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A wave of apparent suicides hits a string of seaside resorts, but when a police officer is named as the latest to die, DI Amy Winter suspects there may be more than mere coincidence to these tragic deaths. But what dark motive could cause someone to throw themselves into the cold depths of the North Sea? Someone in the community knows more, but Amy’s questions are met with resistance. A group of mysterious teenagers might hold the key, but why are they so afraid to talk? Meanwhile, after the release from prison of her serial killer mother, Amy is fighting her own demons.

Four-year-old Ellen is snatched by a stranger in the dead of night. Her devastated mother, Nicole, receives four identical phials and a threatening note in a familiar scrawl that chills her to the bone. But she always knew this would happen. She’s been expecting it for years. According to the note, one of the phials is poisoned. Nicole is given a deadly challenge: If she drinks one, the sadistic kidnapper will notify the police of Ellen’s location. The sender claims to be Luka Volkov, but Luka is supposed to be dead, killed long ago in a fire that haunts all those involved.

When estate agent Laura Bradley is asked to sell number 1 Aspen Hollow, it feels like a dream come true. The house is beautiful—five bedrooms and a perfect garden, surrounded by lush woodland. Laura loves finding a family their dream home, even as each night she returns to a cramped single room. Laura tries to ignore the red paint thrown at the walls of the house, the strange noises upstairs and the threatening messages she is receiving. Whatever its history, the beautiful house deserves a second chance.

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.

DC Alex McKenna is meant to be resting following her last case, so she lets her boyfriend to take her to the Isle of Skye for the weekend. But what's meant to be a getaway to see the aurora borealis soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that their hotel has double booked. In desperation, they check into the only hotel with rooms available nearby - The Loch House. But from the moment they step foot in the guest house Alex knows something is very wrong. And as snow starts to fall, and night closes in, she begins to wonder if they will ever leave here alive.

I’m so looking forward to meeting Aunt Maura, my mother’s twin sister who lives on the rugged west coast of Ireland. With my own mother dying so suddenly, and my sweet baby daughter arriving, I need family around me. But instead of arriving at Maura’s house safe and sound, I wake up in hospital, badly injured. Then I remember the crash. Where is my baby?

Wenn sich die eigene Mutter als brutaler Serienmörder entpuppt. Der atemraubende erste Band der Thriller-Reihe über menschliche Abgründe. Kriminalkommissarin Amy Winter hat nur ein Ziel: in die Fußstapfen ihres Vaters zu treten, der selbst ein hochangesehener Polizist war. Doch als sie ein Brief von Lillian Grimes, der psychopathischen Serienmörderin, erreicht, gerät ihr Leben völlig aus den Fugen. Die Verbrecherin, die seit Jahrzehnten für eine Reihe abscheulicher Morde hinter Gittern sitzt, ist Amys leibliche Mutter.