Romance Mystery Psychological

I thought I had found the perfect guy. Jake was handsome and sexy, and had eyes that could get me to do just about anything. The problem? The thought of being in love scared the hell out of me, so I called it quits and ran before I got in any deeper, driving off into a crazy winter storm. When I woke up the next day, I was in a strange hospital and slowly came to the realization that I was being drugged and held there against my will by my ex-boyfriend Jake.

Think you know what is going on in this world? Think you know the people you know? Well, look again, as love and business and humanity may never look the same. Listen to this psychological and sci-fi thriller and yes, strange romance story, to get a glimpse of the truth, as the future may already be here now.

Two days after Christmas, two in the afternoon, two passengers must face the storm to prevail against the darkness. Maggie Espinoza needs to get away from Portland, Oregon, from a blown out past and a bleak future. She figures taking the Express train to balmy Southern California to start over is just what she needs. Two days after Christmas, while everyone is preparing for the New Year, she makes her escape during the worst blizzard the state has ever seen.

Laurie Walsh war eine erfolgreiche Polizistin. Bis sie aus Notwehr schießen musste - und ein Mensch starb. Die Bilder verfolgen sie jede Nacht - selbst jetzt, mehr als ein Jahr später. Doch dann meldet sich ihr ehemaliger Partner Jake und bittet sie um Hilfe bei einem Fall. Und Laurie wird klar, wie sehr ihr Herz noch an der Polizeiarbeit hängt. Immer wieder hilft sie Jake fortan bei harten Fällen, die die Ermittler tief erschüttern. Und gerät dabei nicht selten selbst ins Visier der Täter.

Laurie Walsh war eine erfolgreiche Polizistin. Bis sie aus Notwehr schießen musste - und ein Mensch starb. Die Bilder verfolgen sie jede Nacht - selbst jetzt, mehr als ein Jahr später. Doch dann meldet sich ihr ehemaliger Partner Jake und bittet sie um Hilfe bei einem Fall. Und Laurie wird klar, wie sehr ihr Herz noch an der Polizeiarbeit hängt. Immer wieder hilft sie Jake fortan bei harten Fällen, die die Ermittler tief erschüttern. Und gerät dabei nicht selten selbst ins Visier der Täter.

Laurie Walsh war eine erfolgreiche Polizistin. Bis sie aus Notwehr schießen musste - und ein Mensch starb. Die Bilder verfolgen sie jede Nacht - selbst jetzt, mehr als ein Jahr später. Doch dann meldet sich ihr ehemaliger Partner Jake und bittet sie um Hilfe bei einem Fall. Und Laurie wird klar, wie sehr ihr Herz noch an der Polizeiarbeit hängt. Immer wieder hilft sie Jake fortan bei harten Fällen, die die Ermittler tief erschüttern. Und gerät dabei nicht selten selbst ins Visier der Täter...Folge 4 - Falsches Vertrauen.

Madison is booming with dreamers and drifters, visionaries and entrepreneurs. Among them is Sydney Richardson, the daughter of a cop who died on these streets and now the proud, stressed-out owner of Hush Money, one of the city's top new restaurants. Like everyone else in town, Sydney is shocked when Madison's popular mayor - a crusty, charismatic man of the people - is shot to death in his own home. But the news hits especially close to home for Sydney because one of her own stands accused of the brutal crime. Sydney's the one person that Wanda Fields, a quiet, hardworking waitress and single mother, can think to call after her arrest.

Pushing 40, Jack Burke was living the good life as an advertising executive in Kauai, Hawaii. He had a beautiful, sexy wife named Victoria, a beachfront home, and a future that seemed bright as ever. Then, practically in the blink of an eye, his life began spiraling out of control. When his wife suddenly turned cold as ice, his darkest dreams floated to the surface. Combine that with the temptations of a gorgeous and cunning exotic seductress, betrayal, deceit, and murder, and Jack was left wondering if there was any way out.

She held the phone in front of her, feeling excitement, or something. When Marcus rested his hand over the phone, she thought he was going to take it from her. As she lifted her gaze to her brother’s, his expression was anything but friendly. “Please do not be one of those girls,” he said. As a female firefighter in a small town, Suzanne O’Connell knows that every day will go one of two ways: Either nothing happens, or she suddenly finds herself in over her head.

One cursed diary will change two strangers forever.... Merideth Monroe was born to a wealthy politician; luxury was her middle name. The happiest childhood, the finest schools, and landing her dream career; her future couldn’t have been brighter. She didn’t care that her mother wanted a different path for her; but when her mother is murdered and she appears to be next, nothing in her flawless life will matter.

Her harsh brand of rehab hides a bitter secret. Nancy is hurled into the world of celebrity when she finds herself performing a shoot for handsome but odious millionaire, Vince, as they walk from one of his nightclubs. The seduction of this other world sours after Nancy overhears Vince make a dirty bet with his PA on the length of her fifteen minutes of fame. Soon after, Nancy’s life is propelled into a nightmare where her alter ego is born. Vince’s playboy lifestyle is about to be turned upside down.

Ian Hart is the most notorious criminal in the country. Like the thief he is, he came in the dark and stole a night of my life. He left me with souvenirs. Disaster and fear are my new realities. I’ll forever look over my shoulder, terrified he’d return, because when he took me, he stole more than just a few hours of my time. His crime has consequences neither of us could’ve imagined. If I’m to escape the nightmare of my life, I have to outsmart him.

Sydney Richardson's enjoying a rare night out in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, when she learns that one of her friends has been shot. Rick Sheffield thought he was staking out a drug deal; turns out he had a front-row seat to a million-dollar cash drop gone wrong. Meanwhile, at a construction site across town, a young vagrant is killed execution-style after spreading some serious wealth among his street friends. Sydney sees no reason to link the shootings, until the money disappears from the evidence locker.

With just seconds to spare, Special Agent Lara Grant and the team manage to rescue a hostage. Victory! Thanks to this eyewitness, they now know the killer’s name, and might even have a lead on his next target. But not even the FBI’s best can protect everyone from the deadliest, and most dedicated, criminal. And when the entire CMU comes under attack, it’ll take a desperate act to keep the team together. Lara puts her own secrets—and her own life—on the line in an attempt to lure the bomber out of hiding and into the open…once and for all.

With a sting set for a downtown bar, Special Agent Lara Grant and her team are on high alert to snare the most dangerous man in Manhattan. No one tears their team apart and gets away with it. Their aim: to get the perp's DNA from his shot glass.... Mission accomplished, but each step forward in the case takes them two steps back into Lara's past - this time to the years before her undercover assignment and a family torn apart by a brutal murder. But Lara knows she can focus only on the present.

Special Agent Lara Grant's team are racing against the clock to prove infamous crime boss Moretti is behind a recent series of murders. With each lead ending up in a body bag, Lara's trapped by the weight of her own guilt. How many would still be alive if it weren't for her troubled history with the villain? But he won't quit, so neither can Lara. The sniper is the key to finding the link between Moretti and the current cases. But before they can reach him, Moretti hits closer to home than Lara could have imagined....

Special Agent Lara Grant is back in her enemy's sights, but this time she's not alone. She has a brand-new team, and Lara knows she'll need to trust them with her life. Starting now. When a lead becomes a victim, Lara and her team are thrown. Lara put Moretti away for life - so how can a guy who is still in prison be pulling strings? There's only one way to find out.

Trust has never been easy for Special Agent Lara Grant. Life taught her a hard lesson as a child, one she's never forgotten. But now, when the betrayal is so close to home, Lara is pushed to the very limit. As the players finally move into position, it's time to go all in or go home. It doesn't matter that fear is shaking her very core; it doesn't matter that everything she has - her team, her new family - is on the line.

Il doppio sogno' è un romanzo dello scrittore austriaco Arthur Schnitzler, proposto in audiolibro da Alfaudiobook per la collana Letteratura & cinema...

FBI Special Agent Lara Grant had thought that she’d put her past behind her—finally—with her last case. But now a serial bomber is targeting Manhattan’s elite power players, offering them a choice between saving hundreds of lives or seeing their darkest secrets exposed. Lara is working with the Crisis Management Unit to stop the bomber, but how will she react when she’s the one who has to choose between truth...or death?