Résultats pour "Buried" dans Fiction

In Blarney, Cork, an old millworker's cottage guards its secrets. In 1921, a mother, father, and their two young children disappeared from this house. Now their mummified bodies have been discovered under the floorboards. As DS Katie Maguire investigates a ninety-five-year-old murder, the flames of old family rivalries flare up once more, catching Katie in the crossfire. Will catching the killer mean losing her life?

The invitation to my ex-boyfriend’s funeral came out of the blue. I take a deep breath, my hand on the door to the church, fingers trembling. I haven’t seen Jacob in ten years – not since an anonymous lie about me tore the two of us apart… I’ve stayed as far away as possible ever since, but I just can’t miss the chance to say goodbye. But when I pull open the heavy oak door, every pair of eyes in the room lands on me. His mother glares at me from the front pew, shaking with barely contained rage. Her piercing shriek echoes off the walls.

Seventy-year-old Lenny Bird lives in a cage of her own making. It’s protected by a strong will, stubborn habits, and hidden secrets—like the crime-scene photos in her basement. And the body in her backyard. Lenny shut down long ago, when her daughter was murdered and her husband committed suicide. But fifteen years later, a court has ordered her estranged grandson Juls to move back in with her when he’s arrested, courtesy of his notorious paternal grandfather. Juls has crossed the wrong people and his criminal world comes crashing through Lenny’s door, along with his twin daughters.

Amos Carver is just enjoying some R&R when people try to murder him in his sleep. The key word is try. Because Carver doesn't let his guard down. Not even when he's living the tranquil life in a beach house. It turns out these people might have kidnapped or killed a former squad mate of his. A man named Cliff Barrows. And Carver wants to know why. More than that, he wants to teach them a lesson. Barrows saved Carver on more than one occasion. That means Carver owes him. Owes him big time. And even if he didn't, Carver still adheres to a simple code. Leave no brother behind.

When a child’s scribbled note is found in an attic in the Scottish Highlands, it points to a long-concealed crime. Soon after, a skeleton is unearthed at a nearby archaeological dig—and secrets buried for decades begin to surface. Detective John Prentice prefers to work alone. He certainly doesn’t want help from Melanie Harris, a fearless podcaster with a nose for local stories and a knack for asking too many questions. But as evidence emerges, John and Melanie are pulled into a mystery that someone is still desperate to keep buried.

Sofia und ihre Freundinnen sind schon seit der Schulzeit immer füreinander da. Sie alle sind witzig, scharfsinnig, klug – und sie teilen ein düsteres Geheimnis: Als Sofias Ehemann plötzlich tot im Wohnzimmer liegt, gilt es, zusammenzuhalten. Nachdem sie sich ihm mit einigen Müllsäcken, einem Spaten und ein paar anderen fragwürdigen Methoden entledigt haben, brechen sie den Kontakt ab und müssen die alltäglichen Stolpersteine des Frauseins ohne die Unterstützung der anderen bewältigen.

When the man she loves is framed for murder, Maya Thompson and her K-9 will follow every trail to track the real killer down... U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer Maya Thompson and her K-9, Juniper, are both ready for a break. Ever since moving to Colorado, it’s been one investigation...

Joseph Finder introduced Nick Heller, a “private spy” who finds out things powerful people want to keep hidden, to widespread acclaim from the critics and wild enthusiasm from the readers, in the New York Times best-selling novel Vanished. Now, in Buried Secrets, Nick Heller returns, finding himself in the middle of a life-or-death situation that’s both high-profile and intensely personal.

When Cassie Hunt learns that her beloved Aunt Aggie is dying, she rushes back home to be with her during her final days. For as long as Cassie can remember Aggie has spoken about the forgotten world that exists just below their feet, in the tunnels and catacombs of the mysterious Sand House. But on her deathbed, Aggie reveals a terrible secret that she’s buried as deep as the tunnels beneath the old house, and when excavation work begins on the site, Cassie is the only one who can help keep the truth hidden.

Journalist Tasman Hill must chase every angle in the biggest story of his career—the suspicious disappearance of his own colleague, star crime and investigative news reporter Harrison Marks. When Tasman is suddenly and mysteriously offered his chance at glory, he must take Harrison’s place at the Sapphire Times newspaper, located in a famous mountainous city on Australia’s east coast.

When Gilbert Williams, a resident at Sunset House Care Home, claims to have once killed someone, care assistant Will Cavanagh initially dismisses his claims – he’s frail and vulnerable, he can’t imagine him ever killing someone – but he can’t seem to let his comments go. What if it’s true? What if he really did kill someone and he’s forgotten that he isn’t supposed to tell anybody…

Ivy Malone and Mac MacPherson have been circling the idea of marriage for some time (see the five books in the Ivy Malone Mysteries series), and now they’ve made the Big Decision. They’re getting married! Except there is the problem of that dead body—and a killer who’s willing to bring their plans to a screeching halt.

Eight years ago Francesca Canetti testified against her father. Now this mobster's daughter is Frannie Peters, running a bakery in the witness protection town of Sanctuary. Her former-starlet mom and her younger sister mooch off all her hard work, her best employee has terminal cancer, the town’s mafia crew insists she’s one of them, and her love life is so non-existent it isn’t even funny. Dare she try and unearth a better life? Matthias Hernandez is a ranch hand with his own bundle of secrets.

It's 1952, and Jasper isn't allowed to ask questions or make a fuss. He's lucky to even have a home and must keep his mouth shut and his ears open to stay in his uncle's good graces. No one knows where his mother went or whether she's coming back. Desperate to see her again, he must take matters into his own hands. From the farm, he embarks on a treacherous search that will take him to the squalid hideaways of Detroit and back again, through tawdry taverns, peep shows, and gambling houses.

Hidden in the Smoky Mountains, a family homestead burns to the ground, sparking a plucky young woman to come undone. It also ignites a survival story - her quest for self-actualization. As the heroine describes her 14-year search for identity to an Oklahoma Cherokee audience, it was her contact with Native culture that led her to appreciate common human values, to understand the power of heritage, and to achieve self-awareness.

After seven years as a Chicago homicide detective, Lisa Grant has hit a wall. Ready for a kinder, gentler life, she takes a job as a small-town police chief. But the discovery of a human skeleton by a construction crew at the edge of town taxes the resources of her department.

Join a self-exiled carpenter and the teenage daughter he aims to protect as they struggle to rise above the cynicism of a cold-blooded world. The Slide That Buried Rightful will confound your most deeply-held assumptions about right and wrong. Wake to a new understanding of earthly, and unearthly, justice.

Early on in Sam Macaluso’s life, he ultimately knew what he was destined to do in his life. The complex path to that dream led through good times and bad times. He would experience real-world problems, along with the best training offered.

A troubled girl named Emma Corbeau begins seeing "clones" of herself that exist only in the daytime and disappear into ash at nightfall. These different versions of herself lead her on a journey of self-discovery and expose the terrible past that she has been hiding for so long. As time grows short, Emma sets out on a journey to piece together her troubled past and become whole once more so that she may stop the coming end of all existence.

Mason Sykes had served many years in the Marine Corps for his country. His loyalty and sacrifice had left him disfigured - inside and out. He didn't harbor regrets, especially since he'd finally found the peace and quiet he'd always desired on a Nebraska farm. Brenna Helm was a country girl through and through, right down to her cowgirl boots. Her heart had always belonged to the acres of land that had been her family's legacy through multiple generations.