Resultados para "Novelle" en Suspense

Gabby Ashford has just survived an attempt on her life. Detectives have connected her story to two other cases in the area: Professional women drugged at a bar, brought to their homes, and drowned in their bathtubs. Gabby, who miraculously woke up in her own bathtub unharmed, could be the key to finding a serial killer on the loose - but she has no memory of the attack. Gabby admits herself to a high-end rehabilitation center to recover, and to seek the help of a psychiatrist renowned for his work with memory recovery.

Every year, Caroline Reed takes a trip with her best friend, Esme Lamont. They’re usually accompanied by their spouses - but this year, everything’s changed. Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline's wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham, Florida, inviting Esme’s brother, Nick, and his new husband. After a blissful first night in the vacation home, tragedy strikes.

This captivating listen begins with fan letters to a beloved young actress, Seraphina, that become increasingly unhinged. As more and more is revealed about the troubled woman behind the fan mail and her connection to the starlet, a story of obsession becomes an expertly plotted tale of wrongdoing and revenge.

Marti Greenwood has just moved into a brand-new home after a bitter divorce from her husband Emery, and while she’s still not quite done with him - of course, some of her most cherished possessions are nowhere to be found once she unpacks her things - a fresh start in a beautiful LA neighborhood is exactly what she needs. But days after her arrival, Marti is attacked in her home. She's found shaken and beaten, and her neighbors who immediately call the police. She never saw the face of her attacker, and so there is little to go on as detectives open an investigation.

Paige Barrett was living her dream as a journalist in New York City, racking up bylines as a staff writer at The Razor, a cutting-edge online magazine. But when she’s suddenly fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, she finds herself back home in the quaint seaside town of Shoreham, Florida, waiting tables and living in her sister’s guesthouse. Restless and itching for something meaningful to occupy her time, she decides to launch a true-crime podcast about the death of Jessica Cady, a beloved teacher who died mysteriously 20 years earlier.

Still mourning the death of her own fiancée, Lauren Hudson must put on a brave face for her family as they gather in Zion National Park for her brother’s wedding. He’s co-founded a “glamping” (glamorous camping) start-up with Sadie, the soon-to-be bride whom the rest of the Hudsons have yet to meet, and they’re hosting their small destination wedding for their nearest and dearest right on their own campgrounds.

FBI Special Agent Cate Wilde is back home on a remote Pacific Northwest island when she gets the call: a teenager’s skeletal remains have been found on a nearby island. Together with Tessa Black, a childhood friend turned local deputy, Cate confronts dreary weather and bleak leads to make sense of the death. The complications pile up as Cate is distracted by the coroner on the case - and by nagging memories that draw her twenty years into the past.

I "Langt nede" må Reacher gå undercover for at opspore en spion, som har lækket våbendetaljer til en udenlandsk regering. For at fange spionen, må Reacher kombinere sin kløgt med fire formidable kvinders - tre som er helt uskyldige, og en fjerde som måske viser sig at være dødbringende.

Hedebølge hopper tilbage i tiden til 1977, da Reacher er 16 år og befinder sig i det kvælende varme New York City. Reacher møder en kvinde med et problem og indvilliger i at hjælpe hende. Da New York bliver ramt af et pludseligt strømsvigt, bliver byen kastet ud i kaos, og Reacher kommer ansigt til ansigt med den mørke side af byen der aldrig sover.

I "Ikke en øvelse" prøver Reacher at tage sig noget fritid, men en behagelig vandretur i Maine ændrer sig hurtigt til en tur på den vilde side, da en vandresti lukkes af den amerikanske hær under mystiske omstændigheder. Reacher undersøger stiens lukning, da en canadisk vandrer får brug for hans hjælp.

Små krige bringer læserne til 1989, da Reacher arbejder i militærpolitiet, der er blevet tildelt opgaven at opklare det brutale mord af en ung officer, hvis lig er blevet fundet ved en isoleret skov i Georgia. Metoden antyder et professionelt mord, men hvem ville dræbe en ung officer på vej mod storhed? Reacher er på sagen - og måske gemmer morderen sig lige for øjnene af ham.

I Natteravne har Reacher et usædvanligt sammenstød med en kvinde i en diner. Hun er leder af en FBI aktion, som forsøger at fange en russisk spion. Reacher, som forstår at de planlægger at dræbe spionen, går ind i parken og mødes med spionen. Reacher forklarer spionen at han kan redde ham eller forlade parken og så vil FBI skyde ham. Hvilket resultat vil Reachers handling have?

I "Måske har de en tradition" er det juleaften i New York City og Reacher møder en attraktiv stewardesse på en bar. En ting leder til den anden og hun inviterer ham til Amsterdam. Skal han pakke noget tøj? Nej. Bede sine naboer om at modtage hans post? Nej. Har han et pas? Ja, og det er i hans lomme.

Snakken går er fortalt fra en kvindelig kriminaldetektivs synsvinkel og følger hendes efterforskning af en skudepisode. En såret Reacher ligger på hospitalet og gengiver de begivenheder, som førte til skudepisoden til kriminaldetektiven.

I "James Penneys nye identitet", fyres James Penney fra sit job på en fabrik i Californien efter 17 års loyal tjeneste. Med bankens trussel om at beslaglægge hans elskede røde sportsvogn, stikker han af fra det hele. Men hvorfor er politiet pludselig efter ham? Og hvem er den høje militærpolitimand, bygget som en bodybuilder, som tilbyder ham et lift?

Okinawa-basen i 1974 sætter scenen i "Den anden søn", som giver et indblik ind i Jack Reachers teenageår og hvordan han har udviklet sig til den hårdtslående og knivskarpe enespænder, som man kender ham. I "Den anden søn" stilles Reacher overfor en række store problemer og novellen afslører det afgørende øjeblik, da den unge Reachers skarpe reptilhjerne viser sig at være lige så vigtig som hans muskler.

"For meget tid" er en spritny historie, hvor Reacher befinder sig i en udkantsby i Maine. Her er han vidne til et tilfældigt tasketyveri, og som en god borger træder han ind for at stoppe forbrydelsen. Men han ser meget mere end en simpel forbrydelse, og da politiet høfligt beder ham om at vidne i sagen, ender han i en situation, som kan vise sig at være fatal.

I "En mand går ind på en bar" stopper Reacher en sen aften på en bar på Manhattan. Hans blik drages mod en rig, ung russisk pige og hendes bodyguard. Er hun i fare? Og hvem er de mistænksomme mænd, som sidder ved hver deres bord og holder øje med hende? I alt optaget sner det kraftigt, da Reacher står af en bus. Der er mange andre rejsende, så han får et motelværelse mens han kan. Men snart fyldes stedet op og folk begynder at blive desperate efter at finde et sted at sove.

When two men kidnap former FBI agent Cate Wilde’s fiancé, the boldness of the crime rattles the community. Desperate to find the man she loves, Cate joins forces with the FBI and the local sheriff’s department to launch an investigation and bring Dr. Henry Powers home. Cate soon learns that a brotherhood of bank robbers abducted Henry in the hopes that he might be able to save their youngest brother, who had been shot during a robbery. But this man is beyond saving, which spells life-threatening danger for Henry.

Deputy Tessa Black spots a man disturbing a grave in the local cemetery and gives chase. But when Tessa catches him, she learns that the ghoulish trespasser wasn’t robbing graves; he was burying a box of bones. With the help of her fiancé, park ranger Logan Wilde, Tessa discovers that the remains belong to a missing teenager from a nearby island. After the girl disappeared nine months ago, police labeled her a runaway. Now, though, it’s clear the teenager was murdered.