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Das Grauen hat seinen Meister gefunden. Stockholm im Jahr 1793: Eine verstümmelte Leiche wird geborgen. Arme und Beine fehlen, der Rest ist fast bis zur Unkenntlichkeit entstellt. Zwei Ermittler tun sich zusammen, um diesen grausamen Fund aufzuklären: Jean Michael Cardell, ein traumatisierter Kriegsveteran mit einer Holzhand, und der Jurist Cecil Winge, genialer als Sherlock Holmes und bei der Stockholmer Polizei für "besondere Verbrechen" zuständig. Schon bald finden sie heraus, dass das Opfer mit chirurgischer Präzision gefoltert wurde.

“Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book....Even the most hardboiled readers will find themselves moved” (Charles Ardai, Edgar- and Shamus Award-winning editor of Hard Case Crime). Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the...

Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter is still struggling to deal with her stress. So when the body of a businessman washes up on a secluded North Wales shore, the former London cop is anxious to prove she can lead the local investigative team and nail the killer. But as she digs into the dead millionaire’s business affairs, DI Hunter discovers a disturbing link to an infamous Liverpudlian drug lord....

2022 MYSTERY AUDIE AWARD WINNER! From legendary storyteller Stephen King—sometimes growing up means facing your demons... The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to...

A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls...

Ein neuer Auftrag für Simon Stark und sein Team steht an. Aus dem vermeintlichen Routine-Job entwickelt sich schnell ein hochbrisanter Fall. Wer ermordete die Frau, die einen Waisenjungen aufgenommen hat? Was hat es mit den Drohungen gegen den Auftraggeber tatsächlich auf sich? Je tiefer das Team um Simon Stark gräbt, desto alptraumhafter wird es. Als sie erkennen, dass sie es mit einem gewissenlosen Menschenschmuggler zu tun haben, der über Leichen geht, eskaliert die Lage.

Auf einer Konferenz in London wird der geniale Ryan Greene ermordet. Der Attentäter hat es auf die Forschungsergebnisse des jungen Wissenschaftlers abgesehen, doch im allgemeinen Tumult verliert er seine Beute wieder. Ragnar, ein Freund des ehemaligen Soldaten Simon Stark, gelangt in den Besitz der Arbeit. Eine lebensgefährliche Verfolgungsjagd beginnt. Denn die brisanten Forschungsergebnisse könnten die Welt verändern.

Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to center stage in an incendiary new novel by James Lee Burke. A gripping tale of racial violence, class warfare, and the sometimes cruel legacy of Southern history, Sunset Limited is a stunning achievement, confirming Burke's place as one of America's premier...

Nach ihrer Scheidung ist die fünfundvierzigjährige Ruth dankbar, einen Job gefunden zu haben. Auf der Privatinsel Edward Lensingtons, einem Milliardär, der durch die Folgen eines Schlaganfalls eingeschränkt ist, hofft sie, als dessen Pflegekraft neu anfangen zu können. Doch die vorerst glückliche Idylle verliert schnell ihren Glanz, als Ruth in einer stürmischen Nacht selbst mysteriöse Lichter in der Nähe des stillgelegten Leuchtturmes erblickt und Schreie vernimmt.

The historical city of Chester has been rocked by the brutal murders of several young men close to the canal. DI Ruth Hunter is called in to track down the murderer – who the papers have dubbed the Towpath Ripper – before they strike again. Ruth identifies a suspect but just as she is about to pounce, they slip through her fingers.

A twisted serial killer. A deadly game of cat and mouse. Can DI Ruth Hunter catch a crazed psychopath who seems intent on destroying her life? DI Ruth Hunter hopes that settling in Snowdonia will melt away the grief of a missing partner. Burying herself in her work, she senses that her current missing persons case isn't all that it seems.

Lucas Carr went to Glenbury Hall, an old country manor house turned hotel. He signed in at reception, took his key, and went upstairs to his room. But he never got there. Somehow he vanished along the way, with not a single clue to suggest what might have happened to him. Lucas belonged to the same mysterious organization that employs Ishmael and Penny, so they are sent in to solve the mystery. But when they arrive at grim and isolated Glenbury Hall, they discover it has a reputation as one of the most haunted old houses in England.

A double suicide. A dark investigation into historic abuse. Can DI Ruth Hunter link the present killings to secrets of the past before the killer strikes again? Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter has resolved to put her past life in London behind her. So when two seemingly routine suicides start to look suspicious, Ruth is keen to throw herself into a new investigation, lead her CID team and solve what appears to be a complex case. However, as the former London detective digs into the past of the victims’ lives, she uncovers a dark web of abuse within the music industry.

A fanatical religious cult. A growing list of missing teenagers. Can DI Ruth Hunter and DS Nick Evans uncover the dark secrets of Solace Farm before there is another ritual killing?

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, a producer of the Fox hit show Bones, is back with her fifteenth “pulse-pounding” (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring North America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan—a story of infanticide and murder set in the high...

A dangerous Islamic terrorist. A safe house in the middle of Snowdonia. Can DI Ruth Hunter and DS Nick Evans deliver the suspect safely before there is a deadly rescue attempt?

Starting a new life in Snowdonia was always DI Ruth Hunter's dream. Until a twisted killer turned it into her worst nightmare. Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter lives with the pain of her partner’s mysterious and unsolved disappearance. About to hit 50, the veteran police officer trades in the crime-ridden streets of London for a more peaceful life in rural North Wales. But Ruth has barely settled into her new position in North Wales Police, when the body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered...with strange symbols carved into her skin.

A cynical, disabled film director with borderline personality disorder gets recruited to join a secret organization that oversees relations between Hollywood and Fairyland in this Nebula Award–nominated and Tiptree Award Honor Book that’s the first novel in a new urban fantasy series from...

No one but Stephen King could tell this story about the darkness at the heart of the unknown and our compulsion to investigate the unexplained. With echoes of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon and the work of Graham Greene, one of the world's great storytellers presents a surprising tale...

From two-time Edgar Award–winner and New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a thrilling novel—now available in ebook—that pits Dave Robicheaux against the worst opponent he’s encountered yet. It’s out there, under the salt of the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana...