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

Eat Pray Love meets American Psycho in a seductive and sinister debut literary thriller. Food critic Dorothy Daniels indulges in her homicidal urges by murdering her lovers and devouring their organs in this intense, visceral, and lushly told tale of food, sex, power, and the pursuit of a very particular taste set between New York and Italy. Please Note: A Certain Hunger contains adult language and depictions of violence. Discretion is advised.

"Supernatural suspense at its finest...The best thing about The Hunger is that it will scare the pants off you."--The New York Times Book Review "Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark."--Stephen King A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's...

WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply. A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the...

When Beth wakes up one morning covered in dirt, she puts it down to an extreme case of sleep-walking. But when reports of a desecrated grave, strange sightings, and sudden disappearances start to circulate, her nighttime wanderings take on a sinister air. Beth knows that something is changing within her. Something with an urgent, desperate hunger that demands to be satisfied—at any cost.

A must-listen for fans of police procedurals and international crime from Stefán Máni's Grimsson series.

Within the serene wilderness of Minnesota is Dr. Jonathan Arthur's renowned clinic, promising solace for those tormented by their deepest, darkest fears. But when corporate consultant Paul Ondragon arrives seeking relief from his extraordinary phobia, his tranquility is quickly shattered. Because a series of grisly murders is sending shockwaves through the community, each victim mutilated in a manner both brutal and inexplicable. Is the culprit truly a rogue bear, as authorities insist, or does something far more malevolent lurk in the shadows?

Das Leben geht zwar immer weiter, aber es wird nicht unbedingt leichter. Jedenfalls nicht für jeden von uns: Martin Kühn zum Beispiel hat das Gefühl, deutlich schwerer zu sein, als es ihm gut tut. In der Seele und um die Hüfte rum. Kühn setzt sich auf Diät. Doch während er sich damit abplagt, Gewicht zu verlieren, um wieder interessanter für seine Frau Susanne zu werden, muss er sich gegen die Intrigen seines vermeintlich besten Freundes und Kollegen Thomas Steierer wehren: Seine Karriere bei der Mordkommission hängt an einem immer dünner werdenden Faden.

Sebastian Wolfe is a brilliant architect with a polished reputation, but beneath his charming exterior lies a hunger he carefully controls, that is, until he meets Iris Klarelle. Unlike the women he indulges in to sate his urges, Iris is different: confident, alluring, untouchable. The more she eludes him, the deeper his fixation grows, threatening to fracture his carefully maintained restraint. At the same time, unsettling clues begin to surface, evidence that someone may know his darkest secrets.

The world’s food supply grows aggressively, occupying every inch of earth, no matter how inhospitable. World hunger is averted. Humanity flourishes. RC-714 is digested, absorbed…and passed on. The Change affects small fast-breeding mammals first. They multiply with the same aggressive speed as the ExoGen plants, but an insatiable hunger drives them to violence. A war between species breaks out. When RC-714 reaches humanity, along with every other large creature on the planet, civilization implodes.

Aria Abbott has never had a home. Drifting through the foster system for most of her life, she finally finds herself in a situation so unbearable that she has no choice but to run away. Sleeping on the streets pushes Aria beyond any suffering she has felt before; the only thing worse than seeing no escape is the knowledge that no one in the world cares enough to try and find her. Enter Taylor, a homeless young man with a charismatic smile and a dream of fame, fortune, and the sunshine of LA. Swept up in his energy, Aria and Taylor board a greyhound bus and never look back.

1695. Spanish Netherlands. The war between King Louis XIV and the League of Augsberg reaches a pivotal moment at the Siege of Namur. When the besieged French army starts to mount an increasingly fierce resistance, Bastian immortal Conrad Greene and his company of elite intelligence operatives are sent to Liège to track down the traitor supplying the enemy with stocks of a new, powerful gunpowder.

A 400-year-old vampire and a spellbound witch are on the hunt for the spell to set her free. What could possibly go wrong? Vampires, werewolves, hybrids, witches, and returned-from-the-dead exes. Just another day in New Orleans!

Single mother Alice Chow is drowning. With a booming online cloth diaper shop, her resentful teenage daughter Luna, and her screen-obsessed son Luca, Alice can never get everything done in a day. It’s all she can do to just collapse on the couch with a bottle of wine every night.

Meet Riel Brava. Attractive. Razor-sharp. Ambitious. And something much more. Riel, raised in Santa Barbara, California, has been transplanted to Nova Scotia where he is CEO of the Canadian Cannabis Corporation. It’s business as usual until Riel finds his world hanging by a thread. Actually, several threads. It doesn’t take the police long to determine all is not as it appears—and that includes Riel himself. Pulled into a world not of his making, Riel resists the hunt to catch a killer. Resistance is futile.

Ein uraltes Grauen erhebt sich - ausgerechnet an einem Ort, der von der Zeit vergessen schien... Der Osten Bayerns, mitten im 19. Jahrhundert. Die biedere Landbevölkerung vertraut auf das Wittelsbacher Herrscherhaus und den lieben Gott. Fortschritt ist ein Fremdwort. Das Leben ist in lieb gewordenen Gewohnheiten erstarrt. Erst der abscheuliche Mord an der sittsamen Müllerin Creszenzia Aytermoser durchbricht das trügerische Idyll. Die näheren Umstände der Tat sind so unklar wie spektakulär und in Windeseile sprießen Gerüchte und Verdächtigungen wie das Unkraut auf den zahllosen Misthaufen.

Injured in a seemingly pointless war, Captain Nathan J. Northland returns home to Lorehaven to an uncertain future. He doesn't know what to expect, but it certainly wasn't being posted on an island full of vampires. An island whose local vampire dandy lord causes Nathan to feel strange things he’d never felt before. Feelings about fangs. When Viscount Vlad Blutstein agreed to hire Nathan as captain of the Eyrie Guard, he hadn’t been sure what to expect either. It certainly hadn’t been to fall in love with a disabled werewolf.

One of Goodreads, Book Riot, and AV Club’s Most Anticipated Horror Novels of the Year “Incendiary...this one hits hard.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Intense, visceral, and not to be missed.” —Booklist (starred review) “A tour de force.” —Capes and Tights A...

Dry cleaning entrepreneur Mandy Dyer has a spotless reputation as a business owner—and as a part-time amateur sleuth. Yet when the body of her sleazy business rival is discovered hanging from a conveyor belt in her cleaning plant, Mandy is the lead suspect. So much for making a good impression on sexy homicide detective Stan Foster. But Mandy isn’t the kind to turn away from a tough spot. Instead, she begins searching for the real culprit, starting with the colorful cast of characters she calls her employees.

Es gibt keine Vampire. Umso ärgerlicher, wenn sie dann in Manchester auftauchen. Wirklich niemand freut sich darüber. Nicht die magischen Wesen, die es tatsächlich gibt, und schon gar nicht die Menschen in Manchester. Denn nichts ist ärgerlicher, als von ausgedachten Monstern um die Ecke gebracht zu werden. Zum Glück gibt es die Mitarbeiter der Stranger Times. Allerdings haben die schon genug zu tun. Hannah hat gerade eine chaotische Scheidung hinter sich und findet heraus, dass jemand versucht, eine Kollegin zu entführen.

Something has happened and the children are hungry. So hungry they cannot see straight. All the cupboards are empty and their stomachs won't stop growling. Has it only been days? It feels like weeks. They must eat...they must devour...anything they can...their lives depend on it.