Résultats pour "Stella" dans Suspense

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.

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.

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.

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.

Una sera uguale alle altre, in uno sperduto osservatorio astronomico. La luce delle stelle illumina, ma non abbastanza, la piccola comunità di scienziati residenti che si trova alle prese prima con un black-out, forse un sabotaggio, e poi con un cadavere trovato nella sala comune, forse un assassinio: la vittima potrebbe essere caduta da una balaustra, o essere stata spinta. L’osservatorio è isolato, i telefoni sono muti, i cellulari non prendono, i copertoni delle automobili sono stati tagliati e la città più vicina, se si riesce ad attraversare il deserto, si trova a due ore di macchina.

Evil lurks in Edinsville. Stella McIntyre, may have made some questionable choices, but she didn't deserve what happened to her. Pregnant, alone, and without a home, her challenges seem insurmountable. When she comes to the end of herself, there is only one place left to turn. She heads back to to the small town of Edinsville to the family and God from whom she ran. They welcome her home, but someone is watching from the shadows.

To all appearances, the victim hit all the checkmarks of a successful life, working for an exclusive finance firm, a member of an exclusive yacht club, having the perfect house in suburbia, a wife, two kids, and a picket fence. But as FBI Special Agent Stella Fall goes deeper down the rabbit hole of evidence, she soon realizes he wasn’t as much of a good guy as he pretended to be. What was he really up to on Dad’s Night Out? On Dad’s weekends away? At his firm?

When a 40-year-old mother and divorcee is found murdered after a wild, college house party, FBI Special Agent Stella suspects there’s more to the story than partying gone awry. As Stella delves deeper into the case, it only becomes more complex and confusing, leading her to dead end, after dead end. Stella must unravel the questions at the heart of the case: Why was this divorcee at the party in the first place? Who wanted her dead? And why? Will the killer strike again? A fast-paced, psychological thriller with unforgettable characters, and heart-pounding suspense.

Newly engaged Stella Fall, 26, is horrified to learn of the secrets hiding in her fiancé's past, in his ultra-wealthy family, and in their exclusive Connecticut suburb. When someone turns up murdered, Stella, to clear her name, is forced to investigate. But in a culture ridden with masterful liars, can she ever really find the truth?

A couple is found murdered in a suburban neighborhood, and all clues lead to dead ends. When Stella investigates, the neighborhood and its inhabitants seem peaceful, charming, and perfect—too perfect. As FBI Special Agent Stella Fall tries to enter the dark canals of the killer’s mind, she realizes that this case may just have a link to something that happened in the past—the far past. Or with another life on the line, is that just another dead end? With few leads and a ticking clock, Stella must put her brilliant mind to test to solve this seemingly impenetrable case.

In quello che appare un banale palazzo popolare, troppe morti sospette si sono susseguite negli ultimi anni, tutte archiviate come incidenti. Ma una donna, decisa a non farsi schiacciare dal silenzio, chiede a Stella di indagare. Stella indaga, sbaglia, soffre, cade e si rialza, in quel suo modo unico, cinico e disperatamente onesto. Fino a trovare, nel cuore del grigio, una verità tanto inaspettata quanto necessaria.

All Stella Hardy wants is a romantic country getaway with her artist boyfriend, Brophy. Instead, she must head to the Athol Goldwater Agricultural Prison (aka Arsehole Bogwater) to visit her jailbird brother, Ben. But Stella has barely set foot in the prison when a prisoner is found dead. Before she knows it, Stella finds herself tasked with investigating the suspicious death. Her old nemesis Minister for Justice Marcus Pugh is pressuring her to save his election-year bacon, and former gang member Percy Brash is providing a much more chilling form of pressure….

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