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

When a group of travelers ventures into an isolated, sun-scorched landscape, they begin to sense an unseen presence lurking beneath the endless dunes—something ancient, intelligent, and profoundly hostile to human life. As the desert tightens its grip, ordinary reality erodes, replaced by mounting dread and the terrifying suggestion that the sand itself is watching.

Judaea in AD 46. Roman centurions Cato and Macro have been posted to Judaea for a 'hearts and minds' operation. The Empire needs to win over the locals after some of their religious figures have started revolts - and since the Romans crucified the last charismatic Judaean leader, the natives' rebellions have become bolder. Not only are these small villages causing trouble, but there are also thousands of Parthians eager to fight Rome. With the threat of suicide attacks and even all-out war, Cato and Macro have their peace-keeping work cut out....

Beim BND stehen große Veränderungen an: Eine neue Spezialeinheit für weltweite Einsätze wird gegründet, und Anna übernimmt die Leitung. Ihr erster Auftrag führt sie in die Sahel-Zone, wo eine Putschregierung im Niger die Region ins Chaos stürzt. Für Deutschland steht viel auf dem Spiel, denn ein wichtiger Bundeswehr-Stützpunkt droht verloren zu gehen. Gemeinsam mit dem neuen Team-Mitglied Nelly reist Anna nach Niamey, um Geheimverhandlungen mit dem neuen Regime zu begleiten und nach Wegen für eine Übereinkunft zu suchen.

Ein Anruf über sein Satellitentelefon reißt Michael Sander aus der Beziehungskrise. Golonins Lebensversicherung sind geheime Informationen zum Untergang der MS Estonia. Plötzlich steht Michael selbst auf der Abschussliste sämtlicher nationaler und internationaler Geheimdienste. Jetzt muss er nicht nur all seine operativen Fähigkeiten zum Einsatz bringen, sondern auch die Probleme mit Lene Sander lösen, wenn er überleben will.

Der einzige Obdachlose der Insel wurde erschlagen. Tilla Flock, die gerade ihren Job beim Werbeblatt gekündigt hat, will seinen Mörder jedoch um jeden Preis finden. Zusammen mit ihrem Freund Hark Herforth, einem Pfarrer auf Langzeiturlaub, befragt sie die Inselbewohner. Ein entscheidender Hinweis führt die beiden auf die Nachbarinsel Baltrum. Als ein Brandanschlag auf die Redaktion des Werbeblatts verübt wird, ahnen Tilla und Hark, dass dieser Fall für sie vielleicht gefährlicher werden könnte als gedacht.

Diagnosed with ‘overwork’ and in the grip of debilitating claustrophobia, Inspector Alan Grant takes leave from Scotland Yard and heads for the peaceful home of his cousin Laura, who lives with her family in the Scottish Highlands. As the London mail draws into Inverness, he sees the surly sleeping-car attendant trying to rouse an unresponsive young man. He is compelled, firstly, to point out that the passenger is dead, and secondly to pick up the newspaper that has slipped onto the compartment floor.

Der Auftakt der packenden Thriller-Trilogie um Kriminalhauptkommissar Tom Engelhardt und Kryptologin Mascha Krieger! Die gehörlose 19-jährige Lilli Sternberg verschwindet spurlos auf dem Weg zum Strand. Die Polizei unter der Leitung von Kriminalhauptkommissar Tom Engelhardt durchkämmt sofort die gesamte Umgebung: den Strand, den Ort Sellnitz, in dem Lilli bei ihren Großeltern lebt, das Hinterland. Ohne Ergebnis. Die einzige Spur ist Lillis letzte Handy-Nachricht an eine Freundin: das Foto einer in den Sand gemalten, scheinbar wahllosen Zeichenfolge.

Hurricane Harvey lashed North Padre Island National Seashore exposing tons of silver coins lost since three Spanish Galleons sank in 1554. News about the coins, located in a Park Service archaeological protection area, goes viral on internet treasure hunting sites.

Archeologist Chuck Bender witnesses a mysterious death while conducting a survey at Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park. But when local law enforcement declare the the death an accident, Chuck will stop at nothing to find the truth.

Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War and is a classic of spy fiction.

Sie sind Elitesoldaten der ganz besonderen Art, denn sie stehen allein im Dienste Gottes: DIE RITTER DES VATIKAN. In einer verlassenen Kirche tief in der syrischen Wüste wartet Pater Jenkins zusammen mit einer Gruppe Kriegswaisen verzweifelt darauf, von den Vatikanrittern evakuiert zu werden. Doch ein Trupp skrupelloser ISIS-Terroristen macht sämtliche Hoffnungen auf eine sichere Rettung zunichte. Als letzter Ausweg bleibt ihnen nur eines: Die gefährliche Flucht durch die Wüste, verfolgt von den Soldaten des ISIS, die es auf eine ganz besondere Fracht in ihrer Mitte abgesehen haben.

This bundle edition collects the first three books in the Pearl Sands Beach Resort cozy series: Poison in Paradise, Clues in the Clay, and Theft in the Theater.

The daughter of an automotive magnate escapes to an artistic retreat that holds more secrets—and more intrigue—than she could have ever imagined, in this Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea. Detroit, 1927. A city of smoke and ambition, where...

Berkely Mather (real name John Evan Weston-Davies) was a British author who wrote sixteen novels ranging from historical adventures to espionage fiction. Included here are some of his best radio thrillers, beginning with The Sand Leopard, charting the exploits of Geth Straker, captain of the Peregrine. The trouble-hunting mariner is commissioned to sail to the Red Sea in search of sunken Second World War bullion – but are his two new crew members what they seem?

Sam Ireland wants to raise his daughter in peace, but when he saves a woman and child from drowning, he's drawn into a dangerous web of human trafficking. Joining forces with Waleed, an Egyptian intelligence chief, Sam pursues the mastermind, Habid, who has been sending Gaddafi loyalists to their deaths. As innocent lives hang in the balance, Sam navigates treacherous waters to stop Habid and confront the evil lurking beneath the surface.

Sun, sand and champagne. It sounds like the perfect vacation, until the disappearances started. Local women are vanishing from the Caribbean island of St. Solomon and no one seems to know why. Even worse, the local authorities aren’t doing anything about it. Determined not to let these disappearances get any worse, Special Agent Emily Slate goes undercover for the first time since her life was turned upside down, determined to find out who could be behind it all.

When Charlie Carter catches her fiancé cheating with her best friend, she swaps power suits for swimsuits and moves to the idyllic seaside town of Sunrise Bay. Maybe a dose of vitamin sea can cure her broken heart. Beautiful beaches aren't the little town's only attractions. It's also the home of her feisty retired aunt, who soon has Charlie surrounded by new friends and fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a photographer. Everything is going swimmingly until Aunt Evie's book club pal Peggy turns up deader than Charlie's engagement.

1346. Calais. Berenger Fripper and the men of his Vintaine are stationed near the ancient port city, a French city under English siege. They are here to capture the city from and use it as a staging-post for future incursions into France. But with the French army and Genoese mercenaries all about them, and trouble brewing among the unit, Berenger must keep a calm head. Someone in the Vintaine is leaking vital information to the French, jeopardizing not only the safety of his men but also the future of the war, and Berenger must find out who before it's too late.

Tomas O'Malley simply wanted to enjoy his 55th birthday with his kids, and maybe a tall McNaughton's. Little did he know a dead body in the shadow of White Sox stadium and a dead CFO in North Chicago would both tie back to Dr. Alan Grove, Chicago's Chief Medical Examiner's husband and President of Manufacturing at one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the country.

While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea, two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret German plot to invade England. Widely recognized as the first modern spy thriller, this 1902 lone masterpiece by World War I Royal Navy officer Erskine Childers was written as a wake-up call to the British government to attend to its North Sea defenses. It accomplished that task and has been considered a classic of espionage literature ever since.