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Leaving Canton, Missouri, behind was no hardship for Jesse Hudson. When she was a teenager, her stepmother and stepsister abruptly disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Their bodies were never found, but Jesse’s father, Mac, became a murder suspect. When he too vanished, Jesse waited months for him to return. Finally, she left, bouncing from one bartending job to another for years.

Als eine brutal zugerichtete Leiche im Wald gefunden wird, stockt Kriminalermittlerin Stella Meislow der Atem: Das Opfer gleicht bis ins Detail ihrer vor 30 Jahren ermordeten Mutter–dieselben Stichwunden, derselbe Fundort, dieselben Gesichtszüge und derselbe Lippenstift. Ist der Mörder, der damals nicht gefasst werden konnte, zurück? Oder treibt ein gefährlicher Nachahmer sein Spiel?

A discovered conspiracy. A ransom gone wrong. A two-month coma. Spoiled Iranian girl Neda awakes to find her parents dead—a tragic murder at the hands of her now-executed fiancé. But Neda saw the perpetrators, and he wasn’t one of them. The justice system dismisses her. Evidence mysteriously vanishes. And when others begin to die, she knows her own life could end just as brutally at any moment. All it will take is her enemies catching up—or her suicidal tendencies taking control. When her losses become all-consuming, there is one way forward: turn the tables and finally get revenge.

In Acacia Pines wird der Schüler Lucas entführt. Sheriff Cohen übernimmt den Fall und findet heraus, dass Lucas in die Fänge eines Serienmörders geraten ist. Eine erbittere Jagd auf den Täter beginnt in der Hoffnung, Lucas noch lebend zu finden. Doch nicht nur das treibt den Sheriff an, denn sein Leben ist in letzter Zeit völlig aus den Fugen geraten: Er ist pleite, geschieden und droht sein Haus zu verlieren. Die ausgeschriebene Belohnung dafür, den Serienkiller zu fassen, könnte all seine Probleme lösen. Doch ist er, der Sheriff, so verzweifelt, sich dafür außerhalb des Gesetzes zu bewegen?

DI Zoe Finch has been in Cumbria long enough to know who’s pulling the strings in organised crime, and who’s helping them from within the police. But just as she’s closing in on the evidence to prove it, she finds herself scrambling in the fallout from the murder of a key witness, and struggling to keep the case out of the hands of the very man she suspects of orchestrating it.

Deceit journey mislead faith Mary confusing truth. Joseph suffered with love mislead love and faith by Mary leads to powerful danger.

On a mission to learn about her enigmatic past, Lennon understands one thing: the truth lies at Nine Pines. But as the whispers and rumors surrounding the inn’s history pique her curiosity, the allure of the mystery still haunting the place draws her in. In a small town where gossip is traded as currency, Lennon’s instincts about whom to trust will be put to the ultimate test as she seeks the truth about where she came from and just what secrets the old inn is hiding. Miles away, Ingrid’s husband is lying. At least his cryptic behavior would suggest he is.

Darry had to grow up fast – as a girl, her mother left her alone and she had to raise herself, any way she could. When Darry escapes Marco with a bag of money and a scar that means she won't go near a dart again, she knows she's lucky to be alive – and leaves behind everywhere and everyone she's ever known. Only when she hears Marco has been sent down does she risk surfacing. Can Darry pull off one last hustle to set her up for good?

In August 1990, London is suffering through an unprecedented heatwave when baby Bella Carpenter is snatched through the open window of her hotel room. Detective Inspector Martha Allen is assigned the high-profile case and, knowing that it could make or break her career, is determined to find Bella.

CIA Paramilitary Officer Thomas Caine is a man with countless enemies, but few friends. So when an ally from his past is brutally attacked, Caine returns to Japan to settle the score. There, his mission takes a deadly turn when he crosses paths with Byakko, the White Tiger - a merciless Yakuza gangster whose hypnotic gaze strikes fear into the hearts of his victims. Following a trail of bloodshed to the snow-swept city of Sapporo, Caine uncovers a chilling conspiracy.

Grieving father Harry Manning is determined to expose the dark secrets behind the party that cost his son his life. The courts ruled it an accident, but Harry is certain that Nathan Webb is responsible for Freddie's death, and he will do anything to prove it. As Harry seeks revenge, he finds an unlikely ally in Nathan’s wife, Erin. Nobody knows better than Erin Webb just how violent Nathan can be, but her own private torment compels her to help Harry. Even when it means putting both their lives on the line. Together, can they uncover the truth behind that deadly game.

After putting a stop to one of Edinburgh's most notorious serial killers 3 years ago, DCI Liam Brodie is known as a man who can handle - and solve - the hardest of cases. When a child's bones are unearthed beneath the floorboards of an old house in Fife - the same house where his girlfriend, psychologist Ruth Calder, grew up as a foster daughter - Brodie uncovers a tangled web of lies and jealousy.

Fiona Carlton has never needed a man to make her life complete. Until she meets charming, handsome, and sophisticated Rick. She is consumed, first by lust, then by a love for him that overwhelms her. The only problem? Rick already has a wife. But a little detail like that isn't going to stand in Fiona's way… Rick's wife, Lydia, however, is not a woman to be trifled with. She's sacrificed everything for her husband, been the perfect stay-at-home wife and mother, raised two beautiful children, built a happy home full of memories.

Sechs Jahre konnten sie sie wegsperren und bei dem Gedanken an sie beruhigt aufseufzen. Aber diese Zeit ist jetzt vorbei, weil sie wieder da ist: Asa, die Legende, Asa, die Unbezwingbare, die große Jägerin, deren Feinde sie ehrfurchtsvoll »mir« nennen, Frieden. Und sie wissen: Ihr Frieden wird ein endgültiger sein, Asa hatte sechs Jahre Zeit für ihren Racheplan. Denn Rache wird sie nehmen. An all jenen, die die unbarmherzige und grausame Tradition, die »Prüfung«, weitergeführt und ihr damit das Liebste genommen haben.

Carl Mørck ist raus! Als neue Kollegin im Keller der Kopenhagener Polizei taucht die toughe Französin Helena Henry auf, die ein dunkles Geheimnis mit sich herumträgt. Rose und Assad sind skeptisch. Das Team muss handeln, und zwar schnell, wenn es den tödlichen Rachefeldzug stoppen will. Ein furioser Thriller über die toxische Macht von Demütigungen – und den kalten Atem der Rache.

Mitten in der Nacht wird die vierjährige Ellen von einem Fremden entführt. Kurz darauf erhält ihre Mutter Nicole vier Phiolen und eine Drohbotschaft, verfasst in einer Handschrift, die ihr das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lässt. Als ein weiteres Kind entführt wird, beginnt ein verzweifelter Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.

Tra le 9 e le 12 (ma altre fonti riportano tra le 10,30 e le 13) e, con maggiore probabilità, tra le 11 e le 11,30 del 13 agosto 2007, la ventiseienne Chiara Poggi viene uccisa nella villa dei suoi genitori, a Garlasco, nel Pavese. Questo è senza dubbio l'unico dato certo della vicenda. Il resto, davvero tutto il resto, inizia a confondersi e a intorbidirsi fin da subito, a farsi via via sempre più incerto, a contraddirsi, a dare dubbi, a non trovare risposte.

When a body is found floating in the North Sea, it seems to be an open-and-shut suicide. But the victim is Dr Richard Firth—a renowned psychiatrist who allegedly took his own life in 1995 after a fall from grace and a malpractice investigation. Only, Dr Firth never died. He vanished—only to resurface under a stolen identity. As DCI Frank Black and DI Gerry Carver unravel the mystery of Firth's life, they uncover a disturbing legacy: a man who offered healing but left only ruin. His past patients and colleagues are hiding secrets of their own—and someone will do anything to keep them buried.

Tirée de l'esprit de l'auteur Alfred C. Martino, cette nouvelle jaillit des rues sombres et violentes du Los Angeles des années 1990. Comme l'explique le protagoniste, la sueur de la chaleur du sud de la Californie dégoulinant sur son Glock : « Je n'ai jamais commis de meurtre et je n'ai jamais été assassiné. Mais j'ai rêvé des deux. »

Aus der Feder von Autor Alfred C. Martino: Eine Kurzgeschichte, die aus den düsteren und gewalttätigen Straßen des Los Angeles der 1990er Jahre stammt. Der Protagonist erklärt, während ihm der Schweiß der südkalifornischen Hitze auf die Glock tropft: „Ich habe nie gemordet und bin nie ermordet worden. Aber ich habe von beidem geträumt.“