Showing results by publisher "SAGA EGMONT" in Suspense

Separated at birth by a desperate nurse who loses a millionaire's son to cot death, twin boys grow up without any knowledge of the other. Nat Cartwright lives with his middle-class birth parents and grows up to becomes a war hero in the Vietnam War before returning home to run for office in the Republican party. Fletcher Davenport becomes the only son of the millionaire couple. After graduating from Yale, he builds a reputation as a prolific criminal defence lawyer before he too delves into politics as a Democrat.

La Suède est frappée par une série de meurtres barbares. Seul point commun entre les victimes, leur âge : 44 ans. À première vue ces personnes ne se connaissent pas, mais à mieux y regarder, leurs chemins se sont bel et bien croisés, il y a longtemps, dans la petite ville de Katrineholm. À l'époque, tous fréquentaient la même école. Et le souffre-douleur de la classe s'appelait Thomas Karlsson. Aujourd'hui, Thomas est un homme effacé, asocial, et aigri : autant dire le coupable idéal.

The police are chasing shadows in the search for eight-year-old Hannah Perry. But psychologist Cora Lael has a gift—one that could be the girl’s only chance of survival. When Hannah disappears from the sleepy Suffolk village of St Just, the close-knit community is shaken to its core. Acting DS Rob Minshull, haunted by an eerily similar case from seven years ago, leads the investigation. But with the police meeting dead end after dead end, time is running out. Cora Lael has spent her life hiding from her rare gift—the ability to sense emotions imprinted on objects.

Ellie hat alles: eine glückliche Beziehung, eine kleine Tochter und ein schönes Haus. Nur Carla, ihre beste Freundin aus Kindheitstagen und seit zwölf Jahren schmerzlich vermisst, fehlt nach wie vor. Als Carla eines Tages vor der Tür steht, sind alle hellauf begeistert – bis auf Ellie, die spürt, dass hier etwas nicht stimmt. Das hier muss eine fremde Frau sein. Je vehementer Ellie versucht, ihre Zweifel zu beweisen, desto mehr steht sie allein da. Familie, Freunde und auch Carlas Mutter halten Ellie für paranoid.

Three years ago, Patricia Mullner's 17-year-old son Andrew vanished without a trace. No note. No body. Just a hole in her life that nothing, neither alcohol nor her husband Thomas's comfort, can fill. Once a devoted mother, Patricia now drifts through her days in a fog of grief and regret. But beneath the sorrow lies something darker. Because Patricia isn't just mourning her son, she's hiding something. Now, someone is watching. Someone who knows what Patricia did. Someone who's waited long enough.

Was wäre, wenn wir nur noch die Wahl hätten zwischen totaler Kontrolle und totalem Chaos? Vielleicht hätte Tom den Teufel sofort erkennen können. Doch er braucht einen Investor, und der charismatischen Milliardär Dairon Arakis verfügt über die nötigen Mittel. Als Tom begreift, worum es Arakis wirklich geht, ist es beinahe zu spät: Über ein riesiges Hedge-Fonds-Konsortium hat der Milliardär italienische Banken reihenweise in den Bankrott getrieben und Europa steht kurz vor einem Bürgerkrieg.

Some secrets refuse to stay buried... Abandoned by her mother, Lucy Mitchell grew up in foster care, where she found solace in her best friends, Amber and Josh. In a strict foster home, Lucy and Amber made a pact – friends for life – often escaping to the woods to hide from their overbearing carer, Linda. Then, one day, only one of them comes back. Amber was gone, leaving behind only a note: I’ve run away. Fifteen years later, Lucy is planning her dream wedding to Josh – until a body is discovered.

Manche Geheimnisse sind unausgesprochen. Andere sind unaussprechlich.1939. Hetty Cartwright muss eine Sammlung des Londoner Natural History Museum vor dem heraufziehenden Krieg in Sicherheit bringen - ins verfallene Herrenhaus Lockwood Manor. Doch das Haus wirkt auf Hetty wie verflucht: Ihre geliebten Exponate, der ausgestopfte Panther, die Kolibris und der Eisbär, verschwinden, werden zerstört und scheinen nachts umherzuwandern.

Seattle. Parc Kerry. Une jeune femme se réveille sans aucun souvenir. Elle en a oublié́ jusqu’à̀ son propre nom. Elle ne sait pas pourquoi elle est couverte de sang, ni même à̀ qui il appartient... Recueillie à l'hôpital, madame X trouve son seul allié en la personne de l'étrange Dr Scott, un neurologue du service de psychiatrie qui semble pourtant ne plus avoir le droit d'exercer.

L'atmosfera a bordo del primo volo diretto da Londra a Sydney è elettrica. Si dice che tra i passeggeri in prima classe ci siano numerose celebrità. I giornalisti attendono a terra per immortalare l’evento, mentre il mondo intero assiste con trepidazione al decollo. Mina sta cercando di concentrarsi sul suo lavoro come assistente di volo. Ha lasciato a casa la piccola Sophia e un matrimonio sull'orlo del fallimento.

A wife, a mother, a killer. One wrong decision, one terrifying night, leaves student Elizabeth with a stark choice – kill or be killed. And the consequences of that choice will shape her whole life. Now a wife, a mother, and a lawyer, she must find a way to out run her past, protect her family and live with her secret. But is it really possible to live a happy life with such a huge shadow cast by the past? And as it becomes clear that someone else knows her secret and is hunting her down, time is running out for Elizabeth to keep her family safe.

When a body is discovered at an abandoned Suffolk farm, DS Rob Minshull and the squad believe it's the latest casualty of the drugs war terrorising rural communities. But when the victim is identified as a well-respected local teacher, the case is thrown wide open. While they hunt the murderer, the South Suffolk CID team face a new threat. A brutal vigilante group dispensing its own twisted justice puts the investigation in grave danger, as well as the detectives.

An addictive debut psychological thriller for fans of "The Girl on the Train", Liane Moriarty and Lucy Foley. This is the story of Lucy and Paul. They met. They fell deeply in love. They got married. Lucy thought that she had everything she wanted. Until she found the photograph, the text messages. Until she uncovered Paul's secrets. Now Lucy realises she doesn't really know her husband. She doesn't know if she can trust her own mind. She doesn't know the lengths Paul would go to keep his perfect life. And worst of all, she doesn't know that she’s in danger.

Als die junge Hamburger Nachlasspflegerin Friedelinde Engel zu dem Haus einer Verstorbenen geschickt wird, um das Erbe zu verwalten, scheint es ein Tag wie jeder andere. Doch dann entdeckt sie im Keller die Leiche eines Mannes. Während Hauptkommissar Nicolas Sander bei seinen Ermittlungen im Dunkeln tappt, führt Friedelindes Suche nach den Erben der Toten sie weit zurück in die Vergangenheit. Bald schon müssen Friedelinde und Sander widerwillig zusammenarbeiten, um die wahren Schuldigen zu finden.

Un monasterio en Galicia se convierte en el escenario de un crimen atroz: una joven novicia aparece asesinada. El inspector Carlos de la Iglesia, escéptico ante la rápida confesión del novio, se adentra en un mundo de fe y secretos ocultos tras los muros del convento. Su investigación lo confrontará con un enigmático y atractivo sacerdote, y lo arrastrará hacia pistas perturbadoras halladas en el Antiguo Testamento.

A grieving detective on the edge. A missing woman. And a serial killer hunting in the shadows of Stockholm's cobbled alleys. Criminal investigator Thomas Ravnsholdt – known as Ravn – is adrift after the brutal murder of his wife. But when a friend pleads for help finding a missing young woman, Ravn is pulled back into a grim world he swore he'd abandoned. His search crosses the cold waters between Denmark and Sweden, leading him to the stark and forbidding scrapyards of Stockholm, where victims are preserved like grotesque trophies.

Fifteen years ago, Hannah walked into the woods and never came back. Louise hasn't seen her university friends since that night. But when she's invited to a birthday weekend at a cottage on the edge of those same woods, she knows the past won't stay buried. As celebrations turn tense and old rivalries flare, someone suggests a game of truth or dare. But this time, the stakes are deadly. One guest is determined to uncover what really happened to Hannah—and they'll stop at nothing to get answers.

Bald als Serie auf Prime Video. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Leiterin der Gerichtsmedizin in Richmond, Virginia, erhält frühmorgens einen Anruf: „Mr. Nobody" hat wieder zugeschlagen, ein grausamer Serienkiller, der Frauen erwürgt – immer am Samstagmorgen und ohne erkennbares Motiv. Scarpetta greift auf die neuesten Erkenntnisse der forensischen Forschung zurück. Die Analyse einer fluoreszierenden Substanz, die der Mörder an jedem Tatort hinterlassen hat, bringt sie auf die entscheidende Fährte. Doch wird die Zeit reichen? Der nächste Samstagmorgen rückt bedrohlich näher...

De Spaanse Nederlanden, 1613. Tryn van Vierssen is een poortersvrouw uit Roermond met een negenjarige dochter en een onbevredigend huwelijk. Begin oktober is ze getuige van een verontrustend kinderspelletje op de markt. Het blijkt de vonk in het kruitvat: alsmaar meer vrouwen worden van hekserij beschuldigd en op de brandstapel gezet. Samen met haar stadsgenoten laat Tryn zich meeslepen door collectieve angst voor de duivel. Tot ook haar naam wordt genoemd.

Simon Sax si potrebbe considerare un ragazzo fortunato: programmatore informatico americano, genio della matematica, a soli trent'anni sta per diventare miliardario. È infatti a un passo dal concludere un affare che gli cambierà la vita: venderà la sua grande invenzione – un sofisticato software – a una multinazionale. Eppure non è felice. Si sente solo. Il suo successo fa a pugni con una totale assenza di abilità in ambito sociale: le ragazze, per lui, sono sempre state una meta irraggiungibile.