Showing results for "Gus" in Thriller & Suspense

La vie de Thiago ne sera jamais la même après la mort de sa femme. Pourtant, il n'a de cesse de lui parler, faisant de nous les spectateurs indiscrets de ce dialogue qui mélange le passé avec Vera et le présent « sans » Vera. Loin des circonstances de la mort de Vera, de sa belle-mère aussi effondrée que lui, de son appartement plein des signes d'existence de l'absente, c'est au milieu des bois qu'il cherche à apaiser sa colère, sa rage, sa tristesse.

Joshua Jin is an assistant district attorney whose life is in crisis after the death of his teenage daughter and the breakup of his marriage. Now he has been handed an impossible case involving the savage rape of a 13-year-old girl who refuses to talk. The ex-con charged with the crime was arrested on a hunch. The problem? There is no physical evidence. Jin's orders are simple: pitch a sound bite, dump the case, and save his boss the Chinatown vote during a politically charged election year. But Jin refuses to drop the case; even after he discovers that the opposing attorney is a brilliant, high-priced lawyer - and his one-time lover - who wants nothing more than to crush Jin in the courtroom.

In a city that is already volatile, tensions mount after a Tory MP in Bradford Central is discredited leaving the door open for the extreme right-wing candidate, Graeme Weston, to stand in the resultant by-election. However, Graeme Weston is not what he appears to be, and with secrets jeopardising his political career, he must tread very carefully. Meanwhile, a serial killer targets Asian men who lead alternatives lifestyles and delivers his own form of torture.

The second DI Gus McGuire case audiobook. Murder. Love. Corruption. DI Angus McGuire and the team are back and have their work cut out. Murdered prostitutes and a turf war between local gangsters takes the investigation into Bradford’s immigrant communities, where tensions run high. To make matters worse, McGuire is juggling an illicit relationship with his boss’ daughter and has fraught family relations.

What is the link between the abduction of a little girl and a dead prostitute? When the body of a prostitute is found, followed by the discovery of children locked in an attic, DI Gus McGuire is handed the case. But what at first appears to be a simple murder soon turns into an international manhunt for the members of a twisted child trafficking ring. McGuire, who is suffering with his own emotional problems, must pick his way through the web of deceit and uncover the truth in time before the body count rises. Can McGuire identify The Matchmaker before it’s too late? And can he trust those he is working with?

Septiembre de 1859. Tras la extraña tormenta solar, la ciudad aguarda en una calma tensa: está a punto de cumplirse una amenaza escrita hace siglos. En el silencio resuenan los bastones de un hombre huraño y metomentodo. A su lado camina una joven ciega que puede ver lo que nadie ve. Juntos forman una singular pareja de investigadores: razón frente a intuición, ciencia contra creencia. Una nueva pista les va a conducir hasta un apartado manicomio, y este será solo el principio.

Brought to you by Penguin FOUR FRIENDS. ONE MURDER. A GAME THEY CAN'T ESCAPE 'It was only a game.' Until a boy went missing. 'No one was meant to get hurt.' But a body has been found. 'Just some innocent fun.' Except one of them is a killer. Ready or not, here I come. It's time to play hide and...

Una novela tan desgarradora como cercana, "El umbral de una vida" nos lleva a los dramáticos acontecimientos vividos durante un atentado a manos de terroristas del ISIS en el Museo del Bardo de Túnez. Basada en la experiencia directa de unos supervivientes al atentado, conocidos del autor, esta historia nos adentrará en el miedo, la fragilidad de la vida, el amor, el odio y la trascendencia a través de un testimonio escalofriante por su realidad.

¿Qué pasaría si los youtubers más influyentes del país empezaran a cerrar, de repente y sin previo aviso, sus cuentas en la red? ¿Qué podría estar obligándolos a desaparecer? Tres adolescentes inquietos estarán dispuestos a todo por descubrirlo. Guillermo Barea, un adolescente ciego...