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Silas West studied the darkest minds in the world. Now one of them is studying him. When a mutilated body washes ashore near Kingston, Washington, the local authorities are out of their depth. The injuries aren’t just brutal, they’re deliberate. A gruesome fusion of military torture and ritualistic branding. Former military psychologist Silas West left D. C. to write a memoir and rebuild his life in a quiet town on Washington's Puget Sound. But when he’s asked to consult on the case, what begins as a favor turns into an obsession.

Three Chicago women have been found strangled, embalmed, and posed as if still alive. Doubting the findings of the local PD’s profiler, the FBI calls on forensic psychologist Zoe Bentley to investigate. Zoe quickly gets off on the wrong foot with her new partner, Special Agent Tatum Gray. Zoe’s a hunter, intense and focused; Tatum’s a smug maverick with little respect for the rules.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Mesmerising and unsettling . . . The best debut thriller for years' Sunday Times Now a major film starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong Over 7 million copies sold worldwide ____________ Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to...

They came seeking help. But not everyone can be saved. When strangers Tess and Leah arrive at the private practice of renowned psychiatrist Dr. Jenna O'Hara, both are desperate for support. But behind the calm of the consulting room, something far darker is taking shape. Leah, now in her forties...

Brought to you by Penguin. YOU CAN HEAR HIS EVERY THOUGHT... BUT HE CAN HEAR YOURS TOO. When Elijah suggests celebrating their ten-year anniversary by visiting OneMind, Anna is hesitant about getting the implant that will allow them to hear each other’s thoughts. Yet, eager to please him and...

The best person to understand a serial killer is one of his victims. Meet Dr Olivia Winter. ‘I was hooked from the first page… mind-blowing and gripping. I am eagerly awaiting the next instalment’ Angela Marsons ‘Chilling, unnerving [and] pacey’ John Marrs ‘A searingly intense...

I’m a psychologist. Dr Emy Rose. Although that’s not my real name. I run a pioneering new government project, persuading convicted murderers to give up their secrets – namely, the resting places of their victims. The work I do is gruelling: one-to-one interrogations, conducted over months, with some of the most despicable people on the planet. But it’s about getting answers for the families. And – this part’s a secret – I know better than most how much that means…And nobody else knows how far I am willing to go, to get a murderer to confess.

1847562078'When a bomb explodes outside the Royal Academy of Ballet in the heart of London, the police initially suspect a terrorist group. But the pieces don't fit and DCI Silver is struggling to find any suspects.Still recovering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after a terrible tragedy, Claudie fears that her recent black-outs are a sign that her symptoms are returning.

Dr. Tim Dare is a forensic psychiatrist whose life is in a mess: his wife has just left him to find herself; his mother is being sued for libel by a small-town mayor over a mystery novel; he’s been made the monitor of a man just out of psychiatric hospital, a man he considers a psychopathic murderer; he’s being hauled before a disciplinary committee for “misplacing” a file; one of his patients is “transferring” feelings to him rather too romantically; and now someone’s threatening to kill him. He thinks he needs to see a shrink himself.

Liz Zahavi is desperate. Desperate for her controlling partner, Jay, to stay with her, to actually love her. Desperate to be well again, after a recent diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. Desperate to be understood. Private therapy seems like the answer to her prayers, but Liz doesn't even make it to her first appointment. Lost in a maze of country roads, she crashes her car, only to be rescued by a brooding local farmer...who just keeps on rescuing her. Attractive and intense, Jude is a dream, and Liz doesn't want to wake up.

traders call the office “the goldfish bowl” because its walls are all glass. There is no privacy, not even for office manager Gerald Lomax. And so it is that everyone in the office watches him die. when his first wife, Jane, passed away. Married for six years, their life seems blissful until the day she brings a kitchen knife to his office and stabs him to death in broad daylight. It is an open-and-shut case, but Jennifer pleads innocence, claiming that it wasn’t she who stabbed him - she was possessed by his ex-wife, Jane....

The most dangerous people are those you trust. The dismembered body of a young woman is discovered in a forest near Hamburg. Her remains give a terrifyingly vivid account of the unimaginably cruel torture she suffered before her death. She won’t be the only victim. Within a very short period of time, more women are discovered. Assistant District Attorney Alex Gutenberg and criminal psychologist Dr. Evelin Wolf feverishly try everything to bring down the serial killer before he takes his next victim.

Crime reporter Sawyer Brooks still grieves for the family she and her two sisters never had. Raised in a house of horrors, they continue to fight through the trauma - releasing their rage by seeking justice for those who are just as vulnerable as they were. When a little girl’s bones are unearthed in Sacramento’s Land Park and 12-year-old Riley Addison disappears, solving these cases becomes an obsession for Sawyer - one that puts her job at risk. Yet she can’t turn back, and the deeper Sawyer’s investigation goes, the darker it gets.

Do you believe in fate? When Jemma leaves husband Adam for another man, his world shatters. Desperate to regain control, Adam turns to the glass die he once used to make every decision. Meanwhile, Jemma's lost her sense of self. Every choice she makes is tempting her to risk everything to find...

Charlotte Anne Mattas longs to turn back the clock. Before her husband, Sam, went to serve his country in the war, he was the man everyone could rely on—responsible, intelligent, and loving. But the person who's come back to their family farm is very different from the protector Annie remembers. Sam's experience in the Pacific theater has left him broken in ways no one can understand—but that everyone is learning to fear.  

'Clever, gripping, utterly surprising' TAMMY COHEN 'An absolute scorcher of a mystery' C.M. EWAN 'Searing. A clever, compelling and innovative eco-thriller in which both literal and metaphorical fires burn through the characters' lives, changing them forever' ANNA MAZZOLA The perfect life Robyn...

London: Vier Menschen erhalten anonym eine Geburtstagskarte mit der Nachricht: "Dein Geschenk ist das Spiel - traust du dich zu spielen?" Danach verschwinden sie spurlos. Da die Polizei die Sache nicht ernst nimmt, engagiert die Tochter einer der Verschwundenen die Psychologin und Privatdetektivin Dr. Augusta Bloom. Blooms Recherchen decken eine Gemeinsamkeit auf, die alle betrifft - und die sie alle zu gefährlichen Menschen macht. Offensichtlich nutzt der Täter das Gewaltpotential seiner Opfer. Und versucht, auch Augusta Bloom in sein tödliches Spiel miteinzubeziehen.

All five books in the critically acclaimed Bad Games series under one terrifying roof. Bad Games: The Complete Series includes: Bad Games, Vengeful Games, Hellbent, Malevolent, and Psychopath. Follow the ordeals of the Lambert family in this series.

Alexandra Winter kennt nichts anderes als Gewalt. Ihr Leben lang war sie "sein Mädchen". Erst das ihres Vaters, dann das ihres Ehemannes Axel. Dem ehrenwerten Vertreter des Gesetzes, diesem deutschen Patrioten, der für Recht und Ordnung sorgt. Auf der Straße und zu Hause. Doch damit ist jetzt Schluss. Oder ist es erst der Anfang? Die Welt gerät aus den Fugen. Nicht nur Alexandras. Ein Virus zwingt die Menschen in ihre Wohnungen. Kein Entrinnen, keine Hoffnung... bis Sascha auftaucht. Aus Ohnmacht wird Macht. Aus Angst plötzlich Stärke. Wer ist Opfer, wer ist Täter?

حسين الصاوي مهندس مرموق.. وأرمل، يحيا حياته بانطلاق بعد وفاة زوجته، تنقلب حياته رأسًا على عقب حينما يفاجأ بخبر وفاة إحدى الممثلات في حادث سيارة حيث يشير الخبر إلى وفاتها منذ ثلاثة أيام على الرغم من أنها كانت بصحبته في اليوم السابق لنشر الخبر مما يدفعه لبداية الشك في مرضه النفسي وسبر أغوار نفسه بمساعدة صديقه "خالد" الطبيب النفسي والذي يتطرق معه إلى أحداث هامة مضت في حياته وكان لتلك الأحداث الأثر الكبير في تكوين شخصيته وعقدته النفسية ويزداد الأمر تعقيدا حينما يبدأ الشك يتسلل له، شك في كونه قاتل زوجته بسبب عقدته النفسية تلك .. ليدخل في دوامة لا تنتهي من الشك حتى يتغير مجرى حياته تماما