Showing results for "Miles" in Suspense

When college professor Ellie McKay walks into the Maverick Bar in Farmington, New Mexico, late one evening, she plans to get drunk, not engaged. But within 30 minutes, she’s met cowboy Al Robison, he’s proposed to her, and she’s accepted. Al only knows that Ellie is attractive, vulnerable, and single; he doesn’t know that she has been on the run for weeks from a sociopath who killed her surgeon boyfriend in Pennsylvania and raped and tortured her.

Flora is the dynamic leader of an environmental organization set to expose the corporate greed and political hypocrisy that has polluted so much of the Jamaica’s once-pristine coastal environment. Funding difficulties as well as personal crises loom as Flora attempts to take on the big business of the hotel industry despite threats to her life. Old friends and revelations from the past surface to reveal that all is not what it seems to be. A new lover tempts Flora to consider a life that she has pushed away for years, causing her to ask herself the fundamental questions: How does one change a life? How does one change a society?

Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind the deadly Simister gang. After four attempts on his life, he ends up seeking the help of the enigmatic and unorthodox amateur sleuth, Albert Campion. After Campion bundles Lobbett off to a country house in Mystery Mile deep in the Suffolk countryside, all manner of adventures ensue. It's a race against time for Campion to get the judge to safety and decipher the clue to their mysterious enemy's name.

“What happens when three women decide to avenge the murder of their best friend? In her riveting debut, Katie Collum explores what we owe the ones we love, and how ordinary life can change in an instant. I couldn’t put this thriller down.”—Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling...

In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture, brilliantly brought to life through a...

In New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross's propulsive thriller, set amid the drought-stricken oil country of Colorado's beautiful high plains, Ty Hauck makes his long-awaited return rallying beaten-down farmers and ranchers against a giant energy company in a deadly confrontation...

First class can be murder. Pure Air's new LuxeLiner is flying from London to LA - its inaugural journey - with a first-class cabin packed with A-list celebrities. As the feuding crew compete to impress their famous passengers, the handsome pilot tries to win the attention of a pretty young stewardess. But one VIP singer is battling something seriously sinister: watching her every step is a very determined stalker, someone who will go to any lengths to get the star to satisfy their desires. At 30,000 feet there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

Jo was the last person to see Martha Scott alive. She was helping Martha unlock a repressed memory. But during the session, Jo unlocked more than she bargained for. An alter personality introduced himself as the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper - and thanked Jo for setting him free to kill again. As Ferguson’s team race to find Martha’s killer, a series of copycat killings begin, replicating ‘The Autumn of Terror’ in 1888. But if Jack is just a figment of Martha’s damaged mind, who killed her?

"Squid Game" meets "The Hunger Games" in this thriller where modern-day recruits compete in an ancient, deadly game across the streets of Edinburgh. Welcome to the Pantheon Games. Let the streets of Edinburgh run with blood...The Games are the biggest underground event in the world, followed by millions online. New recruits must leave behind their twenty-first-century lives and vie for dominance in a gruelling battle to the death armed only with ancient weapons – and their wits.

In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of The Hydro Majestic; trouble seems very distant indeed...until Harry Simpson vanishes. Croquet and pre-dinner cocktails are abandoned as Rowland begins the hunt. Stockmen, gangsters and a belligerent writer all gather to the fray, as the investigation becomes embroiled with a much darker conspiracy.

"We'll drop anything we're doing [for] a new Randy White novel and be glad we did." (Denver Post) Randy Wayne White's ninth Doc Ford novel starts out as a fun excursion for four divers off the Florida coast. After a tragic accident, only one diver is found alive two days later—naked atop a...

When a legendary ex-cop is murdered in L.A., the pressure's on to find the killer. Lt. Frank Duffy needs his best detective on the case, but his best detective, Ash Levine, quit a year ago. A tenacious, obsessive detective, Ash resigned after Latisha Patton, the witness in a homicide case he was working, was murdered. Without his job, Ash is left unanchored - and consumed with guilt that he somehow caused Latisha's murder. When he's asked to rejoin the force, Ash reluctantly agrees. Getting his badge back could give him the chance to find Latisha's killer.

Ash Levine, the top detective in the LAPD's elite Felony Special Squad, is called out to solve the murder of two young black men found shot to death in a Venice alley. The case is a high priority because one of the victims is the son of City Councilman Isaac Pinkney, a frequent critic of the LAPD. As Ash closes in on the killer, the investigation becomes increasingly complex - and personal. Ash soon discovers he is not just an investigator, but a target.

Endlich auf Deutsch: das Hörspiel-Phänomen aus Amerika, inszeniert von und mit der Sprecher-Elite Deutschlands. Carly Parkers Freundin Yumiko ist verschwunden - unter sehr mysteriösen Umständen. Als sich Carly auf die Suche nach "Miko" macht, stößt sie auf ein rätselhaftes altes Spiel: "Rabbits". Carly ahnt schnell, dass hier weit mehr läuft als nur ein Spiel, bei dem es um Geld und Macht geht - und dass der Schlüssel zur Lösung mit dem Fortbestand des Universums zusammenhängen könnte.

Ten years after the death of patriarch Xavier Bentheim, long-estranged Till Anschütz returns to Berlin for the wedding of the family’s youngest daughter. Till carries with him the disturbing memories and macabre secrets surrounding Xavier’s death. And although he doesn’t know it, his return to Berlin has set in motion a sinister plan.

With old friends like these, who needs enemies? It's a question short, mild mannered detective Edward Newson is forced to ask himself having in romantic desperation logged on to the Friends Reunited Web site searching for the girlfriends of his youth. Newson is not the only member of the Class of '86 who has been raking over the ashes of the past. As his old class begins to reassemble in cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds and passions burn hot once more.

The Bentheims of Berlin take in Till Anschütz, an orphan on the run, who quickly befriends 12-year-old Max. The boys are intrigued by the office where Max’s cold, distant father, Xavier Bentheim, writes his horror novels. And when they get up the nerve to explore, Max and Till are truly horrified by what they discover behind a hidden door.… Till awakens strapped to a gurney. His belly is burning, and a young woman with dead eyes flicks her forked tongue against his face. "We’ve modified you - you’ll like it," a familiar voice purrs.…

Die Fortsetzung des Hörspiel-Prequels "Rabbits". Seit vielen Jahren hat K keine Familie mehr und schlägt sich allein durchs Leben. Es gibt nur eine Sache, die für K die Situation erträglicher macht: K ist süchtig nach RABBITS. Niemand weiß genau, seit wann dieses geheime Spiel existiert. Wann endlich die nächste Runde beginnt. Wer mitspielt. Was der Gewinner bekommt. Doch diese eine Regel ist klar: Die Spieler dürfen nicht darüber sprechen. Und wer gegen die Regel verstößt, schwebt in Lebensgefahr - so wie Hazel, nach der letzten Spielrunde spurlos verschwunden.

Die Fortsetzung des Hörspiel-Prequels "Rabbits". Seit vielen Jahren hat K keine Familie mehr und schlägt sich allein durchs Leben. Es gibt nur eine Sache, die für K die Situation erträglicher macht: K ist süchtig nach RABBITS. Niemand weiß genau, seit wann dieses geheime Spiel existiert. Wann endlich die nächste Runde beginnt. Wer mitspielt. Was der Gewinner bekommt. Doch diese eine Regel ist klar: Die Spieler dürfen nicht darüber sprechen. Und wer gegen die Regel verstößt, schwebt in Lebensgefahr - so wie Hazel, nach der letzten Spielrunde spurlos verschwunden.

Instant New York Times Bestseller “Small Mercies is thought provoking, engaging, enraging, and can’t-put-it-down entertainment.” — Stephen King The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River—an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love...