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There’s a dress in Daisy’s closet. Silver. Low-backed. Tiny spaghetti straps. She’ll wear it to prom on the arm of Harris Zandari, the most gorgeous senior at her school. How did quiet, barely-there Daisy, land Harris Zandari? She watched him. She watched him so closely, and for so long, that she saw things no one else did. She saw through his charm, his bright, smiling face, to the sad, broken person underneath just waiting for the perfect sad, broken girl to complete him. Daisy was that girl.

A thousand years ago, my great-something uncle founded the Collective, a secret organization dedicated to protecting humanity from demons. The hunter tradition has been passed down over the generations, from parent to child, secure in the knowledge that the Collective is a community of safety and knowledge. But betrayal sucks, and six years ago, it turned my world—and the Collective—upside down. After generations of deception, the hunters left behind are picking up the pieces and trying something we’ve never done before—working side by side with our enemy.

When PC Lucy Halliday and her search dog Moss find a body in the grounds of Bracken House, DCI Jack Ellis must work out who killed Lauren Shaw and why. Linking a ten-year-old cold case to a series of sexual assaults in the area, the investigation takes both Lucy and Jack the lengths of the country, from Southampton to Newcastle, where their professional and personal boundaries are stretched to the limit.

To lose one husband may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like murder. In New South Wales in 1888, Louisa Collins was sentenced to hang after being tried multiple times for the alleged murders of her two husbands. The testimony of her young daughter helped to decide her fate. This clever and compelling novel recreates Louisa’s time in her Darlinghurst prison cell as she reflects on her life and on the grief and loss that delivered her to this place.

"The man you love has been murdered. You'd do anything to find out the truth. Wouldn't you?" A man lies dead in a hotel room, and the police attend his home address to inform the widow. Nothing unusual, until DC Freya West realises that the victim is the man she has been having an affair with. The future she imagined has been snatched away. Meanwhile, her new boss, DS Robin Butler, is preoccupied with his own problems. Mistakes he thought were buried deep in his past now threaten to be exposed.

Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia 'Ginie' Courtauld in her tranquil garden in 1950s Rhodesia, The Dragon Lady, so called for the exotic tattoo snaking up her leg, tells Ginie's extraordinary story. From the glamorous Italian Riviera before the Great War to the Art Deco glory of Eltham Palace in the thirties, and from the secluded Scottish Highlands to segregated Rhodesia in the fifties, the narrative spans enormous cultural and social change.

Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself in a van. Bloodied, confused, and with no memory of how he came to be there. And alongside him - a dead body.

Drake: Sie befand sich in Lebensgefahr, und sie zu retten war eher ein natürlicher Reflex als Absicht. Leider brach ich eine mir selbst auferlegte Regel, als ich den Kerl ausschaltete, der sie in der Mangel hatte, denn zum ersten Mal hatte ich Zeugen. Doch es wurde noch schlimmer, als sich herausstellte, dass sie die Tochter des Mannes ist, den ich als Nächstes töten werde. Nun weiß sie davon und es gibt im Grunde nur noch eine Möglichkeit. Sie wird sich noch wünschen, nie gerettet worden zu sein.

Three-year-old Rosie Logan is missing. Her mother, Maria, turned away for just one moment and now her life is changed forever. It falls to PC Lucy Halliday and her police dogs, Moss and Iggy, to find the girl, under the direction of Lucy's boss and friend, DCI Jack Ellis. The case brings up old trauma for Jack. His childhood best friend, Theo, went missing when he was eleven and was never found. This is Jack's chance to make things right. He won't fail Rosie like he failed Theo.

Rosemary Bell's got a brand new bag. She has a great circle of friends, a sexy Irish boyfriend, and a daughter following in her witchy footsteps. But when she becomes the prime suspect in her grinch husband's disappearance, the halls she'll be decking might be behind bars. Things get even bleaker when she's called home to clean up her husband's mess. When Rosie finds clues about a family she never knew she had, she realizes she doesn't know as much about her past as she thought. And her present isn't much better, when the local sheriff joins the investigation into her crimes.

When a hand is found in Gallows Wood, PC Lucy Halliday and her specialist search dog Moss must find the rest of the body. What they uncover is a killer's dumping ground. Like every case since her husband's mysterious disappearance, Lucy wonders if this one will bring her closer to the truth. Nico was a journalist with a reputation for getting buried in his work; Lucy is certain that this time he delved too deep.

Im Hochzeitskleid einen Mörder dingfest machen? Kein Problem für Louisa Manu! Die erfolgreiche Cosy Crime-Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Saskia Louis geht voller Spannung und Humor weiter. Das Wort "leicht" gehört nicht zur selben Wortfamilie wie "Leiche". Niemand weiß das besser als Louisa Manu. Eigentlich wollte die Blumenladeninhaberin nur eine missglückte Hochzeitsanzeige richtigstellen – stattdessen findet sie einen sehr toten Auftragskiller bei der örtlichen Zeitung.

Ein neueröffnetes Blumengeschäft, chaotische Familienbeziehungen und ein makabrer Fund im Sperrmüll – willkommen im Leben von Louisa Manu! Wenn man innerhalb eines Tages einem Polizisten auffährt und einen Finger in einem alten Holzkästchen findet, kann das durchaus zu Stress führen. Wenn sich der leitende Ermittler aber als ebendieser Polizist herausstellt, man sich um das eigene Blumengeschäft, die verantwortungslose Schwester und die unfähige 70-jährige Mitarbeiterin kümmern muss, ist Chaos vorprogrammiert. Doch Louisa Manu ist fest davon überzeugt, dass sie den Fall aufklären und gleichzeitig ihr Leben in den Griff kriegen wird.

This chilling tale of greed, lust, and deception opens on a midwinter night when Felix Canaris, a despairing writer about to take his own life, is saved by a knock at the door. The mysterious visitor, a Jasper Helwyze, promises Felix fame and fortune in return for his complete devotion.

In the years before Little Women, Louisa May Alcott anonymously wrote several thrillers in order to make ends meet. Dubbed as her “blood and thunder tales”, they reveal a bright, inventive and passionate writer driven to keep the listener riveted. Behind a Mask is considered the best of these tales. Jean Muir works her will on the Coventry family, who are rich, indolent, and ripe for the picking. While also tackling themes of social status and feminism, Alcott deftly delivers a shocking tale of obsessive intrigue.

Brooklyn psychiatrist Dr. Caroline Strange is certain she knows what's best for her patients, her family, and pretty much everyone else, but that all changes when a troubled young man arrives for his appointment and makes a pair of alarming confessions: I am going to kill someone, and I know who you really are. Dr. Caroline is accustomed to hearing her patients’ deepest, darkest secrets, but it seems Nelson Schack may be one step ahead when detectives show up later that day, inquiring about a missing woman.

The Trials of Louisa Collins. Louisa was the first and last woman hanged in NSW Australia.This case captured the public imagination in 1888. People packed the courthouse to watch the 'Botany Borgia's murder trials. Not one trial but four. Louisa's eventual death sentence sparked public satisfaction and public rage. Was she guilty or not guilty? This true crime tale brings to life the characters who fought for and against Louisa's appointment with the gallows.

Ein totes Funkenmariechen bleibt selten allein. Louisa Manu ermittelt wieder... als Käse verkleidet. Louisa Manus Lieblingsjahreszeit hält Einzug in Köln: Karneval. Sie will trinken, feiern und die anstrengenden letzten Monate vergessen... und kein totes Funkenmariechen unter einem Umzugswagen finden. Doch Lou bekommt selten, was sie will. Das Gute ist, dass die Katastrophen-Rentnerin Trudi nicht mitmischen kann, weil sie ihre Spontan-Hochzeit planen muss. Das Schlechte ist, dass Lous schwangere Chaoten-Schwester lieber auf Mörderjagd geht, als dem Vater von der frohen Kunde zu erzählen.

Ist eine Leiche im Garten besser als ein Einbrecher im Haus? Unsere Lieblingsdetektivin Louisa Manu ermittelt wieder mit Herz, Humor und Geschick! Louisa Manu weiß aus Erfahrung, dass Leichen nie schön anzusehen sind - doch sie werden nicht hübscher, wenn jemand mit dem Auto drüberbrettert. Leider liegt ein ebensolcher Toter bei ihrer besten Freundin im Garten. Ariane springt kopfüber in die Mordermittlung und Lou bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als hinterherzuhechten.

Annie has just started her new job as emergency room administrator at Roosevelt Hospital. In her wildest dreams, she never expects December 8, 1980, to be her baptism by fire when John Lennon's bloodied body is carried into the ER over the shoulder of a policeman. Nor could she anticipate, moments later, the suspicious death of an elderly John Doe.