Résultats pour "alligator" dans Thrillers et romans à suspense

Escape to the tranquil setting of the Saint John's River in Florida with Evangeline Bright, a talented actress and amateur herbalist on the run. When she's framed for murder, she must use her acting skills to survive and find the real killer before it's too late. But as she delves deeper into the mysteries of the river, she discovers that danger lurks around every corner, and she maynot be able to trust anyone, including the handsome boat captain who has caught her eye. The clock is ticking, and if she doesn't solve the case, she may face a sentence of death.

Indigo Wells is an ambitious and slightly offbeat grad student with two great passions: to secure a PhD in environmental science and to marry her mentor, a suave, sexy professor who has been her crush since her first day in college. But her PhD is denied when a multinational corporation attacks her research, calling it reckless and damaging to the company’s image. Then, they threaten to pull funding.

Larry Nowak cerca di guardarsi il meno possibile allo specchio: l'immagine riflessa di sé, infatti, non è che il pallido ricordo di chi è stato. Sei anni e mezzo, trascorsi in un letto d'ospedale in una sorta di limbo di cui ricorda poco e niente. E l'unica soluzione che ha trovato per scappare da ciò che lo attendeva al risveglio è stata la fuga. Wytago nel Vermont è sufficientemente piccola e lontana da fargli pensare di potersi lasciare alle spalle il proprio doloroso passato.

Gullywasher's of Georgia has been abandoned a long time but it's far from empty. A determined CDC epidemiologist goes rogue to tackle a mysterious outbreak in Savannah, only to find himself entangled with a pair of urban explorers and a dangerous, tortured soul in an abandoned theme park where dark forces stir.

Joe DeMarco likes to call himself a troubleshooter. It sounds better than “bagman” or “fixer.” With more than a decade of troubleshooting under his belt on behalf of John Mahoney, the Speaker of the House, DeMarco has seen his fair share of dangerous situations. When Andie Moore, a twenty-three-year-old working in the DOJ’s Inspector General’s Office, is murdered in cold blood in Florida’s Everglades, it falls on DeMarco to get to the bottom of things.

A thrilling Knopf New Face of Fiction debut, A Cold Night for Alligators takes the reader on a breathtaking ride through the seedy, sensual Florida Everglades, unravelling a mystery at the heart of which lies a devastating family secret.

President Kennedy has selected Blackford Oakes to meet with Che Guevara inside Castro's Cuba as part of his Operation Alligator, a daring plan to bring about an era of détente in East-West relations. The communists, however, have another agenda in mind: a double-cross with terrifying consequences. Soon, Oakes is trapped in Cuba, and the heat is on. Warming the climate greatly is the sultry beauty Catalina. The weather forecast: betrayal, power politics, and sudden death.

Tief in den Sümpfen der Everglades liegt die Alligator Farm der Eastmans. Es ist ein Ort ohne Wiederkehr. Wer hier ankommt, soll von der Bildfläche verschwinden und zwar spurlos. Davon ahnt der junge Dale Ferguson nichts, der sich im Familienurlaub mit seinem tyrannischen Vater Don auf einen Jagdausflug begibt. Der ideale Vorwand, um den ungeliebten, gewalttätigen Patriarchen durch einen "Unfall" loszuwerden. Als die beiden Zeugen eines kaltblütigen Mordes werden, ist es bereits zu spät für sie.

When Catalina, a monster huntress, receives a call for help from the town of Corumbá, she immediately answers, aware of their helplessness against the strange creatures that creep through the forests of Brazil. However, she quickly learns that the real fight is not only against the swamp, but also against the shadows of her past. Welcome to The Redacted Files.

For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, this “marvelous debut” (Alice McDermott, National Book Award–winning author of The Ninth Hour) follows a Washington, DC, artist as she faces her past and the secrets held in the waters of Florida’s lush swamps and wetlands. Loni Murrow is an...