Showing results for "The Palace" in Thriller & Suspense

When honorable ex-con Jack attempts to repay an unstable criminal who saved his life, he finds himself and his new girlfriend caught in the middle of a mob war. 

Unearthing a relic might be their only hope, but its location has remained a secret for centuries. A panicked midnight phone call rips Carter and Avery from a remote research expedition in South America. Carter's young niece has disappeared from her summer camp without a trace, and her safe...

Frances Evesham is BACK with her ALL-NEW Exham-on-Sea Murder Mystery set in the small English seaside town full of quirky characters, sea air, and suspicion! 🔎 Perfect for readers of M.C. Beaton and Faith Martin. Have you missed super-sleuths Max and Libby? This time they are in the beautiful...

Captain Dominika Egorova of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) has returned from the West to Moscow. She despises the men she serves, the oligarchs, crooks, and thugs of Putin’s Russia. What no one knows is that Dominika is working for the CIA as Washington’s most sensitive penetration of SVR and the Kremlin.

Elegance and wealth. Privilege and politics. The extravagance of the Butterfly Palace overwhelmed Lily’s senses and nearly smothered her painful memories. She pushed away her misgivings . . . She was perfectly safe in this huge house. Austin, Texas—1904: Abandoned by the love of her life and...

India 1922. When a tiger, turned man-eater, starts terrorising the northern villages of Ranipur, Governor Sir George Jardine dispatches Joe Sandilands, war hero and Scotland Yard detective, to join in a hunt for the beast as the guest of the maharajah. But Joe's suspicions are soon roused about the true nature of his trip. The maharajah is dying and his succession is unclear. The first heir to the throne has already died in a panther-wrestling incident and a second violent death occurs as Joe approaches the city.

In the drought-ridden spring of 1934, Bena Jonnsen, her husband Ted, and their newborn baby relocate from their home in Minnesota to Pueblo, a Western plains town plagued by suffocating dust storms and equally suffocating social structures. Little can thrive in this bleak environment, neither Bena and Ted's marriage nor the baby, whom Bena believes - despite her husband's constant assurances - is slipping away from her.

The Vincents' nightclubs are popping up all over London. The O'Connells plan to get their hands on the Palaces… but gypsies have no place in the Vincents' business. Disregarding the warnings and the rumours of the disappearance of the entire McManners family, the O'Connells plot a scam so...

1879, Victorian London. Will-they-won't-they detective duo Minnie Ward and Albert Easterbrook are looking into two mysterious new deaths. This leads them to the doors of the Spirit Sisterhood, a spiritualist group with a suspicious focus on young women. Minnie smells a rat. Going undercover on her own at the organisation's countryside house, she discovers a strangely compelling world of spirits and ghosts. But, without Albert or anyone she loves, Minnie quickly finds herself in very hot water. Can she get word out before it's too late?

Die düstere und mitreißende Trilogie der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin Kim Nina Ocker geht weiter. Nachdem die Personeschützerin Charlie Blossom erleben musste, dass auch in der glamourösen Welt der High Society Gefahren lauern, will sie herausfinden, wer hinter den Drohungen steckt - vor allem um Gideon Newton zu schützen, für den sie alles andere als professionelle Gefühle hat. Dabei stößt sie auf eine alte Familienfehde zwischen den Newtons und den Favreaus - einer der einflussreichsten Familien der kriminellen Unterwelt.

Read by the author, Tracy Whitwell. Ever since Tanz discovered she could speak with the dead, life became a whole lot more interesting. But after putting herself in grave danger helping to solve a grisly murder, she’s determined to ignore the voices and put all that nasty business behind her...

Brad Thompson found himself in a hidden galaxy with a mansion filled with lots of money. Thinking the palace was abandoned, he took some money and tried to leave hoping to have a better life back home, but things got spooky & frightening. He tries to escape the mystical creatures and the mysterious thrills that is happening in the palace.

明朝嘉靖年间，万花楼头牌名妓颜如玉裸死在房中，身旁的地上散落着几朵白色的木槿花。是情杀抑或仇杀？……明朝嘉靖年間，萬花樓頭牌名妓顏如玉裸死在房中，身旁的地上散落著幾朵白色的木槿花。是情殺抑或仇殺？

明朝末年，万历皇帝朱翊钧消极怠政，常年不朝，导致朝纲紊乱，朋党林立……明朝末年，萬曆皇帝朱翊鈞消極怠政，常年不朝，導致朝綱紊亂，朋黨林立……

The three original spellbooks, source of all magic in the world, have been found, and Ray Lilly has already "acquired" one. Now he and Annalise are on a historic mission to get the other two and they're ready to kill anyone who gets in their way. If they succeed, the Twenty Palace Society will become more powerful than it has ever been and could truly safeguard humanity from both extra-dimensional predators and the people who summon them. But this time their enemies are more formidable than any they've ever faced before.

Ted Willis began his creative life in amateur theatre and journalism before moving into writing for films, TV and radio, and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most prolific writer for television. His best-known creation was the hit police procedural Dixon of Dock Green which he based on the stories told to him by a policeman friend. This radio anthology includes five of his best-loved crime tales from the 1960s, '70s and '80s.

普普通通的年轻人得到一本《皇陵秘术》，他是否能拥有强大的机关破解之术，解开六壬极乐盘之谜？能改变世界所有人命运的“天眼”究竟是什么？帝王陵墓、古代遗迹、远古生物、宗教阴谋……所有谜题都会解开，天眼的终极秘密即将全部揭晓！…… 普普通通的年輕人得到一本《皇陵秘術》，他是否能擁有強大的機關破解之術，解開六壬極樂盤之謎？能改變世界所有人命運的「天眼」究竟是什麼？帝王陵墓、古代遺跡、遠古生物、宗教陰謀……所有謎題都會解開，天眼的終極秘密即將全部揭曉！

林家老宅神秘宝物蹊跷失踪，林教授父子组织一支以找寻失踪宝物为终极目标的队伍，再次打着科学考察的幌子出发了……林家老宅神秘寶物蹊蹺失踪，林教授父子組織一支以找尋失踪寶物為終極目標的隊伍，再次打著科學考察的幌子出發了……

关乎国家命运的五行至尊圣王鼎被藏护在大青山下。火小邪应田问之邀前去盗鼎，贼王后人相继加入。途中一路惊现奇事：潘子竟是金家失散多年的继承人…… 關乎國家命運的五行至尊聖王鼎被藏護在大青山下。火小邪應田問之邀前去盜鼎，賊王後人相繼加入。途中一路驚現奇事：潘子竟是金家失散多年的繼承人……

Bloomsbury presents The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger, read by Laura Kirman. In a period of civil unrest before the War of Liberation, a wealthy and influential couple leave Britain to make a new life in 1950s Rhodesia. Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia 'Ginie' Courtauld in her tranquil...