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

Milano, quartiere di Porta Venezia. Un vivace microcosmo multietnico dove convivono borghesi e nullafacenti, giovani creativi da ogni parte del mondo e vecchi milanesi. Nella prestigiosa Torre Rasini risiedono i Morigi, una famiglia altolocata e integerrima agli occhi di tutti. L'unica macchia nella loro vita sembra essere la giovane Marianeve detta Neve, una ragazza ribelle e dal diminutivo beffardo, considerando la sua dipendenza dalla cocaina. Tra i tanti tatuaggi sul corpo, ne ha uno sul polso che mette i brividi: la scritta The 27 Club con sotto un teschio.

Eine Fälschung mit verhängnisvollen Konsequenzen. Die Kanzlerkandidatin verspricht eine strahlende Zukunft und den Wahlsieg – bis Ungereimtheiten in der Geschichte der Politikerin auftauchen. Gleichzeitig sterben mehrere Menschen unter mysteriösen Umständen. Haben sie zu viel gewusst? Ein junger deutscher Historiker wird bei Warschau tot aufgefunden. Carla, seine Schwester, glaubt nicht an Selbstmord, vor allem, als zwei weitere Personen sterben, die mit ihm in Kontakt standen.

Rihanna, una joven trans y de Marruecos es torturada hasta la muerte por sus secuestradores en las afueras de Barcelona. Marina regresa de un viaje y descubre que su amiga y compañera de piso ha sido brutalmente asesinada. Yusuf está asimilando el nacimiento de su hija cuando recibe una llamada: la joven no acompañada a la que ha estado apoyando en los últimos diez años ha muerto y hay más: las desgracias nunca llegan solas. Los inspectores encargados de la investigación no tienen ninguna pista y no reciben colaboración de los conocidos de la víctima.

Los habitantes de Santa Rita, con sus problemas e historias, y dos cadáveres – uno, un bebé cuyo esqueleto se acaba de encontrar entre los restos de un muro derribado, en la zona antigua de Santa Rita, junto a unos cuadros muy valiosos de la escuela expresionista ""Der Blaue Reiter"", el otro, un conocido especialista de historia del arte que tenía que hacer el peritaje de los cuadros - forman el núcleo narrativo de la nueva obra de Elia Barceló, un Noir Mediterráneo, con guiños a clásicos del suspense como Colombo o Dexter.

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.

It’s the perfect Special Forces snatch, kidnapping the Vice President of the USA and killing three of his Close Protection Team? For Brit Jamie Strachan, ex-SAS soldier and long-time friend of Vice-President, Phil Beekman, it looks too perfect. The Veep is ex-Delta Force so he knows how to survive. With the help of feisty New Yorker, Clare Holman, Jamie Strachan is able to access the investigation trying to find him. He is soon mystified and damned curious... Beekman is vying for the Presidential Nomination; he needs to be at the convention.

There is a nuclear weapon in the hands of the Vatican City’s deadliest enemy. And time is running out to stop an attack... Marco Venetti, the only man the Pope trusts, is on the hunt for a traitor. He is willing to do anything to protect the church, and the man at its heart. Even if it means getting blood on his hands... But when Marco finds him, the traitor reveals terrifying new information: the name of a Russian mafioso with a grudge against the Vatican and possession of a nuclear bomb. If Marco doesn’t work with him, the consequences will be deadly.

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.

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.