Showing results for "Delia" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Kya nije onakva kakvom je smatraju. Ona je djevojka koja je preživjela napuštanje jednog po jednog člana svoje obitelji. Nedugo za njima, nestao je i Kyin otac, a ona je, sa samo šest godina, ostala posve sama u trošnoj kolibi na rubu puste močvare.

Por anos, boatos sobre Kya Clark, a “Menina do Brejo”, assombraram Barkley Cove, uma calma cidade costeira da Carolina do Norte. Ela, no entanto, não é o que todos dizem. Sensata e inteligente, Kya sobreviveu por anos sozinha no pântano que chama de lar, tendo as gaivotas como amigas e a areia como professora. Abandonada pela mãe, que não conseguiu suportar o marido abusivo e alcoólatra, e depois pelos irmãos, a menina viveu algum tempo na companhia negligente e por vezes brutal do pai, que acabou também por deixá-la.

When Delia Balmer entered into a relationship with the attentive John Sweeney, she had no idea he was a serial killer. At first he was caring but over the course of their relationship he became violent and controlling. On more than one occasion he held Delia hostage and tortured her. Chillingly, he also confessed to the murder of his previous girlfriend. This is her compelling memoir.

At 44, Eve Mozell has a wonderful husband and a creative job. She also has a temperamental teenage son, two headstrong sisters, and a demented old father. As she deals with her family's frequent crises, her days overflow with lengthy phone calls. She is never far from a dial tone. But as her father begins to die, Eve is tempted to disconnect and to sort out her feelings for this difficult man.

Kya Clark er den vilde pige, ”marskpigen”. Hun vokser op i 1950’erne i en hytte ude i sumpskoven ved North Carolinas kyst. Hendes mor og fire ældre søskende forlader en efter en hjemmet, så hun til sidst er alene med sin voldelige far. En dag forsvinder han også. Herefter er hendes liv en ensom kamp for overlevelse i en verden, der kun har foragt tilovers for sumpens fattige folk. En enkelt skoledag i den nærliggende landsby er alt, hvad det bliver til for Kya, som møder barfodet og pjaltet op og straks bliver genstand for de andre børns hån og mobning.

Git O'Rourke is from the wrong side of the tracks - even if, in the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxter, it's not always clear where that designation begins. A single mother, she works hard to support her daughter, Charlie, but still finds time to cut loose every once in a while, to go to a local bar, drink martinis, and find a companion for the night. Which is exactly how she ends up in a hotel room with a strange man passed out on heroin and how she comes to possess the bag of money and guns that he left open as he got his fix.

As the hotel launches an addition to its overnight amenities on a neighboring property, Delia Sanchez MacBride, the Loring’s principal owner and hospitality manager, is haunted by premonitions of disaster. Delia’s worst fears begin to materialize when the hotel’s most macabre secret is literally unearthed, namely when the bodily remains of The Forgotten Fifty, a group of townspeople who vanished without a trace a century ago, are revealed as being buried in the Loring’s basement.

“The Life We Chose—an unforgettable story. A really great read.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino and screenwriter of Goodfellas From Matt Birkbeck—investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix’s #1 movie Girl in the Picture—a revelatory father/surrogate...

Milano, marzo 2020. Anche il vivace quartiere di Porta Venezia cambia volto, dopo le disposizioni governative che invitano la popolazione a restare chiusa in casa. Le strade si svuotano, le convivenze forzate mettono a dura prova i rapporti di coppia e le persone faticano a imparare le regole per contrastare il nuovo virus. Con le saracinesche dei negozi che si abbassano, solo la vecchia e bizzarra magliaia Delia rimane arroccata nel suo laboratorio di via Lecco. Il momento è difficile per tutti.

Una misteriosa piaga di locuste nere, la scomparsa di undici bambini e una bestia mitologica, Ipalnemohua, che serpeggia nel sistema fognario della città sono solo alcune delle catastrofi che si stanno abbattendo su Città del Messico, in questa serie intrisa del ricco immaginario del Messico preispanico.

Una serie que reinterpreta el imaginario supernatural mexicano y la mitología prehispánica. Suspenso y terror que nacen en la certeza de que bajo la Ciudad de México, se teje otra ciudad llena de seres de inframundo que reclaman su momento de salir a la luz. Extraños eventos empiezan a ocurrir en la Ciudad de México: una plaga de grillos negros, la desaparición de 11 niños, una bestia desconocida que se mueve en el sistema de desagüe. Son los seres prehispánicos de la Ciudad de Abajo que luego de 500 años dormidos, han vuelto para recuperar su territorio.

'An unsettling, haunting story...memorable, atmospheric and tense' THE LADY 'Well-written, well-crafted and constantly gripping' DAILY MAIL 'A disquieting and atmospheric psychological novel' DAILY EXPRESS 'A grippingly dark thriller...Great writing from a master storyteller' RED MAGAZINE Norman...

Unter der archaischen Oberfläche von Mexiko-Stadt brodelt es heftig - immer wieder sorgen Erdbeben und Vulkanausbrüche für Angst und Schrecken. Doch in jüngster Zeit werden die Ereignisse noch rätselhafter und unheilvoller: schwarze Grillenschwärme und Blutregen verwüsten das Land, Kathedralen brennen grundlos nieder - und mehrere Kinder werden vermisst. Auch Prof. Fernando Navarros Tochter verschwindet auf mysteriöse Weise.

Quelque chose se trame sous la surface de la métropole archaïque de Mexico. Des tremblements de terre à répétition et des éruptions volcaniques sèment la terreur chez les habitants. Mais les dernières catastrophes naturelles qui ont frappé la ville semblent de plus en plus anormales...et sinistres.

Though Kiara Payne may be a genius when it comes to languages, what she knows of the real world largely comes from books and movies. But after foiling a robbery on her first day as a bank teller, Kiara finds herself thrust into a world of danger, her life resting in the hands of the infuriatingly sexy Italian mafia boss Milo Di Vaio. In exchange for her safety, Kiara agrees to serve as Milo's translator, accompanying him across Europe as he tries to clean up the mess his late brother left behind and save the reputation of the Di Vaio crime family.

Quelque chose se trame sous la surface de la métropole archaïque de Mexico. Des tremblements de terre à répétition et des éruptions volcaniques sèment la terreur chez les habitants. Mais les dernières catastrophes naturelles qui ont frappé la ville semblent de plus en plus anormales...et sinistres.