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

Bienvenue à Val Quarios, petite station de ski familiale qui ferme ses portes l'été. Ne reste alors qu'une douzaine de saisonniers au milieu de bâtiments déserts. Hugo vient à peine d'arriver, mais, déjà, quelque chose l'inquiète. Ce sentiment d'être épié, ces "visions" qui le hantent et cette disparition soudaine... Quels secrets terrifiants se cachent derrière ces murs ? Hugo va devoir affronter ses peurs et ses cauchemars jusqu'à douter de sa raison.

Jusqu'où peut-on s'immiscer dans la vie de ses proches ? Callie a toujours vécu dans l'ombre de sa sœur, Tilda, à qui tout réussit. Celle-ci est actrice et forme un couple heureux avec Felix, un riche banquier, alors que Callie vit seule et végète dans la librairie où elle travaille. Si elle admire toujours autant sa sœur, elle ne peut néanmoins s'empêcher de penser que quelque chose se cache sous ce vernis de perfection. Tilda ne serait-elle pas sous l'emprise de Felix, dont les comportements obsessionnels sont de plus en plus inquiétants ?

1892, New York. Après un tour de pyrotechnie qui dérape, Jenny Marton, jeune magicienne, voit le théâtre où elle se produisait partir en fumée et toutes ses économies avec. Son seul moyen de s’en sortir ? Résoudre l’enquête que lui a confiée Pinkerton, célèbre agence de détectives privés. Au Havre, un bateau a disparu et tout son équipage s’est réveillé sur le port sans que personne ne se rappelle rien, si ce n’est d’un monstre à la voix berçante. De plus, le cadavre d’un marin a été retrouvé sur le quai !

I'd spent most of my life running. My past right on my heels. But when you take down society's most dark and twisted elite, there isn't a place on earth you can hide. I'd shattered their secrets, and they wanted revenge. Only, to get to me, they would have to go through him. Huntsman wasn't just the president of The Exiled Eight MC. He was dangerous. He was arrogant. And he was pure alpha. Yet, I'd never felt safer than I did in his arms. He was willing to kill for me. And they were coming to take my life. Only one of us was going to come out of this alive.

Dane and Mandy, a popular magic act for 40 years, are tragically separated by a car wreck that claims Mandy’s life—or so everyone thinks. Even as Dane mourns and tries to rebuild his life without her, Mandy, supposedly dead, awakes in the present as the19-year-old she was in 1970.

UN THRILLER HALETANT CONSTRUIT COMME UNE MÉCANIQUE DE PRÉCISION. À la mort de son protecteur de toujours, Atanasio se rend à Genève pour la lecture du testament. Pour toucher l'héritage, le jeune homme doit consentir à une mission machiavélique : accomplir la vengeance de Don Carlo en assassinant les ennemis de ce dernier selon un protocole précis. À commencer par l'ensorcelante Alba Malcessati, l'épouse de Don Carlo.

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Bristol, 1896. Used to scraping a living as the young assistant to an ageing con artist, Cecily Marsden's life is turned upside down when her master suddenly dies. Believing herself to blame, could young Cec somehow have powers she little understands? Meanwhile Eadie Carleton, a pioneering early film-maker, struggles for her talent to be taken seriously in a male-dominated world, and a brilliant young magician, George Perris, begins to see the potential in moving pictures.

Für die junge Sängerin Stella wird ein Traum wahr, als sie zur »Show Illusion« nach Las Vegas eingeladen wird. Bald erkennt Stella, dass nichts in der Show dem Zufall überlassen ist. Stellas Vorgängerin Fia ist nach einem mysteriösen Unfall verschwunden. Stella muss bald feststellen, dass sie niemandem vertrauen kann.

Daith's father is dead. His death caused a rip in the galaxy's peace. The remains of his army are fighting to restore it. But Daith knows nothing of this. Her memories have been stolen. She has been kidnapped. All she knows is that she has unparalleled abilities that could help end the devastation. Except without her past, how can she know if she's on the right side? Time is running out, and Daith must choose - to search for who she was, or use her gifts to restore order.

I never expected someone I knew wanted me dead. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised. Jealousy has been motivating people to do horrible things for all of history, and when you’ve made as much money as I have, it’s hard not to be the target of the green-eyed monster. I also didn’t expect my beautiful bodyguard Sam to throw herself in front of a bullet for me. No one has ever risked their life like that me before, especially a woman I’m falling for.

Goody. A powerful real estate developer has been buying up land in the area and wants my business. He refuses to take no for an answer. My bakery, Goody’s Goodies, has been in the family for more than a century. I will not sell. But his threats are becoming real, and people are dying. Tristan. I have been searching for the mystery woman I crossed paths with in a club in New York. I knew she was mine, but was called away just before she was unmasked. Imagine my surprise when she shows up next door to my planned BDSM club. She has drawn the fury of a dangerous shifter.

After losing his wife and two young sons in an airplane crash, professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. Then, watching television one night, he sees a clip from a lost film by the silent comedian Hector Mann. Zimmer soon finds himself embarking...

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When an elderly, world-famous magician is found dead in his Cherringham mansion, there is nothing suspicious about the passing. According to the doctor, it was a heart attack - plain and simple. But the performer's long-time assistant suspects something sinister and she asks Jack and Sarah to investigate. And like the great magician's amazing tricks, it soon becomes clear that his death is anything but simple: in the world of magic, nothing is ever what it seems, and sometimes even illusions can turn deadly.

Delaney Westcott is a beautiful career woman in a man's world. Owner and chief asset of a personal security business -- where she guards the rich and famous from the unwanted attention of friends and enemies -- she can take care of herself. Except for the one time she didn't: when she fell...

An apprehensive, anxious woman embarks on what should be a joyous birthday celebration. However, as the night unfolds, she soon realizes that all is not as it appears. Twists, mysteries, and unexpected revelations lurk around every corner, challenging her perceptions and forcing her to confront the illusions she has been living within.

Delbert Mason has it all - or so it seems. His career is a success, and he is an important man in his small town. His future is mapped out. He knows just where he's going.

Until the night he strolls home late and sees a hearse and a limousine pull into the local cemetery. Who were those strange men by the hearse, and whose grave was that being dug nearby?

Aspiring designer Taurus Maxwell learns that her fiancé has been having an affair with her mother on the day of her engagement party. She wonders if she can ever be able to give her heart to someone and have them love her in return. After her home burns down and her dreams of being a designer are crushed by another bad interview, her ex-fiancé's father, Ru Wén, gives her an offer she cannot refuse. With her mother and ex-fiancé trying to fight back into her life will she ever be able to escape them? Is it okay to find love with a man who happens to be your ex-fiance's father?

Nach dem verheerenden Ende der »Show Illusion« in Las Vegas stehen Stella und Levin vor dem Nichts. Plötzlich erhält Levin ein Angebot – die Chance, die Show neu aufzubauen, größer als je zuvor. Als die Show erneut zum Leben erwacht, kehrt auch eine Person zurück, die längst tot sein sollte – und mit ihr eine Wahrheit, die nicht nur Stellas Liebe zu Levin, sondern alles, woran sie je geglaubt hat, infrage stellt.