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Wenn sich die eigene Mutter als brutaler Serienmörder entpuppt. Der atemraubende erste Band der Thriller-Reihe über menschliche Abgründe. Kriminalkommissarin Amy Winter hat nur ein Ziel: in die Fußstapfen ihres Vaters zu treten, der selbst ein hochangesehener Polizist war. Doch als sie ein Brief von Lillian Grimes, der psychopathischen Serienmörderin, erreicht, gerät ihr Leben völlig aus den Fugen. Die Verbrecherin, die seit Jahrzehnten für eine Reihe abscheulicher Morde hinter Gittern sitzt, ist Amys leibliche Mutter.

Blackhall Manor has witnessed many dark crimes, long before five teenage girls break in to play the Midnight Game. It was supposed to be a game, but only four girls come home. Detective Sarah Noble has just returned to the force, and no one knows more about Blackhall Manor than her. Except perhaps Elliott Carter, who is only seven but has seen things in his dreams most adults could never imagine. It's a case that will bring them together and shake Sarah to her core. Will she be ready to meet the Midnight Man?

When hundreds of birds fall from the sky into Slayton's lake in a terrifying freak event, the waters are dredged - revealing a dark, long-held secret. An old pram is pulled from the depths, with the bones of a baby still strapped inside. It's the moment that new mother, Cora, has been dreading since she moved to Slayton - because someone knows, and is going to make her pay.

It began with the whispers. In the woods, in the park, and always at night. Then they came into town, down dark alleys, and in the shadows. Before long, the black-eyed children were moving closer, until finally there was a knock on the door. When the couple were found dead with their faces frozen in horror, the children were nowhere to be seen. Until it happened again. Join Detective Sarah Noble as she investigates another dark case in the town of Slayton.

Während eines Einkaufsbummels mit ihrer Schwester bleibt Kriminalinspektorin Amy Winter vor einer Schaufensterauslage stehen: Eine perfekte Braut, in Spitze gehüllt und mit Diamanten besetzt. Doch etwas stimmt nicht. Aus dem Mund der Schaufensterpuppe tropft Blut. Die Frau ist tot, auf makabre Weise zur Schau gestellt. Als eine weitere Leiche gefunden wird, stellt sich heraus, dass beide Frauen als „Sugar Babes" über Online-Plattformen Verabredungen mit älteren Männern arrangierten. Amy findet sich erneut auf der Jagd nach einem erbarmungslosen Psychopathen wieder.

What does Freedom mean to you? Not the easiest question to answer when you're put on the spot but given a moment or two we all have thoughts. Washington's very own community podcasting group, The Crocodile Collective have been out and about in Washington talking to people about what freedom means to them. You can listen to the reflections and thoughts from people young and old(er) in the Our Freedom: Unbound Podcast.

Brought to you by Penguin. Ten years ago, in the depths of the Finnish winter, Detective Elea Baker’s daughter was taken—and never found. Now, in the quiet streets of Lincoln, girls are disappearing again. When one is found on the cathedral steps, clutching a chilling clue linked to the...

The Crocodile Collective, the Washington Tyne and Wear community podcasting group bring you everyday stories, songs, sounds, history and heritage made by and for people in the original Washington, UK.

Traumatised by the death of a child in her care, top London paediatrician Claire seeks refuge on remote Selkie Island in the wilds of the Irish Sea with her husband Daniel and their baby daughter Kitty. Hidden away in Daniel’s old family home, Claire hopes to be as cut off from her guilt as she is from the mainland, but can she find peace in a place so full of its own secrets? Twenty years earlier, Daniel’s parents left the island in a boat and never made it to the mainland.

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Ten years ago, the Harper family disappeared. Their deserted cottage was left with the water running, the television playing cartoons, the oven ready for baking. The doors were locked from the inside. Overnight, the sleepy village of Nighbrook became notorious as the scene of the unsolved mystery of the decade, an epicentre for ghoulish media speculation. For crime journalist Naomi, solving the case has turned into an obsession. So now, with Ivy Cottage finally listed for sale, it’s her chance to mount an investigation like no other.

Investigating a series of chilling murders, Detective Jennifer Knight finds herself tracking a mysterious tarot card reader known only as The Raven. As the death toll rises, Jennifer and her team build a picture of a serial killer on the edge of sanity, driven by dark forces. But these are not random killings. And the method behind the madness could be the most terrifying thing of all....

Det har gått tio år sedan Rebeccas dåvarande man, Solomon, fick sitt fängelsestraff - dömd för mord på grund av hennes vittnesmål. Det har varit tillräckligt lång tid för mardrömmarna att upphöra, nerverna att lugna sig och för Rebecca att bygga upp ett nytt liv med man och barn, och lämna det förflutna bakom sig för gott. Men en dag ringer det från en okänd telefon i Rebeccas sovrum. Det är Solomon som har placerat den där, han är frisläppt och har ett enkelt meddelande till henne: Lika många år som han har suttit inne, lika många brott ska Rebecca bevittna. Och hon ska själv välja ut offren.

DI Amy Winter is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her highly respected police officer father. But when a letter arrives from the prison cell of Lillian Grimes, one half of a notorious husband-and-wife serial-killer team, it contains a revelation that will tear her life apart. Responsible for a string of heinous killings decades ago, Lillian is pure evil. A psychopathic murderer. And Amy’s biological mother. Now, she is ready to reveal the location of three of her victims - but only if Amy plays along with her twisted game.

A serial killer is playing a terrifying game of life or death with his victims. After he captures them, a countdown begins. He marks the time by sending clues to the whereabouts of the women he has taken in three disturbing images: alive, tortured, dead. In a race against the clock, East London Detective Ruby Preston must play the twisted killer's terrifying murder game and decipher the clues before more women die...but this isn't the first time the police have seen such a sickening crime.

Emma is a loving wife, a devoted mother...and an involuntary killer. For years she's been hiding the dead body of the teacher who seduced her as a teen. It's a secret that might have stayed buried if only her life had been less perfect. A promotion for Emma's husband, Alex, means they can finally move to a bigger home with their young son. But with a buyer lined up for their old house, Emma can't leave without destroying every last trace of her final revenge....

To Rebecca it was a brave decision that led to her freedom from domestic abuse. To Solomon it was the ultimate betrayal. It's been ten years since Rebecca's testimony saw Solomon locked away. Enough time for the nightmares to recede, the nerves to relax; enough time to rebuild her life and put the past behind her. Then one day a phone rings in her bedroom - but it's not her phone.

A killer stalks the streets of East London. All over the area, murdered young women are discovered, their bodies posed into disturbing recreations of fairy tale princesses. Detective Ruby Preston is determined to hunt down the murderer who is using the women to realise his dark fantasies. But when body parts are found at the home of her lover, Nathan Crosby, Ruby is torn between her job and her heart. Convinced that he is being framed, Ruby must catch the killer before Nathan becomes the number one suspect.

Roz is young, penniless and pregnant. All she wants is to be the perfect mother to her child, but the more she thinks about her own chaotic upbringing, the more certain she is that the best life for her baby is as far away as possible from her hometown in Ireland. Determined to do the right thing, Roz joins an elite adoption service and can’t believe her luck. Within days she is jetting to New York to meet a celebrity power couple desperate for a child of their own.

Four-year-old Ellen is snatched by a stranger in the dead of night. Her devastated mother, Nicole, receives four identical phials and a threatening note in a familiar scrawl that chills her to the bone. But she always knew this would happen. She’s been expecting it for years. According to the note, one of the phials is poisoned. Nicole is given a deadly challenge: If she drinks one, the sadistic kidnapper will notify the police of Ellen’s location. The sender claims to be Luka Volkov, but Luka is supposed to be dead, killed long ago in a fire that haunts all those involved.