Showing results for "Spectrum" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The year is 1995 and the NYPD has just graduated a promising new patrol officer named Karen Vail. The rookie's first day on the job is anything but easy when she finds herself at the crime scene of a young woman murdered in an unusual manner. Vail is unsure of what she's looking at or what it means - but it's a case that will weigh on her mind for nearly 20 years.

August Burke ist anders. Irgendwie seltsam, geradezu wunderlich. Doch Burke ist auch ein Genie: Er erkennt Zusammenhänge, die allen anderen verborgen bleiben. Als es in einer Bank zu einer Geiselnahme kommt, wendet das FBI sich an ihn. Denn die Täter verhalten sich extrem ungewöhnlich und verschwinden schließlich sogar unbemerkt aus dem umstellten Gebäude. Mit Burkes Hilfe entdeckt das FBI den Zugang zu einem Geheimlabor unter der Bank - das eigentliche Ziel des Überfalls.

A fast-paced thriller from the author of the international bestselling "Shepherd series". The gruesome killing of more than 300 white squatters in a South African village is still unsolved when the alleged assassin enters a storage facility in the US and takes several hostages. No demands and an obvious play for time leave hostage negotiators on edge. When the FBI is called in, they bring Dr. August Burke, a young man with James Dean looks and a brilliant mind capable of seeing behavioral patterns where others can't.

A guide to autism, basically

Framed for a casino massacre, Harmony and Jessie are on the run - in the real world and in their own. From the seedy casinos of Atlantic City to the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the imposing facades of Washington, DC, there's not a soul on earth they can trust. The only way they can clear their names is to take down the conspiracy from within and uncover the truth behind a secret that both the government and the powers of hell want to keep buried.

The moving true story of a little girl with Asperger syndrome, controlled and abused by the one person she called her friend. Taylor had always struggled to make friends - she felt 'different'. Taylor never knew her father, and her mother wasn't around much. She just didn't understand people and was alone and scared most of the time. That was until, aged just 11, an older married man called Tom befriended her. She loved having someone who would talk to her, listen to her - a protector. But when he moved away a few months later, she was easy prey.

De onderwereld heeft Brabant in zijn greep. Brabant is de drugsschuur van Europa; jaarlijks wordt er voor 1 miljard euro aan wiet geproduceerd. De criminaliteit in het zuiden is een bedrijfstak, die al jaren kan voortbestaan doordat boven- en onderwereld zich hand in hand weinig lijken aan te trekken van het gezag. Hoe kan dat en waarom gebeurt dat in Brabant?

Op 1 april 2014 keren Kris Kremers (21) en Lisanne Froon (22) niet terug van een wandeling in de jungle van Panama. Maandenlange zoekacties, bemoeilijkt door het slechte weer, leveren niets op. Twee maanden later wordt er diep in de jungle een rugzak gevonden met daarin onder meer hun telefoons en camera, waarop vreemde foto's gevonden worden. Dit leidde tot wilde speculaties over de verdwijning die tot op de dag van vandaag voortduren. Zijn ze verdwaald, ontvoerd, beroofd?