Resultados para "The Duel" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

La Policía Judicial acude hasta el número 13 de la calle Montesinos. Dos niños, Francisco, de seis años, y Adrián, de cuatro, yacen muertos sobre la cama. Paqui, su madre, les cuenta que un ecuatoriano ha entrado en casa durante la madrugada y ha acabado con la vida de sus dos hijos, pero con las primeras pesquisas se despiertan las sospechas. Las incoherencias de su relato y las pruebas forenses pronto desmienten su coartada.

En 1972, se celebra en Reikiavik el mayor duelo de la historia del ajedrez. El mundo entero espera con impaciencia el enfrentamiento entre el estadounidense Bobby Fischer y el soviético Boris Spassky. Con la capital islandesa convertida en un nuevo escenario de la Guerra Fría, nadie parece reparar en el asesinato de un joven en un cine de barrio. En el cuerpo de policía, tan solo Marion Briem intuye la verdadera importancia que esconde el crimen.

Barcelona, 1994. Manuel Santos, un albañil de vida sencilla, cobró en efectivo diez millones de pesetas gracias a un décimo premiado en el Gordo de la lotería de Navidad, y se esfumó como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra. Veinticuatro años más tarde, después de muchas elucubraciones, desentierran los restos de Manuel del terreno contiguo al bloque de edificios donde vivía con su mujer y sus tres hijos. En su cartera encuentran un papel con un nombre escrito que ha sobrevivido al paso del tiempo y a las circunstancias: Nieves Villegas, una incógnita para la familia de la víctima.

El thriller para los que creían haberlo leído todo. Un hombre aparece ahorcado en un pinar a las afueras de Madrid, con los ojos arrancados de cuajo. En uno de sus bolsillos se halla un papel con el nombre y la dirección de una mujer: Sara Azcárraga, que vive a pocos kilómetros del escenario del crimen. Frágil, solitaria, bebedora de vodka en soledad, Sara rehúye cualquier contacto con las personas y trabaja desde casa. El teniente de la Guardia Civil Julián Tresser se hace cargo del caso, asistido por el joven cabo Coira, que se enfrenta por vez primera a una investigación criminal, una investigación difícil.

Un fait divers sans précédent ébranle la France. Voilà une semaine que deux cars scolaires ont disparu, avec à leur bord soixante-six enfants qui partaient en classe de neige. Aucune trace, aucune piste, rien. Pour les chaînes d'info, cette affaire hors normes est du pain bénit. Pour le commissaire Shepherd, chargé de l'enquête, c'est une énigme qui défie la raison. Jusqu'à cet appel du ravisseur.

In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic, its uncertain future contested by the two major political parties of the day: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached - with Manhattan likely to be the swing district on which the presidency would hinge - their animosity reached a fever pitch.

Pendant l'été 1972, Reykjavík est envahi par les touristes venus assister au championnat du monde d'échecs qui oppose l'Américain Fischer et le Russe Spassky. L'Américain se conduit comme un enfant capricieux et a de multiples exigences, le Russe est sympathique. Il a seulement préféré loger à l'hôtel plutôt qu'à la maison des syndicats, où voulait l'accueillir le Parti Communiste islandais. Pourquoi ?

When archaeologist Chuck Bender makes a stunning discovery of a century-old crime, he believes it may be related to a series of deadly accidents plaguing the Whitney to Death 150, the world's toughest ultra trail-running race. While Chuck's teenage stepdaughter Carmelita races to win the competition, Chuck races to uncover the wicked intent lying behind the tragedies—before Carmelita becomes the next victim.

After seven long years in Devon, Lady Maud Worlington returns to London to reclaim life on her own terms, but a nefarious shadow and the prospect of financial ruin dog her steps. An impulsive and unforgettable kiss under the mistletoe creates a connection with Geoffrey, the handsome, young Duke of Tilbury. Yet, as pleasant as it is to have a suitor, Maud is not sure how a boy of one-and-20 can prove an equal partner in life and the equal of all the forces mounted against her.

In back alleys and hellholes across the world, ravaged souls and scarred warriors whisper of the Iron Tournament. A savage game of death, pitting living fighters against caged spirits, all for the amusement of a mysterious audience.

It's a scandal that 27-year-old Sarah Stanborough is still unwed. Despite her matchmaking mother's fervent wishes, Sarah refuses to encourage the eminently eligible John Phillip North, marquis of Revesne. The arrogant bounder has actually fought duels to keep her potential suitors at bay. Only one man attracts the independent spinster: handsome Edward Middleton, her young cousin's guardian, who detests the frivolous gossip and shallow flirtations of London society as much as she does.

The New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance returns with the thirteenth pulse-pounding thriller in the “engaging and entertaining” (Los Angeles Times) Ali Reynolds series. After taking down the man responsible for his best friend’s death, Stuart Ramey believes the case is finally...

Beware the shadow of many faces, but fear the master of many places.... It’s Monday morning, and I’ve recovered a strange glyph-covered chest from a landfill. By Monday afternoon, someone’s stolen it from my warded loft. Before I can suss out who, why, and most importantly how, I’m neck-deep with the NYPD on a murder case. A bigshot CEO is dead in his penthouse, his kidneys harvested in a way that screams black magic. Only there’s no magic in evidence. Before I can suss out who, why, and most importantly, how, I’m neck-deep with the NYPD on a murder case.

In the midst of the devastating Hundred Years’ War between France and England, Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight, fresh from combat in Scotland finds his wife, Marguerite, accusing squire Jacques Le Gris of brutally raping her. A deadlocked court decrees a “trial by combat” that also leaves Marguerite’s fate in the balance. For if her husband loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser. While enemy troops pillage the land, and rebellion and plague threaten the lives of all, Carrouges and Le Gris meet in full armor on a walled field in Paris.

From J.A. Jance, a writer whose thrillers are “hot and getting hotter” (Booklist), the latest in her New York Times bestselling and heart-pounding Ali Reynolds series. Chuck Brewster, the former business partner of Ali Reynolds’s husband B. Simpson, once carried on an affair with Clarice...

Ali Reynolds and High Noon Enterprises face the dangerous consequences of one man’s desperate search for revenge in this unputdownable thriller from J.A. Jance, the New York Times bestselling author who “has been delivering must-read books for a long time” (The Real Book Spy). After...

New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance’s journalist-turned-sleuth strives to grant a dying woman’s last request: to find the people who nearly killed her in this “perfect addition to her ongoing Ali Reynolds series” (Suspense Magazine). When a subdivision-in-the-making goes up in...

When an old friend is accused of murdering a sociopath who courted women over the internet only to steal all their money, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in this white-knuckled mystery from the New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance, “one of the best mystery writers in North...

On the first day of school, 10-year-old Jeffrey and his six-year-old brother, Tyler, climbed out of the school bus at the foot of their driveway, walking into their home, excited about the first day of school. Instantly, their anticipation for the family back-to-school celebration turned to horror as they found their father murdered, stabbed and shot in a laundry room awash with blood. With a rush of adrenaline and terror, Jeffrey hid his younger brother, huddled behind the couch, and called 911 where his mother had worked for years.

New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance’s journalist-turned-sleuth strives to grant a dying woman’s last request: to find the people who nearly killed her in this “perfect addition to her ongoing Ali Reynolds series” (Suspense Magazine). When a subdivision-in-the-making goes up in...