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Un assassino spietato e una ragazzina. Esiste una coppia più letale? Una casa, una famiglia, una vita normale: queste sono solo alcune delle cose che Will Robie non potrà mai avere, un obiettivo impossibile da raggiungere, quasi quanto quelli che il lavoro gli impone.Narcotrafficanti, terroristi, ricchi sceicchi e criminali di ogni genere: se gli Stati Uniti ordinano, lui esegue, e questi individui spariscono dalla faccia della terra. Ma cosa succede quando entra in gioco la coscienza e non premere quel grilletto innesca una serie di pericolose reazioni a catena.

The pretty market town of Sterndale is a close-knit community where everyone thinks they know everyone else. But at a lavish summer wedding, a local celebrity is discovered slumped in the gardens, the victim of a violent assault that leads to a murder investigation. As the police search for answers, suspicion and paranoia build and the lives of the locals are turned upside down. Secrets that lurk beneath the pristine façade of Sterndale come to light as detectives close in on the truth.

You never meant to kill him…. One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, is pregnant, and the two of them are closing on their dream house. But all it will take is...

Rusty Sabich, sessant'anni appena compiuti, presidente della Corte d'Appello della Kindle County e in corsa per un posto alla Corte Suprema statale, è accusato di omicidio. Una mattina, al risveglio, trova la moglie Barbara morta nel letto accanto a lui. Aspetta però quasi un giorno prima di chiamare la polizia e i soccorsi, e non avverte nemmeno suo figlio Nat. Perché? Vuole forse cancellare tracce compromettenti?

A gripping new thriller from Harlan Coben, author of the instant New York Times bestsellers Just One Look, No Second Chance, and Tell No One. Abridged CD - 5 CDs, 6...

The death of history teacher Craig Foster devastated his young wife, who'd sent him off to work that morning with a lovingly packed lunch. It shocked his colleagues at the Upper West Side private school. And as for the 10-year-old girls who found him in his classroom in a pool of bodily fluids, they may have been traumatized for life. Lieutenant Eve Dallas, of course, is more hardened to murder cases. And this is clearly a murder case.

In this bestselling debut, criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he's tried to balance his career against his conscience. Savvy but cynical, Dillard wants to quit doing criminal defense, but he can't resist the chance to represent someone who might actually be innocent. His drug-addicted sister has just been released from prison and his mother is succumbing to Alzheimer's, but Dillard's commitment to the case never wavers despite the personal troubles and professional demands that threaten to destroy him.

In this riveting follow-up to The Blood Gospel, the first book in the thrilling and atmospheric Order of the Sanguine series, New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell deliver a tale of international adventure, intrigue, suspense, and supernatural mystery involving a...

Kayla Shaw is a smart and capable private banker in Arizona. Rand McCree is a haunted man painting landscapes in the Pacific Northwest, burning with a need for answers. They are two strangers with nothing in common—until their lives entwine . . . and explode. Everything changes for Kayla as...

Dopo essere stata adottata dai Palfrey, per dieci anni Philippa ha continuato a fantasticare sui suoi veri genitori. Tormentata dal desiderio di far luce sul suo passato, appena raggiunge la maggiore età cerca di ritrovarli. E non si arrende, anche se le sue scoperte sono sconvolgenti. E l'incontro con sua madre sarà il preludio di una nuova tragedia... Colpa e vendetta, legami di sangue e ragioni del cuore. Un dramma di famiglia che diventa un imprevedibile thriller.

Assistant District Attorney Beth Crawford and her sister, Jen, take a much needed vacation in Baja California, but the fun in the sun doesn't last long when Jen disappears without a trace on the streets of Playa del Sol. Now Beth must navigate the underbelly of a city she doesn't know, and the only one who can help her is Nick Vargas, a disgraced newspaper reporter on the trail of a dangerous and deadly cult with big plans for its annual celebration...on the Day of the Dead.

When Leah Miller's entire Amish family was murdered ten years ago, the person believed responsible took his own life. Since then, Leah left the Amish and joined the police force. Now, after another Amish woman is found murdered with the same MO, it becomes clear that the wrong man may have been blamed for her family's deaths.

OSCURO COME UNA LEGGENDA TRAMANDATA SOTTOVOCE. Dopo la tragica perdita del figlio, Rachel e Finn Kennan sono alla deriva, estranei l'uno all'altra e sempre più distanti. Rachel, capo della polizia in una piccola città della Virginia, si rifugia nel lavoro, cercando risposte nei casi su cui indaga piuttosto che dentro di sé. Finn, scrittore il cui talento si è spento insieme alla sua determinazione, lotta contro il peso della colpa.

Forty-five years ago, a young girl went missing. Now, a body is found. The Innocent Dead is the fifteenth book in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod. 'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' – Daily Mail Mary McIntyre's disappearance...

" Le mal est contagieux, commissaire, et vous le savez. Il ne s’agit pas de vengeance ici, mais d’exemple. " Lorsque la police arrive, la scène du crime est glaçante : 85 coups de couteau et une gamine de treize ans. Mais ce n’est pas la victime... c’est la meurtrière. Elle est restée là, le poignard encore levé, un sourire diabolique aux lèvres. Quand d’autres crimes violents sont commis par des jeunes collégiens, l’inspectrice Teresa Brusca demande au commissaire Strega, suspendu suite à un "accident", d’enquêter officieusement avec elle.

DCI Hanlon is going undercover. Oxford philosophy lecturer Dr Gideon Fuller is in the frame, but Hanlon is not convinced. From the specialist brothels in Oxford and Soho, to the inner sanctum of a Russian people trafficker with a taste for hurting women, the trail leads Hanlon deeper and deeper into danger - until she herself becomes the killer's next target.... Can Hanlon track down the killer before it's too late?

Un pédiatre et sa femme agressés en pleine nuit, leur béé de dix-huit mois enlevé sous leurs yeux... Pourquoi diable des carabiniers -les gendarmes italiens - ont-ils fait irruption chez ce couple et se sont-ils emparés de ce petit garçon ? Le coup porté par son assaillant a-t-il vraiment rendu le médecin muet, comme il le prétend ? Quel lien cette arrestation a-t-elle avec celles effectuées simultanément par les carabiniers dans d'autres ville ? Et enfin, qui a bien pu ordonner la mise en oeuvre d'une opération aussi effroyable ?

Defense attorney David Nash has made a career out of setting monsters free — and no one does it better. Now a case has come to “the Ice Man” that could help cleanse Nash of the guilt and doubts that torment him: that rarest of all defendants, an innocent man.

Nowhere is safe. No one can be trusted. A bloodied body is found in a Manchester Immigrant Removal Centre. The investigating officer and the pathologist seem certain: a suicide. But for DI Ridpath something doesn't add up. As the evidence starts to unravel, and with few leads, the pressure is on to find answers before the Inquest is closed. Caught between the police, the coroner and a system that doesn't care, Ridpath isn't making any friends.

DI Jack Knox is called in to investigate a high-profile case. A local distiller’s daughter has gone missing, and when he receives a ransom note, his fears that it is a kidnapping are confirmed. Knox decides to take a serious risk to capture the abductors, but the stakes could not be higher. The father is wealthy and well-connected. If Knox’s gamble goes wrong, he’ll have hell to pay. Meanwhile in the prequel story, 'Labyrinth', the body of an attractive young woman is found in woodland on Edinburgh’s iconic Calton Hill.