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

Just when the dust begins to settle, a devastating bombshell shatters the fragile peace of the Blaine family. In a freezing kitchen, words are spoken that can never be taken back: Her father was adopted. She’s a Blaine, damn it. With those few words, Pandora’s box is ripped wide open. The woman they thought they knew, the life they thought they understood, is suddenly gone —replaced by a chilling new reality. Upstairs, a stranger is waiting, carrying secrets that threaten to drag the entire family line into the dark.

A mother who never hurt a fly just butchered her three children—and it took three bullets to the head to bring her down. Martha Hendricks was the kind of woman who brought honey cakes to prisoners and delivered babies in the dead of night. Now she's dead in the dirt of Broken Spoke, Montana Territory, after putting six men in the ground and trying to reload on a seventh. Gabriel Bane has seen this kind of evil before.

Every shadow holds a secret, every moment a destiny. In the heart of modern London, an ancient darkness stirs, and only The Raven stands in its path. John Smith, an idealistic Victorian constable, was murdered by Jack The Ripper but given a chance at vengeance and redemption. Recruited by Death, John becomes a forgotten sentinel, protecting humanity from evil. Lost and isolated in the present day, his purpose reignites when he encounters Kimberley Mansfield, an innocent yet brave young woman who is dragged into a world beyond her academic beliefs.

Ex-special forces operator Amos Carver is being framed for murder. Carver hasn't killed anyone. At least not for a few years, and certainly not in some backwoods Georgia town. He would never harm the person they're accusing him of murdering. But nobody believes him. And no one is willing to help prove otherwise.

Hang on to your shamrocks and shillelaghs, folks! Max Blake, that hard-boiled private detective and former muck-raking journalist, along with his fearless fiancée Caeli Brown are back in action and up to their Walther P99s in slick, hypnotic robberies and terrorist plots in their newly adopted Irish homeland. A favor to a new friend who works with the Irish police brings them out of retirement to solve a series of thefts at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park which cater to the tourist crowd. 

I fell in love with a boy before I even knew what love was. I gave up my world for him, bartered away my hopes and dreams so that boy could have his, but he threw me away at the first sign of trouble. And somehow, I became the villain of our story. Everyone hates me for my betrayal. Only I didn’t turn my back on him—he turned his back on me. Now, I live out my days at the Raven Souls MC as public enemy number one, guarding my secrets like a precious commodity. My silence keeps others safe, so instead of speaking up, I fade away.

Raven Miller knows it for sure: Life can be cruel. Born to an abusive mother, Raven knew only a life of war. After escaping her home, Raven meets a man who bears a remarkable resemblance to her father. And when she finds out about his cheating wife, Raven has just the solution. Together with the heinous Annie Sugarland they travel the country, fighting injustice. But soon, someone of a higher power wants Raven to pay for her own crimes. She discovers she's a link in a chain that dates back to the dawn of history. But can she find a path to redemption?

An Argentine playboy races down the darkened alleys of Buenos Aires, a German on his tail. He darts into a steamy tango hall and begs one of the dancers for refuge, but his pursuer is unshakable. The German leaves with the scrap of information that had been destined for the Americans. The playboy was a spy for the Allies, known as Raven.

A man, who believes he is a government operative for a covert black-ops division of the CIA, awakens in the aftermath of the bombing of a federal building in Chicago. Disoriented and struggling to reconcile his last memory—an operation in Croatia pursuing a target wanted for espionage—he soon finds himself accused of domestic terrorism and mass murder. Either his mind is unraveling, or he's been expertly framed.

Chaz Scalise controls a vast crime organization. He's vicious and calculating. His whims decide who lives, who dies and who gets sold. Getting an agent of the law close to him is next to impossible. Little does he know that a reluctant bride will serve him his downfall with a cup of gourmet coffee.

The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him. That is until he returns from university to discover his family ruined, his inheritance stolen and his childhood sweetheart, Camilla, taken by the conniving Chester Marion. Fuelled by anger and love, Mungo swears vengeance and devotes his life to saving Camilla - and destroying Chester.

Noah, a raven, is the only surviving witness to the murders, and seven years later, he has given Lenore the first clue to the assassin's identity. Now, the Hangman has decided Lenore is a threat. Lenore meets Thor Odinson, and a whirlwind courtship ensues. Lenore is swept off her feet and quickly falls in love. But Thor seems to know too much about the murders, particularly about their ritualistic nature. The Hangman is watching Lenore, waiting for just the right time to strike.

After decades of Special Ops and intel work, Burr Thornton unexpectedly returns home to Raven Gap, a village tucked into the wildest corner of the rugged Georgia mountains. Those who remember the brutal circumstances surrounding Burr's exile suggest he has returned for vengeance, while others believe Burr has come back for Greta, the girl ripped from his arms that terrible night.

Bloomsbury presents The Dead Line by Holly Watt, read by Jasmine Blackborow. THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH A SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR 'Vivid and packed with journalistic lore ... Mixing pulsating derring-do with painstaking detective work' Sunday Times A Bangladeshi camp. A British...

Before Katrina - New Orleans is the murder capital of America and her troubled streets give rise to a cop who hunts killers with methodical, calculating precision, innate in a man half-Cajun and half-Sioux. While others lose their heads in the maddening hunt for a cop-killer, Homicide Detective John Raven Beau focuses his instincts in the relentless pursuit of a murderer.

This tale of passion and survival follows Anushka “Noosh” Rossetti, a trained archivist stuck in her small-town library job—until a mysterious man claiming to be Vlad Dracula enters her life. As he proves himself to her, she’s thrust into an exhilarating underworld, where survival means navigating violent power struggles and facing Vlad’s deadly rival.

Amos Carver is just minding his own business when a woman falls to her death right around the corner from where he's working. At first it seems like a senseless tragedy. An accident. Carver can't help but investigate. When he does, he realizes this was no ordinary woman. She was a trained killer. And she was looking for him.

Tory knew Carl was odd—the meticulous clothes, the creepy smile, the strange coffee orders—but she never imagined how dangerous he truly was until she woke up trapped in an exact replica of The Daily Grind—her own workplace, methodically recreated by the man she always thought of as harmless, if a little strange. Her job hasn't changed: serve Carl coffee, day after horrifying day, following his rigid routine. But this time, any mistake could cost her her life.

People began to develop unexplained abilities. Biological Enhanced Nascent Talents seemed to appear at random. There was no particular genetic reason for 15 percent of the human population to be affected. Talents developed skills that set them apart from the great majority of those affected.