Résultats pour "Requiem" dans Thrillers et romans à suspense

Le front de la Somme, automne 1916. Alors que les soldats succombent par milliers dans les tranchées, la mort frappe de façon plus singulière ailleurs mais avec tout autant de cruauté... C'est d'abord une chanteuse célèbre d'avant guerre, la Dame blanche, soupçonnée d'espionnage et sommairement exécutée par des justiciers improvisés. C'est ensuite Albert Saulx, un as de l'aviation française, retrouvé mystérieusement poignardé par une baïonnette allemande, au retour d'une mission aérienne, des roses rouges répandues dans le cockpit de son appareil.

Que se passe-t-il lorsque vous découvrez un homme magnifique et complètement nu dans votre chambre d'hôtel ? On pourrait d'abord penser que c'est une plaisanterie, mais je vous promets que ce n'est pas le cas. C'est même un vrai cauchemar. Voici ce qui s'est passé… Le pire jour de ma vie, j'ai décroché le jackpot. Un pactole réel d'un million de dollars au casino Meridian de Las Vegas.

On ne choisit pas sa famille mais le diable a choisi son clan. Alors que Grégoire et Erwan traquent la vérité jusqu'à Lontano, au cœur des ténèbres africaines, Loïc et Gaëlle affrontent un nouveau tueur à Florence et à Paris. Sans le savoir, ils ont tous rendez-vous avec le même ennemi : l'Homme-Clou n'a pas dit son dernier mot. Chez les Morvan, tous les chemins mènent en enfer.

Au début des années 1900, la France est en proie à d'étranges phénomènes. A Paris, des momies disparaissent des musées, des médiums succombent à des morts mystérieuses, et les rumeurs les plus folles courent les cercles occultes.

Par un beau jour de printemps à Venise, le commissaire Brunetti et son adjoint Vianello font libérer Ribetti, un ami de Vianello qui s’est fait bêtement coffrer lors d’une manifestation écologiste contre la pollution des eaux de la lagune.

Cuando Wanda Stroud, una bibliotecaria jubilada, vuela de regreso a Los Ángeles desde Ciudad de México, ve algo inquietante en el ordenador portátil del pasajero que tiene delante. Al día siguiente, Wanda había quedado con una amiga para tomar café, pero no apareció, algo muy inusual en ella. El periodista Ray Wyatt investiga la desaparición mientras se aferra a la esperanza de que su hijo, Danny, todavía esté vivo.

Lucifer: The Fallen Angel is a cosmic horror epic that reimagines the greatest fall in history. This is not a story of good versus evil. This is tragedy dressed in fire. This is love twisted into war. This is the origin of everything that haunts the Revelations Universe, told with mythic weight and intimate heartbreak.

Theo Merchant was born into a kind of privilege I’ve never known. He has everything I don’t: Money. A private school education. Popularity. A bright and shiny future, full of success to look forward to. He took the only thing I had going for me—my best friend, Rachel. Now that she’s gone, I have nothing left to lose. I will infiltrate his world. I will cradle his worthless heart in my hands. I will burn down his entire life and destroy everything he holds dear. I haven’t enrolled at Toussaint Academy to learn.

In this final step, young intuitive Jarek Videni embarks on a journey to uncover the hidden truths of his family’s past. After discovering the dark secrets that threaten his very existence in Deadwood, he travels to Savannah with his companions in search of the mysterious ancient brass vessel that is capable of containing the malevolent forces that relentlessly pursue him. As Jarek navigates the perilous Southern landscape, he faces monstrous creatures… both inhuman and those with a hatred that has long rooted Itself in the region.

They wanted a son to fill the silence left by grief. What they brought home was something far older than childhood. When Rafe and Julia Volmer return from Mumbai with their five-year-old son's ashes, the void threatens to consume them. Six weeks later, they stand in a Portuguese orphanage, desperate for redemption, and find Lucien. Eight years old. Perfectly still. Perfectly quiet. The nuns say he was abandoned at a monastery. No birth certificate. No family history. No explanation for why other children refuse to look at him. The adoption is too fast. The paperwork has too many gaps.

I was born with noble blood in my veins. Heir to a powerful dynasty. Wealth. Power. Aristocracy. Temptations too dangerous to resist. Until someone tried to steal it all. Scarred and broken, I emerged from the flames. Now I’ve returned to take what’s mine.

With a rich cast of characters reminiscent of Raymond Chandler's classic The Long Lost Goodbye, L.A. Requiem is the apotheosis of Crais' writing career ? a gripping novel that envelops its heroes ? two private investigators who have been partners for 12 years - in an ever-tightening web of conspiracies, secrets

Neil Baggio will go from enjoying the sunsets in Santa Fe to chasing down the trail of international drug ring set on releasing a new drug to the world. Neil, reluctant at first, is forced to get involved when Maria trusts the wrong people. Traveling across the US and the globe, Neil will have to find a new path, new routine, and a new way to survive each day.

Verdell, an excelling student-athlete and highschool senior, is headed for greatness when one bad decision alters his college plans. Dhorian, after highschool, received the internship of a lifetime, but quickly finds out that the opportunity isn’t anything like he expected. Paul is a business mogul turned politician and community advocate. Trying to find their way through triggered memories, Verdell, Dhorian, and Paul become victims of coincidence and circumstances. When a twisted plot of fate weaves their paths, will long-buried secrets bury them?

When black-ops asset Nathan Stone took out the heads of the Commission, a secret deep-state organization, he thought he’d destroyed them for good. Now he’s gone off the grid, trying to get as far away from his past as possible. But the Commission isn’t done with him yet. Lying low in a Miami bar, Stone knows something’s up when an alluring actress strikes up a conversation with him. His suspicions are correct. The Commission is hot on his trail, and Stone is soon forced to run deep into the heart of the Everglades with the terrified woman as his hostage.

On a flight from Mexico City, Wanda Stroud sees troubling content on the laptop of a passenger seated ahead of her. The next day, Wanda fails to show up for a coffee date she's made with her friend. Ray Wyatt investigates the story while clinging to his last thread of hope that his son, Danny, is not dead.

Eric Delarue, poco piú di cinquant'anni, origini francesi, bello, istrionico, di successo, sposato con una donna ricca: un po' per sfotterlo, un po' per invidia, gli operai della fabbrica di cui era il responsabile lo chiamavano Julio, come Julio Iglesias di cui aveva l'irresistibile sorriso. Chi poteva odiare uno così al punto da sparargli sulla porta di casa?

New Orleans Requiem is written in Donaldson's unique style: A hard-hitting, punchy, action-packed prose that’s dripping with a folksy, decidedly southern, sense of irony. Add in Donaldson's brilliant first-hand knowledge of forensics and the sultry flavor of New Orleans, and the result is first class forensic procedural within an irresistibly delectable mystery.

Literary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt. Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will's downfall, and make a fortune along the way—armed with a devastating secret about Will's past. Slader quickly draws in Will's daughter, Nicole, wielding his threats against her father to blackmail her into forging inscriptions by such authors as Poe, Hemingway, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein.

¿Qué pasa cuando hay un hombre guapísimo desnudo en tu habitación de hotel? Suena a chiste, pero te aseguro que no lo es. Es el comienzo de una pesadilla. Esto es lo que pasa: En el peor día de mi vida, me gané la lotería. El premio gordo literal, real, de un millón de dólares en el casino Meridian de Las Vegas. El jefe del casino me dio una noche gratis en la suite Zafiro. Subí las escaleras, mareada de incredulidad. Abrí la puerta de mi lujoso nuevo alojamiento...