Resultados para "Wallace" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Plunging listeners into the untold stories of the Atlantic theater, George Wallace and Don Keith’s Argentia Station is a sweeping tale of bravery, brotherhood, and sacrifice. Great for fans of Tom Clancy and Lee Jackson.

Anne Wallace es la mejor pianista del mundo, pero también es una mujer excéntrica e impredecible. Famosa por su inteligencia sublime y por su gusto por lo ancestral, toca un piano especialmente fabricado para ella, con todas las teclas negras. A menudo lo hace bajo la lluvia, en esas tardes de tormenta que azotan los acantilados de la costa vasca que hay cerca de su casa.

Son todos los abogados honrados? En principio queremos creer que si, pero... El Criminal Perfecto Troy Goldbeater es un abogado de reconocido prestigio en la sociedad londinense, especializado en Derecho Civil y más concretamente en Derecho de Familia, en especial: herencias. Una ciente suya de antiguo, la Sra Pallin, acaba de emprender un viaje sin retorno, y uno de sus familiares visita al Sr. Goldbeater, poniendo en duda no solo su profesionalidad, sino algo más....

Sir Leonard is not a man to desire fame or notoriety. His chronicler has been forced to fall back on office records and information supplied by various members of the secret service to tell of the struggles of Wallace and his intelligence officers: of their battles against the Soviet Union, terrorism and subversion in the British Empire, Nazi Germany and the tentacles of global organised crime.

Sir Leonard Wallace, the famous chief of the Secret Service, finds that the peace of Europe is threatened by a gang engaged in the theft and sale of national secrets. Wallace gets busy and is assisted by the gang leader's own fear of him as well as his anxiety to get the Englishman into his power. Wallace's investigations, his startling discoveries and his escapes from death make this one of the most exciting books ever written by Alexander Wilson.

Seraphina continues to pick at the secrets entangling her. Then, during a ball, she spots a piece of enchanted jewellery eerily similar to the bracelet she once wore. But before she can find out about its origins, its owner is murdered. At least this time no one is blaming Sera.

Era una stella del piccolo schermo e con il suo programma Canal Livre, "Canale Libero", entrava nelle case di tutti i brasiliani dello stato di Manaus con un cocktail di allarmismo sul crimine imperante, giustizialismo, e cadaveri di banditi esibiti in prima serata. Wallace Souza è andato in onda dal 1989 al 2008, ed è persino riuscito a farsi eleggere al parlamento locale, finché i sospetti sulla rapidità con cui la sua troupe arrivava sulle scene del crimine non hanno condotto a una verità sconvolgente.

As Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union reach their zenith, a chilling discovery within the US Navy sends shockwaves through the corridors of power. A mole, deeply embedded within the ranks, threatens not just the delicate balance of global power, but the very fabric of world peace. Tasked with the critical mission of drawing out the traitor, two submarines embark on a journey of tactical warcraft.

S'il vous venait à l'esprit l'idée saugrenue de vouloir effectuer un séjour, même très bref, dans la chambre n° 13 qui tient une si grande place dans ce roman, vous auriez tout intérêt à vous hâter ! Car l'auteur mène son récit tambour battant, et vous aurez du mal à en suivre le rythme : ne commencez pas votre lecture à 23 heures, car vous abrègeriez votre nuit de sommeil sans jamais avoir l'occasion de souffler dans la chambre n° 13 !

Gregory "le coco" est retrouvé dans un ruisseau, assassiné. Ne faisait-il pas partie, comme Crew "l'aristo", Pinto Silva, Lollie Marsh ou Selby, de la bande du Colonel Dan Boundary ? Aurait-il trahit les "associés" de cette bande qui achète à vil prix les biens de personnes dont ils ont découvert une vulnérabilité ?

In The Melody of Death, Edgar Wallace weaves a gripping tale of mystery, romance, and deception beneath the gaslit skies of Edwardian London. When a daring jewel heist disrupts the city's elite, a mysterious masked figure intervenes, leaving behind more questions than answers. Gilbert Standerton, a young man tormented by financial anxiety and a cold engagement to the ambitious Edith Cathcart, finds his life entangled with a band of jewel thieves, a haunting street melody, and a string of crimes that unravel the very fabric of high society.

Pubblicato nel 1922, questo “giallo” che fa parte della prolifica vena di Edgar Wallace dimostra, di fronte al lettore di oggi, tutta la sua età. Incoerenze, ingenuità, colpi di scena improbabili e sopra le righe, fino al surrealismo, che, però, fanno venire il dubbio (più che giustificato, se confrontato con le altre opere dello scrittore) che Wallace stesso abbia voluto ironizzare sullo stereotipo della donna “bellissima e spietata”. Ma soprattutto, dietro queste pagine, c’è tutta Hollywood, per cui Wallace ha scritto molte sceneggiature.

From Wall Street Journal best-selling author Michael Wallace comes this collection of three of his most exciting historical thrillers: The Red Rooster, Blood of Vipers, and Wolf Hook.

A collection of 24 short stories from the prolific British writer Edgar Wallace, exploring the adventures of the astute and phlegmatic Police Constable Lee of the Metropolitan Police, as he performs his duties among the varied and colourful criminal characters inhabiting the Notting Dale Division.

A rollicking good tale about 4 men righting wrongs the courts did not do. These 4 act honorably by giving most of their targets a chance to escapee their form of vigilante justices. This case is about an English Cabinet minister set to expel refugees of principle from England to labor camps or execution in their despotic homelands.

Detective Chase Harper discovers there is a connection between the murder of William Carlyle and the pandemic. Dr. Jonathan Delmere, the man in the middle of it all, steps into the media spotlight. Those straddling the middle of the road find themselves having to choose a side. Those who stand on the side of the one who bridges the gap between sinful man and eternal life rise and unite.

The journey begins in Rochester, New York. As Detective Chase Harper investigates the death of Mr. William Carlyle, a web of deception is revealed in the midst of a pandemic. The nation has been asleep. Worse yet, the Church has been sleep. It is time for us all to awaken for such a time as this.

Wallace, a master British storyteller, creates a fascinating tale. It tells of the fictional mystery author, John Lexdale, who is caught in a plot concocted by an unscrupulous millionaire. The fictional author is entrapped in the strange circumstances, becomes charged with murder and sentenced to prison. At one point he is told his wife has been killed and pledges revenge.

"In newspaper-land a dull lie is seldom detected, but an interesting exaggeration drives an unimaginative rival to hysterical denunciations." When a British politician pushes through a law that will allow political refugees to be sent back to their countries of origin, he becomes the target of the Four Just Men - a group of vigilantes who set out to the punish the people who consider themselves above the law.

A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the "editor" whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than lively gossip about the elite. Blackmail and opportunism is the order of the day. When two men are found shot to death outside the door of Mr. Farrington the millionaire who just happens to live a few doors from T. B. Smith, the head of the secret police.