Baby Thrillers

"Babydoll" steht auf ihrem Bein. "Petticoat" auf ihrer linken Hüfte. "Böse" findet sich ganz in der Nähe. "Girl" prangt über ihrem Herzen, "schädlich" ist in ihr Handgelenk geritzt. Camille Preakers Körper ist übersät mit Wörtern. Wörtern, die sie sich in die Haut geritzt hat. Das letzte Wort, das sie sich einritzte, hieß "verschwinden". Danach stellte sie sich. Den Therapeuten, aber auch ihrer Vergangenheit. In ihrer alten Heimatstadt Wind Gap wurden zwei Teenager entführt und ermordet...

Giorgia Cantini ha quasi quarant’anni, è single ed è un’investigatrice privata. È una donna complessa, contraddittoria; passa le notti ad ascoltare jazz in diversi locali di Bologna, le piace bere, ma soprattutto è tormentata dal dubbio di aver sprecato la propria vita. Sa che è dura vivere senza rimuovere, cioè accettare l’assenza di chi si ama. Questa volta l’indagine che deve seguire la costringe a scavare nel suo passato. Sarà una scatola da scarpe piena di lettere a cambiare la sua esistenza.

“The Surrogate is a thrilling, high-stakes debut centering on a vulnerable newborn and two women who will do almost anything to claim her as their daughter. With a collection of vividly rendered characters, this twisty tale will leave you thinking about the true meaning of motherhood long...

Detective Peter Decker teams up with his wife and daughter to solve a crime rooted in both the past and present. While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn abandoned in an alley dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infant safe in a hospital, cared...

Welcome back to Assassins Anonymous, where family is everything and danger lurks around every corner. Assassins Anonymous isn't just a weekly recovery meeting for reformed killers—it's also a family. When Valencia receives troubling news that her brother has gone missing, she wants rush off to...

Thaddeus Murfee, a tenacious young lawyer, takes on a corrupt hospital and insurance company after a newborn suffers a devastating brain injury. As Murfee navigates a treacherous web of medical malpractice and forged records, he uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens to derail his case. With the odds stacked against him, he has to stay one step ahead in his quest for justice.

Mazie Reynolds has moxie from the top of her bruised face to the tip of her broken wrist. She married a man she adored and who adored her in return. But over 14 years, her happy marriage soured with each new beating. When her husband's attentions shift to their 12-year-old daughter, Mazie knows that it's time to get the hell out. She hatches a plan to escape. But can she outwit the man she vowed to obey until death they do part?

Als die vierjährige Amanda entführt wird, beginnen Patrick Kenzie und Angela Gennaro ihre Suche in den einschlägigen Kreisen, was selbst die hartgesottenen Ermittler an ihre Grenzen bringt. Bis sich herausstellt, dass sie von gänzlich unerwarteter Seite auf eine falsche Fährte gelockt wurden und jemand wissentlich mit ihrem Leben gespielt hat. Kenzie und Gennaro müssen sich entscheiden: für Recht und Gesetz oder für ihre Menschlichkeit.

Soft-boiled Albuquerque P. I. Bubba Mabry is way short on cash when pimp Sultan Sweeney, late of New Orleans, strolls into his office. Sultan is working the old Route 66, Central Avenue, and somebody's killing his teen-age whores on "The Cruise". The cops won't tell Sultan anything, so Bubba's his boy. Bubba's list of suspects includes a reverend, a councilman, even a cop or two.

A maternal gothic tale of new motherhood and the torment of a centuries-old haunting Before the shadow appeared, Sofia thought mothering would be all sun-drenched light and white linen sheets, as seen advertised by the momfluencers of Instagram. In her gorgeous home anchored in a posh suburb...

All Lock Gilkenney wants is a family. But he'll have to cross the line to get one. Lock is a dedicated investigator at Child Protective Services. An anonymous report of neglect comes in. He responds and finds the kids in good health. Lock concludes the report was a ruse, possibly part of a scheme to make Natalie Mannheim, the kids' mother, look bad in an upcoming divorce trial. Natalie needs Lock's expertise to help her win custody - and a multimillion-dollar divorce settlement.

My baby is due in two weeks. Hand on my bump, I swear to my little girl, I won’t be anything like my mother. I’m walking home after the perfect baby shower, enjoying the cool summer evening breeze. I can’t wait to rest my aching feet. I’m almost at my door when the world goes black.

Dr. Antonio Silvano made a series of questionable decisions that not only impacted his life but the lives of his family and the very generation he was born into. As a young man, he elected to go to Vietnam as an enlisted soldier. While there, he fathered a daughter that he kept secret from his family his entire life. In trying to protect his secret, this decision eventually led him to become involved with a family member who had ties to the Mafia.

The lies began as fantasies, and before long, young Dani was lying about everything. Now she's being adopted by a picture-perfect family, and the lies must stop. But behind the dream is a cruel reality. No one believes her when she discovers a shocking secret. And her foster father will kill to make sure no one finds out!

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Caro married Jeff because her biggest wish was to be a mother, and he had the means to give their children a better life than she'd ever had. Now they can't conceive, he's terrified he'll lose her. Sharon is eight months pregnant and unsure if she wants to be a mother. Meanwhile, Jeff is desperate for a baby - but what lengths will he go to?

This is an Alaska shaman thriller-terror novel that starts over 100 years ago in Alaska, and ends up in New York City during the late 1990s. Alaska Crying Baby centers around a village shaman who goes to New York City to claim the body of his slain grandson. Using his powerful medicine, the shaman finds out who killed him, and then avenges his death by summoning the northern lights that contain the evil and immortal spirit, the Crying Baby.

All I’ve ever wanted is to be a mother. And as soon as I looked into the beautiful, bright blue eyes of this baby tucked in her blanket, my world felt complete. Stepping into the cold air outside of the hospital doors, a shiver runs through me. I know my life will never be the same again. I slip off her little white medical bracelet and put it in the pocket of my jeans. I think of the woman upstairs in the hospital room who will soon return and find her child gone. I hesitate. Am I doing the right thing?

Marilyn Monroe, the ultimate goddess of the silver screen, is at the peak of her popularity, internationally famous, universally admired by women and desired by men. But she’s also famously insecure and temperamental and is being pilloried in the press for delaying the production of Something’s Got to Give. When the head of Twentieth Century Fox threatens to cancel her contract, Monroe hires “PI to the stars” Nathan Heller to tap her phones and record calls that might affect legal action. Less than three months later, Monroe is dead from an overdose....

In the city of Denver, a series of baby kidnappings has the town devastated. With no ransom demands and no contact from the perpetrators, local law enforcement is at a dead end. No motive equals no answers. Charlene Taylor’s niece becomes a victim, and the LAPD detective is thrown headfirst into a whirlwind case with similarities to one from seven years earlier. Out of her jurisdiction, and with no friends or leads, Charlene must walk-the-line between cop and sister.