Ergebnis für "Victorian Psycho" in Krimis & Thriller

Grim Wolds, England: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess—she’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate’s dreary confines come with an intimate knowledge of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family—Mr. Pounds can’t keep his eyes off Winifred’s chest, and Mrs. Pounds takes a sickly pleasure in punishing Winifred for her husband’s wandering gaze.

Late one moonlit night, Walter Hartright encounters a solitary and terrified woman dressed all in white. He saves her from capture by her pursuers and determines to solve the mystery of her distress and terror. Inspired by an actual criminal case, this gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness and mistaken identity has never been out of print since its publication and brought Collins great fame and success.

El señor y la señora Pounds han contratado a Winifred Notty para que cumpla el rol de la perfecta institutriz victoriana: dará clases a sus pupilos (francés y costura a Drusilla y álgebra e historia al pequeño Andrew) y les contará cuentos antes de dormir. Pero Ensor House y sus habitantes ocultan más perversiones y secretos que la perturbada señorita Notty, capaz de convertir un té con elegantes invitados y bebés en el salón en un acontecimiento macabro.

There are three things that are certain in this life: death, taxes, and the fact that if I want something, I will get it...no matter what it takes. From the moment I laid eyes on Olivia Cooper, I knew she was mine. She didn’t agree, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me. She was all I thought about. She was my obsession. So, I watched. I studied. I toyed with her and I played my games. In her I’d found my perfect match, because she met every single one of my challenges with one of her own. She fought back and I loved it.

It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy at the Bates Motel. Exhausted, lost, and at the end of her rope, she was eager for a hot shower and a bed for the night. Her room was musty, but clean, and the manager seemed nice, if a little odd.

When the Bates Motel looms up out of the storm, Mary Crane thinks it is her salvation. The rooms are musty but clean. The manager, Norman Bates, seems like a nice enough fellow, if a little strange. Then Mary decides to take a shower, and the nightmare begins....

August Mulvaney has always been exceptional. As the genius son of an eccentric billionaire, his off-putting behavior is often blamed on his high IQ. They say there’s a thin line between genius and madness. August is both - a brilliant professor loved by his students and a ruthless, obsessive killer tasked with righting the wrongs of a failing justice system. And he’s just found his latest obsession: Lucas Blackwell.

Wem kannst du vertrauen, wenn du an deinem eigenen Verstand zu zweifeln beginnst? Der Hacker T-Rex wacht in einer Hamburger Einrichtung für psychische Erkrankungen auf und hört Stimmen in seinem Kopf. Während Nolo und Kim sich auf die Suche nach ihrem verschwundenen Freund machen, muss dieser sich mit den Abgründen seiner Seele auseinandersetzen. Was ist mit ihm geschehen? Ist er wirklich gewalttätig geworden? Und wenn selbst der eigene Verstand nicht mehr vertrauenswürdig ist... Was ist dann die Wahrheit?

Die vierzehnjährige Helena glaubte, sie hätte in Sophie nur ein unbekanntes kleines Mädchen kennengelernt. Doch das Schicksal schlug erbarmungslos zu. Ein tragischer Unfall löste eine unheimliche Kette von Ereignissen aus, die Helenas Leben in einen Albtraum verwandelten, der mit ihrer Entführung seinen Höhepunkt findet. Traumatisiert wird sie schließlich von Psychiater Adam Klein behandelt. Während ihrer Sitzungen erzählt sie ihm von den Erlebnissen mit ihrem Peiniger und den mysteriösen Todesfällen, die danach in ihrem Umfeld geschahen.