Résultats pour "Lou" dans Thrillers et romans à suspense

Delilah et Luka ont grandi dans des caravanes voisines, au milieu d'un camping miteux, berceau de la misère. Delilah possède la beauté du diable, Luka, son âme. Poussée dans ses retranchements, elle est prête à tout pour s'éloigner très vite de cet endroit ; lui n'a pas les moyens de lui offrir un nouveau refuge. Ils s'aiment, mais ils ne sont pas capables de vivre ensemble. Delilah est butée, passionnée et vénale. Luka est froid, calculateur et sans scrupules. Quand l'un commence à prendre son envol, l'autre fomente sa vengeance.

Singulière affaire dont doit s'occuper Louis Fronsac en mai 1638. En ouvrant le testament d'un riche voiturier sur eau qui vient d'être assassiné, sa fille découvre qu'il a laissé sa fortune à sa belle-mère, contrairement à la coutume de Paris. Au même moment, Gaston de Tilly, revenu de Hollande où il était cornette dans la compagnie de M. de Turenne, occupe une charge de commissaire des quais au bureau de l'Hôtel de ville de Paris quand M. Fronsac obtient pour lui un office de commissaire examinateur au Grand-Châtelet.

Ever since I met my handsome husband Dr Gabe Bonneville, I started playing the role of the perfect housewife. He works hard as a surgeon, so I look after our home, and throw elaborate dinner parties with champagne cocktails for his best friends Hugh and Anita. He’s my safe place and my chance to have the family I’ve always wanted. I’ve managed to hide the mornings when I wake up and see a face in the shadows. I haven’t told Gabe the truth about the woman who raised me, or told him about the therapy I’ve been getting so my secrets stay hidden in the dark.

Everything changes in a heartbeat the night Conor and his girlfriend Paris Levinson come to us begging for help, their clothes spattered with blood. They say it was an accident, that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time… A mother’s intuition is never wrong, and I know there is more they aren’t telling us. But Paris’ mother Helen and I have to make a choice that will change all of our lives. Do we tell the truth, and risk losing our children forever? Or do we lie to keep them safe? We will do anything to protect our children, but one wrong move could cost us everything.

1830, Accademia militare di West Point: la calma di una sera di ottobre viene sconvolta dal ritrovamento del corpo di un giovane cadetto appeso a una corda. La mattina dopo, arriva la scoperta di un dettaglio ancora più macabro, qualcuno ha prelevato il cuore dal cadavere. Augustus Landor, che ha acquisito una certa fama durante i suoi anni come detective nella polizia di New York, viene chiamato per indagare in segreto.

Un délicat mélange de roman d'apprentissage, de suspense psychologique et de conte gothique, qui promet de belles heures d'angoisse... Bienvenue sur l'île des cauchemars. Voilà douze ans que Juno vit sur une petite île du Nordland avec Père, Mère et Boy, son petit frère. À l'exception du vieux facteur, nulle âme étrangère ne s'aventure dans leur chalet fortifié. Juno l'a bien compris : leur solitude est le prix de leur protection judiciaire. Impossible de quitter les lieux sans mettre sa famille en danger.

In a beautiful house surrounded by woodland, the Drayton family and their dearest friends are enjoying dinner together. The wine is flowing, the meal has been lovingly prepared, and it’s going to be an evening none of them will ever forget.

Detective Lou Giroux has always been good at keeping secrets—especially his own. As a werewolf working for the New Orleans Police Department, Lou’s job is more than solving homicides. He’s a peacekeeper between the human world and the supernatural forces that lurk in the shadows of the Crescent City. But when the body of a young woman is found beneath the Crescent City Connection, it kicks off a series of chilling events that threaten to unravel the delicate balance Lou has fought to maintain.

France, 1870. A frenzied mob brutally murders a man they believe to be a Prussian spy and a threat to the cult of Emperor Napoleon III. Louis Mie, a republican lawyer, finds himself entangled in a web of political intrigue and moral dilemmas when he is tasked with defending one of the murderers: a political show trial that could send his career to new heights.

When Nigel Baxter, a middle-aged married banker with an unremarkable past, is found dead in the bath of a plush hotel suite, his wrists slit, it looks as if he's taken his own life. At first. But when Detective Inspector Daniel Riley is assigned to the case, he soon realises all isn't as it first appears to be. When a postmortem shows Baxter was poisoned, Riley suspects foul play. And then there's the odd addition of a teddy bear left at the crime scene....

Gwen Kingsman is the best young project manager in the business, but a spectacular professional failure has left her confidence shattered. A job offer in the high desert town of St. George, Utah, for a mysterious biotech firm named Interfusion working with the feds and the state, promises a fresh start—and a massive paycheck. The project: fast-track a $300 million state-of-the-art biomedical research facility. But as Gwen navigates the world of complex construction, her instincts tell her something is dangerously wrong.

People often ask me, “How did Louie Bertrand become a famous Paris sleuth?” For our first interview, Louie Bertrand agreed to meet me at a cafe at one o'clock in the afternoon for le petit dejeuner. This should have been my first clue, for it shouted this artist turned sleuth was a night bloomer. From my interviews, I would learn Louie Bertrand and his sleuthing partner, Mrs. Duchesney, were as different as...well, as different as Paris in the daytime and Paris at night.

Lexie hat sich eins geschworen: niemals so kriminell zu werden wie ihr Dad. Doch um sich ihr Studium leisten zu können, verkauft sie an der Golden Heights University gefälschte Ausweise und Prüfungsantworten. Dummerweise weckt sie damit die Aufmerksamkeit von Milliardenerbe Logan Maxx. Logan ist lächerlich attraktiv – und er hat einen Auftrag für Lexie, den sie nicht ablehnen kann. Sie ahnt nicht, dass sie sich nicht nur an diesem Deal, sondern auch an Logan die Finger verbrennen könnte.

Förfalskad konst och smutsiga pengar En spelskuld på dryga miljonen. En samvetslös man som hotar din familj. En polis som aldrig slutar ställa frågor. Vid ett tillslag mot kriminella i en Stockholmsförort hittas en värdefull målning: Gryning. Falsk. av den ryske konstnären Ivan Botkin. Samma vecka kommer konstfacksläraren Nea Hallgren hem och hittar sin man blodig och misshandlad i soffan. Konststudenten Nadezhda vill använda sin talang till att skapa egen konst, men det finns krafter som insett hur skicklig hon är på att återskapa andras, och som vill utnyttja det. Gryning.

Sur une route perdue de l'Ouest américain, un homme roule à tombeau ouvert. Cet homme, c'est Frank Guidry. À ses trousses, un tueur à gages mandaté par le mafieux Carlos Marcello, qui veut se débarrasser d'un témoin indésirable dans le crime du siècle : l'assassinat de JFK. Guidry sait que la première règle, quand on est en cavale, est de ne pas s'arrêter. Et que la seconde est de ne compter que sur soi-même.

Drew Tucker is gone. The man Ayda Hanagan loves has disappeared into the darkness once again, his mind buried in the torture of grief, his body cold and hard, and his heart completely switched off. Nothing matters to him anymore. Not his brothers, his club, and definitely not the woman he vowed to spend the rest of his life worshipping. The only thing he craves now is blood.

Ayda Hanagan's life has taken a whole new road to Hell since she agreed to lie down beside Babylon's very own devil in disguise, Drew Tucker. Lost in the screwed-up perfection of their new fairy tale, Drew and Ayda think they can handle anything life throws at them. But not all their enemies wear patches on their chests, and before they can even see the eyes of the wolves in the shadows waiting to bring them to their knees, they're all out of places to run.

Piper und ihre beste Freundin Emily wollen Weihnachten auf einer einsamen Berghütte verbringen. Doch ein Schneesturm sorgt dafür, dass Piper allein anreisen muss. Noch ist sie optimistisch, dass Emily nachkommen wird, auch wenn der Sturm immer stärker wird und vorerst kein Ende abzusehen ist. Nun sitzt sie allein in der Berghütte. Plötzlich hört sie ein Knarzen und ein Klopfen, dann öffnet sich auf einmal die Tür und ein wildfremder Mann steht vor ihr. Was will dieser Kerl und wie zur Hölle kommt er in die Hütte? Piper ist erst einmal schockiert und versteht die Welt nicht mehr.

Years ago, two children survived an explosion that killed their parents and older brother. Now, those distant events have far-reaching consequences when Leana Lonergan is killed in a car accident. Leana was the wealthy, beautiful, and brilliant wife of Gar, but due to the circumstances of her death, authorities aren’t sure if this was an accident or murder. On the west side of Massachusetts, Major Crimes Unit Captain Rudy Beauregard and his detectives are on the case. Gar is the most likely suspect with motive, but Beauregard isn’t sure of anything yet.

When you find a dead man wrapped in plastic in the trunk of you Cadillac, you need more than a little luck. Much more. Avery Fish is on trial for mail fraud, but he didn't commit murder. In fact, he has absolutely no clue how a decapitated, plastic wrapped body ended up in the trunk of his caddy. Sexy, brilliant attorney Lou Mason has known Fish for years.