Résultats pour "The Lodger" dans Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense

Un nouveau départ. C'est ce qu'Emily espère lorsqu'elle suit son mari, Freddie, dans leur maison récemment acquise au cœur du Dartmoor. Loin du monde, cernée par la lande, Larkin Lodge est l'endroit idéal pour que la jeune femme se rétablisse après avoir échappé de justesse à la mort. Mais à peine le couple est-il installé qu'Emily est confrontée à de terrifiants phénomènes : la température passe d'un extrême à l'autre, le parquet grince sous des pas invisibles et les livres tombent seuls des étagères... Sans compter cette présence, glaçante, qu'elle perçoit au dernier étage.

It’s the perfect getaway. Until there’s no way out. You have been dreaming of an unforgettable weekend escape, and Black Tarn Lodge seems to offer everything—a magnificent Gothic mansion with towering turrets nestled in the misty Lancashire hills. Expecting elegant dinners, vintage wines and a screening of a legendary lost film in the private cinema, all seems perfect. Until night falls and a thick fog isolates you from the world. Your phones go missing. Guests start vanishing. And then you find the body.

As an investigative journalist, she’s faced corruption, lies, and relentless threats. But nothing could prepare her for the real terror. Her husband Adrian Holloway, a charming psychology professor, hides his cruelty behind a mask of care. Their marriage is a battlefield, and Harper is losing ground.

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This is the first in a gay mystery series, the Kyle Callahan Mysteries. Who killed Teddy the handyman - if anyone killed him at all? Kyle and his life partner Danny Durban live in New York City, where murder never seems to be more than a subway stop away. In this first story, they head to Pride Lodge, their favorite getaway from the City, over what they expect to be a festive Halloween weekend. What they find instead is a web of murder, deceit, and revenge served cold as a knife blade

Mr Sleuth is a good guest, pays handsomely and in advance, needs very little looking after and seems to be a harmless gentleman. But when the murderous exploits of a serial killer known only as 'The Avenger' start occurring closer to home, Mrs Bunting begins to worry about her guest, his curious experiments and nocturnal habits.

More than a century ago, the sea islands of Georgia's coastline were the playground of the ultra-wealthy. Rockefellers, Carnegies, and other aristocrats of the Industrial Age built luxurious southern beach retreats on islands like Jekyll and Cumberland to escape icy New York winters. In time, the grand mansions were abandoned and fell into disrepair, surrendered to the weather and the wilderness.

Following the traumatic events that happened in Manchester, Hannah's life is finally settling down. She's back in her home town, at her old job, and living with her parents. After offering to help a work colleague out of a jam, she feels good about herself, and more normal than she has in months. However, once again, things are about to take a grisly turn.

A mysterious tenant, her face hideously disfigured, haunts her landlady with midnight cries of "Murder! You cruel beast!" Holmes must unravel the dark past behind Mrs. Ronder's torment, an unsettling tale of tragedy, vengeance, and the human heart's darkest secrets.

Leigh Simons can’t say for sure what made her do it. A moment of madness, perhaps, but when the young, loud and gorgeous waitress at her favorite coffee shop reveals she is homeless, Leigh offers her the empty room in her house. Gina is the perfect lodger; Leigh, lonely and frustrated with her life, becomes infatuated with the woman—her boldness, her zeal. If only Leigh could be more like Gina. So when Leigh returns from a work trip she’s shocked to find Gina missing. Where could the young woman have gone...and why?

Fifteen-year-old Gustine is a "dress lodger", a young prostitute who rents a beautiful blue dress from her landlord to attract a higher class of clientele. To make sure she earns her fees and to keep her from running off with his fantastical gown, her pimp has set a malevolent old woman, known only as "the Eye", to follow her through the back alleys of Sunderland.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Some houses don't want to be investigated. Lotham Lodge is one of them. After surviving the horrors of Marlstone Hall, Rebecca and Jonathan Pearson are forever changed—but not deterred. Still chasing evidence of the paranormal, Jonathan jumps at the...

Ever since Avery Hawthorn left small town Frisco, Colorado for college at UCLA, her parents have visited her in sunny California for the holidays. When a freak accident at her father’s hardware store derails their plans, Avery must find a way to spend Christmas with them. As a big fan of Christmas, Avery knew this wouldn’t do. She needed to see her family. But, there was one thing standing in the way of her taking time off… The chance for a big promotion at work.

Mukesh Mathur is an independent criminal lawyer. Kamlesh Dixit has been accused of killing his exemployee Abhay Singh Rajpuria, the owner of Crystal Lodge. Mukesh decides to defend Kamlesh Dixit. His investigation leads him to several other suspects, whom the police have conveniently chosen to ignore. Despite all evidence against Dixit, he continues to plead innocent. Will Mukesh Mathur be able to defend Dixit? Why are the police so keen to nail him? Find out in another nail-biting thriller from the master of crime fiction in Hindi.

According to legend, in 1910, Marie Belloc Lowndes attended a London dinner party where a guest told her that his mother’s butler and cook claimed they had once rented rooms to Jack the Ripper, the notorious mass murderer. The idea for “The Lodger” was born. Mr. and Mrs. Bunting have sunk their savings into their house with plans to let rooms. But no lodgers have materialized, and they are on the verge of penury when, one foggy night, a knock on the door brings Mr. Sleuth, an unassuming gentleman whose needs are perfectly suited to the suite of rooms the Buntings have to rent.

Under pressure to write another bestseller, Clara Flint heads to a remote, snow-bound lodge with her husband, Seb. It’s an ideal retreat. The perfect place to write in peace and work on saving their marriage. Then a series of envelopes appears, each containing a chapter of a story that mirrors...

After archaeologist Cherie Hope makes a gruesome discovery on the grounds of a local cemetery, she's desperate to know more—and wonders why caretaker Ash Black is being so guarded. Delving deeper, and liaising with the police, Cherie is drawn into a story that spans back fifty years. Entangled in a web of deceit, she soon uncovers a missing person, a mysterious heirloom, and hidden cemetery logbooks.

Eigentlich steht eine Auszeit an. Ein leichter Herzinfarkt verschlägt mich in Colorados verschneite Berge. Aber mit der Ruhe ist es hier nicht weit her. Der Bewegungsmelder im Garten springt ständig an, dann sind da auf einmal Fußspuren im Schnee und andere, wirklich gruselige Dinge passieren. Letztendlich lande ich bei der örtlichen Polizei, um die Sache zu melden. Dass der Cop ausgesprochen heiß aussieht und definitiv schwul ist, sorgt für Herzstolpern. Dieses Mal jedoch auf gesundheitlich unbedenkliche Art und Weise.

On the longest night of the year, Jenny Majesky loses everything in a devastating house fire. But among the ashes she finds an unusual treasure hidden amid her grandfather's belongings, one that starts her on a search for the truth, and on a path toward a life that she never imagined. The Winter Lodge, a remote cabin owned by her half sister on the shores of Willow Lake, becomes a safe refuge for Jenny, where she and local police chief Rourke McKnight try to sort out the mysteries revealed by the fire.

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