Ergebnis für "The Cousins" in Thriller

Sebastian Audley has spent years setting every city in Europe by the ears and keeping the scandal-sheets in profit. Word that he is finally returning to London becomes the hottest topic of the Season and casts numerous young ladies - many of whom have never seen him - into a fever of anticipation. Cassandra Delahaye is not one of them. In her opinion, love affairs and duels, coupled with a reputation for never refusing even the most death-defying wager, suggest that Mr. Audley is short of a brain cell or two.

Was, wenn ein Leben plötzlich in tausend Teile zersplittert? Wenn ein winziger Moment ausreicht, um alles in Schutt und Asche zu legen. Was, wenn es sich dabei um mein Leben handelt? Wenn ich in der Realität angekommen bin und nie gelernt habe, stark, unabhängig und frei zu sein. Was, wenn das genügsame Töchterchen nun fliegen muss? Höher, schneller, weiter. Weil es sonst an sich selbst qualvoll ersticken wird. Was, wenn ich nicht bereit für London bin? Für einen Jungen mit einem Herzen aus Stein. Für einen Mann mit einem Gesicht aus Verschleierung.

Was, wenn mein Fall nach jener Nacht, in der ich mein erstes Mal erlebte, nie endet? Wenn das, was ich für den Abgrund hielt, nur die oberste Stufe hinab in eine Welt ist, in der Schmerz und Verlangen untrennbar sind? Was, wenn mein Kopf nicht mehr kann, weil mein Herz längst zu viel fühlt? Für Robbie, meinen Cousin, dessen Nähe verboten ist und doch alles bedeutet. Für Jordan, seinen besten Freund, der Masken trägt und dunkle Spiele spielt. Für die Twins, die mich in Ketten legen und ihre Wahrheit nicht länger verbergen.

At her surprise 40th-birthday party, Kate Granger feels like the luckiest woman in the world but just hours later her fifteen-year-old daughter, Caily, is found unconscious underneath a bridge when she should have been at school. Now, Caily lies comatose in her hospital bed, and the police don’t believe it was an accident. As the investigation progresses, it soon becomes clear that not everyone in the family was where they claimed to be at the time of her fall. Caily should be safe in hospital but not everyone wants her to wake up.

An uncomfortable weekend awaits LA family lawyer Sandy Moss when she makes her way to her hometown in New Jersey for the wedding of her cousin Stephanie, sweetly nicknamed Skinny. Uncomfortable, because Sandy is not really looking forward to seeing her family, but at least her boyfriend, Hollywood movie star Patrick McNabb, is by her side.

Audrey is the black sheep of the family. Always in trouble. Always causing problems. She's there in her mother's luxury house in the hills above a small rural town. There with her secrets and her issues. Now she's a teenager, things can hardly improve.

History has changed, the clock is ticking, and she’s out of time… Three months after unintentionally time-travelling back to 1994, and despite now living 21 years in the past, life for Beth is panning out to be pretty peachy… or so she thought. When the inquisitive DCI French starts to probe into her true identity, Beth and Carlton are forced to make a snap decision… stay and face the consequences, or go on the run… an escape through time. However, back in the 1970s, it appears history has changed and not for the better.

Union vs. Confederate. They were brothers and first cousins. Frank, Sam, Alex, and Marion. Forced to choose sides in a divided Kentucky. Their state would rage. Family ties rupture. Loyalties be questioned. Four young men would become "Cousins at War." Inspired by the service of actual Civil War soldiers.

Bridget Beck has always harbored feelings for Amos Gerhart. The problem: He’s her cousin’s beau. Yet her cousin isn’t happy in her relationship. She confesses to Bridget that she thinks Amos is too steadfast, too dedicated, and not nearly exciting enough. But when Amos inherits property in Ohio, Dawn decides to marry him anyway. Bridget is certain Dawn is only marrying him for the chance to leave town and start a new life, not because she loves him.

Una impactante historia sobre la cruda escalada del joven Luis Restrepo en el truculento mundo del narcotráfico. Su figura descollante aparece en el centro de la convulsionada frontera venezolana, rodeado de personajes que se explotan mutuamente sus deseos y carencias, en un perfecto sistema paranoico jalonado por sus adicciones, las deudas, las amenazas, la venganza, la persecución y la tortura.

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Virginia Collins is not what she appears to be. By all outward appearances the successful uptown psychiatrist is just another beautiful dame who hires a private investigator to find her missing husband: a weird little man who makes fancy umbrella drinks and dresses like something out of an old gangster movie. Collins hides her real motives, along with her tragic past, in order to win the affections of Raffy Rheinhardt, a cynical PI with an equally tragic history; a long forgotten shared incident resulting in damaged psyches and dead bodies.