Résultats pour "music" dans Thrillers et romans à suspense

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?

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

Five musicians, once brothers of soul and stage, reunite in the same city after decades of silence. Each carries scars, nightmares, and a note left suspended in time. A series of impossible sounds guides them through disturbing dreams, inexplicable encounters, and scores that seem to have been written by forgotten hands.

L'ultima volta che Gwendolina Nanni, giovane imprenditrice bolognese, è stata vista viva era mattina molto presto e come al solito stava correndo lungo gli argini del Bacchiglione prima di andare al lavoro. Il suo corpo è stato ritrovato molti giorni dopo in un’ansa del fiume, ormai irriconoscibile. Il caso viene chiuso come suicidio dalla polizia locale. Ma i familiari non ci stanno e si rivolgono alla Sezione Omicidi di Bologna, dove è stata da poco trasferita l'ispettore Micol Medici.

Meet Max Malone—Nashville’s #1 homicide detective, barbecue aficionado, and consummate jackass. In just one week in May, a series of suspicious deaths propels Max to unravel a time-critical mystery. Aided by his ukulele-wielding partner, Vince Wilson, and brilliant beat cop, Helen Hanover, they pursue a self-righteous vigilante playing judge, jury and cunning executioner of targets in high and low places. A select task force scrambles to protect the public and prevent the relentless reapers's next hit.

Fleeing an abusive marriage and tormented by her past, Alexandra Turner finds solace in a small coastal town on Puget Sound and a job with a local marine biologist studying orcas. After befriending a group of locals, Alex learns that she has moved to a place that has a reputation of being the "most haunted town in Washington." Such superstitions would be easy to dismiss...if Alex wasn’t already on edge. Haunted by shreds of memories of her days with her husband, Alex can’t keep from looking over her shoulder.

In the third entry to the series, Alaska P.I. Cecil Younger is fresh out of rehab, sporting a fresh head wound, with a child custody case from hell, and with the clients to match. Confrontational and obsessed, Priscilla DeAngelo is sure her ex is conspiring with a state senator to wrest her son from her, and thus, hires Cecil Younger to investigate. This is the first time Younger has to deal with lawyers in flashy suits and overused paper shredders. When she storms off to Juneau for a showdown, Younger's custody case swiftly turns into a murder.

A Jackson Mississippi, nel 1938, le strade sono piene di polvere. Ed è così che negli incroci sterrati, nei numerosi "crossroads" del Sud degli Stati Uniti, la polvere può avvolgere anche la verità. Che Robert Johnson, il bluesman più famoso del Delta, sia morto ucciso da un marito tradito non ci crede quasi nessuno. Più probabile che sia vera quell’altra storia, quella del diavolo, incontrato dal chitarrista mentre vagabondava nelle distese desolate, in uno di quei tanti crocevia.

El plan de Anne parecía perfecto: un verano en la vieja casa familiar de la Ribera Navarra para aclararse las ideas, reencontrarse con los amigos de la infancia y bailar hasta el amanecer en un festival de música. Pero el destino guarda sorpresas que pueden ser muy peligrosas. Cuando llega a su tan ansiado refugio, Anne se entera de que han aparecido enterrados unos extraños huesos en el jardín de la casa.

In the London of 1795, intrigue and death walk the dark streets. England is at war with its neighbor and nemesis, France, and espionage is rampant. It is the job of Jonathan Absey at the Home Office to catch these spies, but his mind is elsewhere, his dreams haunted by the still unsolved murder...