Resultaat voor "Melissa" in Psychologische thrillers

Mitten in der Nacht erhält Guy Foster einen Anruf von seiner Frau Melissa, die ihn zu einem mysteriösen Treffpunkt bestellt. Als er dort eintrifft, ist Melissa bereits tot. Foster, der kein Alibi für die Tatzeit hat, gerät unter Verdacht. Seine Aussagen sind widersprüchlich, und auch durch andere Zeugen wird er belastet. Nur Inspektor Cameron glaubt, dass Foster Opfer eines Komplotts ist. Als ein Brief auftaucht, erfährt er, dass Melissa ein dunkles Geheimnis hatte, von dem nicht einmal ihr Mann etwas ahnte.

Passion, faux-semblants, emprise... Qui manipule qui ? Une jeune femme fragile en quête d'un nouveau départ. Un couple magnétique et fascinant prêt à lui ouvrir les portes de son monde doré. Un trio pris au piège d'un jeu cruel et d'une dépendance fatale. Dans ce roman sombre et envoûtant, Mélissa da Costa explore, à travers l'histoire d'une passion toxique, la face obscure de l'âme humaine et les méandres du désir.

Mackenzie Casper is a brilliant student. But she is best known for her mother, a best-selling author whose dark, twisted thrillers have a dedicated worldwide fanbase. When her mother dies in an accident, fans across the world are left grieving, and the investigators are asking: Was that really an accident?

Natalie’s best friend leaves the dance club with a handsome stranger and is found unconscious at a bus stop the next morning. What happened that night? Only Natalie’s friend knows—except she’s in the hospital, in a coma… When Natalie sees a handsome man on the cover of a financial magazine, she recognizes the “Man of the Year”—the stranger her friend left the club with. He is a millionaire. He is famous. He is untouchable. And—Natalie suspects—dangerous. Desperate for answers, she takes a job as a housekeeper at his mansion.

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S. M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life's unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Colas, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly, underfed, sickly, and unloved.

Bloomsbury presents The Children by Melissa Albert, read by Rebecca Lowman, Saskia Maarleveld, Kristen Sieh, Iggy Costello and Leslie Alerman 'A joyously grim, open-eyed, adult fairy tale with the messiest of morals' PAUL TREMBLAY 'An insidious and masterfully cast spell of a book . . . Gorgeous...

Guinevere Sharpe wuchs in zwei Welten auf: hier die abgeschiedene Farm in Vermont, und da die magischen Abenteuer der Kinderbuchreihe, in denen ihre Mutter sie zur Heldin machte. Doch die Idylle trügte. Hinter der märchenhaften Fassade war die Kindheit von Guinevere und ihrem älteren Bruder von Vernachlässigung, wilden Partys im Haus und Entfremdung der Eltern geprägt – bis zu jener Nacht, in der alles niederbrannte. Eine Nacht, an die Guinevere sich nicht erinnern will.

Traces of Kara is an action-packed, pulse-pounding psychological thriller/suspense novel that features a determined killer who slowly loses his grip on reality as his carefully detailed plan starts to fall apart and a heroine determined to move forward with her life who now must reconcile everything she believed to be true about her family with the reality of their tragic past.

Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, nineteen-year-old Wren and her two sisters, Sage and Evie, were raised in off-the-grid isolation in a primitive cabin in upstate New York. When the youngest grows gravely ill, their mother leaves with the child to get help from a nearby town. And they never return. As months pass, hope vanishes. Supplies are low. Livestock are dying. 

When two sisters switch places, one lie becomes a dangerous game neither can control. Grace has always been the responsible one. Emma has always been the chaos. But when a single mistake forces them into each other’s lives, their secrets begin to unravel—exposing betrayal, obsession, and a truth that threatens to destroy everything they love. As identities blur and loyalties fracture, the sisters must face the consequences of the roles they chose… and the ones they stole. A gripping psychological drama about family, deception, and the cost of becoming someone you’re not.

Two graduate students fall in love; one goes missing.…After an American graduate student asks for help finding his girlfriend, who disappeared in Budapest, retired NYPD detective Peter Andrassy reluctantly takes up the case. But as he dives deeper, he realizes the missing woman is connected to another incident. Can Peter work against the odds to find the culprit?

Secluded. Luxurious. Deadly. A gripping new page-turner from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalet and The Cruise Still waters hide dark secrets … A remote Scottish lake The guests arriving at Creaglie Castle are expecting discreet luxury, panoramic views, and perhaps a glimpse of...

Jamie Williams thought his demons were confined to his past—until a flicker on his screen cracks reality itself. A voyeur of the dark web, Jamie stumbles into a chilling online realm where messages shock more than just the mind, and cryptic usernames seem to foretell death. As those around him begin to vanish, haunted by their deepest fears, Jamie finds himself tangled in a web of horrific visions, mysterious deaths, and a shadowy cult that reaches decades into his bloodline.

A read-in-one-sitting compulsive thriller about schooldays secrets long-buried, new for 2026 They all wanted their bully dead. Now someone's granted the wish… In a dingy pub, a high school reunion after-party brings five old friends back together. As they catch up after twenty years, painful...

Cross. Now streaming on Prime Video. FBI agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family at Disneyland when he gets a call from the Director. A well-known actress was shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail describing the...

She survived the massacre. Now the real trouble begins. One minute, Erin Callahan is a hero—the teacher's aide who miraculously survived the Cedar Ridge Elementary massacre. The next, she's a pariah. The police are digging into her past. The media is turning her into a villain. The town has turned against her. But only Erin knows why she's truly afraid. Someone left a bouquet on her doorstep. Tucked inside: a plain white card with five words, neatly printed: I killed them for you.

‘So tense and gripping, I NEVER saw that ending coming!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Finished this in the space of two nights!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘That ending and that reveal!! I did not see that coming’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ He says he loves you. He...

A richly atmospheric gothic mystery set around a ruined homestead in the Northern Territory’s top end. ‘It struck her that in all these years, every highway and meandering track they’d taken together had been heading for this destination. A shack perched halfway up a hill in an other-world...

Mae is a shy, but not so naive young woman, hopeful in starting her new life alone. She wants to attend college for the arts, get a job, and begin an independent life in a brand new town. Renting an inexpensive guesthouse sounds like a perfect start. Until she discovers a hidden duffel bag and finds herself over-her-head in clues that grow sinister. There's a missing girl in town, Genevieve. Who is Genevieve and what happened to her? 

In the quaint town of Maplewood, Halloween is more than costumes and candy—it's the night of Hide and Seek Extreme, a decades-old game that pits participants against each other in a high-stakes challenge across two sprawling, eerily historic homes. For Jake, it’s more than just a thrill. He’s not only a seeker; he’s a brother on a mission, determined to uncover what happened to his sister Emily, who vanished during last year’s game. But as Jake and nine others delve into this year's chilling contest, it becomes clear that the game is anything but innocent.