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She wakes in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the sound of earth being thrown. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she's being buried alive, and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear. To Nikki...

'Dark, unnerving and gets right under your skin from those first pages... loved this book' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Lisa Jackson delivers exactly what thriller fans hope for - suspense, secrets, and plenty of twists' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Some secrets are best left buried... When...

Da Tracy Crosswhite bliver kaldt på arbejde, fordi en ung kvinde forsvinder, mistænker hun, at denne sag er anderledes end andre lignende forsvindingssager. Da liget dukker op i en forladt brønd, bekræftes hendes mistanke. Kvindens familie havde slået hånden af hende, fordi hun havde nægtet at indgå i et arrangeret ægteskab og havde drømme om at fortsætte på universitetet.

Kriminalassistent George Cross bliver tilkaldt, da liget af en munk bliver fundet brutalt myrdet i et skovområde nær Bristol. Man ved intet om broder Dominics fortid. Hvordan kan Cross opklare forbrydelsen, når han ikke ved noget om offeret? De finder ud af, at broder Dominic ikke havde nogen fjender – eller i hvert fald ikke nogen, der er åbenlyse. Men hans fortid afslører, at han engang var en velhavende mand, og at han ofrede det hele for sin tro.

En sen sommeraften ankommer kriminalkommissær Kim Stone til Haden Hill Park, hvor der er sket en frygtelig forbrydelse: En kvinde i 60'erne er blevet myrdet og bundet til en gynge med pigtråd, og et kryds er blevet skåret ind i nakken på hende. Da der bliver fundet to ofre mere med det samme særlige mærke, ved Kim, at hun er på jagt efter en seriemorder.

Das erste Mal hat Yrsa nicht die Absicht zu töten. Aber der Cambridge-Professor, der ihr gegenübersitzt, hat die Forschungsergebnisse ihrer Freundin gestohlen. Als sie die Biene in seine Sanpellegrino-Flasche schnippt, denkt sie, dass er einen schmerzhaften Stich abbekommen wird. Dann ist er...

After years behind bars, former drug kingpin Bosco Maximuke is back on the streets, insisting he’s turned over a new leaf, and determined to win back the trust of his daughter. But when members of the criminal network that replaced him start turning up dead, suspicion falls squarely on Bosco. With old enemies closing in, and a trail of bodies stretching from Inverness to the most remote corners of the Highlands, one thing is clear - someone is settling scores.

A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time. Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. To his mind nothing...

Un joven atractivo y muy bien vestido aparca su Maserati en la puerta de la tienda Louis Vuitton, en Puerto Banús. En el momento en que le presentan la cuenta, se apodera de varias bolsas llenas de ropa y sale corriendo, se sube al coche y huye. Malin es una mujer sueca afincada en Marbella, casada con Ignacio, el consejero delegado de una importante consultoría, y que recientemente se ha metido en política.

Carter McCoy is on borrowed time. The only thing that could get him to hit the road is a call for help from a friend. When that call comes in, he doesn't hesitate. Loading his dog Chester and his best friend, Ivana, into his truck, they head for California to help in a way only Carter can. Bree...

Cancel the wedding—the groom is dead. When a tycoon's son is murdered the night before his wedding, the enraged and grief–stricken father offers private detective Dan Reno a life–changing bounty to find the killer. Reno, nearly broke, figures he's finally landed in the right place at the...

Léo Charlites se décrit lui-même comme un psychopathe. Il n'a aucune conscience et n'éprouve aucun remords à faire souffrir les filles qui tombent entre ses griffes. Les deux dernières en date : Amanda et Alwina, deux jeunes femmes à l'opposé l'une de l'autre. Si la première est raisonnable, il en va autrement pour la deuxième qui cache un être passionné sous ses vêtements gothiques. Toutefois, tout ne se passe pas comme prévu pour Léo qui a oublié un détail important : l'amour !

Welcome back, former federal agent Alexis Parker. Alex always said it'd be a cold day in hell before she'd step foot inside the OIO again, and the blizzard conditions outside prove her declaration true. But clipping on the badge doesn't mean taking a seat behind a desk or investigating a crime scene. It means infiltrating a local drug ring led by the city's most ruthless gang, the KXDs. Alex's main goal is to determine the international source of the drugs, but as usual, nothing can ever be that simple.

Dieses Mal muss sich Kommissarin Andi Sturm einem alten Feind stellen. Bei den Ermittlungen zu einem Mord trifft sie auf ihren ehemaligen Vorgesetzten. Der hatte den Dienst quittiert, kurz bevor er auf Andis Betreiben wegen Korruption angeklagt worden wäre. Aber Ole Behrends ist weich gefallen. Heute ist er Geschäftsführer einer großen Security-Firma und würde alles tun, um sein luxuriöses Leben zu schützen. Andi fällt es in diesem Fall schwer, nicht voreingenommen zu sein, denn sie würde zu gern den Mann hinter Gittern bringen, der ihren Job für sie zur Hölle machte.

One survivor. Two detectives. Twenty-four hours to catch a killer. Detective Sergeant Theo Wilde is out of second chances. After a five-month suspension that nearly ended his career, he's been given one last assignment: to guard Rachel Raines, the sole survivor and witness to a terrifying serial killer. Dubbed the ‘sleeping beauty’ by the press, Rachel lies in a coma in hospital, fighting for her life. But as Theo obeys his orders to watch over her, another victim is strangled in broad daylight.

Death is stalking the streets of Newcastle. An anonymous killer is offering the terminally ill a dignified escape. Mercy to some. Murder to others. DCI Jack Parker doesn't want the case. He has a secret of his own – an early-onset dementia diagnosis he's desperate to conceal. But the signs are becoming impossible to ignore. As his mind begins to betray him, the city faces its own moral reckoning.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters to steal their money, but money is hard to come...

In Mechant Loup, Louisiana, a woman is dead and her son is missing. Clint Wolf’s first order of business is to figure out if the death was an accident or a homicide, but evidence is lacking and a motive is non-existent. A fingerprint recovered from the scene could provide some answers, but finding the matching individual proves to be a challenge. When the missing son is finally found, Clint is left with more questions than answers. Will he put the pieces of this investigative puzzle together, or will the case remain unsolved? Only time will tell.

Kurz nachdem sie eine niederschmetternde medizinische Diagnose erhalten hat, ist Amy Cooper auf der Polizeiwache, um das Verschwinden ihres Mannes Callum zu melden. Ein paar Kilometer entfernt genießen eine Mutter und ihre Kinder einen Tag im Schnee, als sie in einem Graben in der Nähe einen toten Mann entdecken. Die Autopsieergebnisse zeigen DI Samantha Freeman und DS Jenny Newcombe jedoch, dass der Mann gar nicht bei einem Autounfall ums Leben gekommen ist. Es wird eine Mordermittlung eingeleitet.

Meet Detective Inspector Amber Kash — she’s sharp, she’s stubborn, and after twelve years of policing she’s running out of reasons to stay on the force. But as Detective Kash is writing her resignation letter, she’s unexpectedly called to Summerfield Police Station’s interview room. Inside is celebrity psychologist Joanna Merrick, infamous for her role in viral true-crime documentary The Portrait Maker. The woman is nothing like she appears on screen. She’s dirty. She’s terrified. And she’s making an impossible claim.