Résultats pour "music" dans Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense

A dreamlike tale of haunting melodies and visions of alternate worlds.

It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music", a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal.

Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew—a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape Charlotte in their own twisted image. If only the nightmare had ended when she was rescued. Instead, her real father exploited her tabloid-ready story for fame and profit—until Charlotte finally broke free from her ghoulish past and fled. Just when she thinks she has buried her personal hell forever, Charlotte is swept into a frightening new ordeal.

Stephen King teams up with long-time friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the mysterious town of Castle Rock. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the...

Es beginnt scheinbar harmlos mit einem Platten. Doch als Terry O'Connell bei seinen Freunden eintrifft, bekommt er zu hören, dass er angeblich schon pünktlich dort gewesen sei. Auf der Arbeit schwärmt seine attraktive Kollegin Phoebe von der „heißen Nacht", die sie gemeinsam verbracht hätten. Wer ist dieser „Andere", der Terry zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht und Terrys geordnetes Leben nach und nach in einen Alptraum verwandelt? Existiert sein Doppelgänger überhaupt oder ist Terry auf dem besten Wege, seinen Verstand zu verlieren?

Joe Ruddy (rhymes with bloody) was a former military policeman. New to the Dallas Police Department and even newer to the detective division, Joe found himself being assigned to all the shitty cases the veterans did not want to investigate. Joe was a self-conscious alcoholic who wrote songs and sang in bars and honky tonks. He did not consider himself a professional singer but enjoyed singing as a hobby. His hobby made Joe the prime candidate for reopening an old homicide case.

A baffling murder on a remote country lane puts Alan Banks and his team to the test in the detective’s most intense and gripping case yet – from an author hailed by Louise Penny as “a writer at the top of his game.” With Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot investigating the young woman’s...

A gripping page-turner from the celebrated author of book club favorite The Violin Conspiracy: Music professor Bern Hendricks discovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time—his music may have been stolen from a Black Jazz Age prodigy named Josephine Reed...

The beautiful Martina Bradshaw has sadly lost both her beloved father and her loving mother. They live in the little Kent village of Preston Bailey where her father, a talented musician, had written his music, which had never been successful with the public. Now Martina has to find a way of making money to pay her household of Mrs.

Peace of Music (Book 1): A once-lost magnificent antique vase from China's 13th-century Song Dynasty reappears from the depths of the Mediterranean Sea when it comes to dwell on a piano in a doctor's home. Obsession of the Heart (Book 2): Set against an international backdrop of jet setters, music, romance, murder, terrorism, and true friendship is Davina Walters, an international singer. Warrior Music (Book 3): Max knew the drugs and alcohol would eventually kill him, and sooner rather than later. So he enlisted in the Marines.

The Children are settling into their new lives, but unexpected expenses are piling up with the babies’ milk and diapers, and the electricity bill on the rise as the brunt of winter inundates them. Everyone is doing what they can to pitch in, working extra shifts and doing whatever it takes to keep their heads above financial waters, to the point where K8 is contemplating using her ability to split in two to do double the work. But how much longer can they keep it up? When K8 is approached by a publisher to tell the Childrens’ story, she’s hesitant to trust the guy, but she likes the idea.

Luna Levett has endured the unbearable pain of losing her family in a tragic accident. Determined to honor their memory, she packs her bags for Nashville, hoping that music will heal her heart as she pursues her dreams of stardom as a rising YouTube sensation. Jaxxon King has always aspired to make it big in country music, but his wealthy family disapproves of his ambitions. After being thrown out of his home, he is determined to prove them wrong and find success on his own terms.

Enid Graham could only wonder why handsome, brilliant, wealthy Pierre St. John should have chosen her as his bride. But when the lovely American girl arrived with her husband at his lonely chateau, the reason become terribly clear. Pierre had a wife before Enid, a bewitching temptress who could have been Enid's twin in appearance.

From the bestselling author of the Charlie Parker mysteries—"the finest crime series currently in existence" (The Independent)—comes a new anthology of chilling short fiction. A decade after Nocturnes first terrified and delighted readers, John Connolly, bestselling author of thirteen...

Kayla Covo is a child piano prodigy. In mid-1970s New York City, she vaults to fame, holding audiences in awe with her uncanny musical ability and warm smile. But deep within her lie the seeds of destruction—the paranoid fear of being stalked by a murderous fan. The Music Stalker closely examines how genius and love might survive in a close-knit family torn by trauma, insanity, and jealousy.

In 1916, in the charming mountain town of Timber Coulee, Idaho, music shop owner Amanda Parrish's harmonious life strikes a discordant note when a beloved shopkeeper is murdered during the town's annual summer music camp. As Amanda seeks for answers, she uncovers a web of long-buried secrets, including a mysterious violin and a charismatic newcomer with a hidden agenda. With the help of her spirited niece and a cast of colorful locals, Amanda must compose a solution to this deadly sonata before the killer's next movement brings her own story to a premature finale.

When composer Gideon Lake moves into his new apartment building, he becomes infatuated by his neighbour Kate Solway. After they begin a passionate affair, they travel to Europe to continue their fling in secret. But, when strange and unexplainable events start to happen, what should have been a romantic trip turns into a nightmare. Deeply disturbed, Gideon returns home, but he can't stop thinking about Kate.

Cinque musicisti, un tempo fratelli d’anima e di palco, si ritrovano nella stessa città dopo decenni di silenzio. Ognuno porta con sé cicatrici, incubi e una nota rimasta sospesa nel tempo. Una serie di suoni impossibili li guida attraverso sogni disturbanti, incontri inspiegabili e partiture che sembrano scritte da mani dimenticate.Una Roma cupa e atemporale li accoglie con il suo respiro di pietra e segreti. Tra strade che sembrano non finire mai e partiture che si rivelano strumenti di evocazione, i protagonisti inizieranno a suonare qualcosa che va oltre la musica.

Detective Eric Caid and Detective Maria Ortega, seasoned investigators from the Nashville Police Homicide Unit, find themselves in this dichotomy of a city. As they tread through the streets, they must wade through the facade of joyous revelry to uncover the truth lurking in the shadows.

Un joven poeta ruso ha sido asesinado durante un atraco que, al parecer, ha salido mal. La muerte coincide con la visita a Edimburgo de una delegación comercial rusa, y hay gente muy poderosa que quiere ver el caso cerrado cuanto antes. Pero ese no es el estilo del inspector John Rebus. No va a arrinconar un caso que huele a podrido solo porque alguien se lo aconseje. Aunque eso signifique buscarse problemas serios poco antes de su jubilación.