Showing results for "Peter James" in Psychological

Monty Bannerman's father is a leading genetic scientist and Nobel Prize winner whose company has just been taken over by what will soon be the world's biggest pharmaceutical giant. He had some misgivings about their company ethics - but ultimately, he needs their money, and they need his mind.

Three muffled thuds ring from the partially filled grave of the newly wed girl. Only the verger hears them, and he dismisses the noise as his imagination. But over the next few days, others also hear faint sounds. An exhumation order is granted. Reporter Kate Hemingway sneaks into the small suburban churchyard when the coffin is opened, and the scene she witnesses is so horrific she can never forget it. As she starts work on the story, Kate finds herself caught up in a sinister and macabre cover-up.

Fabian Hightower has been killed in a car crash. At least, that is what a policeman is asking Alex, his mother, to believe. But Alex knows she saw him that morning - at a time when he must have been dead. When the funeral is over Alex tries hard to forget her bizarre experience. But her mind seems to be playing strange tricks on her, turning her grief into horror. When she turns to a medium her worst fears are realised. Fabian has unfinished business and he is determined to come back. But why?

A thrilling tale of suspense from the CWA Diamond winner and best-selling author of the Roy Grace series, read by Matt Addis. Susan and John Carter are crazy about each other, and life is perfect but for one thing - they are on the brink of financial disaster. Surely being a surrogate mother to another man's child won't harm such a strong relationship? Especially when the mysterious Mr Sarotzini is offering to save their home and business - everything they've worked for.

The last time the dream came, Sam was seven years old, and that was the night her parents were to die. Twenty-five years later, Sam's nightmares are starting to come true once more. Now a successful TV commercials producer, juggling her roles of career woman, wife and mother, she attempts to shut them out.

Brilliant scientist Joe Messenger believes that people can be made to live forever. Knowing the human body can be frozen indefinitely, Joe devises a way of downloading the human brain into a supercomputer called ARCHIVE. But Joe's wife, Karen, is worried by his preoccupation with ARCHIVE, which seems to be developing signs of a distinct and sinister personality of its own.

Ross Ransome is at the top of his profession; one of the most successful, and certainly one of the richest, plastic surgeons in the business. Such a man would expect his wife to be perfect - and why not? After all, he has spent enough hours in surgery to get her that way. But when his wife falls ill she turns her back on conventional medicine, and her arid marriage, and seeks help from the world of alternative medicine and a charismatic therapist who promises not just medical salvation. For Ransome, this is the ultimate betrayal.

Charley has a strange feeling when she sees the idyllic mill house with its cluster of outbuildings, the lake and the swirling mill stream - a powerful sense of recognition, as if she has been there before. Except she knows she hasn't. After Charley and her husband, Tom, move into Elmwood Mill, sinister memories of a previous existence start to haunt her. Despite both their attempts to dismiss everything with rational explanations, the feeling turns to certainty as the memories become increasingly vivid and terrifying.

Der neue explosive Thriller von Nummer-1-Bestsellerautor Peter James. Die Stimme des Anrufers klang gehetzt, offensichtlich hatte der Mann Todesangst. Er habe eine Botschaft zu verkünden, denn er, Dr. Harry F. Cook, habe den absoluten Beweis für die Existenz Gottes gefunden. Kurz darauf ist Cook tot, ermordet unter brutalen Umständen. Als Reporter Ross Hunter daraufhin das Manuskript durchsieht, das Cook ihm geschickt hat, merkt er schnell, wie brisant der Stoff wirklich ist. Was würde der Vatikan dazu sagen? Die Atheisten, die anderen Religionsgemeinschaften?

Michael Harrison za 3 dni sie zeni, a poniewaz zawsze uchodzil za zartownisia, teraz paczka jego najblizszych przyjaciól organizuje mu wieczór kawalerski, którego nie zapomni do konca zycia. Po wesolej imprezie w knajpie zakopuja go pijanego w trumnie kilka centymetrów pod ziemia z butelka whisky, krótkofalówka, podniecajacym "swierszczykiem" oraz rurka do oddychania. Potem, kiedy – pijani i rozbawieni – wracaja autem do baru, dochodzi do wypadku, w którym wszyscy gina. Wyglada na to, ze nikt – ani piekna narzeczona, ani matka, ani bliski przyjaciel – nie maja pojecia, gdzie szukac Michaela.

Tiende bind i den populære krimiserie med Roy Grace. Om stor forelskelse og farlig besættelse. Om enhver kvindes værste mareridt. "Rødhåret alenepige på 29. Er du gnisten, der kan fyre op under mit slumrende, ulmende sexliv? Jeg er til sjov, venskab og måske - hvem ved - endnu mere?" Da Red Westwood møder den flotte og rige Bryce Laurent gennem et online-datingbureau, falder hun straks pladask for ham. Men efterhånden som forholdet udvikler sig, opdager hun, at han har en mørk side, der har været gemt under den charmerende facade.

Englands krimikonge Peter James har modtaget den store publikumspris People’s Bestseller Dagger Award for Dødens håndlangere - en stærk nyhed i den populære Roy Grace-serie. En i forvejen dårlig morgen tager en katastrofal drejning for alenemoren Carly Chase, da hun involveres i et trafikuheld, hvor en ung universitetsstuderende mister livet. 14 dage senere opsøges Carly af kriminalkommissær Roy Grace, der fortæller hende, at førerne af de to andre biler i uheldet er fundet tortureret og myrdet. Han frygter, at hun meget vel kan blive det næste offer.

Som barn drømte Jodie Bentley om to ting: at blive smuk og at blive rig. Med en hjælpende hånd fra plastikkirurgien har hun opnået det første, og hun arbejder nu hårdt på det andet. Hendes filosofi er enkel: Man kan enten tjene penge eller gifte sig til dem. Det er nemt nok at blive gift - den sande udfordring er at slippe af med manden igen bagefter. Men øvelse gør mester.