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Hvordan fanger man en morder, der ikke efterlader nogen spor?

En kvinde er blevet dræbt med ét enkelt, præcist knivstik, og ved første øjekast ligner det et røveri, der har udviklet sig fatalt. Men kommissær Kim Stone føler, at der er noget, der ikke rigtig hænger sammen.

Da en stofmisbruger bliver fundet myrdet med et identisk sår, ved Kim instinktivt, at der er tale om den samme morder. Men når intet forbinder de to ofre, står hun måske over for sin hidtil vanskeligste sag.

Det forældrepar, der tilbyder den største løsesum, kommer til at se deres datter igen. Det par, der taber, gør ikke. Tag ikke fejl. Et barn kommer til at dø. Da bedsteveninderne på ni år, Charlie og Amy, forsvinder, bliver to familier kastet ud i et mareridt. En sms bekræfter det utænkelige: at pigerne er blevet ofre for en frygtelig kidnapning. Da endnu en sms spiller familierne ud mod hinanden for at redde deres børn, begynder uret at tikke for kommissær Kim Stone og hendes team.

En kold vintermorgen står Kim over for at skulle møde sit hold for første gang. Og offeret i hendes næste sag står over for at møde morderen … Da liget af en ung mand bliver fundet halshugget og naglet til jorden ved Clent Hills, styrter Kim og hendes nye enhed ud til gerningsstedet. Men der er noget, der ikke stemmer. Da Kim ransager offerets hjem, finder hun en lille piges værelse og en skjult computer.

DØDE PIGER SLADRER IKKE ... KUN NÅR MAN LYTTER. Forskningsanlægget Westerley er ikke for sarte sjæle. Det er en ”kadaverfarm”, hvor man studerer menneskekroppens nedbrydning, og stedets beboere er lig i forskellige faser af opløsning. Men da vicekriminalkommissær Kim Stone og hendes hold finder det helt friske lig af en ung kvinde, lader det til, at en morder har opdaget det perfekte sted at skille sig af med sit offer. Da endnu en pige samme sted bliver fundet i kritisk tilstand efter et brutalt overfald, er det tydeligt for Stone og hendes folk, at en seriemorder er på spil.

The award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling Inspector Alan Banks novels, Peter Robinson dazzles with his first collection of short fiction, The Price of Love and Other Stories. Marked by the piercing psychological insight, brilliant characterization, and riveting suspense that are...

The night before they plan to move in together, Quille finds the man she loves dead in his apartment. Police point to his failed medical career as evidence of suicide or accidental overdose. His ex-wife agrees. But Marco’s son insists his father was stable, sober, and excited about his future with Quille. Suspicious of the police based on bitter experience, Quille vows to find the truth and help Marco’s son. Using her skills as an attorney and former stage actress, she investigates a world filled with fraud and corrupt Chicago politics.

When it comes to relationships and self-preservation, defense attorney Samantha Brinkman has always been cut and run. But it's different with her new lover, Niko, an ambitious and globally famous entrepreneur. Sam is putting her faith in him. She has to. He's also her new client - a suspect in the murder of an investor whose shady dealings turned Niko's good life upside down.

Hired by a prestigious D.C. law firm after barely surviving witnessing the murder of the First Lady, attorney Jessica Ford is deliberately keeping a low profile as she gets a sensational rape case involving a senator’s son, whom she is defending, is abruptly dismissed because the victim recants on the stand. The problem is, Jess suspects that the victim recanted because she was threatened. Meanwhile, she has an uneasy feeling about the beautiful young associate she replaced: where is Allison Howard

The first woman ever hired by legendary defense lawyer Matthew Reynolds, Tracy Cavanaugh cuts her teeth on a horrifying crime: the car-bomb murder of Oregon Supreme Court Justice Robert Griffen. Reynolds's client--and the chief suspect--is none other than the icy but celebrated prosecutor Abigail Griffen, the Justice's estranged wife. Tracy's research plunges her into a web of betrayal and revenge, of secret deals and hidden passions.

Feisty criminal attorney Jessica Ford has done her best to comply with the orders of the Secret Services unofficial witness protection program ever since she became the lone witness to the First Ladys murder. She changed her name, dyed her dark hair blonde, and traded her sturdy black-rimmed glasses for contact lenses. Unfortunately, winning her first high-profile case for prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm Ellis Hayes, and subsequently landing her face all over the news, is not exactly keeping a low profile