Résultats pour "Stella" dans Thrillers et romans à suspense

Certi luoghi sono maledetti. E le persone che ci abitano condannate a un destino che non meritano. Lo sa bene Stella, diciassette anni, l'estate negli occhi e addosso l'esuberanza di chi è giovane. Tutti a Sant'Elia, un quartiere popolare di Cagliari affacciato sul mare, la conoscono, la desiderano e la invidiano: perché lei è splendida, impunita. Speciale. Ma un giorno in cui il maestrale infuria rabbioso, viene trovata morta su una spiaggia, il volto sfregiato come a cancellare la sua bellezza leggendaria.

I was promised to a man my uncle chose… but I ran away with the enemy. In this valley, my family name means something. To some, protection. To others, destruction. When a Bellanti stole my heart, he started a war. A ring on my finger put a target on his back. I hardly know the man I threw my life away for. He looked like I imagined Mr. Darcy would. He wrote me poetry. But he’s locked me away exactly the way my uncle had. Choosing him was my last taste of freedom. Out of the frying pan and into the fire…He will burn me alive either way.

La comunità degli astrofisici è riunita in Lapponia per un convegno internazionale nel quale confrontarsi e presentare gli ultimi risultati sulla nostra comprensione dell'universo. Gabriele Stelle, giovane ricercatore che lavora in uno dei più grandi e prestigiosi osservatori astronomici del mondo, si trova lì insieme ad Alessia, la studentessa di Fisica che gli è stata affibbiata dalla sua capa.

Stella seems to have her whole life ahead of her: She has just graduated with a dual masters in Psychology and Criminal Justice, she is engaged to the man of her dreams after a whirlwind romance, and she is moving to the East Coast with him as she prepares for the wedding and searches for a dream job, hoping to be a criminal profiler. She is unbelievably excited for her life together with Chris—until she meets his family.

Anna Albertini is settling into a routine while ignoring the fact that the blue-eyed Irishman she’d allowed into her bed has disappeared on her. With her hottie Italian boss goofing up the prosecuting attorney’s office, she at least has something to fix. Until she appears in court, across from her sister Tessa’s dirtbag ex. Then she has a mission. Unfortunately, Anna isn’t the only person who wants the ex put behind bars...or in the ground. Which is not a problem until she and a local cop find the ex-boyfriend deader than dead....

The last person Anna Albertini expects to see in an orange jumpsuit in District Court - a place she so doesn't belong as a new prosecuting attorney - is Aiden Devlin, the man who’d saved her life when they were kids. For years, she has dreamed about him. Now here he is - his eyes blue, his chest wide, and his hands in cuffs.

Anna Albertini never thought she’d have to look up the plural form of nemesis. In fact, she never thought she’d have one, much less three. But as she and her new partner try to make a go of their fledgling law firm, enemies come from every direction. First, there’s a newspaper reporter trying to make a name for herself by dogging Anna’s every move. Second, there’s a lawyer on the opposite side of every case who just doesn’t like Anna. And third, there’s Aiden Devlin’s ex-girlfriend, who decides to descend upon the sleeping Idaho town like a bird of prey.

Per milioni di anni, un tesoro di valore inestimabile è rimasto nascosto nel profondo delle lande desolate e bruciate dal sole del deserto della Namibia. Diamanti. Alcuni uomini hanno squarciato la terra per possederli. Alcuni sono morti. Per lex soldato Jason Green si tratta di un lavoro inaspettato ma lincarico è semplice. Alla miniera di diamanti più remota del mondo, succede qualcosa di strano. Molto strano.

Billionaire. Visionary. Monster. The oil tycoon turned biotech kingpin has built an empire on promises of longevity—but behind the doors of his secretive company, ImmortalGen, lies something far darker than the world could ever imagine. Investigative journalist Stella LaRosa has spent years exposing Barclay’s crimes, but nothing could prepare her for what she’s just uncovered. Cloning. Organ harvesting. Human lives reduced to spare parts for the elite. And now, the key witness who could bring it all crashing down has just been murdered.

DUE ANIME SPEZZATE, UNA SOLA VIA D'USCITA: AMARSI O DISTRUGGERSI. IN AMORE, COME SUL RING: O CADI, O COMBATTI. Avery è pronta a ricominciare, anche se non per scelta. Dopo la morte della madre, suo padre si trasferisce dalla nuova compagna, Brooke: bellissima, ricchissima, perfetta. Insopportabile. A quella donna Avery non vuole dare nessuna chance, e non perdona al padre di essersi rifatto una vita così in fretta. Nella sontuosa villa dei Dillard, oltre a Brooke e alle sue regole, ci sono anche il figlio, Liam, e suo cugino, Xavier, ospite temporaneo con un passato turbolento.

Was Marlen Haushofer auszeichnet, ist ihre Fähigkeit, in scheinbar schlichter Sprache messerscharfe Beobachtungen anzustellen, die unter die Haut gehen. So auch in der meisterhaften Novelle Wir töten Stella, einer furiosen und nüchternen Darstellung der Machtstrukturen und -kämpfe in einer Familie, einer eiskalten Bestandsaufnahme einer gescheiterten Beziehung.

In the heart of San Francisco, a city known for its striking contrasts of beauty and danger, Stella LaRosa plunges into an investigation that will challenge every skill she's honed as a seasoned journalist. When a gruesome murder disrupts the deceptive calm of the city, Stella finds herself entangled in a web of secrets that spans the globe, reaching into the dark recesses of power, betrayal, and revenge. Mark Bellamy's life ends in a fog-shrouded alley, his existence erased by a shadowy figure skilled enough to move undetected through the night.

L’Ombra della Stella è un romanzo giallo/noir, il primo nel quale appare la nuova protagonista Stella Spada. Stella passa da una comoda vita da segretaria ad un impiego presso una società di investigazioni, di cui diventa socia. Da questo momento la sua vita prende una piega estremamente avventurosa. Sullo sfondo Bologna. Una città sempre più misteriosa e pericolosa.

Sixteen-year-old Stella dreams in such detail that she can't be sure which side of wakefulness is reality. Some days she is Stella Barone, private school rich girl, and others she is Stella McGillivray, poor waif from the east valley. She lives in the same city, only a matter of miles and a full week apart.

Sono passati nove anni dal giorno che ha deviato il corso della vita di Zeno, quando in un tragico incidente muore il suo professore, Nicola Sceriman. Ora Zeno ha trent'anni, insegna in un liceo e sta per sposarsi: è arrivato il momento di fare i conti con il passato. Perché solo lui e Agata, la sua ragazza di allora, sanno come sono andate davvero le cose, solo loro conoscono la verità sulla morte di Sceriman.

Stella's world was one of misery and despair, wandering the streets of Victoria, BC, cold, wet and hungry. She had adapted to street-life, but on most days, she would rather be dead. Living amongst the nameless, faceless and placeless tribe of the homeless, Stella's very existence depended on the generosity of strangers. She never spoke of her past, determined to keep her life-story a secret. Faced with constant hunger, Stella begged and pushed her trolley filled with junk, trying to remain invisible as she moved from alcove to park bench and back again, clinging to anonymity.

1980, Mississippi. Son las tres de la madrugada cuando Bobby Western se sumerge en el mar del golfo de México con su traje de neopreno e ilumina el avión hundido con la linterna de buceo: nueve cuerpos con el cinturón de seguridad aún abrochado. Faltan la caja negra y el décimo pasajero. Pero ¿cómo es posible? Testigo colateral de maquinaciones que solo pueden perjudicarle, Bobby se ve ensombrecido en cuerpo y espíritu por hombres con placa, por el fantasma de su padre (uno de los inventores de la bomba de Hiroshima) y por su hermana, el amor y la ruina de su alma.

On a stormy night, Stella gets a call from her best friend, Detective Phuong Nguyen. Her lover is being falsely accused of police corruption, and the only person who can prove he's the only innocent cop in his unit has disappeared. It's up to Stella to find him and convince him to testify before it's too late.

A young African boy has been murdered in a back alley. Despite running low on empathy, social worker Stella Hardy heads into the night to comfort the grieving mother. But when she gets there, she makes a discovery that has the potential to uncover something terrible from her past. Enlisting the help of Senior Constable Phuong Nguyen, Stella's investigation draws her further and further into a dark world of drug dealers, sociopaths and killers.

The Anteros is the God of requited love and thus, the avenger of love that is unrequited, and love issues are something that Stella and Chev know a lot about. Both are guests at the beautiful wedding of a friend on an historic college campus. It’s a very happy occasion until something odd happens. A serving of champagne goes wrong and just when the bride and groom take the floor and the dancing starts, they are called away to investigate a body found in the creek that flows through the campus.