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Nine months ago, DCI Matilda Darke survived a bullet to the head. The brutal attack claimed dozens of lives, including those she loved most, and the nightmares still plague her every waking thought. Now, she’s ready to get back on the job. But a new terror awaits. A woman is found murdered and her wounds look eerily similar to several cold cases. Desperate to find a lead, DCI Darke and her team must face a terrifying truth: a serial killer is on the loose in Sheffield.

Ein herrschaftliches Anwesen. Eine Familie voller Geheimnisse. Und ein Mord, der alles verändert. Willkommen in Old Thatch, einem Ort, an dem die Schatten der Vergangenheit länger sind als die Flure des Hauses – und tödlicher. Als das Familienoberhaupt Sir Cedric Ashworth tot in seinem Arbeitszimmer aufgefunden wird, beginnt für Constable Charles Barnes ein Fall, der tiefer reicht als vermutet. Ein zerrütteter Sohn, eine trauernde Nichte, ein zu schweigsamer Butler, ein Arzt mit zweifelhafter Rolle und eine Frau mit verlorener Herkunft – sie alle tragen ein Stück Wahrheit in sich.

A startling panorama of Los Angeles in the '50s. New Year's Eve as 1949 turns to 1950, Los Angeles: The City of Angels has becomes the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community. Three men are plunged into a maelstrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own personal darkness.

Angst. Schuld. Schweigen. Karla lebt gefangen – in ihrer Wohnung, in ihrem Körper, in sich selbst. Ihr Leben besteht aus gescheiterten Diäten, einsamen Nächten vor dem Fernseher und der ständigen Frage, warum sie nichts ändert. Sie will abnehmen, wirklich, doch ihr Wille bricht immer wieder an der Macht der Gewohnheit. Draußen fühlt sie sich beobachtet, fehl am Platz. Nur zum Einkaufen zwingt sie sich noch vor die Tür – schwer gestützt auf den Griff ihres Einkaufswagens.

Milano. L’architetto Mirella Bonetti trova un geometra morto assassinato in un ufficio del Comune e dà l’allarme. Anche se la polizia avvia l’inchiesta Mirella e la sua amica Anita conducono una indagine parallela, aggirandosi su un vecchio furgone per Milano e dintorni, con il loro linguaggio colorato, innaffiato dagli immancabili bianchini. Le due si rendono presto conto che tra i progetti vagliati dal geometra (buonanima) ce n’era uno che presentava... strane caratteristiche.

Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness and determination. She used those attributes to survive a divorce in 1940s America with two children and to claw her way out of poverty, becoming a successful businesswoman. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men and an unreasoning devotion to her monstrous daughter.

Artemus Black doesn't believe in fate...but even a hardened Hollywood PI can question destiny when cases turn ugly. With an assistant who mocks him relentlessly, an obese cat that loathes him, a romantic life that's deader than Elvis, money problems, booze, nicotine, and anger management issues, how much worse can it get? The answer is plenty, and Black finds himself in a web of deceit, betrayal, and murder - and bad hair days.

Few know the city of Los Angeles the way #1 bestselling author and acclaimed suspense master Jonathan Kellerman does. His thrilling novels of psychological drama and criminal detection make the capital of dreams a living, breathing character in all its glamour and infamy. That storied history of...

Sono Daphne Wood, la libraia di Castle Combe. La mia vita era tranquilla finché il famoso autore Jill Holland non si è trasferito nel paese. Ha comprato la casa accanto alla mia, quella della defunta Bettie, ed è diventato il mio nuovo vicino. Le ragazze del club di lettura dicevano di invidiarmi. Anch’io pensavo di essere fortunata, finché ho iniziato a vedere cose estremamente inquietanti. Loro non conoscevano Jill Holland come me.

An exiled augur who sold her soul to save her brother's life is offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell. When she turns it down, her client sweetens the pot by offering up the one payment she can't resist—the chance to have a future where she grows old with the woman she loves. To succeed, she is given three days to track down the White City Vampire, Chicago's most notorious serial killer. If she fails, only hell and heartbreak await.

Sally Diamond déteste les surprises et les questions. Elle obéit toujours aux consignes à la lettre. Même quand son père lui fait part d'une étrange dernière volonté, au risque de voir les médias et la police attirer l'attention sur elle.

When Detective Kim Stone is called to a local business, what she sees leaves her speechless. The photo on the driving license bears little resemblance to the man laid out before her, and she knows she’s up against the most twisted killer she has ever encountered. But as she breaks the devastating news to the victim’s wife, Diane Phipps, Kim can’t help feeling that something isn’t quite right about the woman’s reaction.

In einer Regennacht findet ein junger Mann in den Straßen von Tokio eine Leiche - und neben ihr einen Revolver. Nishikawa nimmt die Waffe an sich und entwickelt schon nach kurzer Zeit eine unheimliche Obsession. All seine Gedanken, sein ganzes Leben kreisen um das perfekte kleine Wunderwerk. Und um die vier Kugeln, die sich noch immer in der Trommel befinden. Irgendwann ist es nicht mehr genug, die Waffe zu besitzen. Er muss sie abfeuern.

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING NUMBER ONE AUTHOR OF THE DRY 'Addictive storytelling' ANN CLEEVES 'An avalanche of suspense' DAVID BALDACCI 'A fantastic crime writer' BELLA MACKIE ******** An outstanding novel, a brilliant mystery and a heart-pounding read from the author of The Dry, Force of...

When the body of a man is found dead in his remote, isolated home, DI Tom Janssen and his team struggle to understand what motive there could be to murder such an inoffensive, seemingly placid local character. The man lived alone and was well known in the community, but kept his distance from others, leading a haphazard way of life almost entirely off the grid. What secrets did he hide in his private life that might be worth killing for? As the team are about to understand, even the most nondescript of people can exist in a world darker than most of us will ever see....

Agosto de 2016: tres miembros de una familia mueren brutalmente apuñalados en su casa de Hontoria. Once meses después, una llamada telefónica lleva el caso a la vida del periodista segoviano Jean Ezequiel. A base de horas de trabajo, alguna fuente anónima y la ayuda de su círculo íntimo, Ezequiel irá acercándose a la resolución del triple crimen y desenredando una tupida maraña de silencios e intereses creados entre las altas esferas de la sociedad segoviana.

Foul Lady Fortune, the first in a duology, is a speculative historical noir surrounding the events of Imperial Japan's expansion into China in the 1930s. It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of...

Ein einsames Haus, ein unaufhaltsamer Schneesturm, ein verhängnisvoller Besuch - Teil 3 der der spannenden Thriller-Trilogie um Kommissarin Hulda. Kurz vor Weihnachten, inmitten eines Schneesturms, klopft es plötzlich an der Tür eines abgelegenen Bauernhauses. Das dort lebende Paar sieht sich konfrontiert mit einem Fremden, der schon bald in Erklärungsnot gerät. Ist der unerwartete Gast nicht nur ein Lügner, sondern auch ein Mörder? Die Handlung spielt zehn Jahre vor INSEL und deckt die ganze Wahrheit um Huldas Schicksal und den Tod ihres Mannes auf.

A woman starved to death in a remote Welsh cottage. A computer guy left to bleed to death, his hands brutally hacked off at the wrist. When DC Fiona Griffiths and her colleagues realise they're staring at one of the world's most audacious robberies, she's asked to take on the challenge: will she go undercover to penetrate this criminal gang from within? When Fiona says yes, she has to give up her old life entirely. She becomes Fiona Grey, a homeless woman struggling to get her life back together again. When the criminal gang adopt her as one of their own, she's totally alone.

When single-mother Devon Connor hires Elvis Cole, it’s because her troubled teenage son Tyson is flashing cash and she’s afraid he’s dealing drugs. But the truth is devastatingly different. With two others, he’s been responsible for a string of high-end burglaries, a crime spree that takes a deadly turn when one of them is murdered and Tyson and his girlfriend disappear. They stole the wrong thing from the wrong man, and, determined to get it back, he has hired two men who are smart and brutal and the best at what they do.