Résultats pour "The Hound" dans Thrillers et romans à suspense

After I try a little off-the-books interrogation to locate my selkie almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (don’t ask, it’s complicated), I’m in the doghouse again with my bosses, who bust me back to surveillance. Ugh. So when another human inexplicably storms into Quest Investigations—something our security spells ought to prevent since I’m supposed to be the only human admitted to our offices—I’m reduced to staking out local fast food restaurants to check out the guy’s alleged sighting of a giant, glowing-eyed, dumpster-diving spectral hound.

Baylor "Wizard" Chadwick didn't think he'd fall hard and fast for a woman like a few of his club brothers had recently done. Not until the Hounds of Hellfire tech expert saw Thea Drummond's photo during a background check.

Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense. Claiming to be immersed in another case, he sends Watson to Devon to protect the Baskerville heir and to observe the suspects at close hand.

Rev. Phaedra Amabel Velvet Ransom (who doesn’t quite deserve such a terrible name) is about to discover that there truly is war in Heaven as well as on Earth. Bella is either utterly crazy or a soul-restorer who travels to the afterlife each night in an ancient Fiat Panda with her dead brother Jon. Assuming the latter, she now has a special assistant, a spirit hound who will lead her into even more incredible adventures—and the utter ridiculousness of falling in love with a ghost.

The Hound of Baskervilles holds the listener in suspense as few murder stories do. Its combination of horror, homicidal villainy, the fogs of remote Dartmoor, the Baskerville Curse ‘a great black beast shaped like a hound’, are as unforgettable as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Tracking the Truth To expose a suspect, he needs evidence…and a K-9’s instincts. After Emery Duncan is abducted and dumped in a lake, private investigator Roman Wolfe and his bloodhound partner rescue her from an icy death. Someone doesn’t want Emery to find out what really happened the...

My first job with the Cerberus MC was to grab a girl from a seedy bar. Easy money, right? The moment I realized the blonde I was hunting wasn't around, I ended up captivated by a redhead dancing on the stage. With her striking features and sinful body, I knew she was trouble, but that didn't stop me from making her mine that night. When I learned that she was the job, everything became clouded.

Sir Charles Baskerville has been killed by an enormous demonic dog, or so the local peasants say. His heir is about to come into his inheritance and Dr Mortimer, a friend of the Baskerville family, seeks the counsel of the country's premier private detective. Can Sherlock Holmes protect the heir to the fortune and discover the truth about the dead Sir Charles? FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of the classic best known Sherlock Holmes story.

Ivy Granger thought she left the worst of Mab's creations behind when she escaped Faerie. She thought wrong. In a cruel twist of fate, Ivy has unleashed a powerful horde of Unseelie beasts upon her city, turning her homecoming into a potential slaughter of innocents. Now Ivy must gather her allies to fight a reputedly unstoppable force - The Wild Hunt.

After decades of Special Ops and intel work, Burr Thornton unexpectedly returns home to Raven Gap, a village tucked into the wildest corner of the rugged Georgia mountains. Those who remember the brutal circumstances surrounding Burr's exile suggest he has returned for vengeance, while others believe Burr has come back for Greta, the girl ripped from his arms that terrible night.

On the verge of losing her laboratory, her savings, and all respect for herself, Pandora (Penny) Yee lands her first contract as scientific consult to the police department. And with 17 murder cases on the go, the surly inspector is happy to leave her to it. Only she’s going to need to get around, and that means her slightly unhinged adopted brother, Matiu, will be doing the driving.

Sometimes, the magic is real. John Seton is a grifter, an ex-pat Scots kid working penny-ante magic tricks on the streets of L.A. But John has a secret. In his family, sometimes, the magic is real. And sometimes, it gets him noticed. A man named Dante Grimm tells him he’s the modern incarnation of a knight of old and that he is part of a group of companions tasked with holding back the darkness to come in a battle the likes of which the world hasn't seen in centuries, a battle against a foe straight out of their worst nightmares.

Katherine thought that by taking on the leader of the Hounds of God, she'd be done with them. She didn't know that the werewolf influence had spread deep throughout the country, and maybe the world. Hunting down werewolves is one thing, but when a dark vampire comes calling, they find they must seek help. Will Katherine and her new clan of two werewolves and a half-vampire be enough to take on such levels of evil?

When pulp worlds collide! The Moon Man and Doctor Satan, hero and villain of their own pulp magazines, meet here for the first time ever in the crossover that will leave you spellbound and begging for more. Written by Ron Fortier ( The Green Hornet, Rambo, The Terminator, etc.) and Gordon Linzner. This edition also includes the short story "Fury in Vermont" by Ron Fortier. This is an updated/reworked edition of the very first New Pulp book from Airship 27!

The country doctor had come to 221B Baker Street, the famous lodgings of Sherlock Holmes, with an eerie tale---the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, the devil-beast that haunted the lonely moors around the Baskervilles' ancestral home. The tale warned the descendants of that ancient family never to venture out on the moor "in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted."

Legend has it that when the Gabriel Hounds run howling over the crumbling palace of Dar Ibrahim, high in the Adonis Valley of Lebanon, death will follow on their heels. When rich, spoilt Christie Mansel arrives at the decaying palace to look after her eccentric Aunt Harriet, she arrives to the sound of howling dogs. The palace is riddled with hidden passages and the servants are unwilling to let anyone see Harriet during the day. It seems the palace hides an extraordinary secret...one that somebody is willing to kill to keep.

পাঁচ পাঁচটা নিরস্ত্র অসহায় মানুষের ঘর ভেঙে রক্তপান করবার আনন্দে যারা ন্যায়-অন্যায়, ধৰ্ম-অধর্ম সবকিছু ভুলে গেছে, তারা দস্যু রঘুনাথকেও হারিয়ে দিয়েছে. শুনুন রোমাঞ্চ আর উত্তেজনায় টানটান গল্প, "ব্লাডহাউন্ড", প্রহেলিকা সিরিজ থেকে.

It is strange to consider that, although The Hound Of The Baskervilles is Conan Doyle’s most popular novel, his hero is absent for much of the time. Notice how he sets up an atmosphere of supernatural horror right from the start through Dr Mortimer’s reading of the ancient curse, and how he then presents as assortment of bizarre clues – in particular, the riddle of the missing boots – which Holmes will have to unravel.

The year is 1018 and the war with England is finally over, but the unified kingdom ruled by Cnut of Denmark is far from peaceful. Halfdan has lost everything to the war but his sense of humor. Once a proud nobleman, now he wanders the country aimlessly powered only by his considerable charm and some petty theft. When he finds an unlikely ally in Winston, a bookish former monk, the two set out together for Oxford, the seat of the new king.

This Christmas mystery, featuring criminal defense lawyer Andy Carpenter and his faithful golden retriever, Tara, showcases Rosenfelt’s trademark humor and larger-than-life characters. Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter doesn’t usually stop to help others, but seeing a dog next to a homeless...