Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Thriller & Suspense

New York, 1939. Comment Harry en est-il arrivé à quitter la femme qu'il aime et endosser une fausse identité ? Et comment aurait-il pu prévoir qu’à cause de cette nouvelle identité, choisie pour protéger ceux qu'il aime, il serait accusé d’un crime qu'il n'a pas commis ? Pour prouver son innocence sans dévoiler qui il est vraiment – ce qu'il a juré de ne jamais faire – le prix à payer s'annonce lourd. En parallèle, Emma, qui refuse de croire qu'Harry est mort en haute mer, part à sa recherche.

Di ritorno da un corso di aggiornamento, durato alcuni giorni, una donna trova il marito ucciso: questa è la sua versione dei fatti... Il commissario incaricato delle indagini si confronta con lei, in ripetuti incontri-scontri, cercando di far luce sul delitto. Perché la vittima, Pietro, non è un uomo qualunque! Ricco di famiglia, attraente, matematico di successo nonostante la giovane età, oltre a suscitare prevedibili rivalità professionali fra i colleghi dell’Università, ha, forse, relazioni extraconiugali. Anche la sorella della vittima aveva motivi per uccidere? Forse.

Evil lurks in the city streets. A man is discovered on a leafy North London street, fighting for life after a brutal beating. DI Matthew Denning and his team are quickly called in to track down the monster responsible. Except the victim is hiding secrets of his own. His name shows that he was reported missing two decades ago - but it's clear that the missing person is not the same man lying broken in a hospital bed. A visit to a squalid East London flat unearths a victim with his throat slit, his body left to decompose.

"It was a person after all, but she was suspended in mid-air. Abi’s heart began to thump against her ribcage as the full horror of what she was seeing became apparent. Her shrill scream pierced the silence, startling birds into taking flight. ‘Help me!’ she cried. ‘Somebody please help!’" When beautiful and bright Hannah is late for their morning run, her best friend Abi thinks nothing of it. Hannah isn’t always that reliable – she’s probably just overslept.

"How do I keep my family safe, when I don’t know why we’re in danger?" When Felicity Wheeler gets the call that her sister has drowned near the old boardwalk in their hometown, she realizes that she is the only person able to take care of her two nieces. Returning home, Felicity discovers that the town she once left is still haunted by the memories of her past: former friends, heartbreaks and secrets. Secrets that might reveal whether Holly's death was an accident or not. Felicity knows that Holly wouldn't just have let the water take her.

How do you prove you’re innocent, if you don’t remember your own name? They find me covered in blood-red flowers on the side of a country road. They tell me my wounds look defensive. But they think I’m guilty of a terrible crime. People from my past – strangers now – help me piece together my story. But who can I trust when I can’t trust myself? I could never have hurt anyone.

El cementerio de cigarrillos es el nombre con el que una bandita de amigos adolescentes bautizó al lugar donde se juntan a conversar, fumar y beber. El protagonista se enamora de una chica, Lafueguito, que está en pareja con un peso pesado de la zona, El Lonja. Ese amor disparará la reacciones del matón y sus secuaces, también las de los amigas y amigos que salen a defender a nuestro héroe, en una trama violenta con pocas rutas de escape hacia la redención.

Nancy Lavelle lies still on the floor. With her eyes looking towards her children’s rooms, her hands are clasped in prayer, as if the last thing she wished for was her children to be saved... When Detective Abby Pearce is called to the Beach House, a holiday home in the most affluent part of Martha’s Vineyard, she finds five bodies. An entire family has been killed in a frenzied attack... all except one. Fifteen-year-old Karin is the only survivor. Sitting in the house, surrounded by her family, she stares into the distance and doesn’t say a word.

Detective Inspector Stanley Low is having a really bad day. His bipolar condition is already ruining another session with his psychiatrist when a sadistic sex murder-suicide at Singapore’s most prestigious hotel plunges him back into a sordid underworld he was desperate to leave behind. Marina Bay Sands represents Singapore’s attempt to become the Monaco of Asia, a sparkling, physical embodiment of the island’s devotion to economic growth at any cost. A murdered prostitute and a dead expatriate ask questions of a society no-one is particularly keen to answer.

Hannah and Charlie have finally achieved their dream family with their two-year-old daughter, Isabelle, after years of heartbreak. However, their happiness is threatened when a global popstar is found murdered in their sleepy Gloucestershire village, and Hannah's past comes back to haunt her. She is forced to make a dangerous choice - risk everything, even her own life, to protect her secrets. Meanwhile, Charlie must navigate his own secrets, which could destroy everything they've worked for.

London is angry, divided, and obsessed with foreigners. A murdered Asian and some racist graffiti in Chinatown threaten to trigger the race war that the white supremacists of Make England Great Again have been hoping for. They just need a tipping point. He arrives in the shape of Detective Inspector Stanley Low. Brilliant and bipolar. He hates everyone almost as much as he hates himself. Singapore doesn’t want him, and he doesn’t want to be in London. There are too many bad memories. Low is plunged into a polarised city, where xenophobia and intolerance feed screaming echo chambers.

När en stor svensk myndighet utsätts för ett förlamande cyberangrepp är frågorna fler än svaren. Vem ligger bakom detta? Och varför? Under ledning av terroristexperten Hannah Kaufman sätter Säpo ihop en grupp som får i uppgift att utreda händelsen. Förutom ödeläggelsen bland Migrationsverkets register har angriparna dessutom lämnat en diskret ledtråd i form av en kodremsa med ordet "Maimonides", vilket visar sig vara namnet på en judisk filosof från 1100-talet.

Un thriller captivant dans une société futuriste digne de Black Mirror. Dans un futur proche, l'immortalité est à portée de main, mais la vie privée est sacrifiée. Lorsque Holly se réveille avec une nouvelle identité imposée, elle devient une « Réplique provisoire » chargée d'infiltrer un groupe terroriste. Sa mission : retrouver et éliminer son Original responsable de la mort de son mari.

El sargento Washington Poe está en la corte, luchando contra el desalojo de su amada y aislada granja, cuando lo citan a un burdel callejero en Carlisle, donde un hombre ha sido asesinado a golpes con un bate de béisbol. Todo hace indicar que es un simple asesinato por parte de un proxeneta, pero su asistencia fue solicitada personalmente, por el tipo de personas que prefieren permanecer en las sombras.

Lazarus a pris le pouvoir ! Sa maîtrise de l'Énergie terrifie le monde de la nuit. Elsie désespère de guérir Gabriel, qu'elle aime, et cherche un moyen de sauver l'âme de son père. Accompagnée de ses fidèles amis, elle fait de nouvelles découvertes, toujours plus effrayantes. Lazarus affirme sa dictature, ne laissant aucun répit aux autres espèces. Elsie doit agir vite, car la puissance de son ennemi pourrait asservir la planète entière.

Madrid. Suite à un appel téléphonique, la police pénètre dans une maison d'un quartier résidentiel pour y découvrir un homme couvert de sang, prostré près du corps de sa femme. Au côté de la victime, l'arme du crime : un couteau portant ses empreintes. Désigné coupable, Gustavo Fonseca écope d'une longue peine de prison. Un an plus tard, Ramon Fonseca, le père de Gustavo, entre dans un commissariat et clame être le ravisseur de trois personnes portées disparues.

Lauren Stilwell arbetar som polis vid NYPD och utåt har hon ett fulländat liv med en framgångsrik karriär och det perfekta äktenskapet. Hon har arbetat hårt för att nå dit hon är idag och hon tänker inte låta något komma i vägen för hennes lycka. Men allt raseras när hon ska överraska sin man Paul på kontoret. Till sin förfäran ser hon honom kliva in på ett av New Yorks finaste hotell tillsammans med en ung vacker kvinna. För att hämnas tillbringar Lauren natten tillsammans med sin attraktiva kollega Scott. Men ingenting går enligt plan.

Kriminalkommissarie Thomas Ravnsholdt, även kallad Ravn, är sjukskriven från arbetet på Köpenhamnspolisens specialenhet efter att hans sambo Eva blivit dödad under ett inbrott. Full av självförebråelser efter Evas död har Ravn flytt till sin gamla båt i Christianshavns kanal i centrala Köpenhamn. Där bor han tillsammans med hunden Møffe – en åldrande engelsk bulldogg med kroniska magproblem. Ravn slits ur sin dvala när en nära vän ber om hjälp med att hitta en ung kvinna som är spårlöst försvunnen sedan ett par år.

Sammanbrottet är nära för polisen Amélie. Makens otrohetsaffär och den interna utredningen för tjänstefel får henne att fly till sin väninna Jondi i södra Frankrike, till Marseillan. Amélie behöver tid att vänja sig vid sin nya livssituation, sin nya verklighet som frånskild och potentiellt avskedad polis. Flykten från verkligheten varar inte länge. En svenska hittas död flytandes i Canal du Midi och Amélie dras in i fallet mot sin vilja, hon talar trots allt både franska och svenska.

Wie sollst du dem Menschen vertrauen, der dich entführt hat? Der Iron Riders MC ist einer der härtesten Bikerclubs der USA. Doch seit der neue Präsident einen menschenverachtenden Prostitutionsring aufgebaut hat, zweifelt Gun an seiner Mitgliedschaft. Aber ein Schwur ist ein Schwur - und so erfüllt er auch den nächsten Auftrag des neuen Präsidenten. Er entführt Lara, die Tochter des Staatsanwalts, um ihn unter Druck zu setzen und von seinem persönlichen Rachefeldzug gegen die Riders abzubringen.