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“Wildly entertaining.”—New York Times Book Review From the bestselling and award-winning author comes a wickedly clever and fast-paced novel of greed, revenge, obsession—and quite possibly the perfect murder. Simon and Vicky couldn’t seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a...

A USA TODAY Bestseller Bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will surprise readers at every turn. Leo Balanoff is a crusading attorney with unthinkable skeletons in his closet. He's also a diagnosed pathological liar. When a predatory...

Attorney Paul Riley has built a lucrative career on his famous prosecution of Terry Burgos, a serial killer who emulated the lyrics of a violent song to gruesomely murder six girls, including the daughter of billionaires Harland and Natalia Bentley. Now, fifteen years later, the police are confronted with a new series of murders - and the grisly second verse to the song. Riley is the first to realize that the two cases are connected and that the line between copycat and cover-up has been blurred.

On a hot summer night in 1980, two-year-old Audrey Culter was snatched from her bedroom and never seen again. Twenty-six years later, her brother, Sammy, fatefully crosses paths with the man the police failed to convict for her abduction and murder. A few weeks later, that man is dead, murdered. Private attorney Jason Kolarich is engaged to defend Audrey's brother. But can he trust the people who hired him?

Jason Kolarich has spent the past year struggling to recover from the horrific deaths of his wife and baby daughter. On the night of their deaths, Kolarich was at the office, awaiting a call from a confidential informant named Ernesto Ramirez — a call that never came. Kolarich blames himself not only for the deaths of his wife and child, but for the informant’s murder as well. He can’t bring back his family, but he can find out who killed Ramirez and bring the killer to justice.

THE THRILLING NEW KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER - SOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO 'Iconic. Bold. Brilliant. Identity Unknown is hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring. Scalpel-sharp storytelling, trademark twists and characters that feel...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Sunday Times bestseller Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer's life was perfect. With her beautiful baby daughter and doting husband, Joe, she felt nothing could go wrong. But when Lindsay discovers everything she knows about Joe is a lie, she is reeling...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Sunday Times Bestseller A detective in too deep. . . Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates a methodical yet unpredictable series of shootings of the homeless in San Francisco. A tip from a confidential informant leads her to disturbing conclusions - something has...

*RIZZOLI & ISLES: NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX!* Meet them in Tess Gerritsen’s bestselling series. Brought to you by Penguin. JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING . . . ‘Absolutely riveting - you won’t be able to put this down’ Mo Hayder Two nuns are brutally attacked within the walls of their convent...

Brought to you by Penguin. *RIZZOLI & ISLES: NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX!* Meet them in Tess Gerritsen’s bestselling series. HE HIDES, HE KILLS, HE KEEPS . . . Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles is asked to attend an intriguing examination. An ancient mummy has been found in a museum basement...

Brought to you by Penguin. Four Army Rangers are accused of murdering civilians in cold blood in this scorching summer thriller from the worldwide bestseller James Patterson. ________________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER For seven unsuspecting victims, death comes in the dark . . . Once a...

For thirty-six years, James Patterson has written unputdownable, pulse-racing novels. Now, he has written a book that surpasses all of them. ZOO is the thriller he was born to write. All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the...

Jenna Murphy är en hård polis från New York, men när hon dras in i ett brutalt mordfall i hennes hemstad måste hon konfrontera ett förflutet som hon helst hade velat lämna bakom sig. Nya sanningar har dragits fram ur mörkret, och Murphy måste plötsligt omvärdera flera relationer i sin närhet. Och när flera ouppklarade fall visar sig ha samband med det brutala mordet, måste Murphy ta till alla sina förmågor för att själv inte bli ett offer för den brutala, knivskarpa mördaren ... James Petterson är världens bäst säljande författare just nu.

Jenna Murphy är en tuff polis från New York, men när hon i samband med ett uppmärksammat dubbelmord på en affärsman från Hollywood och hans älskarinna återvänder till Hamptons kan hon inte värja sig mot sitt trassliga förflutna. Inte nog med det så skedde mordet i huset där hennes farbror en gång miste livet. Jenna kommer närmare och närmare lösningen på fallet. Hon känner det på sig, för någonstans därute i skuggorna har en osynlig men ack så närvarande kraft börjat röra på sig.

The Hamptons utanför New York är en av världens vackrast belägna platser, men mitt i idyllen ligger ett gammalt hus som kallas för Mordhuset. Det är en plats som har ett fruktansvärt förgånget. Flera ouppklarade mord har inträffat där, och nu när ytterligare ett dubbelmord begås där dras New York-polisen Jenna Murphy in i fallet. Jenna är tillbaka i The Hamptons, och stadens förflutna börjar långsamt nystas upp. Mordet på hennes farbror som aldrig blev uppklarat har på något sätt med det nya dubbelmordet att göra, men Jenna lyckas inte förstå hur allt hänger ihop.

The bestselling 9th novel in the Women’s Murder Club series A PSYCHOPATH PREYING ON THE WEAK A young mother and her child are ruthlessly gunned down in a shopping centre car park. Detective Lindsay Boxer has only one shred of evidence: three mysterious letters scrawled on the windscreen in...

*RIZZOLI & ISLES: NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX!* Meet them in Tess Gerritsen’s bestselling series. Brought to you by Penguin. A KILLER WHO KNOWS HIS TRADE 'Gerritsen was a medic before she turned to writing, and her book contains enough grisly details to put you off hospitals for life. But if you...

Jenna Murphy är en hård polis från New York, men när hon blir indragen i ett brutalt mord i Hamptons måste hon plötsligt konfrontera sitt förflutna. En process som visar sig vara mycket svårare än vad hon från början trott. Fallet håller på att ta knäcken på Murphy, och för att slappna av åker hon på en dejt. Men snart kommer saker fram som gör henne både förtvivlad och arg. En skolskjutning från hennes ungdom visar sig ha orsakats av en närstående, och hennes demoner visar sig snart ha tydlig orsaker i ett övergrepp. Och allt finner slutligen sitt svar, i det gamla spöklika Murder House ...

Brought to you by Penguin. STARE DEATH IN THE FACE Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles unzips a body bag and gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. The woman is rushed to hospital, where she murders a guard and siezes hostages, including a heavily pregnant Detective Jane Rizzoli...

Brought to you by Penguin. IT'S MY BODY THERE ON THE TABLE Pathologist Maura Isles has dissected her fair share of corpses. But this time it's different, because the victim looks exactly like her. Detective Jane Rizzoli is assigned to investigate, and finds herself tracking a twisted killer...