Resultados para "Stine" en Negra y suspense

Ödesmark, en el norte de Suecia, es un pequeño pueblo de catorce casas desperdigadas, de las cuales solo cinco siguen habitadas. Una de ellas es el hogar de Liv Björnlund, que comparte con su hijo y con su tiránico y anciano padre, Vidar. Aunque viven de forma austera, uno de los rumores que corre sobre ellos es que el cabeza de familia amasó una gran fortuna especulando con terrenos y bosques de sus vecinos.

When London journalist Eleanor-Rigby Donovan receives an anonymous letter alluding to a crime committed by her deceased mother, her life is turned upside down. It points her to a bar on the Baltimore Harbor, where she finds a stranger who has received the same mysterious letter about his own mother. Together, Eleanor-Rigby and this young man, George-Harrison Collins, embark on a quest through the shadowy past of the Stanfields, a moneyed Maryland family full of unimaginable secrets.

After being wrongfully imprisoned for the death of her abusive husband, all Jessica Smithson wants is to start a new life where no one knows her true identity. Maple Ridge is the perfect place to hide from the media circus battling to know who really rid her of the man. A question she can't answer. The last thing she expects to find in the small idyllic mountain town is the good-looking and very persistent Troy Carson. From the moment he sees her, the ex-Marine is determined to help Jess with her anxiety attacks and to get to know her better.

I de dybe norrlandske skove er sommernætterne evigt lyse, og med midnatssolen hængende højt på himlen kører Lelle søvnløs rundt hver nat og leder efter sin forsvundne teenagedatter. Det har han gjort i tre år. Hun forsvandt en dag, hvor hun stod og ventede på bussen. Ingen så noget, og politiet har ikke nogen spor. Derfor har Lelle taget sagen i egen hånd og tjekker minutiøst hver eneste lille side- og skovvej langs landevej 95, også kaldet Silvervägen. En dag ankommer Meja og hendes mor til den lille by. De skal bo hos en ældre mand, Mejas mor har mødt på nettet.

It was supposed to be a fresh start for eighteen-year-old Devon Grace and her father, but fate had other, darker plans. The Appalachian town of Millicent, Ohio, is poor and forgotten by the world - the perfect setting for a disgraced cop and his artistic "misfit" daughter to regroup after a tragic mistake upends their lives. Trouble is, the young men of Millicent are disappearing, including Devon's sole confidant and first love.

The thrill-a-minute stories the writers of the original movie, The Mummy, with Boris Karloff, and its many sequels and remakes, used for research. Fans of those films will find the origins of: the scene in which the sacred formula for eternal life is secreted in the base of a statue of Isis; as well as the scenes in which mummies are brought back to life by burning a rare Egyptian herb; where a modern woman, who is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian princess, begins to turn into a mummy herself; where mummies can only be truly destroyed by fire; and many others

Ein Beziehungsstreit. Eine schlimme Nachricht am Telefon. Und dann der Blackout. Der mitreißende Thriller für spannende Hörstunden! Ein Gespräch mit ihrem Mann David bricht Michaela das Herz: Er liebt sie nicht mehr und möchte sich von ihr trennen. Doch kurz darauf streitet David ab, diese Unterhaltung je geführt zu haben. Mehr noch, er mache sich große Sorgen um ihre geistige Gesundheit.

Als Silvie nach einem Sturz zu sich kommt, ist die einst so lebenslustige Frau gefangen in ihrem eigenen Körper. Zwar lebt sie mit ihrem Mann und ihren Söhnen in ihrem früheren Zuhause, doch die Frau, die sie jetzt so liebevoll pflegt, ist ausgerechnet Sabrina – die Jugendliebe von Silvies Mann und ihre Rivalin. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Und wo ist Silvies Schwester Anna, die seit Jahren kurz vor einem Zusammenbruch stand? Ist sie etwa im Gefängnis? Oder in der Psychiatrie? Erst allmählich erlangt Silvie ihre alten Fähigkeiten zurück und hegt bald einen schrecklichen Verdacht.

Ein Umzug. Eine neue Chance. Und dann der Albtraum. Der packende Thriller von Keller & Jensen. Nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann wagt Anja mit Tochter Mina einen Neuanfang. Sie zieht um, organisiert sich eine Tagesmutter und lernt Karsten kennen, der sie endlich wieder zum Lachen bringt. Doch immer deutlicher klopft die Vergangenheit an ihre Tür: Vor elf Jahren ist aus diesem Haus ein Kind spurlos verschwunden. Tagesmutter Nerina und ihr Sohn können sich gut an den Vorfall erinnern. Aber warum wird Nerina von Tag zu Tag nervöser? Selbst Karsten scheint ein Geheimnis zu verbergen.

This unique collection for connoisseurs of detection done female style brings back six of the greatest fictional women sleuths of the era of gaslights and horseless carriages. Long out of print and unobtainable, these celebrated women 'tecs were once nearly as famous as the fictional sleuth of Baker Street himself. Their fame waned in the long decades of the 1930s through the '80s, when female sleuths took a backseat to Sam Spade, Nero Wolfe, and the like. But, they are back to baffle and thrill contemporary readers in The Legendary Women Detectives edited by Jean Marie Stine.

When British twenty-somethings Ruth and Adam are offered the chance to spend the summer housesitting in New York, they can’t say no. Young, in love and on the cusp of professional success, they feel as if luck is finally on their side. So the moment that Eden turns up on the doorstep, drenched from a summer storm, it seems only right to share a bit of that good fortune. Beautiful and charismatic, Eden claims to be a friend of the homeowners, who told her she could stay whenever she was in New York. They know you’re not supposed to talk to strangers....

On Blackwell Island, New York, a hospital was built to keep its patients from ever leaving. With her late father's fortune under her uncle's care until her 25th birthday in the year 1887, Edyth Foster does not feel pressured to marry or to bow to society's demands. She freely indulges in eccentric hobbies like fencing and riding her velocipede in her cycling costume about the city for all to see. Finding a loophole in the will, though, her uncle whisks Edyth off to the women's lunatic asylum just weeks before her birthday. Do any of Edyth's friends care that she disappeared?

When good-natured but accident-prone Ruth Caldwell moves from the East to California, she finds adventure, love, and God's protection from peril.

Cathy Marie Hake is author of over 30 Christian romances and has won many honors, including the Inspirational Readers Choice award.

This second volume of a must-listen collection contains 15 bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors.

When a boy leaps to his death from a bridge in the northern town of Umeå, Sweden, police discover drugs scattered in the snow near his body. The town has seen a dramatic increase in narcotic use among its youth, but nobody knows where the pills are coming from.

Maria R. Brænder er ikke glad for tanken om at blive landbetjent. Og hun drømmer da slet ikke om at blive det i hjemme i Vi, blandt de mosefolk, som hun på godt og ondt er vokset op sammen med. Og ondskaben viser sit ansigt, da en ældre kvinde bliver voldtaget og myrdet.

As Norway’s newly appointed minister of justice, child-rights advocate Clara Lofthus has a chance to accomplish something meaningful on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society. It couldn’t be more personal. After her husband’s death, she is the sole caretaker of her twin sons, Andreas and Nikolai. She’s also still haunted by her own traumatic childhood—and the lengths to which she was willing to go to pursue her own brand of vigilante justice. How far? No one ever needs to know. And this is just one of Clara’s secrets.

Desperate to find a job, Rachel Hurst accepts the position of housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman in her isolated mansion. When odd near accidents threaten the elderly woman’s well-being, her relatives are quick to point fingers, but Rachel suspects someone is intent on harming her employer. When no one believes her, the only person she can turn to for help is Jacob. With danger deepening, Rachel faces a situation that could cost her life...and will certainly break her heart once again.

In the spring of 1958, Jenny Winter embarks on a two-month adventure to one of the most enchanting places on earth, a quaint village in England's magical Lake District. With a new camera and an eye for capturing the beauty others miss, she can't wait to explore the heathery fells and mystical waters. Adrian Kemp, a handsome and enigmatic local, makes the sightseeing even more beguiling - and he's about to invite Jenny into one of the area's most enduring legends.

Alison, Julie, Sarah, Heather. Four friends living the suburban ideal. Their jobs are steady, their kids are healthy. They're as beautiful as their houses. But each of them has a dirty little secret, and hidden behind the veneer of their perfect lives is a crime and a mystery that will consume them all.