Résultats pour "The Trap" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Life for Sterling the vampire is sweet in sleepy Silveropolis. Blood is in easy supply with college kids and cryptid hunters swarming the town for mountain madness, an annual search for an elusive creature known as Smallfoot. But another corpse is discovered in the woods. Are the Everetts back? Is it a ritual killing or a random murder? With the help of a brooding journalist and a jealous storm god, Sterling must investigate before it’s too late. The victim was staked through the heart, after all.

The heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery. The Butlers are the kings of the East End. Vinny and Roy Butler are the apple of their mum’s eye. Queenie knows they can play dirty, but when it comes to family they look after business and make her proud. Nothing and no one can bring them down. Brotherly love. But Vinny seems to have crossed the wrong person, and his cards are marked. And with the brothers joined at the hip, Roy may just be in the firing line too…

Happily settled in Florida, Sonja believes she’s escaped the trap set by unscrupulous drug lords. But when her son, Tomas, is taken, she’s back to square one...and Iceland. Her lover, Agla, is awaiting sentencing for financial misconduct after the banking crash, and Sonja refuses to see her. And that’s not all...Agla owes money to some extremely powerful men, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it back. With her former nemesis, customs officer Bragi, on her side, Sonja puts her own plan into motion to bring down the drug barons and her scheming ex-husband and get Tomas back.

When Jamie Blair, 24, unemployed and back from the trenches, took lodgings at Larcom Street in Walworth, he had no idea he was walking into a trap. The house was owned by Henry Mullins, big, burly and a hard drinker. Henry made life hell for his four stepchildren who looked half-starved and frequently got bashed.

Never underestimate the power of the streets! There are those who live by the commandments that govern them and those who don't. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. The hustle never stops so be prepared to execute with the skill of a warrior, a street warrior!

Trap Commandments: the carrying out or putting into effect a plan, order or course of action. Never underestimate the power of the streets! There are those that live by the commandments that govern them and those who don't. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. The hustle never stops so be prepared to execute with the skill of a warrior, a street warrior!

The Trap by H. P. Lovecraft is a chilling short story that blends supernatural horror with cosmic mystery. Centered on a cursed antique mirror that acts as a portal to another dimension, the tale follows Canevin and his student Robert as they confront dark forces, warped realities, and the sinister legacy of Axel Holm’s forbidden experiments. Perfect for fans of eerie classic horror, Lovecraftian themes, and stories where ordinary objects conceal terrifying secrets, this haunting narrative captures the timeless fear of curiosity gone too far.

American Alana Eastwood's grandfather, and her only living relative, has taken ill at his home in Germany. Alana travels to be by his side, and while staying at his country cottage, she finds an unopened letter, postmarked 1945, that thrusts her into one of the most notable unsolved mysteries from postwar Germany. When people turn up dead, the local police are ill equipped to grasp the entire chain of events that the mysterious letter has put into play.

Callie Devereux has it all - a successful career, a beautiful home and an attentive, loving partner. Until one day, she wakes up to discover that the man she thought she loved has taken everything from her, leaving her penniless. Desperate to get answers, Callie goes after the man she once trusted and discovers a world built on secrets and lies. Jack Carlisle has never heard of the man Callie Devereaux claims to have once loved, but he has a good idea who it is - his business partner and old friend, Logan Armitage.

In this eerie and cerebral tale of supernatural horror, Henry S. Whitehead and H. P. Lovecraft blend gothic dread with cosmic terror. The Trap follows the mysterious disappearance of Robert Grandison, a student at a quiet schoolhouse, shortly after the arrival of an antique mirror retrieved from a decaying estate. His tutor, Canevin, soon uncovers that the mirror is more than an object—it’s a portal to a strange, warped dimension where time fractures, forms mutate, and lost souls linger.

Being a natural-born leader comes with a certain type of responsibility. The streets will never respect a man who is not rightfully holding down the position he was born to uphold. Some are created to lead while others were created to follow. Money will always keep stacking as long as everyone plays their position. The weight of the world rests on those that are born to be great... Haze Ellis has no idea just how true that is until the moment he realizes that he is the descendent of a King... A "Street" King!

The brave pilots of Rogue Squadron face the impossible as the sinister Ysanne Isard wreaks havoc on a fragile Coruscant. The Rebels have taken the Imperial headquarters world of Coruscant, but their problems are far from over. A killer virus called Krytos is spreading among the population and...

A year after the Commonwealth won the war with the Theocracy, the interstellar cruise liner Supreme is on its maiden voyage, carrying a host of aristocrats thrilled to be sharing in a wondrous adventure among the stars. Then a collision with a pirate ship leaves the cruiser powerless and becalmed in hyperspace. And they’re not alone. Now, the mysterious force that’s living on this floating graveyard is coming for Supreme’s crew and passengers. As madness starts to tear at their minds, they must fight to survive in a strange alien realm.

"Западня" - знаменитый роман Эмиля Золя, французского писателя, публициста и политического деятеля. Книга входит в серию "Ругон-Маккары", сопровождавшаяся громким скандалом, положила начало славе Золя. Действие романа разворачивается в Париже и повествует о жизни героев в течение двадцати лет.

Eine Gruppe mächtiger Leute aus Politik, Militär und Wirtschaft versucht die Kontrolle über die US-Regierung zu übernehmen. Dafür werden die Menschen, die ihnen im Weg stehen, gnadenlos entfernt - und durch Marionetten ersetzt. Danach soll ein blutiger Krieg beginnen, mit unvorstellbaren Auswirkungen für die gesamte Welt. Agent Dewey Andreas wird nach Paris geschickt, um den US-Außenminister zu schützen. Was als einfache Mission beginnt, geht mächtig schief. Die Verschwörer haben einen Killer auf den Minister angesetzt. Und den Mord wollen sie Dewey in die Schuhe schieben.

With Zeke’s gang out for blood, Amanda and Austin know they must flee the home they’ve built in Idaho. But in the aftermath of a devastating EMP, finding a working vehicle won’t be easy. And as the gang closes in, Amanda knows they’re running out of time to escape. The desperate pair soon find themselves heading for a safe haven in Spokane. But damaged roads, wrecked vehicles, and a washed-out bridge turn the journey into a deadly ordeal. A flat tire becomes the biggest crisis yet, as desperation sends them to a junkyard defended by armed thugs.

Inspired by the classic movie The Parent Trap, two adorable black kittens, Midnight and Onyx, play matchmakers for their human mothers, Mac and Carmen. Struggling with the complexities of farm life, Mac can barely believe her beautiful girlfriend, Carmen, has agreed to move to the drafty old farmhouse to live with her and her beloved Pops. When Carmen is forced to leave the farm to care for her ailing mother, Midnight and Onyx as well as Mac and Carmen must struggle with the difficult separation.

Miss Caroline Quick is desperate to escape London for the freedom of the wilds and her career as a naturalist—but she must get her widowed mother married before she can go. It’s a simple enough idea; track down Mama’s first love and engineer a meeting…with the help of the gentleman’s alarmingly charming son.

For Jack Burgoyne, a former investment banker turned reluctant fixer, the world of high finance isn’t just about profit margins and market trends—it’s a maze of lies, double-crosses, and high-stakes betrayal. In Cash-Trap, a gripping financial thriller, Burgoyne is thrust into a world where the line between genius and madness is measured in billions.

"Intense and gripping...Coes' name should be on the lips of every reader who enjoys Vince Flynn and the Brads (Taylor and Thor)." —Booklist (starred review) on Trap the Devil Only one man stands between a powerful cabal planning an invisible coup of the U.S. government and their brutal...