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

Verano de 1969. La guerra causa conmoción entre los jóvenes estadounidenses. Terry Ives, la estudiante de un tranquilo campus universitario en el corazón de Indiana, no puede estar más lejos del frente de Vietnam y de las protestas en Washington. Pero el mundo está cambiando y Terry no se conforma con ser una mera espectadora. Cuando se entera de que el gobierno llevará a cabo un importante experimento en la pequeña población de Hawkins, se presenta voluntaria.

Carta de una desconocida (en alemán: Brief einer Unbekannten) es una novela corta de Stefan Zweig, publicada en 1922. Cuenta la historia de un escritor que recibe la carta de una mujer que no reconoce y que ha estado enamorada de él toda su vida.

Jean Deveaux is a French interpreter living a solitary life in Dublin - until an old associate shows up asking for a favour that pulls him into a darker, hidden world. Veo's niece, Maria, has vanished while begging on the streets. The police have done little, and Jean is the family's only hope of speaking to the detective in charge.

In a fog-wreathed London, the respected Dr Jekyll’s experiments on the dual nature of man unleash a brute that feels no moral restraint or remorse. Although excited by this freedom, Jekyll discovers that he is unable to control the power of his vicious alter ego and is faced with shameful discovery or ignominious death.

Brought to you by Penguin. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A luxury superyacht. And a killer picking you off, one by one... A twist-filled summer thriller, perfect for fans of T.M. Logan's The Holiday and Lucy Clarke's The Castaways When ex-marine Sarah French joins a luxury superyacht as...

The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is a reissue of one of literature’s most audacious and thought-provoking novels of murder and intrigue, performed by Richard E. Grant. Includes John Inglisham’s foreword from the original Detective Story...

Danielle Harrington has the life many women envy: She’s beautiful, rich, has two wonderful children, and is married to the Preston Harrington - the handsome, charismatic, retired quarterback who won two Super Bowls. Unfortunately, something is very wrong with Preston. Having suffered more than his fair share of injuries and concussions, he becomes quiet, withdrawn, and distant. As Preston spends more time away from his family, Danielle begins to suspect an affair without realizing her husband is involved in something much, much worse…

You never know who’s watching… ‘Spine-chilling … makes you realise how little you ever know anyone!’ The Sun ‘A brilliantly creepy and insightfully written debut. I tore through it’ Gillian McAllister ***** Corinne’s life might look perfect on the outside, but after three failed...

Martin Shane was tortured, starved and broken. But a memory has surfaced...a memory of the man who did this to him. And he must pay. His memory has shut down, closed itself off to protect him from the violence in his past. But fragments are coming back...suggestions of names, places, faces. Then...the memory of a terrible betrayal. In order to find peace, Martin Shane must first find the man who delivered him and his comrades to their enemies. And when Shane finds him, he will pay.

Who is Mister Manners, the elusive vigilante marauding Florida? He's been gluing shopping carts to car roofs, hiding pythons in unsuspecting tourists' beds, and did he really try to kill a mob bagman by burying him in horse manure? Weird news reporter Alexander Strange is determined to discover the answer to that question. If he can keep from getting shot, survive a blustering hurricane, avoid toxic toads, fend off the Queen of Murder and Mayhem, and, oh yeah, not piss of Mister Manners, himself.

Can George Washington cope with what we Americans have done with this amazing experiment in constitutional republican government? Safely arrived in the year 2037, General George Washington is a ‘stranger in a strange land’. Settling in at his historic home at Mount Vernon, he finds himself in a world where his vision for America is crumbling before his eyes. President Harrison has asked Washington to speak to the American People about how the Founding Fathers intended the US government to operate.

A red-letter day had turned bizarre as a lady in her mid-30s, Ritz Laggard, had been murdered in the most grotesque manner right at the venue of a high-powered business meeting. Inspector Brown is assigned the case file to unravel the killer and has an inkling it was state-sponsored. Meanwhile, when Stewart Larzio narrowly escaped death by the whiskers, in the same typical scenario as Ritz Laggard, it dawned on Inspector Brown that a serial killer was on the loose as he found a connection between both scenes in the same city of Bloomington.

He’s not exactly who he appears to be. But then again, neither is she...Chase: I’ve never felt as out of my league as I did when I met Sydney Frost. Not in the years I’ve spent starting successful companies or since. Working for a prestigious firm gives me status and power, and I’m already a master at charming my way through a crowd - or into the bedroom. One new office colleague should be a piece of cake to win over. Ms. Frost, however, is giving my efforts a chilly reception. Time to remind her that I’m not afraid to live up to my name, either...

A crime novel that's perfect for fans of Peter James or Peter Robinson. If you look him in the eye, you're dead. From the outside, Robert Naysmith is a successful businessman, handsome and charming. But for years he's been playing a deadly game. He doesn't choose his victims. Each is selected at...