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Christine was eating into his mind, burrowing into his unconscious. Christine, blood red, fat, and finned, was 20. Her promise lay all in her past. Greedy and big, she was Arnie's obsession, a '58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not finished. There was still power in her - a frightening power that leaked like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corroded the mind and turned ownership into possession.

Nina and Michael Carr are newlyweds on a romantic minimoon at The Chateau, an exclusive resort nestled in the Catskill Mountains. The setting is perfect—stunning views, lavish accommodations, and a welcome escape from their hectic everyday lives. But when the body of a young woman is discovered near the lake, their idyllic retreat turns into a nightmare.

No one told mob princess Hope Whitmore how boring witness protection would be. So when her boss sets her up on a blind date, Hope throws caution to the wind. A girl’s gotta live a little, right? Wrong. Turns out her well-meaning boss secretly put her picture on a dating app, and Hope finds herself face-to-face with the father of the teenager she accused of murder.

Quirke's pathology department, set deep beneath 1950s Dublin, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until, late one evening, he stumbles across a body that should not be there. The investigation he opens uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the city's high Catholic network - a secret with the power to shake his own family and everything he holds dear.

Creel Creek, Virginia, is the last place either of her ex-husbands would ever think to look for Constance. What better place to hide from her humiliations than a town too small to warrant a mention on a map? Laid off, and recently divorced from husband number two, this former workaholic moves in with her estranged - and very strange - grandmother. A grandmother who informs Constance that she comes from a long line of powerful witches. And on the day she hits the big 4-0, she'll come into her powers.

Tief im dunklen Wald von Dalarna liegt Schwedens berühmteste Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie. Hier werden Schwerverbrecher untergebracht, die zu krank sind, um ihre Strafe im Gefängnis zu verbüßen. Als die junge Psychologin Anna Varga in der renommierten Anstalt eine Stelle bekommt, freut sie sich über die Herausforderung: Endlich kann sie ihre Karriere voranbringen und Stockholm hinter sich lassen. Doch aus dem Traumjob wird bald ein Albtraum: Anna scheint verfolgt zu werden und erhält anonyme Briefe mit seltsamen Botschaften, die auf ein dunkles Geheimnis in Zimmer 55 hinweisen.

Fresh out of high school and off to college, Cassie thought she had the world by its tail, and then she met Mike. Tall, handsome, and a police detective to boot, he swept her off her feet and into a whirlwind relationship that led to an engagement ring. But things aren't always as they seem, and Cassie comes to discover that Mike has a dark side. When she learns just how dark it can be, she comes face-to-face with the greatest forward she could imagine, and it leaves her burned and scarred for the rest of her life.

London, 1890. In Victorian London, reporter Jennie Quinn employs deception as a weapon. Going undercover to seek justice for a murdered informant, she's drawn into a powerful criminal's seductive game of cat and mouse. Enigmatic former lawman Matthew Colton is as dangerous as he is clever, but the passion in his kiss is too tempting to resist. She aches to trust him, but she will not abandon her quest for the truth. Colton is a man with secrets of his own. Thirsting for vengeance, the disgraced Scotland Yard detective has infiltrated the criminal world he's vowed to destroy.

LA is a brutal, burning city. It is America with nowhere to run. Each night Jake Deal captures it on a livestream to his blood-hungry subscribers. Above board, Doug Gibson is a street lawyer trying to fix the system one case at a time. Underground, Kara Delgado is working for a private concierge company - a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich. When Kara's best friend Phoebe goes missing, she soon finds herself in the worlds of both Jake and Doug. Will the remaining humanity of this fragile team kill them all or expose one enormous, unspeakable crime?

A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Immerse yourself in The 6:20 Man, a heart-racing thriller with an incredible ending, set in the world of high finance in New York. From David Baldacci, the number one bestselling author of Memory Man. It's time to catch a killer . . . Having survived combat tours...

Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. All that’s missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.

Nelle aule del tribunale di Firenze si celebra il processo dell'anno. Attilio Bergamini, amministratore delegato della Safe Word, è accusato di bancarotta fraudolenta. Quel giorno a sostenere l'accusa c'è Valeria Parri, pubblico ministero divisa tra una professione che la consuma e la fragile salute del figlio appena nato. Con lei ci sono Giulia Gori, giornalista d'inchiesta pronta a tutto, Monica Giusti, commercialista brillante segnata da relazioni tumultuose, ed Erika Martini, poliziotta determinata a far luce sulla sparatoria.

THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYER THE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIES Defense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - is inundated with pleas from prisoners protesting their innocence. With the help of ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch, they find a needle...

Privatdetektivin Charlotte fackelt nicht lange, als sie von einer Behörde den Auftrag erhält, den millionenschweren CEO Ian Renner unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Je besser Charlotte Ian kennenlernt, umso mehr ist sie von seiner reinen Weste überzeugt. Nicht nur das: Sie verliebt sich hoffnungslos in ihn – und er scheint ihre Gefühle zu erwidern. Charlotte denkt, das sei ihr größtes Problem. Sie ahnt nicht, dass auch Ian ein Geheimnis hat.

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, J.J. Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before - the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals. 

Un scientifique déchu avide de vengeance. Des membres du conseil de l’ordre des médecins qui sont menacés de mort et qui risquent leur existence lors d’un rendez-vous aux grottes de Saint- Cézaire. Des meurtres qui égaleront la folie du tueur. Une journaliste qui le traque au péril de sa vie. Un serial killer qui s’enfuit aux Caraïbes, mais deux ans après des personnes proches de l’assassin meurent. Et si tout n’était pas si simple et que le criminel n’est pas celui auquel vous pensez ? À vous, chers lecteurs, de démêler l’écheveau.

La sœur de la victime, Ambre Prado, partira sur l'île pour enquêter, après avoir reçu un courrier mystérieux d'Alaya, lettre qu'elle lui avait postée avant son décès. Ambre jouera à la chasse au trésor pour remonter sur les traces d'Alaya et comprendre ce qui l'a mise à ce point en danger. Elle découvrira les indices qui lui ont été laissés et se rendra compte que l'histoire n'est pas si simple. Avec ses preuves en sa possession, la vie d'Ambre sera à son tour menacée.

Rouven Graves weiß, was es bedeutet einzustecken. Seit zehn Jahren verdient er sich seinen Lebensunterhalt mit Käfigkämpfen. Als seine Großmutter am Sterbebett ihren letzten Wunsch äußert, ändert sich alles für ihn. Er beginnt bei S.T.A.R.S., dem Security Team and Rescue Service. Sein erster Auftrag, die Kronzeugin Elisabeth vor Kaliforniens mächtigstem Drogenbaron zu beschützen, klingt wie ein Kinderspiel für einen Mann wie ihn.

Young Savannah Dubrinsky was a mistress of illusion, a world-famous magician capable of mesmerizing millions. But there was one—Gregori, the Dark One—who held her in terrifying thrall. Whose cold silver eyes and heated sensuality sent shivers of danger, of desire, down her spine. With a dark...

A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization and endless red tape. Yet, after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving 'the Late Show' to rebuild the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him but that he hasn't been able to crack—the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free. Ballard makes Bosch an offer.