Ergebnis für "Maria" in Domestic Thriller

Sie dachte, sie kannte ihren Mann. Kara führt eine glückliche Ehe – glaubt sie. Michael hat sie belogen – nicht einmal, nicht aus Versehen, sondern von Anfang an. Seit dem Tag, an dem sie sich kennengelernt haben, hat er ein Netz aus Unwahrheiten um sie herum gewoben. Gerade, als sie glaubt, die Zusammenhänge endlich zu verstehen, erreicht sie die Nachricht, sie sei in großer Gefahr.

Millie ist zurück und das Grauen lauert dort, wo sie es am wenigsten erwartet: in ihrer Nachbarschaft. Die Tage, in denen Millie die Häuser wohlhabender Menschen geputzt hat, liegen lange zurück. Ihr Traum von einem eigenen Haus in einer ruhigen Nachbarschaft, wo ihre Kinder spielen können, ist wahr geworden. Doch Millie wird das Gefühl nicht los, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Sie fühlt sich beobachtet. Schließlich macht sie einen grausigen Fund, und ihre Vergangenheit holt sie mit voller Wucht wieder ein.

Zwei Familien. Zwei Parties. Ein Albtraum: der sensationell packende Bestseller aus Schweden. Silvester. Du dachtest, alles wird wie immer. Alte Freunde, viel Sekt, ein bisschen Hoffnung. Doch dann folgt der absolute Albtraum: Eine der Töchter verschwindet. Die Panik steigt. Die Beziehungen eskalieren. Wer lügt hier und warum? Dichter Nebel liegt über der Stadt: Die 17-jährige Jennifer verschwindet von einer Party. Am anderen Ende des Orts stößt ihre Mutter Lollo mit ihren alten Freundinnen Nina und Malena auf das neue Jahr an.

The monster in chains has the key to her past. But the real threat was never locked away at all. Dr. Hanna Nowack is a professional at keeping the world’s most dangerous men safely behind glass. But she’s never met a monster like Richard Hale. A brilliant, charismatic serial killer, Hale shatters Hanna's composure when he requests her by name. Their sessions spiral into a chilling, claustrophobic game of mirrors and manipulation as Hale exposes fragments of Hanna’s past—memories she’s buried and questions she never dared to ask about her husband’s death.

This collection contains Book 1 - Undercurrents, Book 2 – Drowned Voices, and Book 3 – Emergence.

From where I stand in the shadows outside the pub I own, I can already tell what mood my husband’s in and it makes me want to stay exactly where I am. However, I can also see my bar manager, Jay. Sexy, young and exciting, he’s the person who’s going to set me free from my middle-aged monotony. I’m dreading turning fifty more than I’ve dreaded any other birthday in my life. Now that my kids are at university, the prospect of spending the rest of my life with my bullying, balding and boring husband is a miserable one.

I stand at the front door and meticulously check my reflection in the glass. I must look perfect to meet Lou's new boyfriend. I haven't been invited but best friends don't require invitations, right? Her presence has always been a constant, demanding focus in my life. Now, however, it's evolving into something deeper, with unsettling imitations and intrusive encroachments into every aspect of my world. The struggle to create distance only seems to intensify Donna's attachment, Pulling her dangerously closer.

I stand at the front door and meticulously check my reflection in the glass. I must look perfect to meet Lou’s new boyfriend. I haven’t been invited but best friends don't require invitations, right? Scott's arrival coincides with Donna's, leaving me with no choice but to welcome her in, though I've made it clear she's an unnecessary addition to today's gathering. This meal is about introducing Scott to my mother and daughter – a fact Donna conveniently ignores.

Revered artist Kim Lord is about to unveil her most shocking show yet: Still Lives, a series of self-portraits in which she impersonates the female victims of America's most famous homicides, from Nicole Brown Simpson to the Black Dahlia. As celebrities and rich patrons pour into LA's Rocque Museum for the opening night, the attendees wait eagerly for Kim's arrival. All except Maggie Richter, museum editor and ex-girlfriend of Greg Shaw Ferguson, Kim's new boyfriend. But Kim never shows up to her party, and the crowd's impatience slowly turns to unease. 

In the midst of a sea of holidaymakers, I find myself the lone outsider – no companion, no luggage. An enigma among the carefree crowd. I wonder what they’d do if they knew who I am. Who I really am… What is Liz running away from? Who is this woman my father married? Did he have any idea of what she was capable of? My gaze fixates on the once-familiar house that now feels like a distant memory. I can hardly believe how much my life has changed and that Liz, the woman who puts the word wicked into stepmother has completely vanished.

Zwei Familien. Zwei Parties. Ein Albtraum: der sensationell packende Bestseller aus Schweden. Silvester. Du dachtest, alles wird wie immer. Alte Freunde, viel Sekt, ein bisschen Hoffnung. Doch dann folgt der absolute Albtraum: Eine der Töchter verschwindet. Die Panik steigt. Die Beziehungen eskalieren. Wer lügt hier und warum? Dichter Nebel liegt über der Stadt: Die 17-jährige Jennifer verschwindet von einer Party. Am anderen Ende des Orts stößt ihre Mutter Lollo mit ihren alten Freundinnen Nina und Malena auf das neue Jahr an.

As the car pulls up to my husband Dominic’s family home the night before Christmas, I suppress a shudder. I’ve never felt welcome here. His parents make it clear I’m a poor comparison to his perfect first wife, Carla. But I’m determined to lean into the festive cheer. Until Dominic’s mother bustles into our bedroom and blindsides me: ‘You won’t mind, will you. Carla is coming for the holidays. She’s still one of the family, and she can’t get home because of the storm.’ My eyes widen–did she and Carla plan this on purpose?

When journalist Holland Tate is granted an interview with Catriona Bouchard, her former best friend turned mega-popular tradwife, she jumps at the chance to also possibly rewrite their bitter ending. But at the Bouchards’ gated compound, what she finds is not the independent woman she once knew. Cat may have six beautiful children and be married to the man she calls the love of her life, but she’s a ghost of her former self.

Nunca me he sentido bienvenida en la casa familiar de mi marido, Dominic. Sus padres han dejado claro que soy una pobre sustituta de su perfecta exmujer, Carla. Cuando Carla llega, queda claro que no solo quiere recuperar a Dominic: quiere que yo desaparezca. Para siempre… Y, con la tormenta rugiendo fuera, estamos aislados aquí. Pero lo que los demás no saben es que soy mucho más fuerte de lo que creen.

As I walk into the pine-scented air of my seaside childhood home, gripping my husband Neil’s hand tight, I have a brief moment of hope. Maybe this Christmas will be different — for once my family might get on fueled by mulled wine and festive cheer. But the sound of happy carols are replaced by my older sister Christy’s over-loud laugh and slurred words. Rebecca, my younger sister, stalks out of the room as soon as I enter, as though I’m the Grinch here to steal Christmas. And their husbands, brash and arrogant, slap Neil’s back in a way that promises torment rather than welcome.

Forced by her alcoholic mother, Diana, to abort the baby she named Daketta, Miranda's world spirals as she moves in with her aunt and uncle after shocking accusations against her stepdad. Haunted by a traumatic past and a lost chance at motherhood, she clings to her obsession with babies. Her heart races for Rocky, but he is with Nikki. Desperate for love, she weaves a web of lies. As secrets unravel, her stepdad's hidden identity and the cop who changed her life, the stakes rise.

Hannah bor i västgötska Kinna och drömmer om att bli journalist. Hon anmäler sig till en skrivarkurs där hon träffar den karismatiske psykologen Jack. Med på kursen finns också Leif, en pensionerad polis vars fru hoppas på att han ska slå igenom som deckarförfattare. När en kvinna hittas död i sitt hem i Sätila inser de tre kurskamraterna att mordet har likheter med ett ouppklarat mordfall i Skene som skedde två år tidigare. En av Jacks noveller utgår från just det fallet.

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Nuestra historia de amor es sencilla. Conocí a una mujer extraordinaria. Nos enamoramos. Tuvimos niños. Nos mudamos a las afueras. Nos contamos nuestros grandes sueños y nuestros secretos más oscuros. Y después comenzamos a aburrirnos. En apariencia somos una pareja normal. Como tus vecinos, los padres del mejor amigo de tu hijo, los conocidos con los que cenas de vez en cuando. Todos tenemos nuestros pequeños secretos para mantener vivo un matrimonio. Solo que el nuestro incluye el asesinato.

Beautiful, bright-eyed Michelle Jackson, a loving wife and mother, has been killed. Her husband Paul is accused of murdering her. Their little girl Emily, numb with grief, is refusing to speak. You’ll hate Paul for what he’s done. Everyone said they were the perfect couple, always holding hands. They did everything together. But when you hear about their whispered arguments and the terrible lies they both told, you’ll be certain Paul is guilty. But everything you think you know is wrong. After all, behind closed doors every marriage has secrets. And some are deadlier than others.