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A murder followed by a series of random, motiveless crimes leaves Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West and his team puzzled. When Edel Johnson arrives at the scene of a crime Mike is taken aback, more so when he discovers she is now working with a victim support group. He has feelings for her, but he is the garda who investigated her husband's murder, and their relationship is complicated.

Katie LeClair has finally settled down as the new doctor in Baxter, Michigan. After years of moving, schooling, and training, she wants nothing more than to find a place she can call home, and a small town outside of Ann Arbor seems perfect. Katie quickly gets to work in building a life for herself in Baxter, and beyond reviving her love life, she also finds a pair of business partners in a team of father and son family practitioners. But that idyllic dream is immediately shattered when one of her patients is found dead.

At first, high school freshmen Rex McClendon and Leif Nelson believe what they’ve been told - that local students’ strange demises at Whitewood, a local reformatory, were all tragic accidents. But when the shoot for their low-budget horror masterpiece, PolterDog, goes horribly awry - and their best friend, Alicia Boykins, is sent to Whitewood - Rex and Leif are forced to question everything they know about their unassuming hometown and its cherished school for delinquents.

On a quiet day, away from the hustle of Richmond, in a small cottage on the Virginia coast, Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a disturbing phone call from the Chesapeake police. Thirty feet deep in the murky waters of Virginia's Elizabeth River, a scuba diver's body is discovered near the Inactive Naval Shipyard.

Due omicidi, due scene del crimine, due vittime che non sembrano aver nulla in comune. L'enigma sembra irrisolvibile per la detective Jane Rizzoli e il medico legale Maura Isles. Perché entrambi i cadaveri presentano mutilazioni agghiaccianti, ma non letali. E la causa di morte pare impossibile da determinare. Dentro di sé, Jane Rizzoli ha una sola certezza: quello non è che l'inizio. Eppure, la verità è là fuori, da qualche parte, qualcuno la sa. Ma chi?

When Martin Trent rings home to announce his return from an assignment as a tour guide in Venice, Susan is filled with fear, a fear based on what has happened before, and her dread of further violence. Why does Susan put up with Martin's treatment? Though neighbours suspect what is going on, Susan covers her bruises with make-up and pretends that nothing is wrong and, despite everything, she loves Martin. But what is the truth about the relationship between Susan and Martin?

Convocata d'urgenza durante la notte di capodanno, la dottoressa Kay Scarpetta deve esaminare il corpo di Ted Eddings, un reporter investigativo ucciso mentre stava facendo un'immersione non autorizzata nelle acque ghiacciate dell'arsenale di Norfolk. Ma cosa stava cercando di così importante il giornalista? E chi ha voluto impedirgli di trovarla?Per scoprirlo Kay dovrà affrontare ancora una volta un'indagine ad alto rischio.

Mark Noble plans a surprise proposal to his girlfriend during a Caribbean vacation. But before he can pop the question, she disappears, and his father - a world-famous celebrity doctor who seems to have perfected mind-control - is killed in a mysterious fire back home. While searching for his girlfriend, Mark finds himself chased by two thugs, and the race is on to find out the truth of her disappearance before it’s too late. Mark’s investigation uncovers a sinister connection and a secret he doesn’t even know he possesses.

Då en äldre kvinna hittas knivmördad i sitt hem blir rättsläkaren Ella Andersson utkallad av polisen till brottsplatsen. Allting tyder på ett inbrottsförsök som gått snett, men när obduktionen är klar inser Ella att hon måste omvärdera sina första slutsatser. Kanske finns det en annan förklaring till dödsfallet?

Cable-TV mogul Stanfield Standish wrote the book and broke the rules in the news and entertainment industry. When his charred body is found inside the burnt-out remains of his classic 1930 Duesenberg sedan, his family files a $52-million damage suit. They blame the fatal "accident" on Courtland Motor Company, the firm that restored the antique. That's when Courtland's attorney, Max Bramble - suspicious, sharp, and inquisitive - takes over.

The setting is Carmel, California - a scenic, peaceful tourist haven where James Dewitt is the police force's only detective. His usual caseload is stolen bicycles and an occasional burglary. But things change with frightening speed when a series of apparent suicides, which soon prove to be murders, shocks the community. Dewitt, a former forensic scientist, struggles with the minutest of clues in his quest for the killer, while departmental turf wars and local politics increase the pressures on his investigation.

Dopo "Morte a domicilio" e "Il dubbio" ecco la terza indagine per il commissario Antonio Mariani e la moglie Francesca Lucas, ingegnere informatico. La misteriosa morte a Lavagna di Luisa Lercari, scrittrice di gialli, trascina l'ispettore Mariani in una nuova e inquietante indagine che coinvolge Emma (la madre di Mariani, appassionata lettrice della Lercari) ed Enrica sua grande amica. La testardaggine delle due donne spinge l'ispettore ad interessarsi al caso e a condurre ricerche personali parallelamente a quelle dei Carabinieri.

DUE CORPI DILANIATI NEL BOSCO. AUTOPSIE TOP SECRET. IL CASO PIÙ AGGHIACCIANTE DELLA CARRIERA DI KAY SCARPETTA. Quando viene chiamata in una zona selvaggia della Virginia settentrionale a esaminare i resti di due campeggiatori, Kay Scarpetta si trova di fronte uno scenario orribile. Le vittime, ricercate dai federali per riciclaggio di denaro e attività terroristiche, sono state sfregiate con una violenza e un accanimento tali da renderle quasi irriconoscibili.

It's New Year's Eve, the final night of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, and another poor soul has turned up dead. Ted Eddings, a scuba diver and investigative reporter who was a favorite at the medical examiner's office, is found 30 feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia, can't help but wonder why she received a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified.

Una novela tan dura como la muerte de un ser querido, tan desgarradora como el infierno en que se puede convertir la vida. Enric, un policía maduro y amargado, intenta esclarecer la muerte de Raquel, una mujer que ha caído de la ventana de su casa. Aunque todo apunta a que ha sido un suicidio, pronto se descubrirá una red de secretos y misterios tan reales como escalofriantes.

Detective Harry Stoner has seen too much of the seamy side of life not to notice the tarnish on Los Angeles's glitter or the gritty reality behind the never-never land of TV's biggest daytime soaps. A detergent manufacturer, already begrimed by scandal and rumor, doesn't want his image further muddied by the mysterious death of the head writer on the daytime series he sponsors. So it's up to Stoner to find out what really happened that sunny August weekend when Quentin Dover took his last shower.

Dr. Steven Dunbar has left his job with the Sci-Med Inspectorate and now works for a pharmaceutical company. He is persuaded to return when his old boss falls seriously ill and requests that he take a look into the suspicious deaths of a number of people. Steven makes good progress and is beginning to share his old mentor's concerns when the UK comes under attack. A nightmare disease is let loose on major cities. Steven is co-opted to help out in what seems destined to become a losing battle against a rampaging infection.

J. P. Beaumont has a dead dentist on his hands. His suspects include a sexually abused dental assistant, a brutalized wife, and her ex-con lover.

La segretaria di un broker viene trovata agonizzante in ufficio dal suo capo. La testa fracassata. Morirà pochi minuti dopo. Quella mattina era andata al lavoro più presto del solito. Il commissario della polizia di Genova ha appena dato le dimissioni dopo la fine amara dell'indagine sul mondo del calcio, ed è travolto dalle tristi vicende della sua vita privata. L'indagine tocca dunque al suo vice. I possibili sospetti sono molti, a cominciare dal broker, che nasconde sicuramente affari loschi e vanta importanti protezioni, ma il movente è poco chiaro, e l'arma del delitto non si trova.

Jon Talbot is a history professor who makes sense of the past by examining facts. He also knows how to speculate about the what-ifs. Jon’s doing both following the death of his wife, Pax. Driving home late from a volunteer assignment, she plunged off a mountain highway and died. The police find nothing suspicious about the facts: a deer in the road, a blown tire, a broken neck. But the what-ifs are leading Jon down a twisting trail of secrets. After five years of marriage, he is finally getting to know his wife.