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Shelby works as a dog walker in northern California, and she’s just finished up her bi-weekly trip to the park with a husky named Pluto. When she brings him back to his house, she finds his owner - Todd Burke, a well-known local businessman and founder of an organic supplements company - lying on the bathroom floor, dead. A detective arrives on the scene. As she interviews Shelby, the body is inspected by a medical examiner, and more cops search Todd’s home, it becomes clear that the victim’s life was less picture-perfect than his clean-cut persona might lead you to believe.

When Sarah’s husband, Nick, is killed in a car accident, her world shatters. Facing a future without him seems impossible. But maybe she doesn't have to. When Sarah discovers EternaTech, the AI program Nick and his business partner have been working on in secret, she is given the chance to speak to Nick from beyond the grave. It sounds like him. It feels like him… As Sarah becomes consumed by her connection to this digital Nick, she begins uncovering secrets about his final days.

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

Milano. L’architetto Mirella Bonetti trova un geometra morto assassinato in un ufficio del Comune e dà l’allarme. Anche se la polizia avvia l’inchiesta Mirella e la sua amica Anita conducono una indagine parallela, aggirandosi su un vecchio furgone per Milano e dintorni, con il loro linguaggio colorato, innaffiato dagli immancabili bianchini. Le due si rendono presto conto che tra i progetti vagliati dal geometra (buonanima) ce n’era uno che presentava... strane caratteristiche.

Legendary editor, Maxim Jakubowski, delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists.

Two vastly different worlds collide when an Amish boy, Samuel Lapp, becomes the sole witness to the murder of an undercover cop while visiting Philadelphia with his mother Rachel. Assigned to the case, narcotics detective John Book vows to protect Samuel and uncover the killer.

In the gripping sixth installment of the 3:00 a.m. series, Henry Bins faces his most challenging mission yet: clearing his father’s name. As the past collides with the present, the stakes are higher than ever. 3:53 a.m. is a heart-pounding tale of family, conspiracy, and the relentless pursuit of justice.

The first in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is the world’s first locked-room mystery, a seemingly impossible crime story as powerful as any that have copied the scenario since. “The Detective Story Club”, launched by Collins in 1929, was a...

Finstere Verschwörungen im dänischen Parlament – und ein mutiger Journalist auf der Jagd nach der Wahrheit MÖRDERISCHE INTRIGE: Der aufstrebende Reporter Ulrik Torp erhält brisante Informationen aus der legendären »Burg«, dem dänischen Parlamentssitz. Torps erster Aufmacher wird sein großer Durchbruch. Schnell merkt er, dass er sich in einem lebensgefährlichen Netz aus Intrigen, Geheimnissen und Lügen verfangen hat … Wird er trotzdem die Wahrheit aufdecken können? BETRÜGERISCHE SPIELE: Kurz vor den Parlamentswahlen wird ein Mitarbeiter des Innenministeriums kaltblütig ermordet.

Sex, violence, murder, betrayal, revenge and a kick-ass unstoppable heroine with one big Achilles’ heel. That would be Winter. She’s been having kind of a bad week... Firestorm 2, the plot to mine data from the infamous murder-for-hire website, has been a success. But while Winter’s been held prisoner by Alek after saving his life, GCHQ has been ordering hits to eliminate every contractor on the site – and leaked footage of Alek and Winter together means she’s now public enemy number one.

Six entertaining thrillers featuring slovenly sleuth Chief Inspector Dover, Scotland Yard's most unwanted man Cantankerous and dishevelled, Chief Inspector Dover is no-one's idea of a model detective - but he does have an uncanny knack for solving crimes. In these radio dramas, set in the 1960s...

Odense, Dänemark. Ermittler Roland Benito ermittelt in den eigenen Reihen: Der 6-jährige Sohn eines Polizisten wurde vor den Augen seiner Eltern entführt. Sein Vater steht im Verdacht, einer skrupellosen Verbrecherbande Geld gestohlen zu haben. Hat der Kollege die Tragödie selbst zu verschulden – oder steckt womöglich etwas viel Abgründigeres dahinter? Zur gleichen Zeit wird in Aarhus eine junge Frau tot in ihrer Wohnung aufgefunden. Die ungewöhnlichen Umstände ihres Todes rufen die Journalistin Anne Larson auf den Plan.

Schreie zerreißen die nächtliche Stille einer Parkanlage. In letzter Sekunde kann der mörderische Anschlag auf eine Frau vereitelt werden. Sie kommt mit dem Leben davon, doch durch das traumatische Ereignis verliert sie ihr Gedächtnis. Kriminalkommissarin Karin Wolf, die zum Schutz dieser Frau eingeteilt wurde, versucht Stück für Stück die Vergangenheit der Frau zu rekonstruieren, um den Täter aufzuspüren. Schon bald muss Karin feststellen, dass ihr Schützling immer noch in Lebensgefahr schwebt. Der Verfolger hat seine Jagd noch lange nicht beendet.

Domestic noir at its best. Readers will devour this stunning page-turner about the disintegration of a marriage as grief, jealousy, betrayal and murder destroy the facade of the perfect literary couple. New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison takes her exceptional writing to a new level...

En Riversend, en un pueblo rural azotado por una sequía interminable, un joven sacerdote abre fuego desde la escalinata de su iglesia y mata a cinco vecinos antes de ser acribillado. Un año después, el periodista Martin Scarsden llega al aislado pueblo para escribir un artículo sobre el aniversario de la tragedia. Pero las historias que escucha no encajan con la versión que su periódico informó. Martin no puede ignorar sus dudas, ni la insistencia de algunos lugareños para descubrir la verdadera razón detrás del ataque del sacerdote, a quien asombrosamente todos defienden.

At the edge of an old orchard, on the grounds of an exclusive private girls’ school, a teenage boy is found dead. Was it murder, suicide, or something else? Disaffected police detective and struggling single parent, Adam Durwood, is assigned to investigate, but the closer he looks the more the facts don’t add up. At the centre of the mystery are three beguiling and manipulative teenagers who seem to know much more than they should, and are slowly drawing Adam into a web he can’t see....

Three weeks on from that night and ChameleoMan & friends are riding high after their first vigilante victory... but Dan & his cats are about to face something far deadlier. Stopping a mugging was almost too easy, but when a body turns up in the industrial estate, Dan begins to wonder if the superhero life is really for him. Catman is missing, the police are asking questions, and shadowy figures stalk the street at night. With time running out, Dan, Andrew, and the Flash must race to uncover the truth—before the law starts pointing fingers at them. But something darker lurks in the shadows.

As I sit in her dimly lit bedroom, surrounded by flickering candles, I feel the crushing weight of my daughter’s absence. It's been two years since Layla was murdered. The police have searched tirelessly for her killer, but they've found nothing – it's like whoever did it vanished into thin air. My once-perfect marriage is falling apart, we can hardly look at each other anymore. Our ten-year-old son Gale is struggling. He’s changed since she died. He’s more secretive and also…

Valentina Medici è stata prima sedata, poi uccisa per dissanguamento da due tagli longitudinali sul polso. Lo scrittore Paolo Bernini, marito della donna, riconosce in questo rituale le modalità con le quali dieci anni prima venne uccisa la sua prima moglie. Questo legame col passato è la traccia dalla quale parte l'indagine del commissario leccese Luigi Gelsomino, che non vuol sentir parlare di serial killer, ma che è pronto a rinnegare il suo fiuto, se le prove dovessero condurlo in quella direzione. Un thriller che si dipana a cavallo tra il sole salentino e le nebbie padane.

Esseri umani, rifiuti tossici e i ricordi di un amore. La quarta indagine del commissario Gelsomino si snoda un po' sopra e un po' sotto il livello del suolo, ma soprattutto un poco sopra e un poco sotto il livello dell'emotività, nell'indecisione di quali voci della propria coscienza ascoltare e quali altre seppellire per sempre. Marco Lugli propone ai suoi lettori il quarto romanzo dedicato al commissario leccese Luigi Gelsomino.