Showing results for "David Ellis" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

“Wildly entertaining.”—New York Times Book Review From the bestselling and award-winning author comes a wickedly clever and fast-paced novel of greed, revenge, obsession—and quite possibly the perfect murder. Simon and Vicky couldn’t seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a...

A USA TODAY Bestseller Bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will surprise readers at every turn. Leo Balanoff is a crusading attorney with unthinkable skeletons in his closet. He's also a diagnosed pathological liar. When a predatory...

Detective Jenna Murphy comes to the Hamptons to solve a murder -- but what she finds is more deadly than she could ever imagine. No. 7 Ocean Drive is a gorgeous, multi-million-dollar beachfront estate in the Hamptons, where money and privilege know no bounds. But its beautiful gothic exterior...

On a hot summer night in 1980, two-year-old Audrey Culter was snatched from her bedroom and never seen again. Twenty-six years later, her brother, Sammy, fatefully crosses paths with the man the police failed to convict for her abduction and murder. A few weeks later, that man is dead, murdered. Private attorney Jason Kolarich is engaged to defend Audrey's brother. But can he trust the people who hired him?

Jason Kolarich has spent the past year struggling to recover from the horrific deaths of his wife and baby daughter. On the night of their deaths, Kolarich was at the office, awaiting a call from a confidential informant named Ernesto Ramirez — a call that never came. Kolarich blames himself not only for the deaths of his wife and child, but for the informant’s murder as well. He can’t bring back his family, but he can find out who killed Ramirez and bring the killer to justice.

From the bestselling author of Look Closer comes a new domestic thriller about betrayal and murder inside one twisted family Siblings Allison and Luke have been through a lot together. They’ve always stood by each other. They’d do anything for each other. When Allison’s husband, Finley...

„‚American Psycho’ läuft drohend, grollend wie ein Unwetter an, und plötzlich schlägt der grausame Blitz ein: Die Banalität des Schrecklichen, die wir verdrängen wollen, trifft uns und zwingt uns, das Unerträgliche wahrzunehmen: die Oberflächlichkeit, die Brutalität, mit der wir uns abfinden. In einer Medienwelt, die jedes Thema lächelnd in drei Minuten abhandelt - vom Holocaust über die Salatbar zum Krieg – ist dieses Buch ein Schuss ins Herz, Picassos ‚Guernica’ vergleichbar.“ Elke Heidenreich.

Ben Casper n'aurait jamais imaginé retrouver le corps de Diana, sa meilleure amie, une agente de la CIA, au pied de son immeuble. Elle se serait jetée par la fenêtre de son appartement. Suicide. Affaire classée. Pourtant, Diana, dont Ben était secrètement amoureux, n'avait a priori aucun motif d'en finir avec la vie... Journaliste d'investigation, Ben pressent qu'on a cherché à la faire taire. Bientôt, il va mettre au jour un complot qui pourrait impliquer les plus hautes instances du pouvoir. Mais, à trop approcher la vérité, c'est sa propre vie que Ben met en danger.

Attorney Paul Riley has built a lucrative career on his famous prosecution of Terry Burgos, a serial killer who emulated the lyrics of a violent song to gruesomely murder six girls, including the daughter of billionaires Harland and Natalia Bentley. Now, fifteen years later, the police are confronted with a new series of murders - and the grisly second verse to the song. Riley is the first to realize that the two cases are connected and that the line between copycat and cover-up has been blurred.

Abbie, Winnie, Serena en Bryah besluiten tot een spontane vakantie naar Monte Carlo. Ze geven zich volledig over aan de luxe van het hotel, het zwembad, de sashimi, de champagne - en de mannen. Hun weekend van grenzeloos genot neemt echter een duistere wending als ze wakker worden op een jacht, omsingeld door de politie. De vrouwen worden gearresteerd en beschuldigd van verschrikkelijke misdaden die ze niet hebben begaan - toch?

Three complete novels from the best-selling Jade Ihara Adventures series by David Wood and Sean Ellis!

Two thousand years ago, the legendary mathematical genius Archimedes was poised on the brink of the greatest discovery in human history when his life was brutally snuffed out. His murder has never been explained. While investigating the strange Paracas skulls - believed by some to be the remains of extraterrestrial explorers - archaeologist Jade Ihara receives an unexpected visit from an old foe seeking her help against entities he calls "Changelings".

Jenna Murphy is geboren in Bridgehampton, een kuststadje ten noorden van New York. Nu is ze er terug, om er te werken als rechercheur. Een bitterzoet moment, want het volgt op de mislukking van haar loopbaan bij de politie van New York. Bridgehampton wordt opgeschrikt door een brutale moord. Jenna is meteen geïntrigeerd: het huis aan Ocean Drive 7, waar het slachtoffer gevonden is, staat bekend als een spookhuis.

Jenna Murphy är en hård polis från New York, men när hon dras in i ett brutalt mordfall i hennes hemstad måste hon konfrontera ett förflutet som hon helst hade velat lämna bakom sig. Nya sanningar har dragits fram ur mörkret, och Murphy måste plötsligt omvärdera flera relationer i sin närhet. Och när flera ouppklarade fall visar sig ha samband med det brutala mordet, måste Murphy ta till alla sina förmågor för att själv inte bli ett offer för den brutala, knivskarpa mördaren ... James Petterson är världens bäst säljande författare just nu.

Radio Spirits is pleased to present 20 classic episodes of Suspense, one of radio's longest running and best mystery anthology series. This collection features programs from the early 1950's as produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

Er lebt in seiner eigenen Welt, abgeschottet, scheinbar ohne Empfindung. Doch dann wird der Kriegsveteran Tommy des Mordes an einer Studentin...

While still mourning a great personal loss, Maddock and Bones are sent undercover to Moscow to assist an old acquaintance Zara Leopov, a navy intelligence officer. Leopov is orchestrating the defection of a Russian archivist who has discovered a crucial clue concerning the fate of a high-ranking Nazi official who went missing at the end of World War II, a man who may have carried with him the most sacred relic of the Third Reich.

Detective Billy Harney hat über die Jahre viele harte Fälle aufgeklärt. Doch als in einem heruntergekommenen Viertel von Chicago mehrere Menschen erschossen werden, darunter ein vierjähriges Mädchen, ist selbst der hartgesottene Polizist schockiert. Alles deutet auf Gangkriminalität hin, und als Proteste laut werden, drängen die Behörden auf schnelle Aufklärung. Harney aber gibt sich nicht mit einfachen Antworten ab und gräbt weiter nach der Wahrheit. Damit macht er sich in einer Stadt wie Chicago, in der Waffengewalt und Korruption allgegenwärtig sind, mächtige Feinde...

On the Texas border, a brutal massacre threatens to ignite a firestorm of violence that will destabilize an already fragile Mexican government and trigger an international crisis that knows no boundaries. The only clue, a cryptic message: The time for Destiny has arrived! Tam Broderick, leader of an elite CIA task force, code-name: Myrmidon, knows that the Dominion - a quasi-religious extremist group - is behind the attacks; now it's up to her and her team to find out what the Dominion's true goals are.

When Navy SEAL Dane Maddock and his squad are sent to find the wreckage of a sunken World War II Japanese "Hell Ship", they find themselves caught up in a deadly race to solve an 800 year old mystery. Can Dane and Bones outrun, outfight, and outwit a cadre of deadly adversaries and find the key to unlock the deadly secret of the Knights Templar? Sunken ships, conspiracies, secret societies, historical mysteries, and all the action you can handle!