Resultaat voor "The Violence" in Genrefictie

Amerika in der nahen Zukunft. Nach außen hin führt die Familie Martin ein perfektes Leben, doch Investmentbanker David verprügelt seine Frau Chelsea regelmäßig bis zur Bewusstlosigkeit. Als sich ein mysteriöses Virus ausbreitet, das alle, die es infiziert, in einen exzessiven Gewaltrausch stürzt, sieht Chelsea ihre große Chance, sich und ihren beiden Töchtern ein neues Leben zu ermöglichen. Ein Leben in einer Welt, die sich am Ende radikal von unserer unterscheiden wird.

How far would you go to be free? Three generations of women forge a new path through an America torn by a mysterious wave of violence in this “chilling [and] dizzyingly effective” (The New York Times Book Review) novel of revenge, liberation, and triumph. “A compulsively readable fusion of...

I'm lost. And I don't ever want to be found … Eine neue New-Adult-Dilogie von Spiegel-Bestseller-Autorin Nikola Hotel. Ein luxuriöses Strandhaus, ein erfolgreicher Footballstar als Ehemann. Von außen wirkt das Leben der 21-jährigen Darcy perfekt. In Wahrheit ist es ein Albtraum. Jeder Schritt wird von ihrem Mann beobachtet, jeder vermeintliche Fehler bestraft. So kann sie nicht weitermachen. So will sie nicht weitermachen. Während sie ihre Flucht plant, begegnet sie Ellis – einem Engländer, der auf den ersten Blick erkennt, was sie vor allen anderen verzweifelt verbirgt.

From New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson They train to be the toughest, the smartest, the most covert operators in the world—they are the Tier One Navy SEALs, led by Lieutenant Commander Keith “Chunk” Redman. When a former teammate of Chunk’s is killed in a shocking...

The scourge of the Savage Lands, an ancient dragon allied to a gathering storm of dark forces threatening the world of Ruin, becomes the next target of the most fearsome shock troops ever conceived, prepared, and trained for total war: US Army Rangers. Deep beneath a once-fantastic ruined empire, a creature more terrible, diabolical, and malevolent than any myth ever told lies atop a vast horde of wondrous treasure and deadly magic, dreaming dreams of greed and terror.

'Jane Eyre meets American Psycho. Gloriously outrageous, sensationally unhinged' SUNDAY TIMES ‘Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny' CATRIONA WARD 'Weird and wonderful' LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIAN Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian...

'I never met a Mark Lawrence book that I didn't love' ROBIN HOBB 'An excellent writer' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The viciously dark and epic sequel to Sunday Times bestseller, Daughter of Crows. Mollandra Plight was born at the centre of an endless cycle of crime and punishment, guilt and revenge. She...

Nevin has spent too much time on the internet researching the Paul Homolka murders that took place in the early 90's. Now he has convinced his boyfriend, Mike, to come with him on a surprise road trip to the pig farm where Paul Homolka killed four people, including his girlfriend and little sister, Mary-Ann. What Nevin doesn't know, is that the pig farm is harboring more than a few dark secrets. A deranged, pain worshiping cult has taken up arms on the property, and they are eagerly anticipating Nevin's arrival.

From the director of Bone Tomahawk A brutal and unflinching tale that takes many of its cues from both cinema and pulp horror, Wraiths of the Broken Land is like no Western you’ve ever seen or read. Desperate to reclaim two kidnapped sisters who were forced into prostitution, the Plugfords...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of History of Violence by Edouard Louis, read by Joseph Kloska. The radical and urgent new novel from the author of The End of Eddy I met Reda on Christmas Eve 2012. I was going home after a meal with friends, at around four in the morning. He...

J'ai rencontré Reda un soir de Noël. Je rentrais chez moi après un repas avec des amis, vers quatre heures du matin. Il m'a abordé dans la rue et j'ai fini par lui proposer de monter dans mon studio. Ensuite, il m'a raconté l'histoire de son enfance et celle de l'arrivée en France de son père, qui avait fui l'Algérie. Nous avons passé le reste de la nuit ensemble, on discutait, on riait. Vers six heures du matin, il a sorti un revolver et il a dit qu'il allait me tuer

I’m rather used to the crazy cases, because let’s face it, most cops can handle the run-of-the-mill with their eyes closed. I’m only called in when the situation is weird or they need to solve the case fast. This case is a little of both. Someone’s attacking women as they get off of work, hitting them in the back of the head. What started as a case of battery has steadily built up to homicide. With three murders, six victims, and no leads, the Clarksville PD are desperate to catch the assailant.

In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave. “A triumph ... Count me in for whatever Sher writes next.” ―Nat Cassidy, author of Mary and When the Wolf Comes Home Yetta is a bright...

On 3 December 1976, just weeks before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions, seven gunmen from West Kingston stormed his house. Marley survived and went on to perform at the free concert. Not a lot was recorded about the fate of the seven gunmen, but much...

Prix Goncourt 2024. "Je suis la véritable trace, le plus solide des indices attestant de tout ce que nous avons vécu en dix ans en Algérie. Je cache l’histoire d’une guerre entière, inscrite sur ma peau depuis que je suis enfant." Aube est une jeune Algérienne qui doit se souvenir...

Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men and an unreasoning devotion to a...

Bloomsbury presents The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon, read by Alana Kerr Collins. Discover the underground world of Parisian rebels and spies in the fourth book of the New York Times bestselling dark fantasy series, The Bone Season. Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the...

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, a convicted killer becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the United States. The Executioner's Song follows the true story of cold-blooded murderer Gary Gilmore, who, after being tried and convicted, insisted on being executed for his crimes. To do...

History of Violence is international bestselling French author Edouard Louis’s autobiographical audiobook about surviving a shocking sexual assault and coping with the post-traumatic stress disorder of its aftermath. On Christmas Eve 2012, in Paris, the novelist Édouard Louis was raped and...

What happens when you're a teenage edge-lord who is obsessed with serial killers? You go on a murderous rampage and try to kill everyone in your path. Travis has an obsession with Paul Homolka and will do anything to be just like the dead mass-murderer. Does Travis have what it takes, or will his path of destruction lead him to his own?