Resultados para "Spin" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister - as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between the sabotaged rocket launch and her predetermined destiny…a search that someone else seems very interested in stopping.

In the Los Angeles suburbs, the Crawfords seem like the average American family. Leo is a rising star in advertising. His wife, Rose, is brilliant, restless, and pregnant with their second child. Their teenage daughter, Melinda, is already leaning toward rebellion. Then Rose vanishes during a family vacation. When she comes back, she’s not the same.

In questo nuovo romanzo il capitano Calli Chase è coinvolta in una lotta contro il tempo per sventare un terribile complotto che tiene in bilico il destino dell'umanità. All'indomani del fallimentare lancio di un razzo della NASA, il capitano Calli Chase si ritrova faccia a faccia con la sua gemella scomparsa da tempo, e con l'inquietante interrogativo di chi sia davvero. Adesso che il programma top secret avviato anni prima ha incontrato un ostacolo inaspettato, solo Calli può reindirizzarne il corso e risolvere la situazione.

The night my sister died, a piece of me died with her. So I made a vow to enroll at Spine Ridge University just like her, find the person responsible… and make them pay. Until I meet three sick boys of the Skull & Serpent Society: Felix, Dylan, Alistair. Rude, heartless, vicious guys who are obsessed with making me regret I ever stepped foot on campus. They make me a deal: My body in exchange for a glimpse at their violence.

Flying out of California’s sunny Rancho Bonita, Cordell Logan is a flight instructor and aspiring Buddhist whose attempt at a quiet(er) life is shattered when his ex-wife Savannah arrives on his doorstep. Her new husband—and Logan’s former comrade-in-arms—Arlo Echevarria, has been murdered and she needs his help.

Mr and Mrs Darcy, the joyous newlyweds from Pride and Prejudice, have not even left for their honeymoon when they find themselves embroiled in a mystery involving one of their wedding guests. The lovely Caroline Bingley is engaged to marry a rich and charismatic American. Unfortunately, this...

Sometimes the demons of stories take on human faces. When Poe Baxter and her friend Beattie travel to Lima, Peru, to hunt down a rare collection of Peruvian folktales, the two women find themselves mixed up in a game of deceit that echoes the legend of the Chullachaqui. Soon, they're having...

Before this hour is up, I'm going to kill you, the patient announces to her doctor. It is the last straw for an entitled, socialite, trophy wife who has become enraged with her psychiatrist after she maintains he took advantage of her. He declares it was a mutual, adult relationship. In a story that takes place during the pairs final fifty-minute therapy session, words fly back and forth as the psychiatrist tries to deescalate the situation while his patient becomes increasingly erratic and emotional.

The Whitby Library has been a busy place lately, between book clubs, children's storytimes, and students working on research projects. Ann has been busy, too, which is why she's so glad to see some new volunteers to help the staff out.

Brent Spiner's explosive and hilarious novel is a personal look at the slightly askew relationship between a celebrity and his fans. If the Coen Brothers were to make a Star Trek movie, involving the complexity of fan obsession and sci-fi, this noir comedy might just be the one. Set in 1991...

Spine-Chilling Murders in Des Moines is a collection of true-crime stories - most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts published more than 100 years ago. Only a few of the events in this book have ever made it into print, except maybe in musky old county histories.

In need of a good adventure, Delaney Nichols takes the leap and moves to Edinburgh, Scotland, to start a job at The Cracked Spine. She doesn't know much about what she's gotten herself into other than that the work sounds exciting and that her new boss, Edwin MacAlister, has given her the opportunity of a lifetime.

Ever wonder what evil lurks in your hometown? Spine-Chilling Murders in the Chicago takes you behind the scenes of some old-time killings in Chicago.

Ever wonder what evil lurks in your hometown? Spine-Chilling Murders in the Northeast takes you behind the scenes of some old-time killings in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and more.

Nel settembre del 1985, a Leonardo Sciascia capitano due cose: la morte di Italo Calvino nell’Ospedale di Siena, e la morte di Aurelio Arriva, giudice, in casa sua. Una pistolettata: suicidio, dicono. Il giudice e lo scrittore siciliano, amici fin dall’infanzia, avevano litigato e non si parlavano da tempo. Qualcuno, in paese, continuava a dire per invidia; qualcun altro insinuava che l’invidia non c’entrava niente, era Sciascia che non avrebbe dovuto mettere l’amico in un libro – anzi, continuava quel qualcuno, Sciascia della Sicilia non avrebbe dovuto proprio parlare.

Theresa Drazen wants to know one thing: Is there something wrong with her? Because from what she can see, she has money, brains, and a body that does the job. Yet she keeps getting shelved - most recently by her fiancé, who happens to be the DA. And she'll get over it, really. No problem. She'll just have a nice, short encounter with a mysterious Italian named Antonio who may or may not be involved with some kind of alleged criminal activity.

Er hat mich verführt, belogen und gekidnappt. Wie komme ich hier je wieder heraus? Als ich die Augen öffne, finde ich mich in einer Welt aus Lügen und Gewalt wieder, deren Spielregeln ich nicht kenne. Ausgerechnet ich, die in ihrem Leben noch nicht einmal einen Strafzettel bekommen hat, soll bei der Falschgeldproduktion helfen. Wäre die Situation nicht so ernst, wäre es zum Lachen! Angst ist mein ständiger Begleiter, mein einziger Trost ist der andere Gefangene mit den gefährlich dunklen Augen.

Als Junge hatte ich Angst vor den Monstern in den Schatten. Heute bin ich eines von ihnen. Seit ich denken kann, war ich der Bluthund meines Vaters. Und genauso lange plane ich bereits seinen Untergang. Wer hätte gedacht, dass ausgerechnet Ellie, der einzige Mensch, den ich je geliebt habe, mir bei meinen Plänen von Nutzen sein könnte? Nur ist Ellie kein Mädchen mehr und ihr alleiniger Anblick bringt meine eiserne Selbstkontrolle ins Wanken. Dabei erinnert sie sich nicht einmal mehr an mich. Doch schon bald wird sie mir gehören und ich werde dafür sorgen, dass sie mich nie wieder vergisst.

Bestselling author Tess Harrow and her teenage daughter Gertrude have decided to stay in Winthrop permanently. Now that they've made some updates to their cabin in the woods, they're turning to the family hardware store that Tess inherited and converting it into the town's first independent bookstore. But when renovations unearth bones from a cold case and send them toppling—literally—onto Tess's head, the work comes to a grinding halt. With the whole town convinced that her grandfather was a serial killer, Tess has to call in a fellow horror author for reinforcements.

Brought to you by Penguin. He's always been there. Now he's looking for you. There have always been deaths in the small town of Eriston over the years - more than can easily be explained. People dying in their houses, behind locked doors. Sean Cole thought he'd spotted a pattern. Thought he was...