Résultats pour "Wallace" dans Thrillers et romans à suspense

Gregory "le coco" est retrouvé dans un ruisseau, assassiné. Ne faisait-il pas partie, comme Crew "l'aristo", Pinto Silva, Lollie Marsh ou Selby, de la bande du Colonel Dan Boundary ? Aurait-il trahit les "associés" de cette bande qui achète à vil prix les biens de personnes dont ils ont découvert une vulnérabilité ?

Juan de Santiago is not only a billionaire coca grower, he is also a deranged revolutionary; the commander of the most powerful private army in South America. Backed by power-hungry rogue nations who supply him with the latest weaponry, de Santiago devises a plan that will dishearten the American antidrug effort and make him El Jefe once and for all.

Sir Leonard Wallace, the famous chief of the Secret Service, finds that the peace of Europe is threatened by a gang engaged in the theft and sale of national secrets. Wallace gets busy and is assisted by the gang leader's own fear of him, as well as his anxiety to get the Englishman into his...

Pubblicato nel 1923 dal maestro del crimine Edgar Wallace, il thriller, ambientato in un castello inglese pieno di passaggi segreti e di nascondigli, si snoda con leggerezza e con suspense , un colpo di scena dietro l’altro, fino all’immancabile spiegazione finale dell’intreccio.

Pubblicato nel 1922, questo “giallo” che fa parte della prolifica vena di Edgar Wallace dimostra, di fronte al lettore di oggi, tutta la sua età. Incoerenze, ingenuità, colpi di scena improbabili e sopra le righe, fino al surrealismo, che, però, fanno venire il dubbio (più che giustificato, se confrontato con le altre opere dello scrittore) che Wallace stesso abbia voluto ironizzare sullo stereotipo della donna “bellissima e spietata”. Ma soprattutto, dietro queste pagine, c’è tutta Hollywood, per cui Wallace ha scritto molte sceneggiature.

Dal maestro del crimine Edgar Wallace, un romanzo dall’intreccio complesso e affascinante, ambientato a Londra. Seguiremo le avventure della protagonista e dell’ispettore Dick Shannon, di Scotland Yard, fino agli inevitabili colpi di scena finali. Un ascolto di “evasione” che porterà in galera i colpevoli e vedrà premiati gli innocenti.

Anne Wallace es la mejor pianista del mundo, pero también es una mujer excéntrica e impredecible. Famosa por su inteligencia sublime y por su gusto por lo ancestral, toca un piano especialmente fabricado para ella, con todas las teclas negras. A menudo lo hace bajo la lluvia, en esas tardes de tormenta que azotan los acantilados de la costa vasca que hay cerca de su casa.

A comic thriller following Claire, a hammer-wielding serial killer, who takes a job in a pub—a place where people are literally lining up to get hammered—only to learn another murderer is encroaching on her turf, from the author of You'd Look Better as a Ghost What use is a part-time serial...

Switzerland, 1963. Yesterday, as the train whizzed past the Gstaad Palace hotel lit up like a fairytale castle in the snow-topped mountains, I glanced once more at the diamond ring sparkling on my finger and thought, my life is perfect. From the very first moment I met Max Wallace two months ago...

Sir Leonard is not a man to desire fame or notoriety. His chronicler has been forced to fall back on office records and information supplied by various members of the secret service, to tell of the struggles of Wallace and his intelligence officers: of their battles against the Soviet Union...

* FROM THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF YOU'D LOOK BETTER AS A GHOST * 'The gold standard of twisted crime fiction' - JANICE HALLETT 'Dark humour at its absolute finest' - J.M. HEWITT 'Literature's most relatable serial killer' - JO FURNISS MURDER IS HER MASTERPIECE. What use is a part-time serial...

DI Morten Bankwood is in trouble. As his long-time nemesis stalks towards him with a blade, it seems death has finally found him. Then the director calls cut. It's a wrap for the latest season of Bankwood and the end-of-season party is due to begin. Cast and crew gather to celebrate the end of...

Ellie Hawthorne doesn’t believe in ghosts. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t haunted… A young physics professor fighting to keep her lab afloat, Ellie is one funding cut away from losing everything she’s worked for. So when a paranormal society offers her a generous grant in exchange for a three-night investigation of the mysterious Bruker House in northern Maine, she reluctantly accepts. At the secluded estate, Ellie’s skepticism clashes with the investigators’ unorthodox beliefs.

In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, four young submariners are thrown into the chaos of war. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor lies in ruins, the U.S. Pacific Fleet is crippled, and Japan sweeps unopposed across the Pacific. America, no longer able to stand aside, rests its hope on rust-covered...

Mais où donc a disparu Oscar Trevor ? Les lettres de ce grand voyageur, expédiées des quatre coins du monde, ne parviennent plus à ses avoués. Serait-il devenu fou ? Enfin, sa nièce, Gwendda, reçoit une lettre inquiétante : derrière son contenu banal et rassurant, un appel au secours codé qu'elle seule peut déchiffrer.

Seraphina continues to pick at the secrets entangling her. Then, during a ball, she spots a piece of enchanted jewellery eerily similar to the bracelet she once wore. But before she can find out about its origins, its owner is murdered. At least this time no one is blaming Sera.

"The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace" plunges you into a thrilling blend of history and fiction, chronicling the adventures of this larger-than-life Texas Ranger and hunter. Join Big-Foot as he tracks bandits through sun-baked deserts, clashes with hostile tribes in moonlit canyons, and rescues damsels in distress from rustlers' hideouts.

In The Melody of Death, Edgar Wallace weaves a gripping tale of mystery, romance, and deception beneath the gaslit skies of Edwardian London. When a daring jewel heist disrupts the city's elite, a mysterious masked figure intervenes, leaving behind more questions than answers. Gilbert Standerton, a young man tormented by financial anxiety and a cold engagement to the ambitious Edith Cathcart, finds his life entangled with a band of jewel thieves, a haunting street melody, and a string of crimes that unravel the very fabric of high society.

“Crackling dialogue, plenty of action, and expert writing.”—The New York Times Rachel Wallace is a tough young woman with a lot of enemies. Spenser is a tough guy with a macho code of honor, hired to protect a woman who thinks that kind of code is obsolete. Privately, they will never see...

As Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union reach their zenith, a chilling discovery within the US Navy sends shockwaves through the corridors of power. A mole, deeply embedded within the ranks, threatens not just the delicate balance of global power, but the very fabric of world peace. Tasked with the critical mission of drawing out the traitor, two submarines embark on a journey of tactical warcraft.