Showing results for "Chance" in Psychological

Quando Jaclyn Blackstone varca la soglia del suo studio, Eldon Chance non può immaginare che quella che all'apparenza è solo l'ennesima paziente affetta da amnesie possa rappresentare il più grave pericolo che abbia mai corso. Il dottor Chance è un rinomato neuropsichiatra di San Francisco nel bel mezzo di un divorzio difficile, alle prese con i problemi di una figlia adolescente piuttosto complicata, con l'invidia dei colleghi e con grane finanziarie che non gli danno tregua.

Cuckoos on the Mersey follows the child protection teams in social services and the PVPU (protecting vulnerable people unit- Merseyside Police) on Merseyside. They are in a constant battle to protect the most vulnerable in society. Leo is a sixteen-year-old in the grip of a violent OCG, struggling to kick his addiction to ketamine. When his neighbour Angela is visited by social services, the social workers can't get an answer. They persuade her children to open the door for them and Angela is found unconscious on her settee.

Maggie McCabe está à beira do colapso. Como uma cirurgiã altamente renomada das Forças Armadas, ela sempre viveu no limite. Atuando em zonas de guerra, fazia de tudo para mudar vidas. E estava conseguindo... até que tudo foi pelos ares. Após uma série de tragédias que culminou na cassação de sua licença, Maggie perdeu o propósito, mas não a coragem e a paixão. Enquanto está no fundo do poço, recebe uma proposta irrecusável de um antigo conhecido, um cirurgião plástico de elite cujos clientes exigem, além do melhor tratamento que o dinheiro pode pagar, a garantia de discrição absoluta.

The "nimble and ingenious" (New York Times) thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author-now in paperback! Shot twice by an unseen assailant, Dr. Marc Seidman lies in a hospital bed. His wife has been killed. His six-month-old daughter, Tara, has vanished. But then a ransom note...

The desert heat can be deadly. But nothing kills like a cold heart. Gertie hasn't seen her siblings since she was a toddler. Now, she's back at the family home she barely remembers, summoned there to witness the reading of her father's will. Shockingly, Gertie stands to inherit a substantial...

Desperate to rekindle the spark in her failing marriage, Amelia surprises her husband, Garret, with a secluded mountain getaway for their seventh anniversary.

When eight-year-old Vinni Stewart disappears from a Jersey shore town, Maddy, her distraught single mother, begins a desperate search for her daughter. Maddy’s five-year journey leads her to a bakery in Brooklyn, where she stumbles upon something terrifying. Detective John D’Orfini sees more than a kidnapping in the plot-thickening twists of chance surrounding Vinni’s disappearance, but his warnings to stay away from the investigation do not deter Maddy, even when her search puts her in danger.

High-powered Atlanta Attorney Sydney Jones never backs down from a case. So when her bodyguard and boyfriend is accused of murder, she’s determined to fight for him in court. Instead, the charges are suddenly dismissed, and he vanishes without a trace. Suspecting CIA involvement, Sydney takes on a lawsuit with Chinese Black Society ties and finds a startling connection to her missing man. But as she digs deeper, she discovers that someone may kill to keep the secret.

When teacher Jack Latham receives the call no father wants to receive, and discovers that his son has died, a strange series of events is set in motion that drastically changes the world for Jack. After a chance encounter brings him in contact with an old pupil, Jack remembers the death of Peter Lamb and a forgotten promise; a promise of murder spoken with conviction.

'Als die erste Kugel in meine Brust einschlug, dachte ich an meine Tochter.'
Als Marc Seidman wieder zu Bewusstsein kommt, liegt er auf der Intensivstation, seine Frau ist tot, und von seiner sechs Monate alten Tochter Tara fehlt jede Spur. Doch Tara lebt: Eine Lösegeldforderung trifft ein, die Marc neue Hoffnung gibt. Die Entführer geben Marc allerdings nur eine Chance, seine Tochter wieder zu sehen. Doch die Lösegeldübergabe geht schief...

In UNA NUOVA CHANCE (Un Mistero di Mackenzie White - Libro 2), l'agente dell'FBI in addestramento, Mackenzie White, lotta per lasciare il segno all'Accademia FBI di Quantico, dopo il suo trasferimento dal Nebraska, cercando di affermarsi come donna. Con la speranza di avere la stoffa per diventare un'agente dell'FBI e di lasciarsi definitivamente alle spalle la vita nel Midwest, Mackenzie desidera soltanto fare una buona impressione ai suoi superiori tenendo un profilo basso. Ma tutto cambia quando il cadavere di una donna è rinvenuto in una discarica.

Als die erste Kugel in meine Brust einschlug, dachte ich an meine Tochter.Als Marc Seidman wieder zu Bewusstsein kommt, liegt er auf der Intensivstation, seine Frau ist tot, und von seiner sechs Monate alten Tochter Tara fehlt jede Spur. Doch Tara lebt...

Magic only has to be right once. Or twice. One time might have been a coincidence. Lucky. But the second time was undeniable. Something magical is happening to Charlie Holiday and he doesn't have the foggiest idea what to do about it. Has he been called to save the world? Maybe they got the wrong guy?