Showing results by publisher "SAGA EGMONT" in Thriller & Suspense

Illgärning och samvete föder skam och lögn. Ofta blir ånger och osanning nästa gärnings föräldrar... När Julia lämnas av sin man befinner hon sig i kölvattnet efter en svår depression, fylld av panikattacker och återkommande drömmar. Hon är dock fast besluten att komma på fötter så att sonen ska få bo hos henne igen. Julia bestämmer sig för att ta ett jobb som lärare i sin barndomsstad, Uppsala, men glädjen över en nystart har fördunklats av beskedet att hennes ungdomskärlek Per Stenlund tagit livet av sig.

Johannes Andersson och Elias Frontman hinner tänka att de borde vända om, tillbaka till stan. Vägarna längs skogen är tysta och öde, inte ett uns av spänning konstaterar de två uttråkade poliserna. Plötsligt får de in ett anrop om ett inbrott hos skogsägaren Björn Karlsson. Bara minuter senare påträffar de Björn död, sittandes på en stol med en yxa i huvudet. Två år senare har Anton Karlsson, Björns halvbror, dömts för mordet. Han hävdar dock sin oskuld och kontaktar journalisten Oskar Hjalmarsson som går med på att undersöka fallet på nytt.

Best friends tell each other the truth – don't they? When North Stones best friend Kelly Orton is found hanging lifeless in a tree, North knows for certain it wasn't suicide. Kelly had everything to live for – a loving boyfriend, a happy life, and most importantly of all, Kelly would never leave North all by herself. The girls have been friends since childhood, devoted to each other, soul sisters, or at least that's what North has always believed. But did Kelly feel the same way, or was she keeping secrets from her 'best friend' – deadly secrets.

Le Rescator... Qui est ce mystérieux personnage ? Nathan et Mickael avancent et en apprennent de plus en plus sur leur passé. Avec l'aide précieuse de nouvelles amitiés, ils vont découvrir que leurs vies ne sont que mensonges. Malgré un nouvel amour, Nathan n'a pas oublié Sophie et met tout en œuvre pour la retrouver. Mais le pire est à venir. Le Rescator met son plan machiavélique en marche, semant la destruction et la mort derrière lui. Nathan, Mickael et leurs amis vont-ils se sortir de cette périlleuse aventure ? Vont-ils pouvoir démasquer et stopper le Rescator ?

"Nel cuore del centro storico" è la prima avventura del giornalista Matteo De Foresta, nato dalla fantasia di Menini nel 2015. In una Genova ombrosa, perfetta scenografia per un romanzo noir dai contorni nostalgici, De Foresta conduce un'esistenza tutto sommato ordinaria, fra i contraccolpi emotivi di un matrimonio naufragato e le partitelle a calcetto con gli amici.

Il commissario Enzo Fellini, già protagonista di "Giallo veneziano" (2019), è incaricato dal questore Badalamenti di un nuovo, delicatissimo caso. In una gondola, infatti, è stato ritrovato il cadavere di Gudrun Kessler, una soprano tedesca stabilitasi da tempo nella città lagunare. Scontrandosi con l'ossessione del questore per l'opinione pubblica, oltre che con un imprevisto flirt, Fellini si immerge in un'indagine che ben presto assume toni decisamente allarmanti: chi è il Superuomo (come l'assassino stesso ama firmarsi)?

The search for a missing child reveals she is not the only one... In a little village in Lombardy, it's a cold November morning when Ami steps out of her house to go to school... and never comes back. As soon as her father raises the alarm, a frantic search begins. The investigation is led by Police Commissioner Sensi. His men immediately find a trail to follow, but it soon proves to lead nowhere. Three months later, Police Commissioner Sensi decides to visit Dr Claps, an old friend and a renowned criminologist, who guesses from his first few words the real reason for the visit.

She's out of retirement – and out for revenge! When Georgina Garrett wakes in the night to find intruders in her house, she knows she must do everything she can to keep her children safe. But just when she thinks the ordeal is over, she realises something is terribly wrong. She arrives at her crime-lord husband David Maynard's London house to find a bloodbath. Six of David's best men lie dead and he is nowhere to be found. Georgina may have walked away from the game but she's still the best player on the street.

Is your house as safe as you think? Natalie spent most of her childhood feeling afraid. So when she moved into her cosy little flat in St Ives and met her three friendly neighbours, she knew at once it was somewhere she'd feel safe. Before long, Natalie's neighbours have become the family she never had. Kind, motherly Morwenna, serious, reliable Nigel, and sweet, anxious Daniel. They collect each other's mail, water each other's plants, and share each others lives. But as Natalie knows all too well, the people who are closest to you can also be the most dangerous.

It only takes one defeat to topple an empire. With Britain still in the grips of World War Two, Georgina Garrett has her own battles to fight. She has made many enemies over the years, and with every victory she's only grown stronger. But following a bitter betrayal, Georgina must find a way to claw herself out of the depths of despair and back to the top position within London's criminal underworld. She'll do whatever it takes to secure her freedom and defeat those who'd rather to see her dead.

He wasn't always a killer. At first, he just wanted to talk. D.C. Charlie Stafford has an odd case on her hands. And it may be her toughest one yet. A burglar who isn't interested in valuables, the subject of Operation Greystream is a strange but smooth operator. In the dead of the night, gloved and masked, he visits the elderly. He doesn't hurt them and, if they beg, he won't take anything of real value. All he wants is conversation... and they're powerless to refuse him. But then 87-year-old Florence Briarly is found by her friend, cold to the touch and neatly, too neatly, tucked into bed.

El volumen final de la trilogía de diarios carcelarios de Jeffrey Archer abarca desde su transferencia desde el Centro Penitenciario de Media Seguridad Wayland de Su Majestad hasta su puesta en libertad condicional en julio de 2003. Supone el relato del traumático período que pasó en la famosa Prisión Lincoln y los acontecimientos que llevaron a su encarcelamiento en ella. Asimismo, el libro presenta una dura visión de un sistema penitenciario a punto de quebrarse.

When Adele's brother, Peter, gets banged up for GBH, she reluctantly agrees to run his nightclub, The Golden Bell. Strong opposition from Peter's thuggish number two, Glynn, who isn't best pleased about answering to a woman, isn't the only challenge she faces. The Manchester club scene of the 1990s is a dangerous place, at the mercy of illicit protection rackets and rampaging gangs, and, despite Adele's efforts to keep everything legal, the club is beginning to feel like a poisoned chalice.

Oonagh O'Neil is back with another dark and chilling investigation. 'Do that which is good and no evil shall touch you.' This is the message the so-called Raphael killer leaves on each of his victims. A clue - and a reminder - that three decades later they're still at large. When investigative journalist Oonagh O'Neil is given a tip off about one of the biggest tragedies to hit the NHS, the tainted blood scandal, she can't help but spot that the two seemingly different events could be linked.

"White Heron" is the first thrilling instalment in the "Run and Hide" series by Welsh author JJ Marsh. Ann Sheldon is a woman with secrets - and a past that she wants to leave behind. What better place to escape than to a remote shack in the Brazilian jungle? However, when a young local boy is violently murdered, Ann finds herself drawn into the investigation and fearful that her past has caught up with her. A high octane thriller packed full of mystery, danger, and adventure.

In "Black River" we re-join the mysterious and gutsy Ann Sheldon as she continues to try to forget her past and start afresh. Wanting to steer clear of any more trouble, as well as the local police inspector, Gil Maduro, Ann tries to relax and embrace her new life. When a young girl goes missing from a camp however, the services of Gil Maduro are called upon, and Ann soon joins him on an investigation which will take them deep into the Amazon as well as into even deeper trouble. The pair encounter dangerous enemies along the way and Ann struggles to keep her true identity secret.

The girl in the photo was laughing, her head thrown back, her lips painted a bright red. Jessie could feel the simple joy reflected in that moment. And as she looked closer, she saw the same gold cross and chain that had adorned the first victim’s neck. When a young woman falls to her death from a parking garage, the Boston police department rule it as a suicide. But when Jessie Novak examines the scene, she isn’t so sure... The girl’s delicate hands are bruised and her fingernails torn: evidence of a struggle.

Quando Eva Philips e Blake Miller si incontrano per la prima volta hanno almeno una cosa in comune: lei ha fatto ritorno a Seattle dopo otto anni trascorsi a cercare qualcosa di diverso; lui ha fatto lo stesso, abbandonando la propria casa e sforzandosi di non guardarsi mai indietro. La casa, oltre che un luogo fisico, è anche una dimensione ideale.

The perfect weekend away. A remote lodge, old friends... and murder. Set in a remote Scottish lodge in the depths of winter, this explosive and disturbing thriller asks what happens when dark secrets finally come to light. When a group of female friends gather at a beautiful but isolated Scottish island lodge for a weekend away, they're looking forward to relaxing, sharing updates on their lives, reminiscing... The furthest thing from their minds is death. But even though they've known each other since high school, some of these women have secrets.

A city united in grief. A journalist ready to kill to keep his secrets. A copper capable of darker deeds than murderers. An unworldly detective fighting to save an innocent man. Newly appointed DS McAvoy is an outsider to his new force and must confront his darkest fears, while hunting a killer that nobody else believes in. In a landscape at once tender and brutal, McAvoy must tread the path between the darkness and the light, before facing an enemy who will brand him for life.