Showing results for "Lux" in Thriller & Suspense

Darkness always precedes the dawn. Landon and Sarah's world is under attack. Can their faith survive the ultimate test? Returning to college, they're ready for a fresh start. But ancient evil has infiltrated the institutions, seeking to unravel their bond. Professors, fellow students—who can be trusted when every friendly face might hide a demonic foe?

Un thriller redoutable et singulier au scénario ambitieux qui pose la question essentielle : y-a-t-il un sens à nos vies ?

Let there be light. My name is Calla Price and I'm broken. My pieces are all around me, floating on the wind, even as I desperately try to grasp them. Who is dead? Alive? Insane? What is the truth? I don't know. I do know this: The darkness is strangling me. With every breath, I choke on another lie. My mind has protected me, but that shield will soon be lowered. All will be revealed. Every answer to every question. It's all been leading to this. Don't be afraid. Be terrified.

One year after a terrible tragedy, the coastal town of West Seven is still recovering from its collective trauma. Deputy Lux Bern is a young rookie police officer with a mysterious past. When an opportunity arises to work with a seasoned detective, Lux jumps at the chance. A girl has gone missing, and Lux is personally invested in the teenager’s recovery.

Lux Bern is not who everyone thinks she is. As her past comes back to haunt her, Lux takes on more responsibility as West Seven Police Department’s newest deputy. When a man named Joshua Fiorello turns up dead, the acting detective rules his death a suicide. Lux isn’t so sure, but no one else believes Joshua was murdered.

Lux Rose is the deadliest female assassin in the country. Killing is in her blood, but it is also her best-kept secret. An arranged marriage is in place to ensure Lux has the contacts needed to continue killing, but when murders start happening close to home, Lux realizes she has to keep her loved ones safe while she weeds out the enemies.

Été 2010. Le commissaire franc-maçon Antoine Marcas est plongé dans un profond coma, après une blessure par balle. À son réveil, il ne se souvient de rien, hormis des cauchemars, de ce tunnel sans fin. Une Expérience de Mort Imminente... Lancé sur la piste de son agresseur, traqué par des fanatiques religieux, le frère Marcas remonte aux origines des rites d'initiation égyptiens. Pour comprendre, il va devoir à nouveau franchir les portes de la mort.

Ein smartes Ermittlerduo, auf das die Krimiwelt gewartet hat, und ein Twist, bei dem sich die Nackenhaare aufstellen ... Ein Must-have für alle, die richtig gute Spannung lieben. Juha Korhonen und sein Kollege Lucas "Lux" Adisa vom LKA Hamburg werden zu einem Entführungsfall hinzugezogen. Das Opfer: die Tochter eines Star-Architekten. Der Fall weist frappierende Parallelen zu einem fünfzehn Jahre zurückliegenden Verbrechen auf. Damals wurde ein Vierzehnjähriger entführt und in einer Kiste im Wald vergraben. Er konnte nur noch tot geborgen werden. Der Täter beging Suizid.

In 1915, a German U-boat sank the British passenger liner Lusitania. Many Americans, including women and children, were among the 1200 dead, so the crime caused a storm of protest in America and helped plunge the US into World War I. In this gripping novel, an insurance investigator and his fiancée help a murdered longshoreman's widow who's been unjustly denied her husband's life insurance.

The Bloodstone Legacy is the story of Michael Murray, a small-town journalist who discovers a link between demonic witchcraft and the killing of the innocents. Two thousand years ago, Moloch, the god of death, transformed his evil spirit from the dark shadows of the underworld to an immortal human body. Moloch becomes David Bloodstone and he and his wife, Lilith, create a monstrous clan of witches known as the Taninsams who own the largest abortion chain in the world.