Resultados para "Amelie" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Sur une île au large de Cherbourg, un vieil homme et une jeune fille vivent isolés, entourés de serviteurs et de gardes du corps, à l'abri de tout reflet ; en aucun cas Hazel ne doit voir son propre visage. Engagée pour soigner la jeune fille, Françoise, une infirmière, va découvrir les étranges mystères qui unissent ces deux personnages. Elle saura pourquoi Hazel se résigne, nuit après nuit, aux caresses du vieillard.

Sans le vouloir, j'avais commis le crime parfait : personne ne m'avait vu venir, à part la victime. La preuve, c'est que je suis toujours en liberté. C'est dans le hall d'un aéroport que tout a commencé. Il savait que ce serait lui. La victime parfaite. Le coupable désigné d'avance. Il lui a suffi de parler. Et d'attendre que le piège se referme. C'est dans le hall d'un aéroport que tout s'est terminé. De toute façon, le hasard n'existe pas.

Un'isola, dove ogni cosa è trasfigurata dalla morbosità del desiderio di un solo uomo. Il capitano e la sua pupilla abitano in un castello da dove sono stati eliminati tutti gli specchi, perché la giovane Hazel non possa vedere il proprio viso. È prigioniera? L'infermiera Françoise, chiamata a curare la fanciulla, si troverà inabissata nel loro segreto, unica a poter ristabilire una verità difficile da accettare e non meno arbitraria di ogni finzione. Dove manca uno specchio a rivelare la realtà, una menzogna può reinventare un'intera vita, e forse anche più di una.

Sylvie Bissette may be one of Harbor City's youngest glitterati, but only her best friends know her most closely guarded secret. She's the woman behind The High-Heeled Wonder, a must-read blog for fashionistas everywhere. When an internet troll discovers her secret identity and escalates from stalking her to threatening her life, Sylvie turns to security expert Tony Falcon for help.

En kvinna hittas död på golvet i ett hotellrum i Köpenhamn. Hennes skador är omfattande. Det är ingen fråga om saken, kvinnan har blivit mördad. Det visar sig snart att kvinnan är en norsk flygvärdinna och sökandet efter gärningsmannen kommer att sträcka sig över landsgränser. I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall. Nordisk Kriminalkrönika är ett historiskt verk. Berättelserna och samlingarna är uttryck för den samtid som de skrevs i, och kan i enstaka fall ha föråldrat eller kontroversiellt innehåll.

I thought I was lucky to have a fresh start. Those don’t come around often for a girl from the streets of this city. But a fortunate chain of events has delivered me to the center of wealth and power and into the midst of three very different, very formidable cousins with the world at their feet. Gage, Micah, and Conner were determined to be my enemies. So I braced for a war. But they underestimated me. I earned respect from one of them, friendship from another, and I found love with the third. Or so I thought.

Nell'esistenza di un individuo assolutamente normale irrompe l'imprevisto: uno sconosciuto sceso da una Jaguar suona alla porta di casa, chiede di fare una telefonata e viene colpito da infarto appena composto il numero. Un segno del destino? Un complotto? Una sfida? Baptiste Bordave non sta a porsi troppe domande e, ispirato anche da una vaga somiglianza con il defunto, si impadronisce dei documenti, dei soldi, della macchina e cambia vita per sempre. Romanzo d'amore? Storia di spionaggio? Manuale per estremisti dello champagne?

Dopo una delusione d'amore il giovane protagonista, per evitare di soffrire ancora, decide di annientare la propria sensibilità e diventa un sicario. Freddo e spietato, solo il sangue delle sue vittime sembra procurargli piacere, fino al giorno in cui gli viene ordinato di uccidere un ministro con tutta la sua famiglia. Il diario segreto della figlia adolescente del ministro risveglia in lui una morbosa curiosità, che si trasforma ben presto in ossessione sconvolgendo in modo imprevedibile il suo destino...

Un romanzo in cui tutto è improbabile, a cominciare dai nomi dei protagonisti: Zoïle, impiegato di una società elettrica con la passione per l'Odissea, Astrolabe, splendida ragazza che si prende cura di Aliénor, scrittrice di successo che soffre di una curiosa forma di autismo. Affascinato da Astrolabe e infastidito da Aliénor, Zoïle inizia a frequentare le due donne cercando di insinuarsi in questa strana coppia. Un viaggio psichedelico è la bizzarra tecnica di seduzione messa in atto dal giovane per conquistare la bella ma l'esito sarà disastroso, in tutti i sensi...

Micah Lyonne is the worst man I know. As children, we were constantly thrown together by our powerful parents. And we always despised each other. He was supposed to be the heir to a billion-dollar empire. Instead, he lives in the shadows and chooses a life filled with violence. Meanwhile, I'm the mayor's ambitious daughter with a long list of responsibilities. Micah sneers at everything I stand for. And I know better than to dance with danger. But when the inked, volatile Micah comes to my rescue one night, I'm forced to trust him.

Sammanbrottet är nära för polisen Amélie. Makens otrohetsaffär och den interna utredningen för tjänstefel får henne att fly till sin väninna Jondi i södra Frankrike, till Marseillan. Amélie behöver tid att vänja sig vid sin nya livssituation, sin nya verklighet som frånskild och potentiellt avskedad polis. Flykten från verkligheten varar inte länge. En svenska hittas död flytandes i Canal du Midi och Amélie dras in i fallet mot sin vilja, hon talar trots allt både franska och svenska.

Dramat i Knutby, och fyra andra brottsfall är en samling som kastar ljus på några av de mest bisarra och omskakande brottsfallen i Sveriges historia. Samlingen består av fem olika brottsfall, tidigare publicerade som enskilda titlar, och erbjuder en unik inblick i de utredningar som följde på dessa brott. Knutbys pingstförsamling blev skådeplats för hisnande händelser som slutligen ledde till att församlingens pastor dömdes till livstids fängelse för mordet på sin andra hustru. En välorganiserad kriminell grupp lyckas med en stulen helikopter råna en värdedepå i Västberga.

My first operation in the field, the marriage is a cover. Damian Fisher is a CIA legend with a shaggy beard, chocolate curls, and deep blue eyes. As a teen, my girlfriends swooned in his presence. I never expected to work with him as an equal. I'd bet he never expected it either. But my overprotective father is a powerful man and I wouldn't put it past him to pull a stunt like this to protect his baby girl. Requesting my old bodyguard and his close friend to work by my side is right down Daddy Dearest's alley.

Colton Adler was one hundred percent off limits up until the night we shared together nearly two years ago. Both of us forged a deal between illicit touches and unrelenting kisses. A secret. A promise. A vow made to one another that we would never be anything more than the one night. Regardless of the feelings I still harbored for him, I understood Colton could never truly be mine. Since then, we've kept our secret buried deep, pretending as if it never happened at all. But now, after attending my brother's wedding, Colton was a flashing wave of hot and cold.

Daniel har fått nog. Frustrerad med politikernas otydliga och undvikande tillvägagångssätt och svenska rättssystemets brister har han bestämt sig för att göra något. Något som verkligen påverkar. Han har noga utsett sitt första offer och är beredd på att göra det som krävs för att en gång för alla motarbeta förfallet i samhället ... Kommissarien Lisa Engelbrekt har sett det mesta under sin tid som polis, mer än hon hade velat se.

Alexis should've never set foot in my world. Men like me stain girls like her. We take their innocence and tear it to shreds. She thinks she's tough. She thinks she can handle me. But she doesn't know just how deep my darkness goes. It was for the best that I claimed her for a night and left her behind. Anything more than that would have been cruel. I thought I'd seen the last of Alexis Wright. So imagine my surprise two years later when the door to my office opens...and she walks in.

My life has been served to me on a gold platter to be devoured by my silver spoon. My father has made sure I become a part of The Elite Seven. Where most candidates are chosen, I was given my place. Everything comes at a price, though. Luckily, I can afford any price - no one has more money than God. The Elite Seven have their initiations. My task is personal and beneath me - steal a car and send a warning. My task makes an ugly turn and I nearly take a life. Yet when she finally opens those big, innocent brown eyes, I realize I've found what I've been searching for my entire life.

There are rules to being Abigail Crowne's bodyguard, rules to watching the infamous billion-dollar heiress, otherwise known as the Reject Princess. Never forget your place, always put the Crowne name above all else, and never, ever hurt the Reject. Especially don't torment the Reject. Even if she is a spoiled brat. So when an opportunity presents itself to punish her, you definitely shouldn't take it. Then again, Abigail loves to be tortured, and I've waited patiently for revenge. I'll keep her safe...with cruel protection.

I made her my queen. Then she smashed her crown. Alexis was nothing...until I made her my everything. My queen. My world. My sun and my stars. But just when I thought I could trust her, my tiger showed her true stripes. She ran from me. And she took our infant son with her. Some sins are unforgivable - and nobody takes what's mine. I will find her. Reclaim her. And then I will ensure that she can never leave me again.

Nineteen-year-old Tempest Jackson wants a baby. No, her biological clock isn't ticking, but she's desperate for unconditional love. Rejected by all except her brother and soon to be married off by her father for financial gain, she aches for someone to hold close and call hers.