Ergebnis für "Dark Life" in Krimis & Thriller

Ein Mord – zwölf Verdächtige – vierundzwanzig Stunden Dunkelheit! Notärztin Kate North zögert nicht lang, als sie das Angebot erhält, auf einer UN-Forschungsstation in der Antarktis einzuspringen und den Stationsarzt Jean-Luc zu ersetzen, der bei einem tragischen Unfall im Eis ums Leben gekommen ist: Sie ist am Tiefpunkt ihres Lebens angekommen und will nur noch weg. Doch bald schließt der gnadenlose Winter die 13-köpfige Crew in der Forschungsstation ein, und die monatelange Dunkelheit bringt nach und nach alle an ihre Grenzen.

Nach einem tragischen Unfall hat der Milliardär Sam Gilmore sich in seine Villa in den Hamptons zurückgezogen und nur noch Freude an zwei Dingen: seine Mitmenschen um sich herum zu quälen und sich die Abende mit käuflicher Liebe zu vertreiben. Nachdem er seine gesamte Marketingabteilung aus einer Laune heraus gefeuert hat, steht er unter Zugzwang und stellt aus einer Notlage heraus die quirlige Avery Westwood ein, der er fortan das Leben zur Hölle macht. Knebelverträge, unzumutbare Arbeitszeiten, schier unbewältigbare Aufgaben und ein rauer Umgangston gehören zur Tagesordnung.

An insanely competitive housing market. A desperate buyer on the edge. In Marisa Kashino’s darkly humorous debut novel, Best Offer Wins, the white picket fence becomes the ultimate symbol of success—and obsession. How far would you go for the house of your dreams? Eighteen months and 11 lost...

A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she's offered the chance to be an emergency replacement at the UN research station in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance. The previous doctor, Jean-Luc, died in a tragic accident while out on the ice. The move seems an ideal solution for Kate: no one knows about her past; no one is checking up on her. But as total darkness descends for the winter, she begins to suspect that Jean-Luc's death wasn't accidental at all. And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes for them all.

DCI Mark Joesbury has been expecting this. Monitoring a complex network of dark web sites, Joesbury and his team have spotted a new terrorist threat from the extremist, women-hating, group known as 'incels' or 'involuntary celibates.' Joesbury's team are trying to infiltrate the ring of power at its core, but the dark web is built for anonymity, and the incel army is vast. Pressure builds when the team learn the snatched child was just the first in a series of violent attacks designed to terrorise women.

Miah Gray is a 27-year-old former army soldier living in rural New Hampshire with his sister, mother, and her boyfriend. He is plagued by PTSD, finding solace, but not redemption, with the aid of prescribed cannabis. All he wants to do is get high, relax with a good sandwich, and watch a meteor shower with his neighborhood crush, Jen. When the sun's light is blotted out the following morning and the world is plunged into darkness, Miah finds himself locked down with his family, covering windows with trash bags, lighting candles, and following the arcane rules of an ancient prophecy.

“Such Quiet Girls sucked me in from the first page. I came to care about all the characters and by the end I couldn’t stop turning the pages. Yet another winner from Noelle Ihli that is not to be missed!” —Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid Ten...

With his bestselling blend of nail-biting intensity, daring artistry, and storytelling magic, Dean Koontz returns with an emotional roller coaster of a tale filled with enough twists, turns, shocks, and surprises for ten ordinary novels. Here is the story of five days in the life of an ordinary...

Night falls. It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power. And somewhere in the night...a small girl smiled as her mother burned...asylum inmates slaughtered their attendants...in slimy tunnels once-human creatures gathered. Madness raged as the lights began to fade and humanity was attacked by an ancient, unstoppable evil.

"Dämonengeflüster". Etwas Böses geht in Nowback um. Studenten verschwinden spurlos. Mächtige Dämonen werden gerufen und blutige Rituale vollzogen.. Ein mysteriöser Mörder hinterlässt Blut, Verderben und Tod. Während sich die Vampirin Julie mit Ben auf die Jagd nach dem brutalen Killer begibt, muss sie mit Entsetzten feststellen, dass nicht nur Dämonen in Nowback ihr Unwesen treiben. Als ein alter Feind unerwartet wieder auftaucht und erneut ein Mädchen spurlos verschwindet, beginnt ein gnadenloser Kampf um Leben und Tod. Humorvolle Mystery.

Joseph Leslie 'Squizzy' Taylor was many things to many people: a kind and caring husband, father and stepfather, a reliable son and brother, a generous and considerate neighbour and patron. He was also a criminal willing to consider any type of crime, provided it supported his lifestyle and his ego. Squizzy graduated from teenage pickpocket to adult murderer, from organizing smash-and-grab raids on jewellers to corrupting juries and suborning witnesses.

Who killed Gray Mitchell? Gray Mitchell’s body is found buried under fresh snowfall in the early hours of the morning outside Stromford Cathedral. DI Jim Neal and DS Ava Merry are called in to investigate. It seems that a number of people had motives to kill him, including Mitchell's partner. Then another shocking act of violence occurs, also connected to the cathedral. Detectives Neal and Merry’s investigation reveals an intricate web of secrets connecting the crimes. But there is something the detectives have missed, the dark secret which can break open the case.

Deadly secrets lie beneath the murky waters of the Louisiana bayou in this pulse-pounding new romantic suspense novel from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose. There’s no safe place for a child to hide when danger comes from every direction. Public prosecutor J.P...

"Nowbacks Geheimnisse" - Jede Stadt hat ihre Geheimnisse. Doch in Nowback kann ein neuer Job zum Höllentrip werden. Ben Richards ist auf der Suche nach Arbeit, doch was er findet, zeigt ihm die dunkle Seite der Nacht. Mitten unter den Menschen leben Vampire und Dämonen. Die Ermittlerin Julie Barks folgt einer Spur ins Greenham Viertel und findet sich inmitten eines mörderischen Experiments wieder. Hier werden Retter zu Gejagten und Wesen der Nacht zu Opfern. In Nowback ist nichts, wie es scheint. Eine Stadt voller dunkler Geheimnisse. Humorvolle Mystery.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER “Fast-paced...pulse-pounding...supremely entertaining…His best ever.” —The Washington Times “This might be the single greatest thriller I’ve covered....It’s amazing!” —The Real Book Spy Scot Harvath returns in the...

Seit Jahrhunderten gilt das Siegel der Bocca di Capretto als verschollen. Als die Vampirin Julie Barks den Auftrag erhält nach dem Artefakt zu suchen, wird Ben Richards brutal entführt, um sie zu erpressen. Gemeinsam mit dem Magier Rick und dem Dämon Gordon gerät sie dabei zwischen die Fronten erbarmungsloser Gegner. Um ihren Freund zu retten, führt der einzige Weg in eine gefährliche Höllendimension. Die gnadenlose Jagd nach dem Siegel beginnt.

Homicide Detective Max Rupert never fully accepted his wife's death, even when he believed that a reckless hit and run driver was the cause. But when he learns that in fact she was murdered, he devotes himself to hunting down her killers. Most of his life he had thought of himself as a decent man. But now he's so consumed with thoughts of retribution that he questions whether he will take that last step and enact the vengeance he longs for.

Set against a stunning Scandinavian backdrop, a gritty novel of psychological suspense that asks the question how far would you go to hold onto what you have? Cecilia Wilborg has it all--a loving husband, two beautiful daughters and a gorgeous home in the affluent Norwegian town of Sandefjord...

Ian Hart stole a night of my life, but he took so much more. His obsession pinned a label on me. His lust put me in an impossible situation. Now I have to choose sides. I have to decide between right and wrong. Only, no matter what choice I make, each comes with dreadful consequences. There’s only one way this can end - how every tragedy ends.

Abby has been through hell and has survived one of the most brutal childhoods imaginable. To the outside world, she is just a loner with an attitude. When her grandmother dies in a tragic explosion, Abby is left with questions - and nothing else. Homeless, sleeping in a junkyard, and on the run from a system that has failed her over and over again, she meets Jake, a tattooed, blue-eyed biker with secrets that rival her own. Two broken souls that can't be healed. They can't be saved.