A drug kingpin on the FBI's Most Wanted list is found hanging upside down over a bathtub, his corpse drained of blood. The killing looks like an organized-crime payback hit-until another Ten Most Wanted criminal is found similarly strung up, and then another. Soon Detective Alex Brandon of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department is grappling not only with a testy partner and a complicated home life, but also with a band of brilliant vigilantes whom the public starts to regard as heroes.Alex Brandon is almost too good to be true, with his penetrating blue eyes, his ...
A strange terror coiled in the shadows behind the brooding elegance of the huge chateau. It lay there like some dark and twisted thing – waiting, watching, ready to strike. Was it only chance encounter than had brought Linda Martin to Chateau Valmy? Or was it something planned? The lovely young English governess did not know. She only knew something was wrong and that she was afraid. Now she could not even trust the man she loved. For Raoul Valmy was one of them – linked by blood and name to the dark secrets of the Valmy past."A wonderful hue and cry story… a Mona Lisa tale that beckons you on while suspense builds up." – Boston Herald
Ex-nurse-turned-insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol's willing to risk anything to put a bad doc out of business-;even her best friend Goldie's near-perfect proboscis! Her cross-dressing compadre has agreed to get his shnozz bobbed so Pauline can pose as his private nurse and gain entry into Highcliff Manor-;a posh plastic surgery "spa" making an illegal killing with their repeat clientele.But when a super-rich "frequent flier" is unexpectedly widowed-;and a receptionist who knows too much is given the boot… off a nearby cliff!-;Pauline realizes she's stuck her own nose into something really nasty. Despite the pleasant distraction of the hunky Dr. Neal-;and the unexpected appearance of her sexy cohort, Jagger-;Pauline can't shake the feeling she's being closely watched. And if she's not careful, she'll be the next one who goes under the knife!
David Gurney se sent?a casi invencible… hasta que se top? con el asesino m?s inteligente con el que jam?s hab?a tenido que enfrentarse.Dave Gurney, el protagonista de la primera novela de John Verdon, Se lo que est?s pensando, vuelve para afrontar el caso m?s dif?cil de su carrera, una batalla con un adversario implacable que no solo es un inteligente y fr?o asesino, sino que no tiene reparos en atacar directamente al punto d?bil de Gurney: su esposa.Ha pasado un a?o desde que el exdetective ...
No es mi hija es la historia de una mujer, Alice, que sale a dar un paseo poco despu?s de haber dado a luz a su hija Florence. Al regresar, descubre que el beb? que est? en la cuna no es su hija, a pesar de que su marido insiste en que est? equivocada. A partir de ese momento empieza la ag?nica pesadilla de Alice para conseguir que alguien la crea y descubrir qu? ha pasado con su beb?.
For Tess Monaghan, the unsolved murder of a young federal prosecutor is nothing more than a theoretical problem, one of several cases to be deconstructed in her new gig as a consultant to the local newspaper. But it becomes all too tangible when her boyfriend brings home a young street kid who doesn't even realize he holds an important key to the man’s death. Tess agrees to protect the boy’s identity no matter what, especially when one of his friends is killed in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. But with federal agents determined ...
From Publishers WeeklyIn Armstrong's assured seventh Otherworld paranormal romance, her first in hardcover (after Broken), pretty Jaime Vegas, a 44-year-old necromancer who can reanimate the dead, faces her biggest career challenge yet-freeing the trapped ghosts of six murdered children. Thankfully, Jeremy Danvers, Jaime's hunky and very Alpha werewolf boyfriend, tags along for this hair-raising ride. Jaime, who has made a living onstage and off by her ghost-whispering skills, is in L.A. as one of three celebrity mediums participating in Death of Innocence, a TV special that hopes "to raise the ghost of Marilyn Monroe," but instead ...
Una estrella de teatro y de la pantalla se arroja, en misteriosas circunstancias, por el balc?n de su ?tico neoyorquino, ?Fue asesinada por su amante, Ted Winters, un apuesto magnate de los negocios atormentado por un secreto inconfesable? ?O se trata de un suicidio? Pero ?por qu? iba Leila a quitarse la vida en la cumbre de la fortuna y el ?xito? ?O la mat? otra persona? Sin embargo, ?qui?n querr?a acabar con la vida de una joven admirada y querida por todo el mundo?…
No names. No Feds. No trace evidence. That's how Jonathan Grave operates. As a freelance specialist in covert rescues, he has to work outside the law to get things done – especially in highly sensitive hostage situations. But when an Indiana college student is abducted, and Jonathan's meticulous plan explodes into a deadly shooting spree, the local authorities are out for blood – and they're not alone. Someone wants to control a devastating secret…Someone rich and powerful…Someone willing to capture, torture, an kill anyone to get it. Even the people Jonathan loves most…
Ragnhild, una ni?a de seis a?os, desaparece sin dejar rastro. Mientras la polic?a, encabezada por el inspector Konrad Sejer, inicia la b?squeda de la peque?a, ?sta se encuentra jugando en casa de Raymond, un individuo algo retrasado que vive en el bosque con su padre. El caso parece resuelto cuando la peque?a Ragnhild regresa a su casa sana y salva esa misma noche, pero en realidad la pesadilla no ha hecho m?s que empezar. La ni?a recuerda haber visto a una chica desnuda en la orilla del lago y la polic?a no tarda en descubrir el cad?ver de Annie Holland. Al principio Sejer no cuenta con ninguna pista que explique el atroz asesinato, pero a medida que se suceden los interrogatorios va destapando el s?rdido pasado de varios miembros de la peque?a comunidad noruega…
When singer Rex Brody took Tamara Ledford in his arms, he knew suddenly that the lady he'd been singing to all along was no longer just a hopeful fantasy. But could he convince her that his feelings were as sincere as the powerful desire that swept her from a small-town life into the public spotlight where he lived? Tamara's psychic Aunt Elizabeth had predicted that with Rex she would share the beautiful music only true lovers may hear. But Tamara rebelled against his need for her. Then Rex showered her with blossoms that symbolized longing and tenderness – and broke her heart… for there were no red roses…
Durante trece a?os,Elizabeth y David Beck han acudido al lago Charmaine para dejar testimonio,en la corteza de un ?rbol, de un a?o m?s de felicidad. Ya no es as?. Fue la trece su ?ltima cita.Una tragedia dif?cil de superar. Han pasado ocho a?os, pero el doctor David Beck no consigue sobreponerse al horror de semejante desgracia porque, aunque Elizabeth est? muerta y su asesino en el corredor de la muerte, aquella ?ltima cita puso fin a algo m?s que a una vida.
As Heather Brodie kisses her lover goodnight, her disabled husband lies dead, his throat cut from ear to ear. Who wanted Gavin Brodie dead? Many people, including Gavin Brodie. Crushed by an incurable illness, he pleaded to be allowed to die. When Alice Rice is brought in to investigate, another terminally-ill man is found murdered. Is it just a coincidence? Or is there a serial killer with a mission to get rid of the sick and infirm? And Alice has more worries when she suspects her partner, Ian Melville, is lying to her. What secret is he hiding? This atmospheric thriller builds on the success of the first three Alice Rice mysteries, and is a passionate tale of deception, betrayal and the value of life and love.
The Accident Man is back…Samuel Carver makes bad accidents happen to worse people. He's very good at his job. But nobody's perfect. And one of Carver's targets has got away. Now the world faces a new age of conflict driven by religious fanaticism. In Russia, the government have admitted they no longer know the whereabouts of one hundred small-scale 'suitcase nukes'. In Afghanistan and Kosovo, ruthless terrorists plot the downfall of their hated enemies.In Texas, a dying billionaire plots his own personal Armageddon. And Carver can do nothing to stop them. He was beaten and tortured and ...
Una mujer se suicida una g?lida noche en Chicago.Sin embargo, cuando el detective Aidan Reagan entra en el apartamento de la v?ctima, todas las evidencias muestran que ha sido un homicidio y apuntan a una sola persona: la psiquiatra Tess Ciccotelli.Tess no puede evitar que Aidan la juzgue culpable antes siquiera de escucharla. Pero ella no puede facilitarle la informaci?n que la exculpar?a. Alguien ha atrapado a Tess en una red de desconfianza, enga?os y traiciones. Y el cerco sobre ella se estrecha cada vez m?s.
On the morning she will never forget, suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover and a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom and dad. She isn’t. Instead, the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. At first she just thinks it’s weird, then more and more scary, until finally the terrfiying reality hits her: in the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply disappeared. Twenty-five years later the mystery is no nearer to being solved and Cynthia is ...
