Ergebnis für "Broken House" in Krimis & Thriller

Die junge Nerdy bestreitet ihren Lebensunterhalt mit Wahrsagerei und sexuellen Dienstleistungen. Sie verdient nicht schlecht - meistens erzählt sie den Leuten genau das, was sie hören wollen. Bis Susan Burke sie um Hilfe bittet. Susan ist völlig verängstigt, denn sie ist davon überzeugt, dass ein böser Geist von ihrem Haus und ihrem Stiefsohn Besitz ergriffen hat. Nerdy wittert das Geschäft ihres Lebens, aber als sie das Haus zum ersten Mal betritt, fühlt sie es auch: Hier lauert etwas. Etwas absolut Böses. Etwas, das töten will.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A fast-paced, fun read with echoes of something deeper. The author’s command of pop fiction delivers crisp, sharp prose.” —The Boston Globe In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel...

A new psychological novel from Tom Turner, author of the Charlie Crawford - Palm Beach series Hedge fund honcho Cam Crawford just checked himself into a ritzy Connecticut rehab facility. Admitted the same day were a drunk, an addict, a schizo and a psycho. With little in common except deep psychic scars are Avril, a drugged-out actress, Rachel, a 18-year old self-destructive wild child, and haunted, pretty boy, Cam, just trying to piece together their messy, tortured lives. All they want is to learn how to cope, muddle along, find peace of mind, and make a few friends…

“One of America’s greatest storytellers.” – Stephen King “Winslow, whose work includes a dozen of the finest crime novels written in the last 20 years, displays all of his strengths, including propulsive narration, compelling characters and a tight, staccato writing style, in 'Broken,'...

When PC Lucy Halliday and her search dog Moss find a body in the grounds of Bracken House, DCI Jack Ellis must work out who killed Lauren Shaw and why. Linking a ten-year-old cold case to a series of sexual assaults in the area, the investigation takes both Lucy and Jack the lengths of the country, from Southampton to Newcastle, where their professional and personal boundaries are stretched to the limit.

Don’t miss the next Will Trent thriller, This Is Why We Lied, coming this August! WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This chilling mystery is just begging to be read in one sitting.”—Cosmopolitan Broken features the return of New York Times bestselling author Karin...

Egal, wie du in diese Welt kommst, du gehst gebrochen hinaus. Jimmy McNabb ist auf einem Rachefeldzug - für seinen kleinen Bruder Danny. Genau wie er war Danny Polizist und ist von einem Drogenhändler zu Tode gefoltert worden. Getrieben von blinder Wut schwört Jimmy als Leiter einer verschworenen Spezialtruppe, alle Täter zur Strecke zu bringen. Doch schon bald stellt sich ihm die Frage, ob seine Rache ihren Preis wert ist.

I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from ‘thinks it’s love’ to ‘show it hurts’. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned. But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim—that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix—a work in progress. This is my story....

June is a free spirited twenty-year-old working in a run-down motel in the middle of Kentucky. Life seems to be going nowhere anytime soon. That is until she meets Mr. Black. June soon finds herself the star attraction in the underground snuff film industry.

Lisa landet zufällig auf der Pressekonferenz des reichen Geschäftsführers Timothy Cage. Dumm nur, dass sie ihr Herz auf der Zunge trägt: Zwischen all den Journalisten wagt sie es, dem CEO unbequeme Fragen über sein Unternehmen zu stellen und freche Bemerkungen zu machen. Zum ersten Mal verschlägt es Timothy die Sprache - und das vor laufender Kamera! Für die Presse ist das ein gefundenes Fressen. Das war gar nicht Lisas Absicht, und als sie etwas in Timothys stahlblauen Augen aufblitzen sieht, sucht sie das Weite. So schnell wie möglich will sie den Vorfall vergessen.

Emotional wounds aren't always apparent, and those that haunt Marika and Rhiannon are deep and lasting. On the surface, Marika appears to be a wealthy, successful lawyer, while Rhiannon is a reclusive, maladjusted loner. But Marika, in her own way, is as damaged as the younger Rhiannon. When circumstances throw them together one summer, they begin to reach out, each finding unexpected strengths in the other.

The Granite City's seedy side is about to be exposed.... A serial rapist is leaving a string of tortured women behind him, but while DS Logan McRae's girlfriend, PC Jackie 'Ball Breaker' Watson, is out acting as bait, he's trying to identify a blood-drenched body dumped outside Accident and Emergency. Logan's investigations suggest someone in the local bondage community has developed a taste for violent death, and he soon finds himself dragged into the twilight world of pornographers, sex-shops and S&M.

In House of Thorns, childhood fears take on monstrous forms in a chilling tale of loyalty, courage, and the unrelenting grip of the past. Will they escape Erimus House once more—or has it been waiting for their return all along?

Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. A New York...

The House That Broke My Home: Based on a true story of child sexual abuse is a raw, courageous journey through a mother’s worst nightmare—and her relentless pursuit of healing, justice, and hope. When her children reveal the unthinkable betrayal by someone she trusted most—her father-in-law—everything changes. What was once a safe family home becomes the symbol of pain, silence, and devastation. But in the midst of grief, guilt, and unimaginable heartache, she refuses to let their story end in ruin.

The house promises a kind master, but the monster in the dungeon wants her. And Brian breaks all his toys. Mina Calloway is lured to the Pleasure House with the promise that all her dark fantasies will come true, but her past abuse makes her too hard to train. Instead of being sold to someone safe as promised, she ends up in the dungeons, left in the hands of the house’s most brutal and sociopathic trainer. When she looks into his cold dark eyes, she’s sure her life is over. Brian is a monster, a known killer. But he’s paid a lot of money to possess her.

A man dies in a locked room, leaving a message written in blood and a lot of unanswered questions. Lydia is still recovering from the fallout with her psychopathic cousin, but there are new threats to the Crows, and she must fight to maintain her position as leader of the Family. Meanwhile, an actor has gone missing and Fleet is under pressure to find him fast. But there seems to be more to his tension than he is letting on. Can Lydia solve the mysterious murder before she gets arrested for it?

It’s nearly Christmas, and Dashiell Dawson Dane already has enough on his plate: finding a present for his parents, coming up with excuses not to hang the Christmas lights, and finishing this stupid story he’s been writing (okay, maybe he needs to start writing it). On top of all that, Bobby has been acting…well, strange. The last thing Dash needs, in other words, is to play host when Marshall Crowe—celebrity author and, worse, a friend of Dash’s parents—comes to town.

In an oil refinery deep inside the Brazilian jungle, the Talbot clan awaits a breakthrough as their scientists work nonstop to produce usable fuel. But on the verge of success, an oversight brings down the wrath of both a giant horde and the persistent Brazilian military. In a shocking development, Mike discovers a possible zombie liaison within their ranks, one that could save the day—or destroy them all—and it’s unclear which way she leans. Hostages, treachery, sacrifice and fierce battle mark this chapter in the Zombie Fallout saga...just as hope is finally on the horizon.

Straße trifft auf High Society! Fünf Jahre saß Tyriq im Gefängnis. Nach seiner Entlassung hat er keinen Cent in der Tasche, doch er ist fest entschlossen, ein neues Leben zu beginnen und seiner alten Gang den Rücken zu kehren. Beides ist schwerer als gedacht. Als er den Geldbeutel der gut situierten Innenarchitektin Avery findet, prallen Welten aufeinander - aber zwischen den beiden knistert es sofort. Mit Avery an seiner Seite fasst Tyriq neuen Mut und will seine längst zerbrochenen Träume verwirklichen.