Ergebnis für "Clea" in Belletristik

In Clea, the concluding part of the Alexandria Quartet, Darley returns to Alexandria now caught by war-fever. The conflagration has its effect on his circle - on Nessim and Justine, Balthazar and Clea, Mountolive and Pombal - and a clarity of purpose emerges as the story moves toward its cadence.

In Clea, the concluding part of The Alexandria Quartet, Darley returns to Alexandria now caught by war-fever. The conflagration has its effect on his circle - on Nessim and Justine, Balthazar and Clea, Mountolive and Pombal - but a clarity of purpose emerges as the story moves toward its cadence.

Lorsque le tueur en série qui lui a échappé toute sa vie refait surface à Los Angeles, l'agent Scott Houston est prêt à tout pour le piéger, même à enfreindre les règles du FBI. Pour obtenir des informations sensibles, il sait exactement à qui s'adresser : l'Agence 32/1, spécialisée dans l'identification de personnes disparues, dirigée par la séduisante Jayne Hall et sa meilleure amie Steelie Lander. Mais la requête de Scott a des répercussions inattendues sur la vie des deux femmes : il les entraîne malgré lui dans une dangereuse aventure à travers les États-Unis.

Ogni corpo cela segreti…. Jayne e Steelie hanno fondato l’Agenzia 32/1 con un unico scopo: sfruttare le loro competenze di specialiste forensi per aiutare la polizia a identificare i cadaveri di persone scomparse. Quando un furgone perde un carico di resti umani congelati sulla superstrada di Los Angeles, l’agente dell’FBI Scott Houston non esita a coinvolgere le due antropologhe nelle indagini, chiedendo loro di effettuare un post-mortem non ufficiale. Ma con orrore di tutti, Jayne e Steelie capiscono subito che i resti non provengono da un solo cadavere.

Becca, newly single and newly unemployed, wants to believe she has psychic powers. With nothing but time - and a desire for empowerment - she's studying to become a witch. What she doesn't know is that her three cats - Harriet, Laurel, and Clara - are the ones with the real power. And when Harriet, a cream-colored longhair with more fur than commonsense, conjures a pillow for her own comfort, Becca believes her spells are finally working. Could that be why Trent, the coven's devilishly handsome leader, has been showing her special attention?

When two new clients seek Becca’s professional services, the fledgling witch detective is overjoyed. Finally, she can use her skills to help her magical community. But as the young witch finds the new cases intertwining, things grow more complicated. Becca’s three cats - the ones with the real power - can smell something is wrong with these clients. But not even Clara, the calico, knows what to do when a man ends up dead and a powerful and poisonous root appears - and disappears - in the case.

Music-journalist Theda Krakow is caught up in investigating the rise of a dangerous new designer drug that threatens the musicians and fans of her beloved club scene. But she puts her story on hold when she learns of an animal-rights activist who was killed in a hit-and-run accident while trying to rescue feral cats from a ferocious winter storm.

Parrots will repeat anything. They don’t talk sense—or do they? When Pru Marlowe is called in to retrain a foulmouthed African gray after its owner’s death, she can’t help hearing the parrot’s words as a replay of a murder scene. But the doctor on call scoffs at the idea, and the heirs just want their late mother’s pet to stop cursing.

When Pru Marlowe gets the call that there’s been a cat shooting, she’s furious. Animal brutality is one thing that this tough animal psychic won’t stand for, and in her role as a behaviorist, she’s determined to care for the traumatized pet. But when Pru finds out that it was the cat who did the shooting—accidentally setting off a rare dueling pistol—she realizes something else is going on....

Pru Marlowe isn't your ordinary animal psychic. A tough girl on the run from her own gift, Pru left the big city to return to her picturesque Berkshires hometown looking for a little peace. Too bad that her training as an animal behaviorist got her mixed up with Lily, a rescue dog, and Charles, the dog’s guardian. Now Charles is dead, and Lily appears to be headed for the same end, for after all, Lily is a pit bull, a fighting-ring dropout.