Ergebnis für "The Bet" in Thriller

FBI Special Agent Kim Otto picks up where Lee Child leaves off in the hunt for Jack Reacher.

Pour la première fois en audio, un chapitre bonus inédit. Inclus, un entretien exclusif avec le vétérinaire Norin Chaï. Adam et le singe capucin se regardent droit dans les yeux. Lui ne voit plus en Clara un animal, mais un homoncule, une sorte d'enfant dépravé, une version dégradée et corrompue de tous les ancêtres de l'homme. L'animal en lui jauge l'homme en elle. Ce regard si sombre lui fait perdre ses repères. La peur le gagne, non celle des sévices qu'elle va lui faire subir, mais l'épouvante de ne plus savoir à quelle catégorie du vivant il appartient.

Michael Maddox thinks he has his life under control. No attachments, no relationships - he's too busy transforming his knack for military intelligence into a multi-million-dollar enterprise. But when headstrong event planner Kate Adams comes barreling into his life, everything changes. From the moment she arrives in Charlotte, Kate is tongue-tied by Michael. She's never fallen for a client before, but then she's never had a client like him - sleek, hard, and impenetrable as steel.

Avec la parution de la trilogie de La Bête, David Goudreault a ébranlé le paysage littéraire québécois. Repoussant les limites de l'humour grinçant, il a offert un regard à la fois dur et tendre sur les oubliés de la résilience, grâce à un protagoniste qui, en dépit de sa violence, est touchant de naïveté.

Adventure into the Australian outback with Kelso Hunnicutt who has bet he can dodge the police for the next week. A partner who frames him for murder. A beautiful wife who double-crosses him. An innocent bet that could cost him his life. A compelling thriller about a man and a woman who will stop at nothing to get what they want...and the man trapped between them.

1933. Berlin. William E. Dodd devient le premier ambassadeur américain en Allemagne nazie. Sa fille, la flamboyante Martha, est vite séduite par les leaders du parti nazi et leur volonté de redonner au pays un rôle de tout premier plan sur la scène mondiale. Elle devient ainsi la maîtresse de plusieurs d'entre eux, en particulier de Rudolf Diels, premier chef de la Gestapo, alors que son père, très vite alerté des premiers projets de persécutions envers les Juifs, essaie de prévenir le département d'État américain, qui fait la sourde oreille.

Officiellement, la villa des Prunelliers est un foyer d'accueil d'urgence pour mineurs ; en réalité, c'est là où on envoie les enfants placés dont le système ne veut plus, et où les éducateurs en sous-nombre finissent tous par craquer. Quand Till, l'un d'eux, finit par lever la main sur Audrey, quatorze ans, celle-ci fugue et se fait percuter par un chauffard. Rongé par la culpabilité, Till va la voir tous les jours à l'hôpital, délaissant le reste du monde.

La deuxième enquête du commandant de Palma. Derrière la carte postale de la Provence traditionnelle, le Baron doit plonger en eaux profondes et se risquer aux frontières du surnaturel. William Steinert, industriel allemand amoureux de la Provence, a disparu. Persuadée qu'il a été assassiné, sa riche épouse Ingrid sollicite les services de Michel De Palma, alias le Baron, commandant à la brigade criminelle de Marseille. Au repos forcé depuis qu'il a été grièvement blessé, le Baron accepte de jouer les privés.

A special agent... A journalist... Only they can stop a genocide. Out of the chaotic political turbulence in Europe emerges a frightening new transnational extremist movement called Destiny, modelled on the Nazi Final Solution for the systematic removal of Europe’s Jews. In response, Israel’s government instructs the countries formidable spy agency, Mossad, to sabotage Destiny. The agency implements Operation Aleph Bet to neutralise Destiny’s leadership.

Catherine Mans has the ability to see and hear what others can't. With the help of Homicide Sergeant Cody Allen, she's turned that talent into a successful profession as a psychic consultant. But Catherine's past is coming back to haunt her. Someone is threatening the lives of everyone she loves. Nine bodies have been discovered, and Catherine is the FBI's prime suspect. To prove her innocence, she must unravel the secrets of her past, and answer the challenge of a deranged psychic.

Le cadavre d’une femme est découvert dans son appartement, sa tête remplacée par celle d’un grand chien noir. Parallèlement, une patiente souffrant de schizophrénie paranoïde dessine avec obstination des corps mutilés, munis de parties animales. Des hybrides. Le lieutenant-détective Marc Vézina mène l’enquête, l’obligeant à s’égarer dans les méandres d’un esprit dément et méthodique : celui de la bête originelle.

J'ai encore tué quelqu'un. Je suis un tueur en série. D'accord, deux cadavres, c'est une petite série, mais c'est une série quand même. Et je suis jeune. Qui sait jusqu'où les opportunités me mèneront? L'occasion fait le larron, le meurtrier ou la pâtissière. C'est documenté.

"Ma mère se suicidait souvent. Elle a commencé toute jeune, en amatrice. Très vite, maman a su obtenir la reconnaissance des psychiatres et les égards réservés aux grands malades. Pendant que je collectionnais des cartes de hockey, elle accumulait les diagnostics."

Voicing her reluctance to help Gloria Scope's jealous daughter claim the family inheritance by tarnishing Gloria's name, Freddie O'Neal is nevertheless drawn into a deadly family plot when Gloria is suddenly murdered.

My Prez thinks I betrayed his trust...but I didn't. I did the only thing I could think of at the time. I went to the one person who just might believe my ass - the national charter Prez, Rancid. Fortunately for me, he believed every word I told him and had me lay low for a while. The plan he made was foolish at best and got me in deeper shit than I was in before. I'm a dead man, but none of it matters when my eyes see the one thing I'd gamble with. Her.

Twenty years after the Holocaust and the Nazi reign of terror, Thor, a neo-fascist organization born out of the Nazi defeat in Europe, is ready to take over the United States. Rabbi Ben Zvi Kantorwicz, an escapee from Auschwitz, and his organization the Aleph Bet, is determined to stop them from achieving their objective - new world order of blond-haired, blue-eyed super people with a hand-raised American president as its Fuhrer, continuing the policies and philosophy of the Third Reich.

Four steamy, full-length stories of badass mafia men and the women they make their own. Includes: Dirty Game, Nasty Bet, Filthy Deal, and Foolish Dare. These hot, over-the-top romances include sexy mafia hit men with a penchant for pursuing and protecting the women who give them a run for their money. If you love outrageously naughty stories as a way to indulge your not-so-secret bad girl side, this is for you.

Black Rock Cove, on the coastline of Oregon, has a unique and sinister charm. It is a quaint fishing village and charming resort for summertime visitors by day, but by night...well, that’s a different story. The murder of Oliver Bateman was purely the strangest of all crimes. A gunshot was heard as he fell dead in the courtyard, but bullet holes were missing from his body. Three deep knife wounds, however, covered his chest. Even stranger, Elizabeth Knight, daughter of famed Nobel Prize winner William Knight, was discovered in her locked bedroom on the brink of death.

I need to prove Jane is innocent despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Mirrors, smoke, and lies can conjure a truth that isn't real. Money, bribes, and power can twist reality. What we call proof is all an elaborate magic act. So is love. It's all about what you believe. Who you believe. And I believe Jane. I love her. But it might be too late. Or, worse - it might all be an illusion. If proof is just a magician's sleight of hand, then we're caught in a sick trick. A deadly one. One that doesn't end with applause, but with a bang.

Tyler is on his way home to spend time with his father before he passes away from lung cancer. He has spent the past 15 years figuratively running away from home. But now that it is time to come home for a visit to Rainbow, Texas, he's conflicted. And a big reason for that is Kelsi, the high school sweetheart who broke up with him and broke his heart. Of course, she has a different perspective on just who broke whose heart back then. Needless to say, she had no intentions of ever getting back with him, but thanks to a bet from his friends, he decides to try to woo her once more.