Darkest Fear

She's smart, beautiful, and she doesn't need a man to look after her. But sports agent Myron Bolitar has come into her life, big time. Now Myron's next move may be his last. Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong, beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life.

Teil 1 der Reihe um den Sportagenten Myron Bolitar. Rasches Handeln ist angesagt für den New Yorker Sportagenten Myron Bolitar: Der Vertrag mit dem Profi-Footballspieler Christian Steele steht kurz vor der Unterzeichnung, da wird Christian verdächtigt, seine Verlobte umgebracht zu haben. Allerdings schwört er, von der spurlos verschwundenen Kathy unlängst noch einen Anruf erhalten zu haben. Auch Kathys Schwester Jessica glaubt nicht an die offizielle Version der Polizei. Sie beauftragt Myron Bolitar, eigene Nachforschungen anzustellen.

Harlan's very first young adult project will link in with the storylines in his up-and-coming adult thrillers as Myron Bolitar discovers that his mysterious tearaway younger brother, Brad, has a son - now teenaged. When our series hero's father, Brad, dies in a mysterious accident in South America, Myron is his closest, albeit estranged, relative left and is assigned to be his legal guardian. Will uncle and nephew be able to live with one another?

You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, quite by chance, you see her busking in New York's Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is wasted, frightened and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs. And you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Where criminal gangs rule, where drugs are the main currency and murder is commonplace. Now it's your life on the line.

15 Jahre ist es her, dass Detective Nap Dumas seinen Zwillingsbruder Leo verlor. Damals wurden Leo und dessen Freundin Diana unter mysteriösen Umständen tot auf den Bahngleisen ihrer Heimatstadt gefunden. Zugleich verschwand auch Maura, Naps große Liebe, ohne ein Wort des Abschieds. Als jetzt im Wagen eines Mordverdächtigen Mauras Fingerabdrücke auftauchen, hofft Nap, endlich Antworten zu erhalten. Doch stattdessen stößt er nur auf immer neue Fragen: über die Frau, die er einst liebte, über eine verlassene Militärbasis und vor allem über Leo und Diana. Denn die Gründe, warum sie sterben mussten, sind dunkel und gefährlich.

Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. He's not supposed to get too involved. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders and disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the next victim.

Grace Lawson will nur die Schnappschüsse vom letzten Familienausflug durchsehen, als plötzlich ihr ganzes bisheriges Leben aus den Fugen gerät. Denn ein Foto passt nicht zu den übrigen, es scheint vor ungefähr 20 Jahren aufgenommen worden zu sein und zeigt lauter Unbekannte - bis auf eine Person: ihren Ehemann Jack. Dann verschwindet Jack, und alle Spuren führen Grace an einen Ort, den sie nur aus ihren bösen Träumen kennt...

Ex fashion model and successful business woman Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time that should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon, her sports superstar husband goes for a swim - and never returns. But what has happened to David - can he really be dead? Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief, Laura is plagued by questions and doubts. Was it an accident? Or suicide? Or is it some terrible, ill-judged hoax?

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever.

Tia und Mike Baye haben ein Spionageprogramm auf dem Computer ihres sechzehnjährigen Sohns Adam installiert. Aus Sorge. Denn seit sich Adams bester Freund Spencer Hill sich das Leben genommen hat, zieht sich Adam so sehr in die Welt des Internets zurück, dass seine Eltern fürchten, ihr Sohn könnte ihnen komplett entgleiten. Doch noch bevor sie ein klärendes Gespräch mit Adam führen können, beginnt der Horror für die Bayes: Adam kommt nicht von der Schule nach Hause, und am selben Tag filtert die Spy-Software eine alarmierende Nachricht aus seinem Maileingang: "Verhalte dich ruhig, dann passiert dir nichts!"

It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart 18 years ago. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light....

Die 17-jährige Haley McWaid führt ein idyllisches Vorstadtleben: Sie ist eine mustergültige Schülerin, Captain des Lacrosse-Teams...

The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar or a parking lot or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and disappears, leaving you picking up the pieces of your shattered world.

Matt Hunter's life has already been blown away once. At the age of 20, he got into a fight outside a party and accidentally killed someone. That momentary lapse of reason cost him four years in gaol and a small sliver of his soul.

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal...because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit.