Résultats pour "The Star" dans Suspense

“The pages practically turn themselves” (USA TODAY) in this collection of four “disturbing, fascinating” (The Washington Post) novellas centered around the theme of retribution from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King. “1922” (also a Netflix original film): A...

In the haunting tale of Stare, Jack Miller, a solitary factory worker, retreats into a small cabin in rural Ohio, seeking refuge from a world that feels increasingly menacing. Yet within the silence of his isolation, he finds himself haunted by fragments of a troubled past, plagued by unsettling hallucinations and nightmares, and gripped by an ever-present sense that something sinister lurks both within his home and his very being.

After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises. The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles.

The young, beautiful, and relentless Lara Cameron has amassed international wealth and power, with equal success in affairs of the heart. But an angry ex-lover has vengeance in mind—a motive that could cost Lara the empire she struggled a lifetime to build.

I’m a 21st Century Courtesan. I'm down to my last four clients. One wants to play me. One wants to buy me. One wants to marry me. And one wants to murder me. Will I get out in time... Gorgeous movie star Jake Keller’s on track to win an Oscar. But Jake’s shutting down, going off grid, doing nothing to help promote his chances.

Jane Frey inherits a Gothic mansion filled with unexpected treasures: original paintings by 18th-century visionary William Blake, secret rooms, and an ancient underground cavern. A prophecy claims it hides an important artifact - the key to an energy grid laid down by the Founding Fathers themselves. Whoever controls this grid controls the very centers of world power. Except Jane has no idea what they're looking for.

Natalie Baker's life changes forever after a tragic fishing accident claims her father's life-just hours after she shares her first kiss with friend and neighbor Justin Sanders at their favorite treehouse. Without a moment's notice, she and her mom pack up their lives as they know it, leaving their lakeside hometown in the rearview mirror.

New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award–nominated comics writer Cullen Bunn presents his adult novel debut—a high-stakes hunt for a masked killer whose brutal murders may be a portent of an evil as ancient and cold as the stars themselves. The bodies are stacking up on Wilson Island. The...

This 14th installment of the Jerry McNeal Series has Jerry and Gunter heading to Texas. Along the way, Jerry finds himself dealing with unexpected visitors who challenge his patience and further test his psychic abilities. Among the visitors is the ghostly spirit of Texas Ranger, Clive Tisdale, who is not a fan of dogs, refuses to tell Jerry why he is there, and if his presence has anything to do with Texas Ranger Raymond Hale.

Megan Getz lived among Hollywood royalty. A Tinseltown celebrity of a long-running sitcom being extorted because of an adult indiscretion. Attempting to cover up her perilous life, she hires the team of Divine Devils. Hoping they’ll free her from the blackmail bonds, Hunter Divine and his crew going undercover in a Reno Casino, digging deep to reveal those running the scam.

The center of world power has just been jolted when the vice president of the US is poisoned to death. During the ensuing investigation, FBI Agent Tim Lane discovers something that will send shock waves around the globe. Meanwhile, on his way back to Stanford, college freshman Ryan Lane accidentally takes his brother’s duffel, his secret duffel. Suddenly, a swarm of assassins, terrorists, and rogue federal agents are after what Ryan has and what he may now know, propelling him into a desperate search for his brother, who has mysteriously disappeared.

Adam Tinker’s first job at The Firm sweeps him into fast-moving cross-currents of international politics and corruption, in Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean, and then in Abu Dhabi in the Persian Gulf. Nothing is what it seems. He becomes a small but influential player in flushing out a major conspiracy that could so easily lock up the world’s oil supplies. As he continues to probe, Adam encounters daring adventurers, awkward historical questions, idealistic defectors, and well-connected informers.

The first World War is underway; Germany has allied with the Ottoman Empire, and the Turkish caliphs have declared jihad on the British Empire. Meanwhile, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson hesitates to enter the fray. Aboard the passenger liner Lusitania, war correspondent and American spy Kit Cobb has been assigned to shadow a German intellectual and possible covert agent who is believed to have information vital to the war effort. During the voyage Cobb is smitten with famed actress Selene Bourgani, who inexplicably seems to be working for the Germans.

A fifty-five-gallon drum washes up in the Malibu Lagoon stuffed with the corpse of Gene Dent, the key player in a bribery scandal that ensnared several local politicians. LASD detectives Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone know the case—and all the likely suspects—well. Just as they begin their investigation, the sheriff publicly reveals evidence linking the crime to LA’s mayor. But Eve and Duncan realize the bombshell allegation, true or not, arises from corruption within the sheriff’s own office…because they helped cover it up years ago. If the sheriff goes down, so will they.

Zu ihrer Zeit war BLACK STILETTO eine Legende; eine Untergrund-Heldin, die während der späten Eisenhower-Ära und den frühen Jahren unter Kennedy in New York City einige Berühmtheit erlangte. Obwohl sie von den Autoritäten gesucht wurde und eingesperrt worden wäre, wenn man sie gefasst oder ihre Identität gelüftet hätte, war die BLACK STILETTO eine kompetente und höchst erfolgreiche Verbrechensbekämpferin. Zu ihren Gegnern gehörten gewöhnliche Gauner, kommunistische Spione, die Mafia und schlimmeres.

Beneath the shimmering waves of the Arabian Sea lies a ruin older than history itself, concealing an ancient prophecy that threatens to turn the world to ash…INDIA. At the largest human gathering in the world, black rain pours down upon 50 million pilgrims, and the Ganges runs red with blood, heralding an ancient doomsday prophecy from the depths of the Arabian Sea. When archaeologist Georgia Lee is called to decipher its cryptic verses, she’s thrust into a heart-pounding race against time to find the key to humanity’s final hope.

Daizon May, a former Special Forces soldier turned actor, saves a woman left for dead on the edge of his rural escape in Maine. Days later, she wakes from a coma, the only clue to her identity being silver earrings with the name Amia etched within a heart.

Chia’s life is a mess of unresolved tension with her ex and exploring a new life with her chosen mate - all while keeping their relationship a secret. She endures continued trouble with the townsfolk who don’t trust her and suffers complete insecurity about her future as the supposed Red Cailleach. Somehow, she’s got to find a way to train with her grandmother and grandfather, who live somewhere in the stars, and own her superpowers.

The lush, secluded mountains of North Carolina's Lake Lure had drawn Lauren Castle into their spell. It was here, in 1938, that Hollywood's most beloved glamour girl, Victoria Frazer, drowned during a scandalous affair with actor Roger Brandt. Few knew about the baby spirited away into the night. That baby was Lauren's mother.

FBI agent Jeannie Loomis is back and needs closure after the disastrous ending to the Ark of the Covenant investigation. After months of tracking the activities of Dr. Nancy Bell, Frank Silva, and the rogue military group Banshees, there is no evidence that any criminal activity took place in Ethiopia, or if the Ark of the Covenant actually exists. Feeling her career is headed to a dumpster, she travels to Ethiopia to retrace the steps of the Banshees and their attempted theft of the Ark.