Showing results for "Fake" in Thriller & Suspense

On an unassuming evening, a stranger sits down at Olive Anderson's dinner table and pretends to be her wife. But as much as the fake wife has her secrets, Olive just might have more.

“'Fake' is great fun, offering a peek into a world of glitz that most of us will never glimpse firsthand."" —Washington Post From the author of The Boys’ Club, a gripping novel set in the high-stakes world of art forgery that moves across the globe, from the trendy art galleries of...

“You’ll always be mine.” The latest taunt from my stalker reminded me I was nothing more than a possession to my father, to the Reapers, to Archer D’Ath. Even to Kody and Steele. Princess Danvers - the prize. His wife. Archer D’Ath’s wife. I hate them. They lied to me. Over and over again. I knew they were lying, and I hate myself for letting it happen. For believing in the fake relationships I want so desperately to be real.

Still on the hunt for her missing brother, Kayli Winchester's life amid the Academy team comes to an abrupt halt when she and Brandon are kidnapped. Mistaken for his identical twin brother, Brandon's life is threatened unless he helps a team of criminals hack into a secret underground cellular network and exploit it.

Lainey Taylor is being pushed to the brink by her alcoholic husband, Callum. Prone to hallucinations and erratic behavior, it’s only a matter of time before he puts Lainey’s life—and that of their daughter, Beatrix—in jeopardy. A divorce and full custody is out of the question. In Callum’s words: Over my dead body. Lainey’s sympathetic friend Adelaide has a wild solution. They’ll stage a haunting so convincing it will drive Callum out of Lainey’s life for good. Nothing too over the top: strange smells, noises in the walls, and flies unleashed along the windowsills.

The client was young, blonde, and beautiful, and she wanted to disappear. The trouble was she wouldn't say why, and she wouldn't give her name. So Perry Mason agreed to a code of identification based on her measurements: 36-24-36. But according to Della Street, the figures were padded, and as it turned out, so was everything the client said. Certainly the bag full of cash she carries isn't shopping money.

Je pensais que ce serait plus difficile de convaincre tout le monde que le receveur vedette de notre école était à moi et à moi seul, mais j'avais tort. Il s'est avéré que lui et moi n'avons jamais joué le même jeu. Il n'avait pas besoin de me briser pour gagner. Mais il l'a fait quand même.

VIKTOR CRIME AWARD Preisträgerin 2024. Vierzig Sekunden. So lange dauert der Film. Er wird ihr Leben zerstören ... Mira ist fassungslos, als sie das Nacktvideo sieht, in dem sie ihr eigenes Gesicht, ihren eigenen Körper erkennt. Rasend schnell verbreitet sich das Deepfake im Netz und droht alles zu zerstören: ihre Karriere als Lehrerin, ihre Ehe, ihr Familienglück. Doch wer könnte einen Grund haben, sie auf so grausame Weise zu verleumden? Die Suche führt Mira zurück in das abgeschiedene Dorf ihrer Kindheit. Hier, inmitten der dunklen Wälder, muss sie sich endlich ihrer Vergangenheit stellen.

Profiler and therapist Kes Lashibi is shocked when she finds a baby on the backseat of her car, with an unsigned note asking her to take care of him. Kes has a pretty good idea who the mother is - Brandee, a popular social media star with a troubled background, who once lived in Kes's house. Recently, the seemingly bright and bubbly Brandee's videos changed in tone before she completely dropped out of the limelight. Kes is beginning to understand why. And if the internet rumours are true, Brandee's life could be in real danger.

Vertraue niemals deinem falschen Ehemann ... vor allem dann nicht, wenn er ein Geheimagent ist. Paris. Mitten in der Nacht. Eine junge Frau wacht auf dem Gehweg auf – und hat keine Ahnung, wer sie ist. Sie weiß nur, dass sich der heißeste Kerl der Welt über sie beugt. Doch plötzlich fallen Schüsse. Um am Leben zu bleiben, muss sie mit dem mürrischen Agenten Jake (aka heißester Kerl der Welt) untertauchen. Die beste Tarnung? Sich als frisch verheiratetes Paar ausgeben – jedenfalls solange echte Gefühle ihre Pläne nicht auffliegen lassen. Und solange sie ihre wahre Identität nicht kennt ...

Die Journalistin Eva Haller wird am Telefon Zeugin eines Überfalls auf einen befreundeten Kollegen. Sie alarmiert Robert Drosten und Lukas Sommer. Sofort rast Hauptkommissar Sommer zur nahegelegenen Wohnung des Mannes, kann aber trotz der schnellen Reaktion das Schlimmste nicht verhindern. Der Ermordete war genau wie Haller an der Veröffentlichung eines Enthüllungsskandals beteiligt und hatte in den Wochen zuvor anonyme Drohungen erhalten. Ein zweiter blutiger Mord rückt den Skandal um gefälschte Zeitschriftenartikel in den Mittelpunkt der Ermittlungen.

Pour François Berlau, le plus jeune président de la République jamais élu, la première année du quinquennat fut un quasi-sans-faute : des résultats économiques encourageants, un leadership européen revendiqué, une France qui retrouve son rang sur la scène internationale... La deuxième année, en revanche, est infernale, ponctuée par des assassinats non élucidés de personnalités politiques de premier plan, puis par un énorme scandale le visant personnellement à travers le financement de sa campagne. S'agit-il de fake news ?

Nine hours and eleven minutes... That's how long it's been since Ella Hope was left for dead. She lies, unable to move and praying for somebody to find her, as she counts down the minutes and wonders who could have hated her so much to have hurt her so badly. Was it the man she went on a date with the previous evening, the man linked to the deaths of two other women? Or somebody else, somebody who wants her out of the picture so much they're willing to kill? Whoever it is, they will pay.

Thriller i højt tempo. Jule er mange ting. Hemmelig agent, atlet og social kamæleon. Imogen er rigmandsdatter, forældreløs og svindler. Et intenst venskab. Folk, der forsvinder. Et mord eller to. Forhold, der går i vasken.

Sarah Ridgeway is living the life she’s always envisioned. She has a devoted husband, a loving daughter, and a comfortable home. The path to reach it, however, has not always been smooth. For twelve years her husband, Bryce, served in the Army, deployed to some of the world’s worst trouble spots. After his service ended with a combat injury, the future had seemed precarious, but with Sarah’s support and that of his wealthy family, combined with his exemplary service record, he is elected to Congress.

Scarlett Andrews nasconde un terribile segreto. Suo fratello Connor è scomparso da diversi mesi e lei nutre dei sospetti sulla confraternita della quale faceva parte, i Black Eagles. Decisa a scoprire la verità, si iscrive alla sua stessa uni¬versità e si finge un ragazzo per potersi infiltrare all'interno dei Black Eagles. Tuttavia impersonare un ragazzo si rivelerà più difficile di quello che aveva immaginato, specie se il suo compagno di stanza è Kyle Thorne, bello e sicuro di sé. Tra i due nasce subito un'amicizia.

C'est pour de faux, ils sont d'accord sur ce point. Vraiment d'accord ? Quand un inconnu propose à April, actrice en galère, de jouer sa petite amie, elle n'hésite pas longtemps. Rien à perdre, tout à gagner : elle devient, pour une seule et unique journée, la fausse fiancée de Matt, un trader ultra-canon mais ultra-décidé à rester célibataire. Problème : April prend sa mission un peu trop à coeur et enchaîne boulette sur boulette.

Geraldine Steel is plunged into a double murder investigation which threatens not only her career but her life. And then her previously unknown twin, Helena, turns up, with problems which are about to make Geraldine's life turn toxic in more ways than one.

Author Ian Ludlow writes great adventures...but after helping Chinese movie star Wang Mei defect to the United States, he becomes the accidental hero of a real-life espionage thriller. Now he’s stuck with the actress - and suffering a nasty case of writer’s block - when he stumbles into a secret Russian plot using "fake news" to outrage Americans into believing a terrifying lie.

Halloween has arrived in Olmeda, and someone's celebrating by leaving bloody pentagrams all over the city. As the resident official witch, it's my job to figure out what the pentagrams mean and if they're more of a threat than a prank. Extra points if I find out who did it before they ruin the best holiday of the year, one I plan on spending with Ian. But finding the culprit is harder than expected—nobody saw anything and there's no shortage of suspicious paranormals. In the words of my new personal motto: everyone is a suspect.