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Lifelong friends Lori Graham and Stephanie Lyle are sitting on the balcony of Lori's flat in Glasgow, chatting, drinking, enjoying the summer's warmth. Until the peace is shattered by the sound of gunshots from a drive-by shooting. Running to investigate, the women find both their worlds shattered. One of their sons is the shooter, and one is the victim. As Lori and Stephanie try and pick through the pieces, they discover that they themselves hold the key to why their boys have turned on each other.

Sent en aften, da kirkeklokkerne har ringet for sidste gang, bliver Sandra Deakin fundet, kold og livløs og dækket af knivstik, på en tilgroet kirkegård. Kriminalkommissær Kim Stone skynder sig til gerningsstedet, hvor overfaldets voldsomhed overbeviser hende om, at drabet var dybt personligt. Da Kims team graver i Sandras liv, opdager de, at hun mente, at hun kunne kommunikere med de døde. Kim indser, at hun må åbne sit sind for alle muligheder, hvis hun skal have en chance for at opklare sagen.

Da kriminalkommissær Kim Stone skynder sig hen til gerningsstedet, er der ikke noget lig, der venter på hende: Paramedicinerne forsøger desperat at redde offerets liv. Den afdøde mand, Eric Gould, virker helt almindelig, indtil teamet graver i hans fortid. Som drenge var begge ofre en del af en gruppe på seks, som pralede med deres forfærdelige forbrydelser. Er der nogen, som er i gang med endelig at få hævn … eller tror vedkommende, at mændene stadig er farlige?

For better or worse, the Nearly Dearly Departed Club are back ... and this time it's a matter of life and death. Or rather, stay alive long enough to protect the dead. That's the plan, at least. But then what do they say about best laid plans? There’s been a death at HM Prison Stainmouth. The...

Als Victoria Davies im Jahr 2001 ermordet wurde, deuteten alle Beweise auf ihren Ehemann Michael hin. Doch zwanzig Jahre später taucht ein Brief auf, den Victoria vor ihrem Tod geschrieben hat; ein Brief, der nie zugestellt wurde, und er offenbart neue Verdächtige: die Labour-Abgeordneten Shaun Donnal, Andrew MacIntyre und Charles Baker. Doch zwei Jahrzehnte später hat sich das Leben dieser Männer verändert. 

‘Will keep you up at night… I can’t get enough’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow. Michael Wood has done it again… I definitely felt my heart rate increase’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Michael Wood is the master of the dark, psychological thriller’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ *** A FAMILY SLAIN When Detective...

BENEATH THE SURFACE THIS SMALL TOWN HAS BIG SECRETS... The Lancashire town of Burnley is a typical British melting pot. Where drugs, violence and human trafficking rub shoulders with grand houses and rolling moors... and now two people have been found dead - are they suicides or is there...

Seconda avventura noir con protagonista il magistrato Ludovica Sperinelli, donna affascinante e volitiva, e del maresciallo dei Carabinieri Francesco Mancini. Sullo sfondo una Savona che si sta preparando all'annuale fiera di Santa Lucia; ma una sera, nel Teatro Chiabrera, una donna viene trovata riversa a terra nel bagno delle signore. Per pura coincidenza, si tratta della vicina di poltrona della Sperinelli, la quale si trova così coinvolta in prima persona in una vicenda dai contorni inquietanti, dove si affollano parenti insopportabili, misteriosi dirigenti e attivisti no-Tav.

La scoperta di un orrendo omicidio scuote Savona. Chi ha ucciso Attilio Casagrande, noto critico d’arte? Perché gli hanno staccato la testa e cavato gli occhi? Quale follia ha guidato l’assassino, quando ha nascosto i resti della vittima sotto la statua dell’Incoronazione di Spine, preparata per la processione del Venerdì Santo? Ad occuparsi del caso è chiamata l'affascinante Ludovica Sperinelli, giovane e combattivo Sostituto Procuratore, insieme al maresciallo Francesco Mancini.

Detective Bec Whitfield thought she'd found paradise in tropical Mission Beach—and maybe even love with charming local developer Jake Morrison. But when Cyclone Meredith threatens the coast, emergency preparations uncover a twenty-year-old secret buried in concrete. The skeletal remains belong to Marcus "Moondog" Sullivan, a former Sydney property developer turned environmental activist who vanished in 2004 during heated battles over coastal development. Marcus had made powerful enemies on both sides of the conservation debate, and someone wanted him silenced permanently.

When a murder occurs in a small town in Upstate New York, retired police detective Graham Sanderson, is drawn back into a vortex of violence, deception, and a series of murders which get dangerously personal. Graham Sanderson thought he’d left it all behind. His years as a Washington, DC...

On a balmy, late summer morning in Hilden Heights, Hattie Baker is found dead in her pool, and she wasn’t the first. A socialite and successful business owner, Hattie was an excellent swimmer. Even so, her death was ruled an accident. Her boyfriend, Mason Willis, however, doesn’t believe it was an accident. He thinks she was murdered and goes to Harry Starke for help. Thus begins an investigation that almost costs Harry his life.

Algunos recuerdos es mejor dejarlos enterrados. Henrik Fexeus, el maestro de la mente, vuelve con un thriller implacable. 3.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos Tras su aclamada El mentalista, escrita junto a la reina de la novela negra, Camilla Läckberg, atrévete a descubrir el inicio de una serie...

Federal Air Marshal Case Younger has grown tired of fighting and wants nothing more than to leave the anger fueled days of his past behind. After thwarting a hijacking—the first of its kind since the tragic events of 9/11—and narrowly escaping the relentless glare of the media, Case yearns for peace. He returns to his tranquil hometown in Virginia, seeking solace.

Privatschnüffler Eric Holler erhält den ominösen Auftrag in einem Nachbarschaftsstreit zu vermitteln. Was zunächst wie ein simpler Job klingt, wird jedoch schon bald zu einer Herausforderung, die den Privatdetektiv mit unglaublichen Überraschungen legaler und illegaler Art konfrontieren.

Quando la figlia muore in quello che la polizia definisce un semplice incidente, secondo l'agente speciale e profiler dell'FBI Pierce Quincy rimangono troppe domande senza risposta. È convinto che qualcuno abbia ucciso sua figlia ed è disposto a rischiare tutto per scoprire cosa sia davvero successo. C'è solo una persona disposta ad aiutarlo: la sua amica ed ex agente di polizia Rainie Connor. Ma la persona che cercano è diversa da qualsiasi altro killer che i due esperti professionisti abbiano mai incontrato prima.

Cuando Wanda Stroud, una bibliotecaria jubilada, vuela de regreso a Los Ángeles desde Ciudad de México, ve algo inquietante en el ordenador portátil del pasajero que tiene delante. Al día siguiente, Wanda había quedado con una amiga para tomar café, pero no apareció, algo muy inusual en ella. El periodista Ray Wyatt investiga la desaparición mientras se aferra a la esperanza de que su hijo, Danny, todavía esté vivo.

London, Christmas 1999. The world is on edge. With the new millennium just days away, fears of the Millennium Bug are spiralling – warnings of computer failures, market crashes, even global catastrophe. But 50 miles east, on the frozen Blackwater Island, a different kind of mystery unfolds. A child's body is discovered on the bracken, untouched by footprints, with no sign of how he died. And no one has come forward to claim him. At the International Tribune, reporter Jonny Murphy senses something is off. Police are appealing for relatives, not suspects.

A judge's wife is dead, and the public are demanding blood. It's the sort of case that will end a defense attorney's career. But Michael Gresham doesn't have much left to lose and when he smells a rat in this headline grabbing story, it's the justice establishment that needs to be worried. A brilliant legal mind with nothing to lose becomes a formidable adversary to those who abuse their power.

When newly promoted DI Anna Vaughan is called to a case in remote Knapdale, on the Argyll coast, she welcomes the chance to escape her life in Glasgow - more specifically the mother-in-law from hell… Ellen McIver, Baldrishaig’s local busybody, has been found dead. Run over — repeatedly — by a tractor belonging to local farmer Glen Cameron. The most likely culprit is Old Wullie, Cameron’s elderly father, who, despite his dementia, still likes to drive the tractor about the lanes. But once at the crime scene Anna can tell something sinister is afoot…