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

When American millionaire Theodore Racksole and his 23-year-old daughter Nella stumble upon The Grand Babylon Hotel, an exclusive London establishment, they are so struck by the fascinating building that Theodore decides to purchase it. But soon a criminal conspiracy arises that endangers that purchase, and Theodore and Nella must turn detective to protect it.

The Grand Hotel is a horror novel by esteemed best-selling author Scott Kenemore ( Zombie, Ohio) that takes the reader on a thrilling ride through an interconnected series of stories narrated by the desk clerk and the residents of the hotel itself. And while it is not known whether or not the desk clerk is actually the devil incarnate, it is strange that so many visitors who come for a tour of the hotel have a way of never leaving.

Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" (Axios). Now a #1 international bestseller, Billion Dollar...

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a gripping thriller novella about a college football player's investigation into the unsolved disappearance of a local legend who seemingly vanished into thin air. Forty years ago, Herschel Ruggles, the most legendary player on the Mighty Johns...

In this "unflinching and wildly entertaining" investigation of the modern New Age movement in America, a journalist aims to understand how women like Amy Carlson (the leader of Love Has Won) and others become devoutly invested in their beliefs (Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords). Today...

Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of three women coming face-to-face with an internet predator and teaming up to expose them. In 2011, three successful and highly educated women fell head over heels for the brilliant and charming Ethan...

La mort maquillée en suicide de la mère de Lucas révèle des secrets inavouables sur lui et son passé… et déclenche une enquête glaciale au cœur de la vérité. Lucas, médecin urgentiste, ne croit pas au suicide de sa mère, une brillante avocate nantaise et se lance dans une enquête haletante qui va le conduire à chercher la vérité dans le passé insoupçonnable de sa mère et l’aspirer dans une tourmente bien plus dangereuse que tout ce que le jeune homme imagine.

Esta novela clásica de Charles Dickens ha sido adaptada a la pantalla grande y reversionada muchas veces. Hoy se presenta en audiolibro por primera vez en esta traducción e interpretada por Nacho Casas. Pip, un niño huérfano de 6 años, tiene un terrorífico encuentro con un preso evadido...

Miss Jane Marple è nata dalla fantasia di Agatha Christie nel 1930: un'epoca nella quale le signorine non sposate di una certa età si chiamavano ancora "zitelle". E proprio un'attempata ma decisamente arzilla zitella è Miss Marple: tra un lavoro a crochet e una tazza di tè, infatti, finisce sempre per essere casualmente implicata in una serie di delitti che riesce a risolvere facendo appello alle proprie doti di "osservatrice della natura umana" (qualche maligno direbbe più banalmente di "pettegola").

A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing. London was still recovering from the devastation...

"What Hilary Mantel did for Thomas Cromwell and Paula McLain for Hadley Hemingway . . . Moehringer does for bank robber Willie Sutton" in this fascinating biographical novel of America's most successful bank robber (Newsday). Willie Sutton was born in the Irish slums of Brooklyn in 1901, and he...

High Crimes is journalist Michael Kodas's gripping account of life on top of the world--where man is every bit as deadly as Mother Nature. In the years following the publication of Into Thin Air, much has changed on Mount Everest. Among all the books documenting the glorious adventures in...

From the author of Dava Shastri's Last Day comes a gripping tale of marriage, scandal, fame, and identity as a woman grapples with life as the new wife of a renowned Hollywood film producer—perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid. At age 26, Advika Srinivasan considers herself a failed...

Tercera y última parte de la trilogía "Refranes, canciones y restos de sangre". Una trilogía que podrás complementar con "Khimera" y "Konets", audiolibros también disponibles en Storytel. Erika Lopategui y Ólafur Olafsson continúan su camino para destapar la organización criminal que se...

Com pouco mais de 30 anos, Molly Bloom ganhou as manchetes dos jornais ao ser presa pelo FBI por operar fora da legalidade uma das mais milionárias mesas de pôquer do mundo. Bonita e atraente, cortejada por homens poderosos, com um guarda-roupa de grife e montanhas de dinheiro no banco, a Princesa do Pôquer, como ficou conhecida, parecia mais uma estrela de Hollywood que uma criminosa confessa.

306 d.C., anno 1059 dalla fondazione di Roma. L'imperatore Galerio decide di censire i cristiani dell'irrequieta provincia di Palestina con lo scopo di indurli a riconoscere la religione ufficiale e dà l'incarico a Elio Sparziano, fidato ufficiale di cavalleria, storico e biografo. Questo sulla carta, perché ciò che preme davvero a Galerio è mettere le mani sul leggendario tesoro dei Maccabei, nascosto in un luogo segreto circa vent'anni prima. E soprattutto, deve impedire che il tesoro cada nelle mani dell'ambizioso Costantino, pronto a succedere al trono.

In a quiet French town, a crumbling, locked-up manor stirs the curiosity of all who pass it. No one enters. No one speaks of what happened inside. But behind the overgrown garden and shuttered windows lies a story of love, betrayal, and a chilling act of vengeance. When a visiting doctor presses for answers, he uncovers a tale that was meant to stay buried. A jealous husband. A secret lover. A sealed fate. The mystery of La Grande Bretèche reveals itself slowly, with devastating clarity.

"La grande ombre", celle de Napoléon projetée sur les états conquis, est un récit qui prend l'histoire par le petit bout de la lorgnette. De l'Écosse à Waterloo, Jock raconte sa vie et comment le hasard et aussi la soif de grandeur de sa cousine le jetteront dans les derniers soubresauts de l'Empire. La marche de l'histoire n'est qu'un prétexte pour Conan Doyle qui décrit la façon dont la vie s'écoule dans cette ferme paisible avec la menace, dans tous les esprits, du débarquement français.

22 janvier 1905. Paris se presse à la suite du cortège funéraire de Louise Michel, icône légendaire de la Commune. Parmi les ouvriers, la jeune Jeanne Desroselles, travestie en femme du peuple, se mêle à la foule. Idéaliste et militante, cette jeune héritière fréquente depuis quelques mois les rassemblements publics, vibrant des revendications de ceux qui luttent pour la justice et la liberté. Mais ce matin d'hiver sera pour Jeanne le dernier.

Susan has always taken comfort in the peaceful rhythm of life on the Isle of Wight. But when her daughter Zoe invites her to a Halloween ghost walk at a remote castle, Susan has a sense of foreboding she can’t quite shake. It’s meant to be a bit of fun for the group of old school friends, the thrill of an overnight stay behind the castle’s ancient gates. But when one of them is found dead, the weekend away takes a sinister turn. With the castle locked down and the group trapped inside, it soon becomes clear the killer would have been amongst them.