Ergebnis für "mafia" in Psychothriller

""Creep is everything I want from a novel—it’s obsessive, it’s rapturous, it spirals into the most masochistic corners of the mind. A perfectly twisted debut.""—Anna Dorn, author of Perfume & Pain ""A chilling book by an exciting new voice.""—Vogue (UK) From a blistering new voice in...

Paul’s just here to help, or so he claims—sent by a charity for vulnerable people to do odd jobs for elderly widow Gwen. But for Gwen’s daughter Connie, there’s just something about Paul that rings alarm bells from day one. He’s a little too kind, a little too involved…Worse still, Gwen seems to have fallen under his spell.

Sal Benedict has become one of the most powerful mob bosses of all time. He's an understated man who lives frugally with his wife. But he's also highly temperamental, and he's about to confront an issue that'll make him go through the roof. Someone has kidnapped his son Johnny, a gifted young student at Harvard Medical School. The Irish mob has been taking family members of Italian gangsters for some time, but no one has been dumb enough before to sign their own death warrant like this.

L'incredibile risveglio di Francesco, il protagonista del romanzo, pone dinanzi ai suoi sbigottiti occhi degli inquietanti interrogativi: chi sono diventato e chi sono quelli che mi circondano? Così, senza sapere perché, si ritrova a vivere la vita di un altro con il profondo e sentito rimpianto della propria passata esistenza che, invece, non gli appartiene più. Dovrà salvare la sua nuova vita per non morire un'altra volta.

When I first saw Aria at the auction, it was like some twist of cruel fate bringing us together. There’s just something about her that I could not resist. I had to make her mine. But now that she’s under my power, I quickly realize I’ve gotten more than I bargained for. Aria isn’t just a pretty doll to play with. No, she’s so much more than that. And no matter how many times I try to bend her, she just won’t fully break. When I find out the truth about Aria’s family and where she came from, I know my feelings for her will bring an all-out war against me and my empire.

During a superstorm, Holly Boswell receives a panicked call from her sister, Vivian: Come get me...There’s somebody coming. But when Holly arrives at a Long Island marina, there’s only her sister’s abandoned car. Vivian is gone. It’s all eerily familiar. Holly and Vivian used to play hide-and-seek as children. It was a reprieve from the mental abuses of their parents, psychology professors who raised the siblings as if it were research. Decades later, Holly is reminded of their childhood games.

Senza sosta e senza redenzione. Gente comune unita dal filo rosso del destino, un'umanità esasperata, giochi di ruolo tra vittime e carnefici. Diego Di Dio si diletta con la psicologia dei suoi personaggi costruendo una storia che sconvolge e al tempo stesso commuove. Alisa e Buba sono due sicari. Entrambi sono professionali, spietati, ben noti nell'ambiente. Lavorano insieme, ma non potrebbero essere più diversi.