Showing results for "Depression" in Thriller & Suspense

After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises. The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles.

Eld should’ve known better. Hell, he did know better. But watching lesser men hit big paydays—men who didn’t fight in Europe—grew unbearable. So, when the opportunity arises, he reaches for a little something extra for his family, and even more for himself. With Prohibition expiring in a matter of months, his turn from fisherman to rumrunner was supposed to be temporary. It seemed the perfect plan. Even Maggie, Eld’s normally sensible wife, is on board. Things don’t go to plan.

When a hostage situation turns deadly, Billy loses everything - his wife, his daughter, and his career. Devastated, he heads to Key West to put down his gun and pick up a rod and reel as a fishing boat captain. But former co-worker Roscoe McAuley isn't ready to let Billy rest. When Roscoe tells Billy that someone murdered his son, Billy sends him away.

Hauptkommissar Claudius Zorn wehrt sich verzweifelt gegen die Wahrheit im Fall Schröder – der vierzehnte Band der Kult-Thriller-Serie von Bestsellerautor Stephan Ludwig. Hauptkommissar Claudius Zorn wundert sich. So hat er seinen Kollegen Schröder noch nie erlebt. Schröder ist der hellste Kopf, den er kennt. Aber in diesem Sommer wirkt er teilnahmslos und zerstreut. Selbst als sich bei einem neuen Fall herausstellt, dass Schröder das Todesopfer gekannt haben muss, erwacht er nicht zu gewohnter Form.

Daisy Harrop has always felt like she exists in the background, and since her mother stopped getting out of bed, her life has come to a complete standstill. Daisy would give anything to leave the shabbiest house on the street and be more like the golden Kelleways next door, with their perfectly raked driveway and flourishing rose garden… Winnie Kelleway is proud of the beautiful family she’s built. They’ve had their ups and downs—hasn’t everyone? But this weekend, celebrating her golden wedding anniversary is truly proof of their happiness, a joyful gathering for all the neighbours to see.

One young woman’s summer of infinite possibility takes a turn she never saw coming in “this 1980s coming-of-age tale [that’s] chillingly compelling. Get ready to be transported.”—People (Best Books of the Month) “I haven’t felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street series comes a stunning novel about a young single mother who discovers that the nature of friendship is never what it seems.... Recently divorced, Merilee Talbot Dunlap moves with her two children to the Atlanta suburb of Sweet...

La vie ne tient parfois qu'à un fil. Un acte. Une décision. Le train de 8h00 entre en gare. Alex a un pas à effectuer. Un pas et tout s'arrête. C'est la fin. Et si ce n'était que le début ? Sauvée in extremis par un inconnu frappé d'amnésie, sans identité, le destin de la jeune femme prend une direction inattendue. Elle est sans avenir. Il est sans passé. Elle souffre trop. Il ne ressent rien. Elle ne veut plus personne. Il n'a qu'elle. Tout les oppose et pourtant... Un lien étrange, inéluctable, va naître entre eux.