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

In the heart of 1980s Pittsburgh, as the crack cocaine epidemic ravages the streets, Michael "Shine" Ferrell is a rising player in the city's cutthroat underworld. Hungry for more power, he sets his sights on expanding his empire—only to clash with a ruthless rival who controls the city's darkest corners. But it's not just the streets that threaten to swallow him whole. A betrayal at home shakes the foundation of the little he holds dear, forcing Shine to navigate deadly alliances and personal ruin as the epidemic spreads like wildfire.

The young, beautiful, and relentless Lara Cameron has amassed international wealth and power, with equal success in affairs of the heart. But an angry ex-lover has vengeance in mind—a motive that could cost Lara the empire she struggled a lifetime to build.

After her terrifying experience at the hands of the Watchers, Mina has escaped to a cottage on the west coast of Ireland. She obsessively researches her former captors, desperate to find any way to prolong the safety of humankind. When Mina encounters a stranger near her home, she fears the worst – for she knows the figure is not what it seems. Soon, people she has encountered start to disappear.

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams. Mina finds herself in a room with a wall of glass, and an electric light that activates at nightfall, when the watchers come above ground. These creatures emerge to observe their captive humans and terrible things happen to anyone who doesn't reach the bunker in time.

"Porter is a perfect narrator for these action-packed thrillers." —AudioFile on Joe Ledger: The Missing Files, an Earphones Award winner "Listeners will find themselves entranced by Porter’s terrific narration." —AudioFile on The Dragon Factory, an Earphones Award winner "Porter pulls...

Miami. Sonne. Strand. Pille vergessen. Schwanger. Jade befindet sich in ihrem letzten Semester, als sie mit Lawrence und den Chevalierbrüdern nach Miami reist, um sich vor ihrem Abschluss zu erholen. Doch alles kommt anders, als erwartet. Statt eines romantischen Urlaubs, bricht recht schnell Panik aus. Denn Jade könnte schwanger sein. Ob Lawrence weiterhin so entspannt bleibt und ihm lockere Sprüche auf der Zunge liegen, als ihm klar wird, welche Verantwortung auf ihn zurollt? Dabei hatte Law doch ganz andere Pläne.

Jachtfahrten auf dem Mittelmeer, Kurztrips zu den Kanarischen Inseln und den Niagarafällen–die Monets atmen Luxus. Obwohl niemand besser weiß als Hailie, dass es nicht nur darum geht, will sie die Vorzüge ihres neuen Lebens genießen. Doch sie muss auf die harte Tour lernen: Einige Privilegien kommen sie teuer zu stehen ...

Der Auftakt zur heißen Cowboy-Reihe von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Elle Casey. Andie, zu Collegezeiten als Partygirl bekannt, ist heute eine brillante Anwältin auf der Überholspur. Mit ihren Freundinnen fliegt sie für einen wilden Junggesellinnenabschied nach Las Vegas. Genau das Richtige, um sich von ihrem Liebeskummer abzulenken. Im Kasino trifft sie auf Mack, einen waschechten Cowboy mit einem unwiderstehlichen Körper. Das Spiel endet mit einer feurigen Liebesnacht.

In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. At first incredulous, Margaret discovered that this was just the tip of an enormous iceberg. Up to 150,000 children, some as young as three years old, had been deported from children's homes in Britain and shipped off to a 'new life' in distant parts of the Empire, right up until as recently as 1970. Many were told that their parents were dead, and parents were told that their children had been adopted.

After inheriting her uncle's Red River Gorge homestead in Eastern Kentucky - smack dab in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest - Miranda comes up with a perfect business plan for summer tourists: pairing outdoor painting classes with sips of local moonshine, followed by a mouthwatering sampler of the best in southern cooking. To Miranda's delight, Paint & Shine is a total success - until someone kills the cook. As the town's outsider, suspicion naturally falls on Miranda.

A short story featuring Tess Monaghan, New York Times Bestselling author Laura Lippman’s acclaimed private eye Tess Monaghan and Whitney Talbot witness an altercation between a boorish restaurant patron and a shoeshine man. When it is discovered that the mild-mannered shoeshine man is wanted...

Was, wenn ein einziger Brief dein ganzes Leben verändert? Maggie schreibt Liebesbriefe, um sich ihr Studium zu finanzieren. Allerdings an Menschen, die sie nie gesehen hat – im Namen anderer. Dabei glaubt sie seit dem Desaster mit Luke nicht mehr an die Liebe. Doch dann taucht Jaden auf – ein Kommilitone, der gar nicht begeistert ist, dass seine Freundin ihren bewegenden »Antrag«, mit ihr zusammenzuziehen, nicht selbst verfasst hat. Er fühlt sich von ihr hintergangen und will unbedingt wissen, wer wirklich hinter dem Brief steckt.

Nobody wants to go to court, but sometimes ordinary people are forced into extraordinary circumstances. When you’re injured at work and your boss says it’s your fault. When you’re in agonising pain and nobody believes you. When someone you trust takes advantage of you. It's time to make a stand. Faced with injustice, the people you’ll meet in this podcast refused to be silenced. These are the real-life stories behind some of the biggest court battles in the history of one of Australia’s largest personal injury law firms. Restitution is a podcast by Shine Lawyers inspired by the book ...

With hosts Paul, Rob, and Angelo - former chronically homeless, recovering addicts - Beneath the Neon Podcast explores the stigmas surrounding drug addiction, mental health conditions, and chronic homelessness in Las Vegas. Our mission is to provide a platform to discover the humanity that's hidden by the stigmatized, digging deeper to reveal what lies beneath the neon.

Hello to all you Gremlins and Humans! Sunshine and Shadows is a true crime podcast examining cases that have taken place throughout our home state of Florida, hosted by Florida natives and best friends. Join us in the chaos that is our lives as we dive into cases that prove you can't have sunshine without the shadows.