Resultados para "Simone" en Novela negra

Nada une tanto a la familia como un asesinato a la vuelta de la esquina. La influyente empresaria Lana Rubicon tiene mucho de lo que enorgullecerse: su sagaz inteligencia, un gusto impecable y el imperio inmobiliario que ha construido en Los Ángeles. Pero, cuando se encuentra atrapada a quinientos kilómetros al norte de la ciudad, convaleciente en un aburrido pueblo costero con su hija adulta Beth y su nieta adolescente Jack, a Lana no le queda más remedio que contar nutrias en vez de metros cuadrados, con la esperanza de que el aburrimiento no acabe con ella antes que el cáncer.

Upstate, Nueva York, 1982. En toda ciudad de dimensiones modestas como Fell, en el estado de Nueva York, existe un motel como este, el Sun Down. Hay gente que se aloja en él cuando va de paso, es gente de fuera que se dirige a otro lugar, un lugar mejor. Pero otros son gente de la localidad; gente que acude allí para guardar sus más oscuros secretos. Viv Delaney trabaja en el Sun Down como recepcionista de noche, pues necesita dinero para mudarse a la ciudad de Nueva York.

Embárcate en un misterioso viaje de sospechas y revelaciones En el audiolibro dramatizado de Fue él de Stefan Zweig. En un tranquilo pueblo británico, la paz de un matrimonio de jubilados se ve perturbada por una muerte sospechosa. Betsy, una mujer inteligente y observadora, está convencida de que su vecino, John Charleston Limpley, es el culpable, aunque le falta la última prueba irrefutable. A pesar de las advertencias de su marido sobre su tendencia a juzgar precipitadamente, Betsy no puede ignorar la voz interior que le dice que Limpley es el asesino.

Honolulu cuenta la historia de un hombre llamado John, que es enviado a Honolulu por su empresa para investigar a un empleado sospechoso de malversación de fondos. A medida que John se sumerge en la vida de Honolulu, descubre un mundo de corrupción, engaño y violencia. También conoce a una mujer llamada Fay, con quien comienza una relación amorosa. Sin embargo, la relación se ve amenazada por las circunstancias peligrosas que rodean a John y a la investigación que está llevando a cabo.

IL CAPOLAVORO DI UNO DEI MAGGIORI AUTORI DEL SOL LEVANTE, UN BESTSELLER DEFINITO IL DELITTO E CASTIGO GIAPPONESE. Il corpo di un avvocato noto in città viene trovato morto in una macchina. Sembra semplice per la polizia locale trovare il colpevole, visto che in poco tempo un uomo viene interrogato e poi indotto a confessare l'omicidio. Purtroppo, però, c'è una certa differenza tra l'arrestare qualcuno e il fare giustizia. E questa differenza è la molla che spinge i due protagonisti di questo romanzo a perseguire un'indagine che per le autorità competenti è già chiusa.

In una stradina tranquilla e silenziosa nei pressi di Hyde Park, sorge il Bertram Hotel, un elegante albergo edoardiano. Qui approda anche Miss Marple, la quale intuisce che dietro quell'atmosfera rarefatta si cela un certo che di strano. Qualcuno che non dovrebbe essere lì, un brano di conversazione ascoltato per caso, un'espressione colta al volo su un viso... basta poco per insospettire Miss Marple.

David Ribas, agente destacado de una organización de seguridad internacional, viaja con su esposa a India para supervisar la seguridad del Taj Mahal. Cuando un atentado acaba con la vida de su esposa, David se obsesionará con un único objetivo: la venganza. De Inglaterra a Alemania pasando por Bombay, David Ribas se infiltrará en una organización terrorista internacional, sin saber que el peligro le ronda mucho más cerca de lo que él cree.

Peter Bray el del "Brillo" solo tenía ocho años cuando vivió su primera experiencia con su don. Tocó suavemente aquella mano desmembrada y la oscuridad se apoderó de él. Tres asesinatos en los que aparecen tres cuerpos de tres niñas descuartizadas, excepto la cabeza, traen de cabeza al sheriff Aston que no sabe cómo actuar ante este panorama. La hija de Bob el Grande; Carietta. Ha desaparecido. Todos dudan de si está viva o si ya está muerta. En la búsqueda se une el alcalde, gran amigo del padre de Carietta.

In A Suspension of Mercy, a masterpiece of noir fantasy, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.

Two years ago, Julia lost her family in a tragic accident. Her husband drowned trying to save their daughter, Lily, in the river near their rural home. But the little girl’s body was never found—and Julia believes Lily is somehow still alive. Alone and broke, Julia opens her house as a writers’ retreat. One of the first guests is Lucas, a horror novelist, who becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Lily.

Con la inevitabilidad de una brújula giró la cabeza hacia la mesa de la acusada y volvió a mirar fijamente la cara enorme e inexpresiva de la asesina, adornada por unos ojos que parecían dos botones rojos. Era la señora Choynski, de soltera Delehanty, y el destino había dispuesto que un día agarrara un hacha de carnicero y partiera en dos a su amante, un marinero. Las manos hinchadas que habían blandido el arma no dejaban de darle vueltas a un tintero; varias veces miró hacia el público con una sonrisa nerviosa.

DI Nick Dixon is on the hunt for a vicious serial killer, following a trail of fingerprints and DNA across west Somerset. When the body of a young woman is found on the building site of a nuclear power station, work grinds to a halt. The body bears all the hallmarks of yet another random murder at the hands of the escaped killer. Then Dixon finds a motive. Fighting for his place on the Major Investigation Team, he soon uncovers a family’s desperate search for the truth, exposing a web of corruption and death that will shake the billion-pound construction project to its foundations.

When multiple inmates start turning up dead at a Californian Correctional Facility, John Milton steps in and Sam and Tim are assigned to find the culprit. With the team split on either side of the fence, both race against time to discover the true identity of the killer.

When an elderly man is found dead on a bench overlooking Eagle Lake in Maine, the authorities eventually identify 74-year-old Nathanial Johns. But what they discover leaves more questions than answers. Having been laid to rest hundreds of miles away, the authorities are stunned to find a fresh corpse in his reburied coffin. Soon more bodies show up, each replaced with a fresh victim. But if Sam and the team think this is just a serial killer with a twisted sense of humor, they are about to discover a shocking truth that leads right back to the heart of their own organization.

Sam always knew she was different. Her morbid fascination with death has kept her isolated from the world, shut away by a father aware of the monster inside her. A direct descendent of one of the most notorious serial killers of the century, Sam harbors the kind of fury that craves blood.

Former reporter Scott Fleetwood and his family are still recovering after tangling with a notorious kidnapper, the Piper, when another kidnapper grips the city. The Shepherd has snatched a young girl from a vacationing family. Other than money, he has one demand: he'll talk only to Scott.

People spend their entire lives staving off the dark - but no matter the measures taken, black paths and shadowy pits lurk in the unlikeliest of places, waiting to pull the unwary into the depths of despair. These 11 tales offer a morbid sampling of the many forms and fashions of terror - from the subtle prickling of neck hairs at the kiss of a ghostly breeze to the raw-throated screams and feverish clawing of a desperate fight for survival.

Appena laureate, Zoë e Holli sono partite per un viaggio di divertimento a Las Vegas. Ma durante il ritorno è successo qualcosa di imprevedibile e folle. Le due ragazze sono state rapite e trasportate in una sordida camera delle torture. Zoë è riuscita miracolosamente a scappare ed è stata ritrovata dalla polizia, confusa e sotto shock. Da allora la sua vita è cambiata per sempre. L'ultima volta che ha visto Holli, l'amica era inerme nelle mani di un sadico killer.

Jack Beilis once lived the American dream: custom suits, new cars, and the best clubs. But by 1931, he has sunk so low he cannot feed himself or his ailing father. Now he barely has time to wipe the blood from his hands before he finds himself on a ship from New York to Moscow, running from a crime he never intended. Desperate for an escape route, Jack wants to believe stories of a worker's paradise in the Soviet Union. Maybe the distance between Ellis Island and Red Square will let him leave poverty - and his pursuers - far behind.

After convicting a superior for corruption and shooting off a gangster's crown jewels, the career of Hamburg's most hard-bitten state prosecutor, Chastity Riley, has taken a nosedive: she has been transferred to the tedium of witness protection to prevent her making any more trouble. However, when she is assigned to the case of an anonymous man lying under police guard in hospital - almost every bone in his body broken, a finger cut off, and refusing to speak in anything other than riddles - Chastity's instinct for the big, exciting case kicks in.