Showing results for "Eclipse" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The upcoming eclipse was anxiously awaited by Clay Jeffries as he prepared a private observatory on the plateau above his father's ranch near Rawlins in Wyoming territory. Then, he received a visitor with an unusual request. The stranger asked the ex-professor if he would tutor his frumpy but brilliant daughter in astronomy. Clay reluctantly agreed, but only if she proved to be an exceptional student. While the young girl surely proved to be both brilliant and frumpy, her arrival also brought with it many potentially deadly consequences that neither she nor her father realized.

Hannah Harte remembers the long-ago night on the beach that revealed Rafe as more than just "that disreputable Madison boy." And Rafe remembers the heroic gesture that proved Hannah's fierce spirit was stronger than any feud—and saved him from near-certain imprisonment. Now—reunited by a surprising inheritance after years of living their separate lives—Rafe and Hannah return to Eclipse Bay, and the hostilities that still divide, and bind, their families. And they are discovering something that is at once delightful and deeply disturbing.

As a centaur, Deputy Jake Majoy (Deputy March) is immortal and has seen and done a lot in his 500 years; enough to know Everlasting feels like home. It’s been perfect for him to fade away and blend in; you see, the town is anything but normal - and the locals protect their own. So when a newcomer ends up in their midst at the same time things go missing around town, it’s his duty to step in to restore law and order. But the pull he feels to the woman is anything but part of the job.

In a novel of international intrigue, an American lawyer, Damon Pierce, attempts to save Bobby Okari, the West African leader of a protest movement, from execution by the country’s corrupt and autocratic leader. Pierce is in a race against time, and as the complex trial—involving terrorism...

Damon Pierce's life has just reached a defining moment: a gifted California lawyer, he's being divorced by his wife and his work often seems soulless. Then he receives a frantic e-mail from Marissa Brand Okari—a woman he loved years ago—and decides to risk everything to respond to her plea for help. Marissa's husband, Bobby Okari, is the charismatic leader of a freedom movement in the volatile west African nation of Luandia, which is being torn apart by the world's craving for its vast supply of oil.

Summer has arrived in Eclipse Bay and things are definitely heating up between the Hartes and the Madisons. It seems that the mysterious new gallery owner, Octavia Brightwell, is thinking about having a scandalous fling with that rogue Nick Harte before she leaves town. As far as Nick is concerned, a short-term affair sounds perfect. But it isn't going to be easy. One big obstacle is Mitchell Madison. For reasons of his own, Mitchell has taken it upon himself to play guardian to Octavia. He's made it clear that if Nick fools around with her, there will be a price to pay.

The spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case—the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government's charge of murder Damon Pierce's life has just reached a defining moment: a gifted California lawyer, he's being divorced by his wife and...

Sixteen years ago a little girl was abducted during the darkness of a solar eclipse while her older sister Cassie was supposed to be watching her. She was never seen again. When a local girl goes missing just before the next big eclipse, Cassie who has returned to her home town to care for her ailing grandmother suspects the disappearance is connected to her sister: that whoever took Olive is still out there. But she needs to find a way to prove it, and time is running out.

Claudius wanted to be the first man to reach the stars. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't.... but one thing is certain: It was murder getting there. The story opens with Claudius drifting alone in space, awaiting rescue and pondering the speck of light he can see in the distance. As events unfold, Claudius continues to drift and get more and more anxious while he thinks back along the paths that led him here, from his possibly-abusive childhood to the mutiny that caused the wreck of his mission.

When a celebrity chef dies after a dramatic event at the Crescent Moon Inn, innkeeper and part-time sleuth Amelia Matthews finds herself juggling magical mayhem, suspicious guests, and a daughter who’s suddenly back in town—and not happy about her mom’s witchy lifestyle.

Every woman in my life has let me down, hurt me, or abandoned me. Which is why the only female I hold close to my heart is Hallie—my daughter. But being a single father comes with certain challenges, so I hire a nanny. Someone who can do her hair, tell her stories, and be the motherly figure she doesn’t have. When Mia starts, I know she’ll be perfect, but I have to keep her at arm's length. I tell myself it’s because I don’t know how to fix her broken soul from the past she’s so desperate to hide, but in reality, it’s more.

A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming of age in the wake of immense loss and her mission to know the woman who gave her life. When Sarah Perry was 12, she saw a partial eclipse of the sun, an event she took as a sign of good fortune for her and her mother, Crystal. But that brief moment of darkness ultimately foreshadowed a much larger one: two days later Crystal was murdered in their home in rural Maine, just a few feet from Sarah's bedroom.

One of Case City's most skilled assassins, Jackson Cole is a wanted man. After annihilating his latest target, he quickly learns the prominent man's identity. Now, a perilous enemy seeks revenge, and rival guilds look to take advantage of his vulnerability. For Jackson, it's become kill or be killed, but will a steady aim be enough to take on the entire city?

Saul est un fantôme au sein du MC. Lorsque Gabriella débarque au QG après des circonstances tragiques, elle s'attache malgré elle à ce géant discret au sang-froid légendaire. Fidèle à sa réputation d'homme inébranlable, le biker nie l'alchimie et l'attraction qui les lient. Cependant, c'était sans compter la combativité et l'obstination de la jeune femme. Les Fire Eagles reprennent du service pour un troisième tome à haut risque. Le club s'apprête à faire face à une crise sans précédent.

Harry Hole se ha mudado a Los Ángeles, ya nada le retiene en Noruega después de perder todo lo que daba sentido a su vida. Allí lo rescata de su deriva alcohólica Lucille, una veterana actriz de cine que, a cambio de su protección, le ofrece un techo, un traje a medida y unos zapatos de lujo. Mientras, en Oslo, ha aparecido muerta una chica a la que buscaban hacía días, después de acudir a una fiesta organizada por Markus Røed, un magnate inmobiliario que era su sugar daddy.

Muriel y Morgan son gemelos y están tan conectados que les cuesta descubrir su identidad individual. Con una madre enferma y un padre narcisista, su vida no es nada fácil. La situación se vuelve aún más difícil cuando su tía Mallory muere en un misterioso accidente en el mar, revelando una antigua maldición familiar. Los gemelos deciden investigar la verdad sobre su familia y el enigma del accidente de su tía. Pronto descubren que todo lo que creían real es solo una ilusión, y que deberán apoyarse mutuamente y confiar en su fe para mantener a la familia unida.

A lunar eclipse moves over Hollow's Glenn and brings the strange disappearance of a close MacKinnon family friend and the discovery of a dead neighbor on her property. With a lack of evidence but continued paranormal happenings around town, Autumn and her coven must unravel the web of deception that hides under the surface.

À Oslo, deux jeunes femmes sont retrouvées, l’une sans cerveau, l’autre décapitée. Soupçonné, l’exécrable Markus Røed, magnat de l’immobilier, charge son avocat d’engager un détective, le meilleur, pour le disculper. Hole, exclu de la police, serait l’homme de la situation s’il n’était en train de se soûler méthodiquement dans un bar de Los Angeles en compagnie de Lucille, actrice vieillissante qui doit 960 000 dollars à des recouvreurs de dette mexicains.

A rogue AI in a miniskirt is walking around the lunar colony blackmailing and killing people, forcing Kate Devana, a retired Marine and Space Force Guardian, to come out of semi-retirement. She returns to find it’s become the new Wild West. The powers that be don’t like her much because the last time she was there, she blew the place up. But the colony isn’t big enough for all of them.

Here are four psychological thrillers where love and shame collide, creating a warped kind of sexual chemistry. Abduction, paranoia, addiction, and obsession thicken the mix.