Resultados para "Salt" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

2 April 1911 is census night, when suffragettes hide overnight in parliament to force census takers to record it as their address – the only way women can have a place in government. When a suffragette hiding in Big Ben is poisoned, suspicion falls on the residents of two grand houses in Mayfair. The Kesbys are avant-garde artists, the Ashcourts are aristocrats fallen on hard times. Once again, Fairbanks and Flynn put aside their differences to investigate an astonishing case of deception and murder.

Silas Salt spent three years in a Tibetan monastery trying to escape his legacy. Then his father died.

Roland Benito trabaja para la Unidad independiente de denuncias contra la policía y ha sido enviado, junto con su colega, a interrogar a dos agentes de policía que respondieron a una emergencia. Un guardia de la prisión saltó por la ventana de un cuarto piso, justo en el momento en que los oficiales acuden en respuesta a una queja sobre el volumen de la música en su departamento. Aparentemente, no hay nada sospechoso en el caso.

Un chico es encontrado momentos antes de su muerte y acogido por una cariñosa familia. Dulce, precoz y lleno de talento, el niño florece en su nuevo hogar y la familia le muestra una vida que no había creído posible. Perose niega a decir una palabra sobre quién es realmente. Y a medida que crece y se convierte en un hombre, enamorándose y tomando clases en el prestigioso Conservatoire de Paris, casi está cerca de olvidar el terror de su pasado o la promesa que ha jurado mantener. Pero por toda Europa el mal se está despertando y nadie puede sentirse del todo seguro.

American journalist Milly Bennett has covered murders in San Francisco, fires in Hawaii, and a civil war in China, but 1930s Moscow presents her greatest challenge yet. When her young Russian husband is suddenly arrested by the secret police, Milly tries to get him released. But his arrest reveals both painful secrets about her marriage and hard truths about the Soviet state she has been working to serve. Disillusioned and pulled toward the front lines of a captivating new conflict, Milly must find a way to do the right thing for her husband, her conscience, and her heart.

Michael Brady was a high-flying detective, working on a high-profile case. And much too close to the truth. Someone arranged a hit-and-run. But they missed Brady. And hit his wife. And after six months sitting by her bed, he took the only decision he could take. He turned the machine off. Now he's back home in Whitby. Trying to rebuild his life. And be a good dad to his teenage daughter. But when his best friend is murdered Brady–unwillingly at first–is drawn into the investigation.

Roland Benito, che lavora per l'Istituto indipendente per la vigilanza sulle forze di polizia, viene mandato insieme al suo collega a interrogare due agenti di polizia che hanno risposto a una chiamata di emergenza. Una guardia carceraria è saltata dalla finestra del suo appartamento al quarto piano, proprio mentre i due agenti arrivavano per rispondere a una denuncia per rumori molesti provenienti da casa sua. All'apparenza, non sembra esserci nulla di sospetto nella situazione.

July 1923 - Iris Woodmore travels to Devon with her friends Percy Baverstock and Millicent Nightingale for her father’s wedding to Katherine Keats. But when Millicent uncovers skeletal remains hidden on the private beach of Katherine’s former home, Iris begins to suspect her future stepmother is not what she seems. The police reveal the dead man is a smuggler who went missing in 1918, and when a new murder occurs, they realise a killer is in their midst. The link between both murders is Katherine. Could Iris’s own father be in danger?

It’s 1922, and after spending a year travelling through Europe, Iris Woodmore returns home to find a changed Walden. Wealthy businesswoman Constance Timpson has introduced equal pay in her factories and allows women to retain their jobs after they marry. But these radical new working practices have made her deadly enemies. A mysterious sniper fires a single shot at Constance – is it a warning, or did they shoot to kill? When one of her female employees is murdered, it’s clear the threat is all too real – and it’s not just Constance in danger.

After a bloody and expensive war, the British Army can’t afford to keep the lake and build a convalescent home on its shores yet they still battle with Walden Council and a railway company for ownership. But an old mansion used as an officer training academy stands where the railway company plans to build a lakeside hotel. It belongs to General Cheverton – and he won’t leave his home.

Coral Fairbanks is a contradiction. She’s a suffragette and bit-part actress who incurs the disapproval of fellow suffragettes by posing nude as an artist’s model. Guy Flynn is an artist. He’s also a detective inspector at Scotland Yard, who doesn’t always see eye to eye with fellow officers in the Metropolitan Police. When Home Secretary Winston Churchill orders the police to terrorise the suffragettes during an afternoon of violence that becomes known as Black Friday, the battlelines are drawn – and Coral Fairbanks and Guy Flynn are on different sides.

Reporter Iris Woodmore plans to move to London to avoid a shocking hometown scandal. Longtime enemy Archie Powell has been threatening to reveal her darkest secret – and she’s desperate to flee before he does. But when he’s found murdered after a violent argument with her, there’s no escape. Iris must stay and clear her name even though the truth could ruin her reputation. With the police closing in, Iris has to find the real killer if she’s to keep her secret. Can she prove her innocence without revealing the identity of the one man who can provide her with an alibi?

Forensic psychologist Breeze Copens has a gift. She not only hears the truth, she also sees it. So she knows when Daryl Collins-a born-again but remorseless con jailed in Seattle for armed robbery-is lying. What she doesn't know is the identity of the little girl in a blue dress with yellow daisies who appears suddenly in her line of vision during her interview with Daryl. And Daryl isn't telling.

As Montrealer Catherine Day sets foot in a remote fishing village and starts asking around about her birth mother, the body of a woman dredges up in a fisherman's nets. Not just any woman, though: Marie Garant, an elusive, nomadic sailor and unbridled beauty who once tied many a man's heart in knots. Detective Sergeant Joaquin Morales, newly drafted to the area from the suburbs of Montreal, barely has time to unpack his suitcase before he's thrown into the deep end of the investigation.

Liu Zhenyun nos propone en 'El pequeño gran salto de Liu' un juego: atrapar al ladrón. Se trata de una frenética narración tragicómica en la que los robos y la violencia se suceden movidos por la avaricia. Liu Yuejin es un cocinero. Un día, tras perder...

Nick O'Flannigan, a freelance photographer on a year-long assignment, is headed for Salt Lake City where there has been a recent series of murders. The Salt Lake Silencer is at large. But Nick has a new determination to stay out of mysteries. His involvement in a case in Denver nearly cost him his job and his new relationship. Both he and the police think they know who the murderer is. When another victim turns up they realize they could be wrong. Dead wrong. Will Nick stay on track with his assignment?

After taking a gig with her grandfather - the Don of the Italian mafia - Lacey Luzzi has been in for a wild ride. Stolen property, rogue weddings and uncomfortable Family dinners - she's seen it all. However this time, when Carlos interrupts Lacey's sugar-induced nap with a phone call, he gives her an assignment that sends her skidding into a place she least expects: the local spa.

England, 1763. The Earl of Salt Hendon and squire's daughter Jane Despard share a secret past of mistrust, heartache, and misery. Forced into a marriage neither wants, the patient and ever optimistic Jane believes love conquers all; the Earl will take some convincing. Enter Diana St. John, who will go to extreme lengths, even murder, to hold the Earl's attention. Can the newlyweds overcome past prejudices and sinister opposition to fall in love all over again?

Der gnadenlose Killer ist zurück und dieses Mal werden Jäger zu Gejagten. Der packende zweite Teil der atemlosen Psychothriller Reihe für alle die Nervenkitzel lieben. Jack Salter, besser bekannt als der Closer, jagt skrupellose Mörder. Doch dieses Mal steht er einem Gegner gegenüber, der ihn an seine Grenzen treibt. Ein Mann, der sich selbst Remote nennt, verfolgt dasselbe Ziel wie Jack: diejenigen auszulöschen, die Böses tun. Doch seine Methoden sind kaltblütiger, radikaler – und für Jack untragbar.

Er ist gnadenlos, effizient – und tödlich. Der nervenaufreibende Auftakt der fesselnden Psychothriller-Reihe ist nichts für schwache Nerven! Er nennt sich der Closer. Seine Opfer sind die Schuldigen und er hält sich für ihr letztes Urteil. Er entführt und foltert sie, bis sie ihre grausamen Verbrechen gestehen – und tötet sie dann. Dabei haben sie alle eines gemeinsam: Sie sind Serienmörder. Doch sein nächstes Ziel ist anders. Der Patron ist nicht nur der berüchtigtste Killer von allen, sondern auch der Mann, der einst die Familie des Closers brutal ermordete.