Risultati per "Geneva Lee" in Poliziesco, thriller e suspense

Liebe und Hass liegen manchmal gefährlich nah beieinander. Adair MacLaine und Sterling Ford könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein: Sie, das hübsche College-It-Girl und verwöhnte Tochter eines reichen Medienmoguls, er, der brillante aber arme Stipendiat. Und dennoch führt das Schicksal die beiden zusammen und lässt eine Liebe so heiß und unberechenbar wie ein Wildfeuer zwischen ihnen entbrennen.

Deeply vulnerable after a traumatic birth, new mother Didi Vos is depending on her maternity nurse to help her heal. But despite her uniform, Hennequin Smith is no nurse, and healing couldn’t be further from her mind. Though beautiful on the outside, Hennequin harbors ugly motives; slowly and subtly, she sets about her plan to gain Didi’s trust and then ruin her life. And when Miriam de Moor - a police investigator - unearths horrifying secrets about Hennequin’s past, the destinies of the three women become chillingly linked.

In the far reaches of the Pacific Northwest, three best friends spend a day at the lake…but only two come home. Ten years later, Delia Albio is tormented by the mystery of what happened to fifteen-year-old Zee on the lake that day. When she receives an email from Cara, the remaining friend in the trio, she can’t resist the pull of the “life-changing” news in the message. Delia, hopeful for answers, travels home to see her old friend. But Cara is gone by the time she gets there, setting off another mystery.

I Lee Childs forbløffende thriller bemærker den tidligere militærpolitimand Jack Reacher mere end de fleste – og bliver netop af den grund kastet ud i en farlig konfliktsituation, der er tæt på at eksplodere mellem hænderne på ham. For den eneste måde at finde frem til sandheden på – og redde to uskyldige menneskers liv – er ved at gøre det på den hårde måde. Som også er Reachers foretrukne.

To afsides byer i Colorado: Hope og Despair. Imellem dem tyve kilometer øde landevej. Jack Reacher vender aldrig om. Det ligger ikke i hans natur. Han skal bare have en kop kaffe. I stedet får han store problemer. I Lee Childs medrivende nye roman går Reacher - en mand uden frygt, uden illusioner, og med intet at tabe - i krig mod en by, der ikke blot vil af med ham, men også se ham død. Det var ikke ligefrem den velkomst, Reacher havde forventet. Han var bare på gennemrejse og passede sig selv.

Seks skud. Fem døde. En by i det centrale USA gribes af rædsel. Men blot få timer senere har politiet opklaret sagen. Med en enkelt undtagelse. Den anklagede hævder selv, at man har fanget den forkerte. Derefter beder han om at få hentet Jack Reacher. Og ganske rigtigt, den tidligere efterforsker i militærpolitiet er på vej fra sin helt særlige verden - uden telefon, uden fast adresse og uden forpligtelser. I Lee Childs overrumplende nye thriller kommer Reachers ankomst til at ændre alt ved en sag, der viser sig at være helt anderledes end først antaget.

Helen lives a decent, uncomplicated life. Satisfied in her career, she’s raising three happy teenagers, and her family has the most envied house on the street. Admittedly, she’s growing just a little disenchanted with her marriage to her workaholic husband, Werner. But that’s nothing she can’t fix. For disaffected, young petty criminals Ralf and Brian, it was a scheme to make some cash: a quick home invasion. The targets they’ve chosen are Helen and Werner. Just as planned, Brian disappears into Helen and Werner’s house. And he never comes out again.

Ten years ago, Grace made her dying sister a promise - that she would look after Hope’s baby son as her own. Now, the man whose son she is raising has turned up on Grace’s operating table, fighting for his life. When an accusation of negligence follows, Grace is forced to confront not just the man who abandoned her sister, but also his mother, Norma - who blames Grace for taking everything she loves. Based on what her sister told her, Grace is sure she did the right thing to keep that promise. But what if Hope didn’t tell her everything?

As the Nazis come to power in Germany, a violent argument over a secret key causes young Johann to lose the only parent he has left. Worse, it is his half-brother, Dieter, who commits this horrific act of betrayal. Though their fragile family bonds are irrevocably destroyed, the brothers’ paths are destined to cross again. Years later, in 1945, Hitler’s army is on the verge of defeat as Soviet forces enter Germany. Hiding in plain sight, Johann works to save German lives, secretly despising the Führer to whom Dieter has sworn his allegiance.

When a music festival rolls through the sleepy town of Hesterville, Georgia, the Dixon family’s lives are forever changed. On the final night, a storm muffles the sound of the blaring music, and Rachel tucks her baby into bed before falling into a deep sleep. So deep, she doesn’t hear the kitchen door opening. When she and her husband wake up in the morning, the crib is empty. Emily is gone. Vicki Robart is one of the thousands at the festival, but she’s not feeling the music. She’s feeling the emptiness over the loss of her own baby several months before.

An unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols written in blood near the corpse. Gilmo, a North Korean national who interprets the world through numbers, formulas, and mathematical theories, is arrested on the spot. Angela, a CIA operative, is assigned to gain his trust and access his unique thought-process.

On a sunny May morning, social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mother's belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement she makes a shocking discovery - two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mother's chest freezers. She remembers a pair of foster children who lived with the family in 1988: Casey and Jamie Cheng - troubled, beautiful, and wild teenage sisters from Vancouver's Chinatown.

On a sunny May morning, social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mother’s belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement, she makes a shocking discovery - two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mother’s chest freezers. She remembers a pair of foster children who lived with the family in 1988: Casey and Jamie Cheng - troubled, beautiful, and wild teenaged sisters from Vancouver’s Chinatown. After six weeks, they disappeared; social workers, police officers, and Jessica herself assumed they had run away.

I thought my life was hell, until the devil walked through my door. New York Times best-selling author Geneva Lee delivers with the second book in the Rivals series, an emotional roller coaster that'll leave you begging for more!

Er würde alles für sie tun. Doch ist alles genug? Sterling erfährt etwas, das sein Leben für immer verändern wird: Adair hat jahrelang ein Geheimnis gehütet, das sie ihm nicht hätte verschweigen dürfen. Immer mehr Lügen und Intrigen der Familie MacLaine kommen ans Licht, und Adair und Sterling müssen sich bald fragen, wer ihre wahren Freunde sind – sofern sie überhaupt noch welche haben. Die beiden sind bereit, für ihre gemeinsame Zukunft zu kämpfen, doch ist ihre Liebe stark genug?

Eine gefährliche Liebe, die sie alles kosten könnte. Endlich kommen sich Adair und Sterling nach all den dramatischen Ereignissen der Vergangenheit wieder näher - doch das Liebesglück ist nur von kurzer Dauer, denn eine missverständliche SMS und Sterlings eiserne Verschwiegenheit, was den Grund für seinen Reichtum angeht, führen zu einem großen Streit. Adair kann es nicht glauben: Sterling vertraut ihr noch immer nicht! Dieser Mann macht sie einfach wahnsinnig.

When Gabriel broke down my door, he took over my body and life. Never with force, but always with clever manipulation. He stripped me of my independence, my defenses, and my clothes and turned me into an addict. My addiction is him. Once, I had dreams and a future. Now, I have fears, scars, and insatiable needs. I’m damaged beyond repair, but if I’m to survive the most dangerous man in Johannesburg, I can’t allow him to break me, because broken toys are destined for the garbage dump.

Bloomsbury presents The Geneva Trap, the seventh novel in the Agent Liz Carlyle series by Stella Rimington. Read by Amy Noble. When a rogue Russian spy warns her of a plot to hack into the West's military satellite systems, MI5's Liz Carlyle finds her past catching up with her... Geneva, 2012. A...

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