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

The year is 1831. Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place, and no one is willing to speak out on behalf of the city's vulnerable poor as they disappear from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible. When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious Rebekah Brock.

Eva Valverde es carterista, tiene dos carreras y viste de Prada. Eva Valverde vive en Barcelona, no roba por necesidad, sino para pagar un tren de vida que no podría mantener con un sueldo fijo. Y, claro, para sentirse por encima de los demás.

Sandra conoce por internet a Eduardo, un chico afincado en Noruega. Cuando decide viajar para visitarlo, se encuentra con una masacre: alguien ha asesinado a Eduardo y le ha introducido los testículos cercenados en la boca. Sandra desaparece al poco tiempo, y serán dos policías noruegos los encargados de dar con su paradero y de averiguar por qué la muerte de Eduardo sigue el estilo de las ejecuciones de la mafia colombiana.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.

Laura Falcó es una autora española nacida en Barcelona en 1969...

Nell'avanzante autunno del 1869, Orta, sul lago, è un borgo tranquillo e forse intorpidito, solo con un fremito di animosità verso i forestieri. Ci vive Enrico Costa, detto il Francesino, ultimo figlio di una famiglia proprietaria squassata dalla disgrazia; vi soggiorna il grande scrittore Dostoevskij, in cerca di un riparo appartato dall'assillo dei creditori; vi scorrono le esistenze immutabili di tanti, ciascuno col suo soprannome, ciascuno con la smorfia tipica del volto che svela a tutti carattere e destino, ciascuno tormentato da qualcosa di indicibile.

Carrie Brennan y Misha Zhukov se conocieron hace un año, cuando ella se grabó mientras lo besaba para obtener fama a su costa. Ahora, ambos han decidido participar en ¡1, 2 o 3!, el nuevo reality del que todo el mundo habla. Cuando las cosas se compliquen ¿pesará más el deseo de venganza o el instinto de supervivencia? Tendrán que darse prisa en llegar hasta el tesoro porque… ¡el tiempo es oro!

Beppe e Mirella Isnaghi, una collaudata coppia di sessantenni, partono alla ricerca del figlio Adriano di cui si sono perse le tracce in Paraguay. Accompagnati da Invención, una abilissima guardia del corpo che li protegge, finiscono per introdursi nell'anima di un paese sterminato, dalla natura implacabile e dalla storia crudele.

Leo Sailer erbt ein marodes Grand Hotel am Kochelsee. Er will den alten Kasten, den sein Urgroßvater vor über 100 Jahren gebaut hat, unter allen Umständen retten, ganz im Gegensatz zu der jungen Managerin Julia Dehne. Als ein verschollenes Meisterwerk von Kandinsky auftaucht, scheint das die Rettung zu sein, aber damit gehen die Probleme erst richtig los.

Solo quería esconderse, no desaparecer del todo.Una novela que nos lleva desde las altas esferas de la sociedad de Nueva York hasta las profundidades de una mente depravada. Zoe Whittaker tiene una vida encantadora. Es una mujer bella y joven, casada con un atractivo y encantador magnate de Wall Street, Henry Whittaker. Ella es miembro de la elite social de Manhattan, y es miembro de una de las más prestigiosas organizaciones filántropas de la ciudad. Tiene un apartamento de ensueño en el barrio neoyorquino de Tribeca y una maravillosa casa en las afueras.

How far would you go to save the ones you love? The first book in a stunning new crime series featuring DCI Anna Tate. When nine children are snatched from a nursery school in South London, their distressed parents have no idea if they will ever see them again. The community in the surrounding area is in shock. How could this happen right under their noses? No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything - or at least that's what they're saying. But DCI Anna Tate knows that nothing is impossible, and she also knows that time is quickly running out.

One early October afternoon, 10-year-old Jacob Rossi begins the short walk home from school. But he never makes it. Days later, DCI Anna Tate is called to the scene of a burning building, where an awful discovery has been made. A body has been found, and the label in his school blazer reads: J. Rossi. As Anna starts digging, she soon learns that a lot of people had grudges against the boy’s father. But would any of them go so far as to take his son? And is the boy’s abductor closer than she thinks?

When DCI Anna Tate is called to the gruesome discovery of a dead woman found on Barnes Common, she is plunged into a high‐profile investigation involving a prominent MP. London is baying for blood - but is there more to Holly’s death than at first meets the eye? Meanwhile, the hunt is on for Anna’s missing daughter Chloe, who vanished 10 years ago when her ex‐husband kidnapped her. The case has been cold for what feels like forever - but a phone call brings a brand-new lead....

¿Quién querría asesinar a Stewart Match? ¿Es posible que se suicidase? La muerte en extrañas circunstancias de un joven de dieciséis años en su propio domicilio hace que los detectives Liz Cromwell y Jeremy Pruner se personen en el lugar del suceso. A pesar de que las evidencias conducen...

Londres, 1930. Maisie Dobbs tiene su propia agencia de detectives en Londres y no le faltan los clientes. Por una parte, Scotland Yard le pide su colaboración para la resolución de un asesinato del que acusan a una joven campesina, y sir Cecil Lawton, un afamado abogado que acaba de enviudar, le encomienda a Maisie una delicada misión: confirmar la muerte de su hijo, desaparecido durante la Gran Guerra. Una nueva entrega del mejor cozy crime internacional.

Aral Kingslayer has nothing to lose - and only justice to gain. Torn apart by the death of his goddess, he must avenge her in order to save himself from being lost forever.... It’s been nine long years since the death of his patron, Namara, and exalted assassin Aral Kingslayer desperately misses the thrill and glory of being a higher power of justice. Now he is haunted by the ghosts of the past - and by the ghost of the lost goddess herself.

Brought to you by Penguin. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A luxury superyacht. And a killer picking you off, one by one... A twist-filled summer thriller, perfect for fans of T.M. Logan's The Holiday and Lucy Clarke's The Castaways When ex-marine Sarah French joins a luxury superyacht as...

Entrevientos no ha cambiado. Sigue siendo una de las minas de oro más remotas de la Patagonia y del mundo. Sin embargo, para Noelia Viader se ha convertido en un sitio totalmente diferente. Hace un año era su lugar de trabajo y hoy es una cruz roja en el mapa sobre el que repasa los detalles del atraco. Tras catorce años alejada del mundo criminal, Noelia retoma el contacto con un mítico ladrón de bancos al que le debe la vida. Juntos reúnen a la banda que planea llevarse de Entrevientos cinco mil kilos de oro y plata.

El tranquilo pueblo de Rockport se despierta con la noticia de la desaparición de uno de sus habitantes más ancianos. Varias patrullas ciudadanas rastrean el pueblo en su busca, pero no consiguen encontrar una sola pista. Al amanecer del día siguiente, el cadáver mutilado y desangrado de un joven desconocido aparece en la playa. Comienza a extenderse el rumor de que no existe ser humano ni animal conocido que sea capaz de un ataque tan brutal....

When a lovely lady steps off a dusty stagecoach in Hangtree, the hardest heart skips a beat - and Sam Heller falls hard for her. What Hangtree doesn't know, however, is that Julia Pepperday isn't who she pretends to be. She is the daughter of the late Black Ear Skinner, a notorious outlaw who wanted his only child to have all the advantages in life and sent her back east. Black Ear Skinner's apple hasn't fallen far from the tree though. Julia has turned her back on the fancy boarding school and set her sights on Hangtree, because that's where Sam Heller has built a hard-earned fortune.

Some call it a spirit, a demon. Others, an all-consuming force of nature. According to Cree legend, it goes by the name of Wendigo. For a hundred years it has been sleeping. Resting beneath the earth. Buried in a godless no-man’s-land known as Resurrection Pass....

He’d done the old man proud. By leaping into the path of danger, Matt Jensen foiled a train robbery in Colorado and the governor himself presented him with a public reward. But what started on the rails has stayed on the rails - and taken on a life of its own. Now, a frustrated outlaw and his murderous posse have struck again - this time kidnapping the governor’s niece. With the power of the law behind him, Matt Jensen, the last mountain man, is riding toward a town called Braggadocio. That’s where Matt will learn how to put a bad man down - and to make sure he stays that way....