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Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a...

Après une course folle, une BMW plonge dans les eaux de la gare maritime d'Helsingborg. Quelques heures plus tard l'identité du passager défraie la chronique : il s'agit de Peter Brise. La star nationale des technologies de l'information dont l'avenir semblait florissant.

In der Nacht vom 2. auf den 3. März 2006 verschwand der Polizist Sergio Puchetta im Dienst in einer einsamen Gegend in La Pampa, Argentinien. Nach einer groß angelegten Suche nach dem vermissten Polizisten wurde er nach 18 Stunden am Rande eines Feldwegs sitzend wiedergefunden. Nachdem er sich erholt hatte, fing er an, eine unglaubliche und gruselige Geschichte über sein Verschwinden und die Geschehnisse in jener Nacht zu erzählen.

Kate Gazzara is back with three more compelling, shocking, and intense cases. Greed, revenge, jealousy, money, love, hate. Are all motives for murder and all in a day’s work for Lt. Kate Gazzara, a dedicated female detective in a world dominated by men.

Das kleine Team der Kripo Sylt feiert die Rückkehr von Heike Röder aus der Reha, als die Leiche eines Pastors in einem Ferienhaus in Hörnum entdeckt wird. Der Tote war zu einem viertägigen Symposium der Katholischen Kirche angereist, aber weder der leitende Bischof noch einer der anderen teilnehmenden Pastoren kann sich den Freitod des Glaubensbruders erklären. Erst ein weiteres Mordopfer bringt sie auf die Spur eines lange zurückliegenden Verbrechens innerhalb der Kirchengemeinschaft.

Wanningers Schwaben-Landkarte ist blutrot eingefärbt. Diesmal bietet er seinen Fans Hochspannung im malerischen Schwarzwald. Mitten im Kurpark von Bad Wildbad beobachten Zeugen, wie eine Frau von einem Unbekannten überwältigt und von einem Felsen in den Tod gestürzt wird. Sehr rasch gelingt es den ermittelnden Behörden, den Täter als den kurz zuvor aus der Haft entflohenen Strafgefangenen Stefan Bayer zu identifizieren. Schnell wird klar, dass der Mann einen Rachefeldzug plant, dem alle zum Opfer fallen sollen, die seinerzeit an seiner Verurteilung mitgewirkt haben.

An apparently straightforward case turns into something far more sinister for Detective Superintendent Henry Christie. Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is in the middle of a case involving the horrific murder of a teenage girl when he is called in to investigate the drowning of Jennifer Sunderland, wife of local businessman Harry Sunderland. Henry’s curiosity is soon aroused when things don’t add up – and when a gun is pointed at his head by a masked man.

Inspector Daniel Kohi of the Zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his worst nightmare has been realised. His family dead, his house destroyed and in fear for his life, he is forced to flee the country he loves. Far away in Glasgow, DSI William Lorimer has his hands full. Christmas is approaching, the city is bustling and whilst the homicide rate has been relatively low, something much darker is brewing. Counter-Terrorism have got wind of a plot, here in Lorimer's native city, to carry out an unspeakable atrocity on Christmas Eve. 

When a fishing boat is wrecked off the treacherous North Sea coast and the body of a young woman washes up on the beach beside the iconic ‘Marsden Rock’, DCI Ryan cannot ignore the call to duty. With one already dead and more human cargo missing from the wreckage, Ryan and his team race to find the remaining souls - before it’s too late and their investigation turns to murder. As they uncover the seedy underbelly of Tyneside, cold and calculated opportunism clashes with the rock-hard arm of the Law, but there’s one thing that proves stronger than stone.

The new Charlie Woodend mystery - Angela Jackson has been missing for over 24 hours and, in the opinion of Dr. Stevenson, the psychiatrist who Woodend turns to for advice, her kidnapper will first torture and then kill her. With damaging strains operating within his own team, the more the investigation proceeds the less hope Woodend can see. And he knows deep within himself that he will fail in bringing Angela back alive....

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Da FBI-agenten Eva Rae bliver inviteret til sin venindes søns 20 års fødselsdagsfest, der skal holdes på en privat tropeø, griber hun chancen for en afslappet weekend med sol, strand og drinks. Hendes begejstring bliver dog hurtigt til rædsel, da Marks lig bliver fundet i havet næste morgen. Alle øjne vender sig mistænksomt mod Eva Raes datter Olivia, der blev set kysse fødselsdagsbarnet lidenskabeligt i måneskinnet natten før. Olivia nægter at fortælle, hvad der skete, og snart bliver hun hovedmistænkt. Eva Rae må gøre alt, hvad der skal til for at finde den skyldige. Ikke min datter er 18.

It’s Halloween, and when an elderly billionaire is discovered dead in the locked study of his stately Highland home, DCI Jack Logan and his team must race the worsening weather to get to the scene of the crime. There, among the victim’s extended family and staff, Jack finds no shortage of suspects. Everyone, it seems, had reason to want the old man dead, and they all have something to hide.

News travels fast in the small state of Vermont. In this tight-knit society, police officers and investigators proudly maintain a kinship that transcends the boundaries of their jurisdictions. When an unidentified body is found in the peaceful town of Brattleboro, local police and the Vermont Bureau of Investigation both appear at the scene. But before investigator Joe Gunther can begin to gather evidence of murder, a family emergency sends him to his hometown, where the lives of his mother and brother have suddenly been threatened.

Brought to you by Penguin. The Sunday Times bestseller Three missing women When three teachers disappear without a trace, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer takes the lead in the investigation. But with no clues and no suspects, the odds of finding the women alive are getting slimmer by the second. Two...

Natalie Black, the U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James, has returned to Washington, her job in jeopardy. Her fiancé, George McCallum, Viscount Lockenby, has died in a car accident, and mysterious rumors that she's responsible begin to surface: she broke off the engagement and, heartbroken, he killed himself. Then someone tries to force her off the M-2 outside London.

Lower Slaughter ist ein malerisches Dorf in den Cotswolds. Dorthin ist Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid privat unterwegs, als er in einen schweren Unfall verwickelt wird: Kincaid wird verletzt, die Fahrerin des anderen Wagens, und ihr Beifahrer Fergus O'Reilly überleben die Kollision nicht. Wie sich bald herausstellt, kannten sich die beiden gar nicht, hatten aber beide kurz vor dem Unglück im Pub von Viv Holland gegessen - der Chefköchin, zu deren Benefizessen am Wochenende Kincaid und seine Kollegin James eingeladen sind.

El don de hablar con los muertos…. puede costarte la vida. Una noche, mientras el último tañido de las campanas de la iglesia resuena en el aire, el cuerpo frío y sin vida de Sandra Deakin es hallado con múltiples heridas de arma blanca en el cementerio. La detective Kim Stone llega rápidamente al lugar, y la violencia que presenta el cuerpo la convence de que el ataque fue personal. ¿Qué podría haber causado tanto odio? Mientras el equipo empieza a investigar la vida de la víctima, descubren que Sandra creía tener la capacidad de comunicarse con los muertos.

Book 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Soon to be a major TV series. It's spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying...

When a desperate mother calls Denton Police Department to report her children missing, Detective Josie Quinn races to investigate. Sixteen-year-old Kayleigh and her little sister Savannah went for a walk in the woods but never came home. They are good girls and know not to go far, say their frantic parents. Kayleigh always looks after Savannah and brings her home safely. Until now....