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

Mia a vécu des situations difficiles au cours de ses différentes missions humanitaires. Elle a affronté la misère, la violence, la maladie et la pauvreté, mais elle a toujours repoussé l’idée que sa vie était en danger. Alors quand sa mission en Colombie vire au cauchemar et qu’elle est enlevée puis séquestrée dans une hutte au fin fond de la jungle, elle doit surmonter ses peurs, et s’accrocher à l’espoir d’être secourue.

Brought to you by Penguin. February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome. Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all...

Emiline Jackson, a journalist haunted by childhood trauma, writes under the pen name Libby Lewis. Libby was her childhood friend, killed at age 10 by a drive-by shooting that Em witnessed. As an adult, Em writes about controversial social issues, yet early in her career, she avoids writing about gun control, as it is too close for comfort. A surge of mass shootings eventually shakes her resolve, pushing her to confront gun control in her work. But the new owners of the paper she works at shut her down, thwarting her efforts.

Barnes has left the Minneapolis PD and begins a new chapter of her life in Lake County, Minnesota, as Sheriff Sam MacDonald’s chief detective. The murder of a young man on the shores of Lake Superior sets off a series of seemingly unrelated crimes that challenge Barnes and MacDonald and include the kidnapping of a mining executive and the use of deadly chemical weapons. Despite the FBI’s involvement, Barnes takes center stage with a lively cast of new characters who will keep the listener guessing and second guessing. And, of course, Barnes is still obsessed with Judge Robin Gildemeister.

The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now...'The narrator of Robert Harris's gripping new novel is a professional ghostwriter - cynical, mercenary, and with a nice line in deadpan humour.

Er muss meine Haut nicht berühren, um meinen Körper zu kontrollieren. Er muss nur wissen, wie meine Seele funktioniert. Kat verabscheut Berührungen. Zu viele Hände haben sie gebrochen, zu viele Grenzen wurden überschritten, bis nichts mehr von ihr übrig war. Nähe bedeutet Gefahr. Feuer. Unerträgliche Schmerzen. Niemand berücksichtigt ihr eigenes Verlangen. Niemand - außer ihm. Ein Schatten in der Dunkelheit. Ein unheimlicher Fremder, der immer dann erscheint, wenn ihre Welt am Abgrund steht. Er weckt etwas in ihr, das tief vergraben war: Hunger nach Vergeltung und blutiger Rache.

Sa vie n'est pas un conte de fée : c'est un épisode de Sons of Anarchy. Ghost : Quand on ne connaît pas le fonctionnement d'un MC, on ne comprend pas tout de suite les relations entre les membres. On ne réalise pas que les liens familiaux dépassent ceux du sang. Là où on place la loyauté au-dessus de tout, on nous catalogue immédiatement comme des hors-la-loi. Quand on colle un patch avec notre nom sur le cuir d'une régulière, on passe pour des machos.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

I have always been a bird. Caged by one prison or another when the only thing I ever wanted was to fly away. Sold. Beaten. Starved. Drugged. Nothing scares me anymore. Until him. He makes the numbness go away. He is hazardous to me. It has nothing to do with his mafia lifestyle, and everything to do with what he offers. A gilded prison. A retreat from everything that I once knew. The reality I have no desire to return to. He thinks he's caged me, but soon I'm going to fly.

Within FBI field operative circles, groups of people known as “Special” by their titles alone, Michael R. McGowan is an outlier. Over the course of his career, McGowan has worked more than 50 undercover cases. In this extraordinary and unprecedented book, McGowan will take listeners through some of his biggest cases, from international drug busts to the Russian and Italian mobs to biker gangs and contract killers to corrupt unions and SWAT work. Ghost is an unparalleled view into how the FBI, through the courage of its undercover Special Agents, nails the bad guys.

WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD 2018 'An epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book' KEN LIU, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards 'Gripping!' ANN...

The Carnacki institute exists to do something about ghosts. Lay them to rest, send them packing, or kick their nasty ectoplasmic arses with extreme prejudice. The institute’s operatives are the best of the best. JC Chance: sharp, brave, charming, and almost unbearably arrogant; Melody Chambers: science geek, techno-wizard extraordinaire who keeps the antisupernatual equipment running smoothly; and Happy Jack Palmer: the telepath with the gloomy disposition, the last person anyone would want navigating through their head.

A quiet encounter… with something that refuses to be forgotten. In A Ghost, Guy de Maupassant delivers a chilling and atmospheric tale that blurs the line between reality and the supernatural. What begins as a simple request soon leads to an eerie and unforgettable experience—one that...

Something is very wrong with the Fitzwilliam estate. It was supposed to be a regular seance job. But from the minute I met an angry ghost in the hall, I knew there wasn't going to be anything ordinary about this house or its dead residents. First of all, there were way too many of them. Second, some of them had been helped along from living to dead. Third, my attempt to figure out what was going on got a bit sidetracked when I met the gardener. He was tall, dark green, and handsome. And really, really smart. So I hired him to help me figure out what was going on. 

For the first time, the complete works of M. R. James are available to download in one collection. This unabridged collection of all M.R. James' ghost stories includes tales from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, More Ghost Stories, A Thin Ghost and Others, and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories. It is expertly read by award-winning narrator Jonathan Keeble.

Once ambitious and spontaneous, all park ranger Miranda wants after losing her best friend is stillness. Her new job at Everglades National Park and the rekindled connection with an old flame offer some stability and comfort. But everything changes after a rash decision brings her face-to-face with the so-called swamp witch. In Estelle, Miranda finds an unexpected friendship. The old woman is feisty, independent, and extraordinarily green-thumbed. Plants, Estelle tells her, have a language of their own.

Blythe has accepted her fate and is tired of running. Who would miss her anyway? She attends her new and eccentric town’s month long Halloween masquerade for one last party before meeting her end. But what will she find...and what will find her?

When an unknown someone shoots him and leaves him to die, Harry Dresden hopes he might be heading to a better place. Unfortunately being dead doesn't make Harry's life any easier. Trapped between life and death, he learns that his friends are in serious trouble. Only by finding his murderer can he save his friends and move on - a feat that would be a lot easier if he had a body and access to his powers. Worse still are the malevolent shadows that roam Chicago, controlled by a dark entity that wants Harry to suffer even in death.

A lush and elegant collection of tales—many having appeared in various “Best Of” anthologies—teeming with frightful and tragic events, yet profoundly and intimately human. These chilling tales will engross and enthrall. For listeners of Kelly Link, Carmen Maria Machado, and Angela Carter, this is a must have collection of ghostly tales set to deliver a frisson of terror and glee.

Whether weaving family life and history into dark fiction or writing speculative Afrofuturism, American Book Award winner and Essence best-selling author Tananarive Due’s work is both riveting and enlightening. In her debut collection of short fiction, Due takes us to Gracetown, a small Florida town that has both literal and figurative ghost; into future scenarios that seem all too real; and provides empathetic portraits of those whose lives are touched by otherness. Featuring an award-winning novella and 15 stories, Ghost Summer: Stories is sure to haunt and delight.