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La Suède est frappée par une série de meurtres barbares. Seul point commun entre les victimes, leur âge : 44 ans. À première vue ces personnes ne se connaissent pas, mais à mieux y regarder, leurs chemins se sont bel et bien croisés, il y a longtemps, dans la petite ville de Katrineholm. À l'époque, tous fréquentaient la même école. Et le souffre-douleur de la classe s'appelait Thomas Karlsson. Aujourd'hui, Thomas est un homme effacé, asocial, et aigri : autant dire le coupable idéal.

Across London, hospital patients are dying - in shockingly unnatural circumstances. A sadistic young woman is targeting them as they lie helpless in their beds, eking out every last sensation of pain as their lives ebb to an excruciating close. The killer is a sadist, but careful too, so the police bring in forensic psychologist Dr. Alex Madison to track down what is clearly an extraordinary and damaged mind.

Sam Laska, a former Chicago Police detective, thought he'd left the murder business behind. But when a friend asks him to investigate a questionable death, he finds himself drawn into a treacherous web of drug dealers, hired killers, and political puppet masters. As Laska unravels the conspiracy, he's captivated by an alluring medical examiner's assistant. But with each step he takes, the danger grows, and his mistakes put those closest to him at risk.

A young man wakes from a coma to find himself targeted by the men who killed his parents, while someone is impersonating a notorious New Zealand serial killer... the latest chilling, nerve-shredding, twisty thriller from the author of The Quiet People... How do you catch a killer... When the only evidence is a dream? James Garrett was critically injured when he was shot following his parents’ execution, and no one expected him to waken from a deep, traumatic coma.

One is Paul Offenbach, a sadistic crime boss with a life-threatening bullet wound. The other is his hostage, Dr. Stuart Collier, now faced with a harrowing ethical quandary. Mile by mile, as a calculated battle of wills and wits plays out, the killer plots his next move. So does the doctor, sworn to do no harm but desperate to escape.

Brought to you by Penguin. Your house is on fire. What do you save? You have seconds to decide. If everything is about to burn, what do you rescue first? When the West End Gallery in London's fashionable Coal Drops Yard is set alight, the fire service must use the list of paintings lodged with...

Als im Morgengrauen die schrecklich zugerichtete Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden wird, geht die Polizei zunächst von einem klassischen Tötungsdelikt aus. Zwei tiefe Stichwunden im Kopf und die Platzierung der Toten in einer anscheinend schlafenden Position geben dem Ermittlerteam um den Kommissar David Richter und die Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Nora Mors jedoch Rätsel auf.