Showing results for "Max" in Thriller & Suspense

Jane Austen fan Amelia Bennett sneaks away from a dull tour of an English country manor, only to run into a man more dashing than Mr. Darcy himself. About to lose his ancestral home to family debts, charming aristocrat Tom Calder invites his American guest to join him in drinking his way through the estate’s priceless wine collection. But when they wake in his bed the next morning, they’re convinced that in their drunken haze they witnessed a murder. Problem is, the body has vanished and no one believes them.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

Down and almost out in Nashville, Hannah May takes a job at what she thinks is a telemarketing company. To her shock, it’s a phone sex hotline. Unfortunately, the only role-playing Hannah can do with conviction is as a cash-strapped twenty-five-year-old virgin caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s. If only her callers were into that fantasy. Instead, one of them is looking for a killer.

Legendary editor, Maxim Jakubowski, delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists.

It's a case that ended in a tragic set of events, and one the town would rather forget. But no one can turn tragedy sexy like Hollywood, and whether Levi Fox, one of investigators on the real case, likes it or not, the dazzle of ready, set, action is coming to Cold. Worse than that? His Captain agreed to make him the lead liaison for any and all information about his former partner Grace Murphy. But Hollywood doesn't know all of the details of the real case, and Levi Fox vows to take them to the grave.

Detective Max Rupert's and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons.

Two murders, two funerals, and Cold, Montana, is back in the news. Levi Fox and Ivy Stone need to find a way to move on. But the universe has other plans. Plans they don't see coming at all . . .

With a serial killer's crosshairs on my back, the world as I knew it is turned upside down. The threats are real, the fear is palpable, and my survival? Questionable. Enter Gabriel Fernandez, a hunky detective-bodyguard hybrid with a mission to shield me from danger. Our connection is instantaneous, sparking an undeniable attraction that threatens to melt us both on the spot. But yielding to our emotions could jeopardize my safety, exposing me to danger. Our solution? Draw a line until the killer is caught, then reassess things.

The delegates—or as Kirill thought of them, “The Seven Deadly Sins”—were not people who had brought happiness into the world. For the sake of his own survival and longevity, he had to remain on guard for the entire duration of the conference. Some periods in life are quite literally life-or-death moments, and this conference would be a long series of such moments.

The course of true love never did run smooth for PI Mike Hammer. His secretary and partner, Velda, has walked out on him without explanation, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered - a cop who once worked with Velda on the NYPD Vice Squad. What's more, Mike's pal, Captain Pat Chambers, has discovered that Velda is in Florida, now the moll of gangster and drug runner Nolly Quinn.

Psychologue spécialisée dans les violences faites aux femmes, Siri, elle-même victime d’un trauma dans le passé, est entièrement dévouée à son travail. Elle vit seule sur un archipel isolé près de Stockholm, dans ce qui devait être, avant la disparition brutale de son mari un an plus tôt, la maison de leurs rêves. Lorsque le corps sans vie de Sara, l’une de ses patientes, est découvert sur la plage à côté de chez elle et que la police trouve une lettre d’adieu la mettant en cause, son monde s’effondre.

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha. New York Times bestselling author and “superb storyteller” (Boston Globe), Jess Walter flexes his genre chops and...

Thirteen bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors are contained in this first of volume of a must-listen collection.

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan returns to the Wyoming Wilde series as the third Wilde brother finds himself entangled with his ex-girlfriend after she’s witness to a murder and the killer’s next target. Perfect for fans of authors like Maisey Yates, Joanne Kennedy and...

Dans le calme apparent de Malameria, un petit village andalou où Alano Garcia, célèbre avocat pénaliste, a choisi de se retirer, les jours s'écoulent sous le signe de la sérénité. Pourtant, ce havre de quiétude se voit bientôt troublé. Cela a-t-il un lien avec son dernier et retentissant procès, celui de Vincent Sauriol ? Malgré un faisceau de preuves accablantes et l'indignation publique, Alano est persuadé de l'innocence de son client. Et plonge corps et âme dans la défense du jeune homme.

Vor einer Klinik in der Uckermark wird ein schwer verletztes 17-jähriges Mädchen abgelegt. Wie sich herausstellt, handelt es sich um Lilly Steiner, die seit einem Jahr als vermisst galt. Lilly ist traumatisiert und kann keine Aussage dazu machen, wo sie sich aufgehalten hat. Ihre einzige Erinnerung ist, dass sie unter Raben gelebt und angeblich deren Sprache erlernt hat. Carlotta Weiss und Nils Trojan übernehmen die Ermittlungen und machen in einem entlegenen Waldstück, in dem Lilly angefahren wurde, eine unheimliche Entdeckung.

Sie kommt nach Hollywood, um Schauspielerin zu werden, nicht Pornodarstellerin - und schon gar nicht Mordopfer. Er kommt nach Hollywood, um Drehbuchautor zu werden, nicht Schläger...

Max Donovan, a man who uses his knowledge of far-flung corners of the earth and a fair bit of muscle to "fix things," is relaxing by the sea in Senegal. But his much-needed holiday after a botched operation in Malaysia, where he broke more than he fixed, is abruptly interrupted when a man is knifed on the beach.

En Ciudadano Max, Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa se sirve del suceso real de la muerte del millonario Robert Maxwell, sucedida en 1991 en Canarias, para urdir una trama de intriga, secretos y espionaje internacional. El comisario Arcadio Baeza es sacado de su excedencia para investigar la muerte en extrañas circunstancias del magnate Max Campbell. Pronto su investigación revelará que Campbell era más de lo que parecía ser. Baeza se verá atrapado por una red internacional de espionaje, servicios secretos, estafadores y asesinos en cuyo centro se encuentra el enigmático Max Campbell.

Dos desapariciones sin explicación, una biblioteca enorme y una escritora en busca de respuestas. Después de la desaparición de su esposo, Julia Tompson recibe una petición de Max Ventura. Su propuesta: ordenar la extensa biblioteca del hombre. Poco después de enviar el mensaje, él también se desvanece. Julia intentará descifrar el secreto tras las desapariciones. Contará con la ayuda de Arturo C. Dola, amigo suyo y escritor de novelas negras, y de Eduardo, el joven ayudante de Ventura.