Ergebnis für "Gaston" in Thriller

One of a series of exciting adventure stories featuring Leroux's criminal mastermind Chéri-Bibi. When the story starts the "astonishing bandit", Chéri-Bibi, is languishing in a penal colony, somewhere in the darkest regions of the French empire. In the colony he has befriended a more noble type of prisoner, Raoul de Saint-Dalmas, known colloquially as the Nut. The dastardly forces of the Parisian, the Burglar, the Joker and the Caid get their enjoyment from interfering in our heroes' lives.

My name is Zoe Daniels, and I am a Monster Hunter. People in my line of work always have some sad stories that led them into this life. Not me. I like what I do, and I am good at my job. But mostly, I do it for the money. Girl’s gotta make a living, right? Down on her luck and desperate for work, Zoe met with Ms. Olson, a potential client, about a job to track and retrieve her grandson, a child named, E. The boy ran away from home and now wanders the streets of Detroit. Zoe is reluctant to take the job, reasoning it was a police matter.

After Tease is abducted by an unknown organization, her face, name, and very identity are eradicated. They train her to be a better assassin. She becomes Sphinx - she's fouled-mouth, hot-tempered, and deadly. Her first mission as Sphinx is to travel to a remote tropical island posing as a scientist to get close to Viceroy, a ruthless drug lord. Her goal is to entice him and to discover all she can about Grandeur, a new, incredibly addictive drug.

Captain Jack Aimes is an ordinary man, living an ordinary life of a charter service pilot in 1937 Belgium. He makes a living transporting packages and passengers from one country to another, enjoying the hand to mouth existence he has chosen to live. His life quickly becomes one of intrigue when he meets a beautiful woman named Bluma, a waitress at the local café. A life, once mundane fast becomes one of car chases, mysterious strangers with guns, mysticism and the acquisition, loss and pursuit of an important book called “The Prose Edda”.

A man named Adolphe visits Leroux at his office at the Morning Journal and delivers to him a chest that was bequeathed to him by his friend Theophraste Longuet. Leroux begins investigating its contents and relates the very strange experience of Longuet. While visiting a famous prison, Theophraste Longuet, a retired rubber stamp manufacturer, is possessed by the spirit of Cartouche, a criminal who plagued Paris in the 18th century.

The surviving Nihilists have condemned the Russian General Trebassof to death for the crimes he and his troops committed against the revolution. Three attempts on his life have failed, but the Czar is determined to keep him alive.

Tease, once an assassin for a powerful crime lord, now works for an agency no one knows exists. Her face and body has been changed, along with her identity. As Sphinx, she was trained to be a better killer and brought down an operation marketing a deadly new drug called Grandeur. Always a loner, she is forced to work with a team who does not have a problem cutting her throat if she ever steps out of line. A familiar enemy of Tease's reemerges from her past, rekindling their deadly rivalry. This time the killing isn't for business, it's personal.

Marcia, periodista exitosa de 30 años, se arroja de imprevisto al vacío con la intención de suicidarse. Mientras cae, toda su vida pasa frente a sus ojos en un segundo. El intento de suicidio falla y, mientras Marcia se recupera en un hospital, no puede sacarse de la cabeza una de las imágenes que vio durante su caída. Un hombre de ojos azules que parecía ocupar un lugar muy significativo en su vida, pero al que no consigue recordar. Al salir del hospital Marcia se obsesiona con ese hombre y decide buscarlo.

After Tony's fiancé goes missing, he becomes the police's prime suspect. His closest friend, Pam, is the only one who believes Tony's not involved with Yolanda's disappearance. With little other choice, the pair conduct their own investigation, and soon find themselves in the direct path of a killer madman called The Bald Man.

Una pareja queda devastada tras la muerte de su hija adolescente. Sienten que no pueden seguir sin ella. Un misterioso hombre se les acerca y les ofrece algo que puede resolver sus problemas. Se trata de un servicio de "inmortalidad" que le genera una vida virtual a su hija por medio de un sofisticado sistema de inteligencia artificial. Los padres contratan el servicio y desde ese momento comienzan a vivir como si su hija siguiera con ellos.