Showing results for "December" in Thriller & Suspense

After decades of brutal conflict, Terran forces finally capture Commander Gordon Monihan—a feared Spacer officer believed to be part of an inhuman hive-mind. But when Lieutenant Lucian Aris breaks protocol and removes Monihan’s helmet, he finds not a monster, but a man. Imprisoned and cut off from the neural network that once filled his mind with constant presence and connection, Monihan is plunged into a deafening silence that begins to unravel his sanity. Worse still, the Terrans subject him to a tribunal designed to prove he is not human. Every emotion is reclassified as programming.

When an anonymous parcel turns up at the shop where Sophie works, she’s surprised to find a beautifully bound classic novel, one that eerily seems to chime with her own story. Enigmatic Harry lives in a crumbling manor house, spending solitary days patching up leaks in the roof. The subject of unwelcome gossip in the village since his return from London, he prefers to keep to himself. As Christmas draws near and the gifting season arrives, Sophie attempts to get to the bottom of her mysterious parcel.

Den sindssyge læge Dylan McCaffrey kidnapper sin treårige datter, Melanie, og udsætter hende for en række hårrejsende eksperimenter, der kombinerer videnskaben med det okkulte. Da Dylan seks år senere bliver brutalt myrdet, finder man Melanie vandrende nøgen rundt i Los Angeles‘ gader. Hun bliver overladt til sin fortvivlede mor, men vil det nogensinde lykkes Laura at trænge gennem den mur, som Melanie har bygget op om sig selv?

Jay Porter, the newest employee at NorthEastern Insurance in New Hampshire, is investigating an accident claim when he learns the teenager behind the wheel was arrested for minor drug possession and sentenced to a hardcore behavioral modification center. At the county courthouse, Jay meets Nicki, a young college intern, who tips him off to a possible scandal - first-time juvenile offenders being shipped to private institutions for political kickbacks.

Einen Tag nach Pearl Harbor versammeln sich die schockierten Amerikaner vor ihren Radios und müssen mit anhören, wie Franklin D. Roosevelt den Kriegseintritt der USA erklärt. In Los Angeles plant unterdessen der deutsche Spion Martin Browning einen Anschlag auf den amerikanischen Präsidenten. Er will Roosevelt am Weihnachtsabend töten, wenn dieser vor dem Weißen Haus den Weihnachtsbaum erleuchtet. Wer wird ihn aufhalten?

John Wagner bliver blandet ind i en voldelig gidseltagning, og det viser sig, at Decembers mest prominente familie, Ackermann-familien, har en finger med i spillet. Kim Cordell er mere hot end nogensinde, og John er splittet mellem sin tiltrækning til hende og tabet af sin forsvundne kone. Er Sara overhovedet i live? Måske har hendes voldelige ekskæreste Bert Strand svaret? Glæd dig til andet bind i den hæsblæsende serie Døden i December. I denne serie er der ingen, der holder sig tilbage, hverken hovedpersonerne eller deres modstandere.

Layla Reyne spins off from her pulse-pounding Agents Irish and Whiskey books with Imperial Stout, the first installment in the Trouble Brewing series It’s a good thing assistant US attorney Dominic Price co-owns a brewery. He could use a cold one. Nic’s star witness has just been kidnapped...