Showing results for "Leo" in Suspense

Una mañana de otoño, mientras la costa gallega se recupera de los estragos de un temporal, el inspector Caldas recibe la visita de un hombre alarmado por la ausencia de su hija, que no se presentó a una comida familiar el fin de semana ni acudió el lunes a impartir su clase de cerámica en la Escuela de Artes y Oficios. Y aunque nada parezca haber alterado la casa ni la vida de Mónica Andrade, Leo Caldas pronto comprobará que, en la vida como en el mar, la más apacible de las superficies puede ocultar un fondo oscuro de devastadoras corrientes.

Hearing a dying stranger call you by name would leave anyone full of questions. When it happens to private eye Leo Waterman, the more he learns about the late lottery winner's rags-to-riches-to-ruination life, the more he wants not just answers but justice. That means a road trip to Idaho to find out how a good-hearted young man with millions got skinned - in more ways than one. It's all downhill from there as Leo gets roped into an ugly battle between elderly ranchers and a ruthless developer who knows how to make a killing.

Neue Reihe, neuer Ermittler - aber unverwechselbar Leo Born! Der erste Band: Eine grausame Mordserie erschüttert Frankfurt: Die Opfer sind Frauen, ihre nackten Leichen schmückt der Täter mit blutgetränkten weißen Lilien. Die Taten haben eine verblüffende Ähnlichkeit mit einer fünf Jahre alte Mordserie, deren brutaler Täter von der Boulevardpresse "Lilienmörder" genannt wurde. Aber der Serienmörder befindet sich hinter Gittern! Handelt es sich jetzt um einen Trittbrettfahrer? Kommissar Jack Diehl vom LKA Hessen rollt den Fall, der damals den Grundstein seiner Karriere bildete, erneut auf.

Defend freedom. Prevent Armageddon. That's the Zeta maxim when the nefarious Ares organization plots to destabilize world powers on triple fronts across the globe. In Antarctica, Dan Morgan goes on a very personal mission and finds something in the ice that he never expected. In the deceptive calm of the Caribbean, Dan's daughter Alex is hunting a mysterious figure with nuclear ambitions. In the Indian Ocean, Dan's partner Peter Conley confronts a deep-sea mining operation set to unleash worldwide devastation.

After working to free his father from prison in Fox Is Framed, Leo has now left private practice and is working as a public defender in San Francisco. He and his cocounsel, Jordan Walker, are in the midst of trial, brilliantly defending Randall Rodrigues, a mentally ill homeless man whom they contend falsely confessed to the rape of a young San Francisco socialite. After their client is acquitted, Leo and Jordan fall into an intense relationship - until Jordan is found brutally raped and murdered in her apartment.

Alex Morgan's new mission for Zeta plunges her into a web of danger threatening Europe's glamorous Formula One racing circuit. It quickly escalates into a race against time to track down a missing supply of weapons-grade plutonium headed for North America. From a secret prison in Iran, to the glittering casinos of Monaco, to the jungles of Malaysia, and to the dark side of Montreal, Alex is up against a deadly and far-reaching conspiracy. Each step of the way, she's dogged by a shadowy figure determined to destroy her.

God Sees the Truth, but Waits (1872) is the story of a man falsely convicted and imprisoned in Siberia for a murder he did not commit. Tolstoy explores themes of forgiveness, faith, and guilt in this narrative, which inspired a novella by Stephen King and the film The Shawshank Redemption.

Willkommen im Paradies. Wir hoffen, Sie werden Ihren Aufenthalt überleben. Tauchlehrerin Cass führt ihre Schüler zu ihrem ersten Tauchgang vor der wunderschönen Küste von Koh Sang, Thailands weltberühmter Partyinsel. Es soll eine lebensverändernde Erfahrung sein, aber die Dinge geraten schnell außer Kontrolle. Als sie ans Ufer zurückkehren, ist einer von Cass’ Schülern tot, ein anderer schwer verletzt, und sie weiß, dass ihr idyllisches Leben auf der Trauminsel vorbei ist. Denn es gibt einen Mörder im Paradies – und Cass ist sich sicher, dass sie sein nächstes Opfer sein könnte.

Ernesto Parma inicia el viaje de su vida cuando vuelve al pueblo gallego donde nació para ver casar a su prima María. Un suceso tan poco frecuente como un terremoto le hace conocer una realidad que le es ajena. Unas fuerzas atávicas y desconocidas se involucran en su existencia transportándolo a una situación absolutamente desconocida e incontrolable.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Zone comes this second mesmerizing thriller about a woman who must unravel the secrets from her dead husband's past. An explosion rips through New York City's Grand Central Station, destroying the train Karen Friedman's husband, a successful...

Lucien, a centuries old vampire, lives a solitary life, with his mind and heart blocked to the past. But all that changes when he meets Eve, a witch who not only stirs an ancient power within him but who also teaches him to love again. This new life is threatened, however, when a powerful vampire who calls himself the Dark Prince vows to unleash a plague upon the earth. And he's after Eve to help him do it.