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Dr. Kay Scarpetta ermittelt gegen ein mörderisches Phantom und bringt sich selbst in große Gefahr... Kann Scarpetta das Phantom fangen oder fängt das Phantom Scarpetta? Ein spannender Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Unter großem öffentlichem Protest wird der Schwarze Ronnie Joe Waddell in Virginia auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hingerichtet. Wenig später bekommt es die Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Kay Scarpetta mit einem grausamen Mord an einem Dreizehnjährigen zu tun, den eigentlich nur Waddell begangen haben kann - nach seiner Obduktion.

Fünf ermordete Paare, keinerlei Beweise... Kay Scarpetta jagt den Pärchenmörder. In Williamsburg, Virginia geht ein Serienmörder um, der es auf junge Liebespaare abgesehen hat. Vier Pärchen sind in den vergangenen zwei Jahren vermisst gemeldet und erst Monate später tot aufgefunden worden – immer im Wald und schon so verwest, dass selbst eine erfahrene Gerichtsmedizinerin wie Kay Scarpetta keine Todesursache feststellen konnte.

Sweetpea is coming home at last…Newly married, with a loving family surrounding her, everything's coming up roses for ex-serial killer Rhiannon Lewis, right? Wrong. Her husband has just been shot, and the daughter she left behind in the UK is desperately ill. She’s got no choice but to flee the States and return home, back to her roots, where she’s in danger of being recognised and arrested at any moment.

Rhiannon Lewis thought she finally had it all: thanks to the pandemic she’s had to keep a much lower profile but has found happiness with her fiancé Rafael and his family. For once, she is surrounded by people who love her for who she is (or who they think she is). After over 800 days without murdering anyone, the woman formerly known as the Sweetpea Killer thinks she might have finally turned over a new leaf. That is until her soon-to-be sister-in-law has a run in with her abusive ex, and Rhiannon rediscovers her taste for revenge.

“A chilling novel showcasing Claire Douglas's trademark brilliantly claustrophobic settings and tightly plotted twists. Impossible to know which of the well-drawn characters to trust and very hard to put down.”—Gilly MacMillan, bestselling author of What She Knew From the Sunday Times...

"Maarleveld's narration is perfectly paced for a thriller. Her emotional performance suggests that everyone involved is just a step away from danger." - AudioFile Magazine Lauren Nossett’s artfully written debut, The Resemblance is an exhilarating, atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of...

Ginés Martín es un trabajador del departamento de tanatopraxia del Anatómico Forense, solitario y carente de relaciones, que solo se permite el recuerdo de Susana cada 7 de noviembre. En esa fecha realiza un pequeño ritual para recordar a su amiga fallecida diez años antes. El último 7 de...

English Teacher Izzy Cole wanted a fresh start. A new town, a new home, a new school. But when sixth former Nicky Stevens sets his sights on her, he begins to reel her in at a time when she's most vulnerable. Soon Izzy is risking her family, her career and her life as she finds Nicky wants more than she ever planned to give.

In 1997 teenager Sophie White and her three girlfriends decide they want to lose their virginity before summer is over. Roping in her childhood buddy Gareth and his mates, Sophie holds a party to get the deed over and done with, but the night doesn’t end as planned. Twenty years later, the group are brought back together when Gareth is killed in a car accident and Sophie begins receiving threatening messages. It seems the party wasn’t as innocent as everyone thought, and now someone wants payback.

Do we ever know what goes on behind closed doors? Eve and Gregg were the perfect couple, with the perfect marriage...which has become the perfect lie. Gone is the charming, attentive Gregg - instead Eve wakes up each morning beside a manipulative and sinister man who controls his wife's every move. So Eve flees her immaculate marital home to keep herself and young son Jack safe. Yet no matter how careful she has been, she knows Gregg will be relentless in pursuit of his missing family and that one day, when she's least expecting it, he will find them....

Eve Harding's world implodes one Sunday morning when she is violently assaulted and raped walking to a South London train station. As her attacker evades the police and is left to roam the streets to stalk his next victim, Eve is forced to seek out her assailant before he strikes again. With vengeance in mind, Eve is determined to find him in time and deliver justice on her own terms. In a game of cat and mouse, who is stalking who?

When Crystal's pimp, protector and former lover, Gilly, dies of a drugs overdose, Crystal is bereft. She refuses the paid protection of a rival pimp, determined to go it alone. But a vicious beating from a client leaves her feeling vulnerable and angry. Meanwhile, Crystal's daughter, Candice, is asking difficult questions about her job. Crystal decides it's time to make some changes, and when a high-profile judge offers her payment to keep schtum about his nefarious activities, it gives her an idea. Perhaps other clients will also pay for her silence.