Ergebnis für "Memento" in Thriller

Bern, 2004: Nach seiner Rückkehr in die Schweiz ermittelt David Keller im Fall eines ermordeten UNO-Diplomaten in Genf und wird in den Schweizer Nachrichtendienst versetzt. Als Geheimagent wider Willen macht sich Keller auf die Jagd nach Abdul Qadeer Khan, dem Vater der pakistanischen Atombombe und fanatischen Anführer eines geheimen Netzwerks von Nuklearwaffenhändlern. Unvermittelt findet sich Keller in einer globalen Schattenwelt skrupelloser Geschäftsmänner, Diktatoren und Geheimdienste wieder. Als Keller selbst zur Zielscheibe der CIA wird, beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.

Everett Larkin works for the Cold Case Squad: an elite - if understaffed and overworked - group of detectives who solve the forgotten deaths of New York City. Larkin is different from others, but his deduction skills are unmatched and his memory for minute details is unparalleled. So when a spring thunderstorm uproots a tree in Madison Square Park, unearthing a crate with human remains inside, the best Cold Case detective is assigned the job.

Charming and seductive. Cold-blooded and merciless. Kenzo Mori, the wrathful king of the Mori Mafia family, is a sinfully beautiful devil with a heart of ice. He's an enemy who's had a target on my back for years. Now, he's my new husband. Our marriage of inconvenience is supposed to end the violence between the Bratva and the Yakuza. Little does he know, the real war has only just begun. Kenzo thinks I belong to him. I think he'd better sleep with one eye open. But while the enemy in my bed might be slowly dominating my nights and darkest fantasies, my heart is a battle he'll never win.

He's a dark storm wrapped in tattoos and muscle. A mafia prince with a killer's smile and a predator's gaze. Takeshi Mori doesn't ask for anything. He takes it. Including me. Our marriage is a weapon forged in blood, meant to stop a war. But there's nothing peaceful about my new husband. He's ruthless chaos incarnate—a Machiavellian psychopath with a thirst for violence. He craves control, but I was born to defy. His darkness terrifies me even as it calls to mine. His touch consumes me even as it burns me alive.

I made a huge mistake and caught the attention of a lethally beautiful villain. Damian Nikolayev is brutality incarnate. A psychopath wrapped in tattooed muscle and tailored charm. Heir to a Bratva empire built on blood and control. And now, I'm his. His fiancée. His plaything. His obsession. He owns my darkest secret. And he'll keep it, for a price: All of me. Now, Damian has me bound to him, in more ways than one. The harder I fight, the tighter his binds ensnare me.

When my parents passed away in a car accident, I had to take care of my little sister. I supported us both as I tried to finish college and work two jobs. It’s hard to focus on my life when I have to keep myself together for someone else. But just as I felt everything was falling apart, I landed my dream internship at the NYPD Crime Analysis Unit. Although I am guarded, my new boss is determined to befriend me, and so is her cop brother and his two best friends. As hard as it is to keep my walls around them up, they’re starting to crumble.

Recluse dans une maison au cœur des Landes, Bellone a choisi la solitude pour fuir un passé qui la hante. Depuis huit ans, elle attend le retour de sa sœur jumelle, disparue. Mais sa tranquillité vacille lorsque Roman, un garde du corps imposant et mystérieux, est envoyé par son oncle pour la protéger d'un harceleur récidiviste.

Septiembre de 2010. Aquella mañana de domingo nada le hacía presagiar al inspector de homicidios de Valladolid Ramiro Sancho que acababa de dar comienzo una pesadilla que lo dejaría marcado para el resto de sus días. La investigación del asesinato de una joven ecuatoriana a la que le han mutilado los párpados y en cuyo cuerpo han encontrado unos versos amenazantes, ocupa las primeras páginas de esta novela negra narrada con un dinámico y atrevido lenguaje cinematográfico.

Uno de los primeros acercamientos de Andreu Martín, versado autor en el género negro, con lo fantástico y lo sobrenatural. Una mujer acosada por el fantasma de su marido acude a un psiquiatra en busca de ayuda. Sin embargo, este psiquiatra adoptará la personalidad del marido muerto y seguirá presionando para que la mujer se suicide. La irrupción de un tercer médico en escena llevarán a los protagonistas de esta novela a enfrentarse con el verdadero enemigo: el Mal, una presencia insidiosa que planea sobre toda la historia.

After receiving an unexpected call from the Australian consulate, Matt Santos becomes aware of a painting that he believes was looted from his family in Hungary during the Second World War. To recover the painting, he must repair his strained relationship with his harshly judgmental father, uncover his family history, and restore his connection to his own Judaism.

Ett paket med okänd avsändare anländer till den rättsmedicinska avdelningen. När sekreteraren som tagit emot det öppnar kartongen möts hon av en vidrig stank och en fruktansvärd syn: inne i lådan ligger ett människohuvud! Det är vanställt av förruttnelse men kulan i skallen vittnar om en våldsam död. Till en början kan personalen inte förstå varför huvudet levererats just till dem. Men när identifieringen är klar går den fasansfulla sanningen upp för dem.

Eight years ago, Serenity Washington watched as her twin sister was murdered. She was lucky to escape the same grisly fate. With her sister’s killer in jail, she relocated and tried to move on with her life. She married a man in the Air Force and started a family, but when her husband dies unexpectedly, she moves back to the last place she remembers being happy - Verona Bay, FL.

Melissa Stone è intelligente. Melissa Stone è bella. Melissa Stone è sensuale. Ma Melissa Stone è in un incubo senza risveglio. Quell'incubo si chiama Cheryl, sua sorella gemella, svanita senza lasciare traccia molti, troppi anni prima. Eppure il legame tra Melissa e Cheryl, una connessione talmente misteriosa da sconfinare nell'arcano, rimane indissolubile da recidere. Così come il baratro che le separa rimane impossibile da colmare. L'angoscia è incessante. Così, alla fine, Melissa prende una decisione. Fare ritorno dove tutto ha avuto inizio.