Résultats pour "Chance" dans Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense

Written by a professional illusionist - based out of Branson, Missouri - this is a realistic account of a magician, Chance Powers, using his knowledge of theatrical illusion to expose fraud, outwit criminals, rescue friends, escape violence, and take down the boss of a New York City crime family. The adventures of Chance and his gorgeous assistant, Stephanie Reynolds, and robust stage manager, Narvel White, stay within the realm of possibility. The amazing things they do really could happen. The techniques they use are based on things the author has personally experienced.

The development of a top-secret project is masterfully hijacked by secret forces, and then accidentally falls into the hands of a public citizen, Kevin Scot. The experimental star wars computer is designed to advance the technologies of humankind, but it becomes Kevin's best friend, confidant, and protector. Annie, a hybrid artificial intelligence computer, realizes there is more to herself than electronics, as she interacts with Kevin, the FBI, and international assassins.

Mayhem pursues J.C., an aging and washed-up pool player, who steals cash from an unprofessional, sexually deviant hitman named Black Berry. He wants it back. The money, however, belongs to Juan Hernandez and the Mexican Cartel. They want it back. With Black Berry hot on their heels, J.C. and his thirteen-year-old pool playing prodigy son, Kid, head for the small town of Upland, Arizona.

Die französische Küste im Jahre 1795. Während die Feuer des Krieges sich auf dem Festland immer weiter ausbreiten, tobt auch auf See ein Kampf um die Vorherrschaft. Doch nicht alle kämpfen mit so fairen Mitteln wie der ehrenhafte Freibeuter Harry Ludlow und sein Bruder James: Als der skrupellose Kapitän Toner von der Royal Navy ihn unrechtmäßig zwingt, ihm die Hälfte seiner Crew zu überlassen, schwört Harry, seine Männer zu retten – und nimmt allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz die Verfolgung von dessen Fregatte auf.

Gregg Kaplan's partner has vanished without a word. He is inexplicably kept in the dark by his employer, the CIA, and ordered to stand down or face the consequences. Refusing to follow orders, Kaplan strikes out on his own in search of Isabella Hunt, the woman with whom he is in love. Following a tip that led him across the country to a small town in Wyoming, he finds himself in trouble once again when two of the town's bullies assault a young Native American woman. This time it lands him behind bars.

The Second Chance is a suspenseful tale of kidnapping, corporate espionage, and forgotten love that takes the listener from the red dirt roads of Alabama to the silver mines of Mexico.

A deadly mine cave-in at Real de Catorce, Mexico, changes Patricia Morelos' life forever. The disaster she faces as owner of the mine is overshadowed by personal tragedy. Her only child, 17-year-old Max, is kidnapped when he goes to help the victims.

Hired by billionaire Lou Atlas to search for answers about his dead nephew on St. Barths, the swankiest island in the Caribbean, Buck Reilly's dream trip goes sideways when his former business partner, fresh out of jail, returns with a vengeance. Buck is quickly eyeballs deep in complications - a race for hidden gold, the beautiful granddaughter of one of St. Barths' most famous swashbucklers, perversely ruthless treasure hunters, an alluring maritime historian, and demons from his past.

Scott Miller vanishes from his hotel in Brazil. No ransom demand. No witnesses. Just gone. While everyone else sees a cold trail, Danny sees what they missed. He's tracked terrorists across war zones, hunted killers through cities, survived impossible odds—and now he's bringing every brutal skill he has into the jungles of Colombia.

In this audiobook, the Green Ghost will face a giant mechanical monster on a long abandoned boardwalk, attempt to solve the murder of his old mentor, and uncover a ring of foreign saboteurs using radio frequencies to carry out their missions of terror and destruction. Here are pulp thrills and spills showcasing one of the most original classic pulp heroes ever invented. Brought to you by Airship 27 Productions, the new home of high adventure.

With nothing left to lose, and little in his pocket, Sonny chucks it all and drives his aging van 1500 miles to the lower reaches of the Florida Keys. All he wants is to get over his recent losses and simplify his hectic life, and that's exactly what he thinks he's doing when he settles on a paradisiacal speck of an island known as Wrecker's Key. While surrounded by the warm aquamarine waters of two tropical oceans, he not only falls in love with the key but also establishes a close bond with the free-spirited locals who call it home.

Rick Waters travels to the Amazon to save his true love Jules. Rick must overcome snakes, spiders, jaguars, and flying spears and arrows to find the jewel. If he cannot find the Sacred Jewel of Orinoco, not only is Jules’ life in danger, but so is the fate of the entire Kayapó tribe. Rick runs into an old friend, or is he now a foe? He has come into money and seems different. Will Rick and the crew save Jules in time, or will she die deep inside the dark jungle? Time is running out. No pressure, right?

After saving Jules and her roommate from certain peril in the deep rainforest of the Amazon, Rick Waters and the crew head to Rio for some badly needed R&R. As soon as they arrive, they find out Rick's first mate, Johnie, is framed for burglary and murder in Destin, Florida. Rick and the gang must prove Johnie’s innocence. The proof they need may be hidden in the grass flats in the backwaters of Choctawhatchee Bay. Will Rick find the proof he needs to set Johnie free in time?

Raine Meyers is alive today only because of the heroic efforts of the Delta Force Echo Team. It's time to pay that debt. As an undercover defense intelligence officer, Raine tracks a Russian threat to the Delta Force wives left vulnerable while their husbands are downrange protecting the US. FBI Special Agent in Charge Damian Prescott, former Delta Force operator - also Raine's former fiance - falls quite literally into the middle of her operation.

Noah Bradford knows secrets that could get him killed, and staying in WITSEC seems like a good plan. What he didn't plan on is losing his heart to a man who is sworn to protect him. Battle scarred US Marshal Robert "Mac" Mackenzie has a job to do, and guaranteeing the safety of Noah Bradford is at the top of that list. Mac will do whatever it takes to keep Noah safe, even if it means walking away. Mac and Noah, brought together during extreme circumstances, have been separated by evil.

David Malone, a peacekeeper in the rundown Crystal City, discovers a plot within the movement of life's lottery, wherein the benefactors are stealing the entire life-force of the donors in order to perpetuate their own life across decades in a high-tech act of human sacrifice. How can something created to stabilize the human race after the holy wars get so perverted?