Ergebnis für "The Manor" in Literatur & Belletristik

What happens when someone accidentally summons a demon? They die and become a ghost. I didn’t believe in Heaven or Hell. I thought the pain would stop, and I’d taste sweet oblivion. But I was wrong. Hell does exist. It’s not just a place, but a person too. His name is Lynx. Night after night, day after day, I try to escape and break free of the cage I’ve been damned into. I can’t hide from him, and he can’t outrun me. I’m trapped in the manor with the monster who killed me.

When Jack’s car breaks down in the middle of a cross-country road trip, the mysterious house at the top of the hill is a beacon of hope. If he can borrow a phone to call for help, he’ll be on his way in no time. But someone - or something - has other plans. Soon, Jack finds himself trapped in a nightmare that defies logic, where a depraved killer on the loose is the least of his problems. Will Jack escape before it’s too late?

I ran away from Winslet years ago with a broken heart, a shattered future, and the knowledge I could never return. Not for my family. Not for the memories. And definitely not for Payne Deacon, the boy who owned my heart. He was my childhood best friend. My safe place. My first love. My everything. He knew every ugly piece of me and loved me anyway—right up until I destroyed us and didn’t look back. Now I’m home and trying to outrun the dangerous mess I left behind in New York. What I didn’t expect was the force of Payne.

Daniel sucht dringend einen neuen Job, als er einen mysteriösen Brief erhält. Jemand bietet ihm die Stelle des Hausmeisters in einem Anwesen namens Craven Manor an. Als er dort ankommt, läuten seine Alarmglocken. Das Gelände ist völlig zugewuchert und es ist klar, dass in dem alten Haus...

Book 1 The Alexander Wolfe SeriesBest selling author with sales of over one million booksChristmas at Caxton Manor promises to be a festive gathering of old friends, but the holiday cheer turns deadly when an uninvited guest, the ruthless industrialist Boris Bullen, is found murdered in the snow. Called in to discreetly investigate, the enigmatic Alexander Wolfe arrives to find himself embroiled in a perplexing mystery with echoes of a past crime.

Penelope Keith stars in the much-loved sitcom about an aristocrat forced to part with her family home. When her husband's death leaves her financially strapped, Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton has no choice but to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate. With butler Brabinger in tow, she decamps to the tiny Old Lodge cottage, where she keeps a close - and disapproving - eye on the new squire: the nouveau riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale food magnate of Czech descent. 

The enemy is close to home in The Manor, a gripping gangland thriller from the top five bestseller Jessie Keane. Charlie Stone and Terry Barton have been blood brothers since the cradle. They grew up in the East End skimming along the bottom of the underworld, until Charlie took over the manor...

The enemy is close to home in The Manor, a gripping gangland thriller from the top five bestseller Jessie Keane. Charlie Stone and Terry Barton have been blood brothers since the cradle. They grew up in the East End skimming along the bottom of the underworld, until Charlie took over the manor...

Das Haus war schon lange unbewohnt, aber niemals verlassen ... Sadie hat eine besondere Gabe: Sie ist empfänglich für das Übernatürliche. Als sie die Hintergründe einer teuflischen Sekte erforscht, tauchen mehr Fragen als Antworten auf – insbesondere, wenn es um Sadies eigene...

Der Eigentümer des herrschaftlichen Mogdon Manor stirbt bei einem mysteriösen Feuer. Ein tragischer Unfall? Jack und Sarah bezweifeln das. Als mögliche Erben kommen die drei erwachsenen Kinder des Opfers in Frage. Hat einer von ihnen das Feuer gelegt, um frühzeitig an sein Erbe zu kommen?

Daniel is desperate for a fresh start. So when a mysterious figure slides a note under his door offering the position of groundskeeper at an ancient estate, he leaps at the chance, even though it seems too good to be true. Alarm bells start ringing when he arrives at Craven Manor. The abandoned mansion is straight out of those old gothic mysteries: the front door hangs open, and leaves and cobwebs coat the marble foyer. It's clear no one has lived here in a long time...but he has nowhere else to go.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Tis the season for murder, in this locked-room holiday mystery. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Robert Thorogood and Rev Richard Coles. Welcome to Mistletoe Manor Hotel. Four days before Christmas, twelve stranded strangers gather round a crackling fire… They...

Auf einer der windumtosten Faröer-Inseln fassen Har und Manor eine tiefe Zuneigung zueinander, die auch über den Tod hinaus noch fortbesteht...

Recently orphaned and left destitute, Briar Monroe accepts the protection of Lord Danville and the shadowed sanctuary of Thornby Manor. As Briar navigates the undercurrents of a household ruled by watchful servants and locked doors, she is drawn ever deeper into a web of suspicion, desire and fear. Whispers in the night, figures at windows, and a constant sense of being watched leave her questioning not only the truth about Thornby, but her own safety within its walls.

Am Kamin eines südenglischen Landhauses wird eine Geistergeschichte vorgelesen: Eine Gouvernante kümmert sich auf dem Landsitz Bly um zwei Waisenkinder. Schon bald erscheinen ihr immer wieder Geister, in denen sie den früheren Diener und ihre Vorgängerin zu erkennen glaubt, die auf mysteriöse Weise gestorben sind. Um die Kinder vor ihnen zu retten, steigert sich die Gouvernante in einen Wahn, mit dem sie den Kindern jedoch mehr schadet als hilft.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Brynne Asher comes a small-town, woman-on-the-run, age-gap romance. Oh yeah, there’s a jewelry heist too. I’d like to say my story began when I almost accidentally killed Jett Parker Cross, but it started long before that. I wish I could kick this spectacle off with a “not to be dramatic” but it was. After all, Jett just had major surgery. The kind that includes a brand new, life-saving organ. Say less. Horrifying. Mortifying. And dramatic.

Ghostly whispers, shocking secrets, and a Pomeranian on the loose … England, 1941: Evie Harris doesn’t believe in ghosts—not even when she spots a glowing figure outside her bedroom window in the quiet village of Crofter’s Green. But when the same eerie spectre is seen by Lord Hawthorne, tied to a long-buried family scandal, even Evie starts to wonder if the past is haunting Hawthorne Manor. Before she can investigate, Lord Hawthorne is found dead at the bottom of his grand staircase. An accident? Not likely.

A vicar's 20-year-old daughter pays dearly for a single lapse in judgment. To avoid the scorn of local villagers, Charlotte Lamb wends her way to the forbidding Milkweed Manor on the outskirts of London. Concealing her identity, she finds refuge within the dank confines of this mysterious bastion of old secrets and new life. She soon encounters a former suitor, harboring secrets of his own. Firmly relying on God's strength, both resolve to protect their loved ones.

Endlich auf Deutsch! Ein verwunschenes altes Anwesen, vier Milliardärsbrüder und ihre dunklen Geheimnisse: Willkommen in Midnight Manor ! Niemand weiß, was in Midnight Manor vor sich geht. Das Anwesen der Brüder Voss thront über unserer Kleinstadt und die vier Milliardäre sieht man kaum außerhalb der Mauern. Und so häufen sich die Gerüchte … Als mein Vater stirbt, muss ich feststellen, dass meine Familie bei dem ältesten Bruder, Asher Voss, hoch verschuldet ist. Notgedrungen gehe ich einen Deal mit ihm ein: Ein Jahr lang soll ich für ihn arbeiten – und er wird es mir nicht leicht machen.

God rest ye merry gentlefolk, it's time for the traditional St Mary's Christmas jump - this year to Martingale Manor, where a murder mystery is unfolding... It's nearly Christmas and Leon has had a Brilliant Idea. A holiday - to enable a very reluctant Max to recover from her recently acquired...