Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

June 1190. A Knight Templar, Johannes von Hartelius, rescues the Holy Lance from his drowning King during the Third Crusade. April 1945. A courier arrives at the Hitler bunker with a parcel. The Führer calls for a vacuum canister to be brought, seals the documents he has received inside it, attaches the canister to a leather case containing the Holy Lance, and sends it away, guarded by a descendant of Johannes von Hartelius.

After selling his dorm-room startup for millions and effectively retiring at the age of 25, Alex Fife is eager for a new challenge. When he agrees to clean up an old PC as a favor, he never expects to find the adventure of a lifetime waiting for him inside the machine. But as he rummages through old emails, Alex stumbles upon a startling discovery: The previous owner, a shady antiques smuggler, had been trying to unload a mysterious object known as the Florentine on the black market.

A priest hears the confession of a frightened prison inmate, and he learns that a man facing lethal injection in 84 hours is innocent. The lead investigator on the high-profile case was his old friend, Sean O'Brien. And now O'Brien has a chance to right a horrible wrong. But he has less than 84 hours to uncover clues to a crime that sent an innocent man to death row.

Meg Hart has taken great pains to create her perfect All-American family. It looks effortless, but that’s because she’s been smart about it. However, on a brisk spring morning weeks before his graduation, her son McClane goes missing. And as the investigation deepens, the police zero in on her as their perfect suspect. Tragedy has struck this family before, and all signs suggest that she is the source. Add in her elusive husband’s strange behavior and inconsistencies in her story, it becomes clear that she has plenty to hide.

1943. Sleeper spy Will Starling has been drafted in to the SOE, joining forces with the French Resistance in the fight against the Nazis; but Will's memory is fractured, and only occasional flashbacks reveal fragments of his past. Despite this, he has not forgotten his pledge to find and rescue his sister, Rose - if she is still alive. When his mission in France is compromised, Will suspects he's been betrayed.

It's 1198. On the eve of his execution, disgraced Templar knight Johannes von Hartelius writes a last confession. The parchment conceals the location of the Copper Scroll, said to hold the secret of Solomon's treasure. In present-day Iraq, John Hart discovers the message hidden in his ancestor's testament. Accompanied only by his beautiful Kurdish translator, Hart sets out to find the Copper Scroll.

Simon Templar heads to New York - to sip cocktails, listen to jazz, and have a good time. But he has a way of making enemies, and a quiet night in Cookie's Cellar sets him on a trail involving drugs, smuggling, dead bodies, a beautiful singer called Avalon Dexter, and finally the loathsome Cookie herself. The battle is on. Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication.

Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit und um das Leben eines Kindes: Sabine Yao löst ihren zweiten Fall - Gänsehaut-True-Crime mit der sympathischen Rechtsmedizinerin Die Spezialeinheit „Extremdelikte“ um Dr. Sabine Yao untersucht auch diesmal ungewöhnliche Todesfälle: Zwei in schwarze Samtkleider gehüllte und bizarr entstellte Tote, die im Wald an einem Gestell hängen, geben den Ermittlern Rätsel auf. Dann wird Sabine Yao an einen Tatort in einem heruntergekommenen Trailerpark gerufen, wo ein Toter zwischen Kinderspielzeug und Perücken liegt.

For twenty years, Greta Davenport has lived with the guilt of surviving the accident that killed her parents. She’s tested the limits of her own mortality ever since, but little gives her the dopamine rush she craves. Not until the night she almost drunkenly crashes her car into a tree, and a peculiar blank card slides under her front door—an invitation to the Found Object Society. What she discovers there is beyond comprehension: an opulent, subterranean playground filled with aisles of objects from different eras and regions of the world.

L'equipaggio del Pingarrón scoprirà, come sempre troppo tardi, di essersi cacciato in un guaio peggiore di quanto avesse immaginato, nell'epicentro di una terribile epidemia di peste nella città di Orano, e che le conseguenze delle proprie azioni potrebbero ripercuotersi perfino sull'esito della guerra che sta devastando l'Europa. Così, ancora una volta, e con la propria vita in ballo, l'insolito gruppo si vedrà costretto a scegliere se fare o no la cosa giusta.

The year is 1925. A labyrinth of roads and rails spirals out from the bones of a nearly forgotten settlement. Londinium. Once the far-flung edge of the vast Roman Empire, it is now the seat of a greater one. Few have given more for the Empire than Colonel Hadrian Russell. Robbed of his four sons by the Great War, he now holds court as the acting president of the Britannia, a prestigious soldiers-only club in London. But when the Colonel is shot and thrown out the club’s front window, it seems the shadows of the Great War may extend further than previously thought.

Bond, ein gebrochener Mann nach dem Mord an seiner Frau durch Ernst Stavro Blofeld, will dem Agentenleben entsagen und gefährdet so sich selbst und seine Kollegen. M, der nicht bereit ist, den Verlust einer seiner besten Agenten zu akzeptieren, schickt 007 nach Japan auf eine letzte, fast unlösbare Mission. Aber Japan besiegelt Bonds Untergang, als er in einer mysteriösen Residenz, bekannt als „Schloss des Todes“, auf einen alten, wiederbelebten Feind trifft. Alle Zeichen deuten auf das Ende des britischen Agenten hin... und diesmal scheint selbst Bond dem nichts entgegen halten zu können.

Markus Heitz schreibt als Maxim Voland! Bei einem Feuergefecht krimineller Banden in Berlin-Mitte vor einem angesagten Sushirestaurant werden mehrere Unbeteiligte im Kugelhagel getötet. Unter den Opfern sind ein alter Oyabun, seines Zeichens ehemaliger Anführer und Mentor eines Yakuza-Clans, sowie ein deutscher Geschäftsmann. Die Leute des Oyabun, die Shibuya Seidō-kai, senden daraufhin das Killerkommando "Oni“ aus Japan, mit einem eindeutigen Auftrag: Sämtliche Mörder des Oyabun sollen sterben! Diese Nachricht versetzt die ansässigen Banden in Aufruhr – und auch die Berliner Polizei.

La résidence K, édifice de briques rouges abritant des femmes célibataires, apparaît aux habitants de Tokyo comme une demeure tranquille pour dames respectables. Lorsque le passe-partout qui permet de pénétrer dans les cent cinquante chambres de I'immeuble disparaît de la loge de la gardienne, les locataires retiennent Ieur souffle. Car la clé n'ouvre pas seulement les portes, mais donne aussi accès aux secrets les plus intimes des résidentes. Certaines femmes ont tout intérêt à brouiller les pistes. Publié en 1962 au Japon, Le Passe-Partout est un grand classique du roman noir. Une pépite pleine de tension délicieusement tokyoïte.

Im ländlichen England taucht ein amerikanisches Diner auf, hell, warm, einladend – aber ohne Strom, ohne Anschluss an die echte Welt. Als in der Nähe eine Leiche gefunden wird, werden zwei ungleiche Ermittler hinzugezogen: Dem zugeknöpften Adam Rubenstein widerstrebt alles an seinem chaotischen Partner Sunil Rao. Doch im Kampf gegen eine neue, bedrohliche Realität entwickelt sich zwischen den beiden eine unentrinnbare Anziehungskraft. Ein spektakulär spannender Roman über die beängstigende Macht nostalgischer Verklärung.

Autrice aux quatre millions d'exemplaires vendus à travers le monde, Angela Marsons signe un thriller plein d'émotion et hautement compulsif sur un cauchemar universel. Qui seriez-vous prêt à sacrifier pour revoir votre enfant ? Les Timmins et les Hanson sont deux familles qui s'entendent à merveille et dont les petites filles de neuf ans sont inséparables. Jusqu'au jour où un SMS vient foudroyer leurs existences : " Charlotte et Amy ne rentreront pas à la maison aujourd'hui. "

Dopo l’attentato subito da Veronica proprio nel giorno del loro matrimonio, il commissario Buonvino, straziato dal dolore, indaga insieme agli intrepidi e scombinati agenti del commissariato di Villa Borghese per capire se, colpendola, gli ignoti criminali hanno voluto mandare un segnale a lui o se nella vita di sua moglie si nasconde qualcosa che giustifichi una vendetta tanto efferata. Intanto, a piazza di Siena viene ritrovato il corpo di un uomo crivellato di proiettili, come se si fosse ritrovato davanti a un plotone d’esecuzione.

Derrière la façade très académique de l'institut St Mary, les équipes d'historiens, de techniciens, de chercheurs ont découvert le secret du voyage dans le temps. Ici, on n'étudie pas seulement le passé, on le visite... Rattachée à la Police du Temps pour traquer le maléfique Clive Ronan, Max est loin de St Mary. La vie dans le futur a ses avantages, mais pas pour longtemps.

À St Austell, petite ville côtière de Cornouailles, Jonathan Kellaway est engagé pour un job d'été chez Walter Wren & Co. Il y fait la connaissance des deux petits-enfants du fondateur de la société, Oliver et Vivien Foster. Une complicité se noue entre les trois jeunes gens et Jonathan est bientôt considéré comme un membre de la famille. 2010. Après une longue carrière dans l'entreprise familiale des Foster, Jonathan se voit confier la mission de retrouver des dossiers mystérieusement disparus des archives. Secrets de famille, trahison, morts suspectes.

Nic Morgan non aveva passato dei bei mesi, ultimamente. Anzi, poteva ritenerli un vero schifo. La moglie Lucy, l’amore della sua vita, era morta in un incidente d’auto a soli ventotto anni. E, quel che era peggio, non era sola; alla guida, infatti, c’era il suo amante. Per Nic, il modo più tragico di scoprire un tradimento. Oltre al danno, la beffa: i suoi problemi personali si ripercuotono sul lavoro e, di colpo, Nic viene allontanato da San Francisco, destinazione Corno d’Africa, dove la situazione che si trova a fronteggiare è a dir poco critica.