrowing experience in her childhood town, Detective Trinity Calhoun has at last been cleared to return to her job at the Vancouver PD—but with a caveat. Her boss insists that she eases back into it by being chained to a desk. Trinity understands the request. She knows it's reasonable. But that doesn't mean she likes it. Or will abide by it. And the desk, it seems, is the last place she can be. Because someone is stalking her. Baiting her. Using her long-solved domestic abuse cases to draw her out.

A relaxing sailing trip on his day off becomes anything but for DSI Mick Hays when a body is found at sea. The coastguard pluck the corpse from the ocean with ease, but establishing the dead man's identity won't be straightforward. And when pathology indicates he was murdered, Hays' partner DI Maureen Lyons is put in charge of the investigation. Good forensics and a nose for trouble lead Lyons to a small hamlet in an isolated part of the coast. But the locals, who are running a smooth bootleg liquor operation, are none too forthcoming with information.

In the enthralling narrative of "Braven: A Safe Haven," Nadia emerges as a beacon of strength amidst the looming specter of domestic abuse. Her odyssey, a rich tapestry woven with strands of fortitude and empowerment, ensnares listeners in a gripping embrace, urging them to stand alongside her against the encroaching darkness. Refusing to surrender to silence, Nadia embarks on a bold journey to break free from the shackles of torment.

In moments of sadness, Oliver and Amelia attempted to cope. An unexpected occurrence happened as two strangers met in a rail car during a cargo train ride between Cincinnati, Ohio and Jersey City, New Jersey. After a brief conversation, one of the strangers grasped that the two had more history behind them than in front of them. Is this a coincidence or does this moment set the tone for a dramatic shift in a series of events?

Fleeing from her violent ex, Megan Talbot arrives in the small beachside town of Haven Bay bloody and bruised. All she wants is a refuge, but her would-be rescuer, brooding and tattooed Tione, clearly thinks she’s trouble. Despite his distrust, she can’t seem to stay away from him. His warm eyes and gentleness with his four rescue dogs make her feel things she hasn’t in a long time, but she can’t afford to let her guard down. Not when her ex is on her trail.

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