Résultats pour "Glenn Cooper" dans Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense

Pendant des années, les rumeurs les plus folles ont couru sur "la Fille des marais" de Barkley Cove, une petite ville de Caroline du Nord. Pourtant, Kya n'est pas cette fille sauvage et analphabète que tous imaginent et craignent. À l'âge de dix ans, abandonnée par sa famille, elle doit apprendre à survivre seule dans le marais, devenu pour elle un refuge naturel et une protection. Sa rencontre avec Tate, un jeune homme doux et cultivé transforme la jeune fille à jamais. Mais Tate, appelé par ses études, l'abandonne à son tour.

Bretaña, siglo VII. En la abadía de Vectis crece Octavus, un niño al que le auguran poderes diabólicos. Octavus no tarda en empezar a escribir una lista de nombres y fechas sin ningún sentido aparente. Pero poco después, cuando una muerte en la abadía coincide con un nombre y una fecha de la lista, el miedo se apodera de los monjes.

A beloved professor of theology and archaeology at Harvard, Cal Donovan has achieved renown—but he drops everything when he is called by his friend Pope Celestine to investigate the potential existence of a mysterious prophecy. And it soon becomes clear that another party is desperate and willing to kill for the same information.

The most shocking secret in the history of mankind is about to be revealed.... A murderer is on the loose on the streets of New York City: nicknamed the Doomsday Killer, he's claimed six victims in just two weeks, and the city is terrified. Even worse, the police are mystified: the victims have nothing in common, defying all profiling, and all that connects them is that each received a sick postcard in the mail before they died - a postcard that announced their date of death.

A shocking truth lies within the pages of an ancient library, locked inside a high-security complex deep beneath the Nevada desert. And the US government will stop at nothing to keep it classified. But a shadowy group of ex-employees want the world to know - however terrifying the disclosure might prove to be - a secret that could have a profound effect on the history of mankind.

Año 2026. Mientras la humanidad se acerca a la fatídica fecha del fin del mundo, el hijo del ex agente del FBI Will Piper desaparece en pos de una joven que afirma tener una información que podría cambiar el destino: no todos los escribas habrían muerto en el suicidio colectivo de la abadía de Vectis. El fin de los escribas es el broche de oro a una trilogía que ha fascinado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo.

Arthur Malory, a seemingly ordinary Englishman, has a burning interest in the Holy Grail, a passion inherited from his father. Thrust into a life-or-death quest to find the precious artifact, he will discover not only his own amazing heritage but the power that the Grail possesses--a power that informs the resurrection of Christ and explosively merges spiritual and scientific thought.

England, 1775: An ambitious American pushes his expedition onward despite dire warnings from the locals. But what Benjamin Franklin discovers on the Isle of Wight isn't just superstition. It's a secret with the power to save the world - or destroy it. In less than 400 days, most of the world's population will be dead. Nobody knows why, only when: February 9, 2027.

Milan, Italy, today. It is the most serious crisis that the world has ever faced. Bewildered, young and old, believers and atheists are asking all the same distressing questions: What will they do now that the greatest dream of humanity has turned into a nightmare? What will happen when the countdown clock winds to zero?

Abruzzo, Italy: a young priest suffers the stigmata of the crucifixion. The Vatican, Rome: the Pope calls on Harvard professor Cal Donovan to investigate the truth of the priest's claim. Berlin, Germany: a neo-Nazi organisation believes the priest is the key to an earth-shattering secret. A secret that can be used as a deadly weapon. When the priest is abducted, a perilous race against the clock begins. Only Cal can track down the ruthless organisation and stop it before an apocalyptic catastrophe is unleashed.

Den 7.7.777 fødtes den syvende søn af en syvende søn i en fattig stenhuggerfamilie i Vectis-klosteret på Isle of Wight. En skæbnesvanger dag! Gennem de næste fem hundrede år blev Biblioteket skabt, tusindvis af bøger, hvor alle mennesker på Jorden fra tidernes morgen er optegnet med deres fødsels- og dødsdag. Et uhyre magtfuldt redskab, som nu befinder sig i amerikanernes varetægt. Men de mangler én bog, den vedrørende 1527 B den sidste brik for at forstå de gådefulde ord, Hinsides Horisonten B som på et tidspunkt blev fjernet fra Biblioteket og siden har været forsvundet.

New York, nutiden – Investeringsrådgiver David Swisher modtager et postkort med tegningen af en kiste ved siden af næste dags dato. Dårlig stil, synes Swisher... og dør dagen efter. Consuela Lopez har også modtaget et postkort med en tegning af en kiste og en dato... Dagen efter er hun død. Mønsteret gentager sig for en tredje, en fjerde, en femte, en...: Alle modtager et postkort, og alle dør. Det ligner en seriemorders signatur, men for Will, den FBI-agent, der bliver sat på sagen, er det en fuldkommen gåde.

El profesor y arqueólogo Cal Donovan se dirige a Islandia para pasar unas vacaciones con su última novia cuando recibe una llamada del Vaticano. El papa Celestino IV quiere que investigue la extraordinaria aparición de tres jóvenes vírgenes, embarazadas, llamadas María. ¿Se trata de un milagro, como clama el sector más conservador del Vaticano, o existe una explicación científica? ¿Es posible que las tres estén gestando al hijo de Dios? ¿Podría este aparente milagro causar el colapso de la Iglesia católica?

Isla de Wight, 1334. Al ver próxima su muerte, el abad Felix, superior de la abadía de Vectis, deja constancia en una epístola de un secreto terrorífico y de los extraños acontecimientos relacionados con una orden muy singular: la Orden de los Nombres. Los monjes clarividentes que la componen han dedicado toda su vida a consignar sin descanso en unos libros la fecha de nacimiento y muerte de toda la humanidad...

Heute ist der Tag, an dem du stirbst! Eine beispiellose Mordserie hält New York in Atem. Die Opfer bekommen eine Postkarte und sind am nächsten Tag tot. Für FBI-Profiler Will Piper vollkommen unerklärlich: Die Toten hatten absolut keine Gemeinsamkeiten. Welcher perverse Serienkiller versetzt das ganze Land in Angst und Schrecken? Die Spur führt in die Vergangenheit. Und auf eine kleine Insel am anderen Ende der Welt.

Jerry Bernard is the sleaziest of all sleazeball car salesmen. And when he gets Elliott Cooper in his grasp, you know one of them is going to get screwed...and it won't be Jerry. Gloria has gone along with Elliott to look at new cars. Elliott's new at these sales negotiations, Jerry is not. In fact, after Jerry financially rapes his customers, he tells his sales manager that he just took a passage from the bible -"I saw a stranger and took him in." He took Elliott in, all right, but payback can be a real bitch.

Trial lawyer Eddie Terrell's professional life is prospering. His personal life is a dumpster fire. Usually racing to the prize fight, Eddie comes to the realization that he needs to beat a hasty retreat from the enticing flames and recalibrate on his own impulsive and subjective terms. Wishing to expand his professional interests by accomplishing something on the darker side, Eddie decides to head an investment scheme with a promising payoff. Of course, there are risks that must be navigated, risks that might require dangerously effective actions.

Each of the stories in this collection was previously available on Amazon, Audible and ACX. You'll find the collection here at Audible, narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Clay Cooper is home again, recovering from his second heart attack. His son, Elliott calls Gloria back in to help out temporarily. Their latest case involves a woman who wants Cooper to find out who killed her husband, a new P.I. who was shot while investigating only his second case. Elliott and Gloria visit the Burbank Police Department, since the victim, Gordon Reese, was found in their jurisdiction. The streets and back alleys of Burbank set the scene for another interesting case for Elliott and his on-again partner, Gloria.

The time is 1945, the place is Hollywood. Matt Cooper is still a policeman and owning his own private eye business is still a year off. He and Dan Hollister are investigating a series of murders who's victims were all guilty of the same thing - petty crimes. Of all the stories I've ever written, I like the ending of this one the best.