Resultados para "Quest" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

She is omnivorous. No matter age or appearance, physical frailty or imperfection. It is not their flesh that feeds her appetites, but their souls. She devours young and old, men and women. She leaves only a desiccated husk. An unspeakable evil. An impossible gift. Renowned magus Taita is now over 100 years old and has ascended to a new level of wisdom and understanding about his world. But he must prepare himself for the biggest threat Egypt has ever faced: the great plagues and the failure of the Nile, brought about by the fire witch Eos, an ancient force of sheer evil.

For eight strangers in a Los Angeles hostel, even the other side of the world isn’t far enough. The craving for a new identity and the desire to start again is something they have in common. But they discover that it doesn't matter where you are or who you are - if you can't lay the past to rest, fate and coincidence have a way of catching up with you.

Manuel ha una vita all’apparenza perfetta: scrittore di successo, è sposato da anni con Álvaro, l’amore della sua vita. Un giorno, però, la tragedia bussa alla sua porta indossando una divisa della polizia: Álvaro è morto in un incidente d’auto tra le vigne della Galizia, a chilometri di distanza da dove avrebbe dovuto trovarsi. Partito per identificare il corpo, presto Manuel si rende conto che la morte di Álvaro potrebbe non essere stata un incidente. Una ragnatela di verità taciute si dipana attorno alla famiglia del marito: i Muñiz de Dávila, antico casato della nobiltà galiziana.

Qui saremo felici. Francesca lo pensa mentre sta per varcare il cancello rosso fuoco della sua nuova casa. Accanto a lei c'è Massimo, suo marito, e le loro figlie, ancora piccole. Si sono appena trasferiti da Milano a Giardino di Roma, un quartiere a metà strada tra la metropoli e il mare. Hanno comprato casa in un condominio moderno e accogliente, con un portiere impeccabile e sempre disponibile, vicini gentili che li accolgono con visite e doni, un appartamento pieno di luce che brilla in tutte le stanze. Il posto perfetto per iniziare una nuova vita.

Un fortunato autore televisivo ha abbandonato la trasmissione cui deve la fama e una discreta agiatezza. Si chiama Crazy Love e racconta la vita sentimentale della «né buona né brava gente della Nazione». Un enorme successo, ma lui non ne può più ed è felice della sua scelta quando una sera gli si presenta in casa un tizio che cerca di ucciderlo. Si salva la vita, ma da qui in poi cominciano i guai. Una commedia nera, piena di suspense, di sorprese e paradossi, raccontata da una voce caustica e cattiva resa perfettamente in questo audiolibro da Fabrizio Bentivoglio.

Conosciamo davvero le persone che amiamo? Una donna con un terribile segreto, un uomo disposto a tutto pur di continuare ad amarla. Ma cosa è successo esattamente quel giorno in spiaggia? Perché quella tragedia inconcepibile e assurda? Dopo trent’anni trascorsi all’estero, Giovanni è tornato a Roma e gestisce una palestra frequentata anche da amici e conoscenti della sua gioventù. L’uomo ha una relazione con Alessandra e il loro è un legame libero, fatto di piccoli gesti e attrazione.

Tra i palazzoni della periferia di Cagliari gli anni passano lenti e la prospettiva migliore è riuscire a rimanere a galla cercando di non pestare i piedi alle persone sbagliate. Nanni, Bebbo e Ricky, tre amici molto diversi tra loro, lo hanno imparato a proprie spese. Ci provano, a tirarsi fuori dalle sabbie mobili in cui sono immersi fin da ragazzini, ad affrancarsi da quella criminalità che costringe a rubare, prostituirsi, camminare a testa bassa.

If you think you know everything about the East End's toughest gangsters, think again. Meet Linda Calvey, a.k.a. the Black Widow. Growing up in the East End of London, Linda falls in with gangsters including the Krays, Freddie Foreman and Ronnie Cook. When the love of her life, Mickey Calvey, is gunned down on a job gone wrong, Linda resolves to carry on his work. But in 1990, after years of living in fear of her lover Ronnie Cook, Linda finds herself accused of his murder in a trial that shocks the nation. Still, Linda sticks to her code of honour, refusing to confess. Until now.

DC Scott Cullen finds himself investigating two decades-old cases when a mangled body is found in a barrel of aged Dunpender Distillery whisky. Two men disappeared around the time the barrel was filled, nearly 20 years ago. As Cullen investigates, he finds himself steeped in twisted tales of family loyalties, lies and professional rivalries. Before he can find the killer, he needs to know whose body is in the barrel...

Caroline Adamson's future is looking up...until her mutilated body is found. Her ex-husband is the main suspect. But when one murder becomes three, Edinburgh faces up to the fact that it might have a serial killer in its midst. Could the answer lie with Schoolbook, the latest social media craze to hit the city? DCI Cullen is determined to prove himself and equally determined to find justice.

Chi è Mario M? Scopri le sue origini, la sua storia, le sue avventure, il suo vissuto, com'è diventato l'uomo che è oggi! Cinque volumi per emozionarti, diversi stili narrativi, un susseguirsi di emozioni senza sosta.

A man is found poisoned by the deadly toxin aconite. A note found at the scene leads Detective Sergeant Jack Mackinnon to a University of Oxford laboratory, where staff and students are desperate to hide their association with the victim. As Mackinnon gets closer to the truth, he finds his own family could be at risk. 

Liverpool, 1961. A group of young men come together seeking fame and fortune as the fledgling sounds of the Swinging '60s take root in the city. Soon, Liverpool becomes synonymous with the groups and music that shape a generation. Liverpool, 1999. Skeletal remains found in the docklands lead Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake into a journey through time as the investigation takes them back to early days of the Mersey Beat. Whose bones laid beneath the mud of the River Mersey for over thirty years, and what links them to a young woman missing for the entire time?

A murder followed by a series of random, motiveless crimes leaves Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West and his team puzzled. When Edel Johnson arrives at the scene of a crime Mike is taken aback, more so when he discovers she is now working with a victim support group. He has feelings for her, but he is the garda who investigated her husband's murder, and their relationship is complicated.

A cursed Fox. A vengeful Silver. A whole lot of trouble. Lydia Crow has long suspected there is more beneath London than just trains but has never been keen to poke around in the dark. But when Paul Fox, powerful member of the Fox Family, blackmails her into taking a case, she has no choice. Investigating a suspicious death in a disused tunnel of the London Underground for her ex-boyfriend causes friction between her and DCI Fleet - and not the fun kind.

He stands in the shadows. Watching them. DI Sara Ramsey's life is about to change forever. Recently moved to the area and in charge of a new team, she's tasked with finding a serial killer terrorising a rural community. Crimes as heinous as this rarely happen in picturesque rural idylls. The community is living in fear, desperate for Sara to keep them safe. When the killer changes his MO and abducts a vulnerable resident, Sara realises she is in a race against time to prevent the killer from claiming yet another victim.

DI Sara Ramsey has to dig deep to find an evil suspect who gets a thrill out of chasing victims to their deaths. The murderer is smart, inventing new methods of tracking down his victims. Just as the inspector senses she's closing in on the culprit, they change their MO, undoing all her hard work. The media is striking fear into the residents. Can Sara set aside her personal problems and prevent the killing spree causing havoc on her patch?

Some people have secrets. And there are those who have deadly secrets. The murder of an unidentified woman in a hotel room proves to be a perplexing case for DI Sara Ramsey. Sifting through the victim's past reveals numerous inconsistencies and shocking secrets she had taken to her grave. Why had the killer silenced her? Sara and her team need to unravel the mystery, but in doing so, do they put yet more lives in danger as well as their own? In order to find happiness in her personal life, Sara is forced to deal with demons from her past. 

When a nurse is murdered, Detective David Grant recognises the hallmarks of a serial killer called Travis. Twenty-five years ago, Grant caught Travis for the murder of five women and the murderer has been incarcerated ever since. A frail 60-year-old, Travis is in the terminal stages of cancer. The problem is, he was at the hospital in custody when the nurse was murdered. Determined to solve the case, Grant recruits a specialist to his team, Ruby Silver, a top criminal profiler. But Ruby is hiding something from her colleagues. 

Todd Blackman’s murderers are dead, and Yunfakh, the latest organised crime gang to come out of the Arab world, have been driven from the streets of Manchester. But MI6 and the CIA are now determined to rid the rest of the world of this powerful new gang by targeting their leader, Abdallah Al-Mufti. With Des wounded, Cartwright tasks Rick to travel to Southern Ireland alone. Posing as an old IRA player, Fuller’s job is to buy a stockpile of weapons left over from the Troubles and sell them to men he hopes will lead him to Al-Mufti.