Old Suspense

The best week of my life started with a dead phone, a broken down car, and a pack of wild animals.Dead of night. Deserted mountain road. Oh yeah, and a 95% chance of becoming wolf chow. So much for that fresh new life. Then Rowan came. Rugged, fearless, capable. My hero, my savior—all wrapped up in one sizzling, possessive package. All those hot Greek statues were the rough drafts for whoever sculpted this tall stack of muscles and charm. Just like that, I’m safe in his cabin. Shacking up with a hot, confident mountain man. Gulp. The air’s tense around him. Deliciously tense. Mouth-...

Veterinarian Piper is pragmatic enough to know her marriage wasn’t working, which is why she left Dylan a year ago and pretends it hasn’t hurt like hell every day since. Then Dylan calls out of the blue and tells her to come right away for an animal emergency. Piper arrives on the ranch that used to be her home to find her horse savagely killed. She can’t fathom what could have done it. One thing, however, is obvious. Piper still loves Dylan.

Rose Aberdeen and Jahi Adams grow up half a continent apart. Rose in LA and Jahi in the small mountain town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Haunted by a singular devastating loss as a child, the mysterious disappearance of her brilliant, mercurial father, Rose grapples with heartache and self-doubt. Forging ahead, she becomes a clinical psychologist and marries a handsome, renegade surgeon. But ten years and multiple losses later, and amidst a messy divorce, she starts afresh in the small town of Eureka Springs, near her mother and sister.

After 10 years, I'm back home, and my grumpy billionaire ex is asking for a second chance. Returning to Napa Valley was meant to heal my broken heart after being gone for a decade. Gabriel Donovan, the grumpy silver fox billionaire who vanished without a word, shows up with an investment offer and a blazing confidence that stirs old feelings. He was my parents' trusted financial advisor, 20 years older, and the love of my life. Years apart haven't dimmed our spark, but trust is a delicate wine that has lost its sweetness. I tried to hate him; to forget him, but looking into his eyes and ...

The Cornish village of St. Petroc is the sort of place where people come to hide. Tom Killgannon is one such person. An ex-undercover cop, Tom is in the Witness Protection Program hiding from some very violent people, and St. Petroc’s offers him a chance to live a safe and quiet life. Until he meets Lila. Lila is a 17-year-old runaway. When she breaks into Tom’s house, she takes more than just his money. His wallet holds everything about his new identity. He also knows that Lila is in danger from the travelers’ commune she has been living at.

Jillian was 20 years old and she was studying abroad in Paris. She was so busy and she hadn’t seen her loved ones in quite some time, so Sara, Kellie, and Sara’s handsome 54-year-old boyfriend Joaquin all decided to fly over to France and visit Jillian for 10 days. When they arrived, Jillian realized how attracted she was to Joaquin, even though he was Sara’s boyfriend and he was so much older than her, and she felt that he was attracted to her, too. Jillian even found herself alone in her apartment pleasuring herself after the first day, while fantasizing about Joaquin. One evening, ...

Dark and hazy nights were both their sword and shield... Liz Danger surrounded her. Escape seemed impossible. Hope came from the last place she expected. She knew his name...everyone did. But she knew nothing about the man he really was. Or if he had any chance at saving her. Sam The plan was a good one. If it worked. He had the perfect cover story. He’d be the one asking all the questions. Looking for answers was the story of his life and everyone knew it...expected it. This time though...the stories could turn out differently than expected. Sam and Liz knew the trip wouldn’t be easy ...

I was in Springfield on a business trip when I woke up early one morning and decided to call my husband, since I knew he would also be up and getting ready for work, to see how everything was back home. But when he answered the phone, he was acting weird, and then I heard a woman’s voice in the background. My husband said it was just the sound of the TV, but I knew in my heart that he had another woman there and he was cheating on me, so I hung up on him. I sat there angry and upset. We had been married nearly 30 years. Yes, I was a 59-year-old woman, but I was still very attractive. Men ...

British-born nurse Celia Davies runs a free medical clinic to assist the poor women of San Francisco. She has earned the trust and friendship of many of the city's downtrodden, including a young orphan named Owen. Owen works for a real estate company and discovered a dead body in the office's basement. Celia turns to Detective Nick Greaves for help, only to learn that one of the main suspects - the husband of Celia's dearest friend - is an old enemy of Nick's.

I hunt fugitives for a living. But nothing could prepare me for my biggest challenge, Amber, my new assistant. From the first day, she stands up to me in a way no one ever has. As a single dad, I’ve not been looking for love since my Son was born. But she is starting to catch my eye. We chase down bounties, which entangle our lives in ways I never expected. When my son is kidnapped, she is dragged into the crisis, and I’m starting to see her in a new light. I’m realizing she’s not just an assistant – but the missing piece I never knew I needed. As the hunt intensifies, so does our...

London, 1910: Der junge Daniel Pitt, Sohn des berühmten Sir Thomas Pitt, nimmt seinen ersten großen Fall als junger Anwalt an. Russell Graves soll seine Ehefrau kaltblütig ermordet haben. Alle Indizien sprechen gegen ihn, die Verteidigung ist auf verlorenem Posten. Und tatsächlich wird Graves schließlich im ehrwürdigen Strafgerichtshof Old Bailey zum Tod durch den Strang verurteilt. 21 Tage Galgenfrist bleiben Daniel, um doch noch die Unschuld seines Mandanten zu beweisen. Eine Unschuld, an die er selbst kaum glaubt.

Whatever happened to Oskar and Eli? And what became of the beleaguered families in Handling the Undead? Find out in Let the Old Dreams Die. In other tales from this collection, a woman finds a dead body and decides to keep it for herself, a customs officer has a mysterious gift that enables her to see what others hide, and a man believes he knows how to deceive death. These are the stories of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s rich imagination. They are about love and death, and what we do when the two collide and the monsters emerge.

Danielle had just gotten divorced when she met Albert, who had also gone through an ugly divorce. They fell in love and she moved in with Albert and Matthew, from Albert's former marriage. Eight years later, Danielle and Albert were still together, living as boyfriend and girlfriend, and still in love. The problem was that Danielle had recently turned 45 and Albert was 49, and Albert couldn’t get it up and give Danielle the satisfaction she needed in the bedroom. After discussing the situation with her best friend, Danielle decided to drive to a bar in another town and try to hook up with...

Immerse yourself in the mysterious shadows as you embark on a thrilling odyssey through the twelve eerie, supernatural, and spine-tingling tales of 'Tales under the Old Oak Tree. Here, the realms of the ordinary and the extraordinary collide, revealing that beyond mere shadows, the unfathomable awaits.

Actionreicher Cold-Case-Thriller mit cooler Frauen-Power. Old Bones – Das neunte Opfer ist der 4. Thriller der Bestseller-Autoren Preston & Child um FBI Agentin Corrie Swanson und Archäologin Nora Kelly. Ein Leichenfund in einer Höhle beschert FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson ihren neuen Fall: Die beiden Toten gehören zu einer Gruppe von neun Wanderern, die 2008 auf ungeklärte Weise ums Leben kamen. Von einer winterlichen Rucksacktour in den Bergen von New Mexico kehrte keiner der neun zurück – doch man fand damals trotz intensiver Suche nur sechs Leichen.

When Oliver asks his friend Nate the Great to find his lost weed, Nate can't say no. This isn' just any weed. It's a Superweed that Oliver bought from Rosamond's Adopt-A-Weed sale. First Nate must figure out where to look for the weed. Together with his trusty dog Sludge, they search for clues in the woods, the park and even the library! But is the biggest clue right under Nate's nose?

A horse trainer fears his master, Sir Robert Nortberton, has gone mad, and comes to Sherlock Holmes for help. Holmes and Watson swiftly discover that a horrible secret lurks in the shadows of Shoscombe. The last of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories is brought vividly to life by Robert Hardy, known to many for playing Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Bekki was a wild chick in bed, and she was proud of it. Her best friend Kendall, who was also almost 19 years old, knew Bekki was really wild, too. Bekki had gone away to college while Kendall stayed back home, and when Bekki came back for a short visit, she told Kendall all about all the hot college guys she had been hooking up with. One day during her visit, Bekki was feeling so horny that she pleasured herself twice, but it still wasn't enough, so she decided to get in her car and go for a long drive to calm down. But in the middle of nowhere, she realized she was low on gas. Fortunately...

John Stanley takes over the role of the World's Most Famous Consulting Detective in this collection of Sherlock Holmes radio adventures, with Wendell Holmes as Watson! Priceless artifacts, vital plans, and human lives are at stake through eight hours of exciting episodes. This series goes back to basics with 16 classic tales of deductive mystery in the grand manner, mixing original adaptations of the Doyle canon with brisk new stories - including a three-part tale of international intrigue and espionage.

Blanche Tucker longs to escape her drop-dead dull life in tiny Boynton, Oklahoma. Then dashing Graham Peyton roars into town. Posing as a film producer, Graham convinces the ambitious but naive teenager to run away with him to a glamorous new life. Instead, Graham uses her as cruelly as a silent-picture villain. Taking charge of her life, she makes it to Hollywood. Six years later, Blanche has transformed into the celebrated Bianca LaBelle, the reclusive star of a series of adventure films, and Peyton's remains are discovered on a Santa Monica beach. Is there a connection?