Ergebnis für "Joseph" in Psychothriller

After a grisly death ruins a couple’s vacation, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley must determine whether this small-town tragedy was an accident or the beginning of a sinister plot—a “totally satisfying mystery” (Denver Post) in the #1 New York Times bestselling Inspector Lynley series...

In Ostfriesland wird die elfjährige Ella entführt. Ein Topmanager in Hamburg bekommt die Lösegeldforderung, obwohl er offensichtlich nichts mit der Familie des Opfers zu tun hat. Lässt sich der smarte Geschäftsmann die Verantwortung für das fremde Mädchen aufzwingen? Betje Everts versucht alles, um ihre Tochter zu finden, stößt aber an ihre Grenzen. Und je mehr sich Mark Hoffmann auf den skrupellosen Erpresser einlässt, desto tiefer wird er in einen Strudel verwirrender Ereignisse gezogen. Küstenfeuer ist ein mysteriöser Nordsee-Thriller um ein außergewöhnliches Verbrechen.

River steamboat captain Charles Marlow has set forth on the Congo in Africa to find the enigmatic European trader Mr. Kurtz. Preceded by his reputation as a brilliant emissary of progress, Kurtz has now established himself as a god among the natives in "one of the darkest places on earth." Marlow suspects something else of Kurtz: he has gone mad.

Naga kobieta w czerwonych pantoflach na wysokich obcasach balansuje na gzymsie wiszącego mostu Clifton Suspension Bridge, łkając w komórkę przyciśniętą do ucha. Psycholog kliniczny, Joseph O'Loughlin stoi parę kroków od niej i próbuje odwieść ją od desperackiego kroku. Kobieta szepce: "Nie rozumiesz" i skacze do rzeki. Jakiś czas później w domu profesora pojawia się gość - nastoletnia córka denatki. Dziewczynie nie mieści się w głowie, że matka rzuciła się z mostu; absolutnie nie była typem samobójczyni, poza tym miała lęk wysokości.

Oskarżony o morderstwo psycholog, zmagający się z ciężką chorobą, dochodzi prawdy o tragedii sprzed lat. Gdy policja odnajduje w londyńskich kanałach zwłoki dziewczyny, zwraca się do Josepha O'Loughlina, znanego psychologa, z prośbą o pomoc w ustaleniu portretu psychologicznego zabójcy. Okazuje się, że zamordowana dziewczyna była jego współpracownicą. Joe sam staje się podejrzanym. Tymczasem odkrywa, że jego niezrównoważony pacjent, Bobby Moran, może mieć coś wspólnego z tą zbrodnią. Ponadto zauważa u siebie początki zdradliwej choroby, która trawi jego ciało.

Gdy znika mała dziewczynka, trzeba sprawdzić wszystkie ślady. Pewnej nocy ranny detektyw Vincent Ruiz zostaje wylo- wiony z Tamizy. Niestety, stracil pamięć i dopiero psycho- log pomoże mu złożyć w sensowną całość rozproszone wspomnienia, Jednym z nich jest historia uprowadzonej trzy lata wcześniej Mickey Carlyle. Dziewczynki nie odna- leziono, dochodzenie zostało zakończone, do więzienia tratii człowiek skazany w procesie poszłakowym, Ruiz jednak wierzy, ze dziecko żyje, i uważa, że natychmiast trzeba wanowić śledztwo.

The legendary Hollywood Hills are home to wealth, fame, and power -- passing through the neighborhood, it's hard not to get a little greedy. LAPD veteran "Hollywood Nate" Weiss could take or leave the opulence, but he wouldn't say no to onscreen fame. He may get his shot when he catches the...

In the individual, virtual-reality-like mind space of Youtopia, “Immersers” can live in their own perfect world, but chaos ensues when an Immerser is murdered inside his Youtopia.

The war ended with Nick's team sacrificed to the enemy as part of the truce. His team tortured and killed in front of him, Nick alone escaped, returned home, and hid deep in the northern Maine forests. Until someone said, "I love you." But Nick's never been loved, doesn't know if he can even feel love, and for the first time since Augmentation is terrified the monster he is might destroy the woman who wants to teach him about love.

An unusual distress call sends Captain Remy Eskar and his crew on a rescue mission in the asteroid belt for a dying military cargo ship, where a sole survivor clings to life. Upon extraction, the incredible story Major Dillon (Deke) Temkin tells is hard to believe. With the safety and lives of his crew at stake, Eskar is faced with discerning if Deke is telling the truth or has fabricated this tale to cover the misdoings of a secret mission. Looking into Deke’s past brings even more suspicion than resolution.

Youtopia is dead—long live Youtopia Reborn. Limited now to minors, the expanded mindscape worlds of Youtopia Reborn cater to the ill and unwanted, the children left behind by society. When Youtopia creator Sonya Young goes mysteriously missing, her abductor leaves a harrowing message: “Reborn for All.” Lane Samson, a former Youtopia Immerser and local reporter, receives a strange voicemail from an old friend who claims to have secrets about Sonya Young’s abduction.

Ren has a problem, and it’s not his heroin addiction. Or that he’s wanted for murdering his step-father. He’s being haunted by something far worse than the ghost of his dead sister. When he hitches a ride with Lefty, Jersey, and Geena, a group of itinerant addicts on the run from their own problems, he starts to believe maybe things are looking up. But there’s something wrong with Lefty. Something unnatural. Something that wants to see them all dead. Can Ren stop it in time, or will he end up torn apart on the side of the highway? Or worse?

New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder's breakneck stand-alone thriller about the secrets families can keep—and the danger of their discovery. When former investigative reporter Rick Hoffman loses his job, fiancée, and apartment, his only option is to move back into—and...

A mystery spanning centuries is revealed in the shadows of an ancient lighthouse. Rumors of a ghost, surface, attracting the attention of a group of paranormal investigators. They race to the tiny island to be the first to unlock the enigma. Can they withstand the shocking secrets they uncover? Or will the knowledge shake their sanity and tear them apart?

In the quiet town of Whitfield, where ancient legends and the modern world intertwine, 12-year-old Elara is haunted by disturbing events from her past. But a gentle whisper soon emerges from the shadows, offering her solace. As she grows, this voice becomes her closest confidante, her protector, and ultimately, her lover. Yet, this bond is far from ordinary—it promises power, vengeance, and a love that defies the very fabric of reality.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A breathless read” (USA Today) featuring “some of the most ingenious military-techno twists this side of Tom Clancy” (San Francisco Chronicle). David Elliot is about to have a very bad day at the office. Each morning in his forty-fifth floor executive...

Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, has a governess who is an enigmatic older woman, a liar, bully, and spy, who takes a dark secret with her when she leaves. Maud is then orphaned and moves in with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous - even murderous - past. She is horrified to find her former governess appears in her life again, in this Gothic Victorian psychological thriller, with a touch of the occult.

Nick Pappas has spent his unremarkable life inventing inconsequential things. That changed when he learned about artificial intelligence and then designed and built the most remarkable teaching tool since the beginning of time. His neighbor and friend, April Falk, disbelieves what she sees. It's too far-fetched, but with each new day, she realizes this technology can help her stop a terrorist conspiracy that is the focus of her F.B.I. task force.

The acclaimed author of the “disorienting, creepy, paranoia-inducing” (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World) A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with potentially murderous side effects. Retail worker Emmett...

This classic precursor to the modern day spy novel was recently in headlines when it was revealed that the Unabomber drew considerable inspiration from its prophetic portrait of terrorism. Written in 1907 and set in Edwardian London, The Secret Agent resonates just as strongly in today's world, where a handful of fanatics can still play mad politics and victimize the innocent.