Ergebnis für "Kim" in Psychothriller

Kim Slade is at work when there's a knock at her office door. Someone is waiting for her in reception. A woman claiming to be her mother. The mother who abandoned her thirty years ago. Monica Slade has been working as a live-in housekeeper for a judge and his wife, she says. But now Judge Hawkes is dead. The last thing Monica says before the police take her in for questioning is: "There are things you should know. About the past."

'A thought-provoking, rage-inducing revenge tale that is hard to forget' Asia Mackay, author of A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage 'Brutal and unflinching...You won't be able to look away as this book cuts you to pieces.' Kylie Lee Baker, author of Bat Eater 'Combining feminist fury with...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus, read by Kim Mai Guest, MacLeod Andrews, Shannon McManus, Robbie Daymond. The internationally bestselling YA thriller by acclaimed author, Karen M. McManus, soon to be a major new TV series! Five students go to...

An instant USA Today Bestseller | A LibraryReads Bonus Pick | One of the most anticipated books of Summer, according to The New York Times, USA Today, NPR, Forbes, and many more | With starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and BookList “A mind bending thriller about personhood, homeland...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE MESSAGE HAS DISAPPEARED. SO HAS YOUR BEST FRIEND . . . Get ready for the most unputdownable thriller of 2024, from no.1 bestselling author K. L. Slater Saffy is waiting to go into a job interview when she receives a text message from her best friend, Leona: Can’t...

In 1972 on Mudas Summers's 17th birthday, her beloved mama Ella is found hanging from the rafters of their home. Most people in Peckinpaw, Kentucky, assume that Ella's no-good husband did the deed. Others think Ella grew tired of his abuse and did it herself. Muddy is determined to find out for sure either way, especially once she finds strange papers hidden among her mama's possessions

In this tense, gripping novel by a star of Korean literature, Oghi wakes from a coma after causing a devastating car accident that took his wife's life and left him paralyzed and badly disfigured. His caretaker is his mother-in-law, a widow grieving the loss of her only child. Oghi is neglected and left alone in his bed. His world shrinks to the room he lies in and his memories of his troubled relationship with his wife, a sensitive, intelligent woman who found all of her life goals thwarted except for one: cultivating the garden in front of their house.

L'été suédois 196… promet d'être beau et chaud. Dans un cadre idyllique - une bicoque familiale au bord d’un lac, à l'orée d'une forêt - Erik, quatorze ans, entame ses vacances avec son ami Edmund et son grand frère Henry. Pour les deux adolescents, qui goûtent pour la première fois à l'ivresse de la liberté, ce sera l'été de toutes les découvertes. Ce sera aussi l'été de tous les fantasmes. Un soir, Henry revient accompagné d'une femme, qui n’est autre que leur professeur, la sublime Eva Kaludis.

Ein Klick hat ihr Leben zerstört. Ein Video hat sie zur Geächteten gemacht. Junyoung liebt es zuzusehen, wie Frauen durch seine illegalen Kameras ihre Privatsphäre verlieren. Er wähnt sich sicher in seinem perversen Doppelleben, bis er Dahye ins Visier nimmt. Er erwartet Tränen, doch er bekommt Blut. Dahye verwandelt Scham in blinde Wut und startet einen gnadenlosen Rachefeldzug gegen ein System, das Voyeure schützt und Opfer vernichtet.

Was für Tina und Scott Gibson als normale Firmenfeier begann, endete in einem Albtraum. Nach einem Filmriss erwacht Scott in einer alten Lagerhalle, gefesselt und geknebelt. Er muss feststellen, dass er das Opfer in einem perfiden Spiel ist und dass eine unbekannte Person ihn zwingt, selbstzerstörende und gewalttätige Prüfungen zu bestehen. Nur so kann er das Leben seiner Familienmitglieder retten.

Leilanis far har altid været lidt skør. Han er overbevist om, at der er rumvæsener på Jorden. En dag slår det helt klik for ham. Han begynder at true Leilani, der er invalid og ikke selv kan flygte fra ham. Heldigvis lykkes det hendes nabo at hjælpe hende på flugt, men faren giver ikke op så let. Han jagter dem igennem USA for at fange sin datter, der lærer på den hårde måde, at faren ikke er det eneste, der truer hende.

Stephanie Gross ist schon seit einer gefühlten Ewigkeit als Reporterin aktiv. Bereits in der Schule hat sie für die Schülerzeitung geschrieben. Nun wird sie zufällig Zeugin eines Gesprächs zwischen Scott und Viktor, was sie veranlasst, eigene Recherchen anzustellen. Dabei stößt sie auf Details über den Täter und steht nun vor einer schweren Entscheidung: Soll sie Scott helfen oder die Chance nutzen, eine große Story zu schreiben.

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD Oghi wakes in a hospital bed unable to speak or move. The car accident that killed his wife has left him trapped in his own body and under the control of his mother-in-law, as she grieves the loss of her only child. Isolated from his...

They’ve been murdered, their bodies bound to wooden crosses and left floating in a lake. They aren’t the only ones... After three female bodies are discovered in a Traverse, Michigan lake, FBI Special Agent Lexi Stone and her partner are called in to assist with the investigation. When another body surfaces, Lexi’s fiancé, Adam Quinn, a reporter with the Traverse Record becomes the prime suspect. Refusing to believe the man she plans to marry is a serial killer, Lexi is determined to prove it.

I have no idea why I'm locked in a stranger's room. All I know is that I need to escape—now. My abductor—Bedlam has something planned for me. He calls it: The Cycle. I don't know what his sick games are, but I am convinced he plans to kill me. As I learn more about the sadistic monster who imprisoned me, I realize that there might be another kidnapped woman in the house. She might be alive… or dead. I can't die yet. I have a whole life left to live. I must survive… no matter the cost.

Siete testigos juraron decir la verdad. Todos mintieron. Una madre injustamente acusada. Un pueblo entero en su contra. ¿Hasta dónde llegarías para proteger a quienes amas? Es el primer día del juicio, y allí están todos. En Miracle Creek ha llegado la hora de saber qué fue lo que pasó ese día, hace justo un año, cuando el trágico incendio de aquella cápsula hiperbárica cambió la vida de todos para siempre. ¿Es posible que sea verdad que Elizabeth provocó el incendio en el que murió su pequeño hijo con autismo? ¿Será condenada a muerte por ello?

Meg wants a normal life. Her new artistic style, born in the depression of her mother's death, is poised to take the art world by storm, if she could just overcome the debilitating anxiety caused by the car accident that scarred her boyfriend, Austin. Encouraged by her therapist, Meg pushes outside her comfort zone to befriend Haley, a guest instructor at the university. Haley is everything Meg wants to be: charismatic, confident, and perfect, but when Austin expresses his worry that Haley is changing Meg too fast, Meg kicks him out of her life. Or at least, she tries.

Looking to live it up during Spring Break, Barry and his friends embark on a road trip to Las Vegas. But in venturing to the unholiest of unholy lands, things take a turn for the worse when Barry's car crashes in the middle of Death Valley. With very little supplies while being stranded in the hottest place in the entire United States of America, things grow more dire as time passes. How much worse can things get?

My name is Raven Crowley-Lopez, and I plan to murder Mercedes Crowley, my mother-in-law. My family was forced to move into her estate after we lost our own home because of a severe personal crisis. Now, I'm facing a living nightmare because I'm convinced that my mother-in-law is plotting to get rid of me, and perhaps even plans to murder me. It happened once before, and it will happen again, even if no one believes me.

Jimmy just wanted to live a normal life—until he found his girlfriend barely alive, bound in his own basement. As a clean-cut teenager, Jimmy does everything right: Gets good grades. Stays out of trouble. Keeps his head down. But there’s one thing he can’t control. With an addict mother chasing her next fix, a gluttonous father glued to the couch, twin siblings with unsettling closeness, and a cold-hearted uncle who delights in others' pain...