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DE FØRSTE TRE KVINDER DØR. DEN FJERDE ER IKKE SÅ HELDIG … Alison Willets kan se, høre og føle, men hun kan ikke røre sig og ikke tale. Hun lider af locked-in syndrome. Politiet tror, at morderen har begået en fejl ved at efterlade Alison i live, men kriminalkommissær Tom Thorne...

Stemningen i Europa er blevet mere dyster. Mafiaen er stærkere end nogensinde, narkotikamarkedet er blevet mere avanceret, og metoderne er blevet mere voldelige – ­noget, som Paul Hjelm og hans kolleger i Opcop har måttet erfare på den hårde måde. Men nu er mafiaen truet af en uventet...

Stjålne biologiske våben fra Syrien. Et forsvundet passagerfly i Malaysia. Dødsfald blandt unge på et diskotek i København. Og en religiøs sekt på Sjælland. Hvordan hænger det sammen? Det bliver eksperten i biologiske våben, Jacob Detlev, sat til at finde ud af i et hæsblæsende...

Mange døde efter et angreb på et fodboldstadium. En kendt animationsfigur og en flygtet livstidsfange på hævntogt. Og en række gamle voldtægtssager i Irland. Det er centrale begivenheder, som politiet og efterretningstjenesten beder Jacob Detlev om hjælp til at opklare i sin egenskab af...

Et folketingsvalg i Danmark. En virusudvikler fra Rusland. En forladt mineby på Svalbard. Og en kompromisløs højreekstremist i København. Alt i alt en dødelig cocktail. ​Da et muligt biologisk angreb på det danske Folketing bliver opdaget, sættes virologen og eksperten i biologiske...

Dos médicos retirados de su ejercicio profesional se reencuentran para almorzar en la azotea del Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid. El resultado será el choque estrepitoso con la realidad de dos compañeros que se reconocen en la vejez. Los personajes le abrirán al lector las puertas de un quirófano y de un ambiente que, para muchos, resulta desconocido. La lucha soterrada entre especialistas, los intereses e intrinquis de un caso medicolegal quedarán expuestos.

Inspired by true events, Christy Hall of Fame author Cathy Gohlke delivers a powerful new historical novel weaving together the discovery of insulin―a breakthrough that revolutionized modern medicine―and one woman’s brave fight to cling to her family and hope against unspeakable odds. New...

An elegiac novel of war and peace, of fathers and sons, of fading memory and the terror of what cannot be forgotten, Soldiers & Sailors follows the tortured career of Dr. Hal Adams. Pursued by a past he cannot bring himself to remember, Hal returns to his decaying Midwestern birthplace, where he...

A woman from Alan Gregory’s past draws him into a deadly mystery in this exhilarating thriller from New York Times bestselling author Stephen White. Colorado psychologist Alan Gregory is struggling to repair his insecure marriage when he makes an unexpected connection with the past. His...

Six-year-old Gracie Lynn is perpetually curious and big-hearted. Convinced she knows how to save her beloved grandfather John from the worm that is eating his braina metaphor her mother once used to explain Johns dementia and sundown syndromeshe helps him break out of his nursing home, and the...

Investigating the disappearance of two sisters in Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta follows clues that twist and turn, leading her into the psychopathic depths of a jailed serial killer’s mind...

From one of the world’s top selling crime writers comes the extraordinary twentieth Kay Scarpetta novel. A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta...

With high-tension suspense and cutting-edge technology, Patricia Cornwell—the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer—once again proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall in this remarkable novel featuring chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. On her quest to find out...

In this provocative thriller, forensic expert Kay Scarpetta is surrounded by familiar faces, yet traveling down the unfamiliar road of fame.... It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta—despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior...

The world’s bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell presents the extraordinary eighteenth novel in the Kay Scarpetta series, in which Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could ruin her professionally and personally. Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary...

From America’s #1 bestselling crime writers comes an extraordinary #1 New York Times bestselling Kay Scarpetta novel. Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to...

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Richmond, Virginia’s recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he needs Scarpetta’s help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds...

Dr. Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. But in this thrilling #1 New York Timesbestseller, her fresh start ushers in a string of murders more baffling—and terrifying—than any that have come before … The Book of the...

Michael Palmer, a skilled physician and veteran of big city emergency rooms, burst on the literary scene with The Sisterhood, a riveting medical thriller that instantly climbed the New York Times bestseller list. Palmer followed up that smashing debut with a string of major bestsellers, each one...

Featuring a preview of the highly anticipated new thriller Speaking in Bones, this eBook original novella showcases #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs at the peak of her powers. In Bones on Ice, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan gets wrapped up in the ultimate cold case...