Showing results for "The Hunger" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Eat Pray Love meets American Psycho in a seductive and sinister debut literary thriller. Food critic Dorothy Daniels indulges in her homicidal urges by murdering her lovers and devouring their organs in this intense, visceral, and lushly told tale of food, sex, power, and the pursuit of a very particular taste set between New York and Italy. Please Note: A Certain Hunger contains adult language and depictions of violence. Discretion is advised.

A must-listen for fans of police procedurals and international crime from Stefán Máni's Grimsson series.

Within the serene wilderness of Minnesota is Dr. Jonathan Arthur's renowned clinic, promising solace for those tormented by their deepest, darkest fears. But when corporate consultant Paul Ondragon arrives seeking relief from his extraordinary phobia, his tranquility is quickly shattered. Because a series of grisly murders is sending shockwaves through the community, each victim mutilated in a manner both brutal and inexplicable. Is the culprit truly a rogue bear, as authorities insist, or does something far more malevolent lurk in the shadows?

1695. Spanish Netherlands. The war between King Louis XIV and the League of Augsberg reaches a pivotal moment at the Siege of Namur. When the besieged French army starts to mount an increasingly fierce resistance, Bastian immortal Conrad Greene and his company of elite intelligence operatives are sent to Liège to track down the traitor supplying the enemy with stocks of a new, powerful gunpowder.

Victim: female. Twenty-two years of age. Reason for investigation: missing person. ID: Alice Morgan. Student. Last seen at a remote religious shrine in Ballyterrin. Alice Morgan's disappearance raises immediate questions for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire. Alice, the daughter of a life peer in the Home Office, has vanished along with a holy relic - the bones of a saint - and the only trace is the bloodstains on the altar.

After a one-night stand with the wrong man, Carla Merino is hiding out in Lost Bay, Alaska, living in a camper and waitressing to stay afloat. She'd taken a memento from the evening (a habit of hers), a photograph from the man's wallet, a younger version of himself and some very important military men. But she quickly realizes who the men are - including Gordon McKint, a billionaire military security and technologies contractor with a secretive personal army and eyes on the presidency.

This is Northern Ireland in the 1980s, and the Troubles are tearing apart the country. Neighbour turns on neighbour as the Catholic/Protestant divide rages on. In Maze Prison, a group of men start a hunger strike, wanting to be recognised as political prisoners, while on the outside, personal lives are also caught up in the turmoil....

When wolf shifter and SWAT Officer Max Lowry first sees Lana Mason, he falls fast and hard. In fact, Max is sure Lana is the one. And the icing on the cake? She's a wolf shifter, too, so he can skip the awkward reveal and go straight to the happily ever after. There's just one problem: Lana has no idea she's a werewolf. To make matters worse, hunters have tracked her to Dallas with the intent to kill her. Now, Max has to keep Lana safe and show her who she really is - and just how much she's come to mean to him.

Das Leben geht zwar immer weiter, aber es wird nicht unbedingt leichter. Jedenfalls nicht für jeden von uns: Martin Kühn zum Beispiel hat das Gefühl, deutlich schwerer zu sein, als es ihm gut tut. In der Seele und um die Hüfte rum. Kühn setzt sich auf Diät. Doch während er sich damit abplagt, Gewicht zu verlieren, um wieder interessanter für seine Frau Susanne zu werden, muss er sich gegen die Intrigen seines vermeintlich besten Freundes und Kollegen Thomas Steierer wehren: Seine Karriere bei der Mordkommission hängt an einem immer dünner werdenden Faden.

On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a terrified woman who claimed to be kidnapped. The man holding her hostage was Shawn Grate, a serial killer whom the press later dubbed “The Ladykiller.” A key to his conviction and death sentence were Grate’s extensive recorded confessions—all extracted by one woman: Detective Kim Mager.

Rick Savage, but they call him Savage and for a reason. He can make you laugh and then rip your heart out. No one knows that more than me, Candace Marks, the woman he left bleeding from the heart. I loved him. Lord help me, I’ve never stopped loving him. Now, I’m engaged to another man, a brutal man I’m trapped into marrying, when to my shock, Savage returns home.

Where Death leads, I follow. Nothing will stop me from my duty—not even the darkness that claims me. It’s the music that leads me from the dark, returning me to my brethren and a new foe that has risen. Learning who hunts Thea could be the key to unraveling what we need to know to defeat our enemy. The Half-Fae’s music stirs a passion within me that I’ve never known. For her, I will break my vow of silence. For her…I will risk everything.

Dive into the eerie world of Evelyn, who must confront a sinister force awakened by a winter storm. As secrets buried deep in the mountains unravel, your pulse will race as you witness the terrifying consequences of a past mistake. Feel the icy grip of dread as shadows loom and the line between reality and nightmare blurs. This is your chance to experience a story that will keep you up listening late into the night, where every whisper and creak draws you deeper into an abyss of fear.