Resultados para "dragon" en Novela negra

Un thriller fantastique troublant et poignant, par l’auteur des romans à succès Jupons longs (tomes premier et second), Les Enfants de Virginia Beach et la série fantasy intitulée L’Exilé de Gollora.... Le premier opus concernant les enquêtes des Clairvoyants de Fumatoshi.

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs...

"The Room in the Dragon Volant" is a mysterious story about a premature burial, a theme favoured by Poe some years previously. When a chivalric young man tries to save an innocent countess from the clutches of a greedy count, little does he suspect that the whole situation could be a trap. With plenty of Gothic elements and some remarkable episodes of horror, "The Room in the Dragon Volant" is a haunting mystery story that will keep readers at the edge of their seat. B. J.

On behalf of the British Museum Holmes and Watson travel to Wales. A dinosaur skull that was found in a coal mine was stolen before its transport to London. Finding the thief, however, turns out to be a challenge. It seems that the Celtic natives have other plans with the fossil.

On behalf of the British Museum Holmes and Watson travel to Wales. A dinosaur skull that was found in a coal mine was stolen before its transport to London. Finding the thief, however, turns out to be a challenge. It seems that the Celtic natives have other plans with the fossil.

Harriet Vanger, putri salah satu keluarga paling berpengaruh di Swedia, hilang 40 tahun lalu. Kasusnya tak terpecahkan. Tak ada mayat. Tak ada saksi. Tak ada bukti. Semua petunjuk mengarah ke jalan buntu. Henrik Vanger, sang paman, yakin keponakannya itu dibunuh dan pelakunya adalah salah...

Sant Jordi coincideix enguany amb el diumenge de Pasqua. En una Barcelona que es prepara per a la gran festa del llibre comencen a aparèixer cadàvers en algunes esglésies i també a les paradetes preparades per a les signatures. Tenen res a veure uns assassinats i els altres. Un periodista cultural, un integrista catòlic apassionat pels exorcismes de Verdaguer i la sergent dels Mossos d’Esquadra Mireia Pla tenen a les seves mans la resolució del que s’amaga a les mans del drac.

Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China - dubbed the true Shangri-La - and heads south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers.

فتاة ذات وشم التنين، أو كما يعرفها البعض باسم فتاة لا يحبها الرجال، وهو العنوان الذي عُكست ترجمته، حيث أن العنوان بلغته الأصلية السويدية " Män som hatar kvinnor" والذي يعني الرجال الذين يكرهون النساء، وهذا العنوان يلخص وبشكل كبير الهدف الذي اتخذته بطلة الرواية "ليزبيث سالاندر" لحياتها أو بالأحرى هدفها هو اقتناص الرجال الذين يكرهون ويعنفون النساء.

A man wanders lost on a filthy night in the Black mountains of Wales. Despite the valiant efforts of the rescue services, he does not survive. Is this an accident? Or malice aforethought? DCI Warlow and team are drawn into a mystery that soon spirals into more deaths and a poisonous trade. A devious killer is abroad. One that cares for nothing other than their own twisted greed. The dragon's breath taints everything it touches.

The dragon lunged and burned. Ketil felt its hot breath, but he knew it was only a dream. When Sigrid goes to stay on Shapinsay, Ketil is unconcerned – nothing ever happens on Shapinsay. But then the fires start, and it seems that Ketil’s dream has come to life. Will he and Sigrid find the arsonist, before a whole settlement is wiped out forever?

Le village de Gryon, dans les Alpes vaudoises, est en émoi : dans le temple gît un cadavre, nu, allongé sur la table sainte à l'image du Christ crucifié. À l'extrémité du couteau qui lui a transpercé le cœur, un message : "Si donc la lumière qui est en toi est ténèbres, combien seront grandes les ténèbres !" L'inspecteur Andreas Auer est convaincu que ce meurtre est le premier acte d'une mise en scène macabre et symbolique.

Bloomsbury presents The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger, read by Laura Kirman. In a period of civil unrest before the War of Liberation, a wealthy and influential couple leave Britain to make a new life in 1950s Rhodesia. Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia 'Ginie' Courtauld in her tranquil...

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO LIVES ON. The fifth in the Millennium series that began with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - the global publishing phenomenon. Lisbeth Salander is an unstoppable force: Sentenced to two months in Flodberga women's prison for saving a young boy's life by any...

The Beladors finally have a fierce leader in Daegan, their new dragon king, but life is far from secure now that they've inherited his enemies. Quinn, Evalle, Storm, and friends race to stop a group of vigilantes killing nonhumans before the preternatural world erupts into war - if they can't prove Beladors aren't guilty of the crimes. The team soon discovers someone is trying to turn the entire VIPER preternatural coalition against the Beladors, but who? Or is this all about setting an elaborate trap for Daegan?

It's Valentine's Day and private detective John Justin Mallory is planning on closing up the office early and taking his partner, Col. Winnifred Carruthers, out to dinner, since he's sure no one else will do so. But before he can turn off the lights and lock the door, a panic-stricken Buffalo Bill Brody visits them. It seems that the Eastminster pet show is being held the next day, and his dragon, Fluffy, the heavy favorite, has been kidnapped.

A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls...

Secrets and lies force their way to the surface in Nesly Clerge's newest novel of deception, crime, and buried history. Frederick Starks thought he'd already lost as much as one man could: A beautiful family, the luxurious life wealth provides, success, admiration - all stripped from him in one moment of madness that resulted in a 15-year sentence in a maximum security prison. Certain that life has gotten as bad as it can get, Starks contrives a way to rise to the top of the inmate hierarchy. But his assumption is wrong.

*********************** The first book in the Millennium series featuring Lisbeth Salander - the global publishing phenomenon. Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown’s schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents – horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th...