Showing results for "Annette" in Thriller & Suspense

Paramedic Zoe Chambers is used to saving lives, but when she stops a man from running into a raging inferno in a futile attempt to rescue his wife, Zoe finds herself drawn to him, and even more so to his 10-year-old daughter. She invites them both to live at the farm while the grieving widower picks up the pieces of his life. Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams, of course, is not happy with this setup, especially when he finds evidence implicating Zoe's new houseguest in murder times two.

Three weeks before Christmas, an elegant man in a penthouse, a young woman named Carly - homeless and ill with pneumonia - and two calculating thieves invade Maggie’s carefully reconstructed life, and in different ways, each is connected to Maggie’s difficult past. As Maggie and friends in her senior living community nurse Carly back to health, hearts begin to heal with a hope for the future. But all is not as it seems. When faced with the shocking truth, Maggie must rely on her wits, her friends, and her own strength as never before.

On the way to the emergency room, an elderly woman regains consciousness long enough to inform paramedic Zoe Chambers that her fall down the basement steps was no accident. Before she can say more, she succumbs to her injuries, launching Zoe and Police Chief Pete Adams into the investigation of a burglary ring targeting the area's vulnerable senior citizens.

Die achtundzwanzigjährige Tomi Reyes ist eine Dokumentarfilmemacherin, die sich ihren Lebensunterhalt als Rezeptionistin verdient. Was auch wunderbar funktioniert - bis sie unerwartet befördert wird und ihr auch bisher nicht gerade langweiliges Leben völlig aus den Fugen gerät. Zum Beispiel verwandelt sich ihr neuer Chef, der ach so nette Scott Martin, immer mal wieder in einen gruseligen Tyrannen. Dann wird Tomis Ab-und-zu-Freund Justin Thyme ermordet.

On a sultry summer afternoon, paramedic Zoe Chambers responds to a call and finds a farmer's body hanging from the rafters of his hay barn. What first appears to be a suicide quickly becomes something sinister when Zoe links the victim to a pair of deaths 45 years earlier. Her attempts to wheedle information from her mother and stepfather hit a brick wall of deception, one that brings into question everything Zoe knows about her late father, who died in a car crash when she was eight. Or did he?

As Monongahela County's new coroner Zoe Chambers-Adams gears up for a third day searching for a missing woman, she receives the news she's been dreading: a body has been found. What she discovers at the scene leaves no doubt-the missing woman was violently murdered. Worse, the manner of death mirrors the Monongahela Strangler case that terrorized the county when Zoe was in high school. Those murders stopped, but the case was never satisfactorily solved. And with people arriving in town for Zoe's twentieth high school reunion, the memories of those scary days return with a vengeance.

Erik går till kyrkogården för att sätta nya blommor vid graven. Men på väg hem händer det som inte får hända. Erik hör först ett högt ljud, och ser sedan en bil och ett bylte som ligger framför. Och han vet vem bilföraren är. Femton år senare skakas Hjo när ett barnskelett dyker upp på en byggarbetsplats. Kan det vara nioårige Johan, pojken som aldrig kom fram till skolan den där dagen för länge sedan? Ryktet går och lokalpolisen inser snabbt att de måste kalla på förstärkning. Men Johans mamma är säker på att det inte är han.

Tomi Reyes is a documentary filmmaker who moonlights as a receptionist to pay the bills. It’s an easy gig - until she gets promoted, and her somewhat interesting life goes totally insane. For starters, her new boss, Scott Martin, morphs from nice guy to creepy dictator in the space of five seconds. Then, the bodies of her friends start turning up in their refrigerators. Tomi may suspect Scott, but all of the evidence is pointing to her! She’s wondering what to pack for prison, when a childhood pal Nicholas “Nickels” Turino is the (very hot) FBI agent assigned to the case.

Andra delen i mysdeckarserien "af Hjo" där mystik, spänning och relationer varvas om vartannat. Anlagda bränder är ett ovanligt inslag i vardagen i västgötska Hjo. Men nu har det plötsligt inträffat två stycken på kort tid. När polisen identifierar samma skoavtryck på båda platserna blir Helena Groop och hennes kollegor på stationen än mer misstänksamma. Har man fått en blivande pyroman på halsen? På Hjo-kurirens redaktion sitter journalisten Sara Blidh i liknande tankar.

Bag murene i Vestre Faengsel burde der herske lov og orden. Men det gør der ikke. Langtfra. En fange findes død i sin celle. Han har haengt sig. En betjent stikkes ned på gangen. Uhyggen spreder sig. Både blandt ansatte og indsatte. Aegteparret og kollegerne Bjarne og Sanne har svaert ved at slippe problemerne, når de går fra arbejde. Som tiden går, rejser et spørgsmål sig: Hvem er egentlig kriminelle i Vestre Faengsel?

Dorthe Annette Hansens "Et bånd af blod" er en spændingsroman om gammel kærlighed og ny tragedie. Politimanden Mark er i Tivoli med sine delebørn, da hans fortid bogstaveligt talt falder ned i hovedet på ham i form af hans første kærlighed Mia. Hun falder ned fra Dæmonen, og inden hun dør, når hun at hviske til Mark: "Det var ikke mig." Mark begynder nu at grave i Mias liv og opdager den nedtur, hendes liv har taget, siden han så hende sidst for mange år siden.

Under den idylliske overflade i en lille havneby lurer vanviddet. Den lokale praest gennemlever sit livs vaerste mareridt, da hans datter forsvinder. Politiet kommer ingen vegne med opklaringen, og da endnu et barn bliver bortført, stiger frygten i byen. Alle holder vejret, og deres børn inde. Ingen kan føle sig trygge.

Patrick Hamilton is renowned for his gritty, slice-of-life tales chronicling the hopes, dreams and obsessions of London's working class in the inter-war years. This collection brings together his key pieces, together with some lesser-known classics and a bonus 2004 documentary exploring his achievements and legacy.

Agent Kit Morris. Has a nice ring, doesn't it? It's a big step up from "wanted criminal" or "that weird con-artist guy with weirder psychic powers", both of which recently applied to me. But my promotion to MagiPol agent comes with a few drawbacks. First, supremely talented and effortlessly gorgeous Agent Lienna Shen won't agree to a dinner date with me. Second, my new assignment has pitted me against a guild with very bad taste in pets. Third, those pets are demons, and those demons want to kill me.

Annette Marie presents Book One in the Guild Codex: Warped series. Make sure to check out the companion series, The Guild Codex: Spellbound and The Guild Codex: Demonized, available now.

Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Autumn Collection. In Heather Horrocks' charming story, A Hound Dog Named Elvis, interior designer, Kaitlin Hartley returns to her hometown of Aspen Grove, California, to the job of her dreams after a year of specialized training in New York. During the town's Autumn Festival, she enters her dachshund, Elvis, into the Running of the Hallowieners race.

It’s five years since psychiatrist Olivia Hofmann’s husband and daughter vanished without trace, and five years since the body of troubled teenager Lisa Manz was found murdered in a quarry outside Vienna. While the trail of Lisa’s killer has gone cold, Olivia receives an anonymous postcard each year on the anniversary of her family’s disappearance. Who is sending the messages, and why are they sorry? When one of her patients claims he has seen Lisa alive, Olivia joins forces with detective Levi Kant, who was taken off the murder case when he was close to finding answers.

Der Preis für den Sieg über Stephen Thaus war hoch und Anna Gudwin braucht eine Auszeit, um den Scherbenhaufen ihres Lebens zu sortieren. Dafür hat sie sich in die flirrenden Hitze von Texas zurückgezogen, wo sie eine Pilotenausbildung beginnt. Zwischen den Landungen bieten die Lagerfeuergespräche mit Vermieterin Dusty eine willkommene Gelegenheit, die dramatischen Ereignisse seit Annas Rekrutierung Revue passieren zu lassen.

When Rose’s old friend Elise suddenly arrives on her doorstep having just escaped a controlling marriage, she offers her a place to stay. But Elise wants more than a safe refuge, she wants Rose to help her get her daughter back, so that she can truly start afresh with five-year-old Daisy safely in her arms. Every little girl needs her mother, after all. Ready to insert herself into Elise’s old home, Rose gets a job as a teacher, home-schooling Daisy. But when Rose is asked to take the little girl and bring her to Elise, she gets cold feet. Elise’s behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic.

Ein Mystery-Thriller, der im Jahre des Herrn 1293 spielt. Magister Wasmod von dem Knesebeck reist durch ein Italien, welches in banger Erwartung dem Kaiser der Endzeit entgegensieht. Auf seiner Mission, die ihn über Sirmione und Mantua auch in Dantes Florenz führt, häufen sich beunruhigende Vorkommnisse. Unter mysteriösen Umständen trifft ein junger Besucher aus Deutschland ein. Ein finsterer Fluch, den der Magister gebannt glaubte, ist zu neuem Leben erwacht.